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MAKING TRACKS Gary Hausler’s first job was as a Gandy Dancer. That’s ninteenth century slang for a worker who lays railroad track. And Gandy Dancer, Gary’s Santa Cruz 40, has been laying some fast tracks across the waters off Northern California during the past year, placing first in divi¬ sion A in the five-race YRA Spring Ocean Series. Gandy Dancer was first-to-finish in the second race, crossing the line at Drakes Bay ahead of a fleet that included several larger boats.

Gary ties Gandy Dancer’s success to his great crew and a tough, fast suit of Pineapple sails. “The crew knows how to make the boat go fast and take full advantage of sails with superior shape.” As to durability, Gary says “We retired our 3/4 oz. Pineapple spinnaker after last month’s Santa Barbara Race. It had logged over 2500 miles, including nine days straight on the way to Hawaii in the Pacific Cup. You can’t ask more of a sail than that.” For the key to the fast track for your boat, stop by or call the loft today.

*Gandy Dancer

DEALER FOR: Musto Foul Weather Gear & Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: West Marine Products in Oakland or Stockton Svendsen’s in Alameda & Seabird Sailing Center in Berkeley Or Bay Riggers in Sausalito

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‘Powered by Pineapples

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CONTENTS

Luxurious Cruising by Beneteau in a Bruce Farr designed hull. At Beneteau we don't see why a cruising boat should be slow. After all, performance is always part of the fun! In terms of com¬ fort, an unmatched experi¬ ence gained on all the races of the world truly makes the Beneteau 50 the ultimate 50footer for the '90s. 49’10" Sailaway Price: $375,000 LOA: 14'9" Beam: 28,000 lbs. Disp.: Navigation Classification: worldwide

ISLAND PACKET 45 "Unbelievable: having lived aboard for many years and having owned several great cruising boats, the 45 just blows me away. I have studied every line, every interior detail and I do believe that Bob Johnson has come up with the perfect liveaboard blue water globetrotter." Ben Oldham, President, Passage Yachts, Inc. —

LOA: Beam: Disp.:

49’10" 14'9" 28,000 lbs.

(until Sept. 1)

SAVE: $26,445

New: Sabre 402 Call for specifications and special Ist-Boat-to-the-Bay pricing (510) 236-2633 Page 4

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COVER PHOTO: Latitude 38/rob The SC52 Pressure Cooker on the TransPac homestretch.

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Latitude 38 welcomes editorial contributions in the form of stories, anecdotes, photographs - anything but poems, please; we gotta draw the line some¬ where. Articles with the best chance at publication must 1) pertain to a West Coast or universal sailing audience, 2) be accompanied by a variety of pertinent, in-focus black and white (preferable) or color prints with identifica¬ tion of all boats, situations and people therein; and 3) be legible. Anything you want back must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Submissions not accompanied by an SASE will not be returned. We also advise that you not send original photographs or negatives unless we specifically request them; copies will work just fine. Notification time varies with ourworkload, but generally runs four to six weeks. Please don't contact us before then by phone or mail. Send all submissions to Latitude 38. P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. For more specific information, request writers' guidelines from the above address.

BEST BROKERAGE BUYS SAIL 27'

SEA RAY, 1982, engine overhaul.. .... $23,000 SUN YACHT, diesel, wheel. .13,000

30'

ISLAND PACKET, 1988 . .55,000 FARALLON great cruiser, 1976 . .32,500

27'

Get Paid For Owning a Beneteau

30'

CATALINA, radar, loaded, 1979 ...

30’

OLSON 911, 1989.

31'

ISLAND PACKET, 1986 . .69,000

32'

ERICSON, 1985. .47,500

33'

APHRODITE 101, Danish, 1979 ........ 25,500

34'

HUNTER, 1983 ...

35'

ISLAND PACKET, 1989 . ....129,000

38’

ISLAND PACKET, 1989 . ....139,500

41'

MORGAN O/l KETCH, 1978 .

C&C, 1984 . .99,500

42'

PEARSON 424 KETCH ...9M00

43'

SLOCUM, 1984, loaded..159,000

BENETEAU BROKERAGE 30'

BENETEAU 305..$38,000

35'

BENETEAU FIRST 35s5..82,000

42'

BENETEAU FIRST 42, 1985..99,000

43*

BENETEAU OCEANIS 430, 1990. .139,000

45’

BENETEAU FIRST 45f5,1991 . .199,000

THE D E A L... This is not just marketing hype. Beneteau has introduced several new models, and the Sailing Connection, the Bay Area's fastest growing school and charter company, wants to add them to their fleet (see page 46). We at Passage Yachts have made special arrangements to make that happen.

OCEANIS 281

The Sailing Connection has openings for five new boats in their program. We're offering each of these BENETEAU models with guaranteed income. The boats will be fully equipped for charter use to provide maximum income to their owners. We'll even include a CD player.

SABRE BROKERAGE 34'

SABRE 34,1991 . ... $109,000

36*

SABRE 36, 1986. .98,500

38'

SABRE 38,1991 . . 189,000

42'

SABRE 42,1989.

...$176,000

Those listed in bold are located in Richmond.

OCEANIS 321

in addition to income, there can be significant tax savings for placing your boat in a charter program. And you get as much personal use of your boat as you choose, depend¬ ing upon the amount of tax savings you want to realize.

m SLOCUM 43 CUTTER

$159,000

OCEANIS 351

It BENETEAU 45S5

THE BOATS...

$199,000

1230 Brickyard Cove Rd. Point Richmond, CA 94801

(510) 236-2633 Fax (510) 234-0118

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People love BENETEAUS. They sail well, look great and are built to last. BENETEAU's inno¬ vative building techniques do more than provide you with a stronger, higher quality boat than other manufacturers.

OCEANIS 400

With BENETEAU you pay less than you think up front and get more than you bargained for in enjoyment and resale value. They combine high appeal to potential charterers and low maintenance costs to owners. That's why they make money.

BENETEAU — synonomous with quality, value and innovation

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34' 37' 38' 39' 39'

Event.from 104,000 Snowgoose Elite. 149,900 Manta. 220,800 Escale. 244,900 Privilege .. many from 175,000

40' 43' 44' 50' 55'

Solaris. 159,200 St. Francis '91 . 275,000 Panther Power Cat. 237,000 Quasar.from 215,000 Lagoon '88 . 645,000

(510) 814-0400 Dealers for

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Directions to our office. ext. 212 Classifieds. ext. 21 Subscriptions ..ext. 24 Distribution. ext. 25 Editorial.ext. 26 email.★★ New ★★...l38ed@aol.com

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Bookkeeping.Tina Dunne, ext. 101 General Manager.Colleen Levine, ext. 102 Production.Christine Weaver, ext. 103 Production.Andy Turpin, ext. 104 Production.Kirstin Kremer, ext. 112 Advertising.Mitch Perkins, ext. 107 Advertising.John Arndt, ext. 108 Associate Editor.Rob Moore, ext. 109 Managing Editor...John Riise, ext. 110 Contributing Editors.Paul Kamen, Andy Turpin, Shimon Van Collie

30' CS, 1987.42,000 Quality performance cruiser.

36' C&C.48,500 Top condition w/lots of gear.

YACHTS (510) 814-0400 40' CHEOYLEE.75,000 Midshipman model, center cockpit.

36'CATAUNA.49,900 Very popular model; call now for info.

1981

42' CATAUNA.139,500 Completely equipped for cruising.

One of the very few on the market in the U.S. This raised deck, twin steering station vessel makes a wonderful liveaboard and world cruiser. Generator, A/P, radar, dinghy & outboard plus much more. At our docks and asking $189,500.

44' HARDIN The classic Voyager 44 has the perfect layout for the serious cruiser. This Mexico vet has all of the equipment you need for another trip down south and beyond. Hurry in today to see tier as she won't last long. At our dock. $130,000.

Small Yacht Specials

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GREAT VALUES! i I 24' to 35! Sailboats I '

Under $30,000

40' ENDEAVOUR, 1982 This all season cru'iser/liveaboard is seriously for sale. The price has just been reduced and the owners want offers now. Inis is a great boat for Mexico or dockside living. Located at our dock for your viewing ease. Now asking $89,500.

Additional Quality Listings 23' 25' 27' 27’ 27' 27' 27' 27' 28’ 29' 30' 30' 30’ 32' 33' 34' 35' 35’ 35'

NORTH AMERICAN .$5,500 C&C. .$9,500 ERICSON. . $12,900 O’DAY. .$16,900 CATAUNA, '82 . .$16,900 CATAUNA, '85 . . $18,500 ERICSON, '78. . $16,800 U.S., '81 . .$8,950 ERICSON, 28+, '81 . $18,900 ERICSON. .Make Offer! HUNTER. .$17,900 CS. .$42,000 PEARSON. . $23,500 O'DAY. .$29,500 NEWPORT, '82. . $34,000 ALOHA, '83. . $58,900 CHALLENGER, '74.. .$35,000 CHEOYLEE LION... 2 from $25,000 ERICSON. ..from $19,900

45' EXPLORER.98,000 Fantastic liveaboard, cruiser, at our dock.

35' 36' 36’ 37' 38' 40’ 40’ 42' 42' 44' 45' 47' 48' 50' 50' 50' 50' 57'

HINCKLEY, 57. . $55,000 C&C. .$48,500 CATAUNA. . $49,900 PROUT SNOWGOOSE, '86 $128,000 KAISER,'72. . $59,900 CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN. $75,000 ENDEAVOUR,'82 .$89,500 CATAUNA. . $139,500 CROSS TRI, '79 .... . $77,500 HARDIN. .$130,000 JEANNEAU, '85 ... . $149,500 CELERE. NEW $399,500 C&C LANDFALL.... . $189,500 COLUMBIA. 2 from $109,900 BOC RACER. . $225,000 CHALLENGER, 74 . $129,500 CHEOY LEE, ’66 ... . $98,000 STEEL MOTORSAILER..,$175,000

Small Yacht Specials

28' ERICSON 28+.... 18,900 Roomy and fun for the Bay.

Most Boats Listed Are*Located at Our Dock!

27' CATAUNAS from 16,500

25'PACIFIC SEACRAFT.. 13,950 Great pocket cruiser!

DEALERS FOR:

Late model and clean; at our docks.

Tlvcct CATAMARANS

2099 GRAND STREET A ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501 A (510) 814-0400 FAX (510) 814-8765 /

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....$6,995 .CALL ..$15,900 ....$9,995 ..$17,954 ..$19,500 .CALL ..$44,000 ..$46,000 $159,900

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SAIL 23' Santana, '81. 25' Catalina, swing keel 25' Ericson, '81 . 26' Ranger, '74. 27' Gulf, '84 . 29' Cal, 74. 30' Catalina, new listing 36' S-2 11.0, 79. 36' Catalina, '81. 50’ Santa Cruz, 79.

BOATS

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Available at better marine stores. Trademark and Technology licensed by THE BOEING COMPANY.

Electron microscope photo (30x) shows North NorDac 4800 on top of an equal weight competitor. Note the tighter weave in both the vertical (fill) and horizontal (warp) direction.

he tighter a polyester sail fabric is woven, the more stable it will be, the less it will stretch, and the longer it will last. North's NorDac 4800™ and Premium NorDac™ are the tightest woven polyester fabrics in the world. For a given weight, they are the longest lasting sail fabrics made. North weaves its NorDac fabrics on classic shuttle looms rather than high-speed "modem" looms used by other manufacturers. Because we weave our cloth so tightly, a minimum of finishing is required. This means the strength of NorDac is in the weave, not the filler. From a distance, most cruising fabrics appear the same. Up close, you can see the difference North quality makes...now and years from now. Whether you cruise around the Bay or around the world, you get more with North. There is a difference. IVORTH SAILS San Diego: 619-224-2424 Huntington Beach: 714-898-1234 Newport Beach: 714-642-7238 Marina del Rey: 310-827-8888 Channel Islands: 805-984-8100 Seattle: 206-789-4950

North Sails San Francisco: 5i0-522-5373 2415 Mariner Square, Alameda, CA 94501

There is a difference

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EMERYVILLE CITY MARINA

Richmond ■*£580

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A quick trip to the Bay, a quick trip from your home.

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RECENT UPGRADES AND OFFERINGS:

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Recently dredged berths and channel FREE utilities FREE launch ramp 8 fish pier NEW full service chandlery NEW bathroom, shower, laundry facility

Call for competitive rates

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Consider all the features of Emeryville's Design Award-winning Ma¬ rina. Centrally located for the entire Bay Area with easy driving access by car and quick access to terrific Bay sailing. Check all these features: 0 0 0 0 0

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Excellent security 25-60' berths Restaurants Sportfishing center City park

3310 Powell St exit off 1-80 Emeryville door to Hank Schramm's Sportfishing

(510) 596-4340 fax (510) 596-4342

MARINER BOAT YARD FEATURING ANTI-FOULING PAINT BY

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Experienced Maintenance & Repair • Bottom Painting

Electronics Installation

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Custom Woodwork

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Rig Tuning

• Gelcoat

Boat Inspections

• LPU (Awlgrip) • Guaranteed Blister Repair • Engine Services "Firm price quotes on bottom painting and most repair work freely given. ”

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8-5, Saturday 9-2

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2415 MARINER SQUARE DRIVE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501 Page 10

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Pete Van Inwegen ~ Manager I wanted to do it for free but my wife wouldn't let me.

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Leases start at $200 a month •Imagine arriving at your boat; everything ready for your day of sailing or cruising on the beautiful San Francisco Bay. The boat has been thoroughly checked by our staff of yachting professionals. •Be free of the expense of owning a yacht - the maintenance, insurance and mooring. You'll never have to hunt down a mechanic, call a parts store to replace that lost winch handle, fix a broken head or find that sailmaker to repair that ripped sail.

LKASF. SAMPT ING Sail

Monthly

Power

Monthly

30' Islander

$200

32' Bayliner

$240

34' Catalina

$220

37' Sea Ray

$400

44' Peterson

$400

42’ L'Hwa

$500

44' Swan

$500

55' Sea Ray

$1,000

We proudly introduce Carol Bainbridge as our Director of Leasing. An enthusiastic sailor, Carol brings more than 15 years of successful sales and marketing experience

•Relax and enjoy the use of your boat 32 days a year with our no hassle, affordable leasing program. Choose your yacht, receive full instruc¬ tion on its use and we'll present you with the keys to unlock your dream.

to our growing leasing division. Please call her for information and our free brochure.

WANTED

Call us today and find out how you can -

With potential lessees calling daily... We need quality yachts for our program. How does the idea of earning income on your yacht intrigue you?

LEASE YOUR DREAM

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•It's cheaper to lease - annually it costs six times more to own.

BROKERAGE YACHTS FOR SALE SAIL

POWER

62' Mason-designed, Mamie.$475,000 55' S&S design, Santana.$275,000 46' Cal 2-46.$129,900 44' Peterson...$99,000 44’ Swan 441. . $165,000 42' Pearson.$115,000 38' Swan..$105,000

The Yacht Brokers BUZ COX

BELL ALLEN

48' 42' 42' 27'

Chris Craft.$180,000 Grand Banks.$187,000 Lien Hwa.i.$165,000 Boston Whaler.$40,000

2656 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965

(415) 331-4300 Fax (415) 331-4301 E-Mail - YACHTBKR@HOOKED.NET August, 1995 • LtMJc 3g • Page 11

Home of the Alameda Yacht Club

The UC Department of Athletics and Recreational Sports is seeking motor and sailing vessels for our instructional and recreational programs. Your tax deductible donation will be handled quickly and ^efficiently. You will be able to quickly eliminate insurance, berthing and advertising fees. Donating your boat to Cal will greatly assist us in advancing our many low-cost, high quality programs on the Bay. For more information, Please contact Robert Anderson

510 642-8556 -

L^*T\N G R A N B E

CRUISERS

CALIBER YACHTS INCORPORATED OUR PRIME LOCATION INCLUDES: • Close, Easy Access to the Bay • Competitive Rates • Over 500 Berths up to 60' • Nighttime Security • Free Pump-Out Station • Yacht Brokerage on Site • Clean Restrooms • Guest Berthing • Power, Water, Phone & Dockbox at each Berth

FORTMAN MARINA (510) 522-9080 1535 BUENA VISTA AVENUE ALAMEDA, CA 94501

CALIBER 35 LRC

CALIBER 40 LRC

100 gal. water • 120 gal. fuel

195 gal. water • 230 gal. fuel

Call Bay Area Representative Jeff Huntingtor

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for complete details 1331 N. NORTHLAKE, 'SEATTLE, WA 98103

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat'

KENSINGTON YACHT & SHIP BROKERS WEST BAY 475 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito

(415) 332-1707 FAX (415) 332-1726

TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

EAST BAY Fortman Marina, 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda

(510) 865-1777 FAX (510) 865-8789

52’ TAYANA CUTTER, 1987.

46’ MORGAN SLOOP, 1981.

Truly a luxury yacht for racers or cruisers.

Cruise, race or live aboard an exception¬ ally well-maintained yacht.

Asking $329,000.

$120,000.'

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

Buyers & Sellers We reach a worldwide market.

49' CT CUTTER, 1986. Teak decked, streamline baby has it all. Asking $219,000.

35' NIAGARA SLOOP, 1981.

A sturdy cruiser by Hinterhoeller (Nonsuch) in great shape. Asking $67,500.

50' CHALLENGER KETCH, 1974.

sistership

39' PRIVILEGE (French) CATAMARAN, 1990.

32' TRAVELLER CUTTER, 1976.

44' MASON.

Worth every penny.

Center cockpit, dual helms. Loaded!

Ready for fast cruising. Loaded.

A solid circumnavigator. New bottom job, rigging.

Asking $139,000.

Asking $250,000.

Asking $39,900.

2 from $229,000.

IT O'DAY (diesel), '86 **•»•*;»**•••««••*»••****» *•«««♦*• 16,500

36' COLUMBIA, '68.22,500

42' CAMPER-NICHOLSON Ketch, 74.. 100,000

30' SCHOCK Sloop, '38 ..

23,000

37’ SWEDISH Steel Ketch.Now 35,000

43’ SWAN, 71.89,000

33' NORWEST SLOOP, 78.49,000

38' WAUQUIEZ (Hood), '80.80,500

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

34’ TARTAN YAWL, 74.29,900

38’ ERICSON, ’88.Inquire

45’ JEANNEAU SUNKISS, '84. 110,000

35’ CORONADO, 74.32,000

40' GARDEN Schooner, '82.125,000

46' & 48' AMEL.from 160,000

35' CHALLENGER Sloop, '77.30,000

40' ENDEAVOR, '82.95,000

47' GARDEN PORPOISE Ketch. 79,900

36' NAUTICAT, 1984.

55' CUSTOM MOTORSAILER, 1982.

32' MARINER KETCH, 1968.

Superb quality motorsailer. Shows 1st rate. Asking $95,000.

The best ferro ever built. Insurable. Must see. Asking $149,000.

Herreshoff design. A woody in super shape. Asking $27,900.

43' SEA FINN MOTORSAILER KETCH, 1992.

Well worth the Scandinavian craftsmanship. Asking $260,000.

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MELGES Movement!

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39,000

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35,000

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195,000

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119,000

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329,000

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695,000

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SWAN 43 Medea (1987) sislershipphoto One of the last Swan 43s launched to a Ron Holland design. Features a luxurious owner's suite w/centerline master berth and private head. Im¬ pressive equipment inventory w/amenity for long distance cruising. Nautor 12-month warranty. A truly unique opportunity at only $249,000

SWAN 44 Bandit (1975) sislership photo Bandit has received excellent care and maintenance. Her teak decks show light wear and all teak plugs are intact. Without a doubt Bandit's condition is a fine example and perfect testimonial to Swan's reputation. Strongly built and a joy to sail, the Swan 44 is considered a ''classic." This yacht has received numerous upgrades. All important winches have been replaced with self-tailing winches. The blocks have been upgraded to Harken Offshore roller bearing blocks. The addition of the furling system allows the yacht to be easily handled by a short crew. Bandit represents a unique opportunity to purchase a yacht that does not require restoration. $124,000.

Price

1970

79,000

1972

98,000

1973

99,500

1984

395,000

1987

420,000

1981

299,000

1990

750,000

1980

399,000

1985

695,000

1984

895,000

Swan 36 Pellas (1989) sislership photo Great value, late model 36. This Frers design has excellent performance with ease of handling. Low engine hours, wind¬ lass, Brooks & Gatehouse instruments, Reckmann roller furling, Navtec hydraulics, dodger, bimini, awning, and 11' dinghy are just part of the many fine features of this boat. Factory hull warranty for one year. Don't miss this opportunity at $170,000.

SWAN 59 Perseverence {1985) This Frers design has a spacious interior layout featuring a centerline queen berth and stall shower in the private owner's stateroom. Her generator, air-conditioning and deck layout including electric winches, make her the perfect cruising Swan. Nautor's robust construction and her full keel make her an ideal offshore yacht. Offered for sale by her original owner and

NAUTORsI

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SEND YOUR YACHT TO STANFORD The Stanford University Sailing Program is seeking motor yachts and sailing vessels for its instructional, recreational and competitive programs.

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Preprogrammed Marine, Ham and Telex frequencies Remote mountable head, as many as 8 heads on a single radio Fully HAM capable 2 • 30Mhz operation TRANSMIT and receive Computer controllable for Sitor/Amtor/Paktor telex Full audio & visual control of notch filters, SWR, AOSP and SNS Built in clock and on / off timer for unattended operation Authorized Sales & Service:

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All donations will be handled in a timely and effective fashion. You will be surprised how attractive donating your boat to Stanford can

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WDOlsey/ZSPAR The Winning Combination Available at chandleries everywhere. Or contact: Western Marine Marketing (415) 459-4222 • Fax 453-7639 Also available from Woolsey/Z*SPAR: Captain’s Waterbased Polyurethane Varnish; Captain’s Waterbased Satin Varnish; Aquabrite Waterbased Topside Finish (white only); Aquabrite Waterbased Undercoater.

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SWAN 36 ALA (1992): Luxuriously appointed with leather interior, plus radar, swim platform, GPS, autopilot, windlass, racing and cruising inven¬ tory. At our docks in Newport Beach.

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SWAN 44 URSA (1992): Almost new condition with bulb keel, swim

Regattas, yet shows virtually no use. Kept under full cover since

platform, 2 GPSs, 2 autopilots, IBM-PC, SSB, Ham, weatherfax,

new and professionally maintained, the vessel has never left

radar, furling jib, watermaker, inverter, central heating. Pacific

California waters. $695,000.

Northwest, $495,000.

ANDREWS 53 BOBO (1990): Westerly built with 10 new ('94)

SWAN 46 Tt/WD/7A(1985): Designed purelyforfast cruising, with aft

racing sails, updated electronics, revarnished interior and kept in

cockpit entrance to owner's cabin, Scheel keel, watermaker, comput¬

immaculate condition. Price reduced for quick sale. At our docks in

erized chart system, radar, SSB. Located Friday Harbor, WA.

Newport Beach. $350,000.

$450,000.

SWAN 59 MS. BLU (1986): A one-owner yacht (never chartered) features new interior varnish afid upholstery, custom aft cabin with extra-long queen-sized berth, all systems show exceptional mainte¬ nance. Newport Beach. $799,000.

SWAN 47 ZEPHYR (1979): Purchased by the current owner in 1989 and highly upgraded since then, with newly painted topsides, watermaker, leather upholstery, B&G instruments, SSB, GPS, Heart Inverter, and new Perkins 4-236 diesel. San Diego, $235,000.

