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And this J'ust in: The series

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The Wave of the Future

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New Wave, Buzz Blackett’s Express 27, edged out twenty-five other Expresses to place first in class in this season’s Berkeley/MYCO Saturday midwinters. *

The four monthly races offered up everything from light and shifty winter winds to a first rate squall. And the runoff from three months of storms only added to the complex¬ ity. So New Wave s inventory of Pineapple Sails was really put to the test. In the first race Buzz started with his Kevlar class jib, while the rest of the fleet chose genoas. Even so, New Wave was first to the weather mark. The sail had often proven itself in windy conditions, but Buzz found he could power up and point high even in more moderate breezes. In the last race, when the wind shifted a full 90 degrees, Buzz put the pole to the headstay and New Wave s polyester spinnaker reached right over the competition! The sails on New Wave are no “new wave” fad. These are sails with a winning future.

*New Wave

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35' ISLAND PACKET, 1989. 129,000

38' BENETEAU FIRST 37.5, 1985 . 85,000

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W 37' HUNTER, 1987...82,000

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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47’ VAGABOND,

45’ JEANNEAU SUN KISS,

1978. Excellent condition, great liveaboard.

1984. Recently refurbished. Reduced to 110 000

Asking $137,500.

$ , .

TOP QUALITY LISTINGS ACCEPTED FOR SHARED BERTH RENTAL AT FORTMAN MARINA.

58' CUTTER, 1931. Schock design. Completely rebuilt 1991. A beauty. Asking $229,000.

48' AMEL 1982, French ketch. One of the world's best built. Asking $195,000.

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40' PRIVILEGE (French) CATAMARAN, 1990. Ready for fast cruising. Loaded. Asking $275,000.

80’ CUSTOM ALUMINUM KETCH, 1973. Rebuilt 1983. Whitbread racer, converted to cruiser. Asking $850,000.

45' HARDIN KETCH, 1980. Clean, spacious, offshore cruiser. Asking $125,000.

33' MORGAN O/1,1975. Upgraded sails, low hours, diesel. Lots of stuff. Asking $34,900

.. 89,000

4T SEA FINN 411, '92.260,000

38' WAUQUIEZ (Hood), '80.

„ 75,000

42’ HALLBERG RASSY ..175,000

35’ CORONADO, 74..32,000

38’ C & C SLOOP, 76..

. 55,000

44' AMAZON Steel Cutter, *92 (Canada) 239,000

35' ENGUSH CUSTOM SLOOP, 73.35,000

40' C & C SLOOP, '81-

36’ ISLANDER.-.36,600

40' GARDEN Schooner, '82 —--125,000

47’ SWEDISH KETCH, '36-35,000 OBO

37 SWEDISH Steel Ketch.Now 35,000

40* DUTCH YAWL, '53.-.42,000

50' CHALLENGER Ketch, 74 .130,000

33' HUNTER, 79.....-.21,500

38’ CABO RICO, 79 ...

34’ TARTAN YAWL, 74.29,900

4T GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH 1974. Exceptional. Asking $79,900. BnHi

43' CUSTOM MULL SLOOP, 1974. Fast racing cruiser with lots of stuff. Asking $73,000.

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44' (LOA) CLASSIC GAFF Sloop, 1885

32' MARINER KETCH, 1968. Herreshoff design. A woody in super shape. Asking $27,900.

40,000

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1979 PEARSON 424 KETCH

1980 ENDEAVOUR 32-FT

1987 PASSPORT 37-FT

1987 ERICSON 38-200

Loaded, epoxied, ready to go. $115,000.

Comfortable, affordable liveaboard. Ask $32,000.

May take an Express 27' or Olson 28' in trade. $125,000.

Aft stateroom/head, roller furl, lazy jacks. $88,500.

1979 IRWIN 37' CUTTER RIG

1982 LANCER 36-FT

Center cockpit, refinished interior, radar. $44,000.

Radar, AP, cockpit canvas. Ready, $39,500.

(weather permitting) 1976

a 35-FT KETCH

1985 HUNTER 34-FT Fun boat for a low, low price, $41,500.

Old world charm, epoxied, dinghy w/davits. $39,500.

3 Sales Berths

Available 1987 CATALINA 34-FT

1987 FREEDOM 32-FT Aft stateroom, big interior, nicely equipped. $49,500.

Dodger, roller furl, refer, some $55,000. nice improvements. $55,000.

1989 CATALINA 30-FT

1987 CS 30-FT

1974 VINDO 30-FT

1985 ISLANDER 28-FT

Dodger, roller furled sails, AP plus more. $46,500.

Canadian quality, stylish performer. $40,500.

Swedish design, full keel enchanting. $30,000.

Wheel, dsl, roller furl. Teak & holly sole. $25,000.

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CALENDAR Celebrating more than half a century offers

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ONE THIRD OFF (offer valid only during March) ENJOY... • Best views of the Bay • Superb Galley and Bar, all professionally staffed • Cozy fireplace • Mooring Buoys as well as Guest Dock • Reciprocal Privileges through World Cruising Grounds • Most Active in Club Cruises - every month to various destinations - sail or power with your fellow Club Members • Extensive Social Calendar • Tuesday Night Races and other sailing events

Nonrace Mar. 3-5 — San Francisco Chronicle Great Outdoor Adventure Fair at the Concourse Exhibition Center (Eighth at Brannan). Sailing is just one of many outdoor activities on display at this eclectic show. Come by our booth and say hello! Check the Chron for details. Mar. 4 — Sail a Small Boat Day at Richmond YC, Part II. Reps from the 20 SBRA classes will take you on test sails and try to recruit you. An enjoyable — and free — way to learn more about dinghies. Gail Yando, (5l0) 232-6310. Mar. 4-5 — Hans Christian Owners Association "Cobwebs out of the Engine" raft-up at Angel Island. John Gratton, (415) 780-5774. Mar. 6, 1853 — Wreck of the month: Tennessee, a 1,275-ton wooden side-wheel steamship, went up on the beach just north of Point Bonita. In her brief career, the five-year-old ship had notched up 15 New York to Savannah runs, and then 29 trips between San Francisco and Panama during the height of the Gold Rush. Tennessee had spent the morning of her demise anchored in fog near the Farallones. Though visibility was limited to 60 feet, Captain Edward Melius decided to 'shoot the gap' into San Francisco anyway. Proceeding slowly while taking frequent soundings with the leadline, the Tennessee was unknowingly set north by the outgoing current. At 9 a.fn., breakers were spotted dead ahead and the engine was thrown into reverse. The Tennessee apparently swung broadside to the rocky shore, and Melius elected to beach the boat on the sands of what is now known as Tennessee Cove rather than strike the rocks. All hands were rescued and the cargo was all salvaged — but within two weeks the Tennessee had disintegrated in the surf. Mar. 7 — Coast Guard Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship course begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Sausalito CC. Free except for the books. Details, 332-4524. Mar. 7 — Movies on the Fiords of Southeast Alaska, Part III. At the Lee Sail Loft (Alameda), 7 p.m.; free. Details, (510) 523-9011. Mar. 9 — Mini Race Clinic presented by sailmaker Kame Richards at Island YC; 7:30 p.m.; free. Seth Bailey, (510) 521-4780. Mar. 11 — Ockam U. at Farallon Electronics in Sausalito, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Not free, but worth the investment. Details, 331-1924. Mar. 11 — Master Mariners Benevolent Association Spring Potluck Dinner at the Sausalito Cruising Club. 5 p.m. ’til whenever. I "Don’t bring desserts," says organizer Craig Swayne, 285-1500. Mar. 11 — Women’s Sailing Seminar ’95 at Island YC, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; $45 registration fee. Speakers include Jocelyn Nash, Sally Richards and Sally Lindsay. IYC, (510) 521-2980. Mar. 11 — Flea market (and merchandise sale) at the Santa Cruz West Marine. Reserve your space now! Info, (408) 476-1800. Mar. 13 — "Cruising and Beyond," a West Marine-hosted seminar by world voyagers Lin and Larry Pardey. $10 admission; Cowell Theatre (Fort Mason), 7 p.m. Call 873-4044 for more info. Mar. 14-17 — "Demystifying Marine Electrical Systems," by Chuck Hawley. Presented at 7 p.m. at the following West Marine locations: Sausalito (3/14), South San Francisco (3/15), Stockton (3/16) and Sacramento (3/17). $5 admission at the door; call the store hosting the event for exact details. Mar. 14 & 28 — Armchair Travelling to Northern Europe, lectures by veteran cruiser Richard Doell. Berkeley YC; 8 p.m.; free. Details, Christine Jackson, (510) 528-0172. Mar. 16 — Marine Electrical and Wiring Seminar, presented by Liem Dao of L.T.D. Marine Electrical. 7 p.m. at the Oakland YC; free! Details, (510) 522-6868. Mar. 16 — Full moon — stand by to party. . . Mar. 17 — St. Patrick’s Day — commence partying! Mar. 17 — "HF Radios on Board," a free presentation by Don Melcher at Waypoint (Alameda). No more 'bad air' days — learn how to manage ham, SSB and more! Details, (510) 769-1547. Mar. 18 — Islander 36 Association Spring Meeting. Rich Princeau, (408) 985-8542, or Rich Van Mell, 962-1515. Mar. 18-31 — ESPN 2 coverage of the America’s Cup Semi-

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finals, 9 p.m. PST the evening of each race. Mar. 19 — OYRA Seminar: "Ocean Sailing." At Corinthian YC, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Local 'salts' will discuss the ins and outs (and ups and downs) of offshore racing; informative and free. Don Lessley, 765-3580, or Dan Newland, (510) 489-8100. Mar. 20 — First day of spring — burn a pair of socks. Mar. 21 — Celestial Navigation 1A: "Bonehead CelNav." Pre¬ sented by BYC Rear Commodore Tom Luten, 7 p.m. at the Berkeley YC; free. Details, Christine Jackson, (510) 528-0172. Mar. 21 —Sutter Cruising Seminar: "Canvas Design Workshop," by Paula Crofut of Starbuck Canvas. 7-9 p.m. at the Sutter Loft. Details, 332-2510. Mar. 23 — Tahiti Cup Seminar #3: weather conditions and what to expect when you arrive. Speakers include Laraine Salmon, Chuck Warren and Gene Buck. TCYC; John Clauser, (510) 939-9885. Mar. 24 — All Catalina Night at the Oakland West Marine, 7:309:00 p.m.; Olivia Yehling, (510) 869-8310. Mar. 24 — Race managment networking workshop at Island YC, 7-9 p.m. All race managers should attend! Rich Ahlf, (510) 672-2514. Mar. 25 — Genset Seminar, sponsored by Edinger Marine Service. Maintenance tips and hands-on experience working on a Northern Lights 6 kw genset. Sausalito YC, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free! RSVP, 332-3780. Mar. 28 — Cal 20 Fleet Meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Oakland YC. All Cal 20 owners welcome. Hester Burn-Callander, 388-5116. Mar. 28-Apr. 1 — "What’s Hot and What’s Not in Marine Electronics," presented by Gordon West at the following West Marine locations: Palo Alto (3/28), Oakland (3/29), Santa Cruz (3/30), Stockton (3/31) and Sacramento (4/1). All shows begin at 7 p.m.; $5 admission; call stores for details. Mar. 31-Apr. 2 — Santa Rosa Boat, RV & Fishing Show at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Hee haw! Info, (510) 934-1580. Apr. 1 — Nautical Flea Market at the Sausalito West Marine, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — no fooling! Bobbi, 332-0202. Apr. 1 — Tiburon Tune-Up Day, an entire day dedicated to making your boat faster and safer for the upcoming racing season. Starting drills, practice races, safety demos, tips from rockstars like Scott Easom and Tim Parsons, 'almost famous Bubba burgers' and beer for lunch, gift packages, video replays, and lots more. Geared to the 'average' racer, held at the laid-back Tiburon YC beginning at 9:30 a.m.; $25 per boat (and skipper), plus $10 per crew. Steve Wells, 435-3932 (home). Apr. 1 — Opening Day at Stockton Sailing Club. Parade, blessing of the fleet, eating, drinking, etc. Details, (209) 951-5600. Apr. 2 — Daylight Savings Time begins — hooray! Apr. 2 — Pineapple Sails Race Clinic at Berkeley YC. Be there as Kame and Sally reveal their deepest (racing) secrets! Call the loft for details, (510) 444-4321. Apr. 3-7 — "Expanding Your Cruising Horizons," presented by world wanderer John Neal at the following West Marine locations: Palo Alto (4/3), Sausalito (4/4), Oakland (4/5), Santa Cruz (4/6) and South San Francisco (4/7). Shows begin at 7 p.m. and cost $5 for admission. Call the store hosting the event for details. Apr. 4 — Latitude 38 Crew List Party at Encinal YC. See Crew List article for more info, or call World Headquarters, 383-8200. Apr. 6 — Latitude 38 Crew List Party at Corinthian YC, still the mother of all Crew List parties. Ditto above. Apr. 6 — Marine User’s Conference to discuss marine forecast, NOAA weather radio, marine radiofax broadcasts from Point Reyes, oceanographic analysis and much more. 7-9 p.m. at the Monterey Conference Center. Free! National Weather Service; Ernest Daghir, (408) 656-1716. Apr. 22-30 — Sea of Cortez Race Week at Isla Partida, originated 12 years ago by Latitude 38 and now run by Club Cruceros de La Paz. For info, write Clay Jarvis, c/o CCdLP, Box 366, La Paz, BCS, Mexico, 23000. No phone or fax number was provided.

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LETTERS before an accident happens? I’d like for Commanding Officer Montoro to explain why there isn’t an appropriate note on the chart. On the matter of escort vessels, I think it would be safer for pleasure boats if the escort vessel were to travel behind the tanker rather than alongside it. I think the tug would then be in a position to help more in case of an emergency. In my case, the tug travelling alongside compelled me to turn back into the tanker. I’d like to suggest that Commanding Officer Montoro invite us skippers who’ve been involved in incidents with commercial traffic to give our side of the story. Having a blackboard and chalk there would help. Besides my 34 years of sailing, I was a member of the U.S. merchant marine for 15 years. I know about the blind area in front of such large ships, which is why the tankers I sailed on always had a look-out on the bow when transiting areas congested with small recreational boats. Did the tanker I confronted have a lookout posted on the bow? This question ties in with my last point. I’ve given the Coast Guard several reports about the details of the incident in the months since October 23, but I have received absolutely nothing from them regarding the ship I collided with. Am I not entitled to know her name, the name of the company she was sailing for, and what her draft was? I’d like to know if there was a good reason — specifically her draft — for her being rerouted. Frank A. Barbaria Sausalito Frank — With all due respect, you remind us of O.J.’s lawyers, trying to weasel out of an open and shut case. Excuses, more excuses and beside-the-points aren’t going to change one overwhelming fact: When you’re at the helm of a vessel, it’s your responsibility to be aware of what’s going on all around you. Not just to your left, but also to the front, your right, behind you — everywhere. We’ve made the exact same crossing you attempted at least 100 times — often aboard boats without an engine. As such, we know full well that from the edge of the 'Recreation Area' you have at least five miles of unobstructed visibility toward any incoming traffic. An inbound tanker — and huge tug — could only have snuck up on you "suddenly" if you’d been grossly negligent of what was happening around you. If we mariners are going to argue that we can’t be expected to be aware of even huge ships approaching us, the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard would have no choice but to shut down most of San Francisco Bay — if not the entire California coast — to recreational use. As far as we’re concerned, it doesn’t make any difference if the ship had a look-out or not — although we bet she did. After all, what’s the lookout supposed to do, fire a couple of warning shots across your bow to get your attention? Given your merchant experience, you more than anyone ought to know that ships aren’t nimble enough to dodge recreational boats. If the tanker swerved to starboard to miss you, he might well have rammed several 'innocent' boats. If he swerved to port, he might have piled the ship up on Angel Island and spilled her load of oil. It’s correct that the charts don’t clearly reflect that ships can go either way in that north lane — because that’s not the purpose of charts, which are infrequently updated. But if you’d check Notices To Mariners, you’ll know that for many years there have been four places inside San Francisco Bay "where it is commonly agreed that safety dictates vessels over 300 gross tons shall proceed contrary to the Traffic Separation Schemes". We quote: ”2) Vessels proceeding inbound Whose draft is greater than 40 feet frequently use the "Deep Draft Route". This route is a radical deviation from the TSS and frequently alarms recreational boaters. Once past the Golden Gate Bridge, the deep-draft vessel (proceeding inbound) crosses over into the outbound lane, passing north of Page 38

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LETTERS EANNEAU 37.1 Harding Rock and Alcatraz Island, thereafter turning north toward Richmond or southeast toward Oakland." But it’s not exclusively deep-draft vessels that use the north lane. Pilots have told us ships also take that route on occasion to avoid congestion elsewhere, and sometimes just for convenience. Inbound ships never take the north lane without notifying Vessel Traffic Service — which anyone can tune into on channel 14. The VTS broadcasts position updates of all deep-draft vessels every 30 minutes — at a quarter to and a quarter after the hour. We’re aware that not many recreational mariners read Notices to Mariners. This makes it all the more essential that we non¬ professionals not just give large vessels plenty of room to maneuver, but perhaps two or three times what we think is adequate. And that we keep our eyes open. We regret feeling like we have to be very firm about this issue, Frank, but if we recreational mariners don’t start wising up about it, there’s going to be a real tragedy on the Bay. And we’re not going to have anybody to blame but ourselves!

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In the December issue you published an article, the essence of which — in my view — was that the San Diego Harbor Police displayed poor judgement in utilization of resources and enforcement of the law. Eagle’s Quest had anchored in a regulated anchorage that requires a permit. There is a posted sign at the entrance to the area, and the Coast Pilot refers boaters wishing to anchor to the Harbor Police. The Harbor Police responded to a complaint regarding Eagle’s Quest and found the vessel unoccupied. The officers remained on the scene for approximately three (3) hours, during which time they were not contacted by anyone. Rather than leave the vessel unattended and in violation of local ordinances, the officers determined an impound of the vessel was appropriate. In accordance with the policies of our department, the officers conducted an inventory of the vessels’ contents and engaged a commercial agent to impound the vessel. The practice of conducting an inventory is designed to limit the liability of public funds for claims against the department for missing items that were not on the vessel at the time the vessel came into the care and custody of the department. The inventory is not intended as a governmental invasion of privacy, but rather is a necessary protection for the administration of public funds. Without such an inventory, the department would have to resolve claims which could include payment for property that was not lost while the vessel was under our control. By telephone, 1 shared with you that a registered letter is sent immediately to the registered or documented owner, identifying the location of the vessel, the reason for the impound and a procedure for a review of the impound. Additionally, the San Diego Unified Port District has a claims procedure available to persons who have suffered loss or damages as a result of the District. I might add that the commercial firm that impounded the vessel also has a procedure for resolving claims of damage. I also said that other than your telephone call, no one had contacted my office about the impound of Eagle's Quest. I explained that the reason no one had contacted my office is that the vessel anchored as a result of a miscommunication. Eagle’s Quest was impounded on October 27; however the event that the anchoring had been approved for was scheduled for November 3, a week later. I offered my opinion that, although an unfortunate error, the persons involved acted in a responsible manner and resolved the incident. I don’t believe my above comments were emphasized in your article. However, that is not why I have written this response. As I discussed with you during our telephone conversation, I am most concerned about the negative impact to boating enthusiasts, the San Diego boating community and to San Diego marine-related

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businesses such an article might exact. I am disheartened that your comments and your article reflect that you and other mariners do not feel welcome in San Diego. In my opinion the San Diego area, and San Diego Bay in particular, offer an exciting, safe and positive atmosphere for mariners. The efforts of the members of the Harbor Police Department is to actively work towards promoting such an atmosphere. There are occasions when a person or persons’ actions may be in violation of state law or local ordinances requiring Harbor Police intervention. When that happens, our goal is to act swiftly to protect the general public, while at the same time treating all persons we contact with dignity and professionalism. The men and women who comprise the Harbor Police Department are committed to providing service with compassion and care. I urge you and your readers to reassess San Diego Bay and all that it provides for mariners. Martin W. Hight Chief of Harbor Police Port of San Diego Martin — Let’s clear all the extraneous issues out of the way by supposing a well-intentioned mariner mistakenly anchors his boat in La Playa Cove tomorrow without a permit. We all agree on those facts. Where we’re going to disagree is on your department’s response. In less than three hours, you’re going to have that boat towed and searched — despite the fact it was anchored in a very out-of-the-way cove and thus wasn’t a hazard to navigation or other vessels. And that’s precisely what we think would be a display of poor judgement and utilization of the Harbor Police’s resources. As you’ve no doubt read, a lot of people agree with us. We think the proper response would be to: 1) Leave a note on the boat that reads: 'Welcome to San Diego, skipper. Apparently you didn’t realize that you need a permit to anchor here. Please stop by our office as soon as possible to obtain one.' Or, less good, 2) Leave a citation on the boat for $25. Why are these better responses than yours? They take up six to eight hours less officer man-hours, time that surely could be used for more meaningful police work. In addition, Response #1 would really lay out the welcome mat to visitors you know darn well aren’t criminals. Like it or not, you’re ambassadors for San Diego, and as they say, 'You only get one chance to make a good impression'. With all due respect, Chief, the towing of a boat in such a circumstance is total overkill. So is waking people late at night to check $5 receipts at the police dock — we’ve got another instance of that to be reported in the next issue. And so is all the other completely hard-ass behavior that’s been reported in these pages and will be in future months. We can appreciate your concern for the publicity San Diego gets via the Harbor Police. But your policies should be such that you would be proud for the whole world to know about them. If you’re worried that word of such policies might get out, there’s got to be something wrong with them. San Diego is a great place, and there is absolutely no reason its Harbor Police shouldn’t justifiably be known as 'the friendliest on the coast'. And it wouldn’t cost an additional cent, either. The overwhelming majority of recreational mariners are lawabiding, polite and decent people. Can’t you see that we’re treated as such? Mkennedy is going about it all wrong I read your article on Manta Madness, as well as Stealaway’s

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LETTERS it’s due to the bad publicity caused by Terry Kennedy and Joyce Clinton criticizing the fishing techniques being used on manta rays at the Revillagigedo Islands. No, we don’t want any species slaughtered. But we also have a choice of which countries we want to visit. If we don’t like Mexican fishing practices, then we Americans should look in our own backyards. 1 could go on forever about the elimination of fish and shark species in the United States. A manta ray is the same class, elasmobranhii, as a shark. Yet we don’t read complaints of the other species of this class being slaughtered — even though we have seen their carcasses all over some of the beaches in Mexico. What Stealaway is saying is that we don’t have the right to play Big Brother and try to directly impose our beliefs upon another government. Terry Kennedy is going about this all wrong. If we non¬ citizens try to force the Mexican government to do what we want through the media, the only response we’ll get is negative. And this is what we feel happened as a result of Kennedy’s trying to force feed his views on the government. They have regurgitated all over us cruisers by restricting us from going out to Socorro and the other islands. Kennedy says the slaughter of mantas is horrible to watch; now the government won’t issue permits and we can’t watch. Or should we now say that we can 'watch' all the new restrictions that will be coming out soon. If Kennedy wants to be this involved in the Mexican system, we suggest he start classes in education in the fishing schools about the conversation of species. Mantas are just a visible symptom of the problem here. I say let the Mexican people go to their government and produce some action. The government will only respond to its citizens. Two items of information. First, the black slime that comes off the manta ray when they are touched is a protective coating found on most fish and sharks. When this slimy coating is removed, rays and fish become vulnerable to certain parasites. Often our seemingly innocent treatment of animals is not in their best interest. Second, a very fine restaurant on the beach at La Paz, Estrella del Mar, has manta ray on their menu. It’s delicious. They also featured it this past year at "A Taste of La Paz". It is not considered a 'junk fish', and can be found in the big supermarkets for about $2/pound U.S. We understand that Kennedy and Clinton feel a camaraderie with these gentle giants, and that they were compelled to do something. But next time they should consider the repercussions of their actions before they tackle another touchy subject. Being tactful with a foreign government, not the slaughter of manta rays, is the reed issue here. It’s just another aspect of leaving a 'clean wake'. Barbara Ross-Moore Romany Star Sea of Cortez Barbara — Two items of information for you: 1) Big O didn ’t go to Socorro. We, like everyone else, were unable to get a permit. 2) As of the middle of February, sportfishing boats were being issued permits to work the Revillagigedos again. We presume that means cruising boats will also be able to get permits. As for your analysis of what the real issue was, and whether what Kennedy and Clinton did was proper, we couldn’t disagree with you more. We also know that most of the marina operators in Mexico and sportfishing people agree with us. Would any other cruisers care to offer their opinion?

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Once I had used my remaining fire extinguisher, we began fighting the fire with bailed water. But after the third bucket, the dodger and overhead awning burst into flames. As we were forced to the front of the boat, the mainsail and mainsail cover burned as far forward as the mast. Running out of room, 1 launched the liferaft and Melodee and I abandoned ship. By the time we were in the raft, the mast had fallen. Rio Rita, a local dive boat in the area, saw the smoke and came over to pick us up. from the time they first spotted smoke until they reached us was 45 minutes. Dionysus burned to the waterline and then sank in about 12 feet of water. At least nobody was injured. All my possessions were aboard the boat, and it has taken me six months to replace my passport, visa, licenses, birth certificate, checks, credit cards and so forth. I’m slowly getting my life somewhat back in order. I plan on staying in La Paz for awhile; someday soon I hope to acquire another boat. I can’t remember everyone who helped me out, but 1 would like to name a few that were especially helpful: Mary Schroyer of Marina de La Paz, the Club Cruceros, Mary Drake, Downwind Marine and Pacific Marine Supply for handling my liferaft. Also Melodee Conces, her mother and sister Jane in Phoenix. And the crews of Resanda, Gypsy, Serenity, GitanaalMar, Precious Mettle, Inshalla, Mirva, and Moonshadow. Also the Switlik Liferaft Company for replacing my liferaft with a new one, including the canister. And also a big thank you to the local residents of La Paz and the others I don’t have room to list or can’t recall at the moment. Gordon G. Herpst APDO Postal 290, La Paz, Mexico

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JMtYOU TAINTED MY DREAM You came at night or early in the morning. You boarded my boat on the starboard side, walked aft, leaned over the stern pulpit and stole the linkage piece from my Atoms windvane. You left behind big footprints in the dew that proved your deed. Without that part, I can’t use my windvane. I can’t replace the part because Atoms vanes aren’t made anymore and there are no spare parts anywhere. But you knew that, didn’t you? You’ve tainted my dream of going south. Well, 1 damn yours. I curse you and your vane. I curse your dream and your trip. And one night when you’re out there, tired, asleep, alone near a nasty lee shore, something will go wrong. And you boat will suffer because of your vile act of thievery. As you sit on the beach watching your boat pound itself to death, you’ll remember my little Cal 30, my dream to go south, my windvane part, and you’ll know in the depths of your being that you made a terrible mistake. You will never forget it. On the other hand, you could put the part in a paper sack and return it to my boat. Leave it in the cockpit — and don’t board my boat again! P.S. 'Thanks' to all 10 of the great people who sent me copies of their vane instructions. They made the vane make sense. Unfortunately, it took just one jerk to mess it all up!

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Mthe sentinel of the fortress I’m responding to Van Taiariol’s letter concerning his unsuccessful attempts to use a Fortress anchor as a stern anchor in the Delta. I have a 45-foot motoryacht we take to the Delta quite frequently. We usually anchor 'Delta-style' — bow tied to a tree and the stern anchor deployed. We use a Fortress for the stern anchor. My Fortress is rigged with 10 feet of chain and 150 feet of anchor line. After deploying the Fortess, I then deploy an anchor sentinel. My setitinel is a 10-lb block of lead with an eye-bolt screwed in one end. The block of lead is the same shape as a large brick. Attached to the eye-bolt is a large brass snap clamp. Attached to the snap clamp is about 150 feet of light nylon line. After deploying the Fortress, I snap the sentinel on the anchor rode and let the sentinel slide down the rode. While the sentinel is sliding down, I shake the anchor rode. As a result, the sentinel will usually slide all the way down the chain. When it’s all said and done, I then have the Fortress well set at the mud setting, the chain laying on the bottom, and the sentinel holding down the chain. I’ve never had to reset — even in strong currents. I hope this works as well for others as it does for me. By the way, Chapmans has some good information on sentinels. I’d also like to add my view concerning the San Diego Harbor Police. I’m a newly retired police officer with 21 years of experience. I have always felt that the best way to get along with the general public is to treat them as I would want to be treated. I have also learned that the actions of a few officers who abuse their authority, reflects on all law enforcement. 1 usually would apologize for the mistakes of a fellow officer; however, in this case I support the boaters who have been mistreated. It appears that the San Diego Harbor Police, including the chief, should be taught how to properly serve the public they have sworn to protect and serve. Lee Tyler Siren Song II Alameda Lee — You give excellent advice on both counts.

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Perry & Mary — We always wondered what became of that fabled vessel. Desire was purchased by an eccentric beatnik-tumed-hippie named Wilbur, who made a modest fortune selling pot to friends in San Francisco during the early '60s. The full name of the boat was actually Philippine Desire because Wilbur — the only name he went by — had a puissant passion for Filipino women. Indeed, Wilbur and Desire departed Sausalito in a cloud of marijuana smoke just prior to the Summer of Love bound for the Philippines to find a Filipino soulmate. Wilbur had a passive charisma that a number of young Filipino women apparently found irresistible, because by the time he was kicked out of the country in 1969, Desire had an all-women crew of six who’d been converted to Wilbur’s non¬ violent religious cult. There was only one tenant to what Wilbur called 'Wilburology': that a heavy mixture of pot and polygamy was the only path to true happiness. Upon their eviction from the Philippines, Wilbur and his women sailed to Viet Nam, incorrectly believing that they alone were capable of bringing that terrible war to a conclusion. But their mission failed, as they were arrested 20 miles from Da Nang by a U.S. destroyer. It just so happened that Hank Kissinger was aboard as part of some secret peace negotiations. Kissinger intervened on behalf of Wilbur and his women, and they were permitted to sail away. Terribly dillusioned by their ineffectiveness, Wilbur and his women set off for a remote and uninhabited island in the Marshalls called Upolu. There, in yet another cloud of marijuana smoke, they declared the tiny atoll to be the sovereign 'Republic of Love'. By the time the Micronesians arrived to do something about the 'utopia' nearly a year later, no less than six women from the United States — who thought a 'Republic of Love' "sounded groovy" — had managed to make their way there. But when the Micronesians arrived to rout 'Emperor Wilbur' from the Republic of Love, there was no resistance. The women had become furious on two counts. First, there wasn’t enough pot to go all around and none would grow in the sandy soil. Second, although Wilbur proved to be a capable lover, he was not only sterile, but quickly grew weary of pleasing his many subjects. This was too much for the Filipino women, who fell to fighting amongst themselves — and even more violently with the furioul American women, who soon converted to feminism. Wilbur ultimately spent some time in jail. When released, he traveled extensively in India. We haven’t heard a thing about him since the mid-'70s.

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LETTERS As a result of clever international maneuvering, the father of one of the Filipino girls got the Micronesian government to give him Wilbur’s boat as a reparation for the grief he’d suffered. Perhaps it had something to do with his being one of Ferdinand Marcos’ top generals. It was he who renamed the boat Mandalay. The general — whose name we cannot recall — then entered her in the inaugural China Sea Race from Hong Kong to Manila. Much to the surprise of everyone, the novice sailor and his cruising boat skunked the small racing fleet by circumnavigating a high pressure system that had stalled the rest of the competition. During a raucous victory celebration at the Manila YC — that ended up in one of the largest brawls in the history of the Philippines — Mandalay was stolen from her berth. It was never determined who stole the boat or why, but the next thing anybody knew Mandalay was found drifting with her sails set about 50 miles off the coast of Oregon. She was claimed by the fisherman who towed her to port and later sold to someone in the Seattle area. That was the last we heard of her until your letter. Isn’t it hard to believe a boat could have lived through so many adventures in such a short time?

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LETTERS all my strength and will, I managed to mount the rudder — and thus got ready to haul up the sails. At this point I asked my wife to take the helm. I took for granted that steering a boat with a rudder or an outboard motor is an acquired skill. So when I said keep her into the wind while I raise the sails, one of us obviously didn’t understand. Well, maybe both of us didn’t understand. Eventually we did get the sails up, at which point I remembered that I’d forgotten to lower the keel thing! Before I got it down, we — including our two kids in lifejackets — learned what it meant to 'walk on water'. The kids took great enjoyment in walking on the Weills down below. Once we had the keel down, we had a great sail. We found a protected cove and dropped the anchor, hooked the BBQ to the stern rail, and had a beautiful family dinner and boating experience. My wife even called me the next day to say how much fun she had. So the adventure begins and a lot of the credit goes to you and all your readers who write in with information. As 'The Beginners', we still have a few questions: 1) What is a gennaker? 2) Where should I store my anchor when sailing? 3) What do I do with the hot coals in the BBQ when I’m done cooking? 4) Do I need a license for both the boat and me in order to get a marine radio? John & Pam Johnson, 'The Beginners' Dock Holiday, MacGregor Venture 25 Cloverdale John & Pam — Even though we realize your letter has probably been spiced up just a little for entertainment value, we’d be lying if we pretended not to be a little concerned. A MacGregor 25 may not be a particularly large boat, but accidents arising from operator ignorance and/or incompetence — on the water or land — could easily result in injury to you, your kids or innocent strangers. Even when lake sailing, you don’t want to learn your lessons from the 'school of hard knocks' — or through tragedy. The best ways to become knowledgeable and competent? Classes offered by private sailing schools, yacht clubs, Power Squadrons and city or country recreational programs. Another excellent way of gaining skill is by being 'mentored' and later buddy-boating. No doubt there’s one or more local MacGregor 25 owners who would be delighted to show you the ropes on their, and maybe even your own, boat. By all means take advantage of such opportunities, not only for safety’s sake, but also to maximize your own and your family’s sailing pleasure. Please don’t take our response as being condescending, as we have nothing but your and your family’s best interests in mind. After all, nobody wants The Beginners to become The Victims. As for those hot coals, most sailors take them out of the 'Q', invite Anthony Robbins over, and take a little mind over matter 'walk'.

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LETTERS unusual that a very good and reputable charter company would feel that way about the local constabulary. I’ve never received a similar warning anywhere else I’ve chartered. As I now begin the process of deciding whether to do my next charter in San Diego for the America’s Cup, in Canada, or Maui — or maybe just stay home to sail my boat on San Francisco Bay — I read yet another article in Latitude about the mindless attitude of the San Diego Harbor Police. San Diego has great sailing, great weather and is a nice little city, but I’ve got to ask myself why I should risk my precious time and money if I can find the same things elsewhere — and not have to run the risk of some encounter with a jerk harbor patrol. Milt Smith Fair Oaks

MWE’LL be watching Although we live 150 miles north in Cranbrook, British Columbia, we sail our Cal 39 on Lake Pend Orielle in Northern Idaho. We’ll be untying the docklines to starting cruising in 1997, and sure hope we won’t be treated like Eagle’s Quest when and if we provision in San Diego. We’ll be watching Latitude for news of the San Diego Harbor Police. If we feel we’d be ill-treated, we might have to provision elsewhere. Chief Hight should reconsider the way mariners are treated. John & Barbara Hunt Inarresting, Cal 39 Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

MTHE FIRST TO CASTIGATE Suppose Eagle’s Quest had sunk in the 'off limits area' and caused a massive pollution problem. Would the Harbor Police be in the wrong for letting that happen? I imagine your publication would have been the first to castigate the Harbor Police for lack of attention. While it would appear that their actions were a bit officious, they were only doing what was required under the law. Ross Mainor Malguefia Northern California Ross — You imagine wrong. It’s not the Harbor Police’s responsibility to make sure boats are incapable of polluting the waters of San Diego Bay. Secondly, what the Harbor Police did was not required by law. In fact, what they did might very well have been in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

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If you think I would, in any way, consider going to San Diego after the way your macho Harbor Police has been treating cruisers for 15 years, forget it! The San Diego Zoo and beaches might otherwise entice my family and I to visit San Diego, but your policy towards cruisers changes all that. I won’t spend a dime in San Diego until you change. Robert B. Smith Vallejo

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Ma unique blip They say you learn something every day — and some of us probably do. I had the fortunate — perhaps serendipitous — experience of realizing I had learned something very useful last week. If I had been a dutiful reader of the Notice to Mariners, I couldn’t have found the information, since it had yet to be published. It happened when I was returning to Pete’s Harbor from Union Point Basin with my good buddy, Jim — who happens to be a 'Coastie'. We turned on the radar, not so much because of the fog, but because we enjoy practicing radar navigation whenever the opportunity arises. As we were approaching the San Mateo Bridge, we were surprised to find a unique blip where we are accustomed to seeing only the blob for the bridge — and where the channel was supposed to be. We pronounced the thing a 'racon', but had no idea why we were picking up the signal there. Jim looked at my old charts and couldn’t find any info. He also asked for my Notice to Mariners, but bad guy that I am, 1 didn’t have it aboard. Jim decided to check for an explanation to the blip on his own charts when he got home — and even more significantly, discuss it during his radar discussion group the next morning. Well, what a surprise! It seems there are a number of new racons in the area. Although their installation was not announced, I understand that the Coast Guard was preparing to announce and seek responses as to the efficacy of the broadcasts! Jim was able to give a first report — a very positive one. If all these beacons are as effective as the one at the San Mateo Bridge, they’ll be a major aid to boaters with radar. To use the aid, simply range in on an equipped bridge and presto, there’s a loud and clear signal. It looks like an endless morse transmission — which it is. The San Mateo code is dash, dash. According to my source, there are four racons outside of California in the U.S., and the following in California:

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U-ffFOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE PROJECTS Hove you guys — your responses to those who tried to burn you at the altar for awakening their racial guilt made my week! Curious how living artists inevitably upset someone. As for myself, I hope that someday I’ll have the privilege of sharing a laugh and seeing the bottom of a vodka bottle with the honorable Foxy Callwood. I have a pig farmer joke that’ll kill him! Speaking of slurs, slanders and heresy, are you really contemplating acquiring a big catamaran soon? The whole minesinks-better-than-yours-turns-over argument is a bit long in the tooth, isn’t it? Never one for the same route home, I’m giving up my trailerable San Juan sloop — with all her felicity, economy and mobility — for a big, mean and reckless catamaran. She’s number 10 of Buddy Ebsen’s 12 Polycons. After racing almost 15 of her 20 years with other ORCA bad boys like Machete, Freestyle and Double Bullet (R.I.P.), her previous owner capsized her. Having suffered very little damage at that point, she was then dismasted as a result of the 10mile salvage tow — while upside down — in high winds and choppy seas. She’d be junk today and her history lost if it weren’t for Rudy Choy’s thoughtful design and her rigid Airex construction. Perhaps her name, Invictus, helped as she does seem rather invincible. For those of us who live for a good project and can stick with it, this is a very satisfying means of ownership: no loans and no excuses. Another local boy down in Dana Point bought Catapult, yet another discarded CSK hot-rod from the golden age of California catamarans. He bought her as the result of similar circumstances that befell Invictus. These older catamarans are experiencing a kind of renaissance down here. After spending some time aboard a new quarter of a million dollar French cat, it’s easy to see why. Some of these older boats offer superior performance for a fraction of a new boat’s cost — and offer the opportunity of sharing a piece of local history. For those scurvy John Birchers who might question the value of such history, say a prayer for us sinners and remember that L. Francis Herreshoff loved his "funny little boat with two hulls". Amen, brother. Why have I abandoned the drive-and-sail concept for an amusement park with a 6:1 / 24:1 gas peddle? Because no one warned me that adulthood would be this delicious a revenge and because temptation overwhelmed me. I’m enjoying using old age and treachery to overcome youth and skill. By the way, Latitude and Mr. Dixon’s praise of the Garmin 50 run contrary to my experience with that model and manufacturer. My 'waterproof unit received a mild wetting once and never worked again. Thus far, I’ve had no satisfaction and have the sinking feeling

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LOOSE LIPS Another gender barrier falls. Last month, the Cruising Club of America awarded its prestigious Blue Water Medal to two women for the first time in the history of the award. The recipients are Jacqueline and Chrsitiane Darde of France, two sisters whose accomplishments include covering much of the Mediterranean in a 24-ft boat in the late ’70s; the South Pacific and Indian Ocean in ^ 30-footer in the mid-’80s; and Mexico, the U.S., Easter Island, Chile and around the Horn to the Falklands, Azores and home aboard their last boat, a 38-ft aluminum sloop named Maris Stella. (The sisters were also the subject of an article in Latitude during their stop in San Francisco in the late ’80s.) The CCA’s Blue Water Medal is awarded annually for "a most meritorious example of seamanship." Angelic news. Angel Island’s new park concessionaire will open officially on March 18 and remain open daily through late November. The Angel Island Company will offer TramTours®, mountain and tandem bike rentals and the Cove Cafe for visitors to the Bay’s largest island. On the.horizon are naturalist-led kayak tours and an open-air concert series staring in May. "There has been a remarkable upsurge of interest in Angel Island as a destination," says AIC general manager David Pence. For more information, call (415) 897-0715.

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The more things change, the more they... well,... change. According to a press release from Sebago, one of the latest sponsors to supportPACT 95’s Young America campaign, the nature and cost of America’s Cup sailing has changed over the years. Here’s a quick snapshot of how two Auld Mug campaigns held 100 years apart stacked up.

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For you prime rate watchers, that’s a 3,835% increase — about 38% a year. For you Cup watchers, the American yacht Defender won over Britain’s Valkyrie III in 1895 in three days of racing and five days of legal wrangling. At least lawyers were cheaper then, too. The Great Danzini. A little bird flew in the other day and told us our old pal Dan Newland was getting ready to launch another new design. (His last was the ultralight Newland 368 sloop Pegasus XIV with which he took game, set and match in the ’92 Singlehanded TransPac.) The new Pegasus 22.5 relies on a decidedly more anerobic form of propulsion — rowing. Produced in cooperation with naval architects Jim Campe and Doug Grand, and rowing enthusiast Walt Dorion, the superlight, superstrong open-water shell should be available by this month. Bet he says that to all the magazines. . . Phil Coker, gentleman, scholar and editor of the Marina Bay (Richmond) YC newsletter Signal, paid us a nice compliment in his last issue. Not to beat our own drum or anything, but we thought we’d run it here to remind the rest of you proles how lucky you are to have us. "I noticed someone had written in and said that a lot of good pictures are wasted in the pages of Latitude 38. It’s too bad that anyone would make such an unfair statement. There is probably just as much good writing wasted on those pages as there are good pictures, if not more. . . . "Latitude is a great publication and must reading for all boaters." Thanks, Phil. Your check is in the mail.

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SIGHTINGS murder most foul Cruiser Bob Nossner of the New York-based Landfall 42 Lamda Nu was killed by his own gun on February 18 during an onboard struggle with four convicted criminals. He and his wife Vicky had been at anchor in western

Many prison islands, like this one off Trinidad, allow prisoners to roam freely.

Panama at the time. This is the tragic news that was broadcast over the Central American and Caribbean nets later that day by Sharon of Blue Moon. The reports indicate that Nossner, age unknown, and his wife Vicky had been anchored at Isla Rancheria, a small island about one mile off the northeastern side of the much larger Isla Coiba. Both islands are approximately 175 miles from the Panama Canal. Isla Coiba is home to at least one prison colony — and perhaps as many as six — where prisoners are not necessarily locked up. Four convicts escaped from Isla Coiba in the wee hours of February 18 by swimming the one mile out to the Nossner’s boat. Exactly what happened next is not clear, but apparently Nossner pulled out the gun he carried on Lamda Nu. The weapon was somehow taken from him, and he was shot in the head. Nossner either died immediately or shortly thereafter. After the murder, the convicts — with Vicky and her husband’s body still aboard — started motoring Lamda Nu in the direction of mainland Panama. In this region the mainland area is agricultural and sparsely-inhabited jungle. Several miles from shore, the convicts hopped into Lamda Nu’s dinghy and disappeared in the direction of land. Vicky Nossner courageously continued on to nearby Bahia Honda, a cruiser’s center, where she was assisted and comforted by fellow yachties. At last word, a United States Air Force helicopter had been dispatched from the Canal area to recover Nossner’s body. Panama has long enjoyed a reputation for being a hotbed of crimes against tourists — including cruisers. In the urban areas, much of this reputation has been well-deserved. Colon, for example, is probably the most dangerous city in the world regularly visited by cruisers. Panama City was once nearly as bad, but except for a few areas with low income projects, is reportedly much safer than before. Outside of these two urban areas and certain islands known for drug activity, however, Panama has been considered safe and her energetic people very friendly. Western Panama — including the offshore islands — have always been considered not only safe, but one of the most unheralded cruising grounds in the world. When Tim Wilhelm philosophized about his five-year circumnavigation in the pages of Latitude last month, he cited western Panama as one of the places that was "so enjoyable that I would definitely make an effort to see them again". Western Panama’s reputation is surely going to be tarnished by this murder, but perhaps unfairly. The behavior of the general population can’t be lumped with that of convicted criminals. Third World countries have long used islands as prison colonies, and mariners are usually cautioned to stay well continued outside column of next sightings page

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the keeling For reasons far beyond mortal pondering, some boats turn out to be more than the sum of the parts. Legendary names like Ticonderoga, Windward Passage and Merlin will al¬ ways evoke all the good that is yachting, the records broken, the odds overcome, the per¬ formance parameters exceeded. And then there are the boats at the other end of the spectrum. Boats that should have been great, but instead were visited upon primarily by one misfortune after another. The Whitbread maxi Drum comes to mind. Remember when the boat dropped its keel some years back and trapped three people below for several hours, including rock star owner Simon Le Bon? Then, a few years later, Drum was sailing in a race in Europe

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and hit a submarine. The ship was running just under the surface and Drum clobbered her conning tower, busting off the periscope and whatever else is up there. Pieces of the sub actually fell on the sailboat’s deck. The injured sub surfaced, retrieved their missing parts and both vessels continued on their ways. France 2 (below) is another hard luck boat. You may remember three months ago when the lifting structure inside the $1.5 million French America’s Cup boat failed and it fell 10 feet onto the pavement. That accident drove the keel up through the deck and brought the carbon fiber rig tumbling down. France 2 was repaired, but turned out continued middle of next sightings page

murder — cont’d away. This is the case, for example, with the Islas Tres Marias northwest of Puerto Vallarta. On several occasions cruisers have been briefly detained for coming too close to the islands. Other cruisers have reported what appeared to be convicts trying to flag them down as they passed prison islands. So caution must be taken. Our sincere condolences to the wife and family of Bob Nossner.

apache*s re-refit Next time your boat is hauled out, and you’re tired of sweating, scraping and sanding, just think about Ron and Chris Romero and the schooner Apache. Seventy years after she was built, and seven years after they bought her, the father and son team are rebuilding the classic woodie — again. For Ron and Chris, the adventure started back in 1988. Longtime Latitude readers may remember the story (Sightings, January 1990) of how Ron, a continued outside column of next sightings page

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apache — cont’d sheet metal worker with little experience with boats — much less classic wood yachts — decided to buy himself an old schooner. His search up and down the coast led him to the backwaters of Los Angeles, where he found Apache. The once beautiful schooner, built at the Bath Iron Works in 1925, was sadly neglected. Ron made an offer and a deal was struck. Ron and Chris, who was only 16 at the time, hauled the boat at nearby San Pedro for several months of repairs before sailing it back to Sausalito. There they put the 'finishing touches' on the newly renovated boat and began offering her for charter. Under gleaming coats of new paint and varnish, Apache soon became a picturesque fixture on the Bay, as well as at local and regional classic yacht events. She also started collecting new hardware for the trophy case, including awards in the annual Master Mariners Regatta. After several years of intensive use, Ron decided it was time to do a real overhaul on the old schooner. Being somewhat of a perfectionist, he wouldn’t settle for hiding the flaws under more paint and varnish. Never being ones to shy away from hard work, he and Chris decided to tackle the job in the slower winter months. Despite an unexpected slowdown in Ron’s sheet metal work — and a corresponding tightening in the budget, the Romeros hauled Apache in February and started tearing her apart. s Like many do-it-yourselfers, Ron chose the Bay Ship and Yacht boatyard in Richmond for the project, and has nothing but good things to say about the place. From the careful handling of the old classic to their cooperation and skill during the extensive refit, "Without their assistance, this project would not have been possible," says Ron. The planned refit would have been a daunting task for the boatyard itself, much less the father and son Romero team. Luckily for Ron, Chris is no 'ordinary' 23-year-old. His association with Apache over the years has won him some prestigious berths on several sail training vessels. From the bosun’s mate on the school ship Concordia, to bosun on the Japanese tallship Kaisai, Chris has visited many far-flung ports in between helping Dad run Apache — New York, Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, New Guinea, Singapore, Japan, Poland and Canada are just a few. In the process, he’s racked up enough ocean miles to earn his Master’s License — and enough tallship experience to be an invaluable help to his father. For Apache’s refit, experience is certainly called for. To make sure everything was done right the first time, Ron asked Richmond-based ship¬ wright and wood wizard Jeff Rutherford to supervise the project. Jobs in pro¬ gress as this was written included the removal of the boat’s interior, all 36 iron structural floors, the complete rig, the engine and all keel bolts. Plans call for re-installation and rebedding of the keel with all new bolts, as well as new structural bolts for the mast partners (supports). When all that’s done, the Romeros will turn their attention to designing and building a new interior. "Chris has some great ideas for the new interior," Ron says proudly. "And these days, when he talks, I listen." Ron plans to alter Apache’s original interior configuration to better accommodate future charter guests. Back in the ’20s and ’30s the Seawahnaka-class schooners were designed and set up for crewed ocean racing. (One of 16 identical boats built, Apache may be the only Seawahnaka schooner still in commission.) With Chris’ help and suggestions, Ron plans a more open and commodious layout for local Bay charters, as well as occasional excursions to Catalina Island and vicinity. He’ll also continue to campaign Apache in local and regional classic regattas, including the annual Schooner Cup, which begins at the end of March in San Diego. With assistance from friends and fellow wooden boat enthusiasts, work has been progressing on schedule. With the usual optimism required of wooden boat owners, Ron hopes to have Apache back in the water by the middle of this month, as he puts it, "better than new." — john skoriak Classic yacht enthusiasts interested in helping out on Apache can do so by donating their time (the workweek is seven days, dawn til dusk) or purchasing one or more of the totally cool Apache T-shirts, which go for $12 apiece. For more information, contact Ron at (415) 331-8153.

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to be a slug on the race course, winning only one race. Fortunately, the French team had another boat coming, and France 3 is prov¬ ing to be a more competitive and — so far — lucky boat. Not so France 2. On February 18, while practicing 9 miles off the coast with her newer sistership, France 2’s keel fell off. The boat immediately tipped over on its side and started filling up with water. Tenders from other syndicates rushed over to help save the boat and take crew off. Four crew members stayed aboard, stuffing sails into the hole where the keel had been to prevent France 2 from sinking. The yacht was eventually stabilized and towed in. Word on the grapevine was that the two French boats were sailing so far offshore because they were testing a new 'secret wea¬ pon.' Hopefully it wasn’t the keel.

taking the plunge I have a small diving company in the East Bay. Most of my work is very ordinary. But on February 14, Valentine’s Day, 1 was given the most unusual assignment of my career. A client of mine planned to propose marriage to the woman of his dreams in a most memorable way. After some discussion and logistical planning, everything was set for this nautical proposal on the dock at Union Point Basin. His plan was to propose marriage and when she said 'yes'. . . an arm — mine — would rise mysteriously up from under the dock and in my hand would be the diamond engagement ring. Never seeing anything more than the arm, she would take her new ring and all of her friends waiting nearby would join in the celebration. So, at the appointed time, there I was underneath the dock with the ring (safe inside a glass jar), waiting for the signal. And waiting. And waiting. Pretty soon I began to wonder, what if she said no? We hadn’t planned for that eventuality. What was I supposed to do then? Would I even get a signal? My doubts were interrupted — finally — by the agreed-upon signal. I reached up as high as I could without letting any more than my shoulder above the surface. I felt her take the ring jar away, then let my hand slip back into the water. I swam underwater to a near¬ by dock where their friends were waiting to take photos and begin the celebration. For me, it was a spetial assignment and a great way to begin Valentine’s Day! — michael dark

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SIGHTINGS new Zealand’s nasty new law The shit has hit the proverbial fan in New Zealand. Fallout from that country’s new 'safety standards' for departing yachts is reverberating throughout the cruising community all through the South Seas. At this point, the current question is not who wins or loses, it’s who stands to lose more, the cruisers or New Zealand. To refresh youronemory: in a move we thought possible only by the San Francisco board of supervisors or the San Diego Harbor Police, the government of New Zealand has decided that they need to 'inspect' all yachts planning to depart the country to insure that they are suitably equipped with gear and crew to sail offshore. They actually passed a law saying this. It went into effect February 1. The move is directly attributable to the huge and expensive rescue effort mounted for last June’s Queen’s Birthday Storm, which claimed several boats and three lives. In a nutshell, the new law says that departing yachts must have a functional EPIRB, suitable lifejackets for all aboard, a minimum of two harnesses, a marine radio, a medical kit, sufficient fresh water, sufficient bilge pumps, suitable pyrotechnics and a few other etceteras. Actually pretty standard stuff, except that not all yachties prefer to have all of it. But one thing they all do have is 'suitable pyrotechnics', at le^st the figurative kind, over this issue. Virtually everyone in the yachting community— which in this case includes the Marine Export Group, an umbrella organization of Kiwi marine-related businesses — has something to say about the ludicrousness of the situation. Especially after an editorial in Whangerei’s The Northern Advocate newspaper on January 11 entitled, "Whining Boaties Should Get Lost." Here are a few excerpts from letters to the editor of the Advocate and other newspapers. • I believe resistance is based on the premise that such an inspection would in fact do little or nothing to enhance safety... It could even be extortion if it comes to the point where a sailor is forced to spend money on equipment he does not want and feels he does not need in order to 'buy' a clearance to sail from New Zealand... I wonder if such forced inspection is even legal under international maritime law." — Jamie Bryson • "Boats already (have) to comply with relevant safety standards in their countries of registration... Foreign cruisers’ levels of safety were borne out by search and rescue figures which showed that the greatest number of alerts involved commercial shipping, followed by fishing boats, and then New Zealand-registered yachts." — Northern Advocate article, 1/16 • "What constitutes 'adequate crew?' Was the singlehanded racer — no doubt lavishly equipped — recently abandoned off Tasmania 'adequately crewed'? Was the Titanic?... Is it not ironic that the sole vessel lost with all hands in the (Queen’s Birthday storm) was the Quartermaster, a New Zealand yacht certified to Category 1? "My duty? I am now here and must submit to your law. (It is also) my duty to give this legislation and the views expressed in your paper the widest possible dissemination in the worldwide cruising community so that those not yet ensnared have enough time to make alternate choices." — Norman Powell yacht Witchcraft (homeport, Oregon) Did we mention that visiting yachts not only have to endure the inspection, they also have to pay for it? The fee is supposed to be no more than NZ$100 (about $75 US), although Powell is aware of one boat that paid $125 for the privilege of leaving. It is not just arriving yachts that are subject to the law, either — everybody there on February 1 is affected. The first foreign yacht to undergo the inspection on February • 1 was American. The boat passed, but owner Lester Smith (no homeport given, but we’re making him an honorary Northern Californian) refused to pay. At last report, he was still in Whangerei. On February 9, some 200 people representing 83 foreign cruising yachts packed into a public meeting in Whangarei to protest the new inspection rule. Everyone in the room voted — without a single dissenter — to ask the continued outside column of next sightings page

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consider us A few months back we rather casually dismissed one reader’s suggestion for a life¬ saving technique. We shouldn’t have. The reader suggested that sailors might consider wearing easily-removable sailing boots, with a grommet at the top back of each, and a 24-inch piece of line spliced to one of them. That way if the wearer ever fell overboard — as was the case with the late Larry Klein — he or she could remove the boots, tie them together with the piece of line, and invert them for use as water wings. Figuring we knew better, we said that such a system might be suitable for a swimming

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corrected pool, but not the Bay or ocean. A few weeks ago we got a letter from Peter Sutter of Wild Spirit. In it he told a tale of how many years ago Dave Wahle fell over¬ board from a boat he and Commodore Tomp¬ kins were delivering down the Atlantic coast to the SORC. Wahle fell in —t but he’d had the boots outfitted as described, and had practiced taking them off underwater. "Needless to say," writes Sutter, "Commo¬ dore turned the boat around and got Dave back on board in good shape. Dave has been pissed ever since because Commodore got the

government to withdraw the rules, at least to foreign-flag yachts. Then the questions started. The chairman of the meeting asked how many yachties would not return to New Zealand if the law remained in place. One hundred twenty-eight hands went up. How many people would avoid inspec¬ tions or consider leaving the country without clearance even if it meant paying fines in the next port of call? The count of hands was 97. A suitable excla¬ mation point was given the meeting by Peter Rachtman, the executive director of Marine Export Group. He related the result of a survey that showed 'normal' cruising yachts have infused NZ$20 million into the country’s economy over continued outside column of next sightings page

where’s waldo — and why is he reading some stupid magazine? (answer next month)

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SIGHTINGS nasty law — cont’d the past year. As far as the 20 'mega-yachts' currently in various ports in the country, the tally was quite a bit higher. Up to $3 million was being spent on just one of those vessels, he said. Where all this ends up is anybody’s guess. But if it were our guess, we gotta think it’ll go the route of similar stupid legislation on this side of the pond. Like zero tolerance, for instance. Six months from now (hopefully less), no one will lay claim to it and no one will enforce it. Whatever the outcome, writes Powell, "The Aussie tourist boffins must be rolling in the aisles over this tempest in a teapot." They sure must.

mary III on the beach Within a couple days of going to press with this issue, we received word that a boat had gone aground near Pillar Point. Luckily, one of the Latitude crew was on hand to take photos and get the bare bones information from some people who were otherwise very busy trying to save the boat. Here’s the story of the accompanying photo as we understand it to date. Earl Boyce spent five years putting together the steel 42-ft Mary III (which is named for his daughter, wife and mother-in-law) up in Fallon, Nevaaa. On Saturday, February 18, Earl, his friend Bob King and his dog, Teddy, sailed out to the Farallones and anchored somewhere there for the night. When they woke up Sunday, it was foggy. Although the boat had basic navigation gear, it apparentlyiacked any electronic black boxes such as GPS, SatNav or Loran. Somehow, the two friends got all screwed up on their navi¬ gation, and instead of threading their way through the Golden Gate, they ended up on the beach just north of Pillar Point sometime in the early afternoon. We corroborated most of this with Bob King, but were unable to reach Boyce, as he was busy working to get Mary III off the beach. According to King, the boat was tremendously strong and probably would survive the beaching, although obviously the rig was not so lucky. We’ll try to bring you the rest of the story of Mary III in the next issue.

demilitarized zone With the deactivation of military bases and their transfer to public and private use, some primo sailing spots on the Bay may become more access¬ ible. One such area is the west side of the Alameda Naval Station, a fog-free zone where the winds often blow a brisk, yet sunny, 10 to 15 knots in the summer. A committee is already at work to ensure that this area gets the attention it deserves. On February 3, interested parties, including aquatic programs, yacht clubs and commercial marine businesses, met to map out a plan of action for the seaplane lagoon and the jetty area just to the west of Encinal High School. A couple of weeks later, a group of interested parties took a water tour of the area. Spearheading the project are Larry Westland, whose work as a consultant to the city of Alameda has acquainted him with the naval air station and its facilities, and Rob Anderson, head of the Cal Adventures program in Berkeley. Other key players are Peter Saitta of the Small Boat Racing Association, Pat¬ rick Andreason from the St. Francis YC junior program, Bruce Arnold of Rich¬ mond YC and Bob Gorman of the Northern California Marine Association. "I originally saw this as a prime opportunity for the sailing community," says Westland, who sails his J/24 out of Redwood City, "but Rob Anderson envi¬ sioned this as a wonderful aquatic center including all sorts of recreational elements, including sailors, kayakers and rowers." To that end, the project now has the working title of the East Bay Aquatic Center. The steering committee is preparing a conceptual proposal for presen¬ tation in March to the East Bay Regional Parks District, which will have juris¬ diction over the area. In addition to its focus on education and recreation for Bay Area youth, the aquatic center will have a commercial component to help continued outside column of next sightings page

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corrected boat too close and he lost his boots. "But it works like a charm. I know because I’ve been doing the very same thing ever since," continues Sutter. "I guess I have prac¬ ticed removing my boots and foul weather gear 50 times over the years, and it’s second nature by now."

creaming the One of the best mosquito repellents you can buy is Avon Skin-So-Soft. Rogaine, the hair-growing stuff, started out as a drug to regulate blood pressure or something. 'Double entendre' has apparently struck

SIGHTINGS — cont’d

demilitarized zone — cont’d generate revenues. Anyone interested in finding out more about the project can contact Rob Anderson at (510) 642-4000 or Larry Westland at (415) 852-9916. — shimon van collie

We happened to see Wahle recently and asked him if the technique had really worked in the Gulfstream. He said it indeed had. So we apologize to everyone — not overlooking the fact that a genuine lifejacket is still better yet.