STEINEMANN & CO. INSURANCE SERVICES 800-468-4496 • FAX 714-645-7216 August, 1995 •

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CALENDAR Hood Nonrace

Sailmakers From Fiber to Finish

Hood takes the complete approach to sailmaking, beginning with cloth and ending with you. In between is a sophisticated system of computer-aided design programs linked to laser cutting and refined manufacturing. We guard against breakdown at sea or on the race course by making and using our own hardware for extra strength and dependability. The final details of each sail is hand-finished by highly skilled crafts people who care as much about your sail as you do. No shortcuts are ever taken in the creation of your sails. The qualify of Hood sails is controlled from the first to the final hand stitch. Our cloth is designed and manufactured exclusively for the specific purpose your sails. Hood is the only sailmaker who can offer you this guarantee of quality and the experience of forty years in sailmaking. For these reasons. Hood sailmakers remains the most trusted name in sailmaking. RACING SAILS • CRUISING SAILS • REPAIR SERVICE • CONSULTATION

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(800) 883-7245 466 Coloma St., Sausalito, CA 94965 Page 26

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Aug. 1, 1943 — In a disorganized attack, 15 American FT boats engaged four Japanese destroyers in Blackett Strait in the Solomons. There was lots of shooting on both sides that night, but in the end only one boat was lost — FT 109 was rammed and sunk by the Jap¬ anese destroyer Amagiri, killing two sailors and beginning the legend of the man who would go on to become our 35th president. Aug. 5-6 — Islander 36 Cruise to Sausalito. Rich Princeau, (408) 985-8542 or Ricjt Wall, 962-1515. Aug. 5-6 — California Cape Dory Owners Association Second Annual Rendevous in Martinez (in conjunction with the Martinez Peddlers’ Faire). All owners of these rugged New England-built sail and powerboats are encouraged to 'make the scene'. Mike Fahy, (510) 934-3249. Aug. 5-13 — Catalina 30 Fleet One 10th Annual Bluewater Cruise to Stillwater Cove, with stops at Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz and Monterey. Fifteen boats are already signed up! Seth or Bev Bailey, (510) 521-4780. Aug. 10 — Full moon! Aug. 10-17 — 11th Annual Tahoe Wooden Boat Week, includ¬ ing the 23rd Annual Tahoe YC Concours d’Elegance (featuring Gar Wood runabouts) on August 11-12. A week of workshops, speakers, cruises, picnics, etc. Tahoe YC; Steven Lapkin, (916) 581-4700. Aug. 12 — Rubber Ducky Derby — 20,000 duckies will 'race' on the Oakland Estuary to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Oakland. Take a quack at winning — tickets are $5, and prizes include a new ’95 Saturn! Info, (510) 428-3355. Aug. 12-13 — American Sailing Association (ASA) ’95 Sailing Symposium at St. Francis YC. Seminars, on-the-water demon¬ strations, and more. Details, (310) 822-7171. Aug. 12-13 — Freya 39 Cruise to Delta Marina in Rio Vista. Randy or Donna Bender, (209) 368-5758. Aug. 12-13 — Open Boat Weekend at Marina Village, weather permitting. Harbormaster, (510) 521-0905. Aug. 16 — ESPN coverage of the Vauxhall Lymington Cup, the second of five regattas on the cash-rich Brut World Tour, 10 a.m. Aug. 19 — Petaluma River Festival. Info, (707) 762-5331. Aug. 19 — Ballena Isle Marina Nautical Swap Meet and Festival. Music, food and fun from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Ray, (510) 814-0471. Aug. 19 — Crew Overboard Recovery Day at Club Nautique, Alameda. Classroom discussion followed by the 'real thing'. One instructor and one swimmer per boat. Details, (510) 865-4700. Aug. 19-20 — Ericson 27 fleet cruise to Oakland YC. Wilkes Joy, (408) 395-4826. Aug. 19-20 — Hans Christian Owners Association cruise to Paradise Cove. Jack or Patti, (510) 444-4812. Aug. 24 — "Destination Mexico: Planning Your Cruise," a free slide-illustrated program by Bob and Carol Mehaffy. Waypoint (Alameda), 7 p.m., limited seating. RSVP, (510) 769-1547. Aug. 26, 1950 — Wreck of the month: Benevolence (ex-Marine Lion), a Navy hospital ship, was rammed and sunk by the freighter Mary Luckenbach in a fog bank in the shipping channel outside the Gate. Benevolence, a converted C-4 type cargo ship that had served capably in World War II, had been plucked from the mothball fleet and refitted at Mare Island for service in the Korean War. The accident occurred during routine exercises, and the death toll was exacerbated by the fact that Benevolence was training two crews at the time. The boat sank in 40 minutes, coming to rest about 2Vfe miles southwest of Mile Rock. She took 18 people out of the 526 aboard to the bottom with her, the worst local maritime disaster since the 1901 wreck of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Aug. 25 — "Understanding Autopilots," a free seminar by Ted 'Believe It or Not' Ripley, the California Navico rep; 6-8 p.m. at the Sacramento West Marine store. Info,4916) 366-3300. Aug. 25-26 — Festival of the Sea ’95, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s annual celebration at Hyde Street Pier.

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CALENDAR

YOUR LOCAL WATERING HOLE TUST GOT WETTER

Includes parade of historic ships on Friday, and free entry to Hyde Street Pier on Saturday. Lots of entertainment! Info, 929-0202. Aug. 25-27 — Northern California Pacific Seacraft Owner Rendezvous for Flickas, Dana 24s, Seacraft 31s/32s/40s, Crealock 34s/37s/44s and Pacific Seacraft-built Ericson 34s and 38s. Begins with a raft-up Friday evening at Clipper Cove (Treasure Island), followed by a race/rally over to Brickyard Cove the next morning. Party and slide show at Richmond YC on Saturday night. Mike Traynor, (510)^83-6175, or Jim Marco at NorCal Yachts, (510) 5238773.

GREAT BEER GOOD FOOD & A FULL PREMIUM WELL BAR The Tied House Cafe & Brewery

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for J/24s, Melgi and ll:Metres. San Francisco YC, 435-9133. Aug. 19-20 — Frank’s Tract Regatta, proof that you can race keelboats in the Delta. Andreas Cove YC, (916) 777-5870. Aug. 25-27 — Flight of the Swans VIII, an upscale Swan regatta hosted by Los Angeles YC, (310) 831-1203. Aug. 26 — Montara Memorial Race, a new ocean race in honor of the now-departed buoy off Montara. Berkeley YC; YRA, 771-9500. Aug. 26 — Fall One Design #1 for Santana 22s, SC 27s and Moore 24s. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Aug. 26 — Perpetual Cup, a J/105 showdown between defender San Francisco YC (Chimo, Jeff Madrigali) and challenger Encinal YC (Blackhawk, Chris Corlett). A rematch, albeit in different boats, of the original race 100 years ago! Tad Lacey, (510) 874-7808. Aug. 27 — Fall SCORE #1. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 1 — Windjammer’s Race, 67 downwind miles from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. This is also Leg One of the new 'Latitude Labor Day Weekend Ironman Challenge': you’ll get a Latitude T-shirt and your mug shot in The Racing Sheet if you sail in this race Friday, the Jazz Cup Saturday, and the NOOD Regatta on Sunday. Prove it with pictures! YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 1-3 — Sailing World/IBM NOOD Regatta for the following fortunate one design classes: Melges 24, Hawkfarm, Express 27, Olsqn 30, ll:Metre, Santana 35, J/80, J/24, J/29, J/105, J/35 and, for the first time, F-27s. Register Friday, two races Saturday, two Sunday — do something else on Monday! St. Francis YC, 563-6363. Sept. 2 — Jazz Cup, co-sponsored by Benicia YC and South Beach YC. A fun 24.8-mile run up towards the Delta, guaranteed to feature perfect race committee work after last year’s debacle. South Beach YC, 495-2295. Sept. 2 — Master Mariners’ Chickenship Regatta, the wooden boat clique’s annual trek to the heart of egg country. "No race is more irreverent!" claims Dan Drath, 851-7601. Sept. 3 — Bang & Go, proof that people in Santa Cruz still know how to party. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 3-9 — International Knarr Championship, always a classy event. Corinthian YC, 435-4771. Sept. 8-10 — 505 PCCs. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 9 — Teak Deck Invitational Regatta, a new family-oriented event for contemporary boats with teak decks. Co-sponsored by City Yachts (567-8880) and Rudiger’s New Life Sails (331-6275). Sept. 9-10 — Jim Ong Regatta. Richmond YC, (510) 237-2821. Sept. 9-10 — 505 PCCs. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 10 — Jester Worlds, the ultimate trivial pursuit. Mark Langer, (408) 426-8628. Sept. 12-17 — Brut Cup of New York, the fourth of five mega¬ buck regattas on the ’95 Brut by Faberg6 Series. Sept. 13-17 — Big Boat Series for J/105s, J/35s, Express 37s, maxi boats, ULDB 70s, IMS grand prix, and two FIMS divisions. Among the 'glamour girls' expected are Sayonara, Exile, Windquest and Morning Glory. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 16 — Storer Women’s Regatta. Tiburon YC, 789-9889. Sept. 16 — Runga Kutta Race, a low-key rally to Half Moon Bay. Sierra Point YC, 871-8775. Sept. 24-Oct. 1 — Nations Cup, an international J/24 rockstar convention. See Race Notes. StFYC, 563-6363. Get. 7 — Nimitz Level Sum Team Racing and Women’s Skippers Invitational. Berkeley YC; BobbiTosse, (510) 939-9885.

Summer Beer Can Races BALLENA BAY YC — Friday Night Races: 8/18, 9/22, 10/20. BBYC Race Committee, (510) 581-5336. BAY VIEW BC — Monday Night Madness: 8/7,8/21,9/18. John Super, 243-0426. BENICIA YC — Thursday Night Series: every Thursday evening through 9/28. Ken Van Story, (707) 746-0788. BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Series: every Friday through

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Man insurance survey Thanks for your response about the German company that insures cruising boats — although not American and Canadian cruising boats. A few of us here were wondering if it would be possible for you to; take a survey of the top ten insurance companies used by cruisers. Also, what insurance companies do most singlehanders use? Larry Clark and Mark Krajcar v Northern California

Larry & Mark — Top ten? If you’re talking about cruising insurance for Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska and the Caribbean, there might be some kind of top ten. For more distant cruising, you’re probably looking at a top three or four. It’s a very thin market — unless, of course, you have a $5 million yacht. Lloyds used to write a lot of worldwide policies, but they’ve been having near fatal financial problems. Hopefully the situation has changed, but as of late last year they were taking months to get back to even their biggest brokers with either a quote or a decline. A couple of years back, United Community nearly ran off with the uforldwide cruising insurance market. And why not? They offered low rates, insurance without surveys, and coverage for almost anywhere in the world. But soon they had to dramatically raise their rates, and a short time later they went bankrupt, leaving hundreds of cruisers around the globe with worthless policies. Some folks cruising in Europe and elsewhere were lucky enough to get coverage from Pantaenius, the German company you spoke of. But not many. And as you now know, given the absurdity of the American legal system, Pantaenius has little interest in covering U.S. or Canadian boats that aren’t permanently kept in Europe. So if you’re planning on cruising around the world, your best bei is to start calling brokers one by one in the hope that somebody can find some coverage for you. But don’t expect to be able to pick and choose between a number of companies — or even that there will be a company willing to insure you. In fact, the best you might be able to find is a cobbled together sort of package. Here’s an example: When our charterboat Big O started her trip to Europe last fall, she was insured by Lloyds. For the first six weeks of this year we had nc insurance, however, because Lloyds went on walkabout. We didn’t like not having insurance and our bank would have liked it even less. Six weeks into the new year, we got coverage for Central Americc and the Caribbean from a company in Florida. It was a lot mon expensive than Lloyds had been, and for reasons we don’t understand, we had to change our boat’s homeport to Newport. Rhode Island! Our TransAtlantic coverage came in the form of a relatively inexpensive supplemental policy from — and yes, we know thii makes no sense — Lloyds. Oddly enough, the broker told us hi would have had a much more difficult time finding us coverage ha< Big O not been a charterboat. Cruising insurance for singlehanders? That’s universally availabh from Self Insurance, Inc., with an agent in your very own home.

Mthe stupidest thing you can do I have cried for Shellie Taylor, and for her daughter, Victoria, an< for all those who tried to save Victoria from drowning. As a sailor an< as a mother, I cannot imagine a more horrible experience. What cannot understand is what it’s going to take for racers to get smai about wearing personal flotation devices. I crewed on two different Express 27s for several years, racing a over the Bay on 'cabin top'. After the first few races — and a few scar tacks in strong winds — I bought a Stearns Class III PFD and wore ii After seeing so many racers not wearing PFDs, or claiming they wer compensating by not wearing sea boots, I wondered what my ves would do for me if I went into the Bay. So I tested it by — full clothed and wearing sea boots — jumping into a heated swimmin

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Ml HEARD A SPLASH Tragedies — such as the two incidents in which crew were lost off sailboats this past year — always generate an outpouring of opinion and comment regarding crew safety and Personal Flotation Device (PFD) legislation. I want to extend my condolences to the family and friends of both Larry Klein and Victoria Taylor, and now share a somewhat unusual story with your readers. I’ve only been sailing for two years, and although I consider myself competent, I realize that there is much on the water that I haven’t experienced first hand. Still, safety has always been one of my foremost concerns. Two summers ago during a beer can race, for example, I went overboard from a Merit 25, smacking my head on the toe rail in the process. The very next day I bought an auto-inflating Sospenders PFD, which I now wear every time I sail. A year ago, a friend and I entered the Doublehanded Farallones Race. Among our preparations was spending a day doing singlehanded crew overboard drills. On May 20th of this year, a week shy of the anniversary of the first time I singlehanded, I went out for an afternoon’s sail with my two dogs. Both of my animals wear West Marine pet PFDs — bright yellow ones with a nylon webbing handle on the back. We were out about an hour, sailing off Sierra Point, when the wind picked up. I put a reef in the main and we sailed until it became just too uncomfortable — 25 knots with whitecaps across the Bay — for the 'kids'. My little boy dog was down in the cabin looking a bit green, and his sister, Maggie, was up in the cockpit, not really enjoying getting tossed about. Deciding it was time to head for home, I was lashing the headsail down on the foredeck when I heard a splash. I turned to see my little 'girl' in the water off the port stern, nose pointing up as high as she could hold it, but swimming away from the boat! I called her name trying to get her turned around, but she was too panicked to hear me. I immediately jumped down into the cockpit, brought the boat around in a jibe, and started sailing after her. I momentarily thought bi (dropping the main and starting the motor, but decided it would take too long. I had previously rehearsed in my mind what I would do if either of my dogs ever went overboard. The first thing I did as the boat headed in the dog’s direction was to duck into the cabin, saying to myself 'boathook, boathook!' I grabbed the pole and came back on deck, extending it as I came through the companionway. Page 42

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Soon I was coming up to Maggie on my starboard side, and as 1 got to my closest point, I reached out with the hook to grab the handle on the back of her PFD. But just then — I was just a foot away from reaching her — she turned and swam the other way! I brought the boat around in another jibe, bending the boathook when it got hit by the mainsheet coming across. Luckily the bend was minor and the polejiadn’t buckled. I again came up on Maggie, this time on port. I wanted to be careful not to run her under the hull, so I let out the main and brought the boat to an almost dead stop right next to her. But by the time I got the hook over, she had swam out of range once again! Having stopped the boat, I had lost steerage, and Maggie was now maybe 20 yards away. Waves were splashing over her head and I was afraid I might lose sight of her. I knew she was tiring, for she was having a harder time paddling and keeping her nose out of the water. I had to jibe again to get back to her, and 1 knew just what was going to happen: I crashed! The mainsheet traveller hit its stop with such force that it exploded, flying off the track and sending bearings all over the cockpit. Only the leeward control line kept the boom attached to the boat. But I was still making way, and coming up on Maggie for the third time. This time 1 had to be sure I got her! I brought the bow as close to her head as I felt I could risk, and watched which way she was going to go. My side of the boat was only a foot away from her, and again she tried to swim away. But I was closer than I’d been the other times. 1 reached out with the boat hook as fast as I could, and caught the handle on her PFD. The moment she felt the tug, she turned and started paddling toward me. When she was right up against the hull, I pulled her as high as I could with the hook, reached over to grab the PFD handle, then pulled her aboard. She helped — her claws were practically digging into the fiberglass! Both of us were completely out of breath. Maggie was very cold and shaking, and all she wanted to do was get as close to me as possible. I took her below and dried her off with a towel. I wanted her to stay below, but she wouldn’t let me get more than a few inches away from her for the rest of the trip. 1 practically had to tie her down when I went up to drop the main. I’d never been onboard during a crew overboard incident, but during this whole event it never entered my mind that I wouldn’t be able to rescue my dog. If either of two things had been different, however, this story wouldn’t have had a happy ending. Those two things are if I hadn’t practiced crew overboard drills and reviewed them in my mind, and if Maggie hadn’t been wearing a PFD. If not for those two things, I’m not sure she’d be snoozing at my feet as I write this. Alec Kercso Ogre Menlo Park Alec — The two unfortunate deaths have forced more than a few people to think more seriously about safety. One member of our staff who never wore a lifejacket before, for example, has begun doing just that. And with these additional tales of people and pets overboard, we hope all our readers will give very serious consideration to their own — and their kids’ — safety on the water.

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UtlFOR A SIX-PACK OF BEER You all know that 'old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy'. What you might not know is that the reverse is also true: 'old dinghies never die, they just get another sailor'. On a recent trip to China Camp, my husband rowed to shore in his SportYak, which he had acquired a couple of years ago from the harbormaster at Port Sonoma Marina for a six-pack of beer. On shore, a beachgoer spotted the SportYak and exclaimed, "That’s my boat!" Not only is the SportYak a seemingly one-of-a-kind vessel, but this one had been uniquely customized with homemade oarlocks. The beachgoer explained that he used to live in Bahia, a Novato neighborhood on the Petaluma River just upstream from Port Sonoma. When he got divorced and moved out, his wife threw the SportYak — which he had acquired from yet another boater — into a dumpster. That was the last he ever saw of it. Sometime later, the harbormaster found the SportYak floating on the river. He salvaged it and gave it a home next to his sailboat at Port Sonoma. Sometime after that, my husband moored his sailboat at Port Sonoma. He needed a dinghy and set his sights on the SportYak. It became his for the asking — and the six-pack. We have since moved the sailboat and the dinghy to Alameda and I’m wondering: who will be the next in line for the SportYak? Louisa Otis Novato Louisa — Men still maintain an insurmountable lead when it comes to atrocities, unfortunately women seem to be catching up. Lorena Bobbitt, Susan Smith. . . and now some soon-to-be-singleagain woman actually dumps some guy’s boat into a dumpster! Has the world gone mad? One thing is certain, that poor SportYak is going to have to deal with a lot of abandonment issues when it gets older.

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Ml LOVED HIS YARNS I bet you’ll have to put out a special issue entitled Tributes To Tristan Jones. Like thousands of his admirers, I loved Jones’ yarns. I’d sent him a check and was about to send him another when you published the news of his death. Lots of other skippers have had wonderful tales to tell and have demonstrated courage, ingenuity, and above all imagination. Who else, for example, would try to sail the highest and lowest bodies of water in the world? But it was Jones’ leadership in the cause of the disabled that brought him into an entirely different sphere. Those of us who have known even temporary disability can not praise him too highly. Wherever a monument is raised to Jones’ memory, let this be inscribed on it: 'He Stands Tali'. Noel Peattie Winters

MIT DRIVES ME CRAZY In general, I find your writing style — including all those little typos — charming. But I think you have a misspelled word in the spell-check function on your word processing system. Several months back in Changes, a guy wrote in about Zihuatenejo. It’s a place the guy spent a lot of time and is his favorite place on the planet. The name of the place appeared in pretty much every sentence, with a little squiggly line over the 'n'. That little squiggly line is called a tilda and changes the pronunciation from 'Zeewatten-NAY-ho' to 'Zee-wat-ten-YAY-ho'. I guess so many repetitions of this error hypnotized you into thinking it was correct. In any case, ever since then, every single letter, article, etc. in which 'Zihuatenejo' is mentioned in your publication, it has been with the same incorrect spelling. Could you please fix this? It drives me crazy. Susan Beifuss San Francisco

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Island on our way to Angel Island, with three on the rail of our Cal 25. It was blowing a gusty 20-25 knots and there was two feet of chop. We Saw a windsurfer in the water and took a closer look. He started waving for help, so we responded. It had only been two years since we’d done our last man-overboard drill — in flat water and 10 knots of wind — so this was going to be a piece of cake. Besides, the windsurfer was wearing a wetsuit and wasn’t drowning. Our plan was to sail above him, blow the main and jib, then drift down to pick him up. In our first attempt, we overshot him. We discovered it takes longer to lose speed in higher winds. So we took down the jib, leaving just the reefed main. But in our first attempt to tack, we couldn’t make it through the eye of the wind. We did better the next time, having built up speed before tacking. Now we had everything set up, with a line ready to throw. "Why not use the life ring?" someone said. Good idea. The lines were coiled ..; oops, tangled ... dang, now we overshot the guy again. But only by about 10 feet, so we throw the line. It falls short. We throw the lifeline as we move away. It also falls short. Still relatively close, we decided to use the motor. We dropped the main, checked for lines in the water, then got all six horses roaring to life. We got close to the windsurfer again, he caught the lifering, and we pulled him along the downwind side. But it wasn’t over yet. We rigged a line to the winch and cleat on what was now the upwind side of the boat. Screw it, it’s too complicated. The 'victim' is about 15 and strong, so we each grabbed an arm, he put a foot on the outboard, and we pulled him aboard. It wasn’t easy, but we got it done. Got his sailboard, too. It turns out he was racing when his boom broke. He was later retrieved by an inflatable from the St. Francis YC. We didn’t time our 'rescue', but we figure it took between 10 to 20 minutes. The guy had been in the water for about an hour when we first saw him. Had he been someone without a lifejacket who’d fallen off a boat sailing in front of us, he could very well have drowned before we got him. The first few times we flew a spinnaker, it was a bit of a mess. Having now had lots of practice, we almost do it casually. As a result of this experience with the windsurfer, we’ll practice man-overboard drills under realistic conditions now. It took this experience to fully appreciate that it’s a whole lot different when the wind is really blowing and the water is jumpin'. What would we do different next time? We’d have a 100-foot line over the stern with a lifering attached. The windsurfer could have grabbed this on the first pass — although it would have meant leaving his board. In retrospect, we should have gotten longer lines on deck ready to use. The spinnaker sheets would have been ideal. When trying to pick someone up in the water, you have to remember that when a sailboat loses way, you have no control over it. So if you miss, you have to get up speed again — which means you’re moving away from the victim. We ended up motoring, which could be a problem if there had been a line in the water. We also should have radioed for other vessels to stand by. Other boats — power and sail — saw what we were doing, but none stood by. I would love to see a racing series in which a point was awarded for each boat that completes a man-overboard drill within a certain amount of time. Not as part of a race, but in addition to the races. We didn’t save a life on June 14, because the guy wasn’t in that bad of shape, and because the committee boat would undoubtedly have picked him up if we hadn’t. But you can’t make that assumption. A lot of boats went by before we did, and that’s just crappy. Michael Haddon and Bob Stewart Stubborn3 San Jose Michael & Bob — What is it with these sailboarders these days? In just the last two weeks, Pete Caras of Sausalito reports having to

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I made my passage back to the mainland in good health aboard my Roughwater 33 Intrepid despite: 1) Angry seas in the Kauai Channel that broke my motor mounts, a V-berth water tank, and nearly my skull; 2) The mast-end casting on my whisker pole, which fell off and then flailed about as I tried to remove the pole from the jib in high winds off Vancouver Island; 3) A reefed main that impaled on a mast step and shredded 90 miles off Cape Blanco in 50-knot winds and 25-foot se^s; 4) The fact that I dangled over the sea tethered to the boom during a hear knockdown while dousing sails in a howling night off Brookings, Oregon, then was thrashed back across the lifelines and into the boom as my boat recovered violently and began a near knockdown on the other side; and, 5) Having three jib and main sheet bowlines creep and fail before I learned to make their tail long enough to add a half hitch. My log says that I had words with the boat, myself, and God. My most chilling experience was to come on deck to see the stem of a huge Japanese car carrier that was only 300 yards away and sailing almost directly away from me. The most beautiful was a serene, almost out-of-body experience: seeing the whole horizon from the emerald top of two 15 foot waves that combined to tower over the other 25 foot waves below me. I bought my boat in Hawaii and because of my lack of offshore experience was unable to find an experienced crewman willing to assist for free on the trip back to Sausalito. So I had to change plans and go it alone. It was a great blessing in disguise, as survivalmotivated experience is the best teacher and the pathway to selfdiscovery. I was impressed with Intrepid, which felt secure in even the worst conditions. The boat had more than enough strength, stability and reliability to match anyone’s courage or folly. She’s a thoroughbred. I’m writing to express my delight that Larsen survived his ordeal, to thank him for his generosity, and to wish him good luck. His tutoring was invaluable to me in dealing with all the white-knuckle lessons I had during my 3,700-mile passage. Had I relied on a lightly experienced, unreliable or irresponsible crewman, or not spent that time with Larsen on Big Sky, Intrepid might not have made it back to the West Coast. If Larsen wanted, he’d make an excellent delivery skipper or yacht master. And if someone were looking for a deserving person to assist or to donate a boat to, it would be hard to find a more worthy man than he. Jack Simmons Intrepid Sausalito