'secret' treasures Imagine a nautical library with more than 35,000 volumes, 100,000 ships plans and over 250,000 historic photographs — including the world’s best col¬ lection of photos of ships under sail. Then imagine cozy rooms with comfort¬ able couches, over 150 current periodicals, and around 100 cassette tapes of sea chanteys and other music of the sea. While you’re at it, let your imagi¬ nation run wild. Add walls and cases full of historic ship artifacts and models, a full-time staff of six, and a killer view of the local waterfront. An old salt’s dream museum, to be sure. But this one is real, and it’s not in

competition again in the pharmaceutical world, this time to the apparent benefit of German boat own¬ ers. Over there, they swear by an antifouling product called Penaten Creme, which has continued middle of next sightings page

MITCH PERKINS

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SIGHTINGS treasure — cont’d Denmark, along the Thames or in some picturesque New England Victorian. The place we’ve just described is the J. Porter Shaw Nautical Library, the largest nautical research facility in the U.S., and it’s located at the Fort Mason Center, right here on San Francisco Bay. Surprised? So were we. San Francisco Maritime Museum founder Karl Kortum is the main man responsible for this remarkable facility. More than 30 years ago, he saw a lot of the history of the great age of sail slipping away with old sea captains and crew that had gone on to Fiddler’s Green. So Kortum and a small cadre of volunteers began gathering accounts of the last days of commercial sail and steam in the form of oral histories and fading remnants of that era. The project continued outside column of next sightings page

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creaming also been used by generations of German mothers to treat — are you ready for this? — diaper rash. We’ve never heard of the product or claim, but were interested to see a write-up on it in a recent Practical Sailor. According to that article, an east coast boater brought some back from Europe and conducted an experiment. In the spring, he smeared the cream on half the bottom of his dinghy, left an untreated center strip and painted the

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other side with bottom paint. By fall, the center strip was a mess of barnacles and grass, and the Penaten-treated side was as clean as the painted side. Analysis of Penaten showed it was close to an American product all parents of young children are familiar with — Desitjn cream, also used to alleviate diaper rash. So the guys at Practical Sailor smeared some of that on a wood and fiberglass panel, with the

received a huge boost in 1959, when Oakland attorney and maritime collector J. Porter Shaw donated his entire collection of books, documents, photos, plans, models, paintings and other memorabelia. The donation formed the core of the library, which bears his name in lasting gratitude. The original library was housed in tiny quarters in the old Maritime Museum, occupying three former bathrooms, two former showers, a large clo¬ set and portions of a leaky basement. The growing pains were finally alleviated in 1983, when the library moved to its present location inside Building E at Fort Mason — digs which had a bit of history themselves. The 17,000-squarefoot facility had at various times served as a boatbuilding loft and Army warehouse. In 1972, the library came under the direction of its first professional, full¬ time librarian, David Hull. (No kidding.) He undertook the standard categoriz¬ ation of the library’s various collections. This included not only books, peri¬ odicals and nautical ephemera, but the extensive photos collection, oral his¬ tories, ship plans, charts, logbooks and archives. Today, the standard catalog is even available 'on line' to computer users throughout the U.S. and overseas. Requests for information are hardly confined to the local area. And users run the gamut — divers researching shipwrecks; genealogists finding which ships distant relatives came over from the old country on; attorneys research¬ ing legal cases; scholars getting background for books; restaurant owners seeking photo reproductions to suit their nautical decor — or just recreational boaters thumbing through the most current magazines. The library is broken up into a number of reading and study rooms, a typing room, listening rooms (for oral histories and chanteys) and so on. Several other notable collections have been added to the library since Shaw’s generous donation, including maritime historian John Lyman’s collec¬ tion in 1978 and the Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection in 1992. In the pro¬ cess, it’s become a veritable showcase of Pacific Coast nautical history dating from the — this is no misprint, either — 1500s. The library itself shows no signs of slowing down, either. On tap for the near future are additional dis¬ plays, a bigger staff and extending business hours. They’re presently open to the public on afternoons four days a week. There are a number of ways to get more intimately involved with the library for those interested. These range from volunteering help for Library events (which include public lectures and sailing trips) to becoming a library 'associ¬ ate' (memberships start at $15). For more on one of the best kept 'secrets' in the Bay Area, call the J. Porter Shaw Library at (415) 556-9872.

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no more snoopy dishes It wasn’t too long ago that boatbuilding in Santa Cruz had fallen into the pits. George Olson, the mastermind behind the Olson 30 and other quality boats, went off to build amusement park rides. Bill Lee, the man who put the "ultra" in ultralight displacement, declared bankruptcy last summer. And Ron Moore, the third leg of the Santa Cruz revolutionary triangle, was making fairings for 18 wheelers and giant Snoopy water bowls for the Mall of America! Well, the worm has turned. We’re not sure where George Olson is, but Bill Lee Yachts has been resurrected as Santa Cruz Yachts, with new owners and two new Santa Cruz 52s in the works. Ron Moore’s new shop in Watsonville is humming day and night with production crews turning'out both Ultimate 20s and fairings for the new 1995 Kenworth aerodynamic big rig. Hey, it pays good money. Although it probably deserves much more space, here’s the skinny on Santa Cruz Yachts. Last September, the bankruptcy court auctioned off the assets of Bill Lee Yachts. Included was an unfinished Santa Cruz 52 that John DeLaura had commissioned. DeLaura bought the unfinished boat and the production facility, hired back production manager Lance Brown and some of Lee’s crew and had the boat completed in January. On January 23, DeLaura sold the production facilities to Paul Ely and his two sons, Glenn and Skip. Lance Brown is once again heading up the shop and more than a few familiar faces can be seen around the chicken coop/boatbuilding facility continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS no more snoopy dishes — cont’d overlooking downtown Soquel. Other familiar names are involved as well. Naval architect Bob Smith, who did a lot of the work on the Santa Cruz 52, holds the title of company designer. Bill Lee, according to the Elys, is also on retainer to the company and will help in marketing the 52s and 70s. "We plan to be fairly conservative for the first year," says Skip Ely. "If things go well, we may look at adding another boat to our line, maybe something in the 44 foot range." Meanwhile, Ron Moore is sitting on some pretty hot property in the Ultimate 20. The Jim Antrim-modified sport boat just won Boat of the Year honors at Sailing World magazine. Marketer Jeff Canepa sold eight boats at the recent Sail Expo show in Atlantic City, and another five in a big show in Germany. Slightly overrigged for the Bay, the boats appear to be popular in lighter wind areas like the East Coast. The first national championships will be held in Newport, RI, this August and they expect 25 entries. In addition to the Ultimate 20s, Moore is now building the second Wylie Cat 30. "It took a while to get the first one sold," says Moore, "and them boom! They sold the next one. It looks like we’re going to have a busy 1995." Sorry about that, Snoopy. Maybe Charlie Brown can learn how to laminate. — shimon van'collie

coast watch The 'theme' for this month’s Coast Watch might well be the same as for the movie ET—The Extraterrestrial: call home! No fewer than five sailboats were reported overdue in between January 15 and February 15. Before we go into the month’s play-by-play of Coast Guard search and rescue summaries, here’s a quick look at those cases — all of which could have been avoided had the sailors simply kept in touch with shoreside contacts. Both Proteus and Soy Libre are 38-ft sailboats, and both were reported overdue on February 1. Proteus was on a trip from Cabo to Mazatlan, and Soy Libre was supposed to have arrived in La Paz from PV. Once they are alerted to overdue boats in Mexican waters, the Coast Guard initiates a communica¬ tion search via UMIB (universal marine broadcast) and Ham Radio Net, and they request assistance from the Mexican Navy to do harbor checks and attempt to verify departure/non-arrival. Proteus was located a couple of days later in San Bias, and Ham operators talked to Soy Libre the day after that. Neither vessel was in any distress. The day that Soy Libre was found, February 4, two people aboard the sailboat Dancing Dolphin were reported overdue. The retired couple had sailed from San Diego on December 23. They were bound for Cabo, where they planned to leave Dancing Dolphin and return home on another vessel they owned, Fantastico. They had not been heard from since. According to a marina operator in Cabo, the couple had made it there, and had stayed about three weeks before departing on Fantastico. Communications searches by the Coast Guard and physical searches of major marinas by the Mexican Navy turned up nothing, but the search was called off February 8 by the reporting source — the couple had finally called home to report in. Two days later, the sailboat Andrea was the focus of a UMIB, Ham Radio searches and a request for assistance from the Mexican Navy. This boat and the five people aboard were supposed to have departed Cabo February 4 bound for San Diego. They were also going to stop in Mag Bay to leave off two people, one of whom was supposed to make a flight out of LAX on Febru¬ ary 10. He didn’t make it and his wife (the reporting source) got worried. After two days, the radio net revealed Andrea had been delayed in departing Cabo, and was currently moored safely in San Quintin. That case was barely wrapped up on February 10 when word came in that the 91-ft sailing vessel Monique was overdue on a delivery voyage from Mexico to Costa Rica. They were supposed to have left Acapulco on January 31 and arrived in Costa Rica within a week. The search was called off the following day when the delivery skipper called the owner from Costa Rica. continued outside column of next sightings page

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creaming same results — only a bit of brown slime had accumulated after a summer in the waters of Newport, Rhode Island. Encouraging as all this sounds, the maga¬ zine cautions that these were only cursory probes into the longlasting effectiveness of this left-field antifouling regimen. Adhesion is a big question mark, for example — it seems to 'stick' better in colder water, and would almost certainly wear off in a big hur¬ ry in any abrasive situation, such as you’d experience beaching a dinghy. Still, what we have here is the possibility

the sinking Were we all granted one celestial pardon in our lives — one day that we could just re¬ play from the start — it’s a good bet Richard Johnson of Sacramento wouldn’t have to think long to pick his. It’d be February 4, the day his beloved 73-ft cutter Nam Sang went down in the Sacramento River in one of the most bizarre accidents in recent memory. Richard, his wife Deborah and seven other people including three young children were headed downstream on the Sacramen¬ to in the early afternoon. As he had done a hundred times before, he called the operator on the I-Street swinging bridge near Old Sacramento to open up for the big yacht. It happened as Nam Sang started through — the rain swollen river had risen so high that her masthead caught an overhead elec¬ trical wire and its supporting cable. In less time than it takes to read this sentence, the old classic heeled over more than 50° and swung broadside to the cur¬ rent, water pouring into open ports. Power poles onshore bent toward the river and the 440-volt cable broke, but the heavy support¬ ing cable held. And so did Nam Sang’s beefy mast and 7/8-inch standing rigging. Something had to give, and Johnson was determined it wasn’t going to be the boat. He and his crew sprang into action. They rigged a powerful Honda 8-horse pump in the cockpit and got it going. Within 10 minutes of the accident, water had killed the main engine, but the little Honda was keep¬ ing any more influx at bay. Within 15 min¬ utes, a good Samaritan boat had taken the children and off and was standing by. Within 30 minutes, every news organization within about a 20-mile radius had representatives there, and a throng of onlookers crowded the waterfront. The fire department was there, too, but Johnson says they seemed totally unclear on the concept. At one point, they sent a boat out that was so crowded with firemen that no one from Nam Sang could have got on if they wanted to. But no one wanted to; they wanted to stay aboard and save the boat.

SIGHTINGS — cont’d that a cheap, plentiful, easy to apply and en¬ vironmentally friendly product (main ingredi¬ ents for Desitin include cod liver oil, vitamins A and D, lanolin, petrolatum, talc and zinc oxide) might directly replace an expensive, toxic one that is a bitch to apply. If you’re thinking what we’re thinking, you’re right. It sounds way too good to be true. And you know what they say about that. Does anyone out there in readerland have firsthand experience with any of this?

of nam sang After 40 minutes, the situation was stabilized and Johnson was trying to get a line ashore so they could winch themselves bow-to the current. Somewhere around the 45-minute mark, the Honda pump ran out of gas and died. Within 5 minutes, Nam Sang went down like a rock. The crew all piled into an Avon inflatable — the boat’s own tender they had been tow¬ ing — and got ashore uninjured. In one of those weird twists of fate, the accident made newspapers and newscasts around the nation. The result has been little short of staggering. Johnson has received many, many calls from people all over the nation who knew the boat — old crew, chil¬ dren of crew, competitors or just folks who knew and loved the boat. Callers have offered encouragement, support, time and money to save Nam Sang. And save her Johnson will. But plans to raise the boat have to wait until the river returns to near normal levels. As of the third week in February, he and several friends and volunteers had made a number of dives on the boat, which at that time lay in 33 feet of water. ("I’m no Cousteau," he says, "but I will be before this is over.") He figures the River needs to go down another 10 feet before they bring out the pumps and airbags and re¬ float her. That could come as early as this month or as late as June. So far, he has turned a cold shoulder to commercial salvors. "They just want to come in with a big crane and try to yank her out by the mast," says Johnson. "I’m not going to let it happen." The good news in all this is that, unlike an ocean sinking, there is no tided surge to break the boat up. Except for some sand buildup, she is in good shape and that mighty rig still pokes defiantly out of the water, markifig the spot right in front of Old Sacto’s railroad museum. At 100,000 pounds, Nam Sang isn’t likely going to move. But just to be on the safe side, Johnson and his crew have rigged lines from the yacht to shore. continued middle of next sittings page

coast watch — cont’d Do you detect a trend here? Please, folks, keep people informed of your whereabouts when you’re out cruising. We now return to our regular programming. January 20 — Remember this shipping line next time you take a cruise. About 200 miles south of Salina Cruz, Mexico, a 29-year-old man fell off the Pacific Paradise. But the vessel continued on, not knowing about the mishap until hours later. When they returned to the scene, it was approximately 15 hours after the man went over the side. The ship searched briefly, then departed on its way again. The master was not willing to stay on scene. January 22 — A helicopter and 41-footer responded to the report of an overturned sailboat at the entrance to San Diego Bay. After an extensive search, it was determined that the vessel had probably sunk earlier and was not a distress case. A rescue swimmer was lowered and found the vessel completely stripped of parts and equipment and there were no personal effects in the vicinity to indicate a recent capsizing. January 23 — Another capsize/sinking, this one the 33-ft crabber Maria Concetta with two aboard. The vessel was last seen fishing in company with other vessels three to four miles offshore earlier in the morning. Searches by Coast Guard boats, numerous fishing boats and four helo sorties located three separate debris fields in the vicinity of Trinidad head. In one of them about 2M> miles offshore, searchers spotted the starboard quarter of the Maria Concetta. Divers went into the water and searched the partially submerged boat. They found no sign of the crew, but noted the survival suits were still in their bags. Further searches through the night and next morning yielded no further clues. — Group Monterey was the rescue coordinator for eight Navy SEALS whose 30-ft rigid-hulled inflatable boat capsized in 12 to 15-ft surf as they were attempting to exit Morro Bay for an exercise. All eight men were recovered, one with a broken leg and two others with minor injuries. Morro Bay’s 30-ft surf rescue boat towed the capsized RHIB into port. January 25 — The Coast Guard responded to a call from a tug by diverting the cutter Buttonwood to the main shipping channel. There they found and retrieved a cold, tired kayaker who had been swept out the Gate by an unusually strong ebb. The man was treated for mild hypothermia and released. — Station Mare Island received a call that a flare had been sighted over the Carquinez Strait. Investigation revealed that the flare was launched from the grounds of the California Maritime Academy — by a group of seniors celebrating the completion of their exams. January 28 — Station San Francisco responded to the call of a jumper from the Golden Gate Bridge. A 44-ft motorlifeboat recovered the man with no vital signs. On their way back to the station, they got the report that a second person had jumped. Park Service and Oakland Police vessels assisted the Coasties in their search for the second victim, but he or she was not found. Bridge police now think the two suicides were related. January 30 — District 11 headquarters in Long Beach recorded a 406 EPIRB hit from a unit registered to a 42-ft fishing boat. Only thing was, the first alert position gave a 94% probability that the signal was located in San Bernardino, about 45 miles inland. The Coasties passed the case over to the Air Force and Civil Air Patrol, who DF’ed the source of the signal to the empty house of a known drug trafficker. San Bernardino County Sheriffs are investigating further. — A 27-year-old crewman aboard the 188-ft, Bahamian-flagged Tern Arrow broke his arm when a wave came aboard and slammed him down. The vessel, enroute south to Panama, transferred the injured man off onto a Crowley Tug about 3 miles west of the'Farallones. The tug took him into the Bay, from whence he was transferred to a hospital. February 5 — The classic 60-ft yacht Nam Sang sank and five people went into the water when its mast snagged overhead wires on the rain-swollen Sacramento River near the I-Street Bridge. See the story in the middle of this page for more details. February 7 — The CHP called the Coast Guard on this Tuesday to report that someone had jumped off the Bravo span of the Bay Bridge — with a parachute! A 41-footer searched the area but found nothing. February 9 — Tragedy struck a fishing trip when a 23-ft Boston Whaler continued outside column of next sightings page March. 1995 • UXMJc 32 • Page 95

SIGHTINGS nam sang

coast watch — cont’d capsized in the vicinity of Pidgeon Point. One of the two people that went into the water made it to shore. The other was eventually located floating face¬ down by another fishing boat that had come to assist. Retrieved by a Coast Guard helicopter, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. February 13 — The Coast Guard was just one agency called in to search for a downed Cessna 182 with three aboard. The plane was last seen on radar the previous day near Half Moon Bay. Wreckage of the aircraft was found on Rodeo Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge. February 14 — Valentine’s Day wasn’t so lovely for two people caught by strong currents in the Tijuana River and swept out to sea. San Diego City Lifeguards and the Border Patrol River Rescue Squad requested Coast Guard assistance; an HH-65 helicopter out of Air Station San Diego found the two hapless swimmers clinging to pilings and vectored lifeguards to the scene.

An outpouring of support from the local community was the latest surprise at press¬ time. One big fundraiser will have already taken place by the time this issue is out, but others are planned. For updates, offers of help (pumps and experienced divers would be a big help) or donations to the cause, contact the Nam Sang Foundation, 1012 ■ Amberwood Rd., Sacramento, CA 95864. Nam Sang was built in 1934 at Graves Shipyard in Massachusetts. She was de-

the latitude curse I

And so it’s come to this. It’s time to ’fess up. We simply can’t let this go on any longer without warning you, our trusting, unsuspecting readership. The Latitude curse is real. We first noticed the curse when doing an article on a well-known Northern California boatbuilder. The month it appeared, he went out of business. A few months later, we put together an article called Sailing Widows. It was about wives who stay home while their hubbies go off sailing. Thing is, it should probably have been titled Sailing Divorcees, as half the couples mentioned untied the knot in the months following publication. Then there was the time we ran a photo of a local catamaran and within about a month, the skipper hit a whale, destroying the boat. And so it goes. More recently, we flew to Charleston to cover the start of the BOC solo round the world race. In the craziness of the start, we didn’t have time to get photos of all the boats. Most of the photos we did get now depict boats that have either dropped out or sunk. Plus we did a big feature on Isabelle Autissier and look what happened to her. We’ve tried everything we can think of to shake the curse — incense, exorcism, playing old Black Sabbath records backwards at earsplitting volume. We even burned a few sacrificial issues in the backyard once on the day of the Winter Solstice. As you can see from the photos here, it hasn’t helped. The folks sailing this boat in a local midwinter race were having such a good old time they seemed naturals for our monthly looking good photo, so 'click', we shot ’em. About 20 seconds later, we shot the inset photo. You’ve been warned.

short sightings SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL — Back in mid-January, the UCSB Marine Science institute boat Jolly Roger was retrieving a research buoy in the Santa Barbara Channel near Santa Cruz Island that had been driven off station by that month’s storms. They ran into problems when the buoy’s cable got stuck on something on the bottom 700 feet below. The odd thing was that there shouldn’t have been anything there to foul anchors. The bottom is flat and muddy. When the 1,400-foot cable finally broke free and was hauled aboard Jolly Roger, scientists were disappointed to find the expensive sediment-gathering equipment was gone. In its place was a string of shrimp traps and floats with the name Vil Vana painted on them. Here’s where the story took a strange twist. On April 9, 1993, the 41-ft trawler Vil Vana set off their EPIRB. A three-day search by the Coast Guard that utilized up to a dozen ships and planes and covered 1,000 square miles revealed no trace of the fishing boat or the seven people aboard. The finding of the nets led to a brief reopening of the Vil Vana case. Early last month, the Coast Guard worked in cooperation with the Navy’s DVSS Laney Chouest, a sonar research vessel, which combed the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel with side looking sonar and videotape. After 19 hours, continued outside column of next sightings page

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signed by a fledgling firm that would later become Sparkman & Stephens. Under vari¬ ous owners, she did a half-dozen TransPacs in the ’50s and ’60s, winning overall in 1961 over such competitors as Ticonderoga, Esca¬ pade and Chubasco. Johnson has owned the boat since 1973. "The name is part of a Buddha blessing that means 'cat of nine lives'” says Johnson. "She’s sure going through one right now."

however, they found nothing more than a large debris field of old lobster traps and line embedded in the bottom — "which could have been significant enough to entrap the UCSB sediment collector," according to the official report. And the case of the Vil Vana was closed once again. WASHINGTON — If you can’t lick ’em, write ’em. Last June, the U.S. Postal Service’s Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee rejected a stamp that would honor Captain Joshua Slocum. Those of you who don’t know who

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SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d Slocum is can just put this magazine down and go to your room without dinner. But just to refresh your memory, exactly 100 years ago, Captain Josh left Boston, returning three years later to become the first man ever to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe. Hey, we think that deserves a stamp. If you feel the same way, there is apparently recourse for the stamp committee’s decision: If they get enough mail wanting the stamp, they’ll reconsider. Send your letter to Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee, U.S. Postal Service, Room 4474E, 475 L’Enfant Plaza S.W., Washington DC 20260. Now, which do we like better: the young, sassy Josh pose, or the old, seasoned veteran . . . ? SANTA ROSA — Last summer in this column, we observed that perhaps we were in the wrong business. With giant bluefin tuna over 300 pounds being a great luxury item in Japanese sushi restaurants, a single fish has been known to bring $25,000. Heck, we hardly make that in a day! Now comes word that an alert game warden spotted poachers taking illegal abalone along the Sonoma coast, which led to the discovery of an international smuggling ring that shipped as much as 40,000 pounds of illegally caught shellfish to the East Coast and China between 1993 and 1994. One of the poachers-turned-informant said that he and others collected up to 500 pounds of abs a week for almost a year. At $14 a pound, that take was worth as much as $7,000 a week. On second thought, maybe we’re in the right business. THE FARALLONES AND MONTEREY — During World War II, the Navy planted mines in and around the approach to San Francisco. None of them ever blew up in a wartime situation. But last month saw the detonation of one of the 50-year-old weapons. This story had its beginning on the decks of the 80-ft fishing boat Irene’s Way. Upon pulling up their nets early in the morning of February 15, they got a lot more than fish — also hanging there was a MK-13 Naval mine. Apparent¬ ly not thinking the thing could still be dangerous, owner John Pennisi took the mine on board and returned to Monterey. The Coast Guard thought otherwise. When Pennisi called them, they had him turn around and head back out. After anchoring Irene’s Way about a mile offshore, the crew was evacuated and the Coasties set up a half-mile safety zone around the boat while an Army EOD (explosive ordinance detachment) went to work aboard. After securing permission from the California State Environmental Protection Agency — and overflying the area to ensure no marine mammals were present — the military detonated the mine in 150 feet of water off Fort Ord. It left a crater 10 feet across by five feet deep. Our recommendation: don’t bring mines aboard your boat. CALIFORNIA — The Golden State has taken the lead in many areas of research and commerce, but there’s one number-one spot we could do without — California leads the nation in deaths of commercial fishermen. In 1994, 17 people in this dangerous profession lost their lives off our coast. In an attempt to reverse the trend, the Coast Guard is asking commercial fishermen to take advantage of the Coastie’s free dockside exams that detail what safety equipment is required. SAN DIEGO — If our sources are correct, there’s apparently some kind of big-deal sailboat race going on off San Diego this May. Before that happens, however, the iron men and women of schooner persuasion will go at it in the 1995 America’s Schooner Cup Charity Regatta, sheduled for March 31 through April 2. No namby-pamby carbon fiber for these folks, just oak, canvas, gristle and guts — sailboat racing like it should be, fer chrissake. Event coordinators are soliciting entries worldwide, but even a little north-south action could make this a don’t-miss event. If she’s ready, we know at least one NorCal schooner is planning to attend, Ron and Chris Romero’s lovely Apache. (See more on her elsewhere in Sightings.) The big question on everybody’s mind is whether or not this will be the year Astor will be dethroned. The San Diego-based 86-ft Fife beauty owned by Richard and continued outside column of next sightings page

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Californian The 145-ft state tallship Californian returns to the Bay this May, and will parti¬ cipate in a number of activities designed to get children, young adults and the general public out on the water for a taste of true tallship sailing. One of her many programs is that of V Watchkeeper. These duties include daysail interpretation, substitute crew, ship’s main¬ tenance, living history, logistical support and maritime research. Each Watchkeeper will be trained through a series of four two-hour workshops and a final 'hands-on' workshop conducted during a four-hour daysail aboard Californian. The $95 tuition fee also includes an 80-page Watchkeepers Manual and a one-year membership in the Nautical Heri¬ tage Society, which owns and runs the ship. There are currently 40 spots available for Watchkeeper on the ship’s month-and-a-half

SIGHTINGS coming

shorts — cont’d Lani Straman has won the event five years running.

'tour of duty' in local waters. Other ongoing programs include niuliiday cadet and adult offshore cruises, and four-hour public daysails on the Bay. For more on any of these activities, call (800) 432-2201. It may be hard to imagine for those of you who, like us, have followed the evolu¬ tion of the Californian since she first took form at Spanish Landing on San Diego’s Harbor Island, but this is the 11th season the handsome topmast schooner has been in operation. Which is a damn sight better than her inspiration. Californian was modeled after the revenue cutter Cornelius IV. Law¬ rence, which was built in 1848 and got about two years good service in patrolling the Cali¬ fornia coast before she parted an anchor ca¬ ble and drove ashore a few miles south of Point Lobos.

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OFF THE WEST COAST — Sparked by incidents in the past couple of years, the Coast Guard will be working with the National Marine Fisheries Service to help prevent harassment of whales this coming year. The action is particularly aimed at the Gray whales, who come close to shore on their annual migration to the breeding/calving lagoons of Baja. This increased attention will come in the form of patrols in the waters off Southern California and Coast Guard 'special agents' riding aboard commercial whale watching vessels. If you’re out there watching the big guys from your c wn boat this year, remember the Fisheries Service’s guidelines. • When whales are sighted, stay at least 100 yards away. • Don’t block the path of whales. • Don’t move faster than whales. • Change speed slowly around whales, if at all. • Don’t get between whales. • Don’t chase or attempt to herd whales. • No flensing in recreational marinas. • No exploding harpoons without a permit. Okay, those last two we made up.

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PETER BLAKE — THE KING OF T

hose who know New Zealanders say that Peter Blake, at roughly six feet four inches tall, isn’t exceptional by Kiwi stan¬ dards. Certainly his reddish brown hair, blue eyes and fair skin trace their lineage to another set of wet and windy islands halfway

Above, Peter Blake. Spread, the 'pip fruit rocketship' on full afterburner. across the globe from his native Auckland. He’s not much of a talker, either, more of a bloke who lets his actions speak louder than his words. And when those actions start speaking, the decibel levels have been deemed harmful to children and small animals. At age 46, Blake is a veteran of five Whitbread Round the World Races, the win¬ ner of the 1989/90 version aboard Steinlager II, and recently co-skipper of the fastest non-

Cup victory for his Team New Zealand this spring remains to be seen, but at this point, only the foolish would wager against him. In the Bay Area recently for a special showing of his video about the ENZA adven- x. ture, Blake spent a few moments with us.

O ur first impression, for a man with such an impressive resume, was that he lacked what seems to be an essential element for success in the sailing game — at least by the yardstick of such sailors as Dennis Con¬ ner, Bill Koch, the late Tom Blackaller or fellow New Zealander Chris Dickson. To this reporter’s naked eye, Blake seemed to be missing an ego. Thinking that perhaps we’d had too much white wine with dinner, we checked with some of his compatriots to corroborate the perception. "He won’t shoot his mouth off," says Barry McKay, one of the ENZA team and also a crewmember on Steinlager II in the Whitbread. "He might be a bit standoffish if you don’t know him, but once you get past that he’s a very regular person." America3 team captain Dawn Riley, who competed against Blake in the 1989/90 Whitbread and hopes to sail against him in the finals of the America’s Cup, says that Blake is a serious yachtsman. "Being from New Zealand, where there are lots of good sailors, there isn’t much room for ego," she adds. "Peter’s strengths are his seamanship and his leadership abilities. His crew would go anywhere with him." And Peter Hogg, a local Kiwi who, as commodore of the Corinthian YC, orches¬ trated Blake’s appearance in Tiburon, notes that the difference between Blake and Dick¬ son is that the former is "a sportsman and Dickson’s not. Peter’s a team builder and he always has all of New Zealand behind him." Finally, consider this fact: As the head of the current Team New Zealand syndicate in San Diego and the fellow who pulled the program together and orchestrated the fund raising, Blake appeared to be headed for a

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stop sailing circumnavigation on the catama¬ ran ENZA. With half a million ocean miles under various keels, he is the preeminent ocean racing sailor of our time. He’s just about done and seen it all and emerged as a winner in the bargain. Whether he can parlay that magic touch into an America’s Page 100 • is&UJ* 3? • March, 1995

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purely managerial post. The sailors, though, led by Olympic gold medalist skipper Russell Coutts, requested that Blake join them on the water, which he has done. His roles aboard Black Magic II (aka the 'black beast') include trimming the main and grinding. Talk about talent to spare!

Irock and roll !^^lake developed his talent as many New Zealanders do, knocking about in dinghies in the boating crazy city of Auck¬ land. He competed in his first offshore race at the age of 12 and won his first ocean race at 19. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he saw sailing as a way to get out and see the world, a common motivation for Kiwis living pretty much at the end of the earth. The first Whitbread Round the World race in 1973/74 saw the 25-year-old Blake aboard the 80-ft ketch Burton Cutter as a watch captain. After the boat started coming apart on the second leg from Cape Town to Sydney and managed to finish only one other leg of the race, "I swore I’d never do the race again," says Peter. "I came home to New Zealand, got an office job and learned to fly." His pledge weakened when preparations for the second Whitbread began, and again he shipped out as watch captain, this time on the 77-ft sloop Heath’s Condor. Although a broken mast on the first leg put them out of overall contention, Condor (with Robin Knox-Johnson at the helm for several legs) took line honors on the second and fourth legs. Blake had tried to raise money for his own boat in the 1977/78 Whitbread, but didn’t succeed on that front until the third edition of the race, sailed in 1981/82. In a virtual repeat of the Condor performance, the downwind flyer Ceramco New Zealand broke her rig on the first leg but went on to win two of the remaining three. Blake’s Lion New Zealand, a 78-ft sloop with a crew of 22, didn’t fare well in the standings on his fourth try but, says Peter, "We had a ball together. A lot of those guys are with me in the America’s Cup campaign and we’re still telling stories about that race." Finally, in the 1989/90 Whitbread, Blake put all the right elements together with his 84-ft Farr ketch Steinlager II. The big red machine won each of the six legs to sweep the competition.

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t wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that Blake’s adult life has been framed by the Whitbread. After the second race, he was in England doing some dinghy sailing when he met a pretty blond native named Pippa. The two married in 1979 and spent their honey¬ moon sailing Heath’s Condor from England to New Zealand in preparation for the Sydney-Hobart race. Their daughter and son were both born between Whitbread cam¬ paigns and the former traversed several thousand blue water miles at the age of two on Lion NZ on the delivery from New Zea¬ land to England for the 1985/86 Whitbread. The family now makes their residence on March, 1995 •

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England’s southern coast, in part because,, according to Blake, "I’ve always had to selll my boats after the Whitbread and it’s easierto do that in Europe than in New Zealand." There have been other sailing projects, of course, many of them also spinning off Peter’s long association with the Whitbread. In fact, after the Lion program in 1986, Blake went to see the head of Lion Nathan, the Kiwi conglomerate (which includes Steinlager Beer) that had supported Peter’s effort. Blake proposed a wild idea. He wanted to take part in a race the French were putting together. Called the Trophee Jules Verne, it would pit a sailboat against that author’s fictitious character Phileas Fogg in a race around the world in 80 days or less. The executive listened politely but seemed noncommital. "As I was walking out of the office," Peter recalls, "I offhandedly asked if they wanted to do another Whit¬ bread campaign." The executive turned Blake around, sat him down again and told him that the Lion NZ boat had been very good for business. The two then hammered out a deal: the company would back the building of a 60-ft trimaran as a test platform for the Jules Verne race, and Steinlagerll for the Whitbread. They also talked about a larger multihull to follow for the actual Jules Verne attempt.

lake put 25,000 miles on the trima¬ ran Steinlager I, scoring line honors in several events, including the first Around Australia doublehanded race in 1988. Bashing around in the Southern Ocean on a lightweight trimaran wasn’t great fun from a comfort point of view, but it did introduce Peter to a whole new world of speed under sail. "It would be hard to go back to long distance monohull racing at this point," he says, "because it’s so boring in comparison." Sandwiched between Steinlager II and the Jules Verne attempts was Blake’s in¬ volvement in the 1991/92 America’s Cup. "I was brought in very late to try to put out some fires," Peter says of Michael Fay’s last campaign. "Unfortunately, there wasn’t much I could do." After a strong start, the Kiwis fell apart when, among other things, Italian skipper Paul Cayard successfully protested their sail handling techniques using New Zealand’s unique bowsprit. When asked how he feels about Cayard now, Blake laughs and says he would have done the same thing in Paul’s position. "We’ve be¬ come a bit hardened to those kind of tactics now," he says dryly.

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'ENZA'/Blake outtakes: Above, communication with weather router Bob Rice was ^ frequent, and his advice uncannily accurate. "Robin got mad once, though," says Blake ™ — "a windshift came through 45 minutes later than predicted." Far above, despite a few ‘wheelies' and nosedives, Blake says 'ENZA' offered a much more comfortable ride than a monohull. Side view (main photo) shows the general layout — and the sheer size of the big cat. Steering was from a central wheel outside the Cod Pod. Crew's quarters and galley were in the hulls. Far right, Pippa Blake played an integral part 1 in provisioning the boat. Near right, within 40 miles of the finish, the wind was gusting to 90 knots. ‘ENZA‘ was under bare poles, dragging warps, the anchor chain and even the anchor (note line zipping through the water at lower right of photo)_ and still doing 15 knots.

O f all his sailing projects over the years, Blake admits that few compare to the ENZA New Zealand adventure. When Stein¬ lager declined to fund the third boat, Peter found support with the New Zealand Pear

and Apple Board (ENZA stands for "eat New Zealand apples"). To save money, instead of building a new boat, they bought the 75-foot Formula Tag, lengthened her to 90 feet and took off from Brest, Prance, on January 16, 1993, along with two other boats. But both ENZA and Olivier de Kersauson’s giant 90-ft

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trimaran were forced to retire after-colliding with flotsam. The third boat, Bruno Peyron’s 85-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer, went on to circle the globe and cross the finish line in 79 days, 6 hours. Blake took ENZA back to New Zealand and redesigned and rebuilt her for another

try. Among changes and additions were a couple more feet of length, more rocker, and sacrificial skins and foam on the bow, stern and bilge in case of another collision. "She turned out to be a fantastic sea boat, with excellent motion," he says. The final addition was the 'God Pod', a central living

cabin strung between the hulls for co¬ skippers Blake and Robin Knox-Johnston, the first sailor ever to circle the globe non¬ stop in 1968. The Pod became a socializing and sail repair center for the crew, as well. The rules of the Trophee Jules Verne are simple: no stopping, no outside assistance, March. 1995 • LtMUt J? • Page 103

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leave Antarctica to starboard and everything else to port. That’s it. Anything else goes. With self-sufficiency paramount, food was a critical item. All 600 kilos worth of food aboard ENZA was packaged and labeled by Pippa, who has been intimately involved in all of her husband’s sailing efforts. Their method of measuring portions lacked any strict scientific discipline. "We’d be in bed at night and Pippa would ask me just exactly how much porridge we’d eat at a meal," re¬ calls Peter. "She’d go down to the kitchen, cook up a batch, bring it up for me to eat and I’d say 'Yeah, that’s about right.'" Utilizing the expert weather prediction abilities of America’s Bob Rice, ENZA re¬ started in January, 1994 — and averaged 19 knots for the first six days! Their pace and route varied all over the map after that as they chased the best winds, but they still ended up averaging almost 15 knots for the 26,000-mile run, which was good enough to break Commodore's record by several days. ENZA’s official time: 74 days, 22 hours, 17 minutes, 22 seconds. The trip was not without its mishaps, including a couple of broken ribs suffered by Blake when the 10-ton ENZA 'fell down the mine' — planted her bows into a wave and came to a crashing halt. The top speed was

all start making police siren sounds to get them to slow down," says Blake. Peter also reports that one of the best

dren, now aged 11 and 8. Few would argue that he deserves a rest, but those who know his temperament say he’ll be itching to get to

Through the middle of Round 3, 'Black Magic IT had suffered only one defeat in the protest room and none on the water. Blake is on the grinders.

investments they made in rebuilding the boat was a pair of waterproof ondeck speakers. The helmsman got to choose the musical se¬ lection, which ranged from what Blake refers to as 'student music' to opera and classical. "The tension really builds up on a race like this and the music was a great way to calm yourself," he says. "Sometimes we’d play the same tape for ten hours straight."

With barely time to catch his breath, Peter left ENZA and plunged into his second America’s Cup campaign. Team New Zea¬ land is taking the lean and mean approach, including the narrow-hulled 'beast' and a total syndicate population of 55 people (down from 130 in 1992). Blake’s also let the

sea after a few months. On the near horizon are an attempt to break Peter Hogg’s San Francisco to Japan sailing record with ENZA in the spring of 1996. Blake then plans to take the catamaran to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and try to sail 600 miles in 24 hours to set yet another record. And though he says he has no great yacht racing goals left, Peter gets coy when the subject of The Race comes up. This contest, scheduled to start on December 31, 1999, will pit the fastest sailboats in the world in a dash around the globe. So far, Blake’s involvement is limited to the advisory committee, which will draw up the rules and criteria for boats that want to enter. "There will be strict requirements," he says. "You won’t be able to just build a boat and go. I expect it will take at least a year or two for any boat to prove it is capable of qualifying for the race." The no-holds-barred

The top speed was 33 knots, although the crew tried to keep the throttle below 27 for the sake of safety and survival.

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sailors be the driving force in terms of input to the designers, sailmakers and boatbuilders. "At the end of the day, the sailors are the customers you have to please," says Blake. "We’ve spent a lot of time talking and listen¬ ing to one another." Regardless of the outcome in May, Blake has promised Pippa that he’ll take a year off sailing to spend time with her and their chil-

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AMERICA'S CUP ELIMINATIONS 1 he Corinthian spirit that once domi¬ nated the America’s Cup still seemed, for the most part, alive and well in San Diego last month. Post-race press conferences for Rounds 2 and 3 of the Louis Vuitton Chal¬ lenger Series and the Citizen Cup Defender Series were generally friendly affairs with opponents admitting mistakes and praising their competition for races well sailed. There

phrasing Bertrand at the post-race press conference, "I don’t know what everyone was so excited about. 1 was just checking the

illegal under rule 41.2: "No crew member shall station any part of his torso outside a vertical line through the sheerline in a heeled or level condition except when necessary to perform a task, and then only temporarily."

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checking the keel for kelp." were even a few moments of genuine come¬ dy, such as the brouhaha that arose when Aussie syndicate head John Bertrand took a header off oneAustralia during a race against Team New Zealand on February 2. The incident occurred as ’1-Oz1 was nearing the end of the first spinnaker run, less than a boatlength behind TNZ. Bertrand left the afterguard to help team members push the boom forward. Just as he reached for it, a puff filled the sail, the boom pulled away and in he went, pushing on air. Bert¬ rand managed to grab a spinnaker sheet and wound up dragging along near the stern where crewmembers rushed aft to retrieve him. Ironically, the man closest to him could only stand and watch. As 17th man, David Barnes was not allowed to help any way in the running of the boat.

\A/ ith Round 2 counting two points per win, and Round 3, four points, it wasn’t all fun and games. In the same race that Bert-

An international jury agreed, terminating the Kiwis’ novel tactic — at least for the moment. It was at best a small setback for Peter Blake and the TNZ team, which otherwise

THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK „ j, a point raised during a press conference indicated the defenders may actually be getting as much or more ’bang for the buck’ as the challengers. On the face of it, the challengers might seem to have a better yardstick of how they're doing, since each boat races each other boat once. With the defenders, each boat is scheduled to race each other boat three times. So everybody races the same amount of races. The difference is in how they race. While fire challengers sometime split tacks at the start and only come together at the marks,

the American boats almost always go for each other’s throats, engaging in grueling tacking duels and other tactical contact. The diversity prompted one writer to observe, "The defenders race. The challengers sail." ’This bodes well for the defense," said Stars & StripeS tactician Tom Whidden, who is also the president of North Sails. He went on to point out that with the challengers having so many boats, there’s a fairly wide diversity in speed. But the close racing among the three Americans is simply honing the skills that will be most important come

May. The precedent for the claim is none other than Bill Koch, whose 1992 America3 was pushed mercilessly by Team Dennis Conner in the final months leading up to the last A-Cup, while II Mow and New Zealand didn’t have continuous close racing until the semifinal rounds. Whidden’s boss had another explanation. "The real issue here is that Tom calls the tacks," said Dennis Conner. "By coincidence, tacking wears out the sails. So it’s quite obvious to me why we are doing so much

As far as we know, Bertrand is the first America’s Cup-winning skipper ever to fall off a boat during a Cup event. For this history-making event, the America? Women’s Team awarded him an honorary mem¬ bership in the Cuben Swim Team. Para-

rand went overboard, Team New Zealand’s Black Magic II finished a little over two minutes ahead of oneAustralia, but was later disqualified in a protest: oneAustralia con¬ tended that TNZ’s practice of sending a man aloft to scout for wind, kelp and whales was

went undefeated in Round 2, just as they had in Round 1. At presstime, with five of six races completed in Round 3, they were like¬ wise undefeated, even against the new 1 -Oz. The 'black beast' definitely seems to be the benchmark boat in this series. It should be a

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COUNTDOWN TO THE CUP T 1 he new boat in Round 2 was Marc real treat to see the underbody of this — and all the boats — when the keel covers come off in early April per new Cup rules.

John Kostecki. John, who has heretofore called tactics, drove the beats, while Mahaney started the boat and drove the down¬ wind legs. Young America won that contest by three minutes over the women.

The Women's Team mixes it up with Dennis Con¬ ner and company on 'Stars & Stripes.' Though a bit long in the tooth, '92 Cup winner 'America3' is still competitive in a breeze.

'The Girls' are cohesive as a crew and give away little in boathandling or tactics. However, their first-generation IACC boat simply can’t compete with the newer boats in light air. In wind above, say, 10 knots, Americar3 can hold her own and seems actu¬ ally to tack a bit faster than the new boats. The women will finally get to race their new boat in Round 4, which starts March 2.

O ver on the Defender course, Dennis Conner posted three wins to top the leader board in Round 2 with his new Stars & Stripes, edging out Round 1 winner Young America, with two wins, and America?, which won only one race. In Round 3, Young America looked like they would regain the top spot, followed closely by Team DC. The girls even won another one with the old boat, beating Conner in the first race. Driving trends among the defenders are interesting to note. On board Stars & Stripes, Conner often shares driving duties with Paul Cayard, with the former most often sailing the starts and upwind legs while DC takes over downwind. As they have since the beginning, the afterguard on Americai3 uses J.J. Isler, Leslie Egnot and Dawn Riley on a fairly equal rotation for driving duties. The surprise in the driver department came in the last race of Round 2 when PACT 95’s Kevin Mahaney relinquished the wheel for the first time during a race to Northern California’s

Had they not needed the rig and winches, we have to think the French would just as soon have let the boat sink.

They’ll certainly be the crew to watch in those proceedings. If the new boat — the last new-generation IACC to hit the water — is as good as syndicate leader Bill Koch promises, this team will be a serious contender.

Pajot’s France 3, which replaced France 2. That was definitely a good thing. Not only did 2 fall off the crane several months ago and incur major structural damage, it turned out to be something of a dog on the race course. Then, on February 19, while practic-

ing about 9 miles offshore, the boat’s keel fell off. The crew was rescued by the tenders of several other syndicates and no one was injured. Once stabilized, France 2 was towed ' in. Had they not needed the backup rig and winches, we have to think the French syndi¬ cate would just as soon have let it sink. Anyway, the French went from only one win in Round 1 and sixth place (out of seven), to fifth at the end of Round 2, with wins over Sydney 95, Spain and Nippon. Pajot noted the turnaround also eased the considerable press-bashing they were taking back home. They were doubtless being bashed without mercy after Round 3, when it looked once again like they would have only one wifi. Both the Sydney 95 and Spain’s Rio de Espafia showed brief gasps of life in Round 3, the former taking one win over France and the latter over, well, Sydney 95. Both teams make their competition work for the win, but that’s about the extent of the praise we can muster. Unless the top four boats all sink, don’t look for these two teams in the semifinals starting March 18. As

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Oeveral technical issues were resolved in February. The first was that JPN 30 was cleared by an international jury as a ’single’ boat. You may recall that Team New Zea¬ land brought a protest against Nippon 95 for undergoing huge modifications — 20 feet of new stern, 20 feet of new bow and new rud¬ ;? der and keel — which, claimed the Aussies, made it a ’new’ boat. That violated the two1 boat rule. The jury dismissed the protest because the clause restricting each syndicate to a maximum of two boats "does not achieve all the writers intended." As it stands now, a yacht can only be considered to have become another yacht "if the entire hull... has been replaced." The clause in question will doubtless be a lot clearer by the time the mm next America’s Cup rolls around. The other ’big’ off-the-water protest was brought by the French team against Syd Fischer’s Sydney 95 team. In the last race of the first Round, skipper Chris Law retired the boat from the race, alleging that Fischer had ordered a new rudder installed the previous

night — which is against the rules of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Fischer responded by giving Law his walking papers. Fischer then offered the job of driver to Australian Neville Wittey, who accepted. But wait. Up until then, Wittey was an on-thewater umpire who had been granted access to all the syndicate compounds and so was privy to a lot of information that — France contended — infringed the new mutual con¬ sent rule that prevented spying. The protest was dismissed and Wittey declared legal to sail. At this writing, the matter of whether or not to allow cobalt rigging had still not been decided. At issue is whether cobalt — which was to be phased out after the 1ACC Worlds last November—should be grandfathered in through the end of the 1995 America’s Cup. The argument from several syndicates in favor of this course of

syndicate was sailing their new boat by Round 3. At presstime, the only race they had left was against the other New Zealand team, Chris Dickson’s Tag Heuer. Beaten only five and four times, respectively, in 17 races, these boats seem perhaps the most closely matched of any two now sailing. Dead even points-wise since the end of Round 2, the winner of their heat will jump to second overall in the standings. The loser, third. Nippon will be fourth, a disappointing performance for the debut of their new boat in Round 3. As the syndicate that’s been sailing longer than any other in San Diego, it’s almost as if the Japanese have peaked

too early. Whatever the reason, their record of three wins and three losses in Round 3 shows a nagging inconsistency that will definitely come back to haunt them in the semis. It’s not much of a limb to go out on to predict that these four boats — oneAustralia, Team New Zealand, Tag Heuer and Nippon will comprise the semifinals beginning in late March. As strong as the oneAustralia syndi¬ cate is, we’re going to pick the two Kiwi teams to race the finals. It’s not hard to pick the American semi¬ finalists, either, as all three boats will once again compete with almost-clean slates. The winner of the elimination rounds will carry

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cobalt rigging would cost two to three time s' the $50,000 price tag for the legal Nitroni 50 rigging, but we already have the cobalt and it will cost a lot less to use that thar order up a new Nitronic rig. As we go to press, the feeling seems to be that cobalt will be allowed as a backup should a mast break, but that any boats using it would be some¬ how penalized, either by having to carry additional weight or windage aloft. Specific details had not yet been worked out. Finally in Round 2, there was the aircraft carrier. It loomed up out of the fog — literally -— during the starting sequence of the Challenger races on Saturday, February 4. Team New Zealand and France 3 had just disappeared into fresh breeze and patchy fog when the race committee came on the VHF and declared, "The next start has been postponed due to an aircraft carrier on the course." Sure enough, a minute later, the 1,092-ft, 94,000-ton Abraham Lincoln appeared, jets on deck, ready to take on all comers. The jokes started immediately about "Conner’s secret weapon” and was continued across the country by the evening news and next day’s papers. It was the most press the America's Cup has seen since the announce¬ ment of the Women’s Challenge. The official explanation was that the carrier was in the area to dispatch personnel ashore by helicopter. What was not apparent was why no one — particularly the Coast Guard, which was out in force as always — seemed to know the carrier was there until, well, it was there. Silly us, we thought the Coast Guard was there to prevent things like that from happening. Apparently not. In the nautical equivalent of closing the bam door after the horses were gone, they cancelled the remaining challenger and defender races re day because of poor visibility. over 2 points, the runner up 1 and the lowpoint boat, none. All wins then go back to counting one point apiece. For the finals? Definitely Young America. But against Conner or the women — it’s too close to call.

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CRAZY CATS AND all the cruisers we met in 1994, two of the most interesting were Bernard Kobliha and Peter Roska, a couple of retired tool & die makers who’ve known each other since their childhood 40 years ago in the 'old country'. The two Germans were-both living in

Peter Roska. Despite being new to boats, boat design, and the sea, he managed to build a 60foot catamaran. And so did his buddy, Bernard.

Portland 10 years ago when they collided with their mid-life crisis. Their proposed solution? For each to design, build and cruise their own 60-foot catamarans. It would be hard to fault those who roared with laughter at the folly of such an idea, for neither Kobliha or Roska had ever built a boat. Or designed one. Or even sailed one! To top off the absurdity of their plans, they figured they could each build and outfit their 60-footers for less than $50,000. One of the lessons of this article is that the ingenuity and resolve of German tool & die makers is not to be doubted. When we met the two in Zihuatanejo early in '94, they — along with family and friends — were in the process of enjoying their second cruises aboard their respective boats. Nor should anyone question their thrift. "Every dime spared, but never labor," was their motto. So while it took Kobliha and Roska nearly eight years to complete their boats, they were brought in at $5,000 under budget. In other words, $45,000. Naturally, it takes tremendous motivation to bring such enormous undertakings to completion. "I always wanted to be a pirate," Kobliha offers by way of explanation. This is rather odd because the soft-spoken Kobliha is very neat and comes across as being about as swashbuckling as Ozzie Nelson. Although he certainly doesn’t come from the Henry Morgan mold, there is a certain — although very

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE 38/RICHARD reserved — rakishness about him. "I wanted to sail with an all-woman crew," he mentions softly. "But he was too chicken to ask any," N. guffaws Jennifer, his wife of many years. 'That’s not true," Bernard says, quickly correcting her. 'They only declined when they found out I had a wife." Obviously they’ve discussed this subject more than once. Instead of a boatful of women, Kobliha’s Ber Kat is crewed by the couple’s two sons: Ryan, 22, and Richard, 20.