Mthe crucial part Based only on our phone conversation, your article did a good job of covering my rescue in the North Pacific. However, I don’t believe we adequately covered the crucial part the Coast Guard played in the final hours of the rescue operation. The fact that they located me was of course the high point of the day, considering they were pursuing a weak signal that was entirely lost halfway through the search. Once on the scene, a Lt. Pearson checked on my condition and the seaworthiness of Big Sky. We then discussed the options available — which weren’t too numerous. At this time the Coast Guard requested the President Lincoln to change course and proceed to our position. The President Lincoln — an American President Lines ship — participates in the Automated Merchant Vessel Emergency Response (AMVER) system. This system allows the Coast Guard to determine which ships are near the area of a vessel in distress. While waiting two hours for the ship to arrive, the C-130 had to climb to a high altitude to conserve fuel. It was very difficult to watch the plane disappear into the clouds, but they assured me they would check in every 15 minutes or anytime a problem developed. The C-130 was back below the clouds when the ship arrived on

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lit!CUFFS, GUNS AND TEAR GAS It’s quiet out here on the way between Zihuatanejo and Easter Island, and thankfully cleansing. Passages like this give a person perspective. They afford you the time necessary to become centered and moderate. It’s in this condition that I’ve been thinking about your harsh treatment of the San Diego Harbor Police. As a former liveaboard on San Diego Bay — before making my escape — I must object. You Northerners — who normally disdain anything even vaguely Southern Californian, and come to San Diego once a year — ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Instead of complaining about the Harbor Police, you should be recognizing them and giving credit for the things they have done right: If you have ever sailed into San Diego Bay and approached the Police Dock, you’ll have noticed a pile-up of patrol boats, cluttering up the best part of the dock so that taxpayer boaters often cannot find a place to tie up. Is that bad? Of course not. You must give police management credit for not ever using more than a small fraction of their resources. It is a credit to the wisdom of management for not releasing on the public the full force of their Blitzkrieg Storm Troopers. Instead, management has wisely over-equipped officers with radios, cuffs, guns, tear gas and gear galore. They knew that all that gear would need maintenance, and that at any one time, most of the Patrol Officers would be hanging around the on-site equipment sheds, checking gear, drinking coffee and BS-ing. And you’re not even the least bit grateful! Should you try to call the Harbor Police on Channel 16 — or any other channel — it’s unlikely you’ll receive an answer. I have tried on many occasions without success. Should you fault them for that? Absolutely not! If they answered, they may feel compelled to jump into one or their unused boats and check you out. Perhaps management has instructed the officers not to answer calls on the VHF radio — for the public’s protection. In the Harbor Police office, there is a glass screen — similar to that found in high risk neighborhood police stations between the desk sergeant and where the public may approach. It’s akin to the glass barrier between visitors and prisoners in county jails and state prisons. Some say the glass is the height of arrogance, isolating officers from those they are supposed to serve. But this screen, too, is really a credit to management for protecting us poor defenseless and peaceful boaters from San Diego’s high-strung, hair-trigger, military-style attack cops. Who knows how many skippers entering the office to pay their $5 dollars for a berth might otherwise be grabbed by the throat and thrown down for one suspected infraction or another? So lighten’ up and give ’em a little credit — but keep up the heat! Howard R. Conant S/V Holy Grail . NVentura Howard — Scars take a long time to heal, don’t they? But since we’ve all had time to vent our anger and frustration, and with a new

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LETTERS winter cruising season almost upon us, we think it’s best if everyone cools the complaints and sees if things might not have changed for the better.

HHVERY UPSETTING Last month’s delivery skipper article — in which I was featured — was interesting and informative as to the level of competition there is in the delivery'business. However, I was very upset about what appeared about me in print. I have diligently built my reputation as a careful and weatherwise skipper. To lead your readers to believe that I would have left port with 50-knot winds forecast is ludicrous. What I said in the telephone interview with Shimon van Collie was that you cannot trust the weather forecast all of the time. I was stuck in Santa Barbara for a week at the end of December through the New Year, and was waiting out the weather. When the forecast finally called for 15 knots from the southeast and a 24-hour window between storms, my crew and I carefully debated the appar¬ ent good news and confirmed that good weather was expected for a rounding of Pt. Conception, Pt. Arguello and from there up to Monterey. We left Santa Barbara early the next morning, and had nice weather past Conception and Arguello. Then the 'you know what' hit the fan. We were overtaken by the next storm — with winds gusting to 50 knots — which had not been forecast to arrive for 24 hours. With just a reefed main, the boat handled the conditions fine, surfing down the huge waves with someone at the helm. I had taken every precaution and rigged a preventer to avoid an accidental jibe. After a few hours in these conditions, the autopilot expectedly locked up, at which time I lost the ability to steer by hand. The autopilot could not read or feel the following waves, causing the boat to yaw 20° off to either side. It was at this time that the main backwinded; it blew out, broke the preventer and caused the boat to do a 360°. It took me an hour to get the main down, pulling down one side at a time with the help of a winch. We finally managed to stabilize the boat with the autopilot steering all the way to Monterey. ;qo After being stuck in Monterey for another week, we had a hell of a ride to Half Moon Bay and then San Francisco, entering the approach to the Golden Gate one day after the Coast Guard had closed the Bay to all maritime traffic. Coming in the Gate was like crossing the Columbia River bar on a not-so-good day. The owner had joined the boat in Monterey for the last legs. When the autopilot locked up again, he found out first-hand what it’s like to | be at the mercy of an electronic device. The article in Latitude makes it sound as if I was a 'new kid on the block'. However, I’ve been in the boat business for about 35 years, doing surveys and boat repairs, giving offshore seminars, and building my own 44-footer, which we have cruised extensively on the Pacific Coast. The quotation in the article about my wife and I using an owner’s boat for sightseeing is also incorrect. We rented a car and went sightseeing in it, not in the owner’s boat. I had already completed a safe delivery of the boat to Friday Harbor, Washington. Capt. Gary Jimmink Petaluma Readers—Everybody makes mistakes from time to time, and after checking his notes, author Shimon van Collie acknowledges he muffed some of the material on Capt. Jimmink. Both van Collie and Latitude sincerely apologize for the errors.

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J/105 OCEAN VICTORY Walt Marti, owner/driver of Coastal Cup winner Invictus, shared a few thoughts about the race. "This was my first real offshore race and it couldn't have been better. The boat and crew were both phenomenal. The crew of Alan Prussia, Alex Netchiporuk and David Miller all did a great job of pulling this one off." "The J/105 proved to me once again that I made the right purchase as she amply demonstrated all the things I had been looking for. It's a real testimony to the boat that you can take just four people on a race of this nature and sail past much larger boats. We spent quite a few hours with just two people on deck, the chute up and averaging 12 to 16 knots! We could just imagine what the fully crewed boats were doing trying to stay under control in those conditions at night."

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LETTERS webbing to sailmakers and chandleries that may be mistaken for nylon webbing — they look identical. The problem with nylon webbing is that it loses 50% of its initial strength in half the time of dacron webbing. While almost all webbing will lose strength due to ultraviolet degradation, I will always recommend dacron over nylon for jacklines. Whenever I hear of deck gear — such as liferaft canisters or deckstored dinghies — washing away in a storm, it seems as if it usually can be attributed to failed webbing straps and tie-downs. These are often straps that have not been replaced for years because it’s not readily apparent that any loss of strength has occurred. Jackline webbings — even if they are dacron — should be replaced on a regular basis because even the best attachment method isn’t going to help when the webbing has been exposed to ultraviolet light for an extended length of time. Steve Coler Bainbridge / Aquabatten Sailcloth Hardware Huntington Beach Steve — Many thanks for the clarification, as we don’t believe we could tell nylon webbing from dacron webbing if our life depended on it We’re going to check to be sure our tubular webbing is dacron, and then we’re going to change it on a regular basis.

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UllTHE three of us were in the water Several Weekends ago, I sailed over to Sausalito YC to treat outof-town guests to lunch. We picked up a mooring after several unsuccessful tries by my eager but inexperienced crew. Our clumsy attempts to grab the mooring ball undoubtedly provided much entertainment for the folks on the sundeck, but we finally did it. We launched the dinghy to transfer the crew ashore. I decided to row the two women in first, then return for their husbands. As the cond lady climbed into the dinghy, I pushed off from our boat. But st then my passenger remembered she left her purse on deck—and lunged to grab it before we drifted too far away. In a fraction of a second, the three of us were in the water and the dinghy was capsized! Lady #1 was about seven months pregnant and not at all happy about being in the 54° Bay water. Although we were right next to the mothership and able to hang on, I became painfully aware of what all sailors know but probably don’t think about seriously — that it’s virtually impossible to pull yourself up to the deck even with as little as 36 inches of freeboard. Although the two husbands were still on board and willing to help, they couldn’t pull the pregnant woman aboard — partially because of her weight and partially because pulling her arms straight up put a terrific strain on her distended abdomen and caused her a lot of pain. Boarding ladder? Normally it’s always on board, but not this day. It was back at the dock in Emeryville because I just had the brightwork done and forgot to put the ladder back on deck where it’s normally stored. Hoisting sling? Had one, but it’s part of the Lifesling. Unfortunately the two guys on deck were helpless in that they not only didn’t know how to rig it, but they surely wouldn’t have understood my instructions since 'hoisting sling', 'lazarette', 'tackle', 'mizzen halyard' were all foreign terms to the nonsailors. Meanwhile, the situation was becoming more grim by the minute. Our pregnant lady was very cold, scared and beginning to panic. The husbands were of no help at all. The skipper was frustrated and very angry with himself for having the right gear to hoist a victim aboard — but not being in a position to deploy-it! Luckily, John Williams and his wonderful crew aboard Sticky Fingers, a sleek Whitbread 30, saw the drama unfolding and quickly

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LETTERS electrolytically burned up the aluminum saildrive despite heavy zinc collars around the shaft. One fellow, I was given to understand, even hitched the 'cool' side of his AC shore power onto the engine. Bizarre! All of this — combined with 'hot harbors' and stray electrical current in the water — made wonderful batteries out of the chewed up saildrives. I’ve kept my drives intact by isolating all ship’s power from the engine. No equipment is grounded there except my batteries, and th£n only when in use. I employ a battery switch to totally separate it from the ship’s main power switch — lights, nav, radio, etc. — and I change the big zinc collar every two years. In the 10 years I’ve owned the boat, I’ve had no trouble with it. Jack Schreibman Sausalito

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Jack — Like you, toe fail to remember any damning comment about saildrives in Letters — and we edit all of them. The reality is that saildrives have become very popular on modem boats, particularly on high tech racers. Alameda naval architect Carl Schumacher explains: "Saildrives are desirable for several reasons. In the beginning they were liked because they offered a rating advantage. While most of that loophole has been closed, modem saildrives are slimmer than ever and thus create less drag. A second reason is because saildrives are fnuch easier for boatbuilders to install in a boat. Why mess around with a strut, a long shaft and a long hole angling through the hull when you can just drill one big hole in the bottom of the boat? Lastly, modem saildrives seem to have eliminated the electrolysis problems associated with early units."

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-UTTlT LOOKED LIKE SWISS CHEESE We had a watermaker failure while in St. Lucia. The high pressure brass manifold in our two-year old unit developed several holes. We thought it was a casting defect, but discovered it was an electrolysis problem. We took the high pressure manifold off and it looked like Swiss cheese inside. We ordered a new part, and the manufacturer had two suggestions to prolong the life of the replacements. The first was to coat the inside of the new part with epoxy — after cleaning it thoroughly with vinegar or muriatic acid. The second was to run a ground from the new part to our grounding system with a copper strap or large wire. Since these recommendations are not addressed in the owner’s manual, and since high pressures will substantially hasten electrolysis, I thought your readers may benefit from this information. We also treated the low pressure manifold — which showed some slight signs of electrolysis — to an inside cleaning and epoxy coat. I’ve often called the manufacturers of various marine products for technical advice or suggestions, and found technicians to be friendly,

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As I sit in San Diego trying to figure out how I’m going to be able to go cruising again in the not too distant future, I listen to many sea stories from the folks who’ve come up the coast of Baja. Last Novem¬ ber a group of boats took nearly a month — because of bad weather and engine problems — to make it from La Paz to San Diego. And this April I heard about a boat that had the inverter and autopilot destroyed because of huge amounts of water coming over the boat. I’d like to tell a different story. I left Puerto Vallarta on February 15 of this year with two crew aboard my Cal 40 Willow Wind. Leaving on the 15th of the month has always been fairly lucky for me, and although I’m not superstitious — ha! — I decided not to tempt fate. We decided to anchor at La Cruz and catch the offshore breeze the next morning to sail out of Banderas Bay. I decided to stay a good distance — about 100 miles — away from Cabo Falso so as to avoid the notorious high winds that most boats have to negotiate there on their way north. The first day out we saw 25 knots of wind and two race boats finishing the Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta race. The next day we double-reefed the main and, because the pounding was so bad, put up the little storm jib. By sunset of our second day out, however, we were back to the 130% jib and full main. On Sunday, February 19, we ran the engine for 19 hours in very light winds. By 1845 a light offshore breeze came up, enabling us to sail again. From that time until we reached Ensenada on February 26, we only motored for about an hour in the mid-afternoon when the wind died for a bit and for an hour in the middle of the night to charge the batteries. We had some lumpy seas once for about four hours on the evening of February 24th, but otherwise we had relatively gentle seas and good winds. We sailed nearly the entire way, and thus didn’t have to carry jugs of diesel or stop at Turtle Bay to refuel. In reviewing my log of the trip, I noticed that the strongest winds were 40 knots, but that was only for 40 hours when we had lumpy seas. The rest of the time the winds were between 10 and 25 knots, keeping us busy reefing and unreefing the main. I also have records of glorious moon rises, spectacular sunsets, and skies filled with a zillion stars. My strategy was to stay at least 50 miles offshore to avoid the strong current and erratic offshore winds. I also hoped to catch a more westerly wind and be able to crack off a bit whenever possible. In reality, the winds were mostly frotn the NNW, and we edged towards land as we went north, sailing fairly close to Cedros Island, then tacking away from land again. I doubt if this report will help sailors in planning a trip up the

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GLACIER BAY IS *1 HIGHEST EFFICIENCY LONGEST HOLDOVER FASTEST ENGINE DRIVE MOST STABLE TEMPERATURES QRUISING WORLD MAGAZINE'S 72 DAY TEST* OF MARINE REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS PROVIDES REAL COMPARATIVE DATA.

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outside of Baja, but I just want folks to know that an uphill sail doesn’t always have to be miserable. We were lucky. Not all folks going north can report as much sailing as we did, or as good weather. In fact, most talk about heavy winds, horrendous seas, or dead calms. I watched the weather carefully, and contacted other vessels travelling south to find out what kind of conditions they left behind. At any time, I could have plotted a course for a safe anchorage. Fortunately, ouhplans to go non-stop to Ensenada did not need to be changed. 1 guess I’ll continue to leave port for major voyages on the 15th of a month — unless, of course, the 15th falls on a Friday. Wendy Sieged Willow Wind Somewhere in San Diego Wendy — Two additional advantages of coming north non-stop: 1) As soon as the heavy weather drops, you’re out there to take maximum advantage of the lighter stuff; and 2) You don’t waste half your time getting into and departing from anchorages.

IWSHE’S been wonderful at the dock v Being perhaps the only 'proud' owner of a Clipper Marine 32 ketch, I thought I should write and tell how I came to really like my , CM-32.1 suspect most Clipper Marine owners acquired theirs much the same way I did. That’s right, I knew almost nothing about boats and was influenced by the boat’s price-to-length ratio. It wasn’t until I noticed my sailing instructor wincing when I told him about my new boat that I realized there might be a problem. I vividly remember my first singlehanding experience with my Clipper; it was with 30 knot winds and the 150% genoa up. Broach¬ ing was the operative word. Come to think of it, that’s when I relearned the value of securing everything below. It didn’t take long for me to realize that my Clipper was a much better boat at the dock than at sea. At the dock, she has been wonderful, providing a safe haven after I lost my apartment to the earthquake that hit Santa Cruz. The boat requires little or no maintenance — it’s not like I’m going to sail it — and is dry and warm during winter storms. There’s also something to be said for racing on light days with a PHRF handicap of 270. Now for the real purpose of this letter. I have been working in the Arctic for two years, during which receiving my Latitudes has been a high point. Your magazine kept reminding me of why I was in Greenland. I would read the articles about cruisers and see how my buddies were doing racing their J/105s. I’m coming home soon to attend the California Maritime Academy and would like to switch the remainder of my subscription to a friend who loves boats also, but will be ice-locked for another year. Scott Carroll Vanity, Lapworth 36 Break Time, Clipper Marine 32 Thule, Greenland

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Scott — The subscription has been modified per your request. As for Clipper Marine 32s, we were taking photographs on the Bay one day when we saw a guy sailing the hell out of his. We were hoping to run it as a 'lookin' good' photo in Sightings, but never found the room.

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On the strength of your April article on John Neal and his 25 years and 120,000 miles of cruising, my wife and I attended one of his cruising seminars mentioned in the article. We have owned a Pearson 36 for 20 years and have sailed through all parts of the Caribbean, to Venezuela and back, and in Southern California. In addition, I have done extensive ocean and Bay racing during the seven years I lived in San Francisco, and I have logged over 1,600 miles of ocean racing and cruising in the last 14 months. Both my wife and I have been

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sailing most of our lives, love it immensely, and have plans for global cruising in the next five or so years. Given our background, we’d not be easily impressed. Because Neal’s weekend seminars in Southern and Northern California conflicted with other commitments, we had to go to the expense of flying to Seattle to attend one. We expected the seminar to be of limited but worthwhile value to our world cruising plans. Whereas it may be impossible to design a single 'cook book' for long distance cruising, what John Neal, Barbara Marrett and their team of experts have developed in one two-day weekend course is as close as anyone will ever get. Our expectations were surpassed beyond anything we ever considered possible. What is most valuable to those of us who have not had 25 years of continuous cruising is Neal’s judgement as to all aspects of what to watch out for, what works and what doesn’t, and overall perspective |>f how to make the experience worthwhile and enjoyable. The approach John and his team has taken is to consider the whole person — with substantial attention given to mental, physical, and fiscal well being — as well as boat selection, gear, weather, navigation, etc. yjith John having already conducted 80 such seminars, we were no doubt the beneficiaries of a highly refined 'product'. Furthermore, the thoughtful, energetic, giving nature of John and the others left us Ivith the sense that every drop of knowledge and experience they had was given to us. I have no idea how they could put together the seminar for the price we paid, but for anyone who does contemplate serious cruising, clearly the value far exceeds the price. For us, it was a real bargain even with the additional cost of airfare. I want to thank your publication for once again providing such a valuable service though your articles, such as the one in April about John Neal. Clark W. Hamm, Jr. & Marga Bakker Los Angeles Clark & Marga — We think Neal’s strongest asset is that he really cares about the people who have put their trust in him.

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I enjoyed the photo of Joe Hutchins at Antigua Race Week, and I just can’t wait to get back to the Caribbean. In fact, I’m writing to get some information about having a wooden boat, a 33-foot Knutsen Pilot class sloop — hauled to Texas from San Diego so I can sail her down to English Harbor. I believe I read a letter in Latitude about nine months ago that told of a successful trip and gave the name and number of an independent boat hauler that was significantly cheaper than any others the author had contacted. Can you help? Scott Poorman Pilot San Diego Scott — Kevin’s Quality Marine Boat Transporting is a regular advertiser. Call him at (800) 646-0292 and get rolling. It’s only been a few months since the last Antigua Sailing Week — and we can hardly wait for the next!

MBLACK MAGIC’S ASTONISHING RECORD James Jason wrote a letter in the June issue wherein he suggested that Mermaid and Black Magic were about the same in raw speed — as supported by downwind leg times — but that Black Magic pointed 3 degrees higher. You answered that it seemed obvious that Black Magic had a clear speed advantage, as supported by its astonishing record. N My sense of your response was that you missed his point. Assume a six-leg course of six miles each, where both boats have identical speeds of nine knots. But one points at 42 degrees while the other

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s. . Tom — Unless we’re not getting something, the confusion is over the meaning of a term. Within the context of the America’s Cup, 'speed' does not mean mere velocity through the water, but velocity around an upwind and downwind course in a variety of wind and sea conditions. If the Cup went to the boat that merely travelled the fastest through the water, the boats and sails wouldn’t look anything like they did for San Diego. It’s also worth noting that when sailors have a clearly superior boat, they’re content to sail more conservatively so as not to take unnecessary risks. Thus Black Magic might well have been even faster than the differences in elapsed times indicated. On the other hand, the crew of the clearly inferior Mermaid may have become discouraged and not sailed as well as they might. Not wanting to get this deep into it, we simply accepted everybody’s conclusion that the Kiwi boat was much 'faster'.

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UltTOWED TO OUR SUP I wish to acknowledge and thank the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the crew of the Rattler, who towed me from the Bay Bridge to our slip in Marina Village at 10 p.m. on the night of July 4. We had lost our diesel power due to the tank becoming 'unported' while motor sailing, and were becalmed on an outgoing tide under the Bay Bridge. From experience, I knew that repriming would not be quick or easy. We signaled an SOS by light to another sailboat, but after flashing a response, it simply sailed on!!! (Perhaps they need lessons in Morse code or courtesy.) Fortunately, the next ship by was the Rattler, which I understand was crewed by Ken and Yvonne McBain and Fred and Jean Schatz. I want to acknowledge their service publicly. Ironically, an auxiliary pump was the next chore on our preMexico upgrade; repriming is now easier, even if not faster. Roger Bohl • % Ariadne Oakland Page 82

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'Well boss, it was like this... When the dam inexplicably burst at Folsom Lake on July 17, there was so much water rushing out that a fix will be impossible until sometime this month. Authorities closed the lake for several days, then reopened it with warning buoys and a lifeguard patrol to keep boaters away from the breech. It worked okay until Thursday, the 20th, when one of the lifeguard boats was itself sucked over the spillway. The two people aboard had cut the engine off to conserve fuel, and it wouldn’t restart. By the time they sorted out the anchor, I it was too late. Luckily, the lifeguards bailed in time, and were able to make it to shore safely. The boat was toast. New ferry to Angel Island. As early as this month (August), East Bay residents will have a direct route to Angel Island. Passengers can ride a new ferry service from either Main Street in Alameda or Jack London Square in Oakland to Angel Island. But they’ll have to watch the time, as the ferry will make only one round trip to the Bay’s largest island every Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices for the trip have yet to be determined — as indeed does the future of the whole idea. The ferry will be operating under an experimental contract, which will become permanent only if it proves popular.

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Sailing symposium. The ASA/West Marine-sponsored Sailing Symposium at the StFYC on August 12 and 13 sounds like something that would add value to any sailor’s repertoire, no matter what their skill level. Speakers will include ESPN commentator Peter Isler, writer/ lecturer Chuck Hawley and author Hal Sutphen. Some of the special features of the two-day shore-side and on-the-water programs will include Coast Guard helicopter and cutter rescue demonstration, 20 cruising-oriented seminars, in-the-water PFD and liferaft demos and much more. The not-so-good news is that all this education ain’t cheap — the Sailing Symposium runs $165 per person. Tickets are available from Modem Sailing in Sausalito, the Sailing Connection in Point Richmond and the Spinnaker Sailing locations in both San Francisco and Redwood City. For a brochure and registration information, call (800) 8777774, ext. 1837.