TThe boats Kobliha and Roska created almost defy belief — in more ways than one. By and large, multihulls designed by amateurs haven’t been particularly attractive'— even if they utilized plans. And if the truth be told, Kobliha and Roska broke no new ground in this regard. "I studied some other multihull designs," says Kobliha, "and looked at some other cats. But Peter and I didn’t draw any plans, we just built the boats right out of our heads." With all due respect, it shows. There is, however, a spectacular quality to the two unusually blockish catamarans that can’t be denied. Imagine — if you’re capable — a main salon on the order of 20 by 40 feet. We don’t know about the rest of you, but we’ve never lived in a home with anything

that large. Almost lost in all the cavernous space is a grand dining room table — as might be found on a terra firma home. The normal size kitchen features appliances such as are found in a typical home. Although absolutely gigantic, the main salon is merely one part of Ber Kat. Aft on the ’third story1 is the pilothouse. An addition made to the boat upon completion of her first cruise, the pilothouse is home to the steering and engine controls. Forward of the main salon is what can only be described as an enormous 'porch1 — complete with a 150hp ski-boat that can be lowered into the water from an overhead I-beam! You don’t find this feature on many other sailboats. This 'front porch' area is protected in moderately bad weather by panels that are lowered from overhead. God help Ber Kat if a serious wave ever collides with these panels. Then there’s the rest of the boat. Each of the two hulls features two giant cabins with heads and showers ensuite. The remainder of the space in the hulls is used for storage. Our rough estimate is that there’s enough storage space in each hull to carry all the wheat necessary to feed the starving masses of Africa. Yet perhaps nothing is so indicative of the Everything in boats is a tradeoff. In the case of 'Ber Kat, the main things traded were appearance and — perhaps — seaworthiness.

THE MAD HATTER

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'Ber Kat' is one of the few cruising boats with a 'front porch' — and a powerful ski boat on that front porch.

size of these two catamarans as the fact that Kobliha stores a full-size BMW motorcycle in a comer of one of the two companionways between the bridgedeck and the port hull! We heard a rumor that there was a Ford pick-up stored one of the companionways to the starboard hull, but we didn’t have the courage to look. Ber Kat, which displaces 25,000 pounds, is built of marine ply cored with high-density styrofoam. But it’s certainly not high tech foam found in modern boats. It looked to us like the stuff once used to build primitive boogie boards.

— whose initial reaction to the ungainly cats is to assume that the first real wave to ever smash into their sides would reduce them to splinters. Although we’d still be afraid to sail either one in the Potato Patch, the homebuilt, low-tech, styrofoam-cored boats have something of a track record. "Our first coastal trip was no fun at all," Kobliha admits. "After leaving Portland, we arrived off Eureka well after dark. It was pitch black out and we had no choice but to proceed down the channel chased by high winds and steep waves. Ber Kat slid down the face of one huge wave and appeared as though she might pitchpole. But instead, we surfed down the wave and bounced off the shallow bottom. It was scary, but when we checked the boat afterwards, we couldn’t find any damage." Despite the incident, Kobliha and crew

continued their first long cruise without any problems. Once back in Portland, several modifications and additions were made to the huge vessel. "I added a lot of electronics to the boat," says Kobliha, "which brought my total investment all the way up to $75,000." Gracious! When we bumped into Kobliha and his family, they were deep into Mexican waters in the midst of their second cruise. Ber Kat is powered by a BMW diesel — what else would a German use — and does 10 knots under power in smooth water. So far the boat’s top speed under sail — visualize an auditorium surfing — has been 14 knots. How does she fare in bad weather? 'We haven’t seen much poor weather to date," Kobliha admits. "The worst was 38 knots of winds and 15 foot seas. She was fine in those conditions." Kobliha and his family, and Roska and friends, are really interesting people. With no slam intended, we hope they continue to be blessed with fair winds and calm seas. Much to our regret, we only had a very

The main salon / galley of 'Ber Kat is so large it has to be experienced to be believed. No man is an island, but Bernard surely owns one.

little time tq spend with Kobliha and his boat — and none at all aboard Roska’s nearby boat. But if you fellas read this, we’d love to learn more details about your second cruise.

luck would have it, anchored not very far from the two enormous cats was yet another cat that — although much smaller — cost nearly 10 times as much. This was David Bardsley’s Vancouver-based Fontaine-Pajot 44 Madhatter. "I’d been sailing all my life," says the 45March. 1995 •

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year-old Canadian, "but when I sold my last monohull — a CS 36 — four years ago, I decided I wanted to go faster than six knots. So I started gathering information on multihulls. To tell the truth, I had a terrible time finding much useful information." A frustrated Bardsley flew to Rhode Island to attend a seminar sponsored by Multihulls magazine. "It was terrific as all the best multihull designers in the world were present. I got my fill of theory; unfortunately, there weren’t any modem cruising cats to inspect or demo sail. Just about all the multihulls I’d ever seen in the United States and Canada were homebuilt Pivers and Browns — and I just wasn’t interested in anything like that. I wanted modern catamaran design professionally built of modem materials." Faced with no alternative, he flew to France. "It’s ironic," notes Bardsley, "that multihull sailing started in the Pacific but now only flourishes in France. The French have a big glossy magazine devoted to only multihulls, and they produce most of the world’s modern cruising catamarans. Over there I was able to see modern catamarans being built by companies that had track records. And they had demo boats ready for potential customers to try out. It wasn’t like that in the States or Canada back then." Suitably impressed by what he saw on that visit six years ago, Bardsley and seven others booked a two-week Caribbean charter aboard the cat of his choice, a Fontaine-Pajot 44. It was that charter that sealed his conversion to multihullism. 'The particular moment that sold me happened as we were sailing across the channel that separates Guadaloupe from Antigua. The apparent wind was 28 knots and there were big seas on the beam. It was then that my 68-year-old mother — who enjoys sailing but hates it when it gets rough — Page 112 •

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Having the galley, salon and cockpit on the same level of 'Madhatter' makes Ruann so happy she breaks into dance.

stepped into the galley and asked: "Who wants what for lunch?" Mind you, we were doing 10 knots to weather under a reefed main and a jib — and she’s going inside to prepare lunch on a non-gimballed stove! Needless to say it was a wonderfully impressive experience." Bardsley returned to the factory in France to negotiate a deal — and ended up battling them on a number of issues. 'The one thing I learned from my investigation of multihulls is how terribly

sensitive they are to weight. The rule of thumb is that overloading them adversely affects performance three times as much as it does monohulls. Since I didn’t want to invest all my money in a dog, I battled with the factory over weight savings. I told them I didn’t want their teak & holly sole in the cockpit and main salon, and that I didn’t want their fancy salon table and numerous other heavy items. Proud of their work, Fontaine-Pajot didn’t want their name going out on a half-finished boat. But in the end, they relented." Bardsley ended up buying sheets of surplus Nomex from Boeing and substituting it for much heavier ply and other materials whenever possible. Engine covers, the salon floor, bunk bases, even the Avon dinghy floorboards — all were done in Nomex. Bardsley now realizes these weight-saving attempts were probably a foolhardy exercise. "Having gone to all that trouble and expense, I only saved 800 pounds. I shouldn’t have bothered because Madhatter would have floated just fine with that additional weight — and it would have been nice to have FontainePajot’s finer finish." In addition, Bardsley also battled FontainePajot over the rig. He wanted a five foot taller mast so he could have a smaller jib while retaining the boat’s original sail area. This was 'Madhatter' sailing under chute off the Channel Islands (spread), and at anchor in the bay at Ztown.

THE MAD HATTER

an odd request initially rejected by the factory. Most multihull authorities agree that too much main is a primary culprit in the flipping of multihulls, noting that it’s far easier to quickly reduce the power of a headsail or spinnaker than a mainsail. But in the end, Fontaine-Pajot again reluctantly agreed to please Bardsley — as they did with his request to have the Lewmar gear replaced with Harken.

nee all the negotiating was completed, the deal was signed and before long the cat was on her way to Vancouver aboard a ship. It’s Bardsley’s understanding that Madhatter was the first large French production cat to be delivered on the West Coast of the United States. When we spoke with Bardsley, he’d already completed a Vancouver to San Francisco cruise in 1991; then in 1992, a cruise from San Francisco to San Diego, Hawaii and back to Vancouver; and as of early 1994, was in the midst of a cruise that would take him from Vancouver to Panama and up the East Coast to Eastern Canada." To date he’s been a very satisfied customer. "I wouldn’t ever go back to a monohull," he says. "The nice thing about Madhatter is that no matter what point of sail we’re on, she’ll sail at 60% of the true windspeed. So if it’s blowing 10 knots, we’ll be able to sail at six knots, tacking within 40

degrees. If it’s blowing 20 knots, we’ll be able to do an honest 12 knots — although we’ll often intentionally slow down for comfort.” While the boat’s top speed in three years is a relatively modest — for a multihull — 17.3 knots, Bardsley reports that under ideal

conditions they’ve been able to consistently sail at between 14 and 16 knots. "Once during our trip from Hawaii back to Vancouver, we had the knotmeter stuck on 14 knots for hours and hours. 'The most wind we’ve ever been in is about 30 knots. We were supposed to be in Hanalei Bay when hurricane Iniki hit; fortunately, friends coming over to meet us were delayed and we got stuck in the Ala Wai. In any event, we’ve never had a hull lift out of the water or felt like that was even close to happening." While Bardsley bought the catamaran for speed and is more than pleased with that aspect, what has really impressed him is the comfort — in all its various forms. "Ruann, my significant other of 10 years, and I are both very prone to getting seasick," he says. "But with this boat, there’s no heeling or pounding, and thus we don’t get seasick. When we were in the Channel Islands last summer, we had the chance to spend some time down below on a Swan 651. After about half an hour, we had to excuse ourselves because we’d both become queasy. And down here on mainland Mexico, we hear people complain about roily anchorages. But the only way we can tell if it’s roily is by looking at the monohulls and to see if the masts are swinging. "Another 'comfort' feature we enjoy is that the salon/galley and cockpit form what’s basically a single large area. Thus whoever is

cooking works at a non-gimballed stove just a few feet from the helm. With a monohull, the cook disappears down below and is no longer part of the social activity on the boat. Not only that, with the single galley-salon-cockpit arrangement you always get to see everyone — even if they’re on the foredeck. Furthermore, even while sitting in the salon you get a great view of what’s around you.

The 'front 40' of 'Madhatter'. David, in the left foreground, says he probably should have bought a slightly smaller version.

We really like it." When we asked Bardsley if there were any tradeoffs with the catamaran, he acknowledged there were. Among them are the primary reasons that multihulls haven’t sold as well as some expected. The first is expense. "I’ve got nearly $400,000 in this boat," Bardsley admitted. "That’s a lot of money." Indeed it is. The

David and "Ruann appreciate that fact that they're able to look out the ports while sitting in the main salon.

overwhelming majority of folks cruise in monohulls that cost anywhere between l/20th and l/3rd of that. 'There are a lot of decent used monohulls on the market, but at the time I was buying, there were very few used modem multihulls for sale," says Bardsley. In retrospect, Bardsley recognizes he spent a lot of money he need not have. "I paid a fortune in duty and to have the boat shipped March. 1995 • Ut&Jc 12 • Page 113

CRAZY CATS to Canada. I would have saved a lot of money had I bought her elsewhere and sailed her to Canada." Bardsley was a pioneer, and nobody said being a pioneer was without risks. Bardsley was also shocked to discover he’d bought more boat than he really needed. "1 didn’t appreciate how big Madhatter is," he says. "She’s got so much area that she’s a big job to maintain. And when it came time to paint the bottom, she required six gallons. If 1 were to do it all over, I would buy a 36footer." Ah, but here’s one of the rubs with multihulls: many experts believe that size is the single most important contributor to multihull stability. Multihull designer Chris White, for example, is one who believes that 40 feet is the absolute minimum size for safe ocean sailing. "Madhatter is big in yet another respect," says Bardsley, "She draws five feet. That’s hardly shallow draft — a quality multihulls are almost always assumed to have." The thing that’s bothered Ruann the most are the so-called 'bombs'. Whenever sailing fast in a seaway, a combination of swells occasionally combine to slam into the bottom of the bridgedeck with tremendous force.

In addition, they are much less bothersome in the aft bunks than forward bunks. The biggest drawback of all? 'Trying to find a berth," says Bardsley. "You have no idea how limited your options are with a multihull. We’ve been very frustrated by the number of places and attractions we’ve simply had to bypass because there were only accommodations suitable for monohulls." The further from civilization, however, the less of a problem this becomes. Despite this list of relatively serious compromises and drawbacks, it’s important to note that Bardsley is neither whining or unhappy with his selection. There’s not a monohull around that he’d prefer to Madhatter. At last word, which was nearly a year ago, he and his catamaran were at the Panama Canal YC in Cristobal. As is the case with Bernard and Peter, we hope to hear from him.

Bernard 'the Pirate' Kobliha didn't realize his dream of an all-woman crew,shut he seems pretty happy with his family.

"They’re like explosions going off right under your bunk," she says. Bardsley is quick to point out that the frequency of such bombs can be dramatically reduced by slowing down.

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V_y top us if you’ve heard this one. Guy goes into a grocery store, buys one of those packages marked 'chicken parts' and goes home. He comes back the next day with the same package and asks to see the store manager. "Is there some problem, sir?" asks the manager. "There sure is," says the guy, holding up the package. "My son and I put one of these together and it doesn’t fly." Crewing on race boats used to be a lot like chicken parts. There were always good, tasty situations around, but it was hard to make

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Latitude 38 Crew List Advertis¬ ing Supplement is for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warranty or recoff a dozen or so copies. We’ve been told by Crew List veterans that the best thing to do is go through the appropriate listing once before you start making calls, and put little checkmarks beside the top 5 to 10 best prospects — the people who seem the most ideal for what you’re looking for. Make smaller checks (or some other mark) by the 'second choices.' Call your top choice people first. If they look good to you, they might well look good to someone else, so at this point, time is of the essence. While the phone is ringing, write the person’s name at the top of one of your question sheets. When he or she answers, go for it. When you’re done with one sheet (and your contact has asked his or her own questions about you), take out the next sheet and make the next dill. Ideally, you’d then sit back and eenie-meenie-minie-moe your pile of completed questionnaires and pick the one you like best. In reality, some Crew Listers have told us they’re 'sold' by the first or second call. Whatever works for you. If the phone rings while you’re in between your calls, it probably means your name appears somewhere on these pages and that pros¬ pective crew or skippers are already calling you. That’s one of the advantages of having sent in a Crew List Form — your chances of hooking up with someone for a racing season are twice as good as the fellow who’s just tuning in.

An eagle eye, lightning reflexes and a marathoner's endurance are the hallmarks of a seasoned racer.

them fly if you didn’t know the right people or have this amount of experience or that particular skill. And a lot of people were simply unclear on the concept of how to go about putting the parts — in this case, the best crew or the best racing situation — together. To complete the analogy, we once knew a girl on a boat who had skinny bird legs. That pretty much runs the chicken analogy into the ground. So let’s dive right into the, um, meat of this little epistle, the 1995 Racing Crew List.

l"^egular Crew Listers will be burning up the phone lines by the time the rest of you get this far. They know the program, and they know that the sooner you start networking the Crew List, the better it’s going to work for you. For the FNGs — fun new guys (and gals) — here’s a quick review of what’s going on here. First of all, you don’t have to be listed on these pages to use the Crew List. All you have to do is read and acknowledge the 'warning label' in that gray strip at the top of the page. The Crew List is fat-free and low in calories (no weird aftertaste, either), but it’s still not for everybody. Next, if you really want to get into the mode, write out a list of questions for your prospective crew or skipper. Applicable queries for both parties might include how much non-race activity is required (boat upkeep, repairs, haulout, etc.), responsibility for lunches, practice days, specialty races, and so on. Double space the questions so you can write answers under each and leave room at the top for the name and phone number of the person you’re calling. Then run Page 116

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1 Inother advantage to having your name listed here is that you get in free to the Crew List parties. Actually, these have always been more like friendly, low-key get-togethers than parties — for a very good reason: we don’t want anyone to feel intimidated about coming to one. So even if you score a boat or crew on your first few calls, plan to come by one of our two parties anyway. The first will be Tuesday, April 4, at the Encinal YC in Alameda. The second is Thursday, April 6, at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon. Times for both parties are 6 to 9 p.m. We’ll have the usual munchies and T-shirt giveaways, and the clubs will run their usual no-host bars. Like we said, if your name appears here, you get in free. Just point your name out (no cheating!) to the friendly folks at the door. If you’re not listed here, you’re still welcome, but it’ll cost you $5 a head to get in. Please try to have exact change or close to it. If you come in and want them to break a $100 bill, God help you. The FBI is still looking for the body of the last guy that tried it. We invite you all to come and have a good time. But the Crew List party also performs a couple of important functions in the Crew Listing process. First, it offers a friendly neutral ground on which to meet your new skipper or crew for the first time. And second, it offers those who have not nailed down a crew or boat yet one more chance to do so. Everybody who comes into the parties gets to wear colorcoded name tags, so everybody else can instantly tell if they’re boat owners looking for crew or crew looking for boats.

Now for a medley of our greatest tips. • Make your calls during the waking hours for most human adults — no earlier than 8 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m. • Be realistic about the commitment. If you sign on for a whole season, you’re going to have to show up on time and in working order for upwards of 20 weekends this summer.

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ommendation as to the character of anyone participating in a Crew List, or the conditions of any boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. • Be honest. We know this one will be hard for all you lying, deceitful sacks of s_t out there. But hey, car salesmen are people, too. It’s never too late to change. Look at Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. The guy killed whole planets, fer gawdsakes, but he turned honest and all was forgiven. It works for sailing, too. • Don’t be an age bigot when it comes to choosing a boat or crew. There’s as much to be said for the steady hand of experience as the strength and exuberance of youth. Give everybody a chance. • If you’re a man, for pete’s sake, don’t be a jerk to any of the women on the Crew List. Don’t tell them moronic things like "Sex is required" to crew on a boat (as one guy actually did). On the other side of the coin, we’ve seen some of you ladies come to the Crew Parties dressed to kill a lot more than time. So please, everybody, leave the hormone thing for another time and place. Thanks.

I^^efore we wind up another of these bad boys, we want once again to remind you that when you see us out there on .38 Special wiih a camera planted in our face and not looking where we’re going, a wave and a smile offer the best chance of seeing your photo in the magazine. As mentioned last year about this time, the exception to this rule is if you’re about a mile out ahead of everybody else and/or doing 25 knots or better. Then you can flip us off and throw beer cans. We’ll take your picture anyway. And finally, for those of you who have just had it with boring, monotonous boat lunches day after day, we have just two words: chicken parts. — latitud e/jr

CREW LOOKING FOR RACING BOATS MEN TO CREW ON A RA CING BOAT Alan Ross, 46, (510)521-2035...wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/prefers 2/exp3d/will 1,2,3,4,5,6. Antoine Bommier, 26, H: (510) 843-5407 or W: (510) 642-9687.wants 1,4,5/ on 2,3 (J/24, Express, JOD)/exp 4c,e,g (8 years racing in France)/will 1,3,4,5,6. B. McClary, 42, (510) 426-5028.wants 4,5,6/on 2/exp 3d/will 1,5,6,7. Ben Bamer, 16, (510) 886-2358.wants 1,3/prefers 2,4/exp 4ef/will 1,3,5. Bert Gamble, 39, (415) 742-0118 . wants 1,3,4,5/on 2/exp 3ceg (Rover: can help any part of the boat)/will 1,3,6. Bill Gutoff, 39 (415) 550-1448 ... wants 1,4,5/prefers 3 (ULDB)/exp 4f/will 1,2,3,5. Bob Earle, 44, (408) 541-4006.wants 1,2/exp 2ac/will 1,2,3,6,7. Bob Hall, 52, (510) 886-5647.wants 1,2/on 2/exp 1/will 1,6. Bob Schuchardt, 57, (415) 986-5000.wants 1/prefers 1/exp 4df/will 4,6. Bob Stephens, 38, (408) 263-9030 .wants 1/prefers 1,2/exp 4f/will 3,5,6. Brandon Day, 25, (415) 753-1904 . .wants 1,2/prefers 1,2/3dg (cruised Bay for 15 years)/wil! 1,3. Brian Jewell, 45, (408) 747-4125.wants 1,2/on 1,2,5/exp 3b/will 1. Brian Murphy, 50, (415) 824-8514... .wants 3,4/prefers 2/exp 3,b,g:coastal exp/will 2. Bryan Moore, 36, (415) 705-5414 or (415) 560-4382 DP. .. wants 1/prefers 2/exp 3d/will 1,5,6. Casey Fleming, 38, (408) 293-3466 or (408) 297-6184 . .wants 1,2,3,5,6/prefers 2,5/exp 3d,g (Hobie Cat skipper)/will 1,2,6. Chris Chamberlin, 27, (415) 442-3166. .wants 1/on 2/exp 2b,g (lots of cruising)/will 2,3,4,5,6. Cory Bloome, 22, (310) 472-2166 ..wants 3/prefers 2/exp 3,b/will 1,3,6.

Cyril Grivet, (415) 321-1167 .wants 1,3,4,5/prefers 1,2,4/exp 3f/will 1,3,5,6. D.R. Cope, 35, (510) 229-3936 .wants 1,3,4/prefers 2/exp 3de/will 1,3,6. Dave Cearley, 25, (707) 253-8045.wants 3,4/on 2/exp 2g/will 3. Dave Turner, 30, (510) 682-1339 ..wants 1/on 1,2,4/exp 3b,g (ASA BCC certified). David Clark, 27, (510) 527-5567. .want 1,3,5/on 1,2,3 (E27 or 37)/exp 3d/will 1,2,3,5,6,7. David Demarest, 43, (415) 485-0789 .wants 5/prefers 2/exp 3f. Derrick Weeks, 34, (415) 328-3632.wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/on 2/exp 2b/will 1,2,6. Don Dodge, 30, (415) 616-3500 .wants 1/prefers 1,2/exp Ib/will 1,2,3,4,6,7. Doug Grosjean, 40, (408) 761-8228.wants 2/prefers 1,2/exp 3b/will 2. Eamon O’Byrne, 27, (415) 292-4413,2760 Sutter Apt. 204, San Francisco, CA 94115 .wants 1,5/exp 2bcg/will 1,2,3,6,7. Elliott Benner, 45, (916) 372-3701.wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/prefers 2/exp Ib/will 1,2,3. Eric Sinizer, 51, (415) 956-9866 .wants 1,3/exp2b. Fred Wagner, 45, (510) 634-0457 or pager (510) 539-6563. .wants 1/on 2/exp 3ab/will 1,2,3,6,7. Gary Gruver, 40, (510) 237-9897.wants 1/exp Ib/will 6. George Luna, 44, (415) 508-0564 .wants 3,4,6/on 1,2/exp 3d/will 1,3,5. Graham MacMillan, 52, (510) 254-7545. .wants 1/on 2/exp 3b,g (owns 34’ O’Day)/will 2,3,6. Greg Thayer, 41, W: (510) 748-3025 or H: (415) 567-8779. .wants 1,3,5/on 1,2/exp 3b/will 1,2,3,5. Gregory Toto, 34, (415) 473-0630. .wants 1,2/on 1,2,4/exp 2a,g (daysail dinghy)/will 1,2,3,7. Hank McKowen, 53, (415) 456-5678 .wants 1,2,5/on 2/exp 2ab/will 1,6. Hugo Schmitt, 41, (510) 482-1940 .wants 4/exp 3cd/will 1,3,5,6. J. Alan Grevious, 41, (916) 351-1771 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/prefers 2/exp 3b/will 1,2,3,7. Jack Luomanen, 49, (707) 937-1318 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5/on 2/exp 3b,c,g (mechanical skills, emg. med.)/will 1,2,4,6. James McNamara, 65, (408) 395-5603 . .wants 1,2,3,5,6/prefers 2/exp 2b,g:coastal/will 1,4,5,6. Jamie Rosman, 32, (415) 473-9663 .wants 1,3/on 1,2/exp 3b/will 1,2,3,4,6,7. Jeff Mogul, 37, (415) 327-9345.wants 1 /on 1,2/exp 3d/will 5,6. Jim Miles, 43, (510) 652-8023 . .wants 1,2,3,5,6/exp 3d,g (OCSC training)/will 1,2,3,6. Jim Yee, 44, (707) 643-1133 or (707) 646-6584 .wants 3/ prefers 2/exp 3c,d,g (lots of dinghy experience, familiar w/North Bay)/will 1,2,3,6. Joe Davis, 34, (510) 651-6270.wants 1/on 1,4/exp 3d/will 3,6. John Curtis, 41, (408) 749-2151 .wants 3,4,5/prefers 2/exp 3d/will 2,3,6. John Heckel, 50, (415) 331-4542 or pager (415) 455-3936 . .wants 1,3,4/on 2/exp 3a,c,e,g (electronics technician, more)/will 4. John Ludeman, 45, (707) 645-1701 . .wants 1/prefers 2,5/exp 4g (8 years SF/LA racing)/will 2,3,5,6. John McCord, 38, (408) 442-3333, P.O. Box 2897, Carmel, CA 93921 . .wants 4/prefers 2/exp 3b/will 3,5,6. John Meeks III, 44, (408) 475-5896 .wants 2/prefers 1/exp 2b/will 1. John M. VanDerWal, 28, (415) 332-8477.wants 1/prefers 2,4/exp la/will 1,6. Jon Stoddard, 33, (415) 931-1546 or W: (415) 507-6217 . .wants 1/on 1,2/exp 1/will 6. Josh Brodsky, 28, (415) 254-4082.wants 1/on 1/exp 4c/will 2,3,5,7. Keith Behr, 36, (415) 257-S984 .wants 1/prefers 1,2/exp 2a/will 1,6. Keith Dalphin, 37, (510) 549-9556 .wants 1,2,3,4/prefers 2/exp 3b/will 1,2,6. Keith Johnson, 48, (510) 256-4022.wants 1 /on 2/exp 4cde/will 2,6. Keith Mahar, 50, (707) 938-8470.wants 1,6/prefers 1,2/exp 2a/will 1,2. Ken Allison, 41, (415) 578-1318.wants 1,3,4,5/on 2/exp ef/will 1,3,4,6. Ken Yachechak, 46, (406) 257-5533.wants 3,4,5/on 2/exp 4cg/will 3,4,5,6. Kerry Scott, 34, (510) 685-6234 .wants 1,2,3/on 2/exp 2b/will 1,6,7. Larry De La Briandais, 35, (510) 724-7442, wk: (510) 287-3474 . .wants 1/prefers 1,2,4/exp 2b/will 1,3,7. Len Tiemann, 58, (510) 792-1539 .wants 1,3/on 2/exp 4fg/will 4,6. Leni Metro, 42, (707) 769-0616 .wants 1,4/on 1,2/exp 3b/will 1,2,6,7. Leo Curtis, 33, (408) 221-8312.wants 1 /on 1 /exp 3d/will 3. Liam O’Flaherty, 34, (415) 331-0448 . .wants 1/prefers 1,2/exp 4d,f,g:offshore/will 5,6. Marc Cohen, 52, (415) 961-4882..wants 1,2/on 1/exp 2a/will 1,2,6. Mark Bidgood, 33, (415) 459-6007.. .wants 1,2,3,4,6/prefers 2/exp 3ab/will 1,2,3,5,6. Mark Holtze, 38, (510) 6^'1-8554 or W: (510) 867-2080 . .wants 1,2/prefers 5/exp 3df/will 3,5,6. Mark Kyle, 39, (415) 821-2283.wants 1,2,3,5,6/on 1,2/exp 2b/will 1,2,3,7. Martin Cunningham, 41, H: (408) 973-8075 or W: (408) 956-2709 . .wants 1/on 2/exp 4f,g (skipper for 4 years)/will 3,4,5,6. Matt Galland, 29, (415) 381-9614 or email: GALLMA10@USFCA.EDU. .wants 1,2,3/prefers 2/exp 4f/will 3,5,6. Matt Rivitz, 22, (415) 771-6012.wants 1,3/on 2/exp 3c/will 1,2,6, jib trim. Michael Flynn, 31, (415) 924-2629 or (415) 604-1163 . .wants 1,3,5/on 2/exp 3f/will 1,3,5,6,7. Michael Fitzgerald, 27, (510) 276-7043 or (510) 276-7138. wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/prefers 1,2,3 (11:Metre, Melges, Mumm 36)/exp 2b/will 1,2,3,5,6. Morch. 1995 •

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Michael Harrod, 39, (916) 444-9310. .wants 1,2,3,4,5/on 1,2/exp 2b/will 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Michael Thornton, 29, (415) 941-0828. wants 1,2,3,4,5/prefers 2,5/exp 2abg (raced Nacra 5.8 cats)/will 1,3,6,7. Michael Willman, 24, (510) 748-0448 or W: (510) 437-3756 . wants 1,3,5/on 1,2,3 (any one designs),4/exp 4c,f,g (ocean racing for C.G. Academy)/will 1,3,4,5,7. Michael Wilmer, 24, pager (415) 306-3883 . wants 1,3,4,5/on 2,5/exp 3f/will 1,3,6. Mike Kiernan, 26, (510) 236-2456wants 1,3/exp 3bg (raced dinghies)/will 1,2,3. Neal Daskal, 40, (510) 268-4007 or (510) 987-4172. .wants 1,3,6/on 1,2/exp 3ce/will 1,2,6. Nicholas Goulden, 35, (707) 766-7246 . .wants 1,3/on 1,2,3 (11 :Metre, one design),4/exp 3deg/will 1,3,6. Nick Burke, 33, (415) 965-1541 or email: nick@axil.com. wants 1,3,4,5,6/on 1,2,4/exp 3c,e,g (2 cruises SF-Santa Cruz & back)/will 1,3,4,5. Oliver Coolidge, 45, (415) 854-0770.wants 3,4/on 2/exp 3de/will 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Paul Garibaldi, 44, (916) 489-7047 .want 1,2,3/on 2/exp 2b/will 1,2,3,6. Paul Wu, 31, (510) 420-7353 or (510) 215-7660. wants 1,5/prefers 2/exp 3d/will 6. Perry DeBruhl, 35, (415) 493-4769 Iv. msg.... wants 2,3,4,5/on 2/exp 4de/will 1,2. Peter Jermyn, 46, (707) 822-0951 or days: (707) 822-3150 (Eureka, CA). .wants 1,3,5/on 1,2/exp 3ce/will 1,3,5,6,7. R.J. Barnes, 29, (408) 636-5794.wants 2,3,5/prefers 1,2/exp d/will 1,3,6,7. Randy Broman, 52, (415) 552-6246 .wants 1/on 2/exp 4f/will 1,6. Randy Griffin, 32, (415) 929-0680 or (510) 656-5437...wants 1,3,4,5,6/prefers 1,2,3 (any shorthanded one design, ULDBs, Mumm 36),5/exp 3de/will 3,4,5,6.

"TO CREW" CODE l/WE WANT TO RACE 1) San Francisco Bay 2) Monterey/Santa Cruz

4) 1995 TransPac 5) Coastal Race duly) 6) to Mexico (November)

3) Ocean Races

l/WE PREFER

4) Dinghies

1) Boats under 30 feet 2) Boats over 30 feet

5} Multihulls

3) Specific class or design MY/OUR EXPIRIENCE IS: 1) None 2) A Little 3) Moderate

Less than one full season

b) Little or no racing, but lots of

4) Mucho

cruising and/or daysailing c) l have out-of-area racing exper¬ ience, but am unfamiliar with local conditions

d) One or two full local seasons e) One or two long-distance ocean races . f) Years of Bay and ocean racing g) Other pertinent experience;

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2) Play boat administrator, go-fer 3) Go to the masthead to retrieve the halyard at sea 4) Navigate, I've got lots of experience 5) Do foredeck, I've got tots of experience

Scott Granger, 29, (415) 899-4035.wants 1,3/on 1,2/exp 3,4cd/will 3,5. Scott Robertson, 31, (510) 279-6183.wants 1/on 1,2,4,5/exp 2a/will 1,3,6. Sean “Doogie” Couvreux, 16, (707) 769-1964.wants 1,3,4,5/on 1,2,3 (Olson, Express)/exp 4d,e,g (cruised 10 years; France to CA)/will 1,3,5. Stephen D. Martin, 25, (415) 751-1087.wants 1,3,4,5,6/ on 1,2,3 (one design),4,5/exp 3,a,b,g (crewed Mexico & SoPac *93-’94). Steve Bonner, 30, (408) 929-2567 or W: (408) 985-0566 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/on 2,5/exp 3b/will 3,4,6, flexible hours, athletic. Steve Garrison, 45, (209) 291-5296 .wants 1,2/prefers 1/exp 3c. Sudd Dongre, 36, (510>888-1924. wants 1/prefers 3 (J/24 dr over)/exp 2bg (Great Lakes sailing)/will 1,5,6. Tim Nielsen, 38, (707) 823-4062 .wants 1/on 1,2,4,5/exp 2ab/will 1,3,6,7. Tom Blackstone, 60, (707) 539-3291,4728 Stonehenge, Santa Rosa, CA 95405... .wants 1,3,4/on 2/exp 2b,g (race & cruise Clear Lake)/will 2,6. Tom Van Holt, 32, (707) 579-5583 .wants 1/prefers any/exp 2ab/will 1,2,3,6,7. Wayne De Jager, 31, (415) 931-5604.. .wants 1,2,3,5,6/on 2/exp 1,2ab/will 1,2,3,6,7. William Goodman, 20, (510) 284-8507 .wants 1,3/prefers 2/exp Ib/will 1,2,3. Witek Hruzewicz, 21, (510) 524-0870 . .wants 1,3,6/on 2,3 (Olson 30)/exp 3bd/will 3,6.

WOMEN TO CREW ON A RA CING BOA T Arlene, 37, (415) 824-2288 .wants 1/exp 2b/will 1,2,5,6,7. Ayn Wpodruff, 49, (916) 878-1079 or email: AYN_W@aol.com. .wants 2,3,5,6/on 2/exp 3f,g (3 Pac Cups, Santa Barbara)/will 2,7. Brenda, 45, (415) 572-0539 .wants 1,2,6/prefers 2/exp 3b/will 2,4,7. Cary Bernstein, 32, (415) 255-0595.wants 1 /prefers 1,2/exp2c,g:inquire/will 3?,5. .Cathy, 44, 9916) 895-4419.wants 1 /on any/exp 1. Chris, 29, (415) 543-7698 ext. 247.wants 1/on 5/exp 2b/will 1,2,6,7. Christa Litzenberger, 24, (415) 851-4479. .wants 1,2,3/prefers 1,2,5/exp 2a/will 3,7. Cindy, 35, P.O. Box 642487, San Francisco, CA 94164. .wants 1,2/prefers 1,2/exp 1 b,g:love sailingl/will 7. Debra Savage, 42, (408) 263-9030.wants 3/prefers 1,2/exp 4f/will 1,3,5. Diane, (510) 525-6996.wants 1/exp 2d. Ellen Donlin, 28, W: (408) 476-1800 . .wants 4/on 2/exp 3b,g (SF to HI ‘94, some nav skills)/will 1,2,3. Gail Gaebe, 38, (415) 878-0608.wants 1,2,3/on 1,2,5/exp 2a/will 1,2,3,6. Janet, >40, days: (415) 813-6583 . .wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/prefers 2/exp 2dg (dependable)/will 1,2,7. Katy Harrison, 24, (415) 380-9170 ....wants 1,2,3/prefers 2/exp 2b,c/will 1,2,3,6,7. Khris Cochran, 25, (510) 597-1829.wants 1,3,4/on 1,2/exp 2a/will 1,2. Kristy, 24, office fax (415) 957-3750.. .wants 1,3,4,5/prefers 1,2,3 (11 :Metre, Melges 24) 4/exp 3a,b,g (instructed sailing on boats up to 30’)/will 1,3,4,5,6. Lilly F., 30, (415) 621-1199 .wants 1/exp 2b. Linda, 30, W: (415) 289-2500 or fax (415) 331-0649 . .wants 1,3/prefers 1,2/exp 2bg/will 2,3,7. Linda, 47, (209) 549-1498 .wants 1/prefers 1,2/exp 1/will 1,2,6,7. Lisa Kilday, 27, W: (510) 526-9646 .wants 1,2,3,5/on 2/exp Ib/will 1,2,3,6,7. Liz Greenwald, 32, (510) 540-8910 ..wants 1/prefers 1/exp 3cg (J/24 exp)/will 2,5. Mary Beth & Sharon, (415) 775-8725 .want 1,2/prefer 2/exp 1/will 1. Michele A., 39, (415) 777-6111, ext. 6233, 901 Mission, 3rd floor, SF, CA 94103... .wants 1/on 1,4/exp 2a/will 1,2,7. Michelle Ferguson, 24, (415) 647-2727 ...wants 1,3/prefers 1/exp3a,c,f/will 3,5,6. Mira Moore, 28, (415) 705-5414 or DP (415) 406-0280. .wants 1/prefers 2/exp 2b/will 1. Molly, 28, (415) 354-3207 .wants 1/prefers 2/exp Ib/will 2,4,5. Mrs. J. DeBruhl, (415) 493-4769 Iv. msg.wants 1,2/on 1,2/exp 3c/will 1,3,5. Pam, 29, (415) 331-2930 .wants 1/on 2/exp 3b/will 6,7. Pat, 42, (415) 564-6791 .. wants 3,5,6/on 2/exp 3d,e,f,g (‘94 Pacific Cup)/will 1,2,7. Ricki Brooke, 42, (415) 332-8181 . .wants 1,5/on 2/exp 2g (raced windsurfers)/will 1,3. Sharon, 29, (408) 685-9865 .wants 2,3/on 1,2,4/exp 2b/will 1,3,6. Sue, 43, (707) 526-1757.wants 1/on 1,2,5/exp Ib/will 1,7. Susan Rosso, 43, (510) 939-7303 or pager/voice mail: (800) 757-6001 . .wants 1/on 2/exp 3b,f,g (used to own Catalina 30)/will 1,2,5,7. T.Chase, 40, (415) 332-2351 .wants 1/on 1,2/exp 2cd.

6) Do grinding, I've got muscle 7) Do lunches/provisioning

COUPLES TO CREW ON A RA CING BOA T Randy Leber, 36, (510) 865-6872. .wants 1/prefers 3 (Islander 28 or 36)/exp 3b/will 1,2,6. Rob Mayberry, 26, (916) 361-4507.wants 1,5,6/prefers 1,2/exp 3d/will 6. Ron DeBlasi, 43, (510) 686-0422 . .wants 1,2,4/on 2/exp 3d,g (multi-mast experience)/will 1,3,5,6,7. Page 118 'UfJt!?* March, 1995

Beth & Bob Hess, 35, W: (408) 728-5808, P.O. Box 2391, Aptos, CA 95076. .want 2/prefer 2,4/exp 4ef/will 4,5,6. Beth & Richard Geiger, 36/50, (209) 983-8401 . .want 1,3,4,6/prefer 2/exp 1 a/will 1,2,3,4,7. Mark & Amanda Wilson, 30/25, (805) 534-9825.. want 2,3,4,5,6/exp 2a/will 1,2,7. Marty Gilmore & Marta Krissovich, 44, (415) 924-3932. .want 1,3,5/on 2,5/exp 3d/will 1,3,5.

CREW LIST RACE BOATS LOOKING FOR CREW

GROUPS LOOKING FOR RACING CREW Olson 25 Class, c/o Bill, (408) 285-4847, Olson 25. . plan 1,3bc/want 1,2/race 2.

MEN LOOKING FOR RACING CREW Andre Levy, 34, (408) 866-8259, Express 27.plans 1 bd/wants 1,2/races 2. Bob A. Dries, 50, (415) 864-8522, Columbia36.plans lac/wants 1/races 2. Bob Lugliani, 42, (415) 343-8559, Catalina 38 plans 1,3,c,d,e/wants 1/races 1. Brendan Busch, 27, (415) 851-0786, Nacra 5.8.plans 1,2e/wants 1/races 2. Bud Cohen, 60+, (415) 567-9868, Islander Bahama 24. —..plans 1 bef/wants 1,2/races 3. Charles Allen, 48, (415) 592-8018, J/24.plans 1 d,e/wants 2/races 1. Charles Reynolds, 34, (415) 225-0345,44’ Hardin ketch. ...plans 1 e/wants 1/races 1. Cliff Albergotti, 58, (415) 552-0293 (phone/fax), Pearson 37. .plans 1 e/wants 2/races 1. Dave Lenschmidt, 50, (510) 521-1667, L50 & Moore 24. .plans 1,2,5,a,b,d,e,f/races 1,2. David Demarest, 43, (415) 485-0789, Santana 22 ... plans 1 abed/wants 3/races 2. Dick Swanson, 50, (415) 381-4335, Ranger 23.plans Ibc/wants 2/races 2. Don Scheer, 61, W: (510) 847-6330 or H: (510) 862-0824, CS30. .plans 1,5,a,d/wants 1,2/races 1. Frank Burkhart, 46, (415) 593-9982, Islander 36 .... plans 1,2,b,e/wants 2/races 1. George Clark, 37, (415) 591-8850, Columbia 36.plans 1,3,5,e/wants 1/races 1. J.B. Duler, 38, (415) 954-1405, Swan 47. .plans 1,2,3,5,7(Swan Cup),d,e,f/wants 1,2/races 1,2. Jack Coulter, 44, (510) 531-4197,38’ Farallon Clipper.. plans Ic/wants 2/races 2. Jim Fair, (415) 967-6207, Merit 25.plans lacd/wants 1/races 2. Jim Mueller, 45, (408) 338-7893, O’Day 27. .plans 1,7 (North Bay) ade/wants 1,2/races 1. Joe “Magic” Hedrick, 50, (916) 989-4000, Box 1000, Orangevale, CA 95662, O’Day 37.plans ladf/wants 1/races 1. John W. and John H. Bowen, adults, (510) 460-9995-3033, Islander 30 Mkll. ...plans 1,3?,acd/wants 1/races 3. Jon Bamer, 50, W: (510) 886-7706 or H: (510) 886-2358, Express 27. .....plans 1,3,5bcd/wants 1,2/races 2. Joseph C. Melino, 55, days: (408) 275-1955, nights: (408) 268-0833, fax: (408) 494-0480, Beneteau First 305 .plans 1 acd/wants 1,2,3/races 2. Kevin Knick, 43, (415) 347-4850 or work voice mail (415) 712-8054, Santana 30-30 gp.plans 1,3,7 (Club races) ede/wants 1/races 1. Mike Borgerding, 47, (510) 228-2193, Triton 28.plans 1 bd/wants 1/races 1. Noel Markley, 59, (415) 986-2343, IOD/33-ft... .plans 1,7(Midwinters),b,c,e/wants 2,3/races 2. Paul Berger, 42, (408) 371-2489 or W: (408) 774-5428, Islander 30. .plans 1,5,d/wants 1/races 1. Phil Gardner, 58, (510) 865-2424, Cal 29.plans 1,b,c/wants 1/races 2. Randy Hough, 42, (415) 365-6383, Excalibur 26 .. .plans 1,7 (So. Bay), ade/wants 1/races 1. Rich Kerbavaz, 40, (510) 654-2747, Cal 29.plans 1 bed/wants 1/races 1. Roger Rapp, 40+, (510) 792-7258, Nordic Folkboat 25.5. ...plans 1 bed/wants 1,2/races 2. Ron Roberts, 42, fax (415) 455-9512, Beneteau First 42. .plansl ,3de/wants 2/races 2. Roy Steiner, 59, (415) 573-1544, Santana 22. .plans 1,7 (Nationals), bc/wants 3/races 3. Steph Bradshaw, 37, (510) 839-6875,25’ 1/4-ton.plans ce/wants 2/races 2,3. Vic Thiry, 53, fax (510) 277-3555, F-24 trimaran.plans lef/wants 3/races 3. Walt Marti, 38, (510) 523-5290,35’ J/105.plans 1 ,be/wants 2/races 2.

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l/WE WANT CREW t) That will consistently put out 100% for the whe^cord8^ !TrienCe' and Won,t explain ,° d' et' bru,sec) or scared silly H 2 With at least one full season of racing experience 3) W„h more than three year, experience P "“' l/WE RACE 2) ST8* W'n,nin§ is nice' but Jet's keep it fon %) vp.ru^ Ser,°‘J,S y' Why eise maf<e the effort?

3) Very seriously, 1/we don't like to lose.

WOMEN LOOKING FOR RACING CREW Ayn Woodruff, 49, (916) 878-1079 or AYN_W@aol.com, Sabre 34. .plans Id/wants 2/races 1. Laraine Salmon, (510) 769-7623, Merit 25.plans Ice/wants 1/races2.

COUPLES LOOKING FOR RACING CREW Bob & Honey DoubleboWer, 48/46, (510) 944-4843,25’ Schock. .t.plan 1 ade/want skipper/race 1,2.

Mark & Patricia Sutton, (415) 349-5590 or (415) 921-3308, Farr 52. .plan 3,5/want 1,2/race 2. Paul & Lee Bergman, 47/44, (415) 593-0405, SR33. ...plan 1,3,5,cd/want 3/race 3.

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THE BEST WEATHER MAPS 1 hese days, most cruising boats are equipped with some method of receiving Facsimile Weather Maps — "weatherfaxes" for short. But few cruisers arriving in the Tropical South Pacific for the first time know that the best weather maps for that region

The Queen's Birthday storm was first noted on weatherfax maps on June 2, But on the Fleet Code maps, / first saw the same storm brewing on May 24-a full ten days earlier. are those sent twice daily in Morse Code from New Zealand. These maps originate in Fiji’s WX Bureau, get teletyped to Wellington and from there are transmitted to mariners. The maps are sent in a code form known as Fleet Code FM45 or FM46, and in number groups (five numbers to a group) at about 14-15 words per minute. So to those new HAM radio Amateurs who have just passed their general class tests and think, "Oh Happy Day, I never have to deal with CW (Morse Code) again," I say think again. The Fleet Code maps of the South Pacific are the best argument I know for learning — and keeping sharp on — Morse Code. Case in point: the Queen’s Birthday

ItSlItiPlI necessary evasive action for ourselves and Wild Spirit. The storm first developed as a 1008 Mb low at 12° South, 181° East, which was moving almost due east at five knots. As it continued to deepen, it changed direction to 'v southeast at five knots. By June 1, it was due west of Fiji and moving south. We were able to track its movement from the start, and plan accordingly. At the time we were in the Great Astrolabe area due south of Suva, Fiji, with a couple of nice hurricane hole options open to us.

T 1 he Fleet Code

maps cover a wide range of the Tropical South Pacific, from 150°E to 120°W, and from 5°N to 35°S. Last year the southern limit was 25 °S, but since the Queen’s Birthday Storm the coverage has been increased to 35°S, which runs through New Zealand’s North Cape. Very handy indeed. And further, four times daily — again via Morse Code — warnings are sent in plain language of any tropical disturbances. The positions of cyclones, lows, and high pres¬ sure areas are noted, as are the coordinates of all ridges, troughs and convergence zones. This is for both the tropics and sub tropics in the western South Pacific.

1 he U.S. Printing Office used to publish Morse schedules for Marine Weather, but no longer does so since most countries have stopped sending the Fleet Code EX maps. It’s a darn shame so-called ’progress'

The Fleet Code and Warnings are transmitted as follows: Station FJP Noumea ZKLF N.Z.

GMT Tim 0000 0500/1800

ZKLF ZKLF

0920/2120 0330/1530

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8698 Khz CW 5806.6/9458.6 13550.1/16340.1 ditto ditto

Fleet Code: 1305E, IZO^W, 0^50S Fleet Code150£E, 120^W, 2SN-35*S Tropical Warnings (plain lang.) SWPac Warnings (plain lang.)

The frequencies lor ZKLF are those published for facsimile. They are the carrier frequen¬ cies, and must be offset 1.9 KHZ for facsimile reception, I usually receive the Morse messages on the fax frequencies as they are in my radio’s memory.

Storm that ravaged a fleet of cruisers last June. It was first noted on WeatherFax maps on June 2. But on the Fleet Code maps, I first saw the same storm brewing on May 24 — a full 10 days earlier. I was able to warn some Ham-equipped mariners about the low pressure cell that had developed northwest of Fiji, and had plenty of time to take the Page 120 •

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has halted such a valuable service. But the fishing fleet and larger vessels no longer depend on Morse, just us little guys. Fortunately, you can still find times and dates for New Zealand’s Morse code warnings and Fleet Codes in the Worldwide Marine Radio Facsimile broadcast schedule. (Although it does not have Noumea’s

Fleet Code messages come in numerical code. The one above was copied from Wel¬ lington at 0500Z on January 12, 1995. To decode the message, you need a de¬ code form. These are sometimes hard to find and often hard to interpret. One example can be found in the Radio Aids to Naviga¬ tion. I prefer the form shown at right, which was made by Dr. Richard Chesher of the Peterson 45 Moira, who is doing research work in the Vavau group of Tonga. Once decoded, it’s a simple matter of transferring the information to a map grid. We make our own grids. If we run out of Xerox copies of the map, we use a tablet laid out in graph form as a backup. The map above right is the end result of the January 12 Fleet Code transmission. Producing weather maps in this manner may seem laborious when you read about it, but we have found copying the Fleet Code maps to be a fun and very satisfying exer¬ cise. After all, you end up with the best darn WX map in the South Pacific — and you made it yourself! ps schedule.)

With a bit of practice, Morse Code can be mastered enough to copy to numbers — which as 1 said are sent at 14-15 WPM. You can try using an electronic code reader if you want, but I prefer to trust my own ears.

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Besides, the code readers wo work if the signal is weak or then a lot of static or background noi: I understand that Arnold, ZK11 on Rarotonga, will be able to sei out a completed Fleet Code mi for the Tropical South Pacific about a year’s time. That will be great help to those mariners travt ing through the region. He can t found giving his usual WX ini broadcast at 0400Z on 1431 daily.

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i—Enough has been writte about how to interpret WX map: so I won’t go into that subject other than to say that after month or so of diligently copying the Fleet Code maps, you’ll be come familiar with the loca weather patterns and movements My take on it is that you car always count on the weathei changing every 12 to 15 days ir the Tropical South Pacific. The glorious trades are a myth. Amen. — peter suttei March, 1995

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PINEAPPLE CUP '95: T 1 wenty-eight hours and 200 miles into the race, with the island of Eleuthera a few miles to starboard, we decided to go for it. The wind had dropped down from the mid30s, with gusts into the low 40s, and was now only blowing 25 — a veritable lull after a full day of heavy reaching vwith a reefed main and #3. A blinding rainstorm had just rolled through, the wind had backed and eased up a little, and our boatspeed was suddenly down to only 10 or 12 knots. Someone brought the 1.5 ounce spinnaker up on the deck of Mpgem, our tail-rig Express 37, and we briefly debated the wisdom of setting it. "O.J. Young used to say, 'You’ll never know if you can carry the kite until the bow is three feet under water," concluded helms¬ man Carl Schumacher. "No guts, no glory. We gotta try it!" Almost from the moment we set, the five of us on deck knew it was a mistake. The wind jumped back up to 35 and the bow was burying itself no matter where Carl steered — it was just a matter of time before our world was going to turn sideways. Sheets of water flew up on both sides as we hit speeds in the high teens, threatening to break the new 19.8 knot 'house record' that owner Rick Orchard had notched earlier in the day while power reaching with little white sails. The entire crew, except the three guys in their bunks below, crowded to the back of the bus. We held onto the backstay and waited for the inevitable crash, feeling like Slim Pickens maniacally riding the bomb down to oblivion in the final scenes of Dr. Strangelove. Five minutes into the doomed exercise, Carl stuffed the bow so deep that the topping lift winch on top of the cabin was completely covered with water — just like the videos we’ve seen of Whitbread boats running in the Southern Ocean, except the water was

much warmer. Megem shuddered and slowed way down; the rig loaded up and threatened to keep going without us, but miraculously we didn’t wipe out. A few minutes later, our luck ran out. This time, as the bow submerged, the boat spun into a Page 122 •

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vicious weather broach. Our nearby oppon¬ ents, a J/44 and a Beneteau 41, no doubt enjoyed the show. As we lay pinned on our side with the kite flapping wildly, the shackles on both the sheet and the lazy guy let go. We blew the vang and Carl sculled the boat around until we were upright and heading downwind again, now with the kite streaming out in front of the boat. Cliff Stagg flew out of the

'Lakota' is headed tvest. Meanwhile, owner Steve Fossett is offsetting solo ballooning records. cockpit to direct the damage control, and soon we’d retrieved the kite and poled out the #3 again. Other than a lost guy and a small hole in middle of the kevlar main

'Megem' revelled in the windy conditions of the Windward Passage. Off watches were spent in the ‘peanut gallery1 holding the stern down.

(caused, we thought, by the flogging shackles), we’d come through intact. "Guess ol’ O.J. was right," said Carl.

T 1 he occasion was the 22nd running of the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, form¬ erly known as the Miami-Montego Bay Race, and still mostly just called by its nickname, the 'MoBay Race'. The starting line is actually now off Fort Lauderdale, but the rest of the 811-mile course has remained the same since its inception in 1961: any route to Jamaica, leaving four marks (Great Isaac Light, Great Stirrup Light, Eleuthera and Cuba) to starboard. It’s an excellent race course, one which in normal conditions provides a beat, a gradually broadening reach and a heavy air run down the fabled Windward Passage, the slot between Cuba and Haiti. One of the earliest aficionados of the race, Oregon lumberman Bob Johnson, used to claim the race was like life itself: it’s hard at first, eases up in the middle, and then is a coast to the finish'. Johnson, who won the race in ’65 with his famous Ticonderoga, was

COOL RUNNINGS

corrected out on Passage that year — Dave Allen’s Belvedere-based Mull 42 Improbable, an early downwind flyer. Among the crew

"Guess or

so enamored with the race he named his next boat, the famous Alan Gurney custom 73-footer, Windward Passage after the windy channel of the same name. Had the TransPac gripped Johnson the same way — and he did many of those, too — we imagine the boat might have been named Molokai Channel instead. In ’71, Passage set the course record that still stands today: 3 days, 3 hours, 40 minutes — a 10.7 knot average. A strong southerly at the start shot the fleet across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas, where a fresh northwesterly filled in, allowing spinnakers to be flown beginning about where we crashed Megem. A 'little' boat from the Bay Area final Bahama Hole lit The Wall

final lim r Gnat Wmip MIAMI A.

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than you’d have on an Express 37 going to Hawaii. Megem had just done the Fort Lauderdale-Key West Race and Key West Race Week, finishing second in class, and most of her regular crew was out of vacation time. So in addition to the Burke brothers

' was right" said Cor!

were Commodore Tompkins, Skip Allan, Dave Wahle and Ron Holland. "It’s one of the greatest courses in the world," claimed Tompkins just recently. "You make new landfalls every day, and it’s a challenge to cut the comers without bashing into coralheads." The event peaked in popularity in 1973 with 43 boats racing. Ted Turner won that year in his one tonner Lightnin, his second of three overall MoBay wins (others were in ’70 with Vamoose and in ’79 with Tenacious). After Jim Kilroy won the ’75 and ’77 races with Kialoa III, the number of entries steadily declined. In ’81, Turner — who rivalled Johnson as the race’s biggest fan — was ready to race Tenacious again even if he was the only entry. That race was canceled when only one other boat signed up. The race slowly regained momentum in the ’80s, despite occasional hostilities at the Cuba turning mark (in ’84, two boats were detained for several days for going too close to Fidel’s fiefdom). In the ’90s, the race has gained favor among Whitbread boats and other maxis, among them the Farr 80 Chal¬ lenge America (ex-The Card).. Obviously inheriting a love for the MoBay Race from his father, Challenge America owner Teddy Turner, Jr., now about 30 years old, sailed three races on his boat back-to-back, in¬ cluding an overall win to add to the family collection in ’92.