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End of an era . .. maybe. The federal government isn’t the only one with a 'hit list', and military bases aren’t the only longstanding institutions shutting down because of budgetary constraints. In July, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop John Quinn announced that the Apostleship of the Sea is one of seven parishes that will also be shut down to save money. Founded in 1932 to help out visiting sailors low on funds, in the last six decades, the Apostleship has served as home away from home for as many as 45 working sailors at a time. It’s also become an integral part of life along the waterfront, as the building (located at Harrison and Fremont, near the Embarcadero) also houses the Police Department’s stress unit. It’s also right across the street from the union hall. The official word is that the need for the Apostleship "has declined with the dwindling of ships coming here." The church also notes that the sailor’s mission in Oakland is still available for transient seamen. Nevertheless, grassroots support is strong to save the San Francisco institution. The Committee to Save the Apostleship of the Sea has called on supporters to write Quinn and urge him to keep the San Francisco mission open. Putting a cap on it. We retrieved a ball cap that someone on the Express 37 ReQuest lost during the Lipton series on July 15. If that person will call 383-8200, ext. 110, and describe it further, we might let you have it back.

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SIGHTINGS in the spirit of the occasion A familiar face has been popping up regularly around the Bay in the past couple of years — as always, drawing appreciative looks wherever she goes. It’s good to see the 33-ft Sparkman & Stephens sloop Spirit back doing what she’s done so well for the past three decades: sailing her bottom paint off. Regular Bay sailors (and readers) will know Spirit as one of the most successful boats ever to slip through the waters of San Francisco Bay — and certainly one of the most well-traveled small racers ever to venture off American shores. Conceived by George Kiskaddon 35 years ago, Spirit was drawn by S&S to be the ultimate all-out racing machine under the then-invogue Cruising Club of America (CCA) rule. Built of mahogany over ipon (like oak, but less prone to rot) in Hong Kong, she was launched here in 1961. Interestingly, neither caulking nor glue were used between the planks. They were fit together with such care that after more than 30 years and an estimated 100,000 sea miles, the worst leaks aboard still come from the plumbing for the head. Spirit proved to be an even better boat than Kiskaddon had hoped for. In her first few years, she won just about everything locally, including a season championship in 1962 (her first full season of racing) and the TransPac in 1963. By the time Kiskaddon passed away in the late ’70s, the boat had amassed a record that sounded more like it should belong to a Windward Passage or Ticonderoga: class wins in the ’64 Acapulco Race, the '66 Bermuda Race, the ’66 TransAtlantic (Bermuda to Denmark) Race, the ’67 Fastnet, the ’68 RORC Championship, and an overall win of the 1,700-mile Flemish Cap to St. Kilda Race in ’66. (She did so well in Europe that the Brits had to invent continued outside column of next sightings page

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A survey of the nation’s beaches recently released by the National Resources Defense Council carried ill tidings for beachgoers. But it did suggest what we’ve maintained all along — little of the pollution in our coastal waters comes from sailboat toilets. Among revelations in the survey were statistics showing that San Francisco area beaches were closed 260 times in 1994 be¬ cause of pollution. Baker Beach led the grim statistic, being declared off-limits for 113 days last year. Other area beaches showing extended closures were Ocean Beach, Crissy Field, Windsurfer’s Cove, Aquatic Park, Candlestick Pier, China Beach and Lyon Street Beach. The only California county with more closures was San Diego, with 296. Other high-closure counties included San Mateo with 159 and Los Angeles with 125. In all, there were 910 beach closures statewide in ’94, about 40% of the national total of 2,279 shut-downs. Significantly, those 910 closures state¬ wide were well down from the 1,397 Califor-

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nia experienced in 1993. Why? "We didn’t get our heavy winter storms for the latest rainy season until early 1995," said Wendy Pulling, a lawyer from NRDC who was quoted in a recent Chronicle article. "So we expect to see a big jump in beach closures when we compile our 1995 statistics." That’s because most pollution of our local waters comes from sewage system overflows and runoff from streets, farms, factories and so on. If you doubt this in the least, next time it rains go outside and see what’s washing down the gutters. California would probably record even more beach closures if all stretches of coast¬ line were monitored regularly. But the fact is, only 9 of the state’s 17 coastal counties do so. Counties such as Marin, Sonoma, Men¬ docino, Contra Costa and Santa Barbara have no regular monitoring programs. People who swim in polluted water can contract all sort of nasty diseases, from hepa¬ titis and gastroenteritis to typhoid and

a rule to discourage her from coming back. The engine requirement — Spirit never had one while Kiskaddon owned her — is still on the books to this day.) Back in the Pacific, Spirit took fourth in the 1970 Tahiti Race and first overall in the Suva to Auckland event the same year. ' Sausalito sailmaker Peter Sutter was Spirit’s next owner, and the one who converted the little flush-decker to a ’cruising’ boat. This included the installa¬ tion of a mini-interior and a custom dodger that Peter created by chasing home a Mercedes roadster and taking measurements off its convertible top. The stories go on and on. Sutter sailed the boat to three back-to-back 10R season wins in the mid-’70s, then cruised her through the South Seas. The next owners, Jack and Barbara Thomson, cruised the boat to a series of new adventures down through Mexico and the Caribbean. Three years ago, Novato’s Dave Pressley acquired the boat and has been sailing regularly — up to twice a week year-round. And the old girl’s still got it: Pressley and a friend took their division in the ’94 Doublehanded Farallones Race, and a fourth in this year’s edition. Spirit’s lithe hull (8V2-foot beam), relatively heavy displacement (12,000 pounds) and Bird Boat-like keel still make her a lethal weapon upwind. In both races, Dave says by the time they got to the island, they’d passed scores of other boats. Spirit also took a second in the ’Post War’ division at the Master Mariners Regatta on Memorial Day. (The photo below was taken as she ran down the Cityfront during that race.) An incident last fall put things back in perspective, though. Pressley was sailing with some kids out behind Angel Island when he spotted the Maritime continued outside column of next sightings page

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Museum’s old scow schooner Alma, which most of you know looks and sails like your average Checker cab. He knew a friend was aboard, so he decided to sail over to say hi. "We got into the slot and it was blowing like stink," says Dave. "We were broad reaching and I could see my friend on Alma waving for us to get closer. And then it suddenly hit me that we weren’t getting any closer. We couldn’t catch Almal" he laughs. The next day, the friend called to ask if Dave could pick him up aboard Alma over at Aquatic Park, adding, "You might be able to catch her this time. She’ll be tied to the dock."

close encounter of the terrifying kind On June 10, Gary Lee was headed to Vallejo aboard his Catalina 30 as part of a fleet cruise organized by the Sausalito Cruising Club. Also aboard Lorraine Lee were Sandra Van Zelf and her 10-year-old son, Zane. The day was one of the first warm, sunny ones after all those clouds and \

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dysentery. As environmentalists and politicians unsheathe their 'green-swords' and prepare to do battle over this one, we remind our

more assumption "Assumption of Risk" continues to ping pong back and forth in the courts. You will recall that the doctrine was brought to the fore by several cases over the past few years in which crewmembers were injured while racing on other people’s boats. Recent Cali¬ fornia court decisions have limited the amount of damages an injured crew person can collect in these instances, based on what is called 'assumption of risk' — that anyone who goes sailboat racing is already assuming

SIGHTINGS — cont’d readers that it is next to impossible to contract any of the maladies of tainted water while sailing.

of risk the risk of injury, and therefore has limited rights to recover damages from the owner if injury occurs. In a landmark 1992 case, Stimson v. Carlson (aka the Cosmic Muffin case), the court found that being struck by the boom in an unannounced jibe was a risk inherent with the sport and refused to allow the injured party to recover any money. However, a recent case in Long Beach — Barber v. Marina Sailing Charter Co. — once continued middle of next sightings page

close encounter — cont’d rain, and Gary and Sandra were enjoying the warmth, good breeze and flat water. Zane? Well, like we said, he’s 10. He preferred to be down below watching Free Willy on Gary’s 12-volt TV. Anyway, the boat was on starboard tack, sailing along smartly under full main and 135 jib. Gary noted from the Loran that the boat was making about 7 knots over the bottom. "I leaned back, took it all in and wondered if life gets any better than this," he said. Just past red marker #8, by the Pinole Shoal, something caught the comer of Gary’s eye. Vaulting to the leeward side, he saw a sight that’s not likely to leave his memory in this lifetime: A huge black barge was just yards away, headed straight toward Lorraine Lee at high speed. "Oh, Jesus!" Gary yelled as he wrenched control of the boat away from the autohelm and fell off to a broad reach. Sandra screamed, "Hold on!" to her son down below. As he later wrote in SCC’s newsletter The Anchor Light, Gary looked over his shoulder to see that "the black wall that had been so neatly hidden by my jib was now wider and taller than the same sail — and still steaming at us with a vengeance." There was no time to start the engine, a diesel which required a glow plug switch to be held for 10 seconds. The only thing Gary and Sandra could hold was their breath, and a course that would take them out from in front of the fast-approaching wall of steel. With literally a few feet to spare, the barge slid by Lorraine Lee. But the wind went with it. Now in the lee of the leviathan, the boat was helplessly sucked into its side. Bang, pop, scrape, PO W! Pieces of boat were ground and broken off by the rough side of the barge. Just when they thought the worst was over, some appendage caught the rigging, breaking both the upper and a lower shroud. Then, as quickly as it began, it was over. For seconds nobody said anything, says Gary. Then Zane came running topside and said, "Is Lorraine Lee okay?" "That one earned him 'First Mate' forever," said Gary. Gary and Sandra got all the sails down and called the tug operator, who had apparently not seen the sailboat until it was behind the barge. They also called the rest of the fleet and told them they were okay. And they called the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard came out, boarded the boat — and conducted a safety inspection! 'They looked at our lifejackets, checked the fire extinguishers, and then gave me a fix-it ticket because the space between my CF numbers wasn’t per regulations. I couldn’t believe it!" said Gary. Neither can we. Gary asked if they were even going to get an accident report out of the deal, and the Coast Guard told him, "If it ends up being over $10,000 worth of damage." Well, there was an accident report, and actually that’s the 'good news' part of the whole experience. "I have the boat insured with BOAT/US and they turned out to be an extremely service-oriented organization," says Lee. I did a quick survey of the hull and rigging damage and figured it was going to be about $1,500 worth of repairs. But BOAT/US insisted on having the mast pulled — on their dime — and they found a dimple near the spreaders. That necessitated replacing the whole mast, plus all the rigging. That’s service!" When all was said and done, Gary admitted that the main fault lies with him. "No excuses. 1 was in charge. I should have kej>t a better lookout. I actually saw the tug and barge miles ahead on a different course, but they apparently turned toward us while still behind the sail. When you combine the speeds of the two vessels, it didn’t take long for them to be right on us." The message is clear, folks: don’t be casual about keeping a good lookout. Editor’s Note: This was not the only incident of its kind this season. Also in June, while sailing the Bay, the chartered SC 27 Hot Flash was "blind sided” by a trimaran. The boats approached each other from leeward, both 'hidden' behind sails until it was too late. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in this encounter, although the damage to Hot Rash will likely put it out of service for the rest of the summer. August, 1995

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SIGHTINGS baja ha-ha With 13 paid-up entries in just the first 20 days of the sign-up period, October 30’s Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers’ Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas appears on its way to a healthy fleet. With another dozen folks promising their checks are in the mail and the number of marine industry sponsors at seven and counting, things are indeed shaping up nicely. The event — which is designed for those who’d rather sail to Mexico with smiles on their faces than fear in their hearts — stops twice on the way to Cabo. The first stop is at Turtle Bay, 360 miles from the start, and again after 240 miles at Bahia Santa Maria or Mag Bay. The last leg to Cabo is about 170 miles. As is the case with most cruiser races, use of motors will be allowed — although boats will be penalized almost three hours for every hour of motoring. The Baja Ha-Ha endorses 'nothing serious' competition, which means folks can try as hard as they want to do well — but the primary focus of the event is to have a good time while making friends on the way to warmer weather. There’ll be no protests heard and everybody will take their own finish time, both of which worked well last time. As far as the Ha-Ha is concerned, the last boat to finish in Cabo is just as much a 'winner' as the first boat — which is continued outside column of next sightings page

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assumption again casts the shadow of confusion over the issue. (Or should we say, yet more confu¬ sion.) In this case, a crewmember of a boat leaving the dock injured his hand, and sought recovery from the owner for that inju¬ ry. The defendants, relying in part on assumption of risk, were able to have the case dismissed. But an Appeals Court over¬ turned the decision and granted the injured party the opportunity to recover. A key to the ruling was that the complaint

crowded We’ve often heard of anchorages "so crowded that you could walk from one shore to the other without ever getting your feet wet." But we’ve never seen it demonstrated

SIGHTINGS — cont’d filed on behalf of the injured party included a cause for action for damages under Feder¬ al Maritime Law, or Admiralty Law as most of us know it. The court held that Admiralty Law did apply to the facts of the case, and that assumption of risk is not a defense to cases founded therein. In other words, while assumption of risk may prevent recovery of damages under California law, it appears not to hold water in cases of Admiralty law.

baja ha-ha — cont’d why everyone finishing will receive a cool little trophy at the beach party. What to do if you’re a hot-shot racer and want the world to know it? You have two options. First, consider joining the Long Beach YC’s race to Cabo.

canyon to quite this extreme. The scene below is Lake Havasu’s Copper Canyon and the date is Memorial Day, 1995.

Laurel Snetsinger will be doing the Ha-Ha with her father Ron aboard ‘Talaria

They have a cruising division which starts from Long Beach on October 28, and more racy divisions which start on November 3 & 4 and sail non-stop to Cabo. The folks at Long Beach are great (Race Chairman Hugh Lamson started modern 'cruiser racing' on the West Coast) and they run a little more formal and structured event. If you’re a hot-shot and want to sail in the Ha-Ha — we will have a spinnaker division — you have to promise not to be overbearing. Because if you are, the Grand Pooba of the Ha-Ha will raise your rating to that of an SC 70. There’s a time and place for everything, and the Ha-Ha is the time and place for relaxed fun among friends. That doesn’t preclude heated competition between small groups, but. . . The most recent Ha-Ha supporter is Bob Rice’s Weather Window, which is considered the top weather service for sailors. Rice was an integral part of ENZA sailing around the world in 75 days, the Kiwis winning the America’s Cup, and many other high-powered racing efforts. Weather Window will provide both long range and daily forecasts for the Ha-Ha fleet. Another new supporter is UK Sails, with lofts in Alameda, Newport Beach and San Diego. UK will be giving each entry a T-shirt and a "real" sail repair kit. In addition, Amanda Russell, sail repair specialist in the America’s Cup, will present a sail-repair-at-sea seminar just before the start of the rally. Chris Maher, co-owner of the UK loft in Alameda, will be sailing his own Morgan 38 in the Ha-Ha along with his wife Sheila and their two pre-teenaged sons. Yet another new supporter is Waypoint Marine of Alameda, which spe¬ cializes in both paper and electronic charts, nautical books, gifts and so forth. Previously-announced supporters include Downwind Marine of San Diego, which will be hosting the Cruisers’ Kick-Off Party on Shelter Island on October 29th; West Marine of San Diecjo, which will provide a starting line boat at Coronado Roads; Barnett Insurance of San Diego, which special¬ izes in cruising insurance; and Almar Marinas, with facilities in Fort Bragg, Alameda, Ventura, Channel Islands, San Diego and Cabo San Lucas. Almar will be giving Ha-Ha participants 50% off at their marinas — including the one at Cabo San Lucas — during selected time periods. And Cabrillo Isle Marina in San Diego will be headquarters for Ha-Ha the week before the start. Several parties and other activities are being planned, including the Wanderer and Wanderette’s Ha-Ha Halloween Party. The deadline for sponsors is August 15. Contact John Arndt at Latitude if continued outside column of next sightings page

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baja ha-ha — cont’d you’re interested in chipping in $200 to help make the rally an even greater success. The last call for rally entries is unclear. At some point there might be too many boats, at which time we’d have to cut-off entries. However, you can reserve space now by sending a check for $99.99 — the full price of the event — to Latitude 38, Box 1678, Sausalito, 94965. If you receive the race instructions and don’t like the sound of things, we’ll cheerfully refund your money. The complete race instructions will not be mailed until late August. How come? We won’t lie to you: we’re too busy sailing right now to put the package together. But it will be about the same as last year, and everybody was pretty happy. In fact, James Meeker, who did the last Ha-Ha in his Cal 34 vows he’s going to do it again. As of July 20th, the paid-up entries were; Maramu, Thomas and Stella (Tee) Lindholm’s Ventura-based 46-foot ketch. If we’re not mistaken, Lindholm did the first-ever Singlehanded TransPac back in 1979. Shadowfax, Mark and Valerie Riegel’s Redwood City-based Valiant 32. Under previous ownership, Shadowfax did the last two Pacific Cups and a cruise to Alaska. Crescendo, Marc Miltenberger’s Berkeley-based Ranger 33. Marc plans on bringing two chutes, so chances are he’ll race in the spinnaker division. Marc also says he doesn’t have any problem with "bribing the Grand Pooba for that all-important good rating". Good on ya, Marc. Tataria, Ron Snetsinger’s Sausalito-based Ericson 38. Here’s a cool thing: Ron’s 14-year-old daughter, a veteran El Toro sailor, will be his crew. And after the Ha-Ha, they’ll continue on to Costa Rica and clockwise around the Caribbean. Mariposa, Dario and Emma Sezzi’s Island Packet 38. The couple are from Susanville and rarin’ to go. Windward Luv, Don and Lenna Hossack’s Islander 36. "Our boat came with a light air spinnaker," reports the couple from Truckee. "If there’s interest in a spinnaker class, we’ll volunteer to be in it — even though we’ve never flown it — just to make sure there are enough for a class." If anybody exemplifies the Ha-Ha spirit, it’s Don and Lenna. Palio, Don and Roxanne Black’s San Diego-based Morgan 46. "Our party¬ ing skills are much more advanced than our racing skills," they report. In which case they’ll fit right in. Both are advanced hams. Kokomo, Jayne and Steve Brodie’s Kings Legend 41 from Half Moon Bay. Alden, David and Peggy Forsyth’s 41-ft staysail ketch from San Diego. Get this, their Alden ketch is documented in San Francisco, berthed in Sausalito, they temporarily live in San Diego, and permanently live in Minnesota. This is one couple that will be ’putting their life together’ just a little this October. continued outside column of next sightings page

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end of The striking sequence of photos above was not rescued from some musty archive. It was taken in late May, when the Maria Asumpta, billed as the world’s oldest sailing square rigged vessel, met her ignoble end on Pentire Point along the North coast of Corn¬ wall. The accident also took the lives of three of the ship’s 14 crew. The 125-ft vessel, built in Barcelona 137 years ago, was apparently swept into the rocky point on May 30 by current. Her en¬ gines, started earlier when the lee shore loomed, had quit and the crew was attempt¬ ing to work her around the point into clear water when the accident occurred. Eyewitnesses remarked on how little time it took for a 250-ton vessel to be reduced to kindling. This sequence was all shot in the span of two hours. At the time of the report in the London Daily News (sent to us by reader Charles

tale of two Regular readers may remember Bill Anderson, the local wreck hunter who is convinced that a sunken German submarine lies somewhere off our local coast. Ander¬ son, you may recall, was aboard the destroy¬ er Willard Keith in 1945 when the ship picked up a sub on sonar and made several depth charge runs on it. The sonar contact was lost, but an oil slick was located. The incident, which took part in the latter days of the war, was forgotten for nearly 20 years until Bill met a diver in the ’60s who claimed to have dived on the U-Boat. Other rumors and references started surfacing, and by the time Anderson attended a 50-year re¬ union of the Keith crew in 1993, he was urged on by surviving members to find the sub.

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Stem who had been waiting to see the ship arrive in Padstow), there was some contro¬ versy surrounding the wreck. For one thing, the Maria Asumpta had lost her Merchant Shipping Certificate, which meant she was considered a private yacht and could not take paying passengers. There was evidence that it was happening anyway. Local media also made much of the fact that owner/skipper Mark Litchfield had also lost another old sailing ship 11 years ago. In that incident, the Marque went down during The Tall Ships race in 1984 with the loss of 19 lives. The sailors lost in the Maria Asumpta wreck were Ann Taylor, 50, the ship’s cook, Emily McFarlane, 19, a deck hand, and 24year-old John Shannon, the engineer. Even as the ship was opening up beneath his feet, Shannon was down in the engine room try¬ ing to restart the recalcitrant diesels that were her only hope of salvation.

Vixen, Scott and June Squires, and Lynsey Evans, of Sacramento. "Were your disclaimer’s meant to scare people off?" they ask. To a certain extent, yes. We want each and every person to realize that there are genuine dangers involved in going to sea, and we also want people to realize that while there might be many boats around, everybody should prepare their boats and them¬ selves as though they were sailing to Cabo alone. Again, we don’t want any¬ body to get the impression the Ha-Ha is an offshore babysitting service. Elmo’s Fire, Alex von Wetter and John Patterson’s Sausalito-based Ocean 71 will be the mothership for the event. Von Wetter, a former Olympic-level racer who turned to cruising, and Patterson, will be starting a circumnavigation with their respective teenage children. Their wives will join them from time to time. Tidal Treasure, Jim and Jolynn Van Patten’s DownEast 38. The couple is from Sacramento. Blamey3, Chris and Sheila Maher’s Alameda-based Morgan 38. The co¬ owners of the Alameda UK loft will be sailing with their sons Patrick, 7, and Thomas, 5. If you want your name added to the list of people wanting to laugh their way to warmer waters this winter, mail your refundable check as soon as you feel like it.

fire in the sky If you travel in areas of regular thunderstorm activity, the chances of your boat getting struck by lightning sooner or later are actually pretty good. Happily, injuries and deaths from lightning strikes on boats are rare. It was interesting to note that, according to a five-year study recently released by the insurance division of BOAT/US, some types of boats are hit more often than others. Predictably, keelboats with their tall rigs headed the list, with approximately 6 chances out of 1,000 of being struck in any given year. But check out the rest of the breakdown: Multihulls: 5 out of 1,000; Trawlers: 3 out of 1,000; Sail Only: 2 out of 1,000; Cruisers: 1 out of 1,000; Runabouts: 2 out of 10,000. One can only surmise that the lack/: of a lot of metal in sail-only boats accounts for their poor showing. (We’ll try to remember to ask Lynn and Larry about this next time we talk to them.) If you find yourself caught in a thunderstorm, BOAT/US suggests you head for shore immediately. If that’s out of the question, they say to keep passen¬ gers low in the center of the boat or cabin, remove metal jewelry and/or eye¬ glasses and stay away from electronic equipment, rigging or metal objects. They don’t say what to do if the whole boat you’re on is metal. On a slightly related subject, we’re interested in hearing firsthand stories of

sub hunters He’s been at it since last year. At this writing, he has not turned up any sign of a submarine. But last month, he did discover the wrecks of two munitions barges lost in a spring storm in 1945. Sub hunter Paul Tidwell has had better luck — considerably better luck — in the search for his lost sub. Using an out-of-work Russian research ship, Tidwell located the wreck of the huge Japanese cargo submarine 1-52. It lies in 17,000 feet of water about 1,200 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands — deposited there with her entire crfew of more than 100 by an American torpedo bomber on June 23, 1944. The attraction of 1-52 is far more than her historic value: the ship is known to have

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fire — cont’d St. Elmo’s fire. Practically since the first adventurous neanderthal speeded his canoe along by rigging a mammoth hide (or whatever) to catch the wind, sailors have brought home tales of strange blue lights that danced through the rigging. We’ve talked to a few cruisers who claim to have seen St. Elmos fire, but we’ve never seen it ourselves. If you have, we’d like to hear about it! •

the lion king Have you ever noticed that the boats that get the most press are either really old or really new? The new ones are understandable; and no one ever seems to tire of stories of old, neglected woodies brought back life by some loving hand. In between the two extremes are a lot of boats that, normally, don’t get a continued outside column of next sightings page

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more than two tons of gold bars aboard, which are worth about $25 million in today’s market. Tidwell figures he can extract the gold for between $5 and $8 million, and is even considering rounding out the project by raising the 1-52. Lying well beyond the reach of damaging surge and marine growth, the ship is intact (except for the torpedo hole) and amazingly well preserved — there’s hardly even any rust. He figures pumping her full of a special foam might be all it would take to get her back on the surface. The 1-52 was on her way to Germany when she was sunk. She was part of a secret¬ ive exchange of materials and technology

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between Hitler and Emporer Hirohito. With allied air power making surface transport risky by 1944, Axis powers resorted to sub¬ marines to carry cargos across the oceans. The I-52’s undoing came when the Allies broke Axis codes. So when the 1-52 surfaced to rendezvous with a German sub in midAtlantic, the American aircraft carrier Bogue was ready. She launched a single airplane, which engaged the sub around midnight. Its only torpedo was dropped and found its mark. Contacted 50 years later, the pilot, Jesse D. Taylor, was reportedly astounded. "I never had any idea this thing could be located," he said.

lot of press unless they’re blowing up, sinking or meeting some other horrid end. From a purely journalistic point of view, one of these 'baby boomer' boats would have to be really something to merit special mention — which is exactly why you see Thunder Bay on these pages this month. Quite simply, the 31year-old Cheoy Lee Lion is one of the nicest boats we’ve seen of any vintage, and the best argument yet that a boat doesn’t have to be built of wood during the roaring ’20s to be a 'classic.' Bemie Fried was the owner who transformed the 1964 boat into the eyepopper she is today. He acquired the 35-footer from the first owner in 1965 and, as a successful Beverly Hills businessman, spared few expenses over the next 28 years when it came to upgrades. Just a few of the major improvements he made: fairing bottom and all thruhulls, fairing the insides of the bilges to facilitate more efficient drainage, custom stainless bowsprit with twin anchor channels, custom stainless traveler, custom electrical panel and continued outside column of next sightings page

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By 'Thunder1! (clockwise front above): Builder's plate records the boat's beginnings; cockpit combing has been modified to encircle lazarette, adding convenience and an extra seat; removable pins on all hatch hinges allow hatches to open either forward or backward; iron lions dance on each side of the bow; 'Thunder Bay" during an Ensenada race; comfortable cabin features blue velvet cushions, propane heater, ingenious folding table, custom electrical panel and lots more.

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lion — cont’d wiring set up for easy access, custom fuel line and sea strainer manifold for instant access, Reckman roller furling headsail, additional tankage, oversize winches, custom-made spinnaker sheet turning blocks with built-in jammers... The list goes on and on. The crowning touch was a custom black LPU paint job on the hull and coachroof by the late master of the medium, Bob Kegley. The handsome result, set off by teak decks and gleaming varnish, was noticed by a Hollywood producer, and starred along with George Kennedy in a movie called The Great American Tragedy. Away from the admiring gaze of the cameras and passers-by, Fried’s showpiece was hardly a slip queen. He sailed her regularly out of Marina del Rey and competed in a number of coastal and Mexico races in the nearly three decades he owned the boat. Today, Thunder Bay resides in Sausalito under new owners, who intend to keep her just as shipshape and active as her former owner. So next time you see her approaching on some windy day, don’t forget to don dark glasses so the gleam doesn’t temporarily blind you. And for those of you unaccustomed to being in the presence of royalty — a smile and wave are the proper homage to pay this seagoing Lion King as it slides on by.

mexico-only crew list

The seasons come, the seasons go. Baseball season is almost over and football season is about to begin. The hot season is upon us, and the sailing season is in full swing. In fact, it’s so hot, all we’d need is a little seasoning in the pressure cooker we call an office and we’d make a pretty decent flambe about now. As the blast furnace tones down, sailors thoughts turn to the Mexico cruising season. Thing is, for the first time, the Mexico cruising season of ’94-’95 has yet to end. Seems like we’ve run Mexico-related stories virtually every month — last month alone, we once again ran the 'final' list of Hot Ralliers for last year. This year, an update of the fast-developing Baja Ha Ha Cruiser’s Rally. All of which leads us to believe that this year’s Mexico class of ’95 - ’96 (can you believe we’re talking about ’96 already? Only 150 shopping days till Christmas) will be one of the biggest ever. We hope you get to be part of it, and to help you in that direction, we now refer you to our regular program¬ ming, the 1995 Mexico Only Crew List. As we’ve been doing Crew Lists for more than a decade, these forms will doubtless be self-explanatory for regular readers. By design, they should likewise be pretty intuitive for first timers. For those of you who need instructions to boil water, one form is for people who want to crew on boats, the other is for skippers who need crew for their boats. If you fipjd yourself in either of those demographic groups, fill out the appropriate form, drop it in the mail with the right advertising fee — $5 for crew, $1 for skippers — and we’ll do the rest. In the October issue, we’ll run everyone’s name who sent a form, along with a short list of skills you offer, desires you have and a contact number. October’s Crew List averages 200 to 300 names, and ample opportunity and variety for crews and skippers to match up for some great cruising to maiiana-land — and often beyond. A lot of the great 'true-life' stories you’ve read on these pages start right here. Of course, it’s not all roses and chablis. Along with the dangers inherent in sailing anywhere, there is a degree of risk involved in sailing long distances with people you haven’t known all that long. So for the record, the Latitude 38 Crew List is an advertising supplement intended for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warrantee or recommendation as to the character of individuals participating in the Crew List or the conditions of the boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. Still with us? Bueno! Here are the ground rules. 1) We must receive all Crew List forms by September 15.. That doesn’t mean 'postmarked by'. It means in our sweaty little palms by September 15. No exceptions. 2) All forms must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. Once continued outside column of next sightings page

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The conundrum is not an uncommon one: Your mast falls down, you try to call for help, and nobody answers. Then you re¬

member that your VHF antenna is affixed to the top of your mast, which is now 6 feet underwater. Beyond inconvenient, we’ve heard of dismastings over the years that have turned life-threatening for the simple reason that the dismasted boat could not communicate with other boats, even nearby ones that could easily have come to their aid. One solution is to carry an emergency antenna. Made by various companies, these are available from your local electronics supplier for $30 or so and consist of a length of coaxial cable and stubby antenna. Simply unscrew the main antenna from the back of your radio set, screw in the emergency one and you’re ready to go. Another solution is to carry a handheld VHF, but last time we looked, even the cheapie versions were over

$200. Those options duly noted, say you’re on a boat that doesn’t have a spare, or more realistically, on a boat where you can’t find the spare, even though you distinctly remem¬ ber putting the damn thing aboard. Or let’s just say you want to save a few bucks by

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antenna 'rolling your own' emergency antenna. This tip comes from Erwin Gove, who sails Maenad out of Marina Bay YC in Rich¬ mond. Inspired by friends who might have lost their boat and lives during a dismasting near Point Bonita, Erwin and an electronics whiz friend put together an emergency VHF antenna for a total cost of about $12 worth of materials at Radio Shack. Those materials are: • • • •

1 SO-239 chassis RF connector 2 PL-259 RF plugs 8 feet of #12 solid copper wire However many feet you think you’ll need of RG-58 coax cable

"When figuring out the length of cable, decide where you would likely want to set up the antenna (I plan to use the hatchway cover), but be aware that an alternate location may be necessary," writes Gove. "Plan the length of coaxial cable accordingly, then add a generous over-allowance just in case. Note that, since your emergency antenna will hopefully spend most of its life stored away from the elements, expensive 'marine grade' parts should not be necessary. "Cut the solid copper wire into five 19inch pieces, and solder one into the center of the chassis connector. This is the antenna. Clinch an end of the remaining four pieces into the mounting holes on the connector’s baseplate and solder. These are the legs and ground plane for the antenna. You will likely need a heavy-duty soldering iron or gun, or even a small torch to get things hot enough for a good connection. After soldering, cut the five wires to 18-inch lengths as measured from the baseplate. (These lengths are not arbitrary. They have been calibrated to give the best performance on VHF channel 16.) Then simply connect an RF plug to each end of the coax, screw them into the antenna at one end and VHF at the other and you’re ready to go." One advantage of this setup is that the radio can operate at its full 25 watts (the wattage of most built-in VHFs) without damage. By comparison, hand-helds operate at only about 5 watts. By the way, never try to operate a VHF with no antenna or one not designed for VHF. It’ll bum out the radio. Another advantage is stowability. Gove stores his antenna by bending the four legs and main antenna around in a circle and coiling it up with the cable into a nice, neat coil. Erwin admits that, both coiled and set up, the emergency antenna "looks like hell," but when radio checks from Richmond’s Marina Bay pull in 'loud and clear' calls from as far away as Treasure Island and Point Pinole, who can complain?

again, for crew looking for boats, that’s $5. For skippers looking for crew, it’s $1. (We figure the latter spend enough money putting the boat together,' so we give them a break.) Incidentally, as this rule implies, faxed forms don’t get in the magazine. We have to receive the fee with the form. 3) One form per person, please — unless you and a friend want only to go If you can go together. Whether you’re a couple or just friends, applying for a ’group rate' does diminish your chances of finding a boat somewhat. But finding a skipper who will take you both on will certainly enhance the adventure for you both. In these situations, both parties should fill out one Crew List form as best they can. In cases where you need additional separate forms, simply make copies of the ones on these pages.

I NEED CREW FOR MEXICO NAME(S):_ AGE(S)

SEX:

PHONE OR OTHER CONTACT:

BOAT SIZE/TYPE

(Check as many as apply in all categories)

I NEED CREW FOR: 1) _For the trip down 2) _While in Mexico 3) _Sea of Cortez Sail Week (formerly Baja Ha-Ha) 4) __ For the cruisers' race to Cabo in November 5) _Return trip up Baja 6) Other

MY EXPERIENCE IS: 1) _Bay 2) _Ocean 3) _Foreign cruising

I AM LOOKING FOR: 1) _Enthusiasm — experienced is not that important 2) __Moderately experienced sailor to share normal crew responsibilities 3) _Experienced sailor who can a) share navigation and/or mechanical skills, b) who can show me the ropes 4) _Cooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) _'Local knowledge': someone who has a) cruised Mexico before; b) speaks passable Spanish 6) _Someone to help me bring the boat back up the coast 7) _Someone to help me trailer a boat up/down the coast 8) _Someone who might stick around if I decide to keep going beyond Mexico > 9) _Other_ Mail completed form and $1 to: Mexico Only Crew list. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by September 15, 1995.

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it. to people who do. BS’ers don’t get rides. .lip side of that coin is a phenomenon not yet fully understood by Crew t..st scientists: people of little experience are just as likely to get rides as those with years of experience. 5) Women can use first names only. Right about here on every Crew List since the dawn of creation, we implore readers not to use the Crew List for purposes other than finding crew or boats for sailing to Mexico. And right about here is (apparently) where hormones temporarily blind male readers. Bluntly put: If you are a female, you will get calls. Lots of them. Some women have gotten hundreds of calls from all over the place. One woman we talked to got numerous calls from a guy back east who had noticed her name on a Crew List. He wasn’t a sailor, he said, but sure wanted her to hike the Appalachian trail with him that summer. So we recommend women use first names only, and that they use something other than a home phone number as a contact — a P.O. Box,

i WANT TO CREW IN MEXICO NAME(S):. AGE(S)_

SEX:

PHONE OR OTHER CONTACT:.

(Check as many as apply in all categories) 1 WANT TO CREW: 1) For the trip down 2) While in Mexico . D . ,-Sea of Cortez Sail Week (formerly Baja Ha-Ha) 4j For the cruisers' race to Cabo in November 5) _Return trip up Baja 6) _Other __—my EXPERIENCE IS: U_Little or none 2) _Bay 3) _Ocean 4) __Foreign cruising 1 CAN OFFER: 1) Few skills, I am a novice sailor 2) Skills of a normal hand: standing watch reefing, changing sails experienced sailor. can navigate,■ Skilled and experienceu sai.u,. I--o-3) _ •_~i„.r cforsr set a spinnaker, steer anrl and handle basic mechanic mechamca 4) PCooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) -local knowledge': a) I have cruised Mexico before; b) I speak passable Spanish 6) _Companionship Mail completed form and $5 to: Mexico OnfyCrew lhU Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by September 15,1995.

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looking good "Excuse us," said the couple in the dinghy that came alongside Big O, "but do you hap¬ pen to have a current copy of Latitude aboard?" Although we often get asked this ques¬ tion, we were a little surprised this time — we were anchored at Puerto Soller on the north shore of Mallorca. Nonetheless, we invited Thomas and Barbara Wolfe of San Francisco and Santa Rosa aboard while we found a copy. We soon learned that the Wolfes own the Swan 51 Lohengrin in Schoonmaker Marina, Sausalito. Because Big O used to be berthed there, we’d walked by the boat many times. Thomas explained that they’d had a Swan 41 previously and had bought the 51 in Eng¬ land 10 years ago. When we asked what they were doing in Puerto Soller, Wolfe gestured to Livia, a Swan 651 anchored about 100 feet aft. "With the help of Kenny Keefe, a broker with

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— with a story

short sightings OUT THERE — As we write this, 19-year-old Brian Caldwell of Honolulu is attempting to become the youngest person ever to circumnavigate in one year. (While the names Tania Aebi and Robin Lee Graham may spring to mind, they took more than a year.) Brian departed Honolulu on June 1 aboard Mai (Miti) Vavau, a Contessa 26 — sistership to the boat Aebi completed her 2V2-year circumnavigation in 1987. The first leg of his journey was the 3,400-mile run to Port Vila, Vanuatu, which he completed in 34 days, arriving July 5. He stayed a week, then cast off for Thursday Island. "He’s aiming to arrive in Durban before November 1," says Brian’s Mom and main supporter, Jan Caldwell. (Readers may remember a number of Changes In Latitude articles Jan and Brian Sr. sent our way during their six-year cruise through the South Seas on Foxy Lady II). We’ll have more on Brian’s boat, the project and his progress in the next issue.

LATITUDE/RICHARD

Nautor/Swan of San Fran-cisca’s City Yachts, we just bought her in Palma this May," Wolfe explained. "Keefe is an old friend, and he did a great job for us. We’re cruising the Balearics for awhile with our captain, Bear, then we’ll fly home before returning to sail in Sardinia this August. Come November, the boat will be going across to the Caribbean." Livia did the 1986 Whitbread Race as Frazier of Finland, and was then returned to the Swan factory to receive an interior. She’s in beautiful condition. "The boat has a Lewmar Commander system which hydraul¬ ically controls the winches and the roller furling," says Wolfe. "It means that the boat can easily be sailed by two people." Having a gorgeous new yacht doesn’t mean that the Wolfes don’t still like their old boat anymore. Several weeks later we cap¬ tured them (below) booming across San Francisco Bay aboard Lohengrin.

party free! The Crew List party, scheduled for sometime in early October (exact time and location TBA), makes the Black and White Ball look like Hee Haw. Well, maybe not, but it’s a lot more laid back and fun, that’s for sure. Our annual Crew Party serves a number of functions — a big fare-thee-well for departing Mexico cruisers, a 'neutral ground' for putting faces to those phone calls for the first time, or, if your 'dance card' has yet to be filled, one last golden opportunity to secure a crew or boat for the trip south. Everyone wears color-coded name tags, so spotting crew or boat owners is easy. Like we say, if your name appears on the October Crew List, you get in free. Everybody else pays $5. We’ll have more on the Crew List party in upcoming issues because, like we say, ’tis the season.

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TRANSPAC '95 It was the oddest TransPac finish ever, strictly Twilight Zone stuff. Forget Mir’s famous mizzen-only backwards finish in ’69, forget Eagle sinking on the reef in front of the Hawaiian Village after the ’73 race. . . even Medicine Man’s dramatic shipwreck at Diamond Head 200 yards shy of the finish line in ’89 pales in comparison. Imagine, if you will. . . Hal Ward’s new Andrews 70+ ’supersled’ Cheval was off the tip of Molokai, just 35 miles from the finish and jamming along under masthead kite at 15-20 knots. Her 12man crew knew they had the Barn Door Trophy in their hands, and possibly the whole enchilada—they’d been only 15 min¬ utes behind Merlin on corrected time at that morning’s 5 a.m. roll call. Hot showers, cold drinks and other pleasures of dry land were tantalizingly close. Hal’s new pony had proven wickedly fast in her debut, and morale on board was high. At 7 a.m. all hands were on deck for the final jibe of the race — one they’d never forget. Explained navigator Mark Rudiger, "The impact of jibing in 25 knots blew up a block in the permanent backstay assembly. The rig bent forward about 20 feet before it broke, raining carbon fiber all over the deck. It was a sickening sound, kind of like the crackling noise a tree makes as it’s chopped down. I didn’t want to believe what I was seeing.” But the crew had no time to wallow in their disappointment, as Cheval was drifting up on llio Point just half a mile away. Furiously manning hacksaws, bolt cutters and pliers, they quickly dropped the broken mast, main, dazy staysail and .85 poly spinnaker ("It was a Sobstad chute anyway," joked Jeff Madrigali of North Sails) into the water. "Hey, it’s still possible to win!" shouted Ward from the nav station. "All we have to do is average 8 knots — we can still beat these guys!" Dave Gruver picks up the story: "Hal really inspired us — you never saw a crew work harder! Within 45 minutes we were back underway, with our spinnaker pole lashed to the stump of the mast. We exper¬ imented with every combination of sails you could imagine, even blowing up the .6 spinnaker. Finally, we settled on our jib top flying sideways with the genoa staysail set underneath. Both were North 3DLs — gee, do you think we’ll make their next ad?" Cheval limped down the Molokai Chan¬ nel, averaging the requisite 8 knots and even hitting 11 knots once under the improvised rig. They finished at 11:32 a.m. HST after 9 days, 1 hour and 32 minutes on the race course. Despite the set-back, they were still the first boat to Hawaii, finishing 1 hour, 22 minutes ahead of Windquest and 2 hours, 39 Page 102 • U&UM 1? • August, 1995

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minutes in front of Sayonara. As Cheval crossed the line, crewmember Ron Love quietly walked to the bow of the boat and, for the second time in his life, scattered the ashes of a relative at the Diamond Head buoy after the 2,225-mile race. "No one knew he was going to do that, and it was just too much," related Gruver. "Everyone was pretty choked up already, and that put us over the edge. About half the crew started

crying — it was an incredibly emotional moment!"

\A V V7 elcome to the 38th biennial Trans¬ Pac, one of the most surreal and fragmented races in the event’s long and distinguished history. Yet despite only attracting 38 boats — the lowest turnout since 1963 — and being a relatively slow race, this was

WEIRD SCENES INSIDE THE GOLD MINE

Sporting their unique 3DL ‘potato chip' sail plan, 'Chevaf barrels down the Molokai Channel into TransPac immortality. Photo by Ceri Conser. nonetheless an interesting and eventful year for the struggling TransPac. The race’s format du jour featured five starts staggered between June 28 and July 2, a recipe that historically screws little boats each time — and this year was no exception.

But all eyes were on the big boats anyway — and with the rating cap revised upward to accommodate five turbo-charged boats, it seemed that Merlin’s increasingly mythical 1977 time of 8 days, 11 hours would surely fall. But it wasn’t to be, as a mid-ocean parking lot brought the fleet together and killed any chance of a monohull record run. The swimming, however, was great. In an effort to increase participation, new

cfasses were offered for doublehanded boats, invited multihulls and invited monohulls. The turnout for these sideshows was less than overwhelming, though in fairness the multi¬ hull class was a sell-out — 100% of the 'funny boats' invited, all two of them, participated. Not surprisingly, Lakota set a new multihull course record — certainly one of this year’s highlights. Other aspects of the 'new' relaxed August, 1995 • U&UM 1? • Page 103

TRANSPAC '95 TransPac included allowing individual boats to be sponsored, though not without a sub¬ stantially higher entry fee. The race itself was sponsored by Kenwood Corporation again, with Hawaiian Airlines sponsoring the media center for the first time. Also making its debut was the TransPac’s own rating for¬ mula, based largely on IMS. For the most part, these ratings and all the other changes worked out surprisingly well. Hopefully, however, the next time the TransPac bigwigs change all the rules around, they’ll do it with sufficient lead time to attract a larger turnout.

Div. I — Merlin Though Cheval took the most coveted prize, the huge koa wood Bam Door Trophy, Hal’s pals fell to third in class (and fleet) behind Larry Ellison’s new Farr ILC maxi Sayonara and the overall winner, the indomitable Lee 69 Merlin. Dubbed by one dockside wit as yacht racing’s 'Energizer Bunny', the magical 18-year-old prototype sled just keeps going, and going, and going. Under charter to Dan Sinclair of Vancouver, Merlin’s comfortable two-hour victory was as popular as it was improbable. It was also the

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/ROB the way, and sailed a smart race thanks to our navigator Ron Ogilvy. We were right on the edge a lot, and had some hellacious broaches!" \ Sinclair and his crew, all of whom contributed to the charter except resident pro Ross MacDonald, knew that Merlin had the horsepower to win — the same core group set the Vic-Maui record with the boat in ’92. Despite the silver tape around all her windows, the rust stains and her generally tired appearance, Merlin can still crank in a blow. These days, she sports a four-foot transom scoop and carries even more sail area than when she set the milestone in ’77. (Look for a long overdue Boat of the Month feature on Merlin soon.) "She’s still a rocketship dead downwind," maintained Sinclair, who’s contemplating buying the legendary boat (it’s currently listed at an optimistic $239,000). "We averaged 20 knots through the Molokai Channel — we couldn’t slow it down!" They also did one last huli at Molokai, roughly where Cheval had her problem. "We couldn’t pop the guy out of the pole, so the boat got all out of balance and we rounded down. We actually put the spreaders in the water! She

Dan Sinclair, skipper of the winning 'Merlin', was so happy he hardly noticed his broken finger.

first time a foreign yacht — or a charter effort — has ever won the TransPac, though Mer¬ lin herself is no stranger to the winners’ circle. Her first-to-finish runs in ’77, ’81 and ’87 are still three of the four fastest TransPac times in history. "We were a little intimidated at first. These guys we were racing against are our idols — we never expected to win," claimed Sinclair modestly. "But we pushed hard all Page 104 •

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'Chevar skipper Hal Ward inspired his crew by not going below for the first 48 hours, sleeping on the rail and grinding like everyone else.

wouldn’t come back up, and I was sure the rig was going to shake out of it!" said Don, who broke a finger in the melee as he cut the sheet and guy loose. While Merlin had an exciting, male¬ bonding type of trip, the pros on Sayonara

didn’t have much to report. Most of them were on the next plane out after their finish, off to the next regatta. The boat, which can go upwind like nobody’s business, proved a bit off the pace downwind — enough so that her crew nicknamed her Shamu, after Sea World’s famous whale. After the Big Boat Series, she’s headed back to New Zealand for a refit, including a lighter carbon fiber rig, before doing the Sydney-Hobart Race. "The hardest part was having to tell Larry a few days from the finish that we probably weren’t going to get there first," said a Sayonara crewmember. "It just never occur¬ red to him after spending all that money that we wouldn’t win." Ellison did, however, win their $140 betting pool on when Sayonara would finish. But probably the most disappointed owner of all was Roy Disney, sailing the latest incarnation of Pyewacket in his eleventh TransPac. Disney has the TransPac Disease' something fierce, and makes no secret of his desire to win it someday. "But no matter what we do, we can’t seem to figure this race out," said Roy. "We made mistakes early and often, and actually had to pass Merlin twice in the race. Fortunately, the last three days of sailing were glorious, and made up for the rest of it!" Despite the presence of navigator Skip Allan, doing his twentieth TransPac, Pyewacket ended up fourth. "We’ve been in that position so many times I’m seriously thinking about creating' 'The Roy Disney Perpetual Fourth Place Bowl' — a lucite half-scale

WEIRD SCENES INSIDE THE COLD MINE "Where does it say we have to be Sayonara’s punching bag?" asked project manager John Bertrand rhetorically. "We knew they’d beat us if we went straight IMS, and I think it’s to our credit that we did the TransPac anyway!" Other than the food, bland freeze-dried stuff like you’d eat on a Sierras backpacking trip, everyone on board claimed to have enjoyed the great experiment. Challenge America (ex-Yamaha), which is stopping by the Bay Area on her way home to Newport next month, was on the steep part of the learning curve. "We decided you need 12 stringy little Kiwis who don’t eat or sleep to sail this thing," laughed navigator Brad Avery. "It takes about half an hour to jibe! But we learned a lot, like these boats need 40 knots of wind and icebergs all around to be competitive." At least the crew brought two cases of wine to keep their spirits up, so to speak.