The Turner clan’s love affair with this race was indirectly the reason we found ourselves sailing on Megem last month. Among Teddy’s crew for those three abovementioned Jamaica Races were Shawn and Steve Burke, high energy 29-year-old twins from Atlanta. The Burkes, both excellent sailors, had been crewing for Megem owner Rick Orchard, a successful 41-year-old telephone company exec who had trans¬ ferred from Southern California to Georgia a few years back. The Burkes gave the race rave reviews, and convinced Orchard to enter, his biggest yachting endeavor to date. Because the race usually involves equal components of beating, reaching and run¬ ning, we sailed with eight crew — two more

and navigator Marc Durlock from Charle¬ ston, SC, Orchard called in some 'rein¬ forcements' from California. Longtime friend Tony 'Bibble1 Haines, an Olson 30 owner and a former boat partner of Rick’s, and sailmaker Cliff Stagg were brought in from the southern end of the state. From the Bay Area came offshore veteran and Express 37 designer Carl Schumacher and ourselves. Some of the crew became suicidal after losing to a'cruising boat.

PINEAPPLE CUP '95 After a full day of boat prep the day before, we were happy to finally motor out of Fort Lauderdale — it’s tacky, expensive and overrun with stinkpots. The Storm Try¬ sail Club, which runs the race along with the Montego Bay YC, fired the guns for the 11 a.m. start, which was attended by 17 boats — not a great turnout, but better than the 11 boats they had last time. In very light air, Carl, our starting helmsman, nailed the start at the favored committee boat end, slipping inside Boomerang and Merrythought, and ahead of the pointy bow of Merit Cup. We played the shifty zephyrs for the next five hours, staying ahead of our class and actually holding even with the mini-maxis. The Gulf Stream carried us north at about two knots, sails slatting as the swells knocked our boat about. Eventually the wind filled in from the southeast, and we jib-reached on starboard for the Bahamas. As darkness fell, we were abeam of Great Isaac Light. By 10 p.m., we were down to the #3 and a reefed main, firehose-reaching into the darkness towards Isaac Stirrup. For the next 24 hours, up to and in¬ cluding our Hunt For Red October imitation that second afternoon, the race continued at a torrid pace. The inside of Megem soon smelled like a gymnasium. We dubbed the owner’s stateroom, which had taken water through a window, The Swamp'. But we could live with all that, as we were sprinting straight down the rhumbline instead of enduring the expected brain-rattling beat to weather! Eating apples and candy bars, and taking turns spending off watches sleeping on the rail (we only had two highside bunks), the time passed quickly. There wasn’t much to complain about — we had worked out in front of our class, several miles ahead of a J/35 which we’d expected to be our main

competition. About 4 a.m. the morning after the crash, the kite went back up — and it stayed up for the next three days as we ran through the Bahamas and the Windward Passage to^ Jamaica. We lit the afterburners, and never saw our competition again. We learned later that Merrythought, the ’91 overall winner, turned into Nassau during this part of the race with a crack in the base of their mast. The fractionallyrigged Renegade, the higher tech of the two Andrews-designed 'Estonia Twins' (Trader is the budget model), also had a tough time: their new 3DL mainsail didn’t nave any reef points, forcing them to flog the hell out of it for hours on end.

1 he fun meter started clicking up over the next two days as we ran down the back¬ side of Cat Island and Long Island with the new .7 poly kite in 15-20 knots of breeze. Beautiful sunny days were followed by clear, star-filled nights. Beer was mysteriously 'discovered' (it wasn’t a dry ship afterall), cigars were smoked and Bibble, our cook and morale officer, whipped up a tasty steak dinner. A Viet Nam combat veteran, and a survivor of a nasty divorce from a wellknown maxi-boat owner’s daughter, Bibble takes life one day at a time. "Every day’s a holiday, every meal’s a banquet!" he declared with enthusiasm at least once an hour, coining our collective mantra for the trip. With Orchard harmonizing, Bibble also Surf's up! ‘Dr. Smooth1 hit the high numbers for hours at a time — and made it look easy!

‘Wild Thing1, a fearless driver after nine TransPacs, looking “very Olympic" in his red and white team dinghy smock.

entertained us with versions of "You’ve Lost that Yachting Feeling", "Under the Jib Slot (we were having some fun)" and other frac¬ tured renditions of vaguely familiar songs. As we got into the rhythm of the race, each watch’s personality began to emerge. Our watch, consisting of Rick, Carl, Bibble and us, tended to talk mainly about boats and races. The four of us had campaigned Rick and Bibble’s Capo 30 Triple Bypass together years ago, and we had lots to catch up on. Discussing our various boats took up a lot of time — Rick is currently on his 29th boat (counting dinghies and powerboats), which we decided had to be some kind of national record. We listened to George Winston and Jimmy Buffet when down be¬ low, and our discussions often included religion, politics and child-rearing philo¬ sophies.

The other watch — the Burkes, Cliff and Marc — was the antithesis of ours. "Most of our conversations were about sex, drugs and rock and roll," admitted Cliff, "but we hardly ever made it past sex." Marc, a 52year-old real estate developer working on his third divorce, fit right into this line-up, and Bibble was known to stay up at night with this group to get in his fill of dirty jokes. "Would you rather be stuck on the island with Ginger or Mary Ann?" was one of the deeper dialogues we overheard. Despite our differences, everyone on

COOL RUNNINGS

'Orch' imitating a maxi owner. “The trip was everything I'd hoped it would be," he said later. “Now I've got to get back to work to pay for it!"

1Bibble' kept us well fed and in high spirits the whole way there. "Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami" was another of his ‘greatest hits'.

board got along fine, and life was good. We steered on the Southern Cross at night, diving straight south on the rhumbline toward Cuba. Foulies were put away for good, we each got to take a shower as it became obvious that we had a little too much water, lasagna and a cold beer were served for dinner, and only one thing bummed us out: Dear Friend, a CSY 50 which rated an astronomical 144, wasn’t dropping back nearly fast enough. In fact, as we neared Cuba, they were only 30 miles behind — and we owed them 15 hours for the race! On the radio, we heard that the big boats had hit light air between Cuba and Jamaica, killing hopes of a record run. Lakota, the 60-foot tri that Florence Arthaud used to campaign, came close, but missed by 15 minutes. If we kept the wind, we were sure to beat all the big boats — it was dawning on us that we had a chance to win overall! Rounding Cuba at dusk on the fourth night out, we could see the lights of Guantanamo Bay. The irony of the eight of us being so happy within five miles of such an armpit of human misery wasn’t lost on any of us, even the other watch. Jokes about Cuban and Haitian boat people suddenly didn’t seem as funny. . . and anyway, we had work to do. As the tradewinds picked up, we downshifted to the 1.5-oz. kite again, and put the pedal to the metal for Montego Bay, now just 240 miles away. In order to beat Dear Friend, it was time to go into a full

court press.

or the next 24 hours, Carl and Cliff — our two best helmsmen — traded off driving. In the 25-30 knot winds and confused cross¬ seas, it was one thing to drive safe, and quite another to drive fast. We needed most of the crew on the 'back porch' to hold the bow up, so basically everyone lived on deck until we finished. Cleaning the boat up and personal

'Merit Cup' won Class A and was third overall. They filmed the race for a European TV station.

hygiene could wait. The 'peanut gallery' ooooh’ed and ahhhh’ed as these two vir¬ tuosos put on a stellar performance, aver¬

aging 10 knots toward MoBay. Their driving styles were as different as their personalities, but each got the job done. Carl was nick¬ named 'Dr. Smooth' for his light touch on the helm; Cliff earned the sobriquet 'Wild Thing' for his more aggressive and frankly scarier style. "There’s no way those guys on Dear Friend are doing this!" someone from the gallery would say every time the speedo hit 15 or 16 knots. As we found out later, their crew simply took their 1.5 ounce chute — their on/y spinnaker — down whenever it blew over 20 because the boat couldn’t go faster than hull speed anyway! While our gallery dwellers pretended to be at the movies ("pass the popcorn"), these guys literally watched TV and ate microwaved popcorn. As we found out later, they had a much different trip than we did. Twenty miles from the finish, a line squall rolled through, instantly pushing the wind up to 33 knots and lifting us 30° off course. With the waves now coming at us sideways, 'Wild Thing' instantly called for an all-hands gybe. "You’re nuts!" yelled bowman Shawn as he bolted for the bow, echoing a com¬ monly held sentiment at the moment. But the main came over, after a bit of trouble the pole was 'made', and all the while Cliff somehow kept the boat on its feet. It was a masterful performance — not just on his part, but on everyone’s. We’d gelled as a crew, and all aboard could feel it. As we approached Jamaica on port pole, we could also feel the wind lightening. Staying away from land as long as possible was the name of the game, and we waited until the last several miles before switching to the #1 and heading for the beach. Unfor¬ tunately for us, we’d arrived at Montego Bay

at the worse time possible — around 10 p.m., when there was hardly any wind at all. It took four frustrating hours, much of it with the windfinder (daisy staysail) up, to crawl the last four miles. We finally crossed the finish line at 2 March. 1995 •

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PINEAPPLE CUP '95 a.m., as the welcome boat stood by with a case of cold Red Stripe beer. A bagpiper, in full battle regalia no less, played "Amazing

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destination. Sure, the delivery back is a little rough, and the race sorely needs a sponsor (Johnny Walker and Red Stripe have dbne this until recently) and to get more organized, but these are minor details when you consider the winds and geography of this classic ocean race.

We arrived during a week-long celebration of the late Bob Mar ley's 50th birthday. ’One Love'prop¬ aganda was everywhere — so was marijuana. Just about everybody blew out spinnakers. The J/44 'Elusive' waited until they were at the yacht club dock to retrieve the remains of this one.

Grace" as they led us up the channel to the yacht club — much better than that scratchy aloha music the Hawaii YC plays as you finish the TransPac! On Megem, there were handshakes and high fives all around — now it was time to party a little, get some sleep, and wait for the time limit to expire, hopefully, on Dear Friend.

race in sight of each other. Donnybrook got the nod at the finish, but you have to wonder what it proved — how can owners justify spending several million dollars on their boats, probably $25,000 on the race, and then plunk down an Andrew Jackson for a PHRF certificate that will essentially dictate how they finish? We also wondered why this race isn’t the

1995 Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race B1QIS Yacht

he next morning, we heard the war stories from the other boats: Trader blew up three kites, tore their main and broke (and repaired) their steering; Donnybrook, an East Coast-oriented SC 70 blew out two chutes within five minutes; the Crealock 44 Lagniappe dropped out supposedly because they injured the bowman with the spinnaker pole; the Cayman Island boats Elusive and Frenzy shredded three kites apiece; the trimaran Greenwich Propane sheared off the bottom four feet of her daggerboard on a coral head; and so on. The big boat plot, in a nutshell, was that Renegade, with ubiquitous Southern Cali¬ fornia super-crew Mike Howard on board, had led the big boats to Jamaica, but got stuck in too close and passed by everyone. The Swiss maxi Merit Cup, whose official boat language is French, finished first, missing the course record by about 6 hours. The closest finish was between Donnybrook (ex-Starlight Express) and Boomerang, which both rated -81 and sailed the entire Page 126 •DteUMli* March. 1995

Slitting in a hillside bar the next afternoon, our entire crew watched help¬ lessly as Dear Friend charged across the finish line, rail-down with their small jib up. We lost to them by 50 minutes on corrected time, and there wasn’t a thing we could do about it. We talked with the Friends later, and they were as surprised as the rest of the fleet that they popped up the overall winner. "We don’t even bother with buoy races," claimed owner Bill Kardash, a nice guy. "We just enter point-to-point races and hope, like this race, to get our conditions." As we sat in that bar and watched the overall victory elude our grasp, we slowly realized that was okay not to win as long as we’d honestly given it our best shot. We knew we’d done that, and toasted each other and our ripping 4-day, 15-hour ride to Jamaica. "Only one boat can win, so you’d better enjoy the sailing and each other’s company," said Rick, suddenly turning philo¬

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Farr 81 Andrews 70 Frers 77 SC 70 Frers 81 Andrews 70 Frers 62

Pierre FeMmann Fred Oetwiler Larry Bulman James Muldoon George Coumanteros Kenneth Meade Jack King

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Grosse Point, Ml Annapolis, MO Washington, DC New York, NY Grosse Point, Ml Fairfax, VA

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CSY50 Express 37 Swan 40 Beneteau 45 J/35 J/37 J/44 Crealock 44

Bill Kardash Rick Orchard Donald McLean Richard Parent John Stafford Judy Bullmore J. Lawrence/J. Blake Wayne Braud

144 75 120 69 72 .: 87 45 129

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5 6

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Merit Cup Trader Javelin Donnybrook Boomerang Renegade Merrythought

Switzerland

PHRF- B 1 2 34 5 6 7

1 2 6 8 10 12 13 ■*» :

Dear Friend Megem Frenzy Beausoleii Jacana Blue Runner Elusive Lagniappe

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MAX EBB "M I”! ax! Could you take a look at this for a second?" I didn’t recognize the voice, but when I looked in the direction that it was coming from, I recognized the boat. It was a mid-size cruiser/racer built in the late ’70s, and it had been sitting idle since last fall with a broken

While I thought about this problem for a few seconds, 1 remembered reading some¬ where that the best ratio was 1 to 1.

Happen

"That's very logical," said Lee. "But it's wrong." boom. I had walked past it on the way to my boat almost every weekend, observing the progress of a complete ecosystem evolving on the boat’s bottom, and the lack of progress on the boom and other needed maintenance. True, it was raining for most of those weekends, but the owner had missed a lot of decent sailing in between the storms. At least now it looked like the boat was going to be put back into active service. "Good to see you down here again," I said as I detoured over to the boat’s berth. If I’m lucky with the small talk, I thought to myself, I’ll get some clue of this guy’s name without having to admit that I’ve forgotten it. The bottom of the boat was still a marine habitat. But there was a brand new boom ex¬ trusion on the deck. My dock neighbor had a large assortment of tools displayed, and was in the process of transferring hardware from the old spar to the new. "Whatcha been up to these days?" I asked. "Same-old, same-old," he answered, which was no help. "Today’s project is to get the new boom rigged, and I want to know what you think would be the best place to put the boom vang fittings. The old boom snapped right at the boom vang, as you remember." Actually I didn’t remember the incident at all. But I looked at the pieces of the old boom, and sure enough it had buckled right where the vang fitting attached. It made per¬ fect sense for it to break there, especially considering that the twisted aluminum was corroded to paper-thin powder. Evidently the spar was the victim of electrolysis be¬ tween the steel vang fitting and the alumi¬ num, and the aluminum lost out in the fight between the dissimilar metals. "The guy at the store said the distance from the gooseneck back along the boom to the vang fitting should be 1.5 times the distance from the deck to the gooseneck. But that puts it further back than on the old boom, and I don’t want to do anything that will increase the stress." Page 128

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"Well, it seems to me that if you think of the mast and boom as symmetrical to each other, the maximum torque would have to occur with the angle at 45 degrees. It doesn’t matter if you’re pulling the mast towards the boom or the boom towards the mast. So, by symmetry, the most efficient angle has to be 45 degrees." "I also looked through some of the hard¬ ware catalogs," said my still unidentified friend. "For the ratio of boom-fitting-togooseneck compared to deck-fitting-togooseneck, the Forespar catalog shows about 1.5 to 1. Harken shows 1 to 1, which is what you’re saying is best. Nicro-Fico says the fully compressed length should be 1.75 times the deck-to-gooseneck dimension, which works out to 1.44 to 1. And RWO shows about 1.3 to 1 in their diagram." "I’d go with the Harken catalog," I said. "I think you’re right," he said after some thought. "If either leg gets very long it loses efficiency — so I think I buy your symmetry argument. Let’s see, that would put it. . ." He measured the gooseneck height on his

mast again, and carefully measured off the same distance on his boom. The fitting re¬ quired rivet holes to be drilled in the bottom of the boom, and I agreed to hold the fitting in place while he used it as a guide for the drill bit. We were about to drill the first hole when we were suddenly interrupted.

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"\A7 V V rong place for a boom vang," said an all-too-familiar female voice from over my shoulder. "Did we ask?" 1 joked as I turned around to say hello. It was my sometimes-crew Lee Helm, a naval architecture student who can occasion¬ ally be persuaded to sail on a 'lead mine' like my boat, even though she’d rather be on her

windsurfer or an ultralight ocean racer. I started to introduce her to my dock neigh¬ bor, but suddenly realized that I still didn’t remember his name. Fortunately Lee was very excited about something else, and inter¬ rupted again. . "Max, you gotta see what I found while I was net-surfing last night." She shoved a

ANGLE OF THE DANGLE

Broken booms are no fun, especially when you do it before the start, as happened aboard 'Blade Runner' at MEXORC a few years ago. We'll leave the correct way to repair booms for ano¬ ther issue.

sheet of paper in front of me. "This is like totally cool. I found a source for down¬ loadable Pacific surface analysis charts!" "There are lots of places to get weather stuff on the internet," said the owner. "I get satellite photos online all the time." "Satellite photos are easy. I mean, like, everybody has that. But I’ll bet they don’t have the actual surface analysis. You know, the chart of the isobars from the National Weather Service — the same info they send out over weatherfax. It’s what you really need to evaluate the wind field and guess at a forecast, or recognize a pattern in the weather system. Perfect for the next TransPac. No more ham radio tying up the com¬ puter for hours while it collects the full set of maps for the weeks leading up to a race. The URL is http://luma-hai.soest.hawaii.edu, and you click on Hawaiian weather for the charts. Even at fourteen-forty bps, it takes less than a minute to download." "That’s great, Lee, I’ll have to check it out. But right now I’m just helping, umm, my friend here install his boom vang." I explained my symmetry hypothesis of the optimal angle, 45 degrees, or the 1 to 1 ratio between the lengths on the two spars. "That’s very logical," she said, "but it’s wrong. You’re assuming that there’s some optimum position for the boom attachment that occurs somewhere between zero dis¬

tance, which is at the gooseneck, and infinite distance, which is at the very end to an infin¬ itely long boom." "Well, of course there’s an optimum posi¬ tion somewhere between those two points," I asserted. "Maybe we should define what we mean by 'optimum'," she said. "How about the position that results in the highest downward moment on the boom at the gooseneck for a given amount of force in the vang. Not counting things like compression in the spar, of course. The optimum geometry, as I’ll use the word, is the geometry that gives you the most effective vang for the least load on the control line." "Right, exactly," I said. "And if the distance is zero, at the gooseneck, there’s no torque no matter how hard you pull on the vang. If the distance is infinity, or very very long, then there’s also almost no down force, even for a very large load on the vang." "Nope. There’s always a slight down force no matter how far away the boom fitting is. And because the arm goes to infinity as the force goes to zero, you just can’t know intui¬ tively what happens to the moment about the gooseneck."

I was certain that a boom vang con¬ nected to the end of the boom would be almost worthless, but this would be hard to prove to Lee. "It’s a vector cross-product, Max: FCROSS-R, force cross radius. Force is con¬ stant, let’s say. So the cross-product with

radius will simply be the component of the radius, which in this case is the distance from the boom fitting to the gooseneck, that’s perpendicular to the direction of the force vector. That’s the perpendicular distance from gooseneck to vang. Hence — and like, I emphasize the word 'hence' — the further back you put the boom fitting, the better the vang will work." "Come on, Lee, I forgot all about vector products decades ago. I have no idea what that means." "Then use calculus. Write the equation for 1 the moment produced by a unit force on the vang with position along the boom as the independent variable, differentiate it with respect to this variable, and solve for the point where it equals zero, the local maxi¬ mum." I looked at her sideways. "Lee, do you realize how long I’ve been out of school?" "Okay, you can prove it the slow and stupid way. Make a spreadsheet, and try all the positions you want." "We can do that right here," said the owner of th£ boat as he started down his hatch. "I’ve got a spreadsheet program on my laptop." Lee came aboard to help with the for¬ mulas. 'Yum!" she said as she looked down at the badly-fouled bottom. 'You could open a sushi bar with all the stuff that’s living down there." "First he’ll need an underwater chainsaw to move it out of the berth," I added. "Only if he can get past the Endangered March. 1995 • UVUMM • Page 129

MAX EBB Species Act," added Lee. Meanwhile my friend had fired up his spreadsheet and Lee began feeding him for¬ mulas, while I attempted to double-check for any funny arithmetic on Lee’s part. In less than five minutes the chart table printer churned out the finished table of boom vang effectiveness. "Well I’ll be. . said the owner of the boat. "You’re right! We want the vang fitting as far back as it we can get it, according to this." "Can’t be!" I insisted, and spent the next five minutes going over each formula... but it appeared to be true.

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back on the boom," Lee finally pointed out. "If you’re more afraid of the gooseneck fitting breaking due to compression." "I don’t think that’s the case here," I said. "The gooseneck looks very strong. It’s the possibility of breaking the boom again that we’re worried about." "Then you’re much better off with the vang fitting farther aft on the boom, for sure. There will be more compression, and if you took this to extremes the compression in the boom itself could be a problem. But the bending in the boom is a lot less as you move aft. Let me add some new lines to this spreadsheet. . ." Lee dropped down the hatch and took the controls of the computer. She added a column for boom compression and a column for maximum bending in the boom. "I see you used three feet for the height of the gooseneck above the deck," she said. "What’s the length of the boom? — we need it to get bending moment." The owner told her that it was about 12 feet, and in a few minutes we had a table of boom bending and compression for every possible position of the vang fitting along the boom. "Isn’t this interesting — the old fitting was right where it produced maximum bending in the boom!" observed Lee. "Maybe that’s why it broke." "That and nearly 20 years of electrolysis,"

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

0.00 18.43 33.69 - 45.00 53.13 59.04 63.43 s 66.80 69.44 71.57 73.30 74.74 75.96

100.00 94.87 83.21 70.71 60.00 51.45 44.72 39.39 35.11 31.62 28.73 26.31 24.25

holes near the neutral axis, on the sides of the boom." "I was about to install the same fitting again on the new boom," confessed the owner." "Much better to use a bale, like the ones for the mainsheet blocks. Think of the boom as an I-beam. The top is in compression, the bottom in tension, but the sides are near the 'neutral axis' where there’s no bending stress. So I much prefer a big hole in the sides, and a through-bolted boom bale, instead of that fitting riveted to the bottom. Even after ano¬ ther 20 years, when the galvanic corrosion has enlarged the hole and the bolt starts to rattle around, it’s not going to cause the boom to break like the old one did." On the basis of the spreadsheet, we settled on a point about six feet aft of the

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0.00 31.62 55.47

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12 12

212.13 240.00

70.71 80.00

12 12

86.96 138.68 159.10 160.00

257.25 268.33 275.74

85.75 89.44

12 12

150.06 134.16

91.91 93.63 94.87 95.78 96.48

12 12

114.89 93.63

71.15 47.89 24.12 0.00

280.90 284.60 287.35 289.43 291.04

97.01

12 12 12

This table shows boom compression and boom bending moment for a typical installation. As the vang attachment point moves back on the boom, the power of the vang and compression in the boom both increase. But bending (at the vang fitting) actually decreases.

7 reolized I needed to change the subject before

I added. 'You mean 'galvanic corrosion'," Lee corrected, and the fact that the fitting you used required holes in the bottom of the boom right where the bending stress is greatest. Much better to, like, keep all the

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gooseneck, much farther back than on the original spar. "I’ll never understand why all the expert advice says to put the vang fitting so far forward," Lee remarked. "Maybe it goes back to the old days when

goosenecks were on tracks," I suggested. "With that kind of hardware, too much com¬ pression in the boom might be dangerous to the gooseneck or to the track. So at one time in history I guess it did make sense to use 1:1 or 1.5:1 as a rule of thumb."

"\A7 V V hen are you hauling out?" I asked as we all stepped back onto the dock, noting the underwater jungle once again. "In two weeks. I’m also going to have them pull the rig," he boasted, "so I can change to a roller-furling system for the jib." "I guess you like using your engine a lot," said Lee. "No, I like to sail! That’s the whole point of roller-furling — it makes it easy to set the sails." "It also guarantees that you’ll always have the wrong jib up," Lee said as she launched into what I now recognized as her standard rant against roller-furling. "The all-purpose roller-furling genoa they’re going to sell you will be much too heavy and much too flat to be an effective light air sail, and short on the hoist so it won’t point well even when it’s in its design range. And in heavy air when you roll it partway up the shape will be a disaster area." "It’s still easier than changing jibs," he said as he rummaged through his dock box for the extra boom bale that he knew he had

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in there somewhere. "And I don’t even have to go forward to do it." "Yes, you do," countered Lee, "to change the lead position. And that can be a dang¬ erous operation with a loaded sheet or with the clew flogging around. And the result is only acceptable for reaching or running." "I always have the option of dropping the genoa and changing to the three," he replied. "To do that you have to unroll the old jib, drop it, fold it, bag it, bring up and hoist the number three. It’s twice the amount of work than simply selecting the right sail in the first place, and you have to do it all in high wind conditions. And you’ll have to take the bat¬ tens out of the number three if you want to use it with the furler, which is going to short¬ en its useful life. Not to mention having to shorten the hoist to make it fit." Their debate ran the predictable path, except that every time a boat left the harbor, Lee would look up and point out that nearly all of the boats that left the harbor under power had roller-furled jibs, while none of the boats that left the harbor under sail had

roller-furling. The exceptions were very large boats that powered out, and one small boat with a fractional rig that was sailing just fine

"Lee, do you realize how long I've been out of school?" with its unrolled working jib. Lee was quick to point out that "fractional rigs are much more tolerant of roller-furling, and when the foredeck is designed with a well for the furling drum then it’s not such a bad way to go after all, even though you still can’t use battens." To change the subject before they got violent over this religious issue, I asked Lee what else she’d found on the internet lately. "Lots of good America’s Cup coverage," she answered. "There’s the official home page at http://www.ac95.org, and there’s also a subversive mailing list called the 'America’s Cup™ Free Press'. You can find

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With reports this month on summer chartering In the Pacific Northwest, bareboating out of Athens, Greece, one-directional cruising along Turkey’s southern coast and miscellaneous Charter Notes.

Forget the Rest, Sail the Northwest

Although it’s still a bit too wintry to take a sailing vacation in the Pacific Northwest, it’s now prime time to start planning for a summer cruise. As you’ve read before in these pages, we’re big proponents of sailing in the North¬ west, be it within the San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound or points north. A small fleet of crewed charter yachts are resident in these northern latitudes, but the bulk of file chartering market share here goes to bareboating. No multinational charter giants have planted their roots here yet and there are no mega-fleets of just-launched, French-built sloops, just a handful of independent outfits that are trying to build their businesses steadily while maintaining high standards of quality. From the smallest mom and pop operation to their largest competitors, there seems to be a consensus among the players here that, although they are definitely competing, their overall aim is to build the chartering industry cautiously, without impacting too greatly on their pristine cruising grounds. With that in mind, we decided to check in with some of the good sailor-folk of the Pacific Northwest and give them a crack at con¬ vincing you to forgo the tropics this summer and explore their watery playground instead.

The custom aluminum sloop 'Hanalei Bay1 is one of the few crewed sailing yachts chartering in the Northwest, but good bareboats abound.

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picture they paint of sailing among pods of killer whales, spotting bald eagles on tree tops, gunkholing through pristine, glacier-carved fiords and skinny dipping in secluded natural hot springs is enough to make you slam down the phone, quit your job and catch the first flight to Seattle (or Vancouver, as the case may be). But we suggest a more calculated approach. First, pick the section of this vast cruising ground that you want to explore, then reserve a good boat, shanghai a few goodnatured friends and start saving your pennies. With enough time, you could spend an entire summer cruising the San Juans, Gulf Islands and the Desolation Sound area. If you’re a working stiff like most of us, though, you’ll have to explore this enticing cluster of islands and inlets in one or two-week increments. But because of the close proximity of islands here, that will give you plenty of time to absorb a therapeutic dose of the region’s inherent tranquillity. The (American) San Juan Islands are by far the most popular portion of this vast cruising ground. During the summer months there’s a festive feel here, as boaters flock to popular ports o’ call like Friday Harbor in search of fair winds, friendly taverns and the camaraderie of recreational sailors from all over the map. The (Canadian) Gulf Islands are geographically part of the same archipelago and offer much the same cruising conditions although they are substantially less developed ashore and their anchorages tend to be less crowded. Uninhabited park areas are a notable feature of both venues. For those who prefer to spend their evenings listening to the howls of wildlife rather than the howls of laughter — and perhaps bad guitar playing — of their neighboring boaters, Desolation Sound is the place. You go there not only to get away from the party crowd, but to get into a deeper appreciation of nature. Spectacular fiords, majestic waterfalls, bountiful wildlife and soli¬ tude are the attractions here. Anything you’re going to need you bring with you, because there’s virtually no boating infrastructure on this virgin turf. Naturally, every fleet operator has a good reason why you should charter from him. Tim

§ % 5 ^ □ o 15 § 8 Melville of Bosun’s Charters, located on the eastern coast of Vancouver island at Sydney, points out that starting out from his marina saves the 20-mile trip across the Georgia Straits from the mainland. But Rick Baker of Blue Pacific Yacht Charters reminds us that Vancouver is rated by travelers as one of North America’s best-loved cities and should not be missed. Meanwhile, Robey Banks of Northwest Marine Charters (which has boats based in Seattle, Anacortes and elsewhere) makes the argument that the best sailing conditions in the entire Puget Sound area are found in the Admiralty Inlet between Seattle and the islands. Then again, when Lois Stevenson of Desolation Sound Yacht Charters starts talking about the bevies of orcas, otters and sea lions in her unspoiled neck of the woods... Well, these are tough choices. Ultimately, of course, your decision on which point to charter from will jbe based on a mix of issues including the type of boat you’re looking for, where you plan to cruise and what land attractions you plan to see before or after your sail. Since getting 'good value' seems to be on everyone’s mind these days, you’ll be happy to learn that the Northwest has some notable advantages. First of all, the region is only a few hours away by air — and in the same time zone — so you won’t arrive whacked-out

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Clockwise from upper left: serene anchorages are the norm in the Northwest; easy sailing; a natural connection; who says the water's cold?

with jet lag. And, if you’ve been yearning to bum up some rubber on the open road lately, you have the option of cranking up your car stereo and driving there. With a little help from the Washington State or B.C. ferries, you can even drive all the way to the docks on Vancouver Island in a couple of days and perhaps check out the Olympic Peninsula rain forest on the way home. Boat pricing is generally a bit below par on the world market, with some real bargains to be had on older boats. Be warned, however, that a 'weekly rate' in these waters can mean anything from five nights and six days to a full seven-night week. (This is a bit screwy compared to other charter venues around the world where a 'week' generally means seven 24-hour periods.) Canadian operators are quick to point out that the U.S. dollar is particularly strong this year against its Canadian counterpart, cur¬ rently giving Americans almost a 30% incentive to charter from Canadian firms. U.S. companies counter with the fact that flights to Vancouver are more expensive than to Seattle (where some carriers have recently been offering two-for-one 'companion fares'). We’ll leave it to you to sort out the pros and cons,

but if time allows the best idea may be to sail in both U.S. and Canadian waters, thereby getting a taste of each culture and still taking advantage of increased spending power on Canadian soil. A few bucks can buy a great meal in downtown Victoria these days! The Northwest is probably the only place on earth where there are no restrictions on crossing a national boundary in a bareboat. When your season is short and half your potential customers seem to be transfixed on tropical destinations, it pays to get creative. One novel marketing idea comes from Dave Messmer of Penmar Marine. He’s offering onedirectional, three-week charters from Anacortes, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska (or vice versa) — an incredible voyage that takes you through the protected waters of the Gulfs and San Juans, out into the Queen Charlotte Sound for a bit of challenging open ocean sailing, then deep into the magical fiords of the Inside Passage en route to Ketchikan. Suggested day-to-day itineraries, a complete chart package and a thorough briefing are provided. A similarly conceived (two-week) program from Bellingham, Wash¬ ington, up to Princess Louisa Inlet, Deso¬ lation Sound and back is laid out for you by the folks at San Juan Sailing Charters. With all such offers, the idea is to give you the confidence to go the extra mile without hav¬ ing to do a lot of homework prior to the trip. Fleets up here range from eight boats to

108, and most operators have a variety of models to choose from (if you book early). In fact, this is an excellent area to test drive a particular brand name before buying — while having some fun at the same time. This year several slick new boats have entered the market in the 40 to 50 foot range, but perhaps the most notable additions are the arrival of the area’s first multihull bareboats, a Fontaine-Pajot designed Tobago 35 and an Island Packet 35 (Anacortes Yacht Charters). As is the trend in other charter venues, competitors will undoubtedly follow suit in the coming seasons. What else is new? Well, if we were stinkpotters we’d mention that Bosun’s Charters has added some hot new high-speed powerboats. But we’re not, so we won’t. We say see it under sail. Sure, the winds can be fluky up here, often changing direction from morning to afternoon, but we like the attitude of Barry Buckle, a charter broker with Old Salt Charters in Vancouver, who says the best sailing itinerary is simply to go where the wind blows. Hey, it’s more of an adven¬ ture that way — and we do like adventures! — latitude/aet Bareboating the Peloponnesian Coast: Challenging but Well Worth the Effort

During the past year we did group charters in Tonga and Tahiti, before exploring the islands of Greece’s Peloponnesian coast last September. Naturally, there are substantial contrasts between them. Since The Moorings merged with the

The well-protected harbor at Hydra is cozy and quaint. But a few hours after this shot was taken yachts were lined up three deep along the quay.

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from their other bases. Charters begin at 6:00 p.m. so it’s possible to go straight to the boat from the airport — but I wouldn’t recommend it. After crossing 10 time zones, it’s better to unwind in Athens for a day seeing the sights. Based on experience in other charter locations, I expected a large Moorings office next to a spacious harbor. But this was not the case. At Athens’ Kalamaki Marina we were directed to the end of a long, fixed cement dock with charter boats tied stem-to on both sides. Out near the end, there was a Moorings flag and we could see a number of Moorings Beneteau yachts at the ready. Their personnel were on hand to greet us and orient us to the inventories of our boats. In Greece, all supplies must come from private vendors rather than from the charter company. Order forms are submitted to the vendors who drive small vans up and down the dock to supply the boats. Items as basic as toilet paper, soap and matches to light the stove must be brought in by the charterers or purchased from local vendors. We stocked up with just the minimum to get going. Every harbor has stores and restaurants and we planned to do a lot of eating out Food in the local restaurants and tavernas was simple but good. It wasn’t hard to have dinner with wine for under $15. The most popular item was Tzatzild, a dip made of yogurt, shredded cucumber, garlic and spices, served with French bread. Naturally, Greek salads were popular, a mix of tomatoes, cucumbers, sliced red onions, olives and feta cheese. There were main dishes of grilled meats or fish as well as many casserole dishes

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with unpronounceable names. The cruising area was far more spread out than other places we’ve chartered like Tonga and Tahiti. A medium length passage between ports was 25 to 40 miles — the longest was 75 miles! But there are no reefs, of course, so it doesn’t matter whether the sun is high or low, as long as there is enough light to see above-water obstacles. The wind in September was mixed with everything from calm to 30 knots. Thanks to the staff’s good advice, we never had to sail an upwind leg! The most important difference between Greece and other charter destinations is the harbors. In most other places you anchor or moor without rafting to any other boats. In Greece, however, harbors are so small compared to the number of boats that want to get in, that huge raft-ups are common. In Hydra, for example, the first boats in would 'Med tie' with anchors off the bow and the stem tied to the quay which skirts the harbor. It was quite common for boats to push their way in, making the vessels already docked

squeeze together to make room. When the first row was full, more boats tied stem lines to the bows of boats in the first row. Sometimes, a third row of boats backed up to the second row! The real entertainment came when boats decide to leave, sometimes pulling up two or three of their neighbor’s anchor chains as they hoisted their own hooks. Somehow though, it all got sorted out eventually. We found the sailing conditions in Greece to more demanding than Tahiti, Tonga or the Virgin Islands. We’d advise not to plan lengthy passages and try to arrive at a new harbor early. All in all, though, the rewards of cruis¬ ing in Greece are well worth the effort. — bob diamond spinnaker sailing of redwood city Exploring the Ruins and Riches of Turkey’s Idyllic Turquoise Coast After a couple of days and nights on different planes, we finally arrived at Istanbul, en route to our bareboat charter along Turkey’s Turquoise Coast'. We spent a couple of days visiting all" the 'must see' sights of the city like the Blue Mosque, St. Sophia and the

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Sultan’s Palace — where, among other things, we gained insights into the lives of harem girls. From Istanbul we traveled by plane and bus to the sizeable town of Fethiye where we explored nearby ruins and relaxed for a couple of days. We were to meet our boat, a Beneteau 35, at the little coastal town of Finike and since the only transportation there from Fethiye was by bus, we saw a lot of the countryside. Nearby were the ruins of Arykanda, an ancient city that Alexander the Great visited in the second century B.C. Finike has a small Moorings base with only a few boats (one of several along the Turquoise Coast). The manager has a little trouble with his English, but eventually we got everything resolved. When a dock work¬ er accidentally filled our water tanks — and our bilge — with fresh water, the manager stepped in and pumped them out himself! A previous charter in Tonga had included food, but here the manager took our order and later delivered the goods to us.

We departed about 9:00 a.m. the next morning under light winds, working our way along the dramatic southern coastline, with islands and bays opening up ahead as we progressed. As we approached the entrance to the harbor at Has, we were greeted by a number of tombs carved into the rock which resembled a Greek temple. The anchorage was calm and peaceful throughout the night, We got an early start the next morning and continued up the coast past the ruins of the ancient city of Zenthos. That afternoon the wind picked up and eventually became gusty with intermittent rain. When the weather deteriorated further, we lowered sail and headed for a protected cove where we could anchor and relax. We followed some other boats into a bay where two boats were already anchored. About the time I got the anchor set, a man in a small boat came alongside and asked for a line which he took ashore and made fast. Since I didn’t speak Turkish we had some difficulty communicating but with the help of sign language he hold me we were in water eight meters deep and that he would take another stem line ashore and make it fast to a rock. Afterwards he returned to help me winch the lines tight. There was just one building on shore and I asked if it would be possible to get something to eat there. He said, "yes", and told us just to wave when we were ready to be brought ashore. The weather had deteriorated by the time we got deemed up, but shortly after we gave our signal, a small boy rowed out emd took us ashore. Outside the simple building there were beehive-shaped ovens where the food was cooked. Before we finished our first drink, several more dinghies rowed ashore and the tables began to fill up with the crews from other chartered yachts. These sailors were from all over Europe as well as one couple from Aruba with whom we enjoyed an entertaining even¬ ing of good food and drinks accompanied by lively Turkish music and dancing — the party finally broke up at 2 a.m.! (This wonderful, solitary place has no sign and is located in the small bay just west of Ilbis light, at the entrance to Fethiye Bay). The weather was clear the next morning and we had a beautiful sail to a small bay near the town of Ekincik. We had been told earlier we could hire a boat here to take us up the river to the ruins at Caumos which date back to the fifth century B.C. Up the river there is a roman theater, an ornate basilica,

Roman thermal baths, a temple and fortifica¬ tions of the ancient city atop a towering hill. We next continued west toward the bustling port of Marmaris, where our cruise would end. The city is situated at the end of an almost landlocked bay where the western shore is lined with resorts, beaches and hotels. We anchored and inspected several en route to the narrow bay where Marmaris is located. The Moorings charter base in Marmaris is at a first class marina facility that accom¬ modates about 1500 boats. There is a lot to see in Marmaris, including an old castle and a broad waterfront lined with thousands of boats. The beautiful white beaches here are dotted with European tourists soaking up the sun. By nightfall we had toured the whole town and were ready for our flight back to Istanbul. We have chartered in the Bahamas, the Virgins, the Grenadines, Tonga and Greece, but for my wife Sandy and I, sailing the Turquoise Coast was the most fun of all. — richard b. abbott alameda Charter Notes

The world may not actually be getting smaller, but North Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the less-traveled parts of our globe. More articles on remote vacation destinations are published every year, more international marketing efforts are launched annually and, with the advent of upgraded telephone and fax communications, gathering information and confirming reservations abroad is no longer the monumental chore that it once was. A byproduct of this 'global shrinking' is that

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WORLD OF CHARTERING opportunities for bareboat chartering abroad — with well-known, reliable companies — are increasing annually. During recent years The Moorings, Stardust, Sunsail and Sun Yachts have all merged with smaller firms and/or solidified exclusive U.S. marketing agreements with bareboat fleets in far flung ports o’ call. The savvy travelers among us have always been able to ferret out the names of boat rental outfits in far flung destinations (often through costly, exhaustive telephone searches), but most bareboaters feel much less vulnerable when they are at least dealing with an office on U.S. soil — even though the company itself may not be American owned. (The Moorings is partially French owned, Stardust is French and Sunsail is British.) This year, both The Moorings and Sunsail have opened bases in Queensland Australia’s Whitsunday Islands — the Aussie answer to the BVI. Eight hundred miles to the northeast, Sun Yachts now offers charters in the idyllic French-colonial archipelago of New Caledonia. In the coming months The Moorings plans to open a base in the truly unspoiled nation of Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) and

Tired of the same old Caribbean charter venues? Why not make Cuba your next bareboat getaway? Uncle Fidel may soon roll out the welcome mat.

Stardust has announced the opening of a base in — would you believe — Cuba! We’ll keep you posted on this one. The last we heard Americans could go there, but were not officially allowed to fly in or spend U.S. currency. Hmmm . . . Further west in the Caribbean, the sleepy Central American country of Belize is also currently in the charter spotlight, as the first of several brand new catamarans is slated to arrive there this month. For the moment, this British-built, Prout 37-foot cat will have a complete monopoly on this potentially lucrative bareboat market. Belize’s prolific Barrier Reef is the second largest on the planet, and although there is no compressor on the Prout, scuba can be easily arranged with local operators. Call Tread Lightly Limited for details at (800) 643-0060. Closer to home, let us remind you that charter boats are still available in San Diego for the America’s Cup, but are going fast!!! Also, experienced sailors with an itch for adventure should note that March 10 is the last day to apply for a 'paying crew' spot aboard our own charter yacht Big O, on her transatlantic crossing from St. Martin to Gibraltar (setting sail May 10). No whiners!

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THE RACING

With reports this month on the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year; a tale from last year’s Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race to whet your appetite for this summer’s coastal races; the curious new sport of 'stadium sailing'; a sloooow Puerto Vallarta Race; an update on theBOC Race; results of seven mellow midwinter races; and the standard filler at the end known as 'race notes'.

Rolex Yachtspersons Young America strategist Ken Read and Danielle Brennan, a collegiate and Europe dinghy star, were recently named the 1994 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year, the most prestigious annual honor bestowed on sailors in this country. The winners were decided by a panel of 13 'noted' sailing journalists (which somehow included us again), based on nominations from the 31,000+ members of US Sailing. Read, an easygoing 33-year-old Sobstad sailmaker from Newport, RI, was the run¬ away winner over three other choices: the

two DCs, Conner and Curtis) and winning a slew of Mumm 36 races. Read earned his first Rolex in 1985, and is the only sailor to be nominated for every Yachtsman of the Year every year since! Danielle Brennan, a 19-year-old sopho¬ more at St. Mary’s College, became the youngest recipient ever to win the Rolex award. She edged out West Coast boardsailor Lanee Butler, while the other two nominees, big boat sailor Dawn Riley and four-time Rolex winner Betsy Allison, weren’t really in the hunt. Brennan’s accomplishments last year included winning six major collegiate sailing events, as well as a second place finish at the 1YRU World Championships in France. A native of New York City, Danielle is mounting a Europe

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late Larry Klein, J/22 world champion Chris Larsbn and local Soling ace Jeff Madrigali. Highlights of Read’s awesome 1994 resume included his sixth J/24 World Championship (his fourth in a row!), winning the Etchells 22 NAs in his class debut (over the likes of the Page 144 •

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dinghy campaign for the ’96 Olympics. The choice of Read was quite obvious this year, and it seemed fitting after Kenny nar¬ rowly lost to multihuller Cam Lewis ("the fastest cook in the world") last year in an 'apples vs. oranges' scenario. In accepting

the award, Read was typically modest: "I’m not sure if this is something that ever sinks in. . . 1 thought winning it the first time was overwhelming, but this is just incredible!" Brennan’s award came at the expense of Mistral boardsailor Lanee Butler, who had a great season in this competitive international Olympic class last year. Like the Read/Lewis showdown last year, it was another 'apples and oranges' choice, with the more main¬ stream alternative getting the nod (one judge openly admitted a prejudice against board¬ sailing). Danielle, who could well be the first female Collegiate Sailor of the Year before her career is over, is a product of the Rolex 'feeder system' (she’s a two-time Rolex Junior Team member and winner of the ’93 Leiter Cup). Look for her to become a household name during the next decade. Rolex Watch USA has hosted the Yachts¬ man and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards since 1970. Additionally, the company sponsors various Swan Regattas, the Inter¬ national Womeq’sKeelboat Championships, the US Sailing Junior Championships, the

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'Moore-On's in overdrive during last summer's Santa Cruz-Santa Barbara Race.

US Sailing team and several IMS Champion¬ ships, notably the Commodore’s Cup in England.

Toxic Gang Goes South The initial conversation last winter went something like this: "Hey Eric, what do you think about taking Toxic Moore-Ons (or whatever it was called that week) in the Santa Barbara Race this year?" "Gee, I dunno, sounds like a long trip in such a little boat. Besides, it’s not really rigged for offshore." 1 needed a different angle, so I appealed to his Y chromosome: "Yeah, I kind of figured it would be too much for you, but I thought I’d ask anyway." Actually, I have absolutely no recollection of the conversation that started into motion several months of organizing, procuring, refitting and planning that is essential to an

offshore race of any distance. What I do recall, however, was walking away from the experience believing that the Moore 24 was by far the safest, and also the most exhil¬ arating, boat I’ve ever had the pleasure of racing down the coast. This sentiment was exemplified when, on Saturday morning, during a pseudo-match race with a Santana 35, the wind increased from its passive 8-12 knots to a solid 25. With the wind and seas building, it was ef¬ fortless to pull away from the displacement behemoth, but what made the victory all the sweeter was when it came time to jibe about a mile north of Point Conception. The thought of dousing and resetting wasn’t even a consideration. (Actually, I’m embellishing again: we kicked the idea of chicken-jibing around for about thirty seconds before our Y chromosomes kicked in again. We grabbed our crotches ceremoniously and made it happen.) Looking back over our shoulders once we got settled in on our starboard jibe, 1 felt a momentary pang of sympathy for our evershrinking competitors, who seemed to be ex¬

perimenting with right-angle sailing. "Is that fast?" Peter asked no one in particular. "I suppose with the keel out of the water you would experience less drag," Mike offer¬ ed. "It was a long night," I mused. "Perhaps they’re just resting." Moments later we spied their distant, spinnaker-less silhouette waddling slowly towards Conception. "How civilized," re¬ marked Eric with his patented 'I’ve got a great idea' grin. "They take down their sails during cocktail hour so no one has to be excluded!" Echoing the sentiment, if only partially (we decided that leaving the kite up was a desirable performance edge), two ice cold Kronenbergs appeared as if by magic, and a raucous hour of male bonding ensued. As an aside to this tale, I find it ap¬ propriate at this time to extend personal kudos to Peter Carrick, who took it upon himself to ensure the continuous flow of liquid stimulants. Naturally, other focus¬ enhancing substances were considered for the voyage, but in the end it was concluded that if our Commander-in-Chief didn’t in¬ hale, then we’d likewise limit our pharma¬ ceutical repertoire to that which is available in the refrigeration section of any 7-Eleven, and to one pound of coffee per person (ORC regulations are less stringent in this, but we decided to leave nothing to chance). So off we skipped (actually 'whooshed' was the operational term coined by Senor Evans), so full of ourselves for deftly jibing twice in heavy air that we convinced ourselves that the impossible was, for us, attainable. So what if we rounded Point Conception at three in the afternoon? So what if the port jibe towards land brought us ihto consistently diminishing air? So what if collectively we had over a dozen Santa Barbara races behind us and not once had the inside paid off. This was our fantasy, and by God, we were going to make it work! You can probably guess the rest, but for the uninitiated, I’ll elaborate. By dark the wind had completely shut off, leaving us abeam of Goleta, an olfactory nightmare everyone should experience once, and hope¬ fully only once. And thus the night pro¬ gressed, wired senseless on coffee, nauseous from the stenth of naturally seeping oil (Peter forgot his Clearasil) and slatting mercilessly for what seemed like an eternity. Eric decided that a diversion from our misery was in order. "Forget it." I said, "we left that at home." "You mean we forgot 3-D Yahtzee?" I nodded. "It weighed too much, remem¬ ber?" "Oh, yeah. Hey, isn’t that Elvis?" "No, it’s just the lights on an oil derrick. But, with refills you can make out Bugs March, 1995

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Bunny or Bozo the Clown." (I was beginning to worry about Eric. He later confessed the same concern about me.) Feeling sufficiently smacked about, the sun rose on cue and brought with it both good and bad news. In sequential order, a light easterly filled in, building steadily as we neared the finish line. The bad news, however, was that just as we began moving again, our nemesis, the dreaded Dick Page 146 •

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Dastardly on Presto, was within sight of the finish line and, barring his striking a mine, had beaten us soundly. Mike quickly switched the VHF to Channel 33, the marine suicide prevention channel, and within the hour, counselors had shown Eric that he still had plenty to live for. We sailed on, but the atmosphere was decidedly more tense. Completing the race — and more to the point, completing it on the Moore — was the

"Honey, I shrunk the sport!" Can you can guess which car company sponsored the recent 'stad¬ ium sailing' regatta? All photos 'Latitude'/rob. main goal. At the dock it was unanimously agreed that, given the boat, crew, and conditions (the last night notwithstanding) this had been the best, most fun, Santa Barbara race any of us had sailed, and we vowed to do it again in ’95. That promise, of

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course, fell apart because Eric and Mike will be in Seattle sailing the Olson 30 Nationals. Peter will most likely be sailing his own boat, and I think I’D be washing my hajr that weekend- But what the hell, it sounded good at the time. — mark gibbs Ed. note — Reprinted without permission from the December 1994 Moore News'. If

you’re thinking about doing an overnight coastal race this summer, you have three to choose from: SCYC’s Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara (May 26), MYCO’s revived San Francisco to Catalina Race (June 17) or EYC’s San Francisco to Santa Barbara Race (July 1). If anybody does all three races, contact us so we can write up your story and arrange for counseling.

Stadium Sailing A tiny sliver of yacht racing history was made on Sunday, February 12, when the fledgling sport of 'stadium sailing' breezed into the Bay Area. Part of a 16-city tour sponsored by Chevrolet, the event was held at the University of San Francisco’s 50 meter swimming pool. It involved 16 local sailors (out of 115 applicants) in a round-robin match racing series held in Illusions, 12-foot pedalled-controlled boats modeled after 12Meters. Two dozen 48-inch fans provided the wind, which peaked at 15 knots at the windward end of the pool. Roughly 200 spectators watched the festivities over the course of the afternoon, down from 500 in the circuit’s debut last month in Chicago, and then 300 in the second show at Long Beach. Too bad more people couldn’t have been there to enjoy the fun, but for reasons known only to them¬ selves, the regatta organizers chose not to promote the event ahead of time. Ironically, attendance was also hurt by perfect weather outside — why sit inside and watch other people go mini-sailing when you can be doing the real thing on one of the first nice days of the year? Holding the event on a weeknight would have made more sense if the goal was to attract spectators. But such small criticisms aside, the new sport was quite entertaining to watch, especially after Zach Berkowitz, the KRON weatherman, was eliminated from the competition and took over the announcing chores. Each race was a double windward/ leeward, with the most crucial maneuvering occurring at the start and at the leeward mark roundings, where the wind was down to five knots or less. Heats were fast and .furious, generally lasting a little over three minutes (eventual runner-up Scott Sellers posted the fastest time of 2:51). As one pair of boats vacated the course, the other pair would leave the 'on deck circle' to start their two minute starting sequence. Eliminated in file first round were Vince Casalaina, Brad Whittaker, Blake Middleton, Gordon Danielson, Adam Lowry, Michael Day, Susie Barber and Commodore Tomp¬ kins. Falling in the quarter-finals were Skip Allan, Paul Kerner, Paul Saitta and Zach Berkowitz. Jhe semi-finals saw former Stanford All-American Scott Sellers defeat Jonathan The Bird' Livingston, while Rob Creighton, a relatively unknown dinghy sailor and windsurfer from the Valley, took out Soling Olympic hopeful Kent Massey. Creighton ended up defeating Sellers, with the final race ending on a funny note when the two boats got locked together and executed a tandem 360*. Creighton, a 32year-old Navy F-18 pilot from Lemoore, was pleasantly surprised to win the event, •LOMJkW* Page 147

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especially considering he was seeded 17th (i.e., first on the waiting list) and only raced because Andy Beeckman didn’t show up. "I sailed at Tulane, but was pretty ordinary," claimed Rob. "In fact, I still don’t know why I was picked over almost 100 other people to compete!" Creighton will advance to the final round in San Diego on May 13, to be held in con¬ junction with the America’s Cup. If 'stadium sailing' ever returns to San Francisco — and it may not, as renting the pool alone cost Chevy a cool $6,000 — be sure to check it out! Golden Gate YC Midwinters After January’s race was canceled at the request of the Coast Guard, 85 boats were more than ready to have a little fun at February 4’s Golden Gate YC midwinter race. Given the gentle southerly, the race committee sent the fleet on the most logical course — a 8.99-mile variation of a triangle, windward/leeward using Blackaller, Harding Rock and Fort Mason as the wickets. But the best-laid plans often go astray in midwinter racing, and the wind soon clocked around to the west, causing the two legs from Harding to Mason to become white-sail reachs instead of beats and runs. "Mother Nature has sure dealt us some rotten cards this year," commented race scorer John Huebsch. "But the law of averages suggests that the next race will have perfect weather!" The series concludes with a make-up race on March 4, which unfortunately conflicts with St. Francis YC’s new Leukemia Cup. Looking on the bright side, there’ll be two post-race cocktail parties to attend instead of one that day. DIV. I (0-73) — 1) Equanimity, J/35, Randy Paul; 2) Vera Cruz, Wylie 38, Mike Johnson; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom; 4) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright; 5) Major Damage, J/35, Wilson, Wil¬ son & Perkins; 6) Danville Express, Express 37, Andy Hall; 7) Dilithium, 11:Metre, Stan Mac¬ Page 148 • UKUJtZg • March. 1995

Donald. (20 boats) DIV. II (74-99) — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom; 2) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker; 3) Thrasher, J/105, Steve Podell;\4) Jose Cuervo, J/105, Sam Hock. (10 boats) DIV. Ill (100-152) — 1) Moonshine, Dog Patch 26, Eric Steinberg; 2) Baffett, Express 27, Forest Basket/Tom Baffico; 3) Hot Flash, J/30, George Kokalis; 4) Key Play, Etchells, Patrick Pillsbury; 5) Rum Turn Tugger, Hunter Legend, Robert Camp¬ bell. (14 boats) DIV. IV (153-197) — 1) Youngster, IOD, Ron Young; 2) No Big Thing, Wavelength 24, Charles Hess; 3) Summertime Dream, Jurassic 26, Spooge* * 3 Foundation; 4) Undine, IOD, Adam Wheeler; 5) 20/20, Cal 29, Phil Gardner. (13 boats) DIV. V (198-up) — 1) Dulcinea, Coronado 27, John Slivka; 2) Neblina, Cal 28, Neil Mosher; 3) Crazy Jane, Thunderbird, Doug Carroll; 4) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Davis/Nehms/Sargent; 5) Toots, Thunderbird, Michael Willin. (13 boats) KNARR — 1) Cardinal Sagehen, Doug Hansen; 2) Flyer, Chris Kelly. (5 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Polperro, Peter & Susie Jeal; 2) Freja, Ed Welch. (4 boats) BEAR — 1) Trigger, Scott Cauchois; 2) Chance, Glenn Treser; 3) Goldilocks, Bob McComb. (6 boats).

Sausalito YC Midwinters The fourth scheduled midwinter race in Sausalito YC’s low-key midwinter series occurred — just barely — on the foggy and windless day of Sunday, February 5. In true Keystone Kops fashion, the race committee arrived at their boat, the Mercury, only to find that their batteries were "seriously dead" and that some miscreant had stolen their anchor. ("I hope it drags forever!" fumed race chairman Mark Daniels.) After "much consternation and jostling about", the committee managed to get to the Little Harding starting line in time to signed an hour and a half postponement. . . only to have the shotgun fall apart between the two blasts. Fortunately, a faint 6-7 knot seabreeze

Waiting for the wind at Saturday's BYC/MYCO series. ‘X, at far right, marks the spot.

filled in around 1:30 p.m., forestalling a cancellation by the narrowest of margins. The 23-boat fleet was sent on a mellow 3.4mile triangle — not overly exciting, but a welcome change from January’s gale-can¬ celed event. Two races will be held on March 5, the last day of the series, to make up for the lost race. SPINNAKER — 1) Topper, Moore 24, Rich Korman; 2) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce & Lina Nesbit; 3) Absolute 88 Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth. (10 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Sabra, WylieCat 39, Michael Katz; 2) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker; 3) Suncatcher, Nonsuch 26, Sandra Bushmaker. (12 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg. (1 boat)

BYC/MYCO Midwinters The final weekend of the Metropolitan/ Berkeley YC Midwinters, held on February 11-12, was fairly typical of this year’s series: Saturday’s race wasn’t a pretty sight, while Sunday’s was absolutely gorgeous. On Saturday, the racing was postponed an hour and a half before a 3.8-mile race was attempted. Boats averaged about 1.5 knots around that shortened course — truly an exercise in patience and beer manage¬ ment. Sunday’s sunny race couldn’t have been nicer, as a full 8.8-mile course went off on time and average speeds jumped up to around 5 knots. "On the Circle, it’s feast or famine," noted midwinter chairwoman-forlife Bobbi Tosse. We’ll have overall results of the series next time, along with a report on the Cham¬ pion of Champions on March 19. SATURDAY. 2/11:'

DIV. A (0-111) — 1) No Kidding, Pyramid 30+,

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Sue Pfluecke; 2) Hedgehog, Sonic 30, Paul Kamen; 3) Sweet Okole, Farr 30, Dean Treadway. (5 boats) DIV. B (114-132) — 1) Jombo, Wylie Wabbit, Jon Stewart; 2) Advantage II, J/29, The Benedicts; 3) Redux, Olson 911s, Nick Barnhill. (8 boats) DIV. C (135-177) — 1) Ultimate, Ultimate 20, Bryce Griffith; 2) No Big Thing, Wavelength 24, Charles Hess. (4 boats) DIV. D (180-204) — 1) Wildcat, Catalina 27, Ernie Dickson; 2) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Rienhart; 3) ShareHolder, Holder 20, Gary Albright. (6 boats) DIV. E (207-up) — 1) Madman X H20, Tuna 20, Steven Katzman; 2) Chaos, Ranger 23, Tim Stapleton; 3) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison. (6 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Smokin', Kevin Clark; 2) Holy Sheet!, Bob Dreyer; 3) Quantum Libet, David

EXPRESS 27 — 1) Flying Circus, Gene Ryley; 2) Frog in French, Kame & Sally Richards; 3) New Wave, Buzz Blackett; 4) Expressway, Ross Groelz; 5) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell; 6) Elan, Steve Lake; 7) Sonita, C. Page/G. Sadamori; 8) Mirage, Terry Cobb; 9) Friday, John Liebenberg; 10) Expression, James Coursier. (22 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Hot Rod Lincoln, Charles Witcher; 2) Taz, Erich Bauer; 3) Brio, Tom Petty. (7 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Xurgorth, Lee Pryor; 2) Barking Dog, Jeffrey Kroeber; 3) Three Ring Circus, David McMurtry. (7 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Double Agent, Ron Landmann; 2) Bewitched, Laraine Salmon; 3) Doctor Who, John Drewery. (6 boats) J/24 — 1) Sargent Schultz, John Todd; 2)’Casual Contact, Don Oliver; 3) Phantom, John Gulliver. (7 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Mintaka, Gerry Brown; 2) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 3) Hot Chocolate, Donald Oliver. (8 boats) HAWKFARM — 1) Notorious, James Hirano; 2) El Gavilan, The Nash Family; 3) Roadhouse Blues, T. Bentsen/B. Boschma. (5 boats) SUNDAY, 2/12: DIV. I (0-138) — 1) Smokin', Melges 24, Dave Oliver; 2) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake; 3) The Far Side, Melges 24, Robert Harf/Mike Moore. (8 boats) DIV. II (141-168) — 1) Froglips, J/24, Stockdale/ Lucas; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 3) Doctor

1995 Puerto Vallarta Race Type

SkiDDer/Naviaator

Yacht Club

ULDB-70 t. Mongoose 2. Grand Illusion 3. Holua 4. Chance Kathmandu Victoria

Yacht

SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 And. 70

Joe Case Ed McDowell Richard Biatt Rogeiio Partida Fred Kirschner Mike Campbell

Long Beach King Harbor Mont. Pen. Marina Vallarta Coronado Long Beach

156:09:50 156:30:36 157:11:18 158:18:33 DNF DNF

PHRF 1. Bay Wolf 2. Morning Glory 3. Zamazaan Whistle Wind

SC 50 R/P50 Farr 52 Farr 56

Kirk Wilson Has so Planner Chuck Weghom Alan Harbour

Cabritlo Beach Kiel, Germany St. Francis Seal Beach

183:07:20 186:11:12 202:43:25 ONF

Farr 55 Tayana 55 C&C39 Roberts 55 Columbia 56 Formosa 47 Mapleleaf 56 Irwin 38

Allen Puckett Udo Gieti Scott Adam Andy Slbert Donald Ross Josh Hayon Nancy Dubois Gerald Zaslaw

California Unknown California Seal Beach Dana West Del Rey Del Rey Del Rey

CRUISING CLASS i. Amazing Grace

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Dunamls Significant Other Enchanted Lady Sara Bella Noteworthy Dubious Romance'n the Zea

Leg Finishes

Wadbrook; 4) Surfeit, Alison Dimick; 5) Mary Don't Surf, Eastham/Williams. (10 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Run Wild, Albert Holt; 2) Hoot, Andy MacFie; 3) Liquid Gait, Jack Easterday; 4) Saint Anne, Dick Heckman; 5) Dragonsong, Tim Knowles. (12 boats)

Corr. Time

1,1,3 2,4,2 5,3,1 3,5,4 4,6,5 7,2,7 6,7,8 8,8,6

Who, Merit 25, John Drewery. (6 boats) DIV. Ill (171-168) — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman; 2) Antares, Islander 30 Mk. II, Larry Telford; 3)Temptation,Cal2-27, RollyeWiskerson. (8 boats) DIV. IV (207-up) — 1) Madman, Tuna 20, Steven

Katzman; 2) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison. (3 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Zephyros, Cal Maritime; 2) Hoot, Andy Macfie; 3) Run Wild, Al Holt (8 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Elan, Steve Lake; 2) Friday, John Liebenberg; 3) Baffett, Baskett/Baffico. (5 boats) WABBIT — 1) Jombo, Jon Stewart; 2) Kwazy, Colin Moore; 3) Tulawemia, Mark Harpainter. (6 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Vivace, Bill Riess; 2) Honey's Money, Jay Aiken; 3) Three Ring Circus, David McMurtry. (5 boats)

Puerto Vallarta Race If you missed Del Rey YC’s 'lucky' 13th biennial Puerto Vallarta Race, don’t feel too sorry for yourself. To get right to the point, the 1,125 mile race was slow — ug/y slow — for the four PHRF 50-footers and six ULDB 70s which sailed out of Marina del Rey on February 9 and 10, respectively. The course record — 4 days, 23 hours, set in ’85 by the MacGregor 65 Joss — was never remotely threatened. In fact, the only records set were for the least amount of boats ever entered in this well-run race (10) and the fewest to finish (7). Conditions were mostly light and variable, which seemed to favor staying near the rhumbline. The PHRF boats spent the first few days bouncing upwind with #3s in bumpy seas, conditions the sleds never experienced. As that storm front passed through, it created the first of several gigantic holes. The breeze eventually filled in, and the tiny fleet ran downwind in light air until the next major parking lot south of Mag Bay, where some crews enjoyed swimming as their boats did 360s. Two boats, Victoria and Whistle Wind, threw in the towel about then and motored into Turtle Bay. A bit later, Kathmandu pulled the plug and motored into Cabo San Lucas. "We thought about quitting, too," admitted Morning Glory navigator Mark Rudiger. "I imagine everyone did. At that point, we were looking at an eight or nine day trip." Fortunately the 'normal' 16-18 knot northwesterly eventually filled in, propelling the shrinking fleet past the Cape on a power reach towards PV — and headlong into the next hole. Each time the lead boats, Morning Glory and Mbngoose, ran out of breeze, their fleets would compress up to them. "We owed Bay Wolf nine hours, and they kept coming right back up to us," lamented Rudiger. "It was so frustrating! But they sailed really well, especially in cutting the corner close to Cabo and getting to the breeze coming out of the Sea of Cortez." The most exciting moment of Morning Glory’s race occurred one morning when their life raft was accidentally inflated down below. It trapped the off-watch in their bunks March. 1995 •

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THE RACING and pinned Charles Whitten against the lit stove, breaking off the propane bottle. The crew briefly contemplated knifing the raft, but Rudiger — who had 'seen this movie' once before — located the release valve before the thing was fully inflated. "It’s pretty funny in retrospect, but at the time it scared the bejesus out of us," related John Sweeney. "This huge thing was hissing and growing bigger, and we weren’t sure if it would explode from being near the stove, blow out the bulkheads, or what. It took us about an hour to beat it into submission." Morning Glory held off the 70s to finish first after seven and a half days. The sleds rolled in beginning three hours later, making their trip a bit over six and half days. Mongoose, which led most of the race, fended off a late challenge from Grand Illusion and Holua to claim sled honors by half an hour. Sailing with Mongoose owner Joe Case was an illustrious group including Jay Crum, Zan Drejes, Mike Howard, Bill Menninger and Dee Smith. Seven boats in the new Performance Cruising Class and five escort vessels also made the trek to PV. We suspect the cruisers had the best time of anyone in the race, as they were allowed to use motors (with substantial penalties) to get through the holes and also got to stop in Turtle Bay, Santa Maria and Cabo San Lucas for some quick R&R. They started a week early, on February 3, and apparently used up all the good wind before the varsity fleet started. Allen Puckett’s Farr 55 Amazing Grace, with Tom and Barbara Leweck among the crew, took the inaugural Cruising Class (the jury is still debating if Leweck should be allowed to count this 'rally' as the 47th Mexican race on his lengthy sailing resume). Santa Cruz YC Midwinters Racers in the Santa Cruz YC Midwinter Series were treated to two short and sweet races on the sunny afternoon of Saturday, February 18. Conditions were downright pleasant, with winds ranging between 6 and 10 knots and the air temperature approach¬ ing 70°. "It didn’t even rain — what a concept!" joked race official Mike Evans. Leading after five races (with one throwout) are Special Ed (4.25 points), Great Pumpkin (5.5), Flying Squirrel (14), Hanalei Express (22) and Snafu-U (25). The last two races of the series are scheduled to occur on March 18. RACE #7 (2.73 miles) — 1) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan; 2) Stray Cat, Olson 30, Parsons/Dymond; 3) Flying Squirrel, SC 33, Jack Gordon; 4) Snafu-U, Moore 24, Mark Berryman; 5) Great Pumpkin, Moore 24, Jim Maloney; 6) Double Trouble, Moore 24, Sydnie Moore; 7) Summer¬ Page 150 •

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time, Moore 24 mod., Bobbo & Janey Larson; 8) Hanalei Express, SC 27, Sturgeon/Schuyler; 9) War Stories, Moore 24, Royce Fletcher; 10) Seldom Seen, Moore 24, Carol Gordon. (23 boats) ^ RACE #2 (4.29 miles) — 1) Great Pumpkin; 2) Special Edition; 3) Summertime; 4) Mayo Free Zone, Moore 24, EricMalmberg; 5) Flying Squirrel; 6) Hanalei Express; 7) Cadenza, Moore 24, Bruce Donald; 8) Snafu-U; 9) Double Trouble; 10) Gandalf, Santana 35, Carl Quitzau. (24 boats)

Corinthian YC Midwinters On February 18-19, Bay Area racers were treated to a nice weekend of weather — finally! Shorts, sunburns and smiles were the uniform of both days at the second half of the Corinthian YC Midwinter^. Each day’s race saw the 95-boat fleet reach from Raccoon Strait to Southampton Shoals, then beat to various marks in the North Bay, fol¬ lowed by a run back to the clubhouse. In the gentle northwesterlies of each day, the only liquid to hit the decks was the occasional spilled beer. "It was a perfect weekend," said regatta chairman Jim 'Snowman' Snow. Results of the two races follow. Overall winners of the four-race series will appear in next month’s midwinter wrap-up. WEEKEND #2 (Feb. 18-19): PHRF A (0-78) — 1) Bliss, Express 37, Mike Grisham, 2.75 points; 2) Rosebud, 11:Metre, Ben Wells; 3) Frequent Flyer, Express 37, Ted Hall, 8; 4) Fever, J/35, Tim Russell, 9; 5) Blue Dog, 11 :Metre, Tim Wells, 11. (14 boats) PH RF B (79-100) — 1) (tie) Petard, Farr 3 6, Keith Buck, and National Biscuit, Schumacher 35, Colin Case, 6 points; 3) Mischief, Soverel 33, Bill Moore, 6.75; 4) (tie) Expressway, Express 34, Mike Condon, and Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider, 8. (11 boats) PHRF C (101 -145) — 1) (tie) Surfeit, Melges 24, Casey Woodrum, and Mr. Bad Example, Express 27, John Hauser, 2.75 points; 3) (tie) Fire Drill, Tartan Ten, Lambert Thom, and Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell, 8; 5) Moonlight, Express 27, Jim Gibbs, 10. (14 boats) PHRF D (146-185) — 1) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon & Susie Woodrum, 2.75 points; 2) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber, 4.75; 3) AWB, J/24, George Peck, 7; 4) Passing Wind, Olson 25, Sean Torsney, 9; 10) Animal Farm, Wylie 28, Hans & Susan Bigall, 10. (16 boats) PHRF E (186-up) — 1) Summertime Dream, Ice Age 26, Spooge3 Foundation, 2.75 points; 2) Summer Wind, O'Day 27, James Nuss, 6; 3) Amante, Rhodes 19, Kirk Smith, 6.75. (8 boats) KNARR — 1) Gannet, Bob Thalman, 4 points; 2) Huldra, Jim Skaar, 4.75. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Impetus, SJ 30, Francis

Hevern, 3.75 points; 2) Aolele IV, Cal 20, Julian Barnett, 4.75; 3) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom, 8; 5) (tie) Santa Maria, Santana 22, Diani/ Giovacchini, and Blew-By-You, C&C 30, Fisher/ Haechler, 9. (13 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Peregrine, Yankee 30, Mike Hockin, 2.75 points; 2) Honalee, Rozinante, Dawn & Paul Miller, 3.75; 3) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfarlane, 5. (9 boats) MULTIHULLS — 1) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg, 2.75 points; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, 3.75. (5 boats)

EYC Jack Frost Series The fourth of five scheduled Encinal YC Jack Frost midwinter races got off to a late start on February 18 for a novel reason — the race committee boat, Jerry Hinsdale’s Catalina 36 Dilly Dally II, got lost in heavy fog and couldn’t find the starting area! Ex¬ plained race chairman Rod Kidd, "The club only has one GPS and it was on the crash boat that was setting the marks. Eventually they brought it back to us and we got straightened out." The sun burned through the fog about the same time the half-hour postponement end¬ ed, and 105 boats were sent off on a 5.75mile windward/leeward course in a 5-7 knot northwesterly. "It turned out to be a great day on the water, one of those times when you remember why you own a sailboat," claimed Kidd. CLASS A (0-90) — 1) Bang, N/M 41, Max Gordon; 2) Gandy Dancer, CS 40, Gary Hausler; 3) Spellbound, Olson 40, Lou Fox. (9 boats) CLASS B (93-120) — 1) Mad Hatter, Wylie 34, Rich Fisher/Peg Hickman; 2) Full Contact Golf, J/80, Wyllys Baird; 3) Breakout, Santana 35, Les

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Steve Pettengill and 'Hunter's Child1 are poised to claim second or third in Class I in the BOC Race> the highest American finish ever.

Raos. (12 boats) CLASS C (ULDB) — 1) Sonic 1, Sonic 30, Chris Corlett; 2) Baffett, Express 27, Baskett/Baffico; 3) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, Carl & Mark Ondry. (6 boats) CLASS D (123-159) — 1) Insufferable, N/M 30, Peter Rookard; 2) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Dick Horn; 3) Chili!, Santana 30/30, Michael Maurier. (11 boats) CLASS E (160-190) — 1) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson; 2) Eclipse, Hawkfarm, Fred Hoffman; 3) Flow Backwards, Cal 9.2, Dan Wolf. (15 boats) CLASS G (191-up) — 1) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Rienhart; 2) My Toy, Ranger 26, David Adams; 3) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman. (10 boats) CLASS H (non-spinnaker) — 1) Wianno, Catalina 42, John Sullivan; 2) Amigos, Cal 20, Jack Navarra. (5 boats) CLASS J (multihull) — No starters. J/105 — 1) Blackhawk, Art Ball. (3 boats) CATALINA 34 (non-spinnaker) — 1) Wind Dragon, Dave Davis; 2) Mottley, Chris Owen; 3) Helbeau, John Sandstrom. (7 boats) CATALINA 30 — 1) Outrageous, K.D. Speer; 2) Trey Shay, John Jacobs; 3) Mona Too, David Halaby. (8 boats) THUNDERBIRD— 1) Alien Nation, Jim Glosli; 2) Maeve, Nancy Pettengill. (5 boats) COLUMBIA CHALLENGER — 1) Shay, Dean Briggs; 2) Gunga Din, Jan Grygier. (5 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) US 99, Bob Barksdale; 2) Carlos, Robert Ward; 3) Riffraff, Erick Menzel. (7 boats)

BOC Update "For me, sailing is a hobby to be enjoyed, not a way of life to be endured." With those words, Great Britain’s Nigel Rowe became the fourth skipper to voluntarily retire from the BOC singlehanded round the world race, and his 48-ft Class II yacht SJcy Catcher the seventh boat out since the start of the race in Charleston, South Carolina, last September 17. (Of the three involuntary retirements, one boat sank, one was abandoned and one was disqualified.) There are 13 boats left. Rowe’s radioed message came from the coastal village of Ulladulla, New Zealand. Sky Catcher was one of a handful of yachts that once again had to scurry to port for repairs during the early weeks of Leg III of the race, a 7,200-mile marathon which started in Sydney on January 29. The first boats are expected in Punta del Este, Uru¬ guay, in early March. Though not as dramatically brutal as Leg II, where two masts dropped and Isabelle Autissier had to be rescued, Leg III seems at this writing to be more psychologically grueling — weather systems rolling in from all directions, hellacious winds, confused seas, mast-in-the-water knockdowns, blown sails, little sleep, bitter cold and dodging icebergs. In other words, a typical sail through the Southern Ocean. In addition to Rowe, Class H’s Minoru Saito on Shuten Dohji II and Alan Nebauer on Newcastle Australia have had to stop for repairs, along with David Scully on the Class I speedster Coyote. The latter pulled into the little town of Bluff, New Zealand, with a mainsail blown to tatters. He left a couple of days later flying a slightly smaller main borrowed from David Adam’s True Blue

campaign. (And life goes on — three days later, Scully received word that he was the father of a new baby girl. Name suggestions from the fleet included 'Bounty' and 'Tasman'.) At sea and disabled as this was written was Robin Davie’s 40-ft Cornwall. BOC veteran Davie reported a big squall rolled through the night of February 18 and dis¬ masted the boat. Ever unflappable, Davie radioed he’d cut the rig away and was having a cup of tea before retiring for a good night’s sleep. "I expect to be able to sort something out (with the spinnaker poles) tomorrow," he said, signing off. While gloom and doom pervaded the backs of the two fleets, the frontrunners — Christophe Auguin’s Sceta Calberson, Jean Luc Van den Heede’s Vendee Enterprises and Steve Pettengill’s Hunter’s Child in Class I and Giovanni Soldini’s Kodak and David Adams’ True Blue in Class II — were ticking off the miles with comparatively few problems. Of course, most went through extensive, round-the-clock refits in Sydney to ready them for this longest of all legs and the race’s one turning mark — Cape Horn. At presstime, the big issue for most of the fleet as they approached old Cape Stiff was ice. It’s a given that in a round-the-world race, the farther south you go, the less distance you have to travel. The downside is, the farther south you go, the more ice there is, in the form of icebergs, which are visible to radar and the naked eye, and 'growlers' (small bergs or chunks), which usually are not. In part due to John Martin’s A//ied Bank hitting a growler and sinking in this leg during the last BOC, race organizers estab¬ lished a waypoint this time around. Boats liad to leave 59°S, 130 °W (about the same longitude as Queen Charlotte Island off Brit¬ ish Columbia, but a lot farther south) to star¬ board. David Adams did that, then he cut south, way south, in his ongoing dogfight with Italy’s Giovanni Soldini. At last report, True Blue had 'dipped below the 60th parallel' — farther down than any other boat—and was making significant gains on Soldini, who had opted for a more northerly course because of a glitchy radar. Still, with two thirds of the leg behind them, there was only about 20 /niles separating their estimated DTFs — distances to the finish. At the end of Leg II, Adams led Soldini by a scant 20 hours. In Class I, at presstime, Leg HI seemed to belong to Frenchman Christophe Auguin. The winner of Leg II (and the ’90-91 BOC overall) was maintaining a 200-mile lead over countryman Van den Heede and ano¬ ther 200 or so over Pettengill. No matter how he does, Soldini is the one who may have found the perfect formula for March. 1995

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sailing the roaring 40s and furious 50s. "I learned in the (last leg) how to go in the (Southern Ocean)," he said in a message to race headquarters on February 9. "The most important thing is some good seas and one nice bottle of red wine per day. So now I am very well organized. The bottles are little, like on an airplane, so don’t think I’m (crazy) all the time!" RYC Small Boat Midwinters The Richmond YC dinghy midwinters got back on track on Sunday, February 5, after being rudely blown out in January. Condi¬ tions were benign as three races were con¬ tested on three different race courses. A record-high 19 boats participated in the Portsmouth Division, which bodes well for the inclusion of this new handicap class in SBRA this summer. This rating system is based on time spent racing, rather than course length (like PHRF). Portsmouth num¬ bers, which are maintained by US Sailing, are somehow divided into the boats’ elapsed time to come up with a corrected time finish. Call George Pedrick at Seabird Sailing, (510) 548-3730, to get the exact formula and to learn more about this rule. "I’m really excited about Portsmouth racing," said Pedrick. "It’ll allow a lot more dinghies to get out racing: brand new classes that don’t have a one design start yet, old classes that have lost their start, weird boats that you find at someone’s yard sale, you name it." The RYC series concludes on March 5, followed by a champagne awards ceremony in the "club built for fun." Another Sail-ASmall-Boat-Day will be held the day before the final race (see Calendar). The actual SBRA season commences with the Rich¬ mond YC-hosted season opener on May 6-7.

Judy Yamaguchi; 4) Tony Johnson. (10 boats) SNIPE — 1) Jim Grubbs; 2) Doug Howson; 3) David Odell. (13 boats) EL TORO, SR. — 1) Vaughan Siefers; 2) Hank Easom; 3) Jim Warfield; 4) Hank Jotzv (27 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Nick Nash; 2) K. Clausen; 3) J. Pasquali; 4) Abby Swann; 5j Rusty Canada. (20 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Tony Probst (Hobie 18); 2) George Pedrick (Hobie 20); 3) Kent Bliven (Hobie 20). (10 boats) PORTSMOUTH — 1) D. Gallup (Lido 14); 2) Bruce Powell (Johnson 18); 3) D. Anderson (Lightning); 4) M. Mollina (Lightnjng). (19 boats)

Race Notes Two Bridge Fiasco: The popular SSS Three Bridge Fiasco, held on the sunny day of January 28, set another record this year — though not one that anyone wants to remember. For the first time, none of the 253 boats entered managed to finish the twisted obstacle course, as a massive ebb and not enough moving air conspired to shut out the fleet. "Very exciting anchoring," claimed SSS Vice Chairman Ed Ruszel. "We anchored by Anita Rock and enjoyed a leisurely two hour lunch with a few hundred close friends," reported Sally Richards of Frog in French. For a change (and because there are no results to publish), let’s acknowledge the race committee for this administrative nightmare, most of whom stayed on station until 7 p.m. A round of applause please for Linda Maudru, Terry McKelvey, Kay Rudiger, Susan Alvaro, 'Larraine', A1 Hebert, Jason Bright, Lee

official Bob Gray, "We’ve moved the race forward a few weeks to avoid the shoot-out with Encinal YC’s Santa Barbara Race. We’re hoping to attract 20 or 30 boats, and rebuild from there." Speaking of next July’s TransPac, two significant developments occurred last month: the ULDB 70 class finally bagged their proposed Lahaina Race in favor of rejoining the 'real thing' (they’ll start a day ahead of the ILC 70s and turbo-sleds), and certain multihulls will be allowed to race for the first time. The former turnabout was predictable, while the latter was a bit of a bombshell. Under pressure from two 'funny boats' that wanted to go — Peter Hogg’s Antrim 40 Aotea and Steve Fossett’s 60-foot tri Lakota — the board finally relented 7-6 after previously rejecting their entries twice. "Some of the old guys on the board are so pissed they can’t see straight," confided one of the 'enlightened seven'. The two multihulls will start three days after the big boys, and are not in contention for the monohull trophies or records. If Aotea and Lakota 'behave themselves', the race may eventually be opened up to other offshore multihulls down the road. We think it’s great that the TransPac has finally woken up and smelled the coffee — the changes they’ve made this year are bold, not to mention overdue. New boats: John Williams reports that his new company has now taken orders for seven Rogers Whitbread 30s, including one going to Thailand! "We’ve had 40 inquiries now — interest seems high," claims the new

WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Bill Partridge; 2) Jon Stewart; 3) Mark Harpainter. (8 boats) 505 — 1) Chris Klein; 2) Bruce Tilley; 3) Steve Anderes. (7 boats) INTERNATIONAL CANOE — 1) Anders Petersson; 2) Bruce Bradfute; 3) Ted Rogers. (5 boats) INTERNATIONAL 14 —1) Kurt Schmidt; 2) (tie) Jim Maloney and Jim Wondolleck; 4) Jonathan Livingston. (12 boats) THISTLE — 1) Lee/Zetterberg; 2) Kris Vogelsong; 3) Eric Stoelting. (5 boats) LASER II — 1) Maria & Katherina Kuzina; 2) LeeAnn Need/Simon Bell; 3) Chris Sanford. (5 boats) JESTER — 1) Chris Watts; 2) Alan Wirtanen; 3) Dennis Bassano. (6 boats) LASER — 1) Matt McQueen; 2) Patrick Andreasen; 3) Dana Jones; 4) Rufus Sjoberg; 5) Gerry Swinton. (33 boats) BYTE — 1) Jessica Amen; 2) Michele Logan; 3) Page 152 •Io&jUW March. 1995

Garami and his daughter Heather, Rick Holway, Peter Jones and, of course, 'Mama Shama' Kota. Clash of the titans: Rumor has it that Larry Ellison’s new Farr ILC 70 Sayonara and the DeVos family’s R/P 70 Windquest will square off for the first time in MYCO’s revitalized Catalina Race on June 17. Both boats will use the 360-mile coastal jaunt as a tune-up for the TransPac. According to race

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has moved up from his Catalina 30 Brainstorm to the 1988 blue-hulled Frers 41 Hot Lips, an early IMS racer he imported from Chicago. He’ll sail the boat out of Sausalito and looks forward to doing next summer’s OYRA circuit and the ’96 Pacific Cup. Phil will have competition from Dennis and Susanne Robbins’ sistership Miramar (exSitzmark), another Frers 41 which the Robbins brought up from San Diego last fall. Melgi momentum: Wow! Five more Melges 24s have been purchased by local owners, bringing the total in Northern California up to 17. "We’re expecting a dozen boats at the Leukemia Cup, our season opener," said class president Hans Williams. The new boats: Bob Dreyer bought #19 (Greg Dorland’s demo boat); David Wadbrook bought #181 (his first Melgi, Quantum Libet, is for sale); Bill Columbo of UK Sails bought #200; Don Jesberg and Greg Jampolsky bought #222 (to be named Casey Jones); and broker Greg Dorland has bought a new demo boat (#201, Denial, Blame & Anger). Dorland also just placed an order for a new Melges 30, which should begin rolling out of Zenda, Wisconsin, this summer. The 3,200 pound big brother of the 24 will, according to Reichel/Pugh’s velocity predictions, go upwind 10% faster than a Mumm 36 in a breeze — and downwind, well, hold on! Like the 24, the Melges 30 will be ramp launchable. "It’ll be perfect for racing to Cabo, and then trailering home," claims Dorland. Not to be left out, Bruce Farr just an¬ nounced his entry into the burgeoning 30footer market: the Mumm 30. The boat will be sponsored by the RORC and built by Barry Carroll in Rhode Island and five other licensed builders worldwide. Unlike the allconquering Mumm 36, the new 30 will feat¬ ure a carbon rig, asymmetrical kites, non¬ overlapping headsails and no running back¬ stays. Apparently 17 orders have already been taken! Mumm 30s, Melges 30s, Whit¬ bread 30s, Sonic 30s, B-32s — suddenly the choices in this size range are overwhelming! Upcoming: The Snipe Nationals, in¬ cluding classes for juniors and seniors, are scheduled for August 11-18 at Richmond YC. Hundreds of Snipers from around the country are expected to attend. Incidentally, the local Snipe fleet is the latest to adopt a 'Larry Klein Rule', i.e. all competitors must wear life jackets while racing. .. The Mount Gay-sponsored Ski/Sail Championship has been pushed back a month to May 5-7. Both the spring skiing (at Squaw Valley) and

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the sailing (Melgi and Lasers on Lake Tahoe) should be more user-friendly than on the original date (April 7-9).. . Newport Harbor YC’s Cabo Race, set for March 17, has thus far attracted only 17 boats. It’s a small but interesting fleet—favorites for monohull line honors include Trader, Pyewacket and Am¬ erica’s Challenge (ex-Yamaha). In another sign of changing times, two multihulls — Lakota and Double Bullet — have been in¬ vited to sail for the first time. Odds and ends: Jonathan 'Bird' Livingston and Commodore Tompkins are taking Jonathan’s Wylie 39 Punk Dolphin in the new doublehanded division of the TransPac this summer. Engrave the trophy now! . . The Cal 29 fleet is getting organized lately. All owners (and prospective owners and crew) of these boats are encouraged to check in with Ellen Minning at (510) 9385649. . . Fifteen boats sailed in the first two races of the Tiburon YC Midwinters on the sunny afternoon of February 5. Top finishers were: 1) Surfeit, Melges 24, Alison Dimick/Henry Olson, 1.5 points; 2) Solstice, Moore 24, Drew Doll, 6; 3) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon & Susie Woodrum... Toklo, Chris Dickson’s hardluck W-60, has been sold for over $500,000 U.S. to Frenchmen Pierre Mas, Marcel van Triest and three other former members of the Corum Sailing Team. Miami vice: The Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, held February 1-5, attracted 663 sailors from 37 countries. The international event, now "presented" by NationsBank, has grown tremendously in its six years and is virtually a mandatory stop on the road to the Olympics. Americans didn’t fare particularly well at the regatta — the only gold medalist was Brian Ledbetter of Bellevue, WA, who took the Finn class. Other notable performances were turned in by Dave Curtis, who bagged a close second

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in the Soling class behind Magnus Holmberg (Team Madro had a tough road trip, fin¬ ishing tenth); Vince Brun and Mark Rey¬ nolds, who were third and fourth in the Star class; and Pease and Jay Glaser, who were fourth in the Tornado class. Tahiti bound: Seven boats are signed up in the upcoming Tahiti Cup. Five will leave from San Francisco on May 20: Petard (Farr 36, Keith Buck), Sienna (Cheoy Lee 63, Arthur Mintz), Yukon Jack (SC 50, Larry Hoffman), Oregon Native (Crealock 37, Frank Delfer) and Viva (Swan 36, Bill Siegel). Two are planning to depart in the second start from Hawaii on May 27: Kaimiloa (J/44, DaveNottage) and Blackjack (Ericson 36, John Davis). Organizers still hope for two or three more boats; caill Bobbi Tosse at (510) 939-9885 if you want to enter. Happy days: Michael Sheats and wife Hillair Bell, who successfully campaigned their Thunderbird Ouzel for many years, have moved up to a Wylie 34. They bought Echo from George Kiskaddon several months ago, and had the boat cherried out at North Coast Yachts. "We’re looking forward to the ocean series and some doublehanded races," said Sheats.... John Niesley recently sold his J/35 Sltthergadee to Seattle. He’s downsizing to a new J/24 ("less sandwiches"). . . The Peterson 41 Irrational has been bought by Mark Brewer of Hawaii. Brewer will apparently enter the TransPac as a fast way to get the boat home. . . Syd Moore of Santa Cruz just retrieved Moore 24 hull #84 (now Nobody’s Girl) back from Washington... RYC member Bar¬ bara Katz is the proud owner of the first Johnson 18 on the Bay. . . Former Cal 227 sailor Fred Soltero has dispensed with troublesome 'front sails'. The Tiburon YC member recently bought WylieCat 30 hull March, 1995 • UKlUi Z2 •

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#2, which he’s named Carlene. Annual plug: Will 1995 go down in history as the year that a Lake Circuit was finally established? It always seemed like a great idea to us, but for some reason it never got off the ground. CharlievHess, a member of the Folsom Lake YC, is the latest trailersailor to contemplate giving the concept a go. "I envision a four or five regatta schedule, probably using existing venues like the Camellia Cup, the Konocti Cup, the High Sierra, the TransTahoe and the Gold Count¬ ry Regatta. With some energy and luck, we could make it happen this year." Call Charlie at (916) 685-7295 if you want to bat the idea around. Whether the circuit gets organized or not, one thing’s certain: there’ll be plenty of water in the lakes this summer! Grand prix circuit: Olympic Soling gold medalist Jesper Bank (DEN) recently defeat¬ ed Roy Heiner (NED) 3-0 in the finals of the Eunos Australia Cup in Perth, Australia. The next bigtime match race series is the Congressional Cup, scheduled for March 13-17 at Long Beach. The theme of this year’s Congo Cup is 'nostalgia' — all ten invited skippers are past winners, and most are in the "youth of old age" (over 50). Look

Living legend Ted Turner headlines this month's Congressional Cup down in Long Beach. Hope he remembers to bring Jane!

for the full story in Latitude next month. . . Olivier de Kersauson halted his third non¬ stop circumnavigation attempt with Lyon-

naise de Eaux just 32 hours into the trip, citing unfavorably light winds. ENZA’s 74day record may stand for a long time. . . Lack of wind was also frustrating the 30-boat fleet at the Air New Zealand Internation* al Regatta in Auckland as we go to press. Leading this Southern Hemisphere IMS showcase event boat-for-boat in each race is Willi lllbruck’s new Judel/Vrolijk ILC 46 Pinta. However, Mick Cookson’s new Mumm 36 High Five, one of six 36s entered, is leading on corrected time. Leftovers: The 1994 US Sailing/Rolex Junior Team held its annual winter training clinic in Stuart, Florida, in mid-January. The team consists of 23 of the hottest juniors in the country, all of whom won either a championship or a sportsmanship trophy at one of four national events held last summer. Four Southern California kids are on the team (Jon Baker, Mark Ivey, Robbie Dean, Bill Hardesty), but, ahem, no one from Area G made the cut. Maybe next year? . . . Ooops! We made a mistake last month when we printed that the local Etchells fleet is part of the new One Design Union. "We voted not to join," writes Kers Clausen, without further explanation.

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With reports this month from Tor II on Mopelia; from Jolly Mon on enjoying the holidays in Z-town; from Quest II on her completed adventures in the South Pacific and interrupted adventure to Cape Horn; from the Cruisers in Puerto Escondido on their goat roast; from Grasshopper in the South Pacific; from Fritz Seafarth on an alternative to Cruising Insurance; from Felicia in Panama; from Tafia on getting hammered on the way to La Paz; from Pilar on life after boatbuilding; and, Cruise Notes.

Tor II — DownEast 38 Herb & Joyce Pfleger Mopelia, French Polynesia (Vancouver, British Columbia) While cruising in the South Pacific, my husband and I visited the tiny coral atoll of Mopelia — or Mauphihaa, as the French call it. Our visit to this westernmost edge of French Polynesia was so memorable that we’d like to share it with everyone — particularly those cruisers in Mexico who are about to head across the Pacific. We discovered Mopelia after an overnight sail from Bora Bora. Entering the narrow pass into the lagoon wasn’t easy, as there was a strong current and many coral heads. From my perch on the bow, 1 helped identify when we were being swept toward the reef and when we were approaching a coral head. Fortunately, the sun was overhead and the crystal clear water afforded excellent visibility. Once inside, we zig-zagged across the glistening lagoon and sighted three huts on the

Taare, one of Alexander's son, strums a homemade ukelele at Mopelia, French Polynesia.

beach in an area our chart identified as "the village". All was quiet as we dropped the hook in 35 feet of water just off the village. Page 156 •LilUjtZg* March, 1995

Suddenly, there was the sound of a small boat near us. Before we could back down to set the anchor, our welcoming committee was boarding Tor II. Chief Alexander, a dark-skinned man about 40 years of age with kind eyes and a big smile, was the first to greet us. Next was Terry, a muscular young mein with wild sunbleached hair and sky blue eyes. He was followed by three small, dark-haired boys, _ typically full of curiosity and excitement but acting shy and polite. Our guests stayed for most of the afternoon, enjoying the popcorn, Kool-Aid and beer that we served. We managed to communicate through a smattering of English, French and Polynesian. Sign language proved effective when words didn’t work. After we gave them gifts of clothing, baseball hats, candy and canned food, they invited us to go spearfishing the next morning. There are only 25 inhabitants of the South Pacific paradise of Mopelia. They support their meager existence harvesting copra (dried coconut) and tending to their pearl farm in the lagoon. The atoll teems with sea life, and the unused area of the beach is populated by numerous terns. A small supply ship calls once a month, bringing staples and propane for cooking. Having no form of outside communication, the residents of Mopelia are forced to be self-sufficient. They have adapted to their simple lifestyle with complacency. At first light the next morning, our friends arrived. After filling their gas can from our supply, we motored into the pass and anchored in shallow water on the coral shelf. The men were wearing swim trunks and rubber boots, and carried diving masks and leather work gloves. We followed them across the reef toward the breakers, wondering how they planned to catch lobster out there. After donning their masks and gloves, the men waited for a wave to pass, then knelt down, placing their faces underwater and looking into the holes on the coral shelf. Almost instantly, Terry stood up wearing a big smile and waving a huge lobster. Within an hour there were 17 lobster in the catch bag. During the whole time, Alexander was watchful of everyone’s safety, not allowing us to get too close to the reefs edge. When a large wave threatened one of the hunters, he

would hold onto the man to keep him from 1 being thrown over the coral. He held my hand to steady me as I walked across the reef. As I gazed out toward the ocean, I spotted a large humpback whale gracefully swimming by. When 1 turned to the quiet beauty of the lagoon, I was startled to see several white tip reef sharks on their morning hunt in the shallows behind us. Later, Alexander proudly offered us some freshly caught raw snails and limpets he had cleaned. To my surprise, they were tender and tasty. After the lobster hunt, we snorkeled in the lagoon and speared reef fish. Terry cautioned us about the black-tipped reef sharks. If any became too nosy, he said we should move to another coral head. He also said we should drop any fish we’d caught if a shark approached. He needn’t have worried. Meanwhile, the local women were busy collecting tern eggs and coconuts on the beach. We didn’t realize it at the time, but they were planning a special dinner for us that evening. When we arrived for the evening meal, we met the rest of Alexander’s family. All were equally friendly and anxious to speak with us about our family and our travels. In their primitive home, our friends prepared a feast fit for royalty: lobster in a homemade sauce, hearts of palm with poisson cru, crepes, rice, deviled tern eggs and coconut milk in a shell. Everything was served with grace and style — and was delicious! As for our part, I’d brought

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' A gathering of the cruising clan in Z-town where it's always warm — over the holidays.

along cherry cupcakes and Kool-Aid — which the family accepted with delight. After four days, the weather changed and we sadly had to leave our newly found paradise. We were asked to sign their scrapbooks and discovered we were only the seventh boat to visit Mopelia that year — even thought it was late July. A few of us shed tears as we said our good-byes and the children hung gifts of handmade shell necklaces around our necks with loving hugs. Mopelia will always have a special place in our hearts. — joyce 1/3/95 Readers — Before Herb and Joyce took off, they decided if their cruising kitty ever got down to a certain amount, they’d return home. Thanks to the $45,000 devastating effects of Hurricane Lester and having to replace their engine in Tahiti, their kitty dwindled to the critical number by the time they reached Fiji. So rather than continue on to New Zealand, they shipped the boat back to Seattle via the Blue Star Line. Shipping the boat cost $10,000; air tickets for the two of

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them were another $2,000. Having worked their buns off for the last bunch of months, they are ready to resume cruising again. In April they’re heading for Alaska. This fall they’ll sail to Mexico. After that, perhaps across the Pacific again. Jolly Mon - Cavalier 39 P.J. & Kathy Panzl Inadvertent Charity In Mexico (Alameda) "Jeez, I don’t know, it’s a good 200 miles south just to go to one town," I whined to my wife. "And you know that 200 miles south means 200 miles of motoring back north. I’m not sure it’s worth it." We were reclining in the pool at Las Hadas at the time, pretending we were rich and famous instead of broke and salt-stained. My wife Kathy thought I could have fit in better if I had chosen something to wear besides my Some Like it Hot T-shirt and a 'banana hammock'. But there we were, sharing the endless fresh water with iguanas, trying to figure out where to sail for Christmas. I had read a lot about Zihautanejo, but thought that 400 miles of motoring — our crappy gennaker conversion had blown apart in 10 knots of wind during the Baja Ha-Ha — might not be worth it. As usual, I was wrong. Z-town is wonderful! We’ve been here so long

that our anchor chain has been declared a marine sanctuary. Here’s what we cruisers have been up to since Christmas: December 25th is traditionally the busiest time of the year in Z-bay, and there were over 45 boats. It was 85° all week, and we always enjoyed a good laugh listening to the radio as the freezing cruisers in La Paz complained about the weather. We all went to the tennis club for a pot-luck courtesy of Lonny and Alejandra of Half Moon. We’re still getting used to the idea of an 85° Christmas and the holiday lights in palm trees. On New Year’s Eve, a large charter trimaran anchored in the midst of the cruising fleet and started to treat their guests to spinnaker flying. Marshall and Dee Saunders of White Eagle — their previous boat was run down by a ship one night out of Puerto Vallarta — decided that if tourists can do it, than so could we. Jim on Willow Wind volunteered to test our set up. He smashed into the water, barely missing the pointy end of the boat! Marshall let out a few feet of halyard to placate the fearful, and declared the operation safe. A quick head count on board revealed 20 cruisers and np lawyers aboard, so Marshall started sending 'em up. Dave on Phaedrus "hung from his armpits, performing the iron cross. We were impressed. Then, as he swung from side to side, he dropped his pants and asked if we’ve accepted Jesus. One cruiser muttered that those stupid charter people had to pay 50 bucks to go spinnaker flying. Another cruiser in back yelled, 'Yeah — it only cost me 70 thousand!" We finished off New Year’s Eve by becoming part of a 20 dinghy raft-up/potluck/alcoholathon. The Jolly Mon is happy March. 1995 ‘UMwieJ?*

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because he’s finally able to bring cold beer to the party. The festivities are hosted by Reed and Barbara Sorenson aboard Timeless. The raft-up went well until some weak-bladdered cruiser in the middle decides to leave. You should see what 40 drunks look like trying to organize a dinghy removal by committee. On January 3, we were sufficiently recovered to attend a picnic at a coconut plantation with John and Kim Cole of Skywater. The invitation was extended by an ex-pat named Dave Moffat we’d met on the beach. Moffat invented the Pass the Pigs game marketed by Milton Bradley. Now he lives in a fancy house on the bay, listens in on the net, and laughs as we cruisers try to find some place to get fresh water. The main course at the picnic was camitas, which is pork parts boiled in pork fat over an open wood fire. If you think a Quarter-pounder and fries have fat, you ain’t seen nothing yet. We all quickly rationalized that stress, not cholesterol, is the real killer. Since our daily 'commute' consists of hopping in the dinghy and motoring to town for 30 cent tacos and beers, we figure our arteries can withstand a bit more abuse. Camitas cooked in the jungle may not sound very delicious, but we loved every bite and wished there had been more. Our most recent great adventure started after a misunderstanding when we attended a 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.' Kathy Panzl gets air — courtesy of 'White Eagle' — in the clouds above Z-town.

rodeo to absorb some of the local culture. As' usual, we failed to blend into the crowd, so we figured we might as well have some fun. During the bull riding contest, we convinced the people around us to start the 'wave'. Pretty soon we had 1,000 Mexicans screaming and having a good time. Kathy, Kim and Gloria — the latter from the trimaran Gloria — decided to dance in the bull ring after the end of the rodeo. You have no idea how much attention three gringo women can attract! Before you knew it, 300 of the locals joined us dancing in the dirt. Taking a cue from the Wanderer’s party book, we started a conga line. At the end of the evening, Kim decided she wanted "one of those beer signs". So we asked the local hombre de cerveza if we could have a poster. We don’t think it made any difference that Kim was a blonde, but he told us that if we visited the distributor manana, we could have one. Dutifully, we arrived the next day to be told that if we wanted a poster from Tecate, we’d have to pay 120 pesos. "Say what?", we responded. "Aren’t you familiar with a cruising budget?" Summarily rejected by Tecate, we decided to give the Corona guy a try. Dave 'the Pigmari decided that if we were going to get anything, we’d need to come up with a better story. When the secretary to the head honcho asked who we were, John — our nimble Spanish translator — replied: "Tell him we are representatives from El Groupo de Gringos." For some reason this seems to work, as we’re escorted into the office of the Big Guy. When he asked what we want, John and Dave crafted our new story: We’re having a cruiser’s party on the beach and we need decorations. Somehow the translation falters and the manager got the idea that our party was for charity. He informed us he would give us 10 free cases of Corona! To seal the deal, he turned to the fridge behind his desk and pulled out five cold ones. Talk about your job perks! By the time we left the office, Dave’s truck had already been loaded with the free beer. We now realized our scam to get free posters may have gotten out of hand and that we’d better get a good charity organized pronto. It was decided that the event should benefit a local orphanage: seven boys who live at a local church and who are in desperate need of clothes and bedding. No longer just scamming for beer posters — and filled with the righteous sensation of doing good — John, Kim, and Dave, in just one day, lined up contributions from Sabritas chips, Bimbo bread, Pepsi, JJ’s restaurant, artist Ann Sayer, and the local fishermen.

The charity beach party was a huge success, with 70 people attending — including the boys from the orphanage. The kids were given a sailboat ride from Alex Scanlon on Kathryn F, and dinghy rides by Bob and Cynthia Smith of Miss Teak II, Nancy, Vic and Kyle of Charisma, and Stephania and Bob Harvey of Aplysia. Stephania thought the boys might enjoy a little high-speed fun, so she blasted through the surf. She was forced to slow down, however, when three of the boys dropped to the floor and began crossing themselves. The party games included a balloon toss, lime in the coconut, a volleyball tournament (won by the 'Small Dogs of Death'), and a balloon game that required a couple to smash balloons between their bodies while in various compromising positions. When the sand had settled, we’d gone through 30 pounds of fish, 10 cases of Pepsi, and 21 cases of beer. The contribution from the party was over 1,500 pesos. The boys were so excited from the party that the caretaker told us it had taken him until midnight to get them to bed. The next day we took the boys shopping. As we watched these boys buy their first new clothes, Kim glanced at their faces, leaned over to me and said, "Why don’t you just rip out my heart and stomp on it! I love these

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kids!" Yeah, she was right. Motoring almost 400 miles at six knots was an insignificant price to pay to witness the joy felt by the boys. — p.j. 2/95 Quest II — N/A John & Pat Walsh No Chile Last Year (Bethel Island) As you can tell from one of the accompanying photographs, Quest II came back under the Gate — last October — after being away for four years. It will only be an eight-month pit stop in Bethel Island, however, as we’ll be heading up to British Columbia and Alaska in May. We’ll return to the Bay Area in August, but only long enough to prepare for a September departure to Chile and Cape Horn. Last Christmas both of us were in Melbourne, Australia, where we visited with one of our daughters. We later sailed Quest to Flinder’s Island, which is in the Bass Strait, and then on to Tasmania. We were plagued by the same kind of nasty weather that clobbered the Sydney to Hobart fleet. After dog-holing along the east coast of

Tasmania, we confined on to Hobart — and a berth at Victoria Dock right in the heart of the city. Hobart is a sailor’s town, and we immediately felt right at home. All of Tasmania is lovely, so we knew right away that we’d made a mistake by not allotting more time for our visit. In February we sailed across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand, which had become Quest’s second home. We settled in at Picton — which is on the north end of the South Island — for three months of boat work broken up only by a couple of weeks of cruising in Marlborough Sound. Every sojourn in New Zealand has been a treat for us. We made many dear friends in Picton, so it was difficult to leave such a charming, beautiful, and friendly place. Last April saw Quest back at Gulf Harbor in Whangaparoa — just outside of Auckland — after an easy sail across the dreaded Cook Strait and up the east coast of the North Island. After a short break, everybody got to work on the jobs that needed completion in preparation for John’s proposed long voyage to Chile. Pat provisioned Quest for the trip — not an easy task, as it required 90 days worth of food for five people! Amid much fanfare on July 19, John and his four crew left Gulf Harbor for Chile via the Australs, Pitcairn and Easter Island. Unfortunately, circumstances would prevent

the international group’s plans from reaching fruition. Just five days out and while hove to, Alister Muir, a fine Kiwi sailor, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg — with the bone sticking out and all. That meant Quest had to charge like hell for Rarotonga, 700 miles to the northwest of her intended course, for medical assistance. About the same time, John was informed over the radio that the small growth he’d had removed from his left index finger by local incision was not the common variety of skin cancer, but something much more virulent. That, too, required immediate attention. Because the wind was right on the nose, John topped off the tanks and motored 700 miles to Tahiti. From there he flew home for plastic surgery on his hand. Quest was tied up at the quay in Papeete, where 'the boys' were left to the tender mercies of the local wahines for a couple of weeks. At this point, Quest II was 800 miles upwind of where she was supposed to be and five weeks behind schedule. So John said 'the hell with it' and stayed back in California for awhile. To reach Chile in time for the weather window around the Horn would have required a 'forced march' to weather, with no time to spend at Mangareva and all the least-visited and least spoiled destinations in Polynesia. Visiting those islands had been a major attraction of the trip. So after a meeting of all

‘Quest ll‘ has spent so much time in New Zealand, it's become her second home.

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Bethel Island. John didn’t do any work on the boat for six weeks, but after a trip to Germany, he’ll begin preparing the boat for this year’s trips to the Pacific Northwest and then Chile and the Horn. — pat & john 12/94 The Goat Roast Puerto Escondido Cruisers El Secret Beach (Puerto Escondido, Baja) The cruisers of Puerto Escondido got together for a goat roast New Year’s Eve at the 'secret beach' in the 'Waiting Room'. 'Hunter/Gatherers' Tam of Temptation and Jess of Topaz secured the goat. No, they didn’t rope it; someone gave it to them. The goat was marinated overnight, then roasted over a low fire. Salee of Temptation made a mean goat curry while other cruisers showed up with lots of great pot-luck cuisine — including a big pot of deliciosa clam chowder concocted by Norm of China Girl. After a careful poll of the cruisers in attendance, we calculated we had a combined 200 years of experience cruising in the Sea of Cortez. The biggest contribution to the telly was made by Blackie of Nordic: between two wives — his first wife died in 1984 — and two boats, Black Duke and Nordic, he has 44 years of Sea of Cortez experience! Blackie and Vel have been down here for eight years aboard Nordic. The revelers were assisted by a garbage collection committee that consisted of Ossita, a Schipperke from Unicom-, Serena, a young blonde of questionable heritage from Hovdey-, and Prince, an aptly named gentle dog of the shepardly persuasion from Zombie Woof. (Prince’s parents aren’t into voodoo, they’re just Frank Zappa fans.) In the line of garbage duty, these cruising critters risked great bodily This big group of cruisers 'got their goat just outside of Puerto Escondido during the holidays.

harm when wrestling goat bones from the' greasy hands of cruisers who’d been worked into a feeding frenzy. The following is a list of attendees, some of whom are rumored to have stayed awake until midnight: Temptation: Salee and Tam. Topaz: Connie and Jess. Nordic: Vel and Blackie. Zombie Woof: Shannon, Pablo and Prince. Left Bank: Renee and Chris. Macnab: K.B. Hovdey: Kathy, Dave and Serena. High Noon: Barb and Wayne. Vela: Peddie and Bob. Island Woman: Bert. Viva: Paulette and Woody. Mika: Michael. Ramphnt: Lynn and Tom. China Girl: Norm. Flutter By: Dee (land yacht). Unicom: Ernie and Ossita. Rainmaker: Cheryl, Jeff, Nile and Jim (land yacht). Joan D. HI: Sally, Jenna and Mike. Zodiac: Ricardo (land yacht). Jade Sea: Bruce. Takaroa II: Ida and Drew. Diem: Cam. High Jinx: Jinx and Mad Dog Schwartz — yes, aboard a California 42 trawler. — jinx 2/95 Grasshopper — Fast Passage 39 Bill & Linda McNeill The South Pacific (Seattle) Our May 1993 passage from Puerto Vallarta to French Polynesia was aborted after 16 windless days off the Mexican coast. What a disappointment after years of planning, preparation and dreaming! Rather than leave Grasshopper in Marina Vallarta as we had over the summer of '92, we decided to beat back to San Diego and take a berth at Shelter Island. We then returned to our home at Mammoth Lakes for a summer of high-country living and a winter of skiing. In March of '94, Bill and crew Scott Croll departed San Diego bound for the Marquesas. This time there was plenty of wind as we beat our way offshore into southwesterlies. By the sixth day the winds began backing and we were soon boosted along by the northeast

trades. These favorable winds even held through the 1TCZ, so that except for two afternoon calms at about 10° north — perfect for mid-ocean swims! — we sailed right into the southeast trades at 5° north. Twenty-five days out of San Diego, we dropped anchor at Atuona, Hiva Oa. We’d only used the engine twice: to leave the slip in San Diego, and to motor into Atuona. Solar panels and a trailing generator provided more than adequate power for our needs. After the long passage came the fun pail: six weeks of cruising the Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Tahuatu, Fatu Hiva, Ua Pu) and the Tuamotus (Takaroa and Rangiroa). The highlights included an overnight spinnaker run beneath a full moon from Pua Mau to Ua Pu — after which the rising sun greeted us from among the incredible volcanic spires of Ua Pu; a drift snorkel on the incoming tide through the pass at Takaroa; and a two-day stay at the atoll-within-an-atoll at Rangiroa’s Blue Lagoon. When we arrived in Papeete, Scott returned to his summer job as a ranger in the North Cascades National Park. While Grasshopper was anchored in front of the church in Papeete, she was boarded one evening by two locals who gathered all

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Some feel that from the air, Bora Bora (spread and left inset) is most beautiful island in the world. (Inset right) Raiatea Carenage.

cameras, video equipment, electronics, and stereo into a backpack — before being chased off by the crew from an adjacent boat. We learned our lesson; complacency about security is ill-advised! Moorea was the next stop, with Linda arriving by plane in early June. We celebrated our reunion after three long months apart with a stay in a beachfront thatched cottage at the Moorea Lagoon Hotel. Grasshopper was anchored just around the comer in Oponohu Bay, a delightful secure anchorage where we spent another month aboard — with daily excursions ashore to enjoy the people and the island’s lush tropical beauty. After a two-week sojourn in nearby Cook’s Bay, we sailed to Raiatea in the lies Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands). There we' put Grasshopper in a marina — just outside of Uturoa — for the first time in five months. The second largest city in French Polynesia, Uturoa is the administrative and market center for the lies Sous le Vent. So most goods and services were conveniently available. We purchased

fresh fruit, vegetables and fish at the waterfront public market and a new supermarket has greatly facilitated provisioning at this end of the archipelago. Our plan was to leave Grasshopper on the hard in Raiatea for the southern hemisphere cyclone season while we once again returned to Mammoth Lakes and made the rounds of family and friends. Raiatea Carenage Services (RCS) and SARL Chantier Naval des lies Sous

Les Vent (SCN) operate adjacent haul-out and storage facilities with a host of ancillary services such as welding, fiberglass repair, sail repair, engine and mechanical service. Both yards can haul boats up to twenty tons: RCS

with a Travel-Lift, SCN with a marine railway. The fatter will soon have haul-out capacity of 60 tons. We chose to leave Grasshopper at SCN principally because the cradling system seemed most secure for the long term storage that we anticipated. In addition, the yard was less crowded, thus reducing the likelihood that Grasshopper would be moved in our absence. Charges for in and out, cradling and pressure wash were — surprise, surprise — less than in the States: $300, with monthly storage fees just under $200 for our 39-footer. RCS charges were from 5% to 37% higher for comparable services. The RCS yard is surrounded by a security fence while SCN made a secure dry loft available, into which we off loaded sails, dodger and other canvas, dinghy and engine and foodstuffs. It is our hope that this will help control the extent of mildew and the encroachment of vermin during the hot humid Southern Hemisphere summer. Both RCS and SCN offer mail and fax services while the fatter has a surprisingly well-stocked chandlery — albeit with the high French Polynesian prices. The yard managers assume responsibility for arranging with customs officials to suspend the six month cruising permit limitation while vessels are in storage. Further information and current fee schedules can be obtained from SARL Chantier Naval des ISLV, B.P. 799, Uturoa, Raiatea, ISLV, French Polynesia, Attn: Bernard Champon (Tel 689-66-10-10, Fax 689-66-28-41) and from Raiatea Carenage Services, B.P. 165, Uturoa, Raiatea, ISLV, French Polynesia, Attn: Dominique Goch (Tel Another sign that civilization is slipping back into the Dark Ages: two guys tried to rip off 'Grasshopper1 in front of this Papeete church.