'Pressure Cooker' explodes off Diamond Head. “We had trouble taking hot showers at these speeds,“ reported navigator Jon Sham pain.

model of a toilet which, when you flush it, sends little dollars bills swirling around the bowl!" Don’t be surprised to see Pyewacket with a bulb keel before long — Cheval’s stiffer righting moment translated into more boatspeed in the TransPac, and Disney will have to respond. "We’ll figure it out," prom¬ ised Disney. "Let’s just say that Pyewacket is a work in progress!" Invited Guests Nine hours before Cheval’s bizarre finish, at 2:07 a.m. HST, TransPac history was re¬ written as Steve Fossett’s Jeanneau 60 trimaran Lakota established a new multihull record of 6 days, 16 hours and 7 minutes. Lakota bettered the old mark, set in 1989 by Rudy Choy on Aikane X5, by 7Vi hours. Starting six days behind the first boats, Lakota was the first boat in — a testament to the speed of modern multihulls. With a boat capable of doing a steady 25 knots in only 15-20 knots of breeze, Lakota would have shaved another 10-15 hours off the record had their extended bow pole not broken off, leaving them to sail the last two days without benefit of their maxi-genniker. Still, they clobbered Double Bullet, the only other multihull, by 14 hours. Crewmember Dave Scully, who recently sailed Coyote in the BOC, commented on the beauty of the night sailing: "It was exhilarating — a three-quarter moon, stars

and streams of phosphorescence off our bows." In the daytime, however, he was bummed out to see more garbage than he could ever recall in any other ocean. Other boats reported whole islands of floating fishnets, plastic containers and assorted junk. Meanwhile, the R/P 74 Windquest took the monohull 'open' division in a laugher over the Whitbread 60 Challenge America. Turbo’ed to the max, ’Quest was dubbed the 'Amway pacecar' (the DeVos family owns Amway). Ineligible for the Barn Door or even corrected TransPac honors, Windquest ,

'Lakota', minus part of its bow, at her berth in front of the Hawaii YC. She's on her way to San Francisco, with a quick stop in Yokohama first.

nevertheless made a spirited run at the record, sailing with what was arguably the most expensive delivery crew in history.

The Sleds — Mirage Still the backbone of the TransPac despite their diminished status, the ULDB 70s enjoy¬ ed fantastically close racing during their slow 10-day crossing. The first four boats — in order, the SC 70s Mirage, Evolution, Orient Express and Mongoose — all finished within 53 minutes of each other! The last day in particular was an all-out 150-mile drag race, as intense as any buoy race. Orient Express blew up three kites in the last two days of the race trying to stay in the hunt! Jim Ryley’s Mirage, always a threat downwind, was near the front the whole way, but saved her best move for the last night. Getting north of the fleet, Ryley’s rangers found a private squall which set them down a mile in front of Evo. They covered Evo all the next day, finishing first in class by 14 minutes — Mirage’s biggest

victory to date. The winning crew consisted of a 'token' Bay Area sailor, Don Jesberg, and a boatload of Santa Cruz’s finest: navigator Jack Halterman, Jay Crum, Dave Hodges, Tim Cordrey, Brent Ruhne, Mark Golsh and 17-year-old Lizzie Ryley, Jim’s August, 1995 •

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TRANSPAC '95 daughter. Lizzie brought her teddy bear ’Sam' along, providing the crew with hours of pleasure devising new ways to torture and otherwise desecrate the furry mascot. Evolution, which had led much of the race, received a rude shock at the ULDB 70 owners’ meeting after the race. Because owner Brack Duker had' openly made changes to optimize his boat for downwind sailing (notably removing 600 pounds of ballast), Evo was stripped of her class points in all ’95 sled races, effectively knocking her out of the season championship. The sled rules, which were interpreted literally, don’t allow for any mid-season configuration changes, as Duker unfortunately found out the hard way. Looking at the sleds’ Collective tracks, it’s easy to see in retrospect that they all strayed too far to the north, possibly because they all had the identical waypoints purchased from weather guru Bob Rice, or possibly because they were all content to cover each other into oblivion. "On the charts, it looked like a cattle drive," laughed retired sledman Tom Leweck. "During the day they’d stray away from the pack, and each night they’d all get herded back together. If only one boat had

Wafer, water everywhere. . . Adam McAfee of 'Daddaboat rehydrated with both fists after a long and particularly dry trip.

won by tons!"

Div. II-B — Exile Warwick Miller’s Exile, the avocado-green R/P 66 that was the star of last year’s Sydney-Hobart Race, easily topped this tiny hodge-podge of a claps by nine hours. A tricked-out IMS racer — right down to car¬ bon fiber jammer cleats! — this boat surpris¬ ingly held off the sleds until the last few windy days. Exile's victims included the radical 52foot schooner Elliott Marine, which co-owner Tom McColl felt was rated too harshly by the TransPac Committee. "We had to give every¬ Page 106

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one time except Cheval, which was ridicu¬ lous!" claimed the colorful Kiwi. "We had about as much chance as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. It was a $100,000 exercise in futility!" But according to McColl,N the 15,000-pound Elliott Marine passed Kathmandu "like she was standing still" going down the Molokai Channel — so maybe her rating wasn’t that far off after all? Black Jack, the Mac 65 sailed by owner John Townsend and Carl Nelson, came in third in this class and set the inaugural TransPac doublehanded record of 11 days, 17 hours. They corrected out oyer Irrational, the only other shorthanded entry, by 10 hours. "It was an exhausting trip," allowed Townsend, "I only slept two hours in the last four days. However, the trip down the coast to the start was a lot rougher^ One of the hardest parts of the actual TransPac was staying awake for roll call, which messed up their watch system. Jibing was another trick, which they accomplished with a spinnaker sock. "On the whole, it was a great exper¬ ience, and Carl and I are better friends than ever," claimed John. Hatsu (ex-Charley) lost her carbon fiber rig at about the halfway mark when two starboard tumbuckles pulled through the Viinch thick aluminum chainplate during a squall. Hatsu’s wealthy Japanese owner, Masanori Kusaka, quickly hired a Honolulubased tug to rendezvous with his boat for a rumored $5,000 a day. While a skeleton crew of Kiwis nursed the jury-rigged boat to Honolulu, her Japanese crew bailed out onto the tug for the quick ride back.

Div. Ill — J.J. Flash Like Merlin, Bruce and Toby Tabor’s win with their venerable Davidson 50 Jumpin’ Jack Flash was a crowd-pleaser — proof that low-budget efforts can still take on, and occasionally beat, the goldplaters. Not only that, the Tabors are repeat winners, having swept PHRF honors last TransPac with J.J. Flash. This year, they beat a bunch of newer boats, including the ’gucci’ Morning Glory program. The Tabors, with help from sailmaker Kevin Miller, sailed hard throughout the race — in fact, the entire crew slept on the rail the first few nights! Final Approach, D.J. Johnson’s Lidgard 60, finished a remarkable second. Returning from a three-year circumnavigation, their sails were pretty blown out and D.J. knew the boat couldn’t point with the fleet. They casually sagged south, drinking two cases of rum before they even got halfway to Hawaii — and ended up putting their long waterline to good use when the wind finally filled in. Morning Glory, which had seven computers

and a boatload of international rockstars on board, was third. They rationed their food on the last day, finishing with only one package of granola left.

The Little Boats The six small boats in the two bottom divisions got lost in the shuffle this year. Shafted by the weather gods, they squan¬ dered their two day head-start in light air — dooming them to finish last and spend the most time on the course. In fact, two boats. Mountain Oyster and Antara were still on the race track when the awards ceremony was held. Another, Solution, withdrew from the race after only making 730 miles in a week. "We figured we were looking at a 20-day crossing, and the fun factor was wearing thin," said navigator Hal McCormack. "It was a unanimous decision by all six of us to head back to Long Beach." With pre-race favorite Solution gone, Division IV honors fell to George Bailey’s Beneteau 50 Daddaboat. They beat the only boat left, the wayward Mountain Oyster — which won the booby prize for ’most northerly boat’ this year — by two full days on corrected time. "We had an interesting trip," admitted Daddaboat’s main driver Adam McAfee, who like everyone else on board chipped in for expenses. "Just about everything that could go wrong, did — yet somehow we still managed to get a pickle dish!" The biggest bummer aboard Daddaboat — named, we’re told, by one of George’s kids — wasn’t the PG video collection (they watched The Jungle Book, Woodstock II and Dead Calm), but rather running low on water

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‘America's Challenge', sporting your-name-here graphics, got hammered. Undeterred, Neil Barth still has his sights on the next Whitbread Race.

halfway through the race. Somehow they emptied both tanks without knowing it, necessitating strict water rationing for the rest of the trip. Each person got 16 ounces of Evian a day, plus 16 ounces of 'Pacific Spring Water' which they made using an inefficient manually-operated watermaker. The latter was in use 8 to 10 hours a day, squeezing one drop of foul-tasting water out at a time. "Each watch had a quota to meet," explained Adam. Despite coming in last in Division IV and spending the longest time on the race course — 17 days, 16 hours, believed to be the slowest Cal 40 passage of the 100+ TransPacs made by this venerable design — the 8woman crew of Antara didn’t run out of food or water, though they came close to breaking into the emergency dehydrated stuff. They did, however, run out of all paper products — forcing them to shred up paper tablecloths (intended for a toga party) for use as emer¬ gency toilet paper. According to navigator Linda Newland, they also sacrificed certain reading material to the same noble cause — including, yes, an issue of Latitude 381 Their one issue of Playgirl was spared, not because it was a glossy, but because it was so popular that the girls were literally issued fake library cards to 'take it out'. * The women obviously never lost their sense of humor, as evidenced by their nightly 'Dating Game' sessions on the radio. Initiated between Antara and Persuasion, which Lin¬ da’s hubby Dan Newland was navigating, the

whole fleet either listened in or participated. Questions shot back and forth, such as "Bachelorette number three: Compare your bust line to a spinnaker. Are you full cut for running? All purpose for most conditions? Or flat for reaching?" Needless to say, things went downhill from there. "Women can be just as raunchy as men out there," claimed Linda. "No, I take it back — they’re even worse!" Best of the TransPac Best dockside reception: We thought it

The 'Antara' gang arrived in high spirits despite* their long trip. "Your magazine came in handy," they told us.

would be hard to top the combined reception that went on for the first four sleds the first night, but Final Approach’s party truly put all

the others to shame. Despite docking at the obscene hour of 4 a.m., D.J. Johnson and his mostly Waikiki YC crew were met by hundreds of well-wishers as well as a water¬ spraying fire boat carrying waitresses from the local Hooters restaurant! Best crew uniform: Scott Easom of Evo¬ lution finished the race wearing a TransPac shirt his late father Bruce had earned aboard Orient in the ’57 race. "He finished second in class, too!" said Scott. Best day’s run: Lakota did a 414-mile day, probably the highest day’s run ever in a TransPac. Cheval reported a 322-mile day point-to-point, with 330 miles through the water. Best yacht club party: Kaneohe YC’s all¬ afternoon shindig wins hands-down, as usual. Their Mt. Gay Wooden Boat Derby, won by Geordie Shaver of Windquest, was particularly entertaining. Contestants are given materials to make a 6-inch wooden boat that is then lung-powered down a water-filled 10-foot-long rain gutter. "This makes a lot more sense than the TransPac!" joked Fred Kirschner of Kathmandu. "It’s cheaper and it’s over way sooner!" Best carnage: A tie between Hatsu and Cheval, both of whom broke brand new Omohondru-built carbon spars. Though some sailors renamed the Nevada company "Oh-my-god-hundru" and questioned the new technology, it should be pointed out that it was the supporting parts, not the masts, that failed. Best family values: Aboard Carlton Seaver’s chartered Stealth Chicken almost everyone was related either by blood or marriage. There were also at least four father/daughter combinations this time: Jim

and Lizzie Ryley (Mirage), Peter and Sarah Tong (Orient Express), Brack and Barbara Duker (Evo) and Gordon and Vanessa Jam¬ ison (Bay wolf). Best Hawaiian honeymoon: In keeping with the finest of TransPac traditions, two

TRANSPAC '95 wedding ceremonies were held shortly after the race. Congratulations and best wishes to Scot and Chris Tempesta (Pressure Cooker) and George and Susan Bailey (Daddaboat). Best crewman: 'Big Mike' Howard, Cheval’s crew boss, won this year’s Don Vaughn Award for best crewman on the first-to-finish boat. A fixture on the grand prix circuit, Mike turns up regularly in Hawaii on winning boats such as Growler, Silver Bullet and Champosa. "I wish 1 could cut this trophy up 12 ways," said the gentle giant. "It really belongs to everyone on board. I’ve never sailed with a better group." Best navigator — Cheval’s Mark Rudiger earned a nice Omega watch for his efforts. He’s on a roll, having navigated Silver Bullet to two Barn Doors (’89, ’93) and a second place finish in ’91 behind Chance. And Rudiger’s more dangerous than ever since he’s discovered real-time satellite imagery. "We had the ability to look down the course, and figure out where to enter and exit the squalls," Mark said. "More than once, we dropped the kite and headsail-reached way out of our way to find better wind." Best paycheck: The highest rockstar salary we could confirm was $5,000 for the race, though rumor has it one person was paid twice that amount. The 4-5K range seemed about the going rate for the 'big names' this year. ^v

1995 TransPac Results CIs Fit Yacht DIVISION 1 1 1 Merlin 2 2 Sayonara 3 3 Cheval II 4 4 Pyewacket 5 5 Trader

Design

Skiooer/Naviaator

Homeport

Corr Time

Lee 66 Farr 78 And. 70+ SC 70+ And. 70

Dan Sinclair/Ron Ogilvy Larry Ellison/Stan Honey Hal Ward/Mark Rudiger Roy Disney/Skip Allan Fred Detwiler/Same

Vancouver, BC Woodside Long Beach Burbank Grosse Pointe, Ml

214:41:48 216:31:14 217:54:36 220:34:43 225:04:56

DIVISION 2A 1 6 Mirage 2 7 Evolution 3 8 Mongoose 4 9 Orient Express 5 11 Swiftsure 6 12 Kathmandu 7 13 Grand Illusion 8 14 Cheval 1 9 17 Chance

SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 N/M 68 SC 70 SC 70 N/M 68 SC 70

Jim Ryley/Jack Halterman Brack Duker/Peter Isler Joe Case/Rob Wallace Peter Tong/Joe Buck Doug Mongeon/John Craig Fred Kirschner/David Delo James McDowell/Same Steve Popovich/Erica Clark Joe Jaconi/Same

Santa Cruz Los Angeles Long Beach Long Beach Dana Point Coronado Redondo Beach Los Angeles Los Angeles

230:21:02 230:35:36 230:59:11 231:13:22 235:13:02 236:45:30 238:06:55 240:52:51 246:24:25

DIVISION 2B 1 10 Exile 2 15 Elliott Marine 3 25 Blackjack* - - Hatsu

R/P 66 Elliott 52 Mac. 65 Holl. 66 v

Warwick Miller/lan Burns Greg Elliott/Brian Peterson John Townsend & Carl Nelson Masanori Kusaka/Makato Namba

British Virgin Isl. Auckland, NZ Campbell Newport Beach

232:32:24 241:45:11 265:24:16 DNF

DIVISION 3 1 16 JJ Flash 2 18 Final Approach 3 19 Morning Glory 4 20 Climax 5 21 Pressure Cooker 6 22 Baywolf 7 23 Persuasion 8 24 Stealth Chicken 9 26 OpuaLi'l 10 27 Machl

David. 50 Lidgard 60 FI/P 50 Barnett 52 SC 52 SC 50 And. 53 Perry 56 Hunter 54 Hunter 54

Bruce Tabor/Eric Bohman D.J. Johnson/Same Hasso Plattner/John Jourdane A. Oberschmidt & J. Montgomery Jeff Chandler/Jon Shampain Kirk Wilson/Richard Parlette John Garrison/Dan Newland Carlton Seaver/Same Andrew Nickles/Louis Abrams Richard Mulvania/Same

Ventura Honolulu, HI Keil, Germany San Diego San Diego San Pedro Newport Beach Long Beach Nawiliwili, HI Huntington Bch

245:57:21 246:52:05 249:35:40 251:38:33 254:38:41 255:52:38 260:48:47 263:59:48 267:37:33 269:07:19

DIVISION 4 1 30 Daddaboat 2 32 Mountain Oyster - - Solution

Ben. 50 Oyster 55 SC 40

George Bailey/Susan Pleper Denise Fox/Lee Piatek Fred Hlbberd/Hal McCormack

San Francisco Guernsey, Eng. Jackson, WY

298:22:01 345:28:38 DNF

DIVISION 5 1 28 Air Stripper 2 29 Irrational* 3 31 Antara

J/35 Pet. 41 Cal 40

Ralph Schmitt/Steve Stefanko Mark Brewer & Marco Columbo Bonnie Gibson/Linda Newland

Oxnard Hanalei, HI Santa Barbara

273:26:01 275:15:44 299:39:22

INVITED GUESTS • MONOHULLS 1 - Windquest 2 - Amer. Challenge

Ft/P 74 Whit. 60

DeVos Family/John Bertrand Neil Barth/Brad Avery

Holland, Ml Newport Beach

218:39:40 244:34:03

60' tri 75' cat

Steve Fossett/Ben Wright Bob Hanel/Tim O'Sullivan

Rehoboth Bay, DE 160:07:16 Wilmington, DE 174:27:29

• MULTIHULLS 1 - Lakota 2 - Double Bullet * Doublehanded

squeaked past the Board on a night the young guys outnumbered the oldsters) and the Virtual TransPac', i.e. the internet site which allowed interested parties to follow the race in cyberspace (see pages 132-134). Best TransPac coverage: TransPac fans seeking true enlightenment should look for Tom Leweck’s four-pager in October’s Sail¬ ing World, as well as ESPN coverage of the race on August 30. Life of Ryley: Lizzie and Jim Ryley of 'Mirage', with mascot Sam, defended North California's honor with a bullet in the sled class.

Best new idea: In a year of sweeping changes, two stand out in our mind — the inclusion of multihulls (which barely Pag© 108 •U&UMZ2 • August. 1995

The Future It was a strange TransPac, to say the least. Not the best, not the worst — just different than any of its predecessors. "We’re trying to change with the times," said board member L.J. Edgecomb. "But we need to de¬

cide if we’re going to be mainly a checkbook race for rockstars, which seems to be where we’re headed, or try to get back to appealing to more Corinthian programs. It’s a difficult choice, and there are unfortunately lots of politics involved." That’s an understatement. It’ll be inter¬ esting to see what direction this great race goes — rumors are already flying about ditching the controversial invited monohull class (though not the multihulls), and re¬ rating the super-sleds to bring them more in line with IMS maxis. Greater minds than ours are working on solutions to the TransPac’s identity crisis even now, and we’ll keep you posted. • % — latitude/rkm

Not only did Mark navigate

CHEVAL ’95 to the first-to-finish Bam Door Trophy, but 3 first place boats had New Life sails! 1st Place - Division 4

No photo They just had to finish at midnight!

1st Place - Overall

Sorry, no picture. So fast they were a submarine!

Daddaboat, Beneteau 51

1st Place - Dbl-Handed Class

Merlin, Bill Lee 66

Too embarrassed for photo. Could only take one crewmember. Blackjack, Macgregor 65

Come in for race consultation sail selection and some fast sails!!

415 - 331 - Mark(6275) Rudiger’s New Life Sails 67 Libertyship Way Sausalito CA 94965 August, 1995 • U&UUi Z2 • Page 109

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1 es, okay, we admit it. Sometimes 'working' for a sailing magazine is indisting¬ uishable from playing. At least to the untrained eye. But while a trip to the Delta to pass the time of day aboard other peo¬ ple’s boats may appear to be a cush assign¬ ment, that’s only because grizzled profes¬ sionals like us are able to make it look easy. There’s one thing for sure, the people we ran into in our yearly foray into the wilds of Delta land weren’t having to 'work' much at /ing a good time. In a bit of a departure m the past few years, the following interws and photos were compiled totally at ldom and without any pre-planning. If we v somebody on a sailboat, we just went up d started jabbering at them. Some even ire courteous enough to talk back. Interestingly, there were no first timers nong our hit and runs. Most folks were ngtime veterans, some of whom shared >me interesting glimpses of life on the eltai’s 1,000 miles of navigable waterways, heir unanimous revelation: time on most of le Delta stopped passing about 1950. Aside from the absence of crawdads and the abundance of jet skis, the place is little different now than it was upon completion in the ’30s. It is "a magical place" in the words of one cruiser, as different a boating experience from the main Bay as one can imagine. And one well worth the 'work' to get to for a visit at your earliest convenience .Don’t forget the sun block.

James McPhail, Kathryn Coburn, Wayne Vogen, Geoff McDonald, Kanina Vogen Catalina 30 (no name) Bedroom 1 (Potato Slough) The Vogens (Karrina is Wayne’s daughter) have been coming up to the Delta on different boats for 20 years — often, as this time, bringing a bunch of friends along. Like many Deltaphiles we met this trip, they were keeping the boat in the Delta as long as possible. In the colder five months of the year, it lives in Emeryville. Unlike many, however, Wayne doesn’t keep the boat at a marina. He just parks in some favorite spot in the tules and commutes back and forth on the family’s taxi (and main toy) — an 18-ft ski boat.

When we asked what changes he’d seen in the Delta over the past two decades, we were a bit taken aback when he said "fewer boats." (This was later echoed by other Delta cruisers.) Fewer?! Well, at least in the last year or two, he said. He postulated that it may be because of the drought — or rather its absence. During the drought years, receding lakes likely drove ski boaters and jet skiers to the Delta. Now that the drought is over and f the lakes are back up to normal levels, the skiers have returned to their former haunts.

Russ Rieber and Bob Hallak Catalina 27 Entropy Herman and Helen's Marina

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While most of the people we talked to were escaping to the Delta, Russ and Bob, members of Stockton Sailing Club, had just returned to the Delta from a vacation cruise — to the main Bay. While down in the 'lower 40', they stayed at Paradise Cay and Angel Island, bui were happy to be back in the warmer climes. Breakfast was in the offing as we ran into them at Herman and Helen’s — "the besl breakfast on the Delta," according to many locals. On their home turf, one of the most memorable times for Russ, an engineering student, and Bob, a lumber broker, occurred a couple ol years ago when an impromptu party on a houseboat turned into a huge barbecue, complete with a barbecued pig and bonfire, some 3E friends and indeterminant number of drop-in cruisers. "We ended up with every toy you can imagine," laughs Russ. "Jet skis, sailboats, windsurfers, the works!" Warm and boisterous afternoon breeze make for some excellent sailing on the larger Delta waterways.