689-66-22-96, Fax 689-66-20-94). Spring 1995 will find us back on Grasshopper exploring Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine and Bora Bora before deciding whether to continue on west to New Zealand March, 1995 •UWwteJ?* Page 161

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or to return to the Pacific Northwest via Hawaii. We encourage cruisers planning a South Pacific passage to call us for information at (619)934-4141. — bill & linda 12/94 An Alternative To Insurance Fritz Seyfarth (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Recent letters to editors and various magazine articles have pointed out the difficulties in finding and affording cruising insurance. The Seven Seas Cruising Association, with over 5,000 members, has been phased out of insurance coverage by A.W. Lawrence. The United Community underwriters suffered five straight years of heavy losses between 1989 and 1993, which included the devastating hurricanes Hugo, Bob and Andrew. Factors that make coverage even more difficult to find and afford are: boats more than 10 years old; any construction other than fiberglass or metal; long offshore trips; and Caribbean cruising. As a result, many long distance cruisers have few if tiny choices for insurance. Some cruisers complain that they are caught between a rock and hard spot, and have no other option than to give up their old sweetheart and take up sports such as bungee¬ jumping and whitewater river rafting. But as many good sea gypsies can tell you, isn’t just isn’t so. There is a viable and healthy alternative: self-insurance. Many bluewater cruisers voluntarily decided to forgo boat insurance for two reasons: it was difficult to obtain and it was expensive. These cruisers realized that they could live quite well on what they’d normally pay for cruising insurance. In the 1960s, my Tumbleweed was part of a fleet of some 40 wooden boats — remember, this was before the advent of fiberglass boats — that chartered in the Virgin Islands. Over a period of about five years, our insurance costs went from expensive to exorbitant. My premiums, for example, skyrocketed frorh $600 per year to $2,500 — and this with a $3,000 deductible. Besides being an old — built in the '30s — wooden boat and chartering in the Caribbean, Tumbleweed had a gasoline auxiliary engine. The underwriters decided she was a poor risk that required high premiums. Our charter income — $500 a week, everything included, in those days — just couldn’t support such costs. As a result, some owners threw in the towel, crying that the cold-hearted and greedy insurance companies had put them out of Pag© 162 • Ut^UJU 18 • March. 1995

business. Others of us decided that we had control of our own destinies and took to selfinsurance. The positive philosophy of betting on yourself rather than against yourself has served most of us well. Successful self-insurance means improving your odds by taking better care of your boat and gear, and by running a more careful and prudent operation. Things like anchor tackle are renewed more often. Steering components, rigging, thru-hulls and the like are checked more often. Night entrances to strange harbors are delayed until morning. Weather reports are more carefully monitored. It’s amazing how lackadaisical or brave one can get with an insurance policy tucked away in a file cabinet. I suspect that the actuarial statistics for selfinsured vessels are more favorable than those covered by valid policies. But not always. Twenty years ago, in a long-odds accident, my Tumbleweed was almost sliced in half 350 miles northwest of Puerto Rico by a hit-andrun freighter. My boat had her bow tom off and eight holes smashed in herstarboard hull. What a mess! It sure would have been nice to have had an insurance company to pick up the cost of repairs and replacement. But since I didn’t have insurance, I did it myself over a two-year period in Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas.

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Under the Wanderer's insurance scheme, boats with catastrophic damage (spread) would be covered, but not bozos who bash in bows (inset).

But if you’re counting dollars, I’m still way ahead of the game. On the one hand, that accident and hurricane Hugo damage came to $8,300 in out-of-pocket expenses. But on the other hand, I haven’t paid any insurance premiums in 20 years. In all fairness, the insurance companies may also be caught between a rock and a hard spot. Their function is not to be benevolent knight-errants to the preservation of older boats made of wood or whatever, or the protection of long distance cruisers and taking a bottom line loss. I assume they operate with the basic healthy capitalistic-free enterprise concept of making money. If they deem, for whatever reason, that older boats or offshore cruisers are poor risks, then good business practice requires eliminating the writing of such policies. If they are wrong, then once again that wonderful capitalistic-free enterprise concept takes place: some entrepreneur will see the opportunity to make money and will provide coverage to these owners. I’m sure that many owners won’t be able to abide self-insurance. Henry Fairline had this to say about the no-risk syndrome: "With a Ralph Nader at the head of the wagon train, no one would have made it across the Plains,

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no one would have crossed the Rockies, and no immigrant would have pulled himself out of the gutter. Risk-free? Living is sweat, danger, tears and death. From these comes also the ease of heart." — fritz 2/95 Fritz — Another advantage of selfinsurance: You’re not thrown into a pool that includes individuals who have no compunction about scuttling their boats when financially advantageous. Unfortunately, self-insurance is not an option for those with boat mortgages. We think that marine companies could offer affordable cruising insurance were it not for three things: 1) The American legal system. Boatowners elsewhere in the world don’t have as much trouble obtaining cruising insurance because their legal systems don’t award millions of dollars to people who spill hot coffee all over themselves. 2) The combination of surveyors and underwriters often do a poor job of evaluating risks. On two occasions we had Lloydsapproved surveyors examine Big O in the Caribbean. Their 'work' and their lack of looking out for the interests of the underwriters was appalling. Based on the skill of these ’respected' surveyors, we can’t imagine Lloyds ever making money in yacht insurance. As for the underwriters themselves, we think their

insurance applications demonstrate only a slight interest in weeding out the good risks from the bad. 3) Unrealistic expectations on the part of claimants. It seems that just about everyone who gets a scratch in their boat wants the whole thing painted all over again. If people want that kind of coverage, premiums necessarily have to be devastatingly expensive. What we’d personally like to see in the way of cruising insurance is a policy that offers low premiums for catastrophic coverage only. In other words, if somebody has their dinghy and outboard stolen, or is stupid enough — like the Wanderer — to drive their boat into the base of the Carquinez Bridge, then they eat the loss. In our insurance scheme, the only payoffs would be in the event of near or total losses — and in those cases the adjusters would be hard as nails about settlements. Perhaps the maximum settlement would be 50% of the realistic value of the boat. In addition, there would be no payoffs in the case of negligence — such as if you pile your boat on a Baja beach in fair weather. We think the net result would be cruising insurance that is both more widely available and far less expensive than offered today. And that there would be fewer fraudulent or inflated claims. But don’t hold your breath waiting for such insurance; it’s too sensible to be legal. Felicia — Bristol 30 Carlos & Marijke Valencia Balboa, Panama (Alameda) It’s hard to believe that we left Alameda on our 30-foot Bristol sloop Felicia more than a year ago and that we are now on the Caribbean side of Panama. Although we’re about 3,500 miles from home, we feel as though we’ve just begun our adventure. We started our trip with six months in Mexico, after which we were really ready for Costa Rica. After three months in Costa Rica, we continued on to Panama. On our way south we met many cruisers and visited all the beautiful anchorages we’d read about in the cruising magazines. What a great adventure! On October 22, we transited the Canal without any major difficulties. We’d already gone through twice before, helping other cruisers as line-handlers. This is a great way to see how it’s done and to build confidence. We had two advisors — one in training — aboard for our transit, as well as four linehandlers: myself, Bill Niepoth of Forest

Ranch, and new friends Marilyn and Haskell of the Monterey-based Tortolita. Needless to say we had a full ship. Not only were we loaded with people, we were also carrying 80 gallons of water, 50 gallons of fuel, and about $500 worth of provisioning. Felicia felt very loaded down. In the first lock, we were told to side-tie to a 100-ft cruiser. The advisor told us that a bow and stem line were all we needed, that the spring line was not necessary. Against our captain’s better judgement, we did what the advisor said. The minute the lock started to fill with water, however, there was a tremendous turbulence that pulled our boat away from the cruiser. We didn’t suffer any damage, but from then on we decided to use springlines and had better results. We were lucky and arrived near the entrance of the first 'down lock' by 1500. There were two tugboats and a ship that went into the lock with us. We had to tie up to the tugs in front of the ship. We didn’t particularly like this because it didn’t leave much room in the lock. After the water drained from the chamber and the doors were opened, we

Time passes when you're having fun. The Valencias can't believe they've already covered 3,500 miles and been out well more than a year.

untied from the tug but had to 'hover' in place until both tugs went ahead of us. The backwash those tugs create is tremendous! It wasn’t a fun time for our skipper, who had a tough time keeping the boat away from the

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rough sides of the locks. Going through the last two locks was uneventful, as the tugs let us leave first after they saw what happened in the first lock. We were happy to be in the Atlantic and to have transited in one day. We motored to the Panama Canal YC, where we were able to get a slip with running water and other dockside luxuries. On October 25, we passed the Colon breakwater and entered the Caribbean. Hooray! It was a beautiful day with sunshine, small puffy clouds and crystal clear water. Our destination for the night was Portobello. This small town has a fantastic past, as for nearly two centuries it was the western terminus of the Spanish treasure fleet. After exploring the forts and getting a good night’s rest, we left early the next morning for the San Bias Islands about 40 miles to the northeast. Unfortunately the wind was on the nose most of the way. We could see many other islands in the distance, but our destination was Chichime, which is actually two small islands surrounded — except for the west side — by a reef. It was like arriving in paradise! The islands had coconut palms, white beaches and beautiful turquoise water. Spectacular! This was what we’d been waiting for. The 40,000 indigenous Kuna Indians who live on the 365 islands are virtually untouched by the modem world. They are strikingly beautiful, friendly, colorful, curious — and their villages are immaculate. The Kunas, of course, are known for their extremely colorful and intricately sewn molas. We’re really enjoying ourselves as we get our charts together for our next destination: Cartagena, Colombia. We’ll spend the rest of the winter there. — marijke 10/94 Carlos & Marijke — We’re sorry it took so long for this to see print, it’s one of those fellbehind-the-file-cabinet deals. Tafia — Cal 34 Jim Meeker Bashing To La Paz (Redwood City) Tafia took a terrible pounding during a Northerly and sustained much damage enroute from Cabo to La Paz. Everything has been fixed by now — except my adventurous attitude. My inclination is to sail back up hill, work for a few more months on a supertanker, then do Baja Ha-Ha II. The first one was the best sail/party ever! After a lull in departures from Cabo, no Page 164 • UXUuJt 39 • March, 1995

Carlos and Marijke have found there aren't many places as suited to being alone together as the San Bias Islands.

meaningful marine reports — "no bad news is good news" and "15 knots of wind" — came over the various marine nets. But by sundown there were three distinct wave patterns: port, starboard and on the nose. We passed Los Frailes in the wee hours and continued on despite the ugly seas. It seemed foolish to attempt a nighttime landfall under overcast skies in an unlit and unfamiliar anchorage. In addition, the two cruising guides we had aboard were poor compared to the one by Jack Williams, and we didn’t have one of Williams’ aboard. So we kept plugging into it. By midmoming we were only 16 miles from the anchorage at Muertos, but I’d had enough. We were periodically experiencing bow down free falls in which the prop came out of the water. When we ultimately reached La Paz, the engine had to be completely rebuilt because of bearing damage, scored crank and cylinder walls and loosened motor mounts. In addition, the full water tank broke free and removed the two forward bulkheads. The bashed, bent and cracked tank then overflowed into the bilges. We pounded so hard that every cabin light and most of the spare bulbs had broken elements. The VHF antenna whip broke above the coil. It was frightening. I didn’t like the idea of giving up 30 hard-

earned miles and retreating to Los Frailes, but I thought it was wisest. During our protracted repairs and delays in La Paz, my fellow cruisers were a great help. Special thanks to the folks of Laura K., Kindred Spirit, Desiree, Steeldiver, New Leaf, and Windsong II. And many thanks to the 'Downwind Drivers', who save our cruises. I can also report that the owners of the little resort at Los Frailes were wonderful. Over the week it took for the seas to flatten down enough to continue north, about 15 other cruisers pulled in. The resort offered good food, ice cold beer, booze, and drinking water that was both potable — and free! We all had a great Thanksgiving potluck there. The resort even sold me a bit of their precious fuel. Things I’d do before cruising to Mexico again: 1) Open a bank account with a corresponding Mexican bank. The wild swing in the peso was hard on my cruising kitty. 2) I would carry an ATT, MCI and American Express check guarantee card. 3) I’d carry the latest edition of Jack Williams’ Baja Boater’s Guide. 4) I’d bring a fast dinghy. 5) I’d go east or south from Cabo. Some neat things in La Paz: 1) Upholstery work is a real bargain. 2) Freon is sold over the counter. 3) Tequila is $1.50 a bottle. 4) Cold beer is 50 cents or less if you’re willing to mess with the bottles. 5) The Quesadilla YC — which is alternately spelled 'Case A Dia' is alive and well at Abaroa’s boatyard. Some not so neat things in La Paz: 1) A lot of boats arrived with engine problems. 2) Food and fuel are expensive. 3) Wood is unbelievably expensive—and of poor quality. 4) Charlie’s Charts is not the best source of local information — especially for Los Frailes. There is a dangerous rock that is not charted. 5) The weather information over the net is suspect. My advice to the Slocums — who bought a Cal 34 and wrote to Latitude about tuning the rig — and other Cal 34 owners: install a vertical support from the keel to the compression post crossmember. It minimizes the pumping of the mast. P.S. A lesser boat would not have survived Tafia’s last passage. Cals are very well built and are still quick in good wind. — james 1/95 James — We’re sorry to hear you got nailed. Nonetheless, it continues to mystify us why so many, people persist in heading up into the Sea of Cortez during the heart of winter. After all, the chances of getting nailed by a multi-day Norther — which can be ferocious — are considerable. And once you get to La

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Paz, you’re there out of the season and can’t dive or swim. If God had meant for cruisers to spend the winter in La Paz, he wouldn’t have made P.V., Tenacatita Bay, and Z-town so warm and inviting during that period. Pilar — Atkins Ingrid Ketch Bill & Diane Pool More Than Just Boatbuilders (Portland) We’re about to cross the equator about four degrees west of where we’d hoped, but 'man proposes and God disposes'. Until the last three days, we only had northeast winds as we tried to coax our gaff-rigged — and thus not very weatherly — boat north to Hilo from Bora Bora. We’d left Bora Bora on October 27, stopped for two weeks at Caroline Atoll, and have been struggling with the wind and current ever since. The so-called Southeast Trades are a myth — we haven’t seen any! Perhaps we should back up a bit. We left Santa Cruz in May of '91 and spent the summer enjoying the Channel Islands, Santa Barbara and the rest of Southern California. We left for Mexico in November and hauled out at Baja Naval in Ensenada — which we liked. We enjoyed our Christmas dinner enroute to Cedros. Our next stop was Mag Bay, which was as wild as it was beautiful. We learned as we went about things such as anchoring, calms, dark nights and scary seas. After a stay in Cabo, we made a tough January thrash up to La Paz, the City of Peace. That was the beginning of two great years in the Sea of Cortez. We spent one summer at Escondido and the other at Bahia de Los Angeles. Both were hot but bearable. Because we’d spent 16 years building Pilar, getting ready to travel, and settling old obligations, we felt we had to make the big leap into the Pacific. But what really motivated us was the desire to see those lovely islands. And a big leap it was! At the end of last April we sailed from La Paz directly to Mangareva in the Gambier Islands — which are in the very southeastern comer of French Polynesia. Because we’re not very good sailors and somewhat because of the weather, it took us 49 days to get there. But it was worth it Mangareva is a perfect first stop in the South Seas. It has a population of about 500, a village that’s one street wide, an excellent anchorage, and a friendly gendarme and populace. What it doesn’t have is cafes, supermarkets or video stores. Although the island is small enough to walk around in one day, it has a fascinating history. We spent seven weeks there — and hated to leave. During our time there, we never had more

come to an end and when it did Oracle was lost on the reef. [See the January issue of Latitude for details.] Bill even celebrated a birthday in the South Pacific for the second time. The first was 50 years ago when on Guadalcanal. It seems like only yesterday. We took so long to build Pilar that our friends used to tease us by saying, 'You aren’t sailors, you’re just boatbuilders." Oh yeah? — the pools 11/30

The Sea of the Moon — what a great name! It's also a favorite of the 'Grasshopper' crew — and many other cruisers.

than eight yachts at anchor, and most of them were French. Three American yachts came through: Mai Tai, Barefoot, and Vagabond. The most conspicuous cruising boat to come through was Origo from Norway. Her crew consisted of Mom, Dad — and six kids aged 10 to 19! We sailed direct from Mangareva to Tahiti in eight days. We entered the pass at Tahid-iti, checked in at Port Phaeton, and thus never had to go through the hassle at Papeete. Some readers might be interested in the fact that nobody ever asked us for a bond! Our friends A1 and Linda Wasserman (ex Don Quixote) joined us for the sail across the Sea of the Moon to Moorea, which is indeed beautiful. From there we continued on to Raiatea; in our estimation it’s the best island in the Societies. Henri Valin of Raiatea Carenage, a first class operation, was most helpful when we needed to extend our visa. Fabled Bora Bora bordered on being Disneyland-ish: there were mega tourists, phony grass-topped bungalows and all the rest. We’d always wanted to see this renowned island, but now I sort of wish we hadn’t And now the circle is beginning to close. From Bora Bora we sailed to Caroline Atoll to join Russ, Carrie and Lee on Oracle. Our stay there was everything one could possibly hope for — except, of course, for the fact it had to

Cruise Notes: 'We just rounded Cape Horn!" John Neal faxes from Puerto Williams, Chile. "It took my Halberg-Rassey 42 Mahina Tiare three tries in 60 to 70-knot squalls, but what an incredible place! And it isn’t even that cold; it gets up to 70° sometimes — and hasn’t snowed at sea level yet. We’ve seen very few boats in the three months we’ve been south of Puerto Mott: two German, a couple of French, one Chilean and one American. I’m leaving Mahina Tiare tied to the sunken navy ship that serves as the Puerto Williams YC and returning to the States in late February for our lecture series." We’ll have more on the South American adventures of John and Mahina Tiare in the April issue. Clay Jarvis, writing on behalf of the Club Cruceros de La Paz, wants to remind everyone that the 12th Annual Sea of Cortez Race Week will be held April 22 - 30th. 'The opening ceremonies and kick-off — which will include music, entertainment,

A Sea of Cortez Race Week tradition: bucketbrigading the ice and cerveza ashore at Isla Partida.

dancing, lots of good food and liquid refreshment — will be held in La Paz on April 22. The first race — in which cheating will be graded rather than prohibited — will be on the 23rd from La Paz to Isla Partida, where March. 1995 •

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This Month's Moral Dilemma the fleet will set up camp for'the week. Beach activities will begin on Monday, with games, contests, potlucks, and children’s activities. During the rest of the week there will be three additional races and the traditional volleyball game between the cruisers and Mexican fishermen. Friday will feature a fish fry, while Saturday is the beach clean-up party and race back to La Paz. The awards ceremony and closing party will be held in La Paz on Sunday." Over the years, Sea of Cortez Race Weeks have provided thousands of cruisers with a great opportunity to have a little competition and a lot of social activities. If you have the opportunity to participate, we’d recommend that you do. A little less than a year ago, Northern Californian Jim Tantillo quit his job in the computer industry, his wife Mary at least temporarily retired from the bar, and they began wrapping up their land-bound lives. They sold their Catalina 30 and Hobie 16, sold or gave away their three vehicles, rented out their home and condo — and took off for St. Lucia in the Eastern Caribbean. There they purchased a 20-year-old Morgan Out-Island, 41 which they describe as "a three bedroom, two bath condo — that steers like a pig in low power or slow speeds". After christening her Escape, they sailed up through the Eastern Caribbean and Bahamas to Florida. Currently finishing refurbishments in Florida, the Tantillos plan on sailing back to the Eastern Caribbean this spring. As is common with a new boat and a new way of life, the couple had a few teething problems. During their first sail in rough weather, for example, they got the mainsail halyard caught in the lazyjacks and couldn’t get the sail up or down. But their first dramatic learning experience happened at Basseterre, St. Kitts. Jim and Mary anchored Escape quickly in order to make the 1.5-mile dinghy ride to shore before Immigration closed. Since it was getting late when they embarked on the trip back to their boat, they took the 'shortcut1 across the bay rather them hugging the shore. Halfway back to the boat, the outboard stopped. "I told Jim to stop playing a joke on me, that I was getting scared," writes Mary. "When he very uncharacteristically let out a line of profanity, I knew he was serious and that we were in trouble." In their haste, the couple had motored to shore with nothing but vapors in their outboard tank. "Jim took out the 20-year-old oars," continues Mary, "one of which snapped halfway through the first stroke. Jim refused to Page 166 •

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let me scream for help, but it’s doubtful anybody could have heard me over the winch and waves — which were blowing us toward Central America! I was presented with the bottom half of the broken paddle, and the two of us stroked as though our lives depended on it. The traumatic row took half an hour, but we made it." Ah, but there’s more. Without a gas can, they had to carry the outboard all the way to the Texaco station. Once things were hunkydory with the dinghy, they motored back toward their boat the long way: hugging the shore. "It was twilight and hard to see when we got back to the anchorage," says Mary, "but it quickly became clear that Escape wasn’t where we’d left her! Friends on a nearby boat waved frantically and pointed further out to sea. There she was — with fenders hanging over the side! It turns out that we’d left her so quickly that we hadn’t made sure the anchor was set — and she’d dragged in our absence. Seeing she was about to drift into another boat, our friends boarded her. Not knowing about the glow plugs, they couldn’t start the engine. But they tried so hard that the key broke off in the ignition. Since it looked as if Escape might drift into another boat, they set out fenders. Then they let out more chain to keep her from dragging further. "Jim decided against our friend’s recommendation to simply let out another 100 feet of line and spend the night where we were, so we tried to pick up our anchor. But even with the aid of the electric windlass, we couldn’t get it up. Our friends heard us yelling at one another — they later told us they knew we were in our first six months of cruising together because we were still yelling — and came over to give us a hand for the second time. With their help, we finally got the anchor up. The bad news is that we pulled up their anchor along with ours!" It was a classic maybe-cruising-isn’t-somuch-fun-after-all night for the Tantillos. As unpleasant as that incident and other learning experiences have been, the Tantillos have used "idyllic" to describe their cruising so far, and report: "It continues to be a marvelous adventure — doing new and different things, meeting new challenges, making new friends, and being exposed to different cultures." "After reading glowing reports for so long about the good times to be had while cruising in Mexico, I’m very interested in joining that group," writes Patrick Folk of Stockton. "I’d like to correspond with anyone

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who is currently retired' or semi-retired on a boat in Mexico. Naturally my primary concern is the cost of living down there." Anyone interested in honoring Patrick’s request can write him at 7903 Arguello Drive, Stockton, 95209. Some people don’t know how to tell a joke, and the Wanderer is one of them. But even he was able to pull a good prank recently — one you might try if you find yourself in a similar situation. When the Wanderer arrived aboard Big O in Panama’s San Bias Islands last month, the crew and charter guests had been starved for news from back home. The Wanderer passed along the latest about the never-ending rains and a few other ho-hummers. When everyone’s interest began to flag, he set the hook by casually saying, 'You guys all heard about O.J., didn’t you?" "No!" they roared in unison, their attention standing straight up. "O.J. confessed," the Wanderer lied as calmly as he could. The bedlam was wonderful! But the Wanderer’s a fool, and quickly let the victims off the hook. Had he not, the misinformation would have quickly been zinging all over the Caribbean ham and SSB nets, and what fun that would have been. 'We happily send you our change of address," write Gary and Kathleen Tucker of the Oregon-based Tiburon 36 Evergreen. "This marks the end of our five-year plan. Our house is sold, the kids are educated, the boat is outfitted, and all the land-locked goods disposed of. This week we move aboard and head north from Puget Sound for a year of exploring Northwestern, Canadian and Alaskan waters. Then it’s south — maybe we’ll see you at the 1996 Baja Ha-Ha — until the butter melts. After that, we’ll head west for as long as we enjoy it." At the end of last summer, Patrick and Linda Culp bid cool Alaska goodbye to rejoin their Dreadnaught 32 Grace, which they’d left in Puerto Vallarta for a few months. With the November 1 end of hurricane season and the

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boat tuned up for cruising, the couple resumed their travels. Their first stop was La Cruz, where they checked out their systems while on the hook yet still close to Puerto Vallarta. "Our sturdy little ketch — a distant cousin to the Wetsnail 32 — appeared ready and willing to go," they write, "so we waved adios to John on Joluga II, Mike and Niki on Windfeather, and La Cruz. Once the breeze freshened, we set the sails, stripped off our clothes, and set a course for Las Tres Marietas. These three islands — just five miles west of Punta de Mita — rival Isla Isabella for birdwatching and beauty. We spent three wonderful days there, snorkeling in numerous coves, exploring the caves, and observing the many species of birds. The islands are alive and invite close admiration. "Once past Cabo Corrientes and Punta Ipala, we sailed into the cove near the small village locally known as Tehuamixtle. We dove into the cove’s azure waters for a quick cooloff, and then — with our tummies grumbling and restaurants beckoning — we hopped into our dinghy for a quick ride to shore. The landing in Mexican-style breakers was made easier because of directions given by divers. We highly recommend Restaurant Cande for some of the most delicious — and economical — huachinango (red snapper) dinners on the Mexican coast. "Contrary to what a popular cruising guide says, we found Ipala to be safe and secure," they continue. "The locals are trying to combat the reputation some articles have given it as being a dangerous place by actively pursuing the business and friendship of cruisers. As such, cruisers who stop by this season will be greeted by panga, and then invited to come ashore to partake of the local color and flavor of Tehuamixtle. There’s horsebackriding, snorkeling, a nice beach, good food, great prices and a good and safe anchorage." Latitude received a report of two

unpleasant incidents at Ipala in late 1994. We’d certainly like to hear how others stopping at Ipala find the place. As the Culps headed further south, they crossed paths with Jim and Barb of the Seattle-based Hylas 42 Moko Jumbi. A winner in the 1990 Sea of Cortez Race Week, Jim spent the following five years, three months and 14 days completing a circumnavigation. Congratulations. Finally, government doing something to make life easier for cruisers. Richard Bartolome, Customs Inspector at KailuaKona, Hawaii, reports that "after umpteen years, Hilo is no longer the only Port of Entry for the Big Island." With the Kailua-Kona Airport expecting to receive direct flights from the mainland and foreign countries soon, Customs needs to open an office there. As such, they decided to also make Kailua-Kona a Port of Entry for yachts, too. American flag vessels only need check in at a Port of Entry if they are arriving from a foreign country or if they are smuggling drugs. Foreign flag vessels have to stop at a Port of Entry if they are coming from the mainland United States or a foreign country. Bartolome advises yachties who want to clear in there to either tie up briefly in Honokohau — there’s no room to stay — or anchor out off Kailua-Kona and call Customs. When we pointed out that Kailua-Kona Harbor Agent Ken Denton said you can’t anchor anywhere off the Big Island without a permit [see Letters], Bartolome said he thought Denton might be mistaken. By the way, if you cleared in with Customs at Hilo — whose officials enjoy an excellent reputation among cruisers — you probably checked in with Bartolome. Ouch! In addition to building and operating large tourist facilities and marinas in Mexico, the United States and Costa Rica, Mexico’s Grupo Sidek is a giant industrial concern. But imagine this: even after the peso

had lost 40% of its value and the Mexican market had taken a terrible plunge, Grupo Sidek stock still tumbled 33% in a single day! Grupo Sidek later became the first large Mexican corporation to default on its loans — although they changed their mind a few days later. "It’s true we’ve lost billions of dollars in the last three months," said a spokesman for Grupo Sidek, 'but we think we can make up for it with increased berth fees for cruisers. About $1,000/night should put us back into the black." That’s a joke, of course. Too bad the fiscal crisis wasn’t one, too. We hate to dump on a company when it’s down, but a Northern California cruiser sent us a copy of Grupo Sidek’s beautiful four-color brochure for their new Marina Mazatlan. It’s a lovely brochure — with one disturbing feature. The one photo purporting to show all the boats crowded into berths at Marina Mazatlan is a fraud; the photo is of the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu. Which anyone who has been there can tell you, is anything but new. "Marge and I certainly don’t want to jinx our plans," writes Louie Kaufman of the Seattle-based Negotiator, 'but we are planning to leave Seattle on June 1 to spend two months in the Canadian Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound. Then we’ll be heading to San Diego in late August. We encourage you to do a second Baja Ha-Ha in '95 — and hope to see you then." i We recently heard from two more of last year’s Ha-Ha’ers. Bob Granafei of the Hans Christian 48 Bravura reports his boat is still in the marina at Cabo San Lucas. "I came home, got caught up in work, and haven’t been back to the boat since. But I plan to be spending March and April aboard in the Sea of Cortez — and hopefully at Sea of Cortez Race Week." Lansing Hays of the Freedom 44 Ivory Goose reports he spent the month of February at the Marina in Puerto Vallarta. He’s enjoying himself immensely as his boat isn’t suffering from the kind of problems that ‘‘plagued her last year. In reference to the aftermath of the Baja Ha-Ha, Hays writes: "The beach parties at Squid Roe in Cabo got serious. No way any of us could keep up with the durable crew of Big O. At one point the Wanderette was boogeying — while hanging from the sawed off limbs of a decorative tree. At the same time, the Wanderer was passing out tequila shots as if the revolution were scheduled for the morning. Meanwhile the dance floor was reeling with people holding hands over their heads in the

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CHANGES IN LATITUDES distinctive Big O salute, while trying to shake their other body parts out of their clothing. It was a Cabo scene, no doubt about it!" "Funny," says the Wanderer, "I don’t remember that night at all. But I do live by the words of Ralph Nader, who said: 'In these terribly somber times of war, AIDS, and mindless violence, it’s important that there be role models to show that it’s still possible for people to have a hell of a good time without dying in the process.' Actually, it might have been Ralph Naines, not Nader, who said it." Merl Petersen of Honolulu, we’re told, recently crossed the Atlantic with his 65-ft staysail schooner Viveka and arrived in Antigua, Barbados — one of those islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Fifteen years ago a lot of people thought Merl would never get his schooner out of the Ala Wai, but now he’s coming dose to finishing a circumnavigation. Just before Dwayne Hines and his girlfriend Darlene took off on an eight-month cruise to Mexico, Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest last year aboard his S&S 65 Rewa, we wondered in print if it might ultimately prove to be too ambitious an itinerary. It wasn’t. "I liked the pace," says Hines. "We covered 9,100 miles in eight months. If you go for

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longer than we did, it becomes a lifestyle, and I wasn’t looking for that. I also liked the loop we did, because it would have allowed me to return to work quickly if I so decided. But the longer we were gone, the less I felt the need to return. I only came back twice." While the 58-year-old Hines and Darlene had crew on several occasions, they did much of the trip by themselves. How was it for just two to handle a 65-foot twin centerboarder? "It was easier than sailing a 40-footer," contends the long time Etchells sailor, "because you don’t have to reef all the time. We’d put up the sails and not have to take anything down

for a week." Hines plans to return to the Northwest, which he and Darlene enjoyed immensely, in the summer of '96. We’ll close this month with a wonderful little tale that illustrates that officialdom can be as abjectly dreadful in foreign countries as in the United States. Having been part of the legal profession, the previously referred to Mary Tantillo couldn’t resist including one legal story in their latest cruising newsletter: "If you report the theft of your dinghy to the police in St. Lucia, they will ask you all sorts of questions about its make, length, motor and value. They don’t gather this information to assist in the recovery of your dinghy, but rather to present you with a whopping — 60% duty — Customs bill. The way they see it, you entered the country with the dink and motor, but you’ll be leaving without it. So you as good as imported it. Thus instead of being out $3,000 for your dink and outboard, you’re out the $3,000 — plus $1,800 for duty! 'The astute cruiser who has had his dink and outboard pinched therefore tells the police: "Oh wait, I just remember that I left it at the dinghy dock." As you can imagine, the 'official' St. Lucian statistics for dinghy thefts is just about zero."

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505 #7608, WATERAT in very good condition,

TWO WEST MARINE 10-ft Sportboats, one new

1987 NONSUCH 22, Cat-boat with 9.9 Johnson

rarely used, Proctor D mast, three sets of sails

in box, $650, other used one season, $450,5 hp

Sailmaster.wishboneboom-controlled, singlesail

(one kevlar), excellent galvanized trailer, top cover,

Nissan o/b used 10 hrs, $675. (916) 621-4688.

for safe, easy, fun, we’ll show you how. 6' headroom, enclosed head, 7' cockpit. $29,500.

and running gear. $4,850 obo. Call Ross at (415)

Anacortes, Washington. (206) 466-2009.

ACHILLES YACHT TENDER, red, 1980, inflat¬

563-6074, Iv. msg.

able seat, oars, foot pump, and motor mount. No

includes a fresh repack. $2,280 obo. Call (707) 447-3282.

AMERICAINE 8'6" 1988 inflatable dinghy. Wood deck and transom. Less than 20 hours in the

patches. $125. Call Cliff, (415) 552-0293.

17-FT VENTURE sailboat. Accommodates up to four adults. Excellent condition. All original. Full

LASER. All parts included. $750 obo. Call Mike,

water. $300. fiberglass sailing dinghy. Heavy duty.

SWITLIK LIFERAFT, 6 man USCG/SOLAs off¬

set of sails, trailer, 1995 registration. $2,950 obo.

(510) 299-0599.

Needs paint and minor repair. Sail and oars. $275.

(510) 706-2625.

Evi nrude 4 hp. Less than 20 hours use $300. (916)

shore type. Model: CG F-6-A-STD. Solas “A” equip¬ ment package. Includes deck cradle. New 1991,

854-3702, (916) 488-0967, msg.

never used. $3,500. Also lOkw Lima Electric/

RANGER 20, exc. cond, 2 headsails+spinnaker.

Isuzu, 120/240 Vac marine generator. 1100 hrs.

All lines lead aft. New sail cover, new Johnson 4

4-MAN AVON liferaft. $1,000 obo. (707)961 -1703.

hp o/b. A very fun boat. Slip in RWC, $60/month.

$4,500. (415) 461-4852.

NEW, BELOW RETAIL. 1994 Zuma by SunfishI

LASERS-3 AVAILABLE Hull only with rudders,

Laser. Never sailed. Bought it then decided to go

centerboards and sail - $500 each. Mini 12 meter

bigger. Get a new $3,000 boat for $2,600. (415)

- complete with main, 2 jibs, and spinnaker -

NECKY FIBERGLASS KAYAKS (2) 1992: Good

493-1937.

$1,000. Lido 14s-3 available in good condition -

condition. $800 each. Other equipment available.

NIGHTINGALE 24-FT. First boat designed, built

complete $1,200. Call Rich (415) 363-1390.

David, (415) 456-2520.

and still owned by Thomas Wylie. Complete Pine¬

AVON 3.15 (10+feet) roll up ribbed bottom w/2nd

LOVELY 12-FT Eddon gig, fiberglass Whitehall

seat. Like new $2,200.9.9 HP Outboard w/ regu¬

pulling boat with spritsail sailing rig and oars.

CORONADO C-15.15-ft two person with racing

lar shaft. Transom lock incl. Like new also, $1,100.

$500.25# mushroom mooring with chain, pulley,

SANTANA 22. Includes 6 hp Evinrude o/b, new

package, ie trapeze, harness, and two sets of

Both for $3,100. (415) 965-3449.

and 50' endless pennant for beach mooring $50.

jib, barely used spinnaker, fair main, new standing

San Rafael 721-0695.

& running rigging, rigged for single hand and

$2,900. (415) 368-1808, dy; (408) 253-7933, pm.

apple racing sail inventory. $5,500. Call (510)

4-MAN AVON. Valise life raft. Certified. $500. Call (510) 521-9059.

sails. Newdeck design, hull #3559. good to excel¬ lent condition. Also Caulkins trailer (wheels never

CHEAP BOAT or tender, 9-ft Basstrackes with 2

in water). Fantastic results in Huntington Regatta.

seats. Great for fun or fishing in Bay, Lake or

FIBERGLASS HERRESHOFF 12.5 Doughdish

$1,800. (707) 253-7337. BOSTON SQUALL9-FT in great condition, ready

376-7338.

racing. $3,500 obo. (408) 394-7501.

Delta. $300 obo. 7 hp o/b also available with gas

gaff-rigged keel daysailer 16’ x 5'-10" x 2’6" with

MONTGOMERY 17. Pocket cruiser. Excellent

tank & hose for $400 obo. Call eves or wknds,

cover and trailer. Beautiful, fast, safe for kids.

condition. Designed by Lyle C. Hess, built by

(408) 996-2842, Mike.

$12,500. 75# mushroom mooring with chain for

Montgomery Marine. Four sails, bow pulpit, potty,

same $100. San Rafael, 721-0695.

stove, compass, groundtackle, mast carrier, good

to row, sail or motor. $850. (510) 814-6974, Iv. AVON REDCREST dinghy, oars, floor boards,

msg.

trailer with hitch extension and spare tire. $5,800

motor mount, $700.2 hp Johnson o/b, $200. Both

LASER. In great condition with all accessories.

EL TORO, #11582, self-rescue, mahogany ply,

in excellent condition. (415) 364-9338, out of town

Good racing colors. $1,500. Call (510) 284-1565.

strong, very pretty, never used, includes mast,

until 3/6/95.

obo. (510) 846-3941. RANGER 23. Snowstorm. Race rigged with good

boom, rudder, tiller, board. $600 obo. In Sacra¬ mento, Gary, (916) 684-3646.

to excellent sail inventory. Great bay boat with an 12-FT SAILING DINGHY, new Hobie monohull (used 4x); almost impossible to capsize, easy to

active one design fleet. Berkeley berth. Priced for

24 FEET & UNDER

immediate sale at $5,000 or make offer. Call

EL TORO, #11565, self-rescue, marine fir ply,

sail, 1 to 3 (or 4) people; bought for daughter who

very solid construction - perfect for kids smashing

is leaving country; our loss, your fun. $950. (510)

PEARSON 23,1982, Cat-rigged. Roomy cabin

into docks, excellent condition, includes mast,

865-7500 dys, (510) 522-7963 eves.

with double berth, porta-potti, VHF, battery, an¬

George, (415) 981-8200 wkdys; (510) 2234233 wknds.

boom, rudder, tiller, board. $550 obo. Sail, hard¬

chor, Mariner 8 hp low hrs. Fun for Bay or Delta.

RANGER 23,1972. Good condition, all gear, new

ware available. In Sacramento, call Gary, (916)

Very good condition. Reduced to $4,500. Vallejo

motor, good bottom, a steal at $4,000.461-0880.

684-3646.

berth. Possible owner financing. (916) 393-6901.

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1987 FLICKA, Pacific Seacraft. Lying Fort Myers

LIGHTNING 19-FT, #13869 Nickels, SS board,

O’DAY 22-FT SLOOP. Sleeps4, porta-potti, roller

BEAR. Restore a unique piece of Bay Area

Florida on the hard. Bahamas veteran ready to go

race rigged, covers, trailer, sails, self rescuing and

history. The Bear fleet has a number of excellent

again. Windvane Autohelm VHF, DS, knot, roller

reefing, new jib, 6 hp o/b w/gas tank, ground

self bailing, excellent condition, one of the nicest

tackle, safety gear. Great Bay boat. Simple to

candidates available. The price is negotiable.

furling, Yanmar, enclosed head, dinghy. (813)

Lightnings on the Bay. $4,700. Call Dave, (707) 664-9696.

learn/handle. Berkeley slip. $2,900. Call (415) 897-2916.

Contact Chris, at (510) 339-1071 or Bill at (415) 332-4857.

489-2030. (408) 479-4881. $31,500 offers. COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24’ Strongly built

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24,1966. Sturdy, full keel,

CATALINA 22, 1973. Swing keel with trailer.

24-FT 1966 JOLLY ROGER f/g sloop. 7.5 o/b, 6

pocket cruiser. New rigging, all lines led aft, 7.5

9.9 hp Johnson electric start Leading Edge main

sails, VHF, depth. $3,000 obo. (415) 453-4091.

ob, full set of sails, VHF, DS, KM. $2,800. (408)

Great condition. New topside and bottom paint 8/

w/reef, Horizon VHF, am/fm cassette, knot log,

749-2752, dy. (510) 634-7209, eve.

94. New cushion covers, VHF, antenna, dodger,

depth, Plastimo compass, battery charger, 2

150 & 90% jibs, Johnson 6 hp o/b. Alameda berth.

FARR 727 1/4 TONNER completely repainted.

Danforth anchors, safety equipment, 20 gallon

$4,500 obo. (408) 377-1902.

Buy now and join the increasingly active 1/4 ton

water, sink, head, Alameda berth. $2,500 obo. (916) 722-5693.

SANTANA 22 #529, cruise/race ready. Full sail

SANTANA 22, for sale or 1/2 partnership, red hull, fun, race-rigged, outboard motor, Pineapple and North jibs, North main, docked in Sausalito. Call

fleet. 17 bags of sails, exc. condition, fun boat to sail. Asking $9,800. (510) 865-4109, ask for Carl.

inventory, new shore jib, bow/stern pulpit, refit

Gina (415) 391-5055, $3,500. or partnership

1982 PACIFIC SEACRAFT, Flicka 24-ft. A take-

$1,750. plus monthly docking fee.

1982, VHF masthead antenna, KM, compass,

you-anywhere cruiser in very nice shape w/cus-

anchor, 6 hp Evinrude, stereo, extras a Farallon

tom trailer, 1987 Merc. 9.9 Sailpower o/b. Single

veteran. A great Bay fleet. Leaving USA; $4,000. (415) 923-9671.

25TO 28 FEET

22-FT MacGREGOR. Completely equipped: all

NICHOLS 28. Classic fiberglass over wood sloop.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24-FT. Refinished in 1994

handers package, bronze ports, fully inclosed

with new interior paint & varnish, cushions, sail

head, cabin heat, VHF, Loran, tiller pilot & more.

cover, tiller, Johnson outboard, VHF, electrical

$29,500. (408) 479-8503.

system & battery, thru-hull fittings, anchor rode

electronics, safety-gear, anchors, lines, manymore

New top/botlom paint. Late model Atomic 4 &

extras for fun weekends on the Bay. Just bring

instruments. 2 mains, 4 jibs & spinnaker. Com¬

and bottom paint. Excellent Bay boat in great

SAN FRANCISCO BAY PELICAN, custom sails

condition. Sausalito berth. $3,500 obo. Call (415) 331-7713.

& rigging, West System epoxy throughout, roller

food, drinks. Includes trailer, motor. From drive¬

pass, depthsounder, radio & knotmeter. Head,

furling jib, 5 hp o/b, trailer, custom cover, many

way to Bay in 1 hr. Yours for only $2,995. What a

galley and heater. 2 anchors plus line. Excellent

extras. $5,000. (510) 581-6511. A Bay classic. Call and ask for Glen.

bargain. (408) 266-7245.

condition. $8,950. (510) 549-0198.

MacGREGOR 21’, Great condition. 4hp Johnson, trailer, swing keel, cushions, ready to sail. Lots of

J/24,1981. New style hatch, Awlgrip deck. New

28-FT HAWKFARM. This is a great boat with a

new hardware. A great beginner boat you won't

CAPRI 22, 1988 racing cruiser, large cockpit,

racing deck layout, 3 sets of sails. Nissan o/b, knot

very active one design fleet. The boat has a

grow out of for quite awhile. Sleeps four, easy to

sleeps 4, wing keel, trailer, 4 hp o/b, many (7)

set up. $1,999.(408) 335-2746 or (408) 335-1322, msg.

sails, VHF, Loran, excellent condition. $5,900.

log, new running rigging trailer with custom trailer box. Lightly used. (408) 761-0782.

sel engine and is in good shape. (510) 236-2790

complete racing inventory, a recently rebuilt die¬ or (510) 232-7999 for more info.

(707) 822-7268. MERCURY 18-FT older f/g & wood. New alumi¬

23’ BEAR CLASS SLOOP, hull #43, sails, main,

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24,6 sails, sleeps 4, sink,

num mast, stainless steel rigging, paint, varnish.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT, DANA, 1986. 27’ LOA.

self-tending jib and boom, little used genoa and all

shore power, brand new o/b. Sturdy sailer, sacri¬

Some work needed. With trailer. $1,900 obo. Call

Sturdy, stable. Sloop, single handed rigging, 4

halyards afL Rigged. Inboard Aux. Atomic II, var¬

fice at $1,500. Call Rick at 927-3751 or 987-0210.

(707) 823-4179.

sails, inboard Yanmar diesel, DS, KM, VHF, 251b CQR, enclosed head/shower, gimbaled CNG

many other extras, a well maintained boat. $3,400

CAPE DORY 22,1985. High quality, ideal starter

SAN JUAN 21, 1976, slight dull damage, new

stove/oven, 2 water tanks, sleeps 4. Vallejo.

ObO. (415) 854-4888.

boat. Full keel Alberg design, new VHF, compass,

Hood reacher-drifter, Cal 22 genny, internal gas tank, VHF, lifelines, depth/fishfinder. Trailer has

$49,000.(916) 477-8421, eves.

CAL 20, Berkeley slip. Fun Bay boat. Sleeps four.

and 2 jibs. New LPU bottom in '93. Excellent

new axle, $2,500.1990 6 hp Johnson SailMaster

CHRYSLER 26 w/trailer. Recent survey, perfect.

Recent standing rigging, keel bolts, and bottom

condition, must see. $9,950 obo. (707) 765-1340.

longshaft, $800. 1992 10-ft Zodiac with oars & gasttank, $700.1955 Bluejay, needs rudder and

New and improved everything: dodger, custom teak bow anchor roller, upholstery, cushions,

nish and paint good, cruise ready, full cover and

DS, 5 hp Honda (recent) solar batt. charger, main

paint. Lots of sails including spinnaker, depth finder, compass, two anchors, life jackets, 4 hp

SCHOCK 23, 1988 w/trailer, 10 hp Honda, 3

centerboard; varnished deck, interior and mast,

oversized boom/main, 100 & 130 jibs, bottom

Mercury o/b. $1,800 obo.Michael (510) 215-7902, Iv. msg.

headsails, poptop, $5,000 worth of extras. Dry sailed fresh water boat better than new. Fast

original canvas sails, trailer has new lights, $700. 15-ft Bank Dory, pine over oak, restored and

alcohol stove, icebox, 25 gal. water, 11 fuel,

comfortable pocket cruiser, 23.5'length, 8.5'beam,

varnished, quite tender and leaky, with oars, $700.

adjustable backstay, boot & cove, keel wench,

2,800 lb. Displacement, 3.5 draft. (916) 933-4079. $11,500.

Moving. Call before 9 pm, (510) 233-5065.

spinnaker w/polei tabernacle, AC, dual batteries, charger, more. Lived aboard and sailed two sum¬

S2 GRAND SLAM, 6.7M onedesign, fractional rig

mers in San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands.

sloop, North sails, main, 150, 110 and tri-radial spinnaker. Adjustable rig for fast cruising or rac¬

designed. $12,000. (408) 688-2911.

RANGER 23, Great Bay and Delta boat. 7 hp Johnson long shaft with alternator, 3 sails, anchor, VHF, KM, DF, Autohelm autopilot, 1-burner stove, pressure water. $5,000. (510) 634-2451.

ISLANDER 24. Excellent condition. New bottom, VHF, depth, knot, 9.9 hp Johnson o/b with electric

paint, VHF, stereo, knot, depth, enclosed head,

Perhaps best pocket cruiser ever. Herreshoff

RANGER 23. Red Fox, 6 sails, 8 winches, tandem

start and cockpit controls, new battery, club-footed,

ing. Fully retractable keel (6" draft, when up) for

axle trailer, 2 compasses, 6 hp o/b, race rigged,

jib, genoa, marine head, porta-potti. Redwood

optimum performane and safety. Johnson o/b 7.5

28 COLUMBIA, new standing rigging spinnaker

epoxy bottom. Asking $6,500. Phone Tom (415)

City berth. Owner financing. $3,300. Call (408)

hp. V and 2 quarter berths, porta-potti, radio and

plus 3 sails. Atomic 4 engine. Great boat for bay.

899-4465 w; (707) 7784)291 h.

734-6406 dys; (415) 261-1334 eves.

cassette. Lots of misc. gear including safety items.

Berthed at Oakland Estuary Embarcadero Cove.

Tandem trailer. Currently slipped in Emeryville

$8,000 obo. (510) 623-1926, after 6 pm.

MELGES 24. #28, Quantum Libet. This fast and

J/24. Always dry-sailed from the San Francisco

and ready to sail. $5,900 obo. Call John at (407)

successful boat is set up to win and is ready for the

cityfront, brand new mast, large sail inventory,

477-3040 to arrange demonstration.

new season. Join the world’s fastest growing fleet

new headsails, new style hatch, 4.5 hp o/b,

for only $34,900. Call David, (415) 296-9564,

Caulkins double axle trailer, $8,000 obo. Call

S-222-FT. Full keel-centerboard, flush deck, sleep

eves or (510) 233-7500.

(415) 435-4899, Iv. msg.

4, porta-potti, sink, 20 gal. freshwater, 7.5 Merc, o/

& VHS. Fun boat, asking $9,300. 2nd caring

b, main & jib, EZ loader double axle trlr, Sausalito

owner. Emeryville berth. (510) 531-5663.

CATALINA 25, in great shape with custom teak interior & extras. Fixed keel & heavy duty rigging make a great bay boat. Rebuilt Honda 7.5, depth

WAVELENGTH 24,1984. Beautiful hull, trailer, 5

MONTGOMERY 15,1985. Trailer, new Yamaha

berth, dockside storage locker. $2,900. Call (415)

hpMarinero/b,80°dacron, 95°mylar, 125°dacron,

4 hp o/b, good sails, new centerboard. Great little

332-8784.

CAL 2-27, 1976. Atomic 4, new standing and

brand new 110 North mylar, 146°-155° mylar, 3/4

sailer. $4,000. Rich, (415) 512-6257 dys; (415)

02. Pineapplespinn. KM, compass, Loran, Harken

331-7954 eves.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1964. Ready

$9,000.(510)865-5388.

hardware, faired keel, race ready. $8,400. (707)

running rigging, DS, shore power, opening ports.

to sail. Loaded with extras: great motor, hand-held

277-9763.

1980 CATALINA 22. Swing keel on excellent

VHF, new battery, 5 sails, head, running lights,

condition trailer. New LPU hull and topsides. New

jiffy reef. Sturdy, fun, Bay sailer. $3,000. Sausalito

PEARSON 23, Cat rig, 1983. Excellent condition,

bottom job. All necessary equipment. Lake, Bay

berth. Call James (415) 221-6773 or Steve, (415)

new 8 hp, Nissan, porta-potti, sink, DS, compass,

orOcean, take anywhere. $3,950. (510)237-0145.

331-5919.

S-2 26-FT C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar dsl, new galvanized EZ loader, new DS, complete new beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD stereo, all new canvas, lots of custom work.

comfortable cabin/cockpit. Remove the work, add

Perfect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new

fun, easily sailed by 1 person. Great boat to learn

cond. Must see. $16,900. (408) 371-7266, eves.

on. Asking $4,800. (415) 467-0388.

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C & C 25, 1974. Excellent Bay boat in great

'25 ALBIN MOTORSAILER (SWEDISH). Main &

BARGAIN, Bristol 27, 7.5 Evinrude, VHF, DS,

COLUMBIA 8.3,1978 Alan Payne design. Wheel

condition. New standing rigging 1992. New bot¬

after cabin Lottsateak, full equipt. Original diesel

Loran, 2 anchors & rode, 3 mains, 5 jibs, 2 spinna¬

steering, knotmeter, depth sounder, compass,

tom. Full sail inventory incl. 2 spinnakers. 7.5 hp

engine recently maintenanced by Tom Hall ex¬

kers, all lines led aft. Singlehand coastal vet.

VHF, six bags of sails, lapper, 110%, 155%, 2

Suzuki o/b. Inflatable, numerous extras. Berthed

perts. $12,659. Watergate upwind berth. (510)

Stainless BBQ, plus many extras, 2-boat owner.

mains, spinnaker, all downwind rigging and all

in Berkeley. $9,000. (415) 712-1389.

601-0625.

Must sell this one for $5,000. (510) 533-2610.

lines led aft. New canvas covers on main, bin¬

1990 MacGREGOR 26. Water ballast with

ERICSON 27, 1972, Great bay boat, 3 jibs, 2

CATALINA 27' 1975, clean and well maintained.

daggerboard, 9.9 Honda w/ elect, start and gen¬

spinnakers, Atomic 4, sleeps 5, new upholstery,

Teak interior and roomy dinette design. Survey,

sound sailing boat for bay or delta. Offers (707)

erator. Depthsounder, compass, lazy jacks, cover

extensive equipment list, $10,750. Call John at

new bottom paint, new cushions, 2 fine sails, 15

644-8040.

for pop-top, epoxy barrier bottom protection, ex¬

(209) 586-3222.

hp outboard. Requires some updated rigging. Great slip dt South Beach Harbor. $6,950. Let’s

OLSON 25 HULL #99 Santa Cruz built 1986,

SUMMERTIME DREAM - Continually upgraded

talk. Craig (415) 776-0309.

excellent condition, 10 bags of sails, new set of

nacle, forward hatch, winches, single speed sheet

cellent condition. $8,800. (510) 795-7548, Iv. msg. (510) 793-7032, eves.

halyard winches, two speed sheet winches. Good,

North Sails, new Johnson 4hp ob, Knotmeter,

custom Schumacher 26, arguably the most suc¬ SAN JUAN 28,1980. Yanmar diesel ertgine, 10'

cessful midget ocean racer ever on SF Bay. New

26-FT THUNDERBIRD SLOOP. Sail now, but

depth, loran, VHF, lots of extras. Asking $13,500

beam, 6'2" headroom, sleeps 6, sails-main, jib,

rig, perfect sails (3DL genoa and two Genesis

needs work. VHF, KM, sihgle-hand rig, anchor,

obo. Call Jim (510) 933-0197.

genoa, spinnaker. Excellent condition. Sacrifice

mains), trailer, killer stereo, all the go-fast stuff.

brightwork, depth, compass, spinnaker. $2,500

for $16,000. Call for specifications sheet at (916)

You can't beat this boat, but now you can buy it for

obo. (510) 651-2775, before 10pm, Iv. msg.

763-9826, Iv. msg. (in Sacramento).

$11,900 (partners moving up). Jim Bateman, (510) 935-4764.

CAL 2-27,1974. Much loved. New outboard, new

CATALINA 25, launched 1989, tandem trailer. Wing keel, furling genoa, gennaker, pop-top, 10

COLUMBIA 28,1970-Main w/reef, 110,115,150

hp Honda, AC/DC generator, dual batteries, ep¬

Jibs, Spinnaker, running rigging to cockpit, radio,

oxy bottom, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, ste¬ reo, Origo stove, many more goodies. Located

bottom, new battery, but new job in Tucson, so

CHEOY LEE 26 OFFSHORE fiberglass. New:

depth sounder, compass, anchor, strong Atomic

must sell. Roomy interior, lots of teak. Excellent

Foruno radar, GPS, DS, Navikwindvane, Autohelm

4, cushions, screens. Well maintained $8,900.

Folsom Lake. Reduced $15,500 obo. Call (916)

Bay boat. DS, stereo, VH F. Berkeley berth. $6,800.

autopilot, 3 batteries. Much canvas, many sails,

(510) 866-7352 or (707) 554-3912.

621-4688.

Call (510) 540-7818 or (602) 621-4077.

roller furling, SS stove/oven, MSD, lines led aft, 28-FT TRITON #248, Yanmar diesel, new teak

BEST EQUIPPED CATALINA 27 ON BAY: This

FOR SALE, very reasonable, a26foot Thunderbird

anywhere. $10,500 Timothy (510) 684-0916.

much more.

A classic, beautiful yacht, cruise

sloop under construction, nearly finished. May be

trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬

1982 Catalina 27 has everything you need to

port, generous freeboard, liveaboard headroom,

cruise or start racing. Atomic 4 inboard, Martec folding prop, safety package, anchor and rode,

seen at Svendsen's Boat Yard, 1851 Clement

CATALINA 25 WING KEEL, std mast, jib furler,

w/4 berths, two speed winches, main & jib, dodger,

A ve„ Alameda, CA 94501, tele. (510) 522-2886,

split adj. backstay, pop-top & enclosure, 9.9 Merc,

new boom & cushions. 8,500 lbs for $1.41/lb.

dinette interior w/all cushions, cockpit cushions,

or call (408) 296-0632.

long-shaft. Camel hull, stern ladder, life sling,

Myron Spaulding, (415) 332-3721.

tiller extension, Harken traveler, VHF, 7 winches, lines led aft, DS, KM, SailComp package w/true&

compass, marine radio, 2 batteries, cockpit cush¬ HUNTER 27,1980. Diesel, wheel, DS, KM, VHF,

ions, carpeting. EZ loader trailer. At Whiskeytown

COLOMBIA 28,.1968. Great boat, fast, very stable.

apparent wind, countdown timer, 85 & 110 jibs,

AM/FM Cassette, new batteries. Teak interior,

Lake. $12,500. (916) 244-5611.

New Svendsen standing rigging, paint Hogin leech

main, 3/4 oz spinnaker, all spinnaker gear, faired

line, five sails, Atomic 4, sleeps 6, carpet, cush¬

bottom guaranteed blister free. $7,250. Call Gary, (510) 522-0566.

6T headroom below, sleeps 5. New running rigging, lines led aft. Good, clean boat. $14,500

AWESOME MACGREGOR 25 (79). Fully outfit¬

ions, extras+. Moving, must sell. Sacrifice. Berke¬

obo. (510) 356-1312, dys., (510)778-9732, eves.

ted swing keel sloop. Tohatsu 8 (2 yrs) electric

ley. Terms or trade possible. BO over $5,950.

start, inboard controls, generator (works easy as

(707) 576-1850.

CATALINA 27,1977. Pineapple main and furling

ISLANDER 28,1978. Great Bay boat, excellent

an inboard). New head, holding tank. Water tank

condition. Richmond berth. New bottom in ‘93,

(14 gal), sink sump with electric pumpout, shore

25 O'DAY, 1976. Clean in and out, pocket cruiser,

Pioneer CD, loran, VHF, DS. Dinette style interior,

paint in ‘94, tiller, 4 sails inc. spinnaker, Volvo

charger. 150 genoa (3 yrs) new main/jib, bow bag,

keel, self tend jib, perks, gauges, fwd bunks &

head with holding tank, 110V shore power, dual

diesel, beautiful teak and oak cabin, teak and holly

old main/jib, masthead blooper, whisper pole, two jiffy reefs, outhaul, topping lift, all lines aft. Harken

head/sink area, galley unit, w/4 hp Yamaha OB.

batteries with charger, 2 anchors. All safety equip¬

$9,o00, w/o OB $8,000. (510) 458-9702.

ment included. 30 hp Atomic 4 inboard, complete

sole, many extras. $15,500. (510) 372-5830.

110 jib. Dodger, new autohelm autopilot, new

main sheet system, jack lines, custom lazerette

bottom job 3/93. Great Coyote Point berth. Delta

1973 CATALINA 27, dinette version, excellent

for rode, fuel. MOB pole, new Lewmars, covers,

CAL 2-27 “Con Carino”. 4 time YRA season

veteran and ready to go again. This is my baby,

condition. Atomic 4, roller furling, tall rig, spinna¬

floating handle, Wincher self-tailers. Canvas

champion, impressive PHRF record. New race

but new baby (pregnancy) forces sale. $10,500

ker, all lines lead to cockpit, DS, KM, VHF, lighted

dodger, VHF, masthead antenna, wind arrow,

bottom 10/94. Have receipts for $10,000+ in up¬

(408)922-0575.

compass, extra main and genoa. Interior four

compass, propane stove, custom pantry, 4 teak

graded equipment. Extra winches, Loran, SatNav,

years new. Lots of extras. Bargain at $9,500. Call

storage racks, 2 extinguishers, 4 anchors, rode.

VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, compass, Martec

CATALINA 25,1985. Fixed keel, new 1994 Nissan

(707) 426-2357.

Quiet Alameda upwind berth. Trailer condition

folding prop, North full-batten main, 120% Class

8 hp, 2 jibs, VHF, shore power, tiller pilot, inflat¬

poor, new bottom 5/94. $4,500. (408) 356-5119.

lapper, 155% . mylar genoa, spinnaker gear, 2

able, pop-top and many other extras. Needs some

cruising jibs, many custom rigging & deck layout

blister work, great opportunity for Dl Yer. Transfer forces sale. $5,200. Dave, (707) 553-8963.

CATALINA 25,1980. Great Bay boat in excellent shape, fixed keel, Honda 8.0, cushions, pop-top

25- FTMacGREGOR, 1985, new8hpO/B, VHF,

feature. Active class -16 consecutive seasons w/

with cover, whisker pole, VHF, dual batteries,

DS, teak interior, complete accessories, ready to

10 or more qualifiers. Comfortable teak interior.

many extras, Benicia berth. $8,500. Call Ken

sail, swing keel, slip in So. SFO is under $100/mo.

Standing headroom. Looks great! (Check S.F.

(707) 745-0226.

Low maintenance boat, good condition-, $3,850 w/

Sea Scouts ad). $15,950 (510) 284-1694 days,

ISLANDER 28,1981, very clean, excellent condi¬

o trailer. (707) 586-0944, (408) 997-0132.

(510) 837-4648 eves.

tion, hauled and survey 2/95,4 headsails, Loran,

diesel, excellent condition. $28,500. Call (510)

26- FT BALBOA. Remodeled, very clean with

27 FT. MODIFIED VERTUE, 1955 classic wood

932-6656.

swing keel, 5’6" headroom, tandem trailer and slip

sloop. Yanmar diesel,dinghy, autopilot, teak deck,

in beautiful Monterey, CA. $20,000. (408) 224-

dodger. Hull refastened and rebuilt interior. A

3434 dys, (408) 225-8181 eves.

great sailing boat, reasonably priced that needs a

15/95. Johnson o/b. Sleeps 5, hull #970. Nice

new owner to care for her. Asking $4,500. Cal!

boat. Call (510) 276-2926 or (415) 220-1774, pager.

CAPE DORY 28,1980. Classic design, full keel,

VHF, KM, DS, stereo, diesel, Autohelm'. $17,900.

1978 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25, Goblin. $27,500. Refitted over last 18 months into smart, balanced and handy auxiliary sloop. For info. pkg. E-Mail:

26-FT S-2 HD. Trailer & extension. Volvo DS, 5

francis@pangea.stanford.edu. or

sails, spin, Wheel, ST-3000 autohelm, Loran,

Voice: (415)

723-9390.

Bruce (415) 595-1934.

(415) 488-9504 or (510)231-8261. COLUMBIA 26 MK2 new bottom paint haulout 1/

VHF, sp-log., depth, full cockpit enclosure, 6'2" in

ISLANDER 28, 1982. Great condition. Almost

CORONADO 25, 1967. Newly upgraded sails,

kitchen, holding tank, 2 bilge pumps, 16.5 Bruce,

new upholstery and stove., auto furl jib, autopilot,

electronics, rigging. Nissan 8 hp elect, start. KM,

CATALINA 27,1985. Diesel, new bottom and

50' chain & 3001/2" &2 Danforths. 8’ Avon. Call for

head w/holding tank, Yanmar diesel, DS, VHF,

DS, FishFinder, Autohelm, modern winches, life

topside paint 94, furling jib, 3 anchors, 5 winches,

picture & equipment list. Two boat owner, give

lots of teak in cabin. Coyote Pt. berth. $19,400.

sling, lines to cockpit, head & tank, delux. cabin,

depth, compass and knot gauges, whisker pole,

away $24,950. Lake Tahoe (702) 588-8957.

(415) 688-9341 days, (415) 726-4683 eves and

new upholstery. $3,900. Call Ben/Harvey, (415)

weekends.

331-7965.

adj. backstay, head with tank, galley, good sails, excellent boat. $16,850. (510) 672-1681.

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CAL 27,1972. Comfortable cruising boat, depth

ERICSON 32,1974,20 hp Yanmar diesel, Loran,

ETCHELLS. The fast boat you want in the most

sounder, knot meter, VHP, spinnakergear, poptop,

SatNav, VHF, stereo, wheel, 3 jibs, sleeps 6.

competitive fleet in San Francisco Bay. New mast,

full galley, five headsails, twin luff forestay, Honda

new. R igged for racing or cruising. Extra winches,

Santa Cruz slip included, $19,900.(408) 370-1521.

faired fins, many sails, well managed sail card, full

tracks, sails. Only 150 hours on diesel. $39,000

cover, two axle trailer. Lots of everything in top

obo.(415)941-8748.

condition. $18,000. Dave (415) 365-8972 phone/ fax.

CATALINA 30,1980, Atomic4, VHF,depth,wind,

10 hp, bottom paint 1994, bunch of goodies. $4,900. Call (916) 795-1745.

J/29, 1984. All race gear. Successful record. Ocean racing equipped. Berthed in SF City Ma¬

RANGER 26,1974. Well maintained, new stain¬

rina.

less steel keelbolts, all lines led aft, eight bags,

Cunningham, (415) 961-3300 dys/lv. msg.

Many

extras. $14,950 firm.

Peter

two anchors, VHF, knotmeter, compass, charts,

CATALINA 30,1989. Very clean, compare with

speed KM, he pressure water, stereo, dodger, SANTANA 30, sloop, meticulously maintained,

refrigerator, life sling, charger, alcohol stove.

full galley and head, sleeps 5, VHF, depth, speed,

$22,500.(916)432-0246.

7.5 hp outboard and more. Easily singlehanded.

RANGER 29, 1972. Standard sails plus large

Loran, Autohelm 2000, Pineapple sails, new rig¬

Sleeps 4. Moving. $4,500. Pete, (707) 646-8489 dys or (707) 557-5670, eves.

roller furl (not installed). Universal marine 30 hp

ging, Navtec back stay adjuster, vang/topping lift,

NEWPORT 30,1970, dean, sound, roomy, fast

inboard. Compass, VHF radio, depth finder, amI

1 lOV/battery charger, Volvo diesel, Martec prop,

family Bay cruiser, new bottom paint/survey, cus¬

fm cassette. Good condition, no racing or hard

hauled 7/94. $19,900. (510) 841-3511.

tom galley, CNG stove/oven, VHF, stereo/cass.,

CA L 9.2,1981. Cru iser/racer, diesel, Martec MKIII,

jib, Atomic 4, tabernacled mast, Alameda berth.

lots of sails including spinnakers, Loran, autopilot,

$9,500 for tax man. (408) 354-9313.

26- FT PEARSON ARIEL sloop, o/b, 3 sails.

use. Located at Hidden Harbor Marina near Rio

$3,800.(415)892-5016.

Vista. $11,500. (916) 854-3702, (916) 488-0967, msg.

CATALINA 27,1972. Excellent condition, single

DS, WS/D, KM, compass, spinnaker, 150,110, w/

stereo, LPG, stove, BBQ, heater, Kenyon, Barient,

handed rigged, lessons, 9.9 Evinrude o/b "as

NEWPORT 30 III, 1982. Loaded and in excellent

Harken - good gear. Steal it. $16,000. Cash. (415)

30-FT CLASSIC 1947. Hurricane. Designed and

new”, autopilot w/remote available, hauled ’92,

condition. Uniquesails rig with furling jiband main.

697-5685, eves.

built by Nunes Bros, in Sausalito for Ocean and

radio, DS, main, jib, shore power, galley, main¬

Low hour diesel, custom wheel, new dodger,

tained weekly, extras, reduced to sell, $6,950.

depthfinder, RDF, oven/stove, custom interior,

SEARUNNER 31-FT, #132, propane 2-burner,

Bay sailing. Hauled and surveyed 1994. Insured $15,000. Mahogany cabin and cockpit have 13

Diane, (408) 929-6510.

VHF, indoor/out stereo, 2 anchors/windlass,

stainless sink, VHF, anchors, rode, nice main,

coats of varnish. Completely rebuilt Atomic 4.

genoa staysail, yankee, storm trysail, new sail

Asking $7,000.(415)455-8972.

27- FT PEARSON RENEGADE. Excellent condi¬

shower, self-tailing winches, more. $26,900. (510) 655-9469, Rick K.

Harken blocks, sailing dinghy. Santa Cruz built.

HUNTER 31,1984. Excellent condition, Yanmar

blooper, whisker pole, spinnaker pole roller furl¬

CAL 3-30. Very good condition: LP hull & deck,

diesel, custom teak companionway doors, full

ing, VHF, DS, knotmeter, '94 bottom paint,

keel, rudder & bottom faired with epoxy barrier

Asking $8,000. (510) 237-8339. P.O. Box 7701, Berkeley, CA 94707.

Herreshoff design, 15 hp saildrive (inboard). A

coat, excellent sail inventory, Atomic 4, custom

classic Bay/Delta cruiser. $6,500. (415) 487-5146.

interior, galley, nav. station, head, sleeps 5, many

CAL 30,1978. Sturdily built, dry boat. Great for

liveaboard, wood-burning stove, h/c on demand

extras. Call for list. $17,500. (805) 985-4746,

cruising around the bay. Will sell for $9,000 as it

water, inverter, VHF, DS, KM, Loran. Jib, genoa,

Oxnard.

needs a new engine. (415) 931-2664.

spinnaker w/pole, main w/jiffy reef system. Much

V-berth, 2 pilot berths, cockpit cushions, teak

30-FT CLIPPER MARINE, 1984. Excellent condi¬

MORGAN 30, 1974. Auxiliary sloop with new

cruising. Owner must sell the boat. $31,500. (415)

interior w/drop table, full boat cover, one onwer,

tion, ready to sail. Sausalito berth. New $1,500 o/

rigging, valves, hoses, fuel lines, and lifelines.

871-8012.

offer at $6,500 obo. (510) 829-1686.

b included, appraised last year at $9,000. Best

Liveaboard, roomy interior with 6T headroom,

offer takes it. Leave message for return call: (415)

large V-berth, new paint and wood. Main, jib,

541-5059.

spinnaker, 2 genoas. Recent haulout and survey.

Universal diesel, radar, Force 10 stove, new sails,

Must sell. $10,000. (916)885-1006.

much more. $21,800 firm. (510) 339-2976.

tion, loaded sail locker, 4 jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker,

27-FT BALBOA. Lyle Hess design, swing-keel

cover, Lewmar winches, new mainsheet with new

Recent survey, new bottom paint 3/94. Great

inboard diesel, VHF, galley w/water, portable head,

BEST AVAILABLE SOLING (27') on the west

dodger, all lines lead aft for ease of handling.

more. Must see to appreciate. Great Bay sailing or

coast. Many sails, 1 unused set, aluminum trailer,

30-FT YANKEE SLOOP, 1971 pristine classic,

Melges rigged for Robbie Haines, 2 covers: 1/2

C & C 31,1968. One of the classics. New bottom

and full. California Cup Winner, proven champion;

job. Recent rigging. All lines led aft, epoxy bottom,

30-FT CHEOY LEE Luders sloop, 2 cyl. Volvo

30-FT DAYSAILER/RACER, w/trailer, built 1948,

1st $7,000 and start winning regattas. Call Mark,

KM, DS Loran, VHF, stereo, 2 mains, 3 jibs,

diesel, lots of teak in and out. Needs a bit of TLC,

classic speedster - good condition. Only $2,200.

391-4400.

spinnaker. Atomic 4. Well maintained. $13,000.

but it’s a great boat. Comes with SF Marina berth.

Marty, (510) 443-6358, or Ted, (510) 886-1725.

$17,500. Call/lv. msg. (510) 865-2817.

Also 24' sailboat molds for free. (209) 725-0627, eves.

OLSON 30, trailer, 8 sails, 4 spinnakers, full

CATALINA 30, 1983. Low hour diesel, wheel,

ERICSON 30+, 1982. Diesel, wheel, Loran, depth,

instruments, excellent condition. $19,000. (209)

roller furling, Loran, VHF, DF, 2-burner stove with

KM, VHF, new standing rigging '92, some new

228-3517, wk., (209) 2984874, hm.

oven, 3-stage charger, 2 anchors, Lifesling.

sails, like new inflatable, stereo, manual & h/c

29 TO 31 FEET OLSON 30, saii #8276 Excitable Boy. VHF, in¬ struments, compasses, new sails, new mast, full

$24,000. (510) 798-0133, eves. 71 ERICSON 29, good shape, recent survey and

pressure water, battery charger, sleeps 6,2 an¬ chors, self tailing winches, epoxy bottom. Sacri¬

cover, man overboard pole, stereo, two axle trailer,

bottom paint, Atomic 4, self-tending jib, 120,140,

CAL 9.2,1982. Sloop 30 foot Atomic 4 diesel, fully

etc. $20,000. (209) 435-1074 or (408) 384-6163.

staysail, storm jib, Autohelm 1000, DS, KM, VHF,

equipped new upholstery, in Redwood City slip.

lots of extras, everything goes. Reduced to

$18,000. Don, (415) 962-2472, (408) 734-4507.

29- FT BALTIC CRUISER, 1962. Sleek Danish

30-FT PEARSON, 1972. Strongly built perfor¬

$10,495.(800)321-8972.

fice $25,500 obo. Chuck (707) 645-1206.

ERICSON 29,1971. Clean and maintained. Furl¬

design. Fiberglass over wood. Sloop rigged for heavy weather sailing. Ideal for Bay. Sleeps 4,2

graded teak interior, 2 jibs, 2 mains, VHF, KM, DF,

30-FT CATALINA, 1985. Loaded, excellent con¬

ing jib, tiller, 2-speed winches, 2 anchors, VHF,

mains sails, jib, genoa, spinnaker, VHF, 8 hp 1993

compass, stereo, new sail covers, thru hulls re¬ cently replaced, Atomic 4, all operating perfectly.

dition, tall rig, dodger, diesel, furling genoa, spin¬

KM, compass, shorepower, Atomic 4, gel batter¬

Honda o/b, 30 hrs. $8,000. Call Stephen, (415)

naker, radar, VHF, stereo, dinghy, davits, refrig¬

ies, canvas cover, new bottom. Inflatable incl.

621-0231.

eration, solarcells, 3 batteries, 4 anchors, ex¬

$12,500. Berkeley slip. (510) 527-2737, eves.

mance cruiser. Clean and well maintained. Up¬

$11,500 obo. (916) 753-8901 eves.

tended water and fuel tanks, maintenance-free

30- FT BENETEAU FIRST 305, (1985). Well main¬

30-FT HUNTER, 1976. Yanmar diesel engine,

shaftseal, meticulously maintained and ready for

CATALINA 30,1984. Cruise equipped, Mexico

tained, beautiful cruiser/racer, 1994 race winner.

dripless seal shaft, rollerfurlingjib, Loran, Autohelm

cruising. $36,000 obo. (619) 279-6087.

vet. Smooth running 3 cyl. diesel, wheel steering,

All teak interior, 2 private staterooms, sleeps 6.

150,110 & 82% jibs. Tabernacle mast, dodger, 2

Teak/holly sole, folding table/wine rack, color co¬

w/wheel steering and compass, KM, knotlog, DS, VHF radio, h/c pressure water, BBQ, battery

30-FT HUNTER, 1989. Very clean and well

anchors, windlass, Loran, Autohelm, fridge, pro¬

ordinated cushions, 30 gal water tank. LPG stove/

charger & 110 dock cord, well maintained. $16,995

equipped: dodger, wheel, furling jib, Autohelm,

pane stove & heater, much more. Good condition.

oven, twin sinks, lots of storage space. Almost

obo. (408) 946-7058.

wing keel, all lines to cockpit, 18 hp diesel, 2

$28,000. (408) 246-8231.

new North 95% and 155% jibs; 125% furling jib. Full batten main, Elvstrom delivery main and 3/4

batteries, radio, hot and cold pressure water, OLSEN 91 IS. Built by Olson, this boat has agreat

shower, swim ladder, stove with oven, etc. $42,000.

CAL 2-30 Boreas, Atomic 4, VHF, Loran, depth,

oz. spinnaker. New Harken split-drum furling,

racing record but is also an excellent cruising

(408) 266-9996.

knots, safety equipment, new main 4/92, 150,

quick vang, Martec folding prop and sheet stop¬

145, 95%, club jib, spinnaker, bottom job 4/92,

pers. Lewmar self-tailing, two speed winches. New running rigging. All lines led aft to cockpit.

boat. Recently hauled and in excellent condition with many extras. $45,000. Call (510) 521-9059

30-FT KNARR #74. New mast and rigging and

fresh water sailed. Full galley w/3-burner stove/

for details.

more. Races YR A one design (wknds.) and WBRA

oven, head and holding tank, 2 anchors, great

Yanmar diesel, low hours, Raycor fuel filter, Voy¬

(Wed. night). IKC is in S.F. in '95. $6,000 obo., or

boat. $17,500. Phone (209) 634-4773.

ager Loran, Signet Smart Pak, full boat cover, plus

1/4 equity at $1,500 obo. + mo. Gashouse Cove,

lots more. $40,500. Phone, (916) 646-3400; (916)

S.F. berth. Whitt (415) 331-7989, wk.

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30-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1979, with exten¬

PEARSON 32. Sleek, fin-keeled racer/cruiser.

35-FT NIAGRA MK1. Fast cruiser. Large cabins

34- FT ATKIN KETCH, 1961. At47-ft LOA Auwana

sive list of equipment including 3 headsails,

Recent major refit with lots of sailing goodies and

fore & aft. New main & sea furl & V-drive. Full

is constructed of Alaskan yellow cedar laid on

gennaker, wheel, pole, Volvo diesel, folding prop,

electronics. A fast, bullet-proof yacht, suitable for

galley, large head & shower. Dodger, Autohelm,

Apitong frames. Completely restored (1991-1994)

2 anchors, instruments, stove, h & c water, head,

bay or ocean, in excellent condition. Never blis¬

Westerbeke 50.150,110,80 & gennaker w/sock.

from fasteners to sails and from electrical system

shower, stereo, BBQ, VHF. Very clean. Fast,

tered. $32,500 obo. (707) 554-8725.

Reefer & instant hot water. A steal $63,000 or

to rebuilt Yanmar with new transmission. Over

reasonable offer. (510) 828-4880.

$100,000 invested. Auwana was built and re¬

stable, comfortable, well balanced. $19,000. Mo¬

stored with passion, has wonderful balance under

ISLANDER 32,1964. Comfortable, ready to sail.

tivated. Negotiable. (415) 579-2671.

New Loran, Autohelm tiller pilot, CNG stove/oven,

WESTSAIL 32, epoxy bottom. New paint topsides

sail, is in rhythm with the ocean, and is many times

NEWPORT 3011,1975. Versatile bay, ocean, delta

depth/knotmeters, new heavier rigging, cockpit

deck, new canvas, including dodger, new rigging,

a trans-Pacific veteran. $65,000 buys the deal of

racer/cruiser. Twice YRA fleet champion, com¬

dodger, lifeline canvas, strong fiberglass hull.

new engine, two sets sails, windvane, GPS, loran,

a lifetime. Call Ted or Cathy at (510) 523-6186.

fortable roomy family boat. Full sail inventory,

$14,000 or $23,000 with prime 35' Santa Barbara

radar, SSB, 3 anchors, solar wind, gas genera¬

spinnakers, Yanmar, Martec prop, Loran, KM,

slip. Reasonableoffer considered. (805)735-4456.

tors. New fuel, water tanks. $58,500. Call (916)

CATALINA 34,1987. Roller furling, 150%, 120%,

842-8281 dys.

95%, cruising chute. Refrigeration, Datamarine

depthfinder, VHF, LPG oven/stove, ’94 survey,

instrumentation, Loran, factory special gray hull,

new bottom, much more. $17,000 obo; Ready for

CUSTOM CHOATE 33. Consistent winner. 13

Spring sailing. (415) 461-5837.

sails, diesel, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual

33-FT SOVEREL, ‘86, Ultra light, PHRF 90, Olson

VHF, stereo, self-tailing winches. Berthed Emery

water tank, etc. Photos, survey, equipment list

built, epoxied bottom, full racing gear, 4 spinna¬

Cove. $50,000. Firm, no deals. Principals only.

CATALINA 30, excellent condition, looks new.

upon request. Moored in Marina del Rey. Asking

kers, 16 bags sails, new set in '93,4 bunks, galley,

(209) 478-2642.

Rebuilt Yanmar diesel, 3 hrs. Wheel helm, pro¬

$32,000 obo. (310)479-0116 (eves).

chart table, auto pilot, Yanmar diesel, folding prop. $35,000. Monterey dock available. (408)

PETERSON 34,1978.20 hp Yanmar diesel, tiller,

KM, 4 sails, new custom cushions, much more. All

CORONADO 34. It’s what you can’t see that

372-2352.

3 spinnakers, many headsails, winches, poles,

cash to seller. $24,500. (415) 365-6712 or (415)

counts. Rebuilt Swedish Albin diesel (1,000 miles

574-7000.

cruising range - engines and parts still manufac¬

CATALINA 34, 1987. Tahoe condo dock won’t

chase option. $15,000 obo by 4-1 -95. Sea Scouts,

tured) . 12-volt fresh water pump. New heavy-duty

accommodate this fabulous family cruiser. Wanted:

(510) 869-3875.

CATA LIN A 30,1976. Very clean. Atomic 4, cruise

wiring. New bronze thru-hulls and valves. And

new owner to apply love & attn. Roller furling.

equipped, tabernacle mast, dodger, pressure

what you can see. Heavy-duty standing rigging.

Interior/exterior like new. Microwave, VHF, knot,

1977 ISLANDER 32. Great liveaboard for 2 years.

water, refrigeration, holding tank, custom interior,

Self-furling jib. New mainsail and reinforced 120

depth, wind instruments. Very low hour diesel.

Fireplace, Atomic 4, excellent condition. $27,000.

stove & heater, cockpit cushions & canvas,

jib. Near new 90 jib. Pedestal steering. New

$53,500.’<916) 427-2732.

Dennis or Karey, (510) 679-1343, eves/wknds.

Tillermaster, windspeed, depth, knot meter, VHF,

sailcover, dodger and 1” stainless frame. Stain¬

stereo, microwave, lots more. $19,500. Call (415)

less davits. Fatty Knees sailing/rowing dinghy.

CAL 34,1967. Hull #2, Jensen built, strong and

1991 PACIFIC SEACRAFT Crealock 34-ft, cutter

331-9267.

New British Seagull outboard. Over $85,000. in¬

fast, excellent condition, ready to go, lovingly

rigged. Custom equipped and loaded with only the

vested. $47,750. firm. No brokers. New all weather

maintained, many extras including new canvas,

best. Low engine hours, rarely used. Meticulously

carpeting will be installed upon purchase. Outside

new dodger, new interior, hot and cold pressure

maintained; in Bristol condition. Avoid dealer com¬

teak trim will be professionally varnished or oiled

water, VHF, depth, wind indicator, cozy and bright.

missions. $122,000 firm. Serious buyers only..

(buyer’schoice).Contact Richard ,(415)258-9656.

$20,500 obo. (310) 306-7218.

Moored in Anacortes, WA. (360) 679-7979, no

ISLANDER 32. Excellent boat for Baja and be¬

SPENCER 34 (1978 Mull-influenced racer/cruiser),

yond. Main, club jib, genoa, spinnaker, DS, radio,

11 hp Yanmar, GPS, sounder, VHF, stereo,

PEARSON VANGUARD 32.5,1965. Yanmar die¬

Paloma, propane furnace & range. Sleeps 4,

sel 2 GMF15 hp, 370 hours, dodger, auto pilot, 3

Cruise ready. Seller will consider delivery. For

Atomic4, excellent condition, roomy V-berth, stove/ oven, large cockpit, recent survey. Great stout

conversion possible for 6. Furled headsail, hy¬

jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker, drifter, VHF, new uphol¬

more info/equipment list contact: (206) 778-4371.

boat. $18,500 obo. (916) 665-2705.

draulic tensioner, spinnakers. Charts, new epoxy

stery, LPG 3 burner stove & oven, windlass,

paint. Brookings, Oregon. $26,000. Mast dam¬

excellent ground tackle. Walnut interior. $23,500.

aged. (707) 487-5300.

(707) 778-0685.

Westerbeke diesel, IMI Combi full electronics,

pane stove, 110 refrig., holding tank, VHF, DS,

32 TO 35 FEET

but needs haulout, lots of TLC. Lease with pur¬

brokers.

32-FT DREADNOUGHT Tahiti ketch f/g. In Mexico.

$32,000 or trade trk w/trailer/camper +. Motivated seller.

TARTAN 10,1979.33' racing sloop. 5 sails (incl. 2 spinnakers with gear), sleeps 6 with porta-potti,

FUJI 32 KETCH. Classic bluewater cruiser. Very

sink, VHF. Diesel inboard. Hull, engine, sails -

clean, quality boat ready for Bay sailing/cruising

excellent shape. Racing bottom, all under water

32-FT NORWEGIAN CUTTER. Low hours 4-108, velvet drive reduction gear, 1.5” mahogany, on

and liveaboard. Easy to singlehand and maintain.

gear new 1994. Great class racer/weekend cruiser.

oak bronze fastened, new rigging, VHF, recent

VHF, roller furling, refrigerator stove, epoxy bot¬

Autopilot, 40hp diesel, teak interior, hand-layed

(Sitting headroom only). $17,500 obo. Call (510)

decks & cabin top. Needs bottom work. A beautiful

tom at So. Beach. $49,500. (415) 9944543.

fiberglass, never a blister. Call (209) 824-1624.

939-4422.

BRISTOL 35.5,1979. Performance cruiser. 22 hp

boat. $14,500 obo. Carol or Ron, (916) 721-6904 or (916) 744-1680.

1994 35-FT BENETEAU, Oceanis 351. Many

NEWPORT 33, 1984. Well maintained and in

CORONADO 35, 1973. Center cockpit, diesel

excellent condition. Diesel, Furuno radars Loran,

engine, dodger, hot/cold pressure water, refrig¬

ALL-AMERICAN CLASSIC Traveler 32 cutter

sale. $99,950. Berthed at Brickyard Cove. Please

2 VHFs, Navicoautopilot, refrigeration, newHarken

eration, sleeps 6, excellent liveaboard, many ex¬

double-ender, 1976/77. Rawson manufactured

call, (916) 944-3937, between 2:30-7:30 pm (or

furling with North jib, much more. Berthed

tras. 9.9 hp Honda with 10 ft. Zodiac, sailboard

hull #16. Needs TLC. Motivated first-owner must

anytime to leave a message).

Sausalito. Perfect family and/or starter boat.

with rack. $32,500. (415) 365-6513 (Iv. msg.).

sell, so priced only $27,500 obo. Deadline March 15. Phone (510) 769-3703, Weger, Box 1806,

NEWPORT 33,1983 Dodger, h/c water, cockpit

SPENCER 35’ SLOOP. New nano diesel engine,

Lafayette, CA 94549.

cushions, ac/dc TV, ale dc Kool Mate fridge,

$39,000. Ken, (707) 444-9394.

extras. Excellent condition. Health condition forces

CATALINA 34, 1988. Cruise-ready, great

mainsail, dodger. Aries windvane. Extensive parts

liveaboard, all lines to cockpit, roller reefing jib and

and equipment. Many upgrades. Documented.

ISLANDER 34 CUSTOM, launched 1977, fiber¬

Easy to singlehand, Micrologic Loran,' VHF.

genoa, cruising spinnaker, lee clothes, inflatable,

Serious offers considered. $26,000. Call (408)

glass, full keel, Volvo diesel, hauled 10/94,

$28,000. (408) 267-3139.

refrigeration, battery charger, Loran, VHF, depth

724-5040, after 7 p.m.

liveaboard, documented. $16,000. See to appre¬

& knotmeters, h/c pressure, diesel, AP, windlass. $58,000. (916)858-1648.

stereo. Spinnaker, wheel, self-tailing winches.

ciate. (415) 364-9710, after 5 pm.

35- FT US YACHT PILOTHOUSE sloop. Fin keel/

ERICSON 34 SLOOP, 1978, King design., teak

wind. Roller furling 150 genoa. Cruises at 7 kts on

O’DAY 34,1981. Diesel, wheel, good condition, roomy, quarterberth, U-shaped galley, double sink,

skeg rudder. Sails high and fast; 7 kts in 20 kt.

35’5” HUNTER LEGEND 1987-88. Immaculate,

2 ice boxes, H & C pressure water, shower,

int., new cruising spinnaker, hot water (electric)

40 hp diesel. Inside and outside steering/control

loaded. Must sell due to back surgery. Best

propane stove/oven, shore power, 8 sails (incl. 2

auto pilot, new head, fast racing hull, step mast, 8

stations, autopilot, Loran, depthsounder,

equipped Hunter in the country. Call for complete

spinnakers), VHF, Loran, DS, KM, stereo, Brick¬

ft. W. Marine dinghy, 5 hr. Nissan, new sea cocks,

knotmeter, VHF, electric windlass, and Bruce

specs. 4 sails, 4 anchors w/electric windlass,

yard Cove. $29,900. (510) 833-8476.

new paint, 1989 Yanmar, excellent cond. $29,500.

anchor. Propane stove and furnace. 6’4" head-

roller-furling genoa, all lines cockpit-lead, 27 hp

John, (510)521-6432.

room. Sleeps 6 comfortably in 8’ long bunks.

diesel l/B, 10-ft inflatable w/6 hp o/b, Autohelm

CAL 35,1980. See to appreciate this high quality/

4000, wheel steering, galley w/stove & refr., Sig¬

California built, lovingly maintained, fast cruiser.

VALIANT 32,1976. Cutter, good singlehander,

or trade for motor home; pickup/camper with trail-

net Instr. + Loran C & stereo. Generator, solar

Spacious elegant interior/outstanding liveaboard.

cruiser. Autohelm wind vane, cruising spinnaker,

erable boat; Colorado or Montana properly. (719)

panel, etc. Asking just $61,600. (310) 832-5741,

Diesel engine, diesel heater, dodger, windlass,

new batteries, wheel steering, 25 hp diesel.

488-0112.

Judy or Hugh.

radar, Loran, Autohelm 3000, KM, DS, hauledIO/

$35,000, serious offers. (510) 530-4675.

Warm and dry Bay boat. Great liveaboard. $39,000

94 (no blisters). $59,000. Owner (415) 969-9512.

HAPPY BOAT COMPANY

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Marine carpentry & finishing • Bright Work • Deck Repair and Sealing Custom Cabinet Work & Design • Fiberglass Repair • Marine Plumbing

l 'TV 1)

EAST BAY SAIL CLEANING One week on sail repairs. Free estimates.

30 Years U.S. & European Experience.

Bogart-Goring Sailmaker

Call: Tony & Yvonne, (510) 370-7911

(510) 523-9011

OIL & FILTER CHANGE Hand Carved Nameboards

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Ornamentation Wood Carving

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(510)522-5404

Don’t put it off! Protect your boat engine with regular oil & filter changes. Also fuel filter change. Mike Xenos • (510) 865-5650

36 TO 39 FEET

COLUMBIA 36, 1968. The most boat for the

RARE CHALLENGER 50 ketch, 1974. Furling

45- FT SEABIRD YAWL, 1979. Teak, E-bonded,

money. Custom teak interior, new interior cush¬

main, jib. Continuously upgraded, fully found,

gaff-rigged. 55’x13’x(3’9"-7'). Aft cabin, center

ions and pillows, propane stove with oven, refrig¬

recent epoxy bottom. Perfect liveaboard or go

cockpit, 2 HDs, sleeps 6. Westerbeke 50, Benmar

erator, full cockpit enclosure. A great liveaboard 1978-38’ DOWNEASTER cutter rigged sloop, 55

anywhere boat. Too much equipment to list. Must

AP, hot pressurewater. Very well equipped. Clas¬

boat. Pedestal steering, main, jib and spinnaker,

hp diesel, 3.5 kw diesel generator, GPS,

sic boat Bristol condition. Florida. $65,000. Wally

electric winches. $22,000. (415) 331-7228.

see to appreciate. Call for details. $130,000 obo. (707) 745-3858.

microwave, TV. Turnkey cruising boat in Bristol

O’DAY 37, '80 American made fast cruiser, center

condition in Mexico. $69,500. List and specs: Al

43-FT HANS CHRISTIAN full keel ketch, 1980.

43-FT SPINDRIFT center cockpit '81. F/G, teak

cockpit, 2 heads with hot and cold showers, low

Gorgeous teak decks and interior, beautiful glass.

Beesley, 1630 E. Hale, Mesa, AZ 85203, (602) 833-2754.

decks, teak interior, safe bluewater passage mak¬

time on Westerbeke diesel, well equipped with

Three private cabins and pilot berth sleeps 8,

ing and cruising comfort. 80 hp Lehman, 6.5

new Autohelm pilot, VHF, Loran, SatNav, DS,

Perkins 4-154 diesel, Zodiac tender with 4 hp.

knots, Alpha AP, Micrologic Loran, B & G instru¬

speed & log, electric windlass, excellent condi¬

Asking $130,000. (415) 588-8753 for detailed

ments, hydraulic steering, roller furling, 3.5 kw

tion. $43,500. (916) 371-6455.

equipment list, survey findings, or appointment.

diesel generator 300 g. fuel, 260 water, heavy

Moving inland. Tradesconsidered, ski boat? Owner

C & C 38,1976. An excellent, well-built perfor¬

40-FT VALIANT. Cruise the world in the best.

financing. $28,000. (510) 934-6159.

mance cruiser maintained in top condition with

Good condition with new epoxy bottom. Has had

weathertax, AP, solar panels, dodger, 5 batteries,

36’ ANGLEMAN ketch, great liveaboard. Wood, new Volvo diesel 89, elec, windlass, radar, Loran.

at (407) 597-2455.

duty rigging, selftailing winches, VHF. $109,000. (310)547-1242.

continuous improvements and updates. Exten¬

little use. Technautics dual refrigeration, elec,

39’ BALTIC. Pristine example of Finnish crafts¬

40-FT FRERS, 1987. Custom built offshore racer/

sive inventory of sails, winches, electronics and

windlass, H.C. press, water, AP. Price reduced to

cruiser, triple spreader mast head rig, open tran¬

manship. Yanmar 4JH, 48’’wheel, Harken, Espar

other equipment, including recently installed

$82,000 obo. Must sell. (503) 282-2709.

som, clean efficient deck layout, quality electron¬

D5, 10 Hood sails, Nautec rod and hydraulics,

Yanmar diesel, propane stove and new uphol¬ stery. $49,500. (408) 259-3236.

40- FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE. 1980 by Uniflite.

NKE GPS, AP, integrated, Northstar 800X, teak decks. None nicer anywhere. Better than new -

ics, all offshore equipment, 35 hp diesel engine, complete Hood sail inventory, all of this with a

Better than new. One owner, professionally main¬

luxurious teak/cypress interior including aft cabin w/full head room, modern galley and convenient immediately. Reduced $157,000. (619) 222-8046.

inside and out. $147,000 obo. (206) 337-0304.

CAL CRUISING 36. Hard to find, roomy cruiser/ liveaboard. Newly rebuilt Perkins diesel. Furling

tained. Outstanding cruiser/liveaboard w/one state¬ room and big salon. Amenities include: Wood-

ERICSON 38, 1983. Diesel, 300 hrs, dodger,

jib, tabernacled mast, spinnaker, extra sails.

Freeman AP, Grunerl refrigeration, Furuno radar

roller furling, new waterheater, new exhaust, fire¬

Dodger, wheel, VHF, knot, depth, stereo. AC/DC

& Loran, Lewmar winches, dual steering,

place, separate shower, AP, 12 volt fridge/freezer,

refrigeration, propane stove/oven, hot water;

Westerbeke 58 diesel - one of the finest if not the

WILDERNESS 40 (38.5 ft.) U.L.D.B. hull deck

110 gal. water, 80 gal. fuel, gell cell batteries,

charger. Windlass; 45#CQR. $39,900. (310) 3051948 or (714) 650-1946.

best cruiser in the NW. Call for picture and specs.

and cabin. I nterior mold available. Vinylester resin

Asking $150,000. Call (602) 927-6973 or (206) 564-1221.

and vacuum construction for an extremely stiff

(415) 331-2826. 1989 CATALINA 36. $500. finder’s fee. Full can¬

42- HUNTER PASSAGE, 1990. 1991 delivery,

CATALINA 42-FT, 1989.3-cabin, excellent con¬

vas, full cockpit enclosure, solid teak interior, h/c

200 hrs on 62 hp Yanmar, radar, Northern lights

dition, refrigerator, radar, microwave, etc. One

8kw, aircondition/heater, queen bed master cabin,

owner. Call Jim, (415) 574-3456. No dealers

tub, inverter, auto pilot, TV/VCR, 10 speaker ste¬

please.

great liveaboard, 4 sails, much more. $64,000.

pressure water, refrigeration, 35 amp charger, full

40 TO 50 FEET

batten main, roller jib, windlass, much more. Great liveaboard, Surveyed in 1993 for $67,000. Asking

Nav station. All systems ready to race/cruise

and strong racing yacht. $14,500.(408) 469-9920.

reo, tape, CD. Great liveaboard, cruiser transfer¬

$63,500. (310) 372-5809.

COLUMBIA 45, 1973. Spacious & clean livea-

able warranty on hull. $159,000. (415) 873-5437.

1977 WESTSAIL 43 factory finished aft-cockpit

board/cruiser. 1990 rebuilt 50 hp Perkins diesel. DOWNEAST 38,1977. Cutter. Excellent condi¬

Roller furling main and jib. TV, microwave, refrig¬

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 YAWL. Classic tri¬

cutter. 1900 hrs. on diesel engine, epoxy bottom barriercote. 1994 refit: sails, rigging, hatches,

tion. Radar, RDF, extensive ground tackle, roller

erator, propane stove, oven, hot water. Walk in

cabin version. Excellent liveaboard or local cruiser.

cushions, etc. VHF, SSB, HAM, GPS. $100,000.

reefing, autopilot, bimini cover, canvas every¬

shower. Avon dinghy/davits. New batteries. More.

Very well maintained with boat cover. Blister free

For spec, sheet & photo.Call Chris(408)423-4076.

where, low hours. Great cruiser and liveaboard.

$58,000. (510) 814-9755, h; (510)420-4843, w.

f/g hull. Furling jib, boom gallows, anchor wind¬

ALDEN “Offsoundings" yawl 47-ft LOA, 1939,

SatNav, VHF, life raft, rebuilt Volvo Penta (1990)

1980. Aft cabin. Great condition. Dual roller furl¬

#6900. 6-built. A true sailing legend. Perkins 4-

w/many engine spares. Dual alternator system,

ing, SatNav, Loran, AP, depth, wind, KM, genera¬

’91 CATALINA 36. Bristol condition. Upgraded 30

108; masts pulled, painted, re-rigged and re¬

engine battery and 2 banks house batteries. 12

tor, Perkins diesel, enclosed dodger, new refrig¬

hp. diesel, three blade prop., DS, KM.windspeed/

volt refrigeration & separate engine driven refrig¬ eration, diesel cabin heater, microwave, new pro¬

eration, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, stall shower. Great

windpoint, autopilot with remote, battery charger.

footed in 1987. Much recent work done. Hauled 9/ 94. Our baby wants a bigger boat. $33,000. Seri¬

Full batten main with furling, roller furling jib. AC/

ous only. (714) 723-0152.

pane stove/oven, dishes, pots, pans, silverware,

748-0693.

Meticulously maintained. $59,900 obo. Call Jim,

lass, 2 mains, 4 jibs, 1 mizzen, KM, DS, log, radar,

(916)391-4431.

DC refrigeration, propane stove. Dinghy and out¬ board. $85,000. (510) 522-6810.

46- FT CENTER COCKPIT IRWIN cutter ketch,

sailing cruiser or liveaboard. $105,000. Call (510)

glasses, and more. Add food & drinks and leave CT 41 KETCH. F/G hull, teak house, Perkins

the dock. $60,000. (No brokers/agents please).

1992 ROBERTS 434. Finest steel pilothouse cut¬

diesel, radar, Inverter, solar refrigeration, AP,

(415) 626-2909.

ter ever built, using only top quality materials by

FISHER 37 MOTORSAILER, 1979. Aft cabin

windvane, fireplace, many extras, world cruiser at

model. Two heads, U-shaped galley. 250 gal fuel,

a very low price. $49,000. Fax address to D.W.

PACIFIC 40 YAWL, 1953. Traditional lines with

hp engine, diesel heater, dual hydraulic steering.

200 gal water. Watermaker. Recent electronics.

“Content” 011-52-329-80061 for more info.

morden equipment. African mahogany hull, teak

Needs to be rigged. $79,500. (408) 469-9920.

700 hrs on rebuilt Ford Parson 80 hp. $89,500. (707) 829-0238.

qualified builder. 200 gal. water, 80 gal. diesel, 65

decks, spruce spars. Bright mahogany interior w/ ELEGANT FORCE 50 ketch, located in Cabo San

teak & holly sole. Outfitted and equipped for

Lucas for the season. We will consider trade for

offshore. Pacfic Cup Vet& Master Mariner champ.

120 gal h/c press., a/c refer., propane stove,

Excellent condition. $42,000. Call (510) 523-3535.

liveaboard berth. Bay Area loc. Will take trade,

hp diesel, low hours. Hard sailing dinghy, gen set,

Las Vegas real estate valued $170,000. Yacht is set up for long range cruising & comfort. Owner

auto pilot, elect windlass, VHF, DS. Perfect

may consider small finance. (702) 361-6550. (702)

41- FT CHEOY LEE ketch, cruise or liveaboard,

liveaboard, 2 staterooms, 11/2 baths, sep shower,

361-5946.

1980, diesel, VHF, Loran, depth, knot/log, wind,

GULFSTAR 36 motorsailer, 1972. Lehman 120

new upholstery. Very good care by little old owner. $55,000. (415) 755-9891 or 331-5554.

CT 41. Center cockpit ketch one of 6,60 hp Isuzu,

(916) 596-3613 & (510) 228-1662, Iv. msg. P.O.

AP, roller furling, refrigeration, 6 sails & spinnaker,

Box 253, Martinez, CA 94553. Felicity. $75,000. ENDEAVOUR 40, 1982. Sloop, center cockpit.

45-FT DEL REY, sloop, 1973, flush deck, spa¬

dodger, 10-ft inflatable with 8 hp o/b, excellent

Perkins4-108, Cruisairheat/ac, Loran, Autohelm,

cious below, aft cockpit, aft cabin, full keel. Excep¬

condition. $85,000/offers. (408) 363-1150.

much more. Bimini, dodger, grill. Forward and aft cabins, teak interior, large refrig/freezer, great

FISHER 37 Pilothouse ketch. Motorsailer, 1980,

tional cruiser/liveaboard, ready to go. Completely

80 hp Ford Saber diesel, 120 gal H20,120 fuel,

outfittedfor 199018-month S. Pac. cruise. Perkins

43- FT SPINDRIFT pilothouse cutter, 1987. Cus¬

liveaboard. Excellent condition, great sailer, new

wind s/d, depth, log, speed, 2 VHF, loudhailer, CB,

4-108, Max Prop, windvane, 2 APs, GPS, radar,

tom interior design ideal for couple planning to

bottom paint. $92,500. (510) 814-9044.

aft cabin, Avon. Plus radar, Loran, tall rig. (408)

450 gpd watermaker, inverter, solar, good ground

liveaboard dockside, then cast off for bluewater

624-7210.

tackle, full batten main, mariner furling, full aw¬

cruising. Gourmet galley, plentiful storage, full

40-FT GAFF RIG KETCH. 60 s classic woody

nings, bimini, 2 staterooms, walk-in shower, 7 ft.

electronics, everything in immaculate condition.

with traditional charm and 90’s gear. 44 hp Yanmar

work bench, TV, VCR, microwave, 3-burner stove/

$145,000. Call (805) 985-5653 for full specs.

diesel. Nathaniel Wilson sails. A beautiful livea¬

oven, freezer & fridge, voluminous storage.

board cruising veteran. Sausalito berth. West

$98,000 obo. Steve, (310) 822-5470.

coast delivery. $42,000/offers. (415) 332-9218.

J. KARMIN BOAT HANDLING

HENDERSON RIGGING & YACHT REPAIR

Customized instruction on your power or sail boat.

Roller Furler Sales & Installation • Mast & Boom Fabrication

** USCG 200 Ton Licensed Captain * "ASA Certified Instructor

All facets of yacht repair • All hardware at discount prices

Also available as charter captain or boat deliveries Ans. Srv. (415) 341-2852

(415)331-7422 Islander 36's a Specialty

Reasonable Rates

tOCEAN WILDERNESS EXPEDITIONS UNDER SAIL

CRUISE THE SAN JUANS/GULF ISLANDS Liberty 45.8 available lor charter

_ a® Crew berths available on voyage to remote,

#|fj Pr's,'ne 's'ancl destinations for adventure seeking ecotourist. tsL A Jlflr Scheduled trips or charters. Fax:( 604) 642-6453 • Box 663, Sooke, B.C. VOS 1N0, Canada

This elegant cutter features a master stateroom aft, two guest rooms forward, two heads with showers, an embarrassment of teak, state-of-the-art equipment. Call for brochure, (206) 371-5193

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45-FT ROBERTS CLASSIC KETCH '81, great

SC 50 Oaxaca. Professionally maintained. All

1991 HOBIE, 18 sx, lots of equipment, spinna¬

liveaboard, full cruising equipment. '92 refit, aft

new North sails. B & G 690. Trimble Navgraphic.

ker, wings, gal-trailer, cat boxes, Harken equip¬

galley/dining, 4-burner propane & diesel stoves,

Carbon rudder, pole & emergency rudder. Exten¬

microwave, fridge freezer, ice box, sleeps 9, eas¬

sive canvas covers. All Spectra running rigging.

CLASSICS

ment extra - mass sails spinnaker. Fast boat. $3,300.(510)828-3749.

ily singlehanded, 2 TV's, VCR, stereo, 12-ft inflat¬

Recent engine/tranny rebuild. For spec sheet, call

1948 ALDEN 33-FT KETCH, plan 856, red cedar

able/davits +sail dinghy, windsurfer, 8 sails, Stalok

John Canon, (206) 328-6984 or Mark Newbrook,

over oak frames, professionally built. Yanmar

rigging, AC gen, wind gen, 260 gal water, 220 gal

(206) 818-9889.

aux., monel shaft, Maxi prop, diesel heater, 160

nice and trailer too. Also have 1976 Nacra 18,

amp alternator, smart charger, shore power, North

decent Cat with tilt trailer (1 O' beam). Both $3,000

diesel, 1200 mi + pwr range, Yanmar 3 QM 30,

TWO CATS need good home. 1989 Pindle 18.2,

Alpha 3000 AP w/remote & vane, raft, EPIRB, 24

CUSTOM CENTER COCKPIT lightweight cruis¬

full batten sails, Harken roller furling jib, Loran,

obo. No phone avail, so write to: Manfred Kupper,

mi radar, SatNav, GPS, HAM, WX fax, SSB, 2

ing ketch 49-ft overall, a long, slim speedster

VHF +. Fully restored, refastened, keel bolts new,

POB 1287, Folsom, CA 95630.

VHF, 2 sounders, Loran, awning, dodger, records,

easily sailed by couple. Major rebuild in '88 from

S/S fuel/water tanks. Absolutely no rot, leaks.

spares. $109,000. (619) 422-9076.

keel up through rigging, including wiring, remodel¬

Rigged single-handed. Fast; reach sustains 9

STILETTO 27 catamaran, 20+ knots. Totally

ing, chain plates, instruments, etc. A new boat on

knots, windward 5+ knots. Surveyed perfect 10.

upgraded in 1994, demountable, trailer, 10 hp

CT 49 CUTTER, 1986. Modified fin keel with

a unique older hull. LPU painted hull and topside

Varnished inside and out. Asking $30,500 obo.

Honda. Trailer to your favorite cruising grounds.

rudder skeg. Ideal cruiser, 18-month Mexicocruise,

1993. She is a sleek, well maintained vessel, out

(510)521-9268.

$17,500. (707) 274-1875, eves, after 7.

2 people. Aft cockpit with additional center com¬

cruising since ‘88. Loaded with gear and spares,

panionway. Extensive quality equipment, some

ready to go again with minimum investment of

ANITRA

12 Meter #US5, built by Abeking and

36X20X2 NACRA racing catamaran. One of the

only 2 yrs. old. Robert AP, 24M radar, wind gen.,

time and money. $49,900 (619) 298-5118.

Rasmussen and designed by Starling Burgess in

fastest boats in the world, only 2,000 lbs. 50-ft

GPS, SatNav, SSB, 2 VHFs, PWR monitor, 130A alt, inverter, 4 bat. banks, life raft, wind vane,

WANTED SAILBOAT, cruising, minimum 44-ft.

1929. Anitra is the last of the original six US'

rotating mast with jib, reacher, & spinnaker, fac¬

twelve’s still sailing and has a long and colorful

tory trailer. Only 10 built, new cost over $45,000.

refrigeration, 150G water, 150G fuel, tank tender,

to 65 ft. needing work. Bad eng. okay, but intact

history. She is constructed of 11/4" mahogany

Giveaway for $16,500 delivered from Reno. (702)

2 Baros, 2 clocks, VDO instruments, teak deck,

interior structure. No wood or cement hull. Multihull

over oak and iron frames. Anitra has a beautiful

746-8218.

for/aft deck lockers, 11 ST winches, anodized

or M/S ok. Family project. Price? Must be a steal.

interior with accommodations for six, full galley w/

spars, 4 sails plus spinnaker, 3 anchors, 300' Hi

(415) 258-5709, Iv. msg. and price range.