ROUGH DUTY

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/JR Lance and Gail Yagadich Liberty 46 — Gala Three River Reach

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David Suder Newport 30 — Golden Fleece Bruno’s Island Dave was busy with a regular Delta ritual when we came by: sweeping leaves and about a jillion little cobwebs off his boat — which, we have to be honest, looked as though it hadn’t been out in awhile. His story is one with which everyone who’s ever owned a boat is likely familiar. Dave and his wife Lois had the greatest of intentions when they got Golden Fleece through the Repo Hotline a few years ago. An ex-class racer (then called City Slicker), the boat had all the trick gear — and had proved an equally adept cruiser with a South Seas trip under a previous owner. But one thing and another seemed to conspire to keep them from sailing the boat as much as they’d have liked. Last summer was a perfect example. David, an independent environmental consultant, found time to get away with a friend one weekend late last season, only to have the friend steer the boat right into one of those big, stationary channel markers. The marker sliced a near-new Genesis number two in half, then got caught up in the rigging. The two sailors spent some anxious seconds as the current spun the boat around and rigging twanged and clunked. Golden Fleece came out of the encounter with her mast still standing — but just barely. In the ensuing year or so, David put an estimated $8,000 into a complete refit and painting of the mast and boom, new rigging and a couple of new sails. "As soon as the boat was all ready to go," he says, "my new baby daughter was born." Page 112 • UttUJ* 3? • August, 1995

The Yagadichs have been calling Three River Reach their summer home for so long that some neighbors jokingly refer to the place as, well, 'Yaga Ditch.' They’ve been coming to the Delta on a series of boats since the early ’70s, and like other Delta veterans we’ve run into, have nudged their bows into the tules of every accessible slough, reach, river and cut. Also like many others, they’ve found a favorite spot to which they have returned almost exclusively now since 1987: Three River Reach. "ItVa perfect place to learn to windsurf," says Lance, a pharmaceutical researcher. "Plus it’s one of the only places with a real beach, which is great for kids." However, despite ideal weather and an excellent spot — Lance and Gail prefer to anchor away from shore, which they feel aids ventilation and cuts down a bit on bugs — the Sunday we came by had not been a particularly good one. Lance handed over the splintered stump of a spar and pointed to a beautiful replica Nordic dinghy hanging from the stem davits. "That’s our new dinghy and this is what’s left of the mast," he says ruefully. "I’ve always wanted to learn to sail a gaff rig, and Most places, it's just a saying. In the Delta, unused boats really do 'grow to the bottom.

I thought that this traditionally rigged dinghy would be a good way to learn. My goal was to sail around Bruno’s Island, and I almost made it. But the wind really started coming up and this big powerboat went by. Soon as I hit the wake, the mast broke. I did learn one thing, though . . . the dinghy does row real well!"

ON THE DELTA Rosalie and Ron Char Williams 41 trimaran — Por Que No Owl Harbor The Chars sold their house ashore and moved aboard Por Que No two years ago. At the time we talked, they were just about

done fitting and refitting the 1969 boat for an extended cruise south — possibly as part of our Baja Ha Ha Cruisers’ Rally that’s

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK in the late ’60s, Jane and I owned the ovely gaff-rigged schooner Whistler. One ime we had anchored in Potato Slough ,enind Fig Island with about 20 otherboats ncluding the 72-ft schooner Constellation. rhe crew had apparently convinced the absent owner that Potato Slough was justthe place to attend to the varnishing and other chores necessary to ready the boat for a world cruise. Among the crew was especially affable young man who we nicknamed ’the Ambasydor. After a few days, we had no doubt he figured prominently in the negotiationswhichplaced the big schooner in |iis beautiful lwati One afternoon, the Ambassador made a circuit of the boats in Constellation s speedboat and invited everyone with an Toro or the equivalent to join in a litt regatta, with cookies and Cokes to be served aboard the schooner afterward. We were the last to be invited, and as he pushed off wdh a cheery good-bye, he shoved ***£ forward from his jaunty perch on the side deck and promptly fell overboard as the boat

shot forward. The outboard-powered speedboat doomed through the crowded anchorage in a high-speed arc while everyone held their breath. Miraculously, it missed every boat, then tore around the comer of the island m hyperdrive where a group of kids had been seen heading for a blackberry picking expedition. Luckily, as we soon found out, it missed them, too. After a suspenseful few moments, we heard a loud crash as the speedboat plowed up onto the bank and into the bushes -followed by the screaming demise of the outboard motor as it roared into a smoky demise. The horrified silence which fell over the crew of the schooner was almost palpable — the owner was due to arrive back on board later that same evening! Showing a lot of class, the Ambassador and company carried off the dinghy race and served refreshments as planned. But as we all left to return to our boats, there was, to say the least, a certain foreboding in the air. — Bob and Jane Van Blaricom

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departing San Diego for Cabo on October 30. Ron, a retired photographer, explains that the biggest part of the whole project was finding the right boat. "When we decided we wanted a multihull for cruising, we looked in Latitude 38 and this is the first boat we found. At the time we looked at it, it was painted all black and the owner was kind of this packrat fellow who had so much stuff crammed in all the lockers that the boat was riding six inches below her lines. We took one look, said, 'Too much work', and left." The next several months found the couple traveling all the way down the West Coast, across to the Gulf Coast and eventually to Florida in their quest for the right trimaran. When they finally tallied up what they wanted vs. what they’d seen, they figured Por Que No was worth one more look. "The second time around, it didn’t look so bad," says Ron. j Two years later, the boat gleams under new white paint and varnish, and sports such new fea¬ tures as extra tankage, extra batteries, a new stove, an addi¬ tional head forward, hot and cold¬ running water — even an air con¬ ditioner. “

Richard & Nancy Bidleman (with Babe) Columbia 36 Kids Stuff Bedroom 1 (Potato Slough) Richard and Nancy were the grand marshall and, uh, marshallette of our Delta soiree this year. They have been coming to the Delta every year for the last 30 summers, and have gravitated to Bedroom 1 for the last 28. In fact, says Richard, "we pretty much raised our children right here." A Jim DeWitt painting aboard chronicles the Tom Sawyerish upbringing of son Neal and daughter Allison, who are painted 'growing up' in a series of small vignettes around one big portrait of the boat — parked right where we found her in Bedroom 1. And theirs is no short stay. They usually come up Memorial Day and don’t go back to Brickyard Cove "until the water gets too cold to swim" — usually October. Richard, a computer science professor at the College of Alameda, remembers when Bruno’s charged $25 per boat — for the Page 114 •

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whole summer! "In those days, you drove your own stakes ashore, tied the bowline to them, rigged a 2 X 12 gangplank to shore and that was all you needed," he says. Also, as recently as 10 or 15 years ago, you could also set a few crayfish traps in the morning and have 200 to 300 of the little critters by afternoon — and a big Delta cruiser crayfish feed by evening. Now the crayfish are all but gone. 'You’re lucky to get a handful in

week," says Richard. Perhaps his most interesting observation was of the foreign cruisers with whom he’s crossed paths on the Delta. "Cruisers from all over the world are told not to miss the San Joaquin Delta. It’s like one of the destinations on the entire West Coast. Many foreign cruisers who have been all over have told me this place has been the highlight of their trips. I like what the Aussies call it best: the Outback of the Bay Area."

ON THE DELTA

Jim Martini Hunter 33 — Gin & Vermouth Lost Lake As one of the Elder Statesmen of the Delta, Jim has appeared on these pages severed times before. Thing is, we can’t seem to go to the Delta anymore without running into him. Jim was enjoying life in a place known to locals as Lost Lake. His only company on this outing was a Siamese cat named Olive (gin and vermouth, plus Olive = Martini, get it?). At the time we came by, he had two portable solar panels arranged in the cockpit to charge the batteries enough for a shower. An 18-year Delta veteran, Jim says Lost Lake (just around the comer from Herman and Helen’s) is one of his favorite spots — albeit one he’s happy to share with other Delta cruisers. It’s relatively quiet, flat, bugless and tranquil. The only problem with the spot is an abandoned 1-inch steel cable on the bottom that loves to grab boat anchors. "Or, at least, it likes to grab my anchor," he says.

Lynn Malloy Bayliner — Sunday Morning White Slough Lynn, whose pleasant voice can often be heard when calling YRA’s Fort Mason office, was up in the Delta for this year’s Fourth of July fireworks spectacular with her boyfriend, his kids, another friend and her 5year-old Labrador retriever Marina. The kids

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and Marina were having a big swimathon off the back of the boat, when the dog slipped during a jump overboard and opened up a five-inch gash on the inside of her leg. "The nearest ’civilization’ was at Tower Park Marina, which was fairly far away," says Lynn. So while pal Barbara and the kids watched over Marina, Lynn appealed to the boats in the anchorage. "Any doctors in the house?" she asked. There weren’t, but two guys named Chet and John arrived all the same. Neither had any medical training, "but they claimed they’d fixed a little bit of everything over the years," says Lynn. "How hard could a broken

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dog be?" With Marina on her best behavior, Chet stitched her cut up with surgical thread retrieved from somebody’s medical kit. The

Some people bring dogs, others bring cats.

procedure took almost half an hour — and the dog had opened it back up in less than 10 minutes. At that point, everybody piled in the dinghy and rpared off to Tower Park Marina. From there it was a long drive to the emergency veterinary clinic where Marina was properly patched up. Lynn and company didn’t arrive back at Tower Park until 10 p.m. Serendipitously, Lynn had been playing with the GPS on their way into White’s Slough, and she had stored the location in the handheld installment’s memory. Despite the darkness, she says, "I just grabbed a chart, turned on the GPS and navigated our way back to the boat." August, 1995 •

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ROUGH DUTY ON THE DELTA

Jerry and Thiel Dagmar Catalina 34 — Cover Girl Bedroom 3 (Potato Slough) This summer marks the "fifth or sixth" that the Dagmars have spent on the Delta. The Orinda couple typically moves the boat up to Bruno’s Island in June and don’t return it to its winter homeport of Alameda until fall. Jerry, a manufacturer’s rep for a pharmaceutical company, and Thiel, a reknowned designer whose kitchens have appeared on the covers of Good Housekeeping, have tried all the popular spots on the Delta, and find themselves gravitating back to Potato Slough, which seems to offer the perfect combination of tranquility, good swimming and camaraderie with fellow Delta cruisers. Recently, Jerry and Thiel purchased a used ski boat to add to their Delta fun. On the first outing — with the family dog along — the boat ran out of gas. By the time a good Samaritan towed them back to the marina, it was closed and the three of them had to spend the night in the boat with no food, no blankets and no money. The next day, Jerry borrowed a credit card, filled the boat with gas, hit the starter and . .. nothing. "That was a week ago," he says. "It’s still over there being fixed."

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ENCINAL/SANTA BARBARA RACE In marked contrast to ocean races of the last two years, no records fell at this year’s Coastal Cup, the Encinal YC-sponsored race from San Francisco to Santa Barbara that started off Baker Beach on Sunday, July 2. Likewise, no boats broke in half and sank,

"After 240 miles, we had a port-starboard situation." no one capsized, and no one had to be air¬ lifted to hospitals. In fact, one could say that this year’s Coastal Cup cements its ascen¬ dancy to the throne. As the distillation of a dozen years of coastal sprints that once ended in Avalon or a handful of coasted cities, in this, its fourth running, the 277-mile Coasted Cup has become the undisputed king of the coastal races. Which is not to say that there was no excitement. Au contraire. In fact, from the first afternoon on, the 1995 Coastal Cup was its usual blend of terror and boredom, the sublime and ridiculous. Angelo Peykoff and crew on the SC 52

Two Dog Gone explored the depths of those latter two emotions as they entered the Santa Barbara Channel about midnight on July 3. They knew that the lighter breeze this year wouldn’t allow them to threaten the 35hour, 33-minute course record they set in winning this race last year, but it looked like a repeat win was in the cards. The only obstacle in the way was a couple miles ahead in the darkness, Dave Sallows’ SC 50 Dolphin Dance. The 'Dancers had also had a good run down the coast, surfing to 17 knots at times right down the rhumbline. Now, as the breeze shifted south, both they and Two Dog Page 118 •UuuJtZ8» August, 1995

Gone dropped chutes and raised number 1 genoas. "They would tack, and we’d tack to cover," says Sallows. But despite the newer, longer boat’s reputation as being quicker upwind, the Two Dog crew weren’t able to close the gap. Dolphin Dance finished at 2:49 a.m., 20 minutes ahead of the slightly larger boat. Their 40-hour, 6-minute, 36second time may not go in the record books, but it was good enough for first to finish and first in class.

Kurt Jordan and Tom Vance display ‘Culebra's new quickie-reef system.

The hat trick came with the death of the breeze as soon as Dolphin Dance and Two Dog Gone had crossed the finish line. With a seven hour gap before the rest of the 52 finishers began crossing the line in front of the Santa Barbara YC, Dolphin Dance was also assured first place overall. Sallows sailed with a crew of six men and two women, including tactician Anna Stockel.

Ithough there were the usual gusts in

Division C start.

the 30s off Point Conception, the consensus among finishers was that overall, the wind was lighter than last year’s race, especially the first night and the following morning. Dolphin Dance’s rhumbline shot notwithstanding, the hot course for most of the rest of the fleet seemed to be offshore, but not too far. Kame Richards, whose Frog in French won the Express 27 one-design class, said he stayed between 30 and 40 miles out. "Early Monday some people went farther out to get wind, but it just didn’t happen," he said. In the light air late Sunday and early Monday, Richards said he kept his boatspeed around 7 knots by sailing jibe angles that looked good, rather than heading dead down. But as in any ocean race, how hard the wind blew depended on where you were, and when. Some boats, such as Craig Riley’s Olson 34 Culebra, found plenty of breeze, which quickly turned to way too much. "Our new phone number is 1-800ROUNDDOWN," exorted crewman Tom Vance after they limped into Santa Barbara under a 'short rig.' A stump ending just above the boom was all that was left of the mast. "But hey, we’re still legal!" he said, holding up the sliced-off foot of the main, which had the boat’s sail number scrawled in felt-tip pen. Another crewman, Kurt Jordan, referred to what happened as the "textbook round¬ up/round-down." About 3:30 a.m. the second night out and 15 miles, southeast of

THE TOAST OF THE COAST

Gandy Dancer came out of it with a bent spinnaker pole and some tweaked deck fittings. Considering the other possible outcomes, the damage was minimal. When they finished — X-Dream took third in Class A and Gandy Dancer 4th — the crews of the two boats got together in the yacht club bar and celebrated their near miss.

Hortunately, the dismasting of Riley’s Olson 34 was the worst damage suffered by any boat in the race — but lots of crews still had stories to tell. Like on Gandy Dancer, Gary Hausler’s Santa Cruz 40. They were on port jibe about 2 a.m. Monday, sailing in 20 to 25 knots of wind when Hausler sighted a container ship that was fairly close and on an intersecting course. As he went below to wake the rest of the crew for a jibe, he noted another set of lights. These ones belonged to another race boat, Steen Moller’s X-Dream, which was approaching on starboard pole — also on a collision course! "After 240 miles, we had a port-starboard situation," Hausler said. He called for a crash jibe, and the container ship went between the two racers only about 30 yards away — so close that the crews of each sailboat were convinced it had run over the other. "We were both on the radio saying 'You okay? You okay?'”'

a big salmon. “ the stem in a harness to clear the rudder of the evil weed. A number of other boats also reported picking up kelp, which seemed particularly sticky this year.

'Dolphin Dance' owner Dave Sallows receives special congratulations amid the spoils of victory.

or longtime San Francisco Bay racer Seth Bailey, the Coastal Cup represented more than a just a third place Class D finish in his Pedrick 43, Route du Vent — it was his

carbon-fiber spinnaker pole deflected about a foot, which in turn put a bit of a kink in the mast. But Bergman says the spinnaker is fixable and Mostly Harmless, with the crew babying the rig, went on to finish the race.

first ocean race accompanied by his wife, Bev. She liked it so much it seemed odd she wasn’t aboard his former steed, the Catalina 30 Fat Cat, more often as Seth slammed it around the Bay all those years, winning a lot

BILL PARKS

Point Conception, "We were ahead of our fleet and we were thinking 5th to 3rd overall. We were doing steady 11s and 12s — the boat was happening," said Jordan. "It was blowing in the high 30s when the boat rounded up," Vance continued. "We came back up, but then the boat pivoted on the top of a breaking wave and dug the pole in." The pole punched the mast out of column and the rig came crashing down over the port lifelines. Vance’s recommendation after cutting away the rig with cheap bolt cutters and hacksaws: "Spend the extra $35 and get good bolt cutters. Shrouds are really tough!"

Fkound-ups were a dime a dozen this year. The 1 a.m. one that happened to Paul and Lee Bergman’s SR33 Mostly Harmless plunged Lee deep enough underwater to trigger her automatic inflatable life vest. "1 was sitting on the rail when the wave pushed me back into the stanchion and I started to go overboard," she said. Crewman Bob Gardner grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and pulled her back on board. "She was flopping around like a big salmon," he said. Hubby Paul said the race had been going smoothly until the boat’s spectacular spin¬ out, which he figures "made up for the little ones we didn’t do." The chute exploded while the boat was on its ear, and the

'We’ve got a new practice chute now," Bergman said. First place finisher Dolphin Dance also recorded an eyeball-rattling rounder off Point Conception around sunset on Monday. This one was blamed at least in part on a kelp-fouled rudder. After dousing the chute, and while making 12 knots with just the main up, skipper Sallows put a crewmember over

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ENCINAL/SANTA BARBARA RACE

1995 Santa Barbara Race Results ixm

Skipper

Yacht Club

Corr. Time

SC 50 SC 52 X-119 SC 40 Baltic 51 J/44

David Sallows Angelo Peykoff Steen Moller Gary Hausler Jim Starr Jim Archer

Encinal South Shore Tiburon Island South Beach None

36:25:00 37:15:49 40:22:52 41:35:42 43:57:44 44:24:41

B (72-89) Invictus Equanimity Spindrift V Enchante Ariel Blitz Espresso Friday Harbor Mostly Harmless

J/105 J/35 Express 37 Ben. First 42 Tradewinds 40 Express 37 Express 37 J/35 C&C SR 33

Walt Marti R. Paul/T. Thayer Larry & Lynn Wright D. Jacoby/R. Barton Hugh McIntyre John Webb Steve Saperstein Ryle Radke Paul & Lee Bergman

None St. Francis Richmond Marina Bay California Vallejo Encinal San Francisco Encinal

39:21:10 39:44:54 40:09:54 41:28:42 42:22:16 42:22:50 42:30:20 42:50:45 43:29:04

0(90-124) Speedy Gonzalez Tsiris Wide Load Dance Away Expeditious Strange Bird Holy Guacamole Hoot Cape Horn Endurance Kaya Culebra Duker

Olson 30 Olson 29 Santana 35 Santana 35 Express 34 Hunter Legend Olson 30 Olson 30 C&C 36 Express 34 Swan 44 Olson 34 Hobie 33

Juan Tellez Dan Nitake B. Wilcox/L. Van Breen Doug Storkovich Bartz Schneider Jay Ailworth Steve Maseda/Jim Bean Andy Macfie Mario Sepulvada Mike Condon Mac Lingo Craig & Carol Riley Graham Dawson

Encinal Santa Cruz Berkeley Encinal San Francisco None Ventura Sailing Richmond Encinal Richmond Richmond Encinal Pac. Corinthian

38:37:58 38:48:35 39:53:42 40:00:09 40:14:02 40:30:34 40:31:19 40:32:54 40:50:42 41:17:57 42:19:24 DNF DNF

D (125-153) Bravo Mintaka Route Du Vent Blue Lou Blue Max Juggernaut Takeoff Cavu II Orange Blsm Special Grey Eagle Wind Dragon Warwhoop

Pret. 35 C&C 36 Pedrick 43 Pearson 10m Dehler 34 Islander 36 Laser 28 C&C 37 Beneteau 35.7 Valiant 40 Catalina 34 Contessa 33

Fred Hess Gerry Brown Seth & Bev Bailey Joel Davis Jim Freeland Bill Parks Ron Byrne Brian Deans Ed & Judy English Bill & B.J. Stephens Dave Davis Chuck Hooper

E (155-198) Perpetual Motion It's Jazz Bianca Sun Singer

Cal 31 Ranger 33 Is!. 30 Mk. II Cal 34-2

ONE DESIGN (E-27) Frog In French 1 4 7 Peaches 2 Curses 10 3 Student Driver 4 11 Moonlight 5 38 Bobs NON-SPINNAKER 1 1 Sabra 2 Springbok 2 3 Wianno 3 4 4 Moonshadow 5 China Doll 5 Wild Type 6 6 7 7 Lizard's Breath Belle De Mer -

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None Palo Alto Encinal Coyote Point Berkeley Encinal Encinal . Richmond Richmond Encinal Bay View Benicia

38:30:01 38:41:38 39:22:20 39:42:07 41:33:09 41:34:34 41:44:19 42:19:02 42:40:02 42:22:49 DNF DNF

Noble Brown Ben Mewes Paul Berger David Wheeler

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Express 27 Express 27 Express 27 Express 27 Express 27 Express 27

K. Richards/B. Wright G. Baldwin/J. Rivlin Tim Descamps Bill Hoffman Jim Gibbs Mike Hearn

Richmond St. Francis None Richmond Corinthian Richmond

38:19:46 38:38:12 39:03:05 39:16:34 43:00:39 DNF

Wyliecat 39 Hylas 42 Catalina 42 Ranger 33 Rafiki 35 Ericson 38 O'Day 34 Pearson 42

Michael Katz Martin Brauns John Sullivan III Deborah Lage Carl & Barb Tessman C. Conner/J. Pohie Doug Lange Sherwin Harris

South Beach Sierra Point Richmond Encinal Aeolian None None Aahmes

50:42:48 53:22:42 55:02:00 66:16:15 70:23:24 71:53:00 72:16:35 DNF

• August, 1995

and always in the hunt. Then again, long distance ocean races are a lot different animals than around the buoys. Seth’s an owner who uses his boats. After acquiring Route de Vent a couple of years ago, he did last year’s Pacific Cup, then did the big loop home via British Columbia — some 6,500 miles altogether. After the Santa Barbara Race, he plans to continue down the coast to do the Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s Rally.

1 he satisfaction of Bailey’s experience stood in stark contrast to that of Larry Du Ket, who chartered a Hobie 33 out of Ven¬ tura for the race. He did a lot of work getting the boat ready, and entered it under the name of Duker in honor of his father. His Class C start was at 10:10 a.m. Sunday. But by 11:10 a.m., he was back at the dock. The boat had started taking on water around the keel fitting as it began flexing in the ocean swells at Mile Rock. In his letter asking for an entry form, Du Ket had written: "Have been

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up, but pivoted on the top of a wave and planning to enter your event for two years, but something keeps happening!" In this case, the third time was no charm, either.

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D reaming about sailing to Europe? We did for many years, and during that time we always felt there was a lack of information about making such a trip from the West Coast of the United States. Information such as weather along the route, the best times to go, dealings with officials, port fees — and in particular, the amount of wear and tear to be expected on a less-than-new boat. With Latitude’s charterboat Big O, an Ocean 71 ketch, having now travelled as far as Italy, we’d like to share some specifics of her passage in the hope that it might be of assistance to those planning to follow in her wake. Caution: This is a rather detailed 'nuts and bolts' article that isn’t so much about sailing to Europe as it is about making any long voyage. Armchair sailors and others expecting a travelogue are advised to skim the copy and devote more time to enjoying the photographs. A general-interest 'adventures-in-Europe' type article will appear in an upcoming issue. Lots of Miles, Lots of Weather As of the middle of July, Big O was anchored just northwest of Rome, some 10,025 nautical miles and 8 VS? months out of San Francisco. Sailboats don’t travel all that fast, but if you keep moving a decent percentage of the time, you can really cover some ground. For those without an atlas handy, it’s about 3,800 sailing miles from San Francisco Page 122 •LVUJtlQ* August, 1995

to the Panama Canal. This first leg of the trip to Europe was broken up by pleasant stays of three to six weeks at Cabo San Lucas, Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya, and, after the Canal transit, at the San Bias Islands. In addition to these enjoyable stops, there were numerous other shorter interludes. The weather during this first segment was pleasant enough, except that there were far Getting the laundry done is the worst, but provisioning for a long passage is almost at bad. Doing the dirty work in St. Martin.

too many calms for everyone’s liking. The only serious wind was a couple of hours of 45 to 55 knots off the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It wasn’t bad, however, as it didn’t last long enough for a sea to develop. Only two other times was there wind of even 25 knots; briefly just north of Cabo San Lucas and once again off Panama’s appropriately named Punta Mala. In other words, there was less brisk sailing in the 3,800 miles to Panama than we’d have experienced in five summer afternoons on San Francisco Bay. And Big O’s weather would have to be considered par for this course.