LPG stove/oven. Aluminum spars. Great boat

FARRIER TRIMARAN. 20x15 tramp. Factory

Tensile, other chain/rode, stern anchor roller/

from which to view America’s Cup ’95. Asking

daysaiier, looks like F-27 without cabin. Huge

mount, Perkins, SS prop and shaft, cockpit h/c

$125,000. Call (510) 522-0906.

cockpit can be used as overnighter. Trailers easily, set up in 15 minutes, very good condition.

shower, bimini, side/back panels, deck wash, awning, all manuals.Callfor specs, (510)769-1870, dys/eves. $244,000. See photo ad elsewhere.

51 FEET & OVER

36-FT CHEOY LEE LION. Amigo '58 Rob design.

Worth $10,500. Asking $8,800 for quick sale.

Bright hull, excellent condition, dodger, alum, mast,

Delivered from Reno, (702) 746-8218.

twin head stays, staylock terminals. 7 sails, MD2, 41-FT ISLANDER FREEPORT 1979/80 center

54-FT CORSAIR auxiliary schooner. Designed

VHF, depth. 20 gal. diesel, 60 gal. water, 5 gal.

cockpit ketch, great condition, cruiser/liveaboard.

by Howard Chappelle. 40 hp, 3 cylinder Pisces

kero, 36 lbs:, CQR, 60 ft. chain, 200 ft. nylon, much

New carpet, upholstery. Two cabins, heads, show¬

diesel engine. $20,000 for this traditional sailing

more. Must sell. $25,000. (510) 237-1225, Iv.

ers. 6 cyl. Chrysler Nissan, generator, radar,

wooden classic that needs more T.L.C. and ap¬

msg.

Autohelm, Loran, VHF, etc.. TV/VCR, cellular,

preciation than I can give because of declining

furling jib, enclosure, Avon, davits, 10 hp Honda.

health. Hurry, call (510) 370-0453.

$89,900. (415) 332-2566, (408) 625-0498.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS GREAT LIVEABOARD. 1950 Hunter Sedan

CLASSIC SEA BIRD YAWL. Built from original

cruiser. Includes separate head, galley, cabin &

1899 plans (available) documented. Museum con¬

salon. New AC/DC, built-in's include battery

MacGREGOR 65, pilothousecutter 1988, Perkins

dition, gaff rigged, deadeyes, teak deck, Tasma¬

power, bilge pumps, pressure water system,

41- FT CHEOY LEE offshore ketch, Ray Richards

135 diesel. Custom interior for extended cruising

nia ironbark blocks, bronze fittings. Exterior teak,

woodstove & electric heater. Extensively rebuilt

design; large inventory, fully equipped. $69,000.

comfort. AP, dual steering, generator, watermaker,

interior mahogany. New Yanmar, recent haulout,

cabin. $6,000 firm. $1,500 cash gets you in with

(805) 569-5225.

radar, refrigeration, heat/air cond., washer/dryer,

only authentic Seabird on coast. Sausalito. Pho¬

terms on remaining $4,500. Page Sean at (510)

Loran, SSB, VHF, TV, stereo, main/jib/genoa furl¬

tos, (415) 332-5293.

806-3737 or call (510) 829-4647 and Iv. msg.

42- FT STEEL SCHOONER, Ted Brewer designed,

ing. Recently hauled & serviced. $195,000. (510)

professionally built, bare hull, decks, cabin trunks,

523-9292.

1973 27-FT BA YLINER, twin I/Os trailer, salmon permit. Rough condition from neglect, will need

masts, booms, gaffs, sails, misc. All steel work complete. Safe, comfortable, world cruiser.

60-FT CLASSIC FIFE design, steel cutter, beau¬

$26,000 Offer. (408) 454-9482.

tiful '38 DeVries built, racer/cruiser, Jonathan Swift,

MULTIHULLS

misc. work. Salmon permit may make boat tax deductible, and it’s a decent liveaboard. Asking $3,000 obo by April. Phone Sea Scouts, (510)

6'2" headroom, 3 cabins, sails, Forespar mast, 60 OLSON 40. Pristine condition, original owner,

hp diesel, major hull/deck work done. Needs elec¬

DRAGONFLY 800 racer version, 7/93, hull 227.

cruise/race equipped. GPS, VHF, SSB, Signet

trical, plumbing & carpentry work. Restore

40 ft. mast, mainsail, jib kevlar and Spectra. Ra¬

instruments, dual compasses, extensive Sobstad

$150,000 value. Dry dock, $44,000. Owner, (707)

dial spinnaker 3/4 oz. nylon. Electronics

36-FT FAIRLINER, 1969. Great liveaboard orfor

sail inventory. TransPac ready. $85,000 obo. Call

823-7205.

Humminbird GPS 10 chart plotter, Humminbird

entertaining at Pier 39 SF Marina. Large sunny

platinum ID. 600 depth recorder, starndard 600 ft.

cabin with many windows. 3-bumer stove & oven,

for detailed inventory. (916) 661-1702, dvs; (916) 753-9331, eves.

869-3875.

GREAT LIVEABOARD/CRUISER. Formosa 51

DS, Humminbird VHF, Autohelm 1000 with re¬

double door refrigerator/freezer, 20" stereo color

pilothouse cutter. Many improvements: new elec¬

mote control. 1993 Mercury LLS 8 hp motor 5 amp

TV w/remote, marine TV antenna, electric head,

CT 41-FT KETCH. F/G hull, Perkins 4-108, AP,

trical and galley. Full, keel, comfortable f/g cruiser.

alternator. Galvanized 2 axle trailer with electric

shower & bathtub. Water heater, 3 sinks with hot

elect, windlass, dinghy w/4 hp. T eak house, refrig.

Full batten main. Pedestal steering, two state¬

winch, spare wheel and tire. Two 12 volt heavy

& cold water, solar powered 12 volt charging

Propane stove. Excellent ground tackle. Beautiful

rooms, two heads, stall shower. Lehman 6 cyl. dsl.

duty marine batteries. Reason for sale, buying

system, 2 large closets & lots of storage areas,

boat. $61,000 obo. (209) 529-5508.

Extra large gelcell battery bank. $119,000. (415)

Dragonfly 1000. Many extras and spares. $74,000

sofa-bed & large V-berth, mini-blinds on win¬

296-0930.

value of investment. Firm price $59,900. Call

dows, 2 Chrysler 440s, 1 needs major overhaul,

(503) 867-6143 after 6 pm P.S.T.

not running, 1 needs minor work, runs. Will con¬

VALIANT 40, 1982. Excellent condition. Well equipped for cruising. Perry designed dinghy,

NEW 52-FT SAILBOAT HULL, 80% complete.

SSB, radar, Avon life raft, Nav. Tech, hydraulic

Lots of custom woodworking, 95% of materials to

CROSS 32R Defiance, 8 sails including 2 spinna¬

boom/backstay. Built after blister problem.

finish. See to app. $50,000. (408) 267-7095.

kers, Autohelm, solar, depth sounder, wind speed,

sider trade for pick-up truck. $12,000. (510) 7779071.

$139,900. (604) 535-0018. Slip also available at

inflatable with o/b, VHF, GPS, 15 hp Mariner. Fast

BOSTON WHALER temptation, 25' with trailer.

Semiahmoo (Blaine WA) to buy or lease.

and fun in Mexico. $19,500. (707) 882-3410,

Twin Yamaha 200 hp. Low hours. Full canvas,

Sandy or (707) 882-2321, Carla.

lots of options, great condition. 50 mph plus t speed. Priced to sell at $34,500. (415) 435-2712.

YOU’RE INVITED!

to join us singing sea chanteys, forebitters and fo'c'sj'e tunes in the authentic sailing tradition.

15 PROJECT BOATS BEING SOLD - CHEAP Some being sold for storage fees. A few examples: • 1957 24-ft Chris Cabin Cruiser, $690. • 57-ft Steel Motorsailer, $4,500.

Sorts of zhe 0(JC(theS.O.B.s)

All boats located in Sacramento Area at 7041 28th St. North Highlands.

It's rowdy, ribald, foot-stomping fun1 Quinn's Lighthouse, Oakland, Thursdays 8pm

•

Call Patrick, (916)338-3633.

AFFORDABLE LUXURY For the sailing thrill of a lifetime, charter Meridian. This 70’ beauty will transport you with safety and speed. Twelve berths, gourmet galley, complete electronics, and roller furling coupled with sailing ease. Yacht Masters Charters, (206) 784-8429.

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Custom fabrication

- Welding - Polishing - Repair

and Mobile for Your Boat Call Chris

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(415)388-7144

36- FT POWER CRUISER. 1948 Ed Monk. Fir,

DUFOUR 31.1/2 equity partnership. $8,000 pfus

sound construction. Gasoline engine. Loran,

approximately $250 month. In 21/2 years best is

depthsounder, VHF. Up and running. Great Bay/ Delta boat. $14,000. Call (415) 332-6014.

paid off. Frers designed, beautiful boat m great shape. Friendly partners too. Paradse Cay berth. (415) 453-8100.

24-FT 79 SEA CAMPER houseboat tri hull, head

BEAUTIFUL 1 ACRE bukJng lots, above golf course in quaint town of CatfUamut, WA. Trade for crusing saboat Lot values. $30,000 ea. (415) 892-5016.

GEAR, GEAR, GEAR Datamarinewindpoint (dr WOODEN TILLER for forty foot saifeoat in ser¬

+ speed) including masthead unit and without

viceable corxStai. Contact (415) 361-0618. Pre¬ fer orass fittings. Rudder is 16 inches square.

case, Loran with external SPR, head (Wilcox), classic winches, Achilles dinghy and much more. Call Erin or Kurt to discuss purchase or swaps. (510) 521-5859.

with shower, sip 4, 130 hp Turbo diesel with

JOHN ALDEN CLASSIC 1931 57-ft yawl

doubleaxletrailer. Taketo Mexico or Puget Sound.

Robin, hull number 509.

$9,880 or trade for f/g sailboat. (415) 45443135.

uity partnership available. Currently berthed in

37- FT VIKING, 1966 Classic cruiser. Twin 60 hp

Alameda she has new electrical and rigging, complete engine overhaul, plus many other major

7-FT FATTY KNEES DINGHY. Revocable or trade fa 8-fL sailing (Snghy. Aiso want monitor or

retrofits and is nearing end of extensive rebuild. Great Bay sailing in a classic wooden beauty being brought up to date for many more years or

Aries forWestsaS 32. Crising spinnaker 42-ft luff, two fokang bicycles in good shape. SSB radfe. (510) 769-0770.

pleasure. Call Paul at (415) 927-1609 or Bruce at (510) 5283535 for more information.

DONATE YOUR YACHT. No time? S^> fees?

diesels. Teak deck, mahogany hull. Hauled '94. Excellent liveaboard/weekender. Shower, head, stove, fullsized fridge, double berth. Light, spa¬ cious. New in last 3 years: water heater, freshwa¬ ter pump system, backup power system, engine parts. Berkeley Marina. $17,500. (510) 843-6256.

Cock

Partner moving. 1/4 eq¬

Maintenance hassies? A bal & chan? tf floating,

NORDIC 40 performance cruiser. East Bay part¬ ners seek 4th partner for Bay & coasts saSrxj. We'll teach new sailor. $5,000 buy in returned

PARTNERSHIPS

• car imrredateiy adopt your boat, release you of SacVity and set you free now. Contact Greg. (415) 6781155, pgr.

after 2 1/2 years lease. $350 month has right to 1

CORONADO 27 partnership. Looking for a new

4 time on boat Value $90,000. Call Micftae. 6i 0i 785-6800.

partner. Boat is in good condition, nothing fancy,

VOLVO PENTA MD1B (nctMDI). Keep tfksadto se< yours in future. David, (415) 381-9108.3/S5 laitude 38.

prime Sausalito berth. Partnership works well. $1,600 membership, $50 per month. Call Hans, (408) 245-9176, eves.

TRADE

RVG W1NDVANE, Saoomal wincNarve, 2:1 ratio

37-FT O’DAY. Center cockpit at Emery Cove w/

35-FT BENETEAU OCEANIS. Eqiity and non¬

active racing and cruising schedule and 22-ft

equity partnerships available. Excellent contfron, sleeps 6,3 new sails, dodger, eqiipped for cruis¬ ing. Many extras. $300 for 2 weekend & 2 week¬ days per partnership per month, berthed in

trarsmission-ZF, Hurt), Borg Warner, for 40 hp I suzu. Charts for Japan, Hawas, WA or CA or for safe Cheoy Lee offshore 39-ft, two cockpit no transmission. Located Okinawa Japan. $55,000. John, (209) 952-9662. dys.

Catalina with trailer (spinnaker rigged) family va¬ cation or lake races. Timeshare both $300/mo. Will check out those with minimum experience. Accepting additional non-equity partner. Call Joe, (800) 259-3683, dys or (916) 989-4000 (24 hrs).

Alameda Call Claude Thompson (415) 359-0634.

CAL 2-29,1/3 share with 2 great partners, rarefy 28FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT. Equity partnership. Strong hull, excellent for the Bay. Good condition. Low quarterly dues cover everything, even main¬ tenance. Located in Gashouse Cove. $3,000. Phillip, (415) 552-8523.

LANCER 36.1/3 or 1/2 interest available in 1982 Bill Lee sloop. Original owners, dark blue Awlgrip LPU topsides, 5 sails, roller furling, cruising inte¬ rior, epoxy bottom, dinghy, downtown Sausalito berth, completely equipped. Experienced sailors only, please. Existing partnership, equity contri¬

C-OORY. 18 or 21’ Angler or cruiser in good condoor at reasonable price. Consider partner¬ ship a-angement if boat is docked in Tom^es Bay. Cash. Cal 282-6809 or 3883278

used, new sails/canvas, setf-furing jfc, intoa-d diesel, wheel steering, nice interior, refrig stove, sleeps 6. South Beach Mama $5,300 wtow monthly. (415) 2887448.

PARTNER WANTED FOR PEARSON Ensign 22-ft 1964, full keel sloop; large refreshed tea?: cockpit; excellent daysailer/beginner boat Mainsail, 2 jibs, o/b, 1/2 equity share for $1,000. $60/mo for slip, plus maintenance, insurance. Andrew, (415) 728-0981.

USED SAMJNG DINGHY. Hopefiiyunder$1,000. Looking to restore a cheap SBRA-type beat as a wirier project - Dealer 505, Laser, etc. W3 con¬ sider almost anything. Rob, (415) 331-3134. CNG TANKS good to exce*ert conition. Cash. WB or Lynn, (510) 847-6673, dys or (510) 4843373, eves. 9.9 OR 15 HP JOHNSONEVINRUDE. iongshaft, etectoc sat excelent condsort.! wit sel Honda 75 ongshaft i above s successfiA Cal (510) 521-0883.

bution required, boat will be retitled to new ownership.Call Alson Silva for more info:(408) 748-9398, office; (408) 288-6307 eves or George

WANTED

at (415) 776-5118.

29 TO 38FT FG saSocat in good contSon. Owner wiSng to carry papers. (415) 8982810.

SEEKING 1/3 EQUITY partner to purchase a 30-

AESTHETIC SAILBOAT, 37-ft custom Garden

35 foot racer/cruiser sloop (~$25,000-$30,000) for SF Bay PHRF or one-design racing and local

ketch, mahogany, oak, Perkins ctese- boat cover dodger, excellent condition, wef! equipped and

cruising. Call Martin, (408) 973-8075 or Lewis, (415) 941-9407, eves for details.

maintained. Beautiful bright work. Mexico vet Berthed Marin County. Trade for courtry ex out of

SANTANA 35, charter/racing package. Twice

state property, real estate equity or ? CaJ (209) 7283807.

National Champion. Excellent shape, 1983. Will

SEEK CHARTER JUNE JULY of Sonoma 30 or HomookS 30 or other similar traSerabfe - skipper experienced. Also, w* rade airplane 30k value for aot<r: or. 35-ft or over fveaxard/auiser saJooat. What have you got? Sherwti Haris. (510) 581-9987or (510) 733-0210vjn. (510) 581-4371, Sax.

trade one year charter for new racing sails. Or

WANT MOTORSAiLER or power boan«2 heads

minimum 3 month paid charter buys full/part time usage, racing/cruising. Negotiable. Berthed in Alameda. (510) 834-6301, after 11 am.

& 2 staterooms plus. Have 32-ft 5th wheel fa-ar bedroom & living room slides out - wfth Ford F 250 4X4 extended cab pick-up. (415) 924-7517.

ISLANDER 36.1/4 interest. Well maintained, fully

47-FT SUWANEE cruiser/houseboat, new twin

equipped & many sails. Sausalito berth. Experi¬

Volvo Vo’s (90 hrs), 7.5 KW gen. lie# inferior, insulation, a/c, heat, etc. For 38ft + aissfeg

RADAR, Paca-Deca model RD170, 48 rum range. catoere with owner’s manual, good con-

sailboat of equal value, around $45,000. Jm.

dtcr. '-?* ' 84, SScO.Ca? eves ~orHftr. (9' 5681744.

enced sailors only, please. Amiable partners. Existing partnership is restructuring. 1 /4 dues= $200/mos.1/4 equity=$10m. Bob, (415) 986-5000.

(510) 684-0508, eves.

\yooDRt jm Marine Specializing in custom interior cabinetry. Tables, cabinets, countertops, decks, cabinsoles, for power or sail.

MARINE SURVEYOR

complete mobile shop call Lon Wood rum an

415 332-5970 -

Serving the Bay and Delta Areas

JOHN HALLANDER, P.E. • Sail and Power • Fiberglass, wood, metal • 40 years experience • Free phone consultation • No travel charge • 24-hr service available Pt. Richmond (510) 237-8412

Bethel Island (510) 684-3454

TRAILER, Vance twin-axle sai boat trailer for boats 24-26'. Surge brakes, tongue jack, tongue exten¬ sion, winch, new pads. $2,100. (415) 3982191.

VOLVO MD3B rebuilt $3200. MD11C rebuilt $2,800. Also many Volvo parts collected over 20 years. Injector, pumps, valves, pistons, cylinders, ■rets, camshafts, crankshafts, blocks, heads, start¬ ers, mark-folds, push rods, rockers, etc. Stock up now on spares for your cruise. Low price, (707) 987-3971, (707) 987-9785, fax. HONDA 10 hp ob motor. Runs fine. $500 obo. Can Axan, (510) 7581879, fv. msg. SAILBOAT CRADLE/TRAILER. Adaptable heavy duty al steel 4 axe carrier for appreximatefy 2834 by 18 woe 0cat. Removable axle assembly for dec* cargo or ran. Wet launchable. Lights, brakes. Located n Catfcrba $3500. Ca# (503) S2S-4282. TRAILER sattoat T rare made in Santa Ana, Cakf. 18ft, 3.9X-5 8X bs. cacacty. sxge Crakes, new&es. No rust $70C. (513; 481-0425, ask for Steve, after 5 pm. VOLVO MD1-B, compete, r. nrnng condbon wit) transmissior) in reed of rape/ $925.1415) 8883064. PERKINS 4-236. 8C hp desei ergre wi#i 3:1 Bag Warner gear. 230G rojs ike '<e# ardor Comptete wrift spa'es. carer arc rarress. Ready fa ns&saxr Repowerng wSh larger ergre. $4,500. (415) 785-9343. JIB FURIER brand Crusang Design, 38 ft* foresay. $250.100% p. approx. 38ft tuff, $100. MarsaL 2 reefs. 3055 toff, $250. Ever/fmg r working order, off Cape Dory 30. Merer '415) 723-C703.

SAILBOAT TRAILER $3,000 coo. '933 Arcs tandem .meets - 5 tecs 7.0CC t. cacacty. £ss*y hads2Sto35’bo£.AskfaPau '800)241-3441. CRU1SAIR 12000 BTU reverse ope ar xndtoner fa hearing ard cooirg. 115». 'em r. box, $1,550. Seacoor ae burner Sncaec aocere stove, $125. Passmo caries; -jjVrezc rojrt co-pass $110. Obrien sersaxr mrdsjier $375. (518,582-7496. MCROLOGK EXPLORER GPS r. xx 'ever used. Wit -.ertace trr sef-reerrg. $475. Free (510) 4384015.

USED GEAR

SAILOMAT, seif-steering seracce'd. windanefetasfary era Mode 3043L tor .terra 3855 ft. LOA. - rr xaira desgned and-arufackred in Sueder_ Mcer suraae fa ravene transom boas x' ~a. oe ecacnec 'c crteri S9SE. (510) 236-5778.

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SAUSALITO

415-332-6608

Steve Keefe

(510) 236-5415 Morch. 1995 •

l*XUM

177

HONDA 9.9 HP, four cycle longshaft o/b motor,

CANVAS DODGER (green) with stainless frame,

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB. The gay

PLANNING TRIP around the world Dec. 1995.

low hours, excellent condition, runs great, ser¬

from Passport 51, $400, Soling rudder, fiber¬

and lesbian boating club of Northern California

Looking for two people, preferably a couple.

viced recently, $895. Call (415) 435-9086, eves.

glass with bronze shaft, brand new $250; stain¬

meets monthly at the Berkeley Yacht Club. Many

Mature, strong, good sense of humor, civil and

less BBQ (on the rail type) $30. Tamaya NC-55

water activities and other events throughout the

interesting. Skilled in diesel, refrigeration, lan¬

year. Call (415) 905-6267 for further info.

guages, cooking, first aid, other? Tough, moti¬

EXPEDITION SURPLUS, new in box: Simex

navigation calculator $120; Autohelm ST 4000

sextant, $499. Spinnaker sock, $199. Jib, $499.

wheel autopilot, needs adjustment $200. Call

Sat/nav Startrack, $99. Weather station Wizzard

(415) 332-9231 for info.

vated, self-possessed. Competent, healthy. No

CREWED CHARTER at 1/2 price. Unique op¬

2, $99. Engine control system, $99. Solar panel

drugs, boozers, smokers, no problems with the

portunity for families, businesses, or individuals

law. Able to pay share of food, fuel costs; help with boat maintenance. Us? Married, 61, 43,

16” x 16” super sturdy, $99. Traveler car Nicro,

CRUISING SAILS. 1994 North gennaker, luff

to experience exotic sailing destination on a

$299. Towing rope 7/8", 130', $99. Call (415)

49, girth 24 - $2,450. North roller furler 7.0 oz.

luxurious, custom 50 ft. catamaran. Enjoy sail¬

experienced: our past is an open book, yours

726-2560.

Dacron jib, luff 57.8, foot 25.6-$750. Dewitt, 6.0

ing, diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, fishing, surf¬

too. New 53-ft dsl. cutter; Bay Area. Spend

oz. Dacron main, luff 39.1, foot 10.5 - $350.

ing or just relaxing in dream locations. Experi¬

Spring, summer learning the boat and each

MARTEC folding propellar, bronze, 2-blade, 12-

Guzzler 500 bilge pump, new - $25. Forespar

ence the exhilaration of a catamaran passage to

other. Lots of work, fun. Deborah/Robert, (916)

inch, 5 pitch 2, excell. cond. $250. Dave, (510)

Mob gear, complete - $100. (415) 332-9393.

tropical ports. Your party of up to six people can

925-5857, eves; (916) 445-8173, dys.

join this limited membership group for up to eight

229-7222.

DINGHY 9’6" beautiful white, fiberglass, teak

MISCELLANEOUS

seats, davit eyes, 7' oars. $950. Stainless wood/

years of adventurous sailing experiences. Guar¬

I’M READY, ARE YOU? Seaworthy first mate (0

anteed different geographical location every year.

seeks experienced skipper 9m) with well found

Call (408) 462-1643 or 475-4445.

boat and means for open ended, long distance, bluewater sailing adventure. I’m 38, in good

coal stove with misc. pipes, through-deck fit¬

shape (shaped good too), laugh easily, commu¬

FIREPROOF INSULATION with no toxic fumes

tings and telescopic stack with marble surround. $550. Autohelm ST6000 course computer new

for boats. R 3.5 per inch and excellent acoustical

$250 off list. (510) 814-0471.

qualities. Easy clean up. May be self-installed. Cheaper than foam and ecologically sound. Call

DIESELS (2) Chrysler - Nissan 6 cyl. 100 hp with

(415) 927-4883, before 9 p.m.

V-drives $4,500 obo. 45 lb. CQR, take apart pin, new chain & rode $450. new MOB pole and life

SAILBOAT PLANS: Bruce Bingham Flicka for fiberglass construction, $150. Grahm Shannon Tom Thumb 28 steel construction, $50. Impov¬

sling, $150.(415)331-5716.

500f 3/8 CHAIN, galv. height test, 5000 pound

erished sailor needs old West Wight Potter in

tens. $1.80 per f. Cable steering quadrant bronze

any condition, cheap. (707) 442-1417, Guy.

nicate well, mechanical, good cook, great

NON-PROFIT

cuddler, reasonably experienced sailor you can depend on. Ready for the challenge of shared

SAILING & SEAMANSHIP COURSE: Con¬

life dictated by wind and sea. Open to friendship

ducted by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. April 4 -

and more. Call or write Daniele (805) 985-7111/ 2610 S. Harbor Blvd. #7, Channel Islands Har¬

May 25, (14 sessions), 7:30-9:30 pm T uesday & Thrusdays, Yerba Buena Island (SF), $25, in¬ cluded texts. Please call Kay (510) 531-6537, for information.

bor, CA 93035.

GAIN OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE on our 53-ft cutter as we sail/explore the west coast from LaPaz to Panama and beyond. 7-10 day legs

heavy duty for 50 f. boat, $100. (415) 369-2287.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

RITCHIE 5" diameter compass, model SP 5,

BERTHS & SLIPS

available. $500 a berth. (206) 328-7758.

SINGLE WHITE MALE SKIPPER wants young

$300 obo. Gas systems CNG systems 3-burner stainless galley stove with window and broiler, $500 obo. Satellite navigator (Magnavox model MX 4102), $450 obo. Call (415) 383-6228 (9 to 5) or (510) 235-8651 anytime.

EMERY COVE MARINA Dock E-64 (1 st Slip on

45-50 attractive, open minded, outgoing, adven¬

CLUB NAUTIQUE, Alameda-Sausalito. Unlim¬

Pier) upwind, nice facilities - offer. (408) 730-

turous single white female first mate who likes

ited couples membership. ASA classes, charter

5777, eves or (408) 742-7125, dys.

sailing & traveling, poss. LTR, sign up for long term voyage, Carl, (510) 769-1825.

40-FT DOCK at Pier 39, $285 month D-13, Exc

ENGINES. Atomic 4 rebuild, pathfinder diesel,

discounts, social activities, clubhouse privileges, large fleet, new and well maintained. Great group of people but we’re going cruising. Transferable

Ronald (213) 622-5033 (eve)

WOMAN SAILOR 40s, with 38-ft cruise equipped

3-71, 6-71 Detroit rebuild. Call (510) 276-2926

membership value of $4,125 for $3,100. (415)

(818) 591-0686.

sailboat. Seeking NS/VLD conscious male sailor

or pager (415) 220-1774.

332-4166. Lonnie or Carolyn.

35-FT SLIP AVAILABLE in SF Marina (across

with interest in SCUBA & world cruising. Pos¬ sible LTR. Write: L. Singleton, 600 Lakeway Dr.,

USED BOAT STUFF. Masts, sails, rigging,

CLUB NAUTIQUE, single unlimited member¬

from Marina Green). 12-month sublet and will

Bellingham, WA 98225 or 360-647-6483.

winches, cleats, deck fittings, anchors, chain, line, outboards, dinghies, electronics, 5 kw die¬

ship in highest ASA rated sailing club in the

likely negotiate a complete transfer. Ask for

West, value $2,750. I’m moving, so first $1,875 takes. Membership includes unlimited free ASA

Dorian, (415) 853-6130 wk; (415) 854-5854.

sel generator, stainless railing, bow pulpits, life

location. Call

SAIL TO CARIBBEAN, wander, wonder and express thanks by offering medical care to in¬ habitants of remote anchorages. Boat is 41',

line w/stantions, bilge pumps, stoves, heaters, stainless sinks, whisker/spinnaker poles, booms, lifejackets/cushions, lights. (415) 332-3774.

sailing instruction from beginner to offshore, great fleet. Charter discounts. (408) 235-3185,

DODGER BLUE "Sumbrella” 8-ft bows, zip-out,

CLUB NAUTIQUE, single unlimited member¬

OWN A PIECE OF PARADISE, two+ acres fee

center panel, will fit approx. 30'-45' boats. $350.

ship. ASA classes, charter discounts. Large

(510) 601-9920.

fleet, new and well maintained, Alameda & Sausalito. Great club, fun people. $2,750. Ask¬

simple unblockable view friendly island of Molokai paved road, electricity, water, phont to lot line watch whales during day listen to deer bark at

C20 2 mains, 2 jibs: $300. C20 tri radial (new):

ing $2,300. Transferable membership. Call John

night, $120,000. Owner will help finance, (702)

$300. C20 stuls. pulpit & cockpit rails: $200.

or Siggie, (510) 531-6705, dvs/eves.

882-9346.

Iv. msg.

PROPERTY FOR SALE/RENT

safe, beautiful. Experienced skipper offers 10,000 mile no-shouting warranty, is emotion¬ ally mature, spiritually grounded and happy. He is cultured, fit, a gourmet cook. Seeks a gentle female with compatible values, slender, 45-55, as co-skipper. Please write: POB12371, Marina del Rey, CA 90295.

SKIPPERS & CREW make boating connec¬ tions. The Sailing Network (a non-profit group

New elec, marine stove: $200.2 props Hatteras 46, call. Freshwater wash accumulator tanks:

CLUB NAUTIQUE single lifetime unlimited mem¬

since 1990) welcomes sailors with any experi¬

$20 ea. David, (415) 456-2520.

bership. Transferable. The best sailing club in the West offering ASA sail instruction and certi¬

ence level. Daysails, overnights raftouts. Meets

ELECTRIC STOVES, 110 or 24v. stainless steel,

fication (great offshore program), charters, rac¬

compact with two pressure cookers, grill and

ing, and social activities in Sausalito and Alameda. Asking $1,950. (510) 450-0412.

gridle, can cook for lots of people at same time. With pressure cookers & pans $600. Stoves only

MARINA SAILING SOCIETY a club that brings

$250. Tel: (415) 332-8956.

together crew and skippers for sails and raftups on SF Bay. We meet in SF and the Peninsula.

( if / \

monthly in the East Bay. Call hot line (510) 2266972 and leave a contact phone #.

CREW

NEED CREWMAN for Nova Scotia cruise. 15 WHY CRUISE? Seeking bliss in tropical sun¬

May to Sept. Lake Champlain to St. Lawrence to

sets? Escaping a mad world? Tell me about it. Thoughtful 40 SWM liveaboard/builder studying

share food. (510) 934-3589.

Nova Scotia in 36' steel ketch. Airfare available,

wannabe cruisers, considering crew/cruising and

Call our outgoing message, (415) FOG-TIDE,

making notes on cruising couples. Write: Cap’n,

for more info.

Box 203, Moss Landing, CA 95039.

SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT

SAIL MONTEREY

Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mlg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price; $180/gal. Our price $50/gal.

Monterey • Santa Cruz • Moss Landing Coastal Cruises

Also black vinyl & other mfg, available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal.

Carrera Sailing, School & Charters

Primer & other epoxies, S10-S15/gal. Polyurethane, $20/gal. Penetrating epoxy, $25/gal.

Can-era. Sailing

(408) 375-0648

Pratt & Lambert white enamel, $10/gal. Non-skid paint $10/gal. (415) 588-4678.

CUSTOM DETAIL & REPAIR

Woodwork Repair & Fabrication Glass, Gel & Nonskid Repair Blister Repair, Barrier Coating

(415) 383-6606

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Dennis Daly P.O. Box 20343 Oakland, CA 94620 510/849-1766

HAVE SEABAG

WILL TRAVEL

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Warwich 'Commodore' Tompkins

Deliveries • Commissionina • Riaaina done orooeriv

(415)383-0949

MARITIME ATTORNEY Specializing in warranty, purchase contracts, sales/use tax, liens, charters, construction/repair, accidents since 1960. Experience Counts; 45 yrs. of Bay and Coastal racing/cruising. William E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland (510) 532-1786; Fax 532-3461

FEMALE SKIPPER seeks experienced female crew for offshore passage Tortola-YucatanGalveston (possibly also Gibraltar-T ortola) April-

EXTENDED CRUISING Baja and beyond. Prefer

EARN INCOME WITH YOUR BOAT. Spinnaker

CREATIVE,

slender female w/experience but attitude most

Sailing has room for additional boats between 24

craftsperson to join diverse enterprise on beautiful

important. Good physical condition necessary,

and 35 feet to be placed in its new charter location

Pacfic island. Strong background in Japanese

May. Boat is well-equipped 42-ft S & S designed aluminum sloop. (510) 521-3332.

35-ft well equipped fiberglass sloop recently sailed

in Redwood City. Good income potential, tax

4WD vehicle mechanical & body repair, welding,

to S.F. from Washington State. (415) 775-3652,

benefits, unlimited owner use. For more info, call

fiberglassing, outboard motor, sail, power boat

Iv. msg. for Roy or write 10 Golden Court, San

Rich or Bob at (415) 363-1390.

maintenance. Management capability desired.

BRITISH VIRGIN IS. by catamaran. I'm charter¬

Francisco, CA 94109.

experienced people to sail, SCUBA dive and relax in the sun. Call (510) 825-2940.

est, 40+ waterfalls, 80° diving, tradewind sailing,

CREW WANTED for 58' ketch. Join us now for

gamefishing, secure harbor, jetport, friendly lo¬

Bay sailing, coastal cruising. Headed for South

cals, yachties, expats. Resume, cover letter, ref¬

HELP WANTED

Pacific soon. Experience not necessary, but will¬

NEW ZEALAND SAIL, age 31, extensive

ingness to learn important. To join us for sailing

bluewater racing & cruising. Looking for position on yacht in transpac or San Francisco to Tahiti

and good crew camaraderie, call (415) 332-4189.

race. Wants cruise on through South Pacific. Reference available. Tel: Kevin, (619) 689-6115.

self-motivated

Pohnpei, Micronesia offers lush tropical rain for¬

ing a 42-ft catamaran for the week of 8/25-9/4/ 95. Need a crew, 4 to 5 experienced or non-

PATIENT,

erences, & fax #to: Actouka Insurance/Dave Ball, PO Box 55, Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941-0055. Fax: 011 -691-320-2331. Interviewing in Bay Area April, 95.

SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Club Nautique, S.F. RETIRED ATTORNEY needs crew man with elec¬

Bay’s largest and best sailing school, having the

trical ability and crew woman to cook, clean and

Bay’s newest fleet, is actively seeking sailing

SVENDSENS BOATWORKS is accepting appli¬

navigate to accompany family of four. We pay

instructors. Successful applicants will have exten¬

cations for sales and stocking position in the retail

JUST DO IT. Tom, 60, needs one or two NS crew

food and boat expenses for experienced crew. No

sive sailing experience and communication skills.

store. Knowledge of marine products, prior retail

to share expenses on all or any of these: (1) 2 nights on St. Thomas, (2) May 25-June 1 explor¬

salary. Left California last year, now in the Carib¬

U.S.C.G. license necessary. Call David at (510)

sales experience and willingness to work week¬

bean. Contact Parrish, 1491 North Calle La

865-4700.

ends required. Fax or mail resume to (510) 522-

ing Tortola, (3) June 01-09 sailing a 326 Feeling (honestly) around BVI. (408) 353-1665.

Cumbre, Camarillo, California 93010.

COSTA RICA FOR CHRISTMAS? I'm talking to you, J23. The short girl has cottage fever in South Mission Beach & is ready just for play. Rhapsody was great and I want more; a G-string tan, roman¬ tic sunsets, no alarm clocks, endless beaches, fantasies and adventure. Don’t be Solitaire. This first mate is durable and committed. Let’s build new photo album together. Teamwork and com¬ mon dreams will get us down the road. Is it a date? FAN 46-ft ketch needs crew to sail to Vancouver BC for summer. Leave about May 1 and return to SF Sept 1. Space avaiable for any part of cruise. SASE: Fan, Box 634, Petaluma, CA 94953.

0870. Svendsens Boatworks, Inc. 1851 Clement

KEELBOAT AND DINGHY INSTRUCTORS for new Estuary program. $11.43/hr., must be U.S.

proven 40-ft ketch, leaving mid April from Califor¬

Sailing certified instructor. Wili accept ASA for

nia for Marquesas on circumnavigation, looking

keelboat. Contact (510) 444-3807 and ask for

berglass repair person. Previous experience with

for couple or persons to share expenses; sailing

application or stop by Lake Merritt Boating Center,

fiberglass repair work is a must. Contact the

experience not necessary. Attitude and compat¬

Oakland.

boatyard office, (510) 522-2886.

SVENDSENS BOATWORKS is looking for a fi¬

ibility extremely important. (707) 444-0925.

ABLE BODIED PERSON wanted to help rebuild

SPINNAKER SAILING and Rendezvous Char¬

100-ft steel motorsailer & sail South Pacific etc.

ters are looking for qualified 6-pack and 100 ton

Woodworking & mechanical experience neces¬

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

sary, room & board & expenses. (510) 684-2332,

Captains, Sailing Instructors, and maintenance personnel for the 1995 sailing season. Top pay,

Iv. msg.

great people and benefits. Fax resume to (415)

WATER FRONT OFFICE SPACE. Emery Cove

SAILING INSTRUCTORS WANTED. Spinnaker

Yacht Harbor in Emeryville has five suites for

Sailing is hiring experienced certified dinghy and

lease from 250 to 832 sq. ft. beginning in May

keelboat sailing instructors for part time work in

543-7405 or call (415) 543-7333.

SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCATION is looking for

1995. All suites overlook the yacht harbor and

Redwood City and Mtn. View. Call Rich at (415)

crew. Beginners welcome. We have skippers. Many opportunities to sail and leam. Our mem¬ bers enjoy cruising, racing and other activities year around. For more info, call (510) 273-9763.

have spectacular views of San Francisco Bay.

363-1390.

Singles only, please.

Ave., Alameda, CA. Attn: Store Manager.

COUPLE with extended cruising experience on

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There are 850 boat slips in the cove. Extensive upgrade of harbor recently completed. $2.20 sq.

GREAT PLACE TO WORK. Gashouse Cove

ft. for info. Call Diane at (510) 428-0505, Harbor

Marina (at City Yachts) has a partime, entry level

office.

position to wash boats, pump fuel, and perform general maintenance. Call Mackenzie, 567-8880.

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Available at the following local marine chandleries and service distributors:

MATES

Cruising Seas Services, Benicia Bay Ship & Yacht, Richmond Nautilus Marine, Isleton Mariner Boat Works, Alameda Neville Marine Electric, Alameda Svendsen's Chanderly, Alameda Proper-Tighe Marine, Alameda Star Marine, Alameda Golden State Diesel Marine, Oakland Boater's Friend, Berkeley Bay Yacht Service, Alameda Altamarine Electronics, Alameda

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REPAIRS

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THE SOURCE for Sea PC watertight computers and over 50 marine software programs for IBM and Mac, including Electronic Charting; HF and Satellite-Direct Weatherfax; Inventory and Maintenance; Simulators; and much, much more!

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX ABC Yachts. 190 Alameda Prop & Machine.24 Allemand Bros Boat Repair. 180 Alpha Systems. 65 Altamarine Electronics.50 American Battery. 180 Anacortes Yacht Charters. 142 Anderson's Boat Yard .45 Arena Yacht Sales .57 Autoheim.53 Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers.183 Ballena Isle Marina.191 Ballenger Spars. 154 Bankson, Ron, Yacht & Boat Sales.185 Barnett Yacht Insurance. 169 Bay Island Yachts.6,7 Bay Riggers.69 Bay Ship & Yacht Co. Boat Repair.47 Bay Wind Yacht Sales. 189 Beckwith, Craig, Yocht Sales.183

Bedmates. 180 Bellhaven Charters. 142 Berkeley Marina . 140 Berkeley Marine Center.60 Blue Pocific. 142 Boater's Friend .60 Bosun's Yacht Charters. 143 Boy Scouts - Pacific Harbor. 12 Boy Scouts - San Francisco. 186 Boy Scouts - Stanford .34 British Marine.63 Brisbane Marina.26 Cal Berkeley.74 Cal North Publishing.39 Cal-Marine Electronics .65 Caliber Yachts.61 California Maritime Academy. 180 California Custom Canvas.71 California Yacht Sales. 184 Caribbean Yacht Charters . 139

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Eagle Yacht Sales . .49 Edgewater Yacht Sales. .186 Edinger Marine Service. .52 Edson. . 71 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor. .50 Emeryville City Marina. . 18 .22,57 .34 Everfair Enterprises. . 115 Famous Foam Factory. .127 Farallon Electronics. .20 .49 First New England Financial ... . 14 Fleetkeeper. .77 Forespar . . 155 . 11 Ganis Credit Corp. .24 Gianola & Sons. .77 . 15 . 138 Grand Marina. .. 2 Gulf Islands Cruising. . 142 Hackworth Insurance. .81 Handcraft Mattress Co. . 182

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40' CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN, 1973 35’ PEARSON 1976 Wonderful condition. Many valuable extras. Big sail inventory, many are new, new standing rigging, diesel. One owner, excellent budget Estate said, "Price the boat to sell." Call Al Levenson. $69,500. cruiser. Call Steve. $37,500.

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Cheoy Lee..$35,000 Jensen..$25,900 Cal..$36,000 Willard Cutter...$39,000 Pearson Ketch..$64,900 Lancer..$35,900 Mariner Cutter..$49,000 Vancouver Steel CT .$75,000 C&C..$58,500 Cal/Lear Mkll.$59,000 George Keller.$38,500 Tayana.$129,000 fden Porpoise Cutter. $49,500 tstsail.$104,000 ledom.$149,500 lly Peterson, '85.$225,000 Periy.2 from $138,500 Van Dam, steel ketch ... $160,000 Mapleleaf.$145,000 Formosa PH.$149,000 Lancer Motorsailer '86 $450,000

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Chris Craft SF.$44,900 Californian SF.$125,000 Egg Harbor, SF.$74,500 Scarab Exp. '91.$78,000 Mediterranean SF. from $210,000 Carver MY,'88.$119,000 Mainship MY.$125,000 Viking MY.$175,000 Princess Riviera Ex '91 $399,000 Chris Craft YTFS.$225,000 Uniflite YF.3 from $210,000 Northstar SF, '88.$359,000 Defever SF, 86.$420,000 Californian Cpmy.$389,000 Kha Shing CPMY, '90 .. $399,000 Hatteras CV.$595,000 Vega Marina SF.$395,000 Little Hoquin Custom MY$425,000 Angel MY.$495,000 Heisley Exp.$985,000 Elliott SF.$950,000 Hatteras MY.$1,150,000 WestideMY.Offers Ft. Bragg Cstm LRMY .. $270,000 MaioraMY,'86.$1,975,000

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59' SWAN, 1985 Recently returned from a world cruise lying in S.F. Seriously for sale.

SWAN 57, 1981

CT 49,1986, MODIFIED FIN KEEL CUTTER She's fast, strong and great in the ocean. Mexico cruise - 18 months by a couple. Pristine condition.

Extensively equipped, hydraulic, furling and winches. Reduced. Terms available.

Call for boat specs, equipment list and photos For sale by owner. $244,000

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769-1870SANTA CRUZ 72 Hull & deck ready to complete race or cruise. Please Inquire.

40' PILOTHOUSE GARDEN KETCH, 1970 Full keel Seawolf hull built of fiberglass by Hardin. Perkins 4-108 diesel, inside steering station. One of only two built. Great main salon. Forward owner's cabin with double berth, head and stall shower. A beautiful traditional cruising boat in very good condition.

27' CATALINA, 1986. ....$18,500

41" C & C, 1984 ..

33' SR33,1993 Rocket! .. ....$90,000

42' BALTIC, 1982. . $170,000

$55/000 • Avery and Company • (714) 675-8990

35* HINCKLEY, 1957 . ....$55,000

44’ NORDIC, 1988 . . $189,500

35* J-35,.available front $45,000

44' ANNAPOLIS 44,1963.. ...$62,500

38' WAUQUIEZ. .Inquire

46’ CHOATE, 1980 . ...$79,000

38' CATALINA, 1980. ....$53,000

50' COLUMBIA YAWL, 1974 $110,000

38' ERICSON, 1983 . ....$72,000

54' KANTEfVROBERTS. . $250,000

....$55,000

62* RHODES CUSTOM. . $350,000

39' PRIVILEGE CAT, 1990 ..,$275,000

64' DYNAMIQUE, 1983. .... Inquire

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(415) 332-2060 YACHT SALES 1306 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 • Fax 332-2067 HI-VISIBILITY LOCATION FOR 30 YEARS. BOATS SELL AT OUR DOCKS.

47' PORPOISE KETCH

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Loaded with quality cruise gear.

1985 performance cruising qual¬ ity boat& gear. AT OUR DOCKS.

Try $70,000.

Now only $105,000/offers.

46 MORGAN, 1985. Aft cockpit N/M perfi "rraance crsuiser/racer, beautiful teak interior, double stateroom with showers, furling jib, AP, just hauled, bottom pointed & surveyed. Must sell. Asking $85,000._

| ERICS0N 35. Full boat cover, etc Asking $29,000. We also have a very excellent Erieson 32.

42' PEARSON 1984. Great comfort in cruising.

$ 100,000/offers.

36' CUTTER

1984, by Atkin. His island princess in steel/ Albin diesel aux, looks like new. AT OUR DOCKS.

Only asking $26,000.

SAIL 25' BAYUNER, O/B, full race .... 3,500 25' MACGREGOR w/trfr, '92 ...9,900 26' SEABIRD YAWl... reduced 24,000 2T CATAUNA, l/B.Offers/11,000 IT CHEOY LEE OS, dsl .9,500 30' PACIFIC, majos refit.Try 9,900 30' ISLANDER, l/B.OHers/13,500

IRWIN 37. Aft cabin, Mexico vet, owner wants offers.

30' HUNTER, diesel.Try 10,000 30’ KNARR one design rocer. 9,000 32' COUN ARCHER .... Offers/14,500 33' GAFF SLOOP "Fredo1.40,000 56'CUTTER, 1904 .Asking69,500

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FIBERFORM FB, twins-18,000 CHRIS CRAFT, Iwios ..15,000 CARVER FB, twins..Asking 24,900 CLASSIC MATTHEWS..-Try 39,000 MATTHEWS FB, 1965.57,500 WHEELER, 1931 ..-Offers/145.000 AT OUR SALES DOCKS.

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32' WESTSAILCUTTERstrong

Clean and well rigged. Sausalito berth.

hand laid f/g, great layout for extended cruising/liveaboard, motivated transferred owner. AT OUR DOCKS. Try $32,500.

Try $30,000.

27' NOR'SEA 1983. Lyle Hess

47' CHRIS CONNIE

sloop, Yanmar aux. Loaded w/ quality gear incl. Monitor vane & SatNav. Sausalito berth. AT OUR DOCKS. Asking $37,000.

Chris Craft's top of the line. 2 private staterooms with queen in master. Diesel. Liveaboard. AT OUR DOCKS. Try $40,000.

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Mahogany hull, teak decks, twin diesel mains, aux generator, ideal liveaboard/coastal cruiser.

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Only asking $35,000.

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By Huntingford. Excellent ocean performance. Easy to sail with main, mizzen and genoa roller furling. 3 double S/R. Ready for world cruising. Owner will consider trading down. Submit offers.

last of 42's built. Custom cruising interior. All new upholstery. Single forward, double aft. Immoculate engine room. Furling. Owner wants immediate offers. Ideal offshore cruiser.

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47-FT GARDEN DESIGN VAGABOND KETCH 1981

By Hero. Extra heavy construction. Rne sailing capability. World capable. Priced reduced to sell at $79,900.

Cozy nautical ship-like interior. Owner's full queen aft plus two guest stoterooms. Roller furling. Center cockpit. Liveaboard or ocean cruise. Reduced to $155,000.

27* TIARA 2700, 1992. 145 hours. Twin 350s. Immaculate! On display at our office.

34' BAYLINER 3450, 1987. Very low hours. Two doubles, super deon, generator, airconditiong. Asking $59,000.

38' ERICSON, 1984. Universal diesel, furling, Borient STs, double berth all, raft, windvane, $79,500.

37' SEA RAY 370, 1992. Shows better than brand new, dceorator interior, lull Delta alt, 330's. ASK $115,000.

65' ROMSDHAL Lang range cruiser, GM6-71s, new tasteful interior.

34‘ PETERSON, 1978. Volvo, Monitor windvane, huge sail inventory, spinnakers. Great buy!

46' ILU (WATER FlYBRIDGE, 1985.2 queens, A/C, endosed alt. Attrodive at $1(5,000. Ask.

LISTINGS WANTED • SAUSALITO BOARDWALK LOCATION Sheldon Caughey, Temple Stuart, Robert Marotta

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SAIL 47'VAGABOND,’85 ............ •$185,000 43'MUU, IOR, ‘74,... Reduced *$73,000 41* AUX. CUTTER, '41.$49,900 35- YORKTOWN...$25,000 34' H.C., '78 Reduced $58,000 34' CATAtINA, '88$55,000 34' HINCKLEY, '43_ $30,000

45’ HANS CHRISTIAN KETCH, 1978 Owner aft, furling main and jibs, lovely condition. Asking $170,000. Page 188 •UtUoJeZge March, 1995

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1991 HUNTER MOORINGS 433 Motivated owner $112,000

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1983 TA CHIAO CT-47 New listing $159,000

1985 HANS CHRISTIAN 33 Recently reduced $99,000

1989 JEANTOT PRIVILEGE 39 Several from $170,000

CT 38. Weil constructed, modem GULFSTAR 43...$81,500. U.S. bluewater cruising yacht. built, GPS, wind, depth, 3.0 kw 110 volt.

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SELECTED LISTINGS 1990 BENETEAU OCEAN1S 390 1988 JEANTOT PRIVILEGE 48 New listing $78,000_Several from $280,000 WOHULLS Beneteau 345_545,000 Beneteau 35s5_$65,000 Wauquiez Centurion 36_S119,000 Corbin 39 Ketch-$145,000 Jeanneav Sun Legen 41_$725000 Catalina 42_$125,000 Beneteau 43_$79,500 Hunter Legend 45-$110,000 Morgan 50_$199,000

MULTIHULLS '87 Beneteau Blue II33.579,500 '88 Fide) Cat 35.$56,000 '89 Kennex380.$160,000 '86 Outremer40.$120,000 ; : '93 F-P Venezia 42.$250,000 j '92 Lagoon 42.$225,000 '88 F-PCasamance44 .$185,000 '75 Prout 45.$175,000 '91 Lagoon 47.$420,000 )

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SAIL 25' Cal...8,900 25' Catalina__:.8,900 27’ Canadian Sailcraft.16,500 2T O'Day..9,500 2T Coronado..„7,995 28* Islander. 15,900 2ST Ericsoo..13,450 29 CaJ. 72.New Listing 30 Newport (2). 19,900 30- Catarina.19,500 31” Dvfour ..... 27,900

32' 32' 34' 36' 371 38' 38' 43' 44' 46'

Dreadnought. 79,000 Ericson.22,900 Hunter.47,500 Freedom.Offers Tayana. 59.500 CT, fast cruiser. 64,500 Catalina.:.34,000 Gulfstar.81,500 Hylas '84.Reduced 149,500 Rosborough Gaff.New Listing

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54' ROBERTS STEEl KETCH, '83, No compromise 3 strm cruiser. Bright light oak interior, gleaming blue LPU hull, teak decks. New engine. Washer/dryer. This Pacific vet is

Mike Kushner * Dave Marshall ♦ Peter Powell ♦ Phil Howe * Clay Prescott • Dorian Van Cleve

65' MACGREGOR, '86. Fastest production boat built,

47' GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH, '74. Heavy duty cruiser.

attains speeds of 26 knots, yet can be single handed. Very clean. $139,500.

Carvel planked teak hull ready to go cruising again.

$79,950.

41' IAVRONIS, '88. Pedormance cutter, Swan-like style, light wood interior. Teak decks. $89,500.

36' FREEPORT CENTER COCKPIT, '81 Extremely rore center cockpit, 2 staterooms each with head and shower. Bristol condition. $75,000.

SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS SAIL

36' PEARSON, '85. Exceptional room, style and per¬ formance. Pearson quality, ST winches, dodger.

$69,000.

35' WARRIOR, 73. Full keel, English built, center cockpit, Yanmar diesel, windvane, dodger, ready to cruise.

LOD 50' 45' 45' 43' 41' 41' 40' 37' 37' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 35' 35'

BUILDER YR PRICE FORCE 50 73 $111,000 COLUMBIA '73 $62,000 HANS CHRISTIAN $169,000 MULL, Sloop '74 $73,000 LAVRONIS '88 $89,500 MORGAN 3 from $61,500 CSC '82 $65,000 ISLANDER 70 $28,500 HUNTER LEGEND '88 $84,500 WATKINS '81 $49,500 FREEPORT CC '82 $79,000 FREEDOM '88 $114,000 PEARSON '85 $85,000 ISLANDER 3 from $43,000 HERITAGE 78 $59,000 CATALINA '85 $59,500 WARRIOR 73 $30,000 MORGAN 72 $24,500

LOD 34' 33' 32' 32' 320' 32' 31' 30' 30' 29' 28' 25'

BUILDER WYLIE HUNTER MORGAN ARIES ARIES ANASTASIA HUNTER TARTAN PEARSON 303 CAL ISLANDER YAMAHA

56' 55' 53' 53' 51'

FELLOWS/STEWART'27 CHRIS CRAFT '62 BLUEWATER '80 HATTERAS 79 BLUEWATER '83

YR PRICE '79 $34,000 2 from $29,000 '79 $33,000 '76 $25,000 '80 $29,950 '81 $49,750 '83 $31,000 '73 $23,000 '84 $41,500 '70 $19,000 '77 $19,000 '79 $17,500

$79,000 $119,000 $179,000 $345,000 $145,000

LOD 49' 48' 48' 47' 46' 44' 43' 42' 38' 35' 34' 34' 34' 32' 32' 31' 28' 28' 25'

BUILDER YR ALBIN TRAWLER '80 CHRIS YACHTFISHER '85 UNIFLITE '81 STEPHENS CHRIS CRAFT '64 LUHRS '70 ALBIN TRAWLER '78 CHRIS CRAFT '69 8AYLINER '83 CHRIS CRAFT '68 LUHRS SPORTFISHER '90 CALIFORNIAN '80 CALIFORNIAN '82 UNIFLITE '79 CARVER '84 RIVA '78 CARVER '85 SEA RAY EXPRESS'86 PILOT CRUISER '72

PRICE $145,000 $210,000 $139,000 $179,000 $69,000 $72,500 $89,000 $67,000 $89,000 $55,000 $78,000 $58,500 $65,000 $49,500 $69,850 $79,500 $35,000 $33,000 $20,000

$30,000.

33' HUISMAN. Aluminum hull. Strong, lightweight,

33' HUNTER, 79. Outstanding racer-cruiser, liveaboard.

32' WESTSAIl, 1976. Solid cutter, low use engine, auto

fast. Gurney design. Perfect couples bluewater cruiser/ racer. $39,950.

Custom green plush interior cushions, fireplace. New sails. Low price. $23.500.

pilot, extensive ground tackle, rigging new in 1987. Mechanically . and structural!Ify superior. $40,000.

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42' SEARAY420,1990. Express cruiser, fast & elegant.

36' S-2 11-METRE AFT, 79. Excellent finish above & below decks. Epoxy bottom. Roller furling, ST winches, Volvo diesel engine. $48,000. sistership

35' BENETEAU, 1990. High performance racer cruiser with impecably maintained interior. Modem styling, er^Jo single hand. New$l 20,000...now... $79,000.

32' MORGAN, 79. Solid pocket cruiser, autopilot, dinghy, watermoker, new mainsoiL_$33f000.

iss version

Twin 375hp Cat diesels, GPS, radar, Delta canvas,

IRWIN 52,1977. Incredible interior/cruising & living aboard, great sailing performance, 3 staterooms, dinghies & davits, New electrical system, rigging & sails. $145,000. Page 190 •

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44' PETERSON, 1980. Center cockpit performance YACHT SALES NETWORK

cruiser. Original owner. Sailed in 3 Pacific Cups, well maThtained, AP, GPS, SSB. Fiberglass non-skia decks.

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