Eyeing upwind and upcurrent, the 1,500 miles from Panama to Antigua is difficult in even the best of seasons. But when the re-enforced trades of January and February blow across the Caribbean, the trip is a certified bitch. From the San Bias Islands to Cartagena, it blew 25 to 30 knots on the nose — resulting in a rip in the main. A failed attempt from Cartagena to Aruba saw up to 48 knots on the nose — and another rip in the main. "The wind wasn’t the problem," says Capt. Jim Drake of Redwood City, "but rather the seas. They were very short, steep, and nasty." This from a guy who has spent most of his sailing career delivering boats

Trip Notes: Departed San Diego, Nov. 3 Arrived Costa Rica, Dec. 20 (after many stops) Prime Passages: Colombia - Antigua, 3 weeks St. Maarten - Azores, 16 days Azores - Gibralter, 7 days

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uphill and/or to places like Seattle in February. Having been clobbered twice trying to make it directly to the Eastern Caribbean, Jim decided to take the 'circle route' via Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. "From Colombia to Jamaica it blew 30 knots steady," remembers Jim, "but at least we were reaching. From Jamaica to the Dominican Republic it sucked, with 25 to 30 knots on the nose again. We got slapped around a lot on the way from the DR to Puerto Rico. Ironically, the notoriously rough Mona Passage was a pussycat, and we had the best sail of this leg while crossing the normally boisterous Sombrero Passage that separates Virgin Gorda and St. Martin."

Big O’s weather while heading upwind in the Caribbean was, once again, typical for that time of year. Thus the two months in the salubrious St. Barts / Antigua region provided the crew with a welcome respite. Cruisers with more time and/or intelligence normally make the trip from Panama to the Eastern Caribbean in May and June or November and early December, when there is normally much less wind.

You can never tell what kind of weather you’ll get crossing the Atlantic, even in early May, the prime time for heading east (Spread) Places like Puerto Soller, Mallorca, make the long trip worthwhile. (Below) Officials, such as at Panama, were rarely a problem.

across the Atlantic. It may be benign or you may have to battle severed gales. The Big O crew and charter guests got ultra-benign conditions, at least for the first half of the crossing. "We covered the 2,213 miles from St. Martin to the Azores in a pedestrian 16 days," says Jim. "During that whole time we might have seen 17 knots for all of an hour or so. Usually it was much lighter than that, always on the beam or from astern. We had ^11 flat water and warm temperatures — even when we got as high as 41 °N. "Because there was so little wind, many of the 15 boats we crossed in close company with either ran low or out of fuel. We had plenty of fuel left upon our arrival in the Azores because we motored very little." Most everyone found the Azores — where almost all eastbound TransAtlantic boats stop for a rest — to be a surprisingly enjoyable stop. The locals were friendly, the towns clean, and the volcanic peaks green and magnificent. It took another seven days for Big O to „ cover the 1,200 miles from the Azores to Gibraltar. It was calm four of the days and blew 25 to 30 knots for the other three days. "Thirty knots is really more wind than you need," says the Wanderette. It’s not, however, an abnormal amount of wind for that leg. Except for certain aspects of The Rock, Gibraltar failed to impress any of the crew. Especially after a day-trip by ferry across the strait to genuinely exotic Morocco. August, 1995 • UUXoM- 3? • Page 123

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Taking the torn main off the boom in the hot Colombian sun — for the second time. It was repaired at the navy yard.

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V V e had 30 knots from astern when we left Gibraltar," recalls Capt. Jim, "but it quickly died. There wasn’t any more wind during the rest of the 300 miles to Ibiza. Nor during the 274 miles from Mallorca to St. Tropez. Nor during the 120 miles from St. Jean Cap Ferrat in the South of France to Elba. Nor from Elba to here at Puerto Ercole. In fact, there hasn’t been a decent sailing breeze from just east of Gibraltar to the west coast of Italy." The Med, of course, is well-known for its One of the best parts of any trip to Europe is the stops along the way. Rorvenir, San Bias Islands, was one of the best.

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appalling sailing conditions. It rarely blows, but when it does it often howls. And the wind direction is inconsistent at best. "If you don’t like the weather in the Med," goes one favorite expression, "just wait 15 minutes because it’s sure to change." While the Med doesn’t have consistent wind, we suspect that Big O saw even less breeze, than would be typical. It did, however, blow very briskly for two days while the boat was on the hook at Puerto Soller on the north shore of Mallorca. The only boat that tried to go out sailing — wouldn’t you know it — was from San Francisco. More on that in Sightings. Weeks later, while in Elba, a newspaper reported that a serious storm had hit Mallorca hard enough to kill six tourists who’d been out swimming. Several hundred miles away at the time, we never felt a trace of that deadly weather system. Oddly enough, the wind didn’t even blow during two excellent thunderstorms, one off Cannes and another tied stern-to at Monte Carlo. But that’s the Med. Both the Balearics and the South of France from St. Tropez to Monte Carlo afford excellent cruising, but you need lots of time to appreciate it. And lots of space to write about it. Stay tuned. Broken and Stolen Damage to the 24-year-old Big O over the course of the 10,000 miles was minimal, especially considering the brutal 1,200-mile bash to weather and participation in two sailing weeks. While the following detailed account of it will bore most readers, we think a few prospective transAtlantic sailors might find the list — and the cost of repairs — to be of great interest. — We tore the old genniker during the Baja Ha-Ha. After having it repaired in Antigua for $165, we managed a second similar tear during the lighter winds of the Atlantic crossing. — The Avon 12-foot inflatable with a Yamaha 15 was stolen from the back of the boat at Cartagena, Colombia. This was the result of a foolish mistake by one of the crew, because the first thing everybody in Cartagena tells you is that dinks left behind boats in the anchorage at night will be stolen almost immediately. We replaced the lost dink with an 11-ft hard-bottom Artigiana Battelli (AB) for $2,300 from Budget Marine in St. Martin, where we also picked up a new Yanmar 15 for $1,300. Duty-free St. Martin is an excellent place to purchase high-ticket items in the Caribbean. Upon the purchase of the dink, we were

Gibraltar is boring compared to what's just across the strait: exotic Morocco where you see street scenes like this.

cautioned that it might have a defect which would allow water to get into the fiberglass bottom. And that’s what happened — along with the two handles peeling off. Robbie Ferron’s Budget Marine cheerfully replaced the inflatable a month later. The new dink is now locked day and night when ashore, and hoisted on the davits in the evening. — A lifeline had to be replaced when the wire strands rusted and broke at the swage

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fitting. This was most disturbing, as all the lifelines had been replaced in California just 18 months before. It’s just another reason all crew are instructed to consider lifelines as the handhold of last resort. The repair was $50. — The aging main tore twice while sailing upwind from Panama. One of the tears resulted in the loss of the two top battens. Capt. Jim cut up the long bottom batten to replace the two upper battens, then sailed with a single reef to protect the battenless bottom portion of the sail. In that part of the Caribbean, the extra sail area wasn’t needed anyway. The sail repairs were done for $135 — at the Colombia Navy Base in Cartagena. Hector, who built all the sails for the Colombian tall ship Gloria, did a good job. A replacement bottom batten cost $100 in St. Martin. The Azores, a warmly remembered first landfall of most eastbound transAtlantic sailors. Notice all the boat names painted on the walk.

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— Flailing jib sheets bent two stanchions during the rough weather off Colombia. Sixty dollars was paid to a welder in St. Martin to have one stanchion base rebent and both of them rewelded and repolished. The bases of the dinghy davits were also

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'Big O's' transAtlantic crew at the Azores: Capt. Jim and Anet the cook in front. Ric, Kate, Richie, the Wanderette and Steve in back.

rewelded and repolished. — The dodger frame for the forward hatch was crushed by a green wave while Big 0 sailed to weather off the south coast of the Dominican Republic. Jim repaired the frame by wedging it between a couple of winches on the mast and applying pressure. No cost. — A bow roller fabricated at a yard in Sausalito seized up because: 1) the shaft was made of regular steel rather than stainless, and 2) the three holes weren’t lined up. As a result, the bow roller screeched like a mashed cat every time the anchor was raised. A temporary repair was effected at no cost, but a more permanent solution is still needed. — A forward port lower shroud began to Unravel while sailing between St. Martin and the Azores. Because it had a Norseman fitting, the offending inches of wire were chopped off, the Norseman fitting replaced, and a galvanized shackle added to make up for the reduced length of the shroud. Eventually a new lower will have to be brought over from the United States at a cost of about $200. (The shroud will be 'imported' because the cost of marine gear in Europe is astronomical. The popular Garmin 45 GPS that retails in the States for just under $300, for instance, sells for about $800 in France *and Italy. In fact, if you want to pay for your cruise to Europe, just load up with 100 GPS units in Fort Lauderdale and then sell them in Europe.) — The O-rings on the pump for the PUR 80 watermaker went flat, resulting in water squirting all over the place. The repair set — which couldn’t cost much more than a dollar to make — was $45 from PUR. Are they trying to bring European pricing to the States August, 1995 •

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HERE TO EUROPE: LESSONS or what? It’s been a good watermaker, though. — The clew on the old #3, which has seen many years of heavy service, ripped out on the second leg of the Atlantic crossing. The sailmaker in Gibraltar warned that it would be expensive and take a long time to fix. He had it ready the next morning for $45. The guy needs geography lessons, because at that price he obviously doesn’t realize he’s in Europe. — One of the genniker halyard blocks broke into about 18 pieces while crossing the Atlantic. After nearly 25 years of use, it’s a marvel that it lasted so long. The remaining pieces were replaced with an onboard spare at no immediate cosh By the way, folks going up the mast on Big O do so with two halyards. — The GE 110-volt icemaker either worked very little or threatened to trigger another Ice Age. After consulting the manual, we discovered it’s not supposed to cough up cubes until it’s been on for 18 hours. Oh. Reading the manual always helps. The icemaker was primed with a bag of cubes after which it started to produce prodigiously. Cost: $2 for a bag of European ice. While ice is certainly a luxury, it’s a much appreciated one in the summer heat of the Med. — The year-old Autohelm knotmeter got water inside the display during the heavy weather reach from the Azores to Gibraltar, and died. The authorized dealer in Gibraltar cheerfully replaced the guts of the unit, resealed it, then said goodbye. No charge? None. Autohelm has a very impressed and satisfied customer. — The mizzen staysail halyard wore through while crossing the Atlantic because the aluminum fairlead came loose twice and left a rough spot. The replacement halyard will run about $150. — The starter solenoid died and was replaced with the spare. If necessary, the engine could have been started by 'jumping' the starter contacts with a screwdriver. The immediate cost for the solenoid was zero, but the old one will have to be fixed or replaced. — On two separate occasions, short sections of copper tubing — used to splice together sections of engine exhaust hose — weakened and leaked. Once in the Caribbean, when the aft cabin got a squirting, and once in the Med when the automatic bilge pump saw regular duty for the first time in years. Trying to get a replacement part — or even a short section of any pipe — in Elba was like trying to extract blood from a lemon. A resident Kiwi explained that Italian mechanics are like French waiters: "The only word they know is 'no'." In general, all customer service in Europe is pathetic by Page 126 • UUXUilQ • August, 1995

environment, the number of miles covered, the weather encountered, and the age of the boat, it wasn’t much at all. The only major expense — replacing the dinghy and outboard — could have been prevented by taking normal precautions.

Ric, Jim and Anet — chowing down food in France that was purchased in St. Martin.

American standards. With no alternative, Capt. Jim chopped off the part of the pipe that was most rotted, then epoxied two layers of fiberglass cloth to the inside. The result looked like a work of art, functioned perfectly, and cost nothing. Although it would probably last another 20 years, it will be replaced at the first reasonable opportunity. This is the sum total of even minor things that went wrong. Given the harsh After nearly 25 years, this spinnaker block finally came down.

Least Valuable Items When you’re back in the States, it’s easy to think you need an unlimited amount of stuff for your boat. You don’t. There was expensive stuff we had that we could have done without: 1) The Sony 10-disc CD player. While this was nice to have during major social events, it was mostly an expensive answer to a need that didn’t really exist. 2) The 12 kw genset. Without airconditioning, a washer/dryer, or any other major 110 or 220-volt needs, there was limited use for the genset. Both the icemaker and the toaster really sucked the batteries through the Heart 2000 Inverter, but that wasn’t enough excuse for a full-on genset. The Shit List 1) The Poly Planer brand pseudo¬ waterproof speakers. The sound went bad after two months and the painted steel brackets nearly rusted through after six months. Maybe the manufacturer meant they were '/reshwater-proof speakers? West Marine tells its customers to return anything they’re not satisfied with for a full refund. We rarely complain, but we’re taking these speakers back. 2) The low pressure control valve for the adaptor kit used to hook the Magma BBQ directly to propane tanks. 'They use regular steel on the spring action thing you use when lighting it," says Jim. "It rusts up and jams the gas valve so the plastic knob breaks off when you twist it. How could they put a regular steel spring in something used in a marine environment?" 3) The Groco head. "They put a steel screw in the flap valve at bottom of bowl," says Jim. "Since the screw sits in saltwater, it rusts through and allows the spring to fall out. Then the head acts like a fountain — or at least a bidet — when you pump it. How could Groco use a regular steel screw in a saltwater application?" 4) The OSRAM nav station lights. We have three of these lights on the boat, and each one requires the contacts to be cleaned frequently. If not cleaned, people have a natural tendency to turn them too far — and the whole apparatus comes apart in their hands. Back to the drawing board. 5) Sospendeis. While not really belonging on the 'shit list', one inflated on its own in a

OF THE ROAD moist environment. This is not the first time it’s happened, so perhaps the water sensor in the product needs to be refined. Given the thousands of items on a boat, our 'shit list' is remarkably short. Things That Would Have Been Nice There’s always a long list of more things you 'need' for a boat, right? On the contrary, the few things listed below are all our crew could come up with — and some of them can’t be bought. 1) A gimballed stove. As if the nongimballed stove wasn’t bad enough, the clamps to hold the pots and pans in place mysteriously disappeared. "We had to wedge stuff in when the weather got sloppy, and then still had hot

There's no rest for the wicked, not even midAtlantic. Charterer Steve Burke cleans the Heinie cans.

water, gravy and other stuff slop out," says Anet Martin of Redwood City, the cook. While rafted up with Ticonderoga in the Azores, Anet was surprised to discover that the legendary Herreschoff design didn’t have a gimballed stove either! "Anet was simply unbelievable!" charter guest Steve Burke of Sunnyvale enthused. "Anyone who can pop in the Jane Fonda Buns of Steel tape for an aerobic workout while the boat is heeled 25°, then whip up a splendid roast dinner that evening with an ungimballed stove, is to be commended." 2) All-weather sleeping accommodations. "When it got really rough, folks up forward August, 1995

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Laundromats like we’re used to in the States just don’t exist in the places we’ve been to, and trying to find somebody else to do it has been just as hard. "And then there’s the expense," Anet^ continues. "Over the course of this trip, the average load of laundry has cost $10! And when you’re doing lots of charters, the towels and sheets really back up. St. Martin and Colombia were the only easy places to get laundry done, but it wasn’t cheap. Everywhere else has been impossible — I don’t know how the locals do it." Unfortunately, most of the people we’ve talked to who have/had washers and dryers on their boats haven’t been satisfied. The complaints are that they’re either too much trouble or don’t do a good enough job. 2) "A boarding ladder to use while stemtied would be good," says Anet. "Using the dinghy between the boat and the dock is a drag." True, it’s a bummer not having a boarding ladder, but not that big a bummer. For once we got into the Med proper, there were so many places to anchor that it didn’t make sense to tie up in a marina where: it’s expensive, you can’t jump over the side to swim, you’ve got little privacy, and the view’s not as good.

The new AB dink in, for the ‘Big O' crew, a whole new cruising world. Both the dink and the 'new world" have been great.

couldn’t sleep in their bunks," says Jim. "So several of them crashed on the saloon sole." Fortunately, the saloon is large enough to accommodate sleepers, because the only alternative solution was calmer weather — over which we had no control. Nobody wanted to think what it would have been like aboard a smaller boat, because even in crappy stuff Big O has the gentle motion of an old Rolls. 3) Better access to good weather forecasts. "Weather information in English has been very difficult to come by in the Med," says Jim. "Unless you speak French or Italian, you’re up the creek. All the other American boats I’ve talked to say the same thing: 'We’re not getting any weather.' You get some faxes out of Rhodes, but they’re not very helpful. It sure makes you miss the NOAA 24-hour radio." Anet’s Dream Items 1) An onboard washer/dryer. "I’m sure everyone will think a washing machine would be an extravagance,” says Anet, "but the biggest pain in the butt of the whole trip has been trying to get washing done. Page 128 • UUUJtlS • August, 1995

Capt. Jim’s List of Exemplary Equipment 1) Both GFS units. "We took a couple of sextant shots coming across the Atlantic," says Jim, "but there’s just no substitute for GPS. We had an old Interphase Starpilot at the nav station, which we left on all the time. It worked great except for a brief time when you couldn’t punch in the number '9'. We used a Garmin 45 handheld in the cockpit when we were around islands or shore. It was terrific." 2) The Raytheon 20X radar. "It’s great for navigation as well as entering ports at night," says Jim. "When approaching Gibraltar," remembers Anet, "we had as many as 12 to 15 ships in sight at once. The radar really helped sort it all out." 3) The Furuno FS1501SSB radio, which offers the ham bands without having to snip any wires. "The Furuno SSB was excellent," says Jim, "as we used it for getting weatherfaxes with the laptop computer, calling home, and keeping the 0600 and 1800 skeds with other boats crossing the Atlantic. "Indeed, the SSB was worth its weight in gold coming across the Atlantic just because

The north shore of Mallorca is a long series of great rock formations. This one is reminiscent of 'the mushroom' outside of La Paz.

it allowed us to get weather from Herb Hilgenberg of the Ontario-based Southbound II. When it comes to weather. Herb has godlike accuracy. If he tells you that you’ll be getting 15 knots from the southeast by late afternoon, you can pretty

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much count on it. Herb’s very generous with his time, often spending three or four hours a day helping cruisers — and at no charge. "We had the ham frequencies in the same radio, but didn’t use them. Ham is mostly good if you want to 'chat with the boys' or do phone patches home. If we didn’t have it, we wouldn’t have missed it. Ham radio gets much more use in Mexico and the Pacific." 4) The aforementioned 11' 8" AB inflatable made by an Italian company in Venezuela. With the Yanmar 15, the hardbottomed dink planed with three and sometimes four people. It carries five when the Coast Guard is looking and eight or nine when they’re not. The combination of the Yanmar 15 and 167-lb inflatable meant we could plane at up to 20 knots without burning much fuel. The speed and range are invaluable for exploring. While one person motored Big O along the mountainous north shore of Mallorca, for example, the rest of the crew Talk about style, how about having your boat moored in front of a castle at Cannes. (Inset) Napoleon's spread on Elba.

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Our good ol'chart table, where we often ponder the question,"Where the heck are we?"

darted in and out of caves with the inflatable. And while anchored at St. Jean Cap Ferrat, both Nice and Monte Carlo were no more than hard 30-minute dinghy rides away. The only question mark about the AB is

durability. The back-up dink is a battered but still game 13-year-old Avon that might well last another five years. If we get five years total from the AB, we’d be delighted. 5) The Technautics refrigerator and freezer — once all the bugs were sorted out. "Mmmmm, this turkey tastes delicious," said a charter guest one night off the coast of France. "Where did you buy it?"

LESSONS OF THE ROAD "We picked it up in St. Martin about two months ago," laughed the Wanderette, "just before we crossed the Atlantic." 6) The combination of a Balmar 190-amp alternator and a Smart regulator. "The combination charges fast and efficiently," says Jim. "We ran the enginfe for an hour or two a day, and that kept everything fine — even with seven people aboard for the Atlantic crossing and using the watermaker, icemaker, and all the other stuff. 7) The Imray Mediterranean Almanac. This volume is packed with useful information for sailing all over the Med. 8) The Perkins 6-354, Big O’s 135-hp main engine. "She’s done just great," says Jim. Officials and Paperwork Capt. Jim is the expert on officials and paperwork, because in addition to being the captain, he’s the only one of the 75 or so people who’ve sailed on Big O since November to have made the entire trip. 'The paperwork has been easy every place we’ve been — except for the Dominican Republic," says Jim, "which is a hellish nightmare of corruption and greed.

We spent three days there with two armed guards on the boat, and it seemed like two months. It’s the one place I don’t like anything about and don’t ever want to return to. There’s a bunch of paperwork associated^

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with transiting the Canal, too, but there’s a reason for it and the officials are easy to get along with. . "The most surprising thing," continues Jim, "has been that we didn’t have to check out of Gibraltar and haven’t had to check into Spain, France or Italy. Some French customs guys came aboard the morning we arrived in St.Tropez. They looked through the boat pretty thoroughly, but were very friendly and left after warning us not to

charter in France. "And, by and large, the fees have all been very reasonable. The last time we paid a 'harbor tax' was way back at Cabo San Lucas. Antigua had the highest fees, but they weren’t too bad. The guys in the Dominican Republic were only supposed to charge us $4, but they figured out a way to jack it up to $120. Almost all of it was illegal, though, and we got most of it back. "Other than the DR, the only official who made even the slightest stink was a guy in Jamaica who’d been real nice. He asked us to take down our quarantine flag, and when we didn’t do it quick enough, he made a little fuss. 'Take it down right now!' he said. We did and that was the end of it. "We usually haven’t had the courtesy flag up when we arrived in new countries, but nobody has complained."

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SAILING IN July 9, 2995; from KIMO WORTHING¬ TON: Today Windquest has finally entered TransPac 'spinnaker country.'Unfortunately, it wasn’t without a few minor setbacks. We started the early morning watches under threat of rain storms, and at 6 a.m., in about 23 knots of wind, we blew up bur front line 30/20 spinnaker. Five minutes after changing to our front line .75 oz, we blew it to shreds, too. ..

o,'n the day Worthington posted the above message, he was sailing aboard the

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With one click, you're transported to a document 10,000 miles away and reading about some guy named Bjorg. R/P 70 Windquest, which was still more than two days and 700 miles from Hawaii. No phone, no lights, no motorcars, as they say. What he did have was an Internet link through Inmarsat C. Through this amazing technology, a few TransPac competitors were able to go online and report real-time race information. While Kimo and crew surfed the waves, thousands surfed the Internet along with them. With buzz phrases such as 'web surfing' and 'information superhighway', there’s no denying that the computer revolution is really here. You just can’t get away from it. But as annoying as the techno-babble can be, the amount of online information in this electronic Brave New World is staggering. If you know where to look, even sailing-related stuff seems to be everywhere these days. That’s because new World Wide Web sites about sailing are being launched vir¬ tually every day. Even the big online services are revamping their systems, providing more information to sailors than ever before. The expansion of services means there is truly something for every sailor. While it would be impossible to list all the online services available (there are entire magazines de¬ voted to this) here’s a quick look at what’s available to the average sailor packing a modem in his or her duffle bag.

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service to seek and find information relating to your interests. CompuServe is probably the best estab¬ lished service with sailing related informa¬ tion. They have expanded their sailing servi¬ ces by adding a new forum devoted specific¬ ally to sailboat racing. The previously existing sailing forum will now be devoted to general sailing interests. The forums are divided into specific topics, such as 'Outfitting and Gear', 'Marine Vendors', 'United States Sailing Association' and so on. You may post messages with questions and information, thereby becom¬ ing involved in discussions with sailors throughout the world. Or you can upload/ download files of information, including pictures, race results — even the minutes of the last US Sailing meeting. America Online (AOL) is the fastestgrowing commercial service provider, with over 700,000 people signing up in the first quarter of 1995. While AOL has had a Boat¬ ing Forum for some time, the Sailing Forum is new and evolving rapidly. It’s currently being led by Blake Middleton, Stanford University’s Sailing Director. Middleton has high hopes for the new forum and will lever¬ age AOL’s easy-to-use interface to make information easily accessible. A big advan¬ tage of the AOL forum is the employment of a team of knowledgeable consultants such as Chuck Hawley of West Marine to help answer questions and guide the forum. Middleton also plans to have a cycle of regular weekly chat sessions (reed-time inter¬ active discussions) devoting time to specific topics with expert guests and havingfree-forall chats allowing the members to discuss whatever is on their minds. AOL also has added software that allows users to seamless¬ ly browse the Internet’s World Wide Web straight from the Sailing Forum. For in¬ stance, you can go straight to a page

devoted to a specific one design class by simply clicking on the appropriate icon from within the Sailing Forum. Prices for the two services are compar¬ able. Both have a nominal monthly service charge, plus an hourly charge. If you manage your online time efficiently, you can expect to spend less than $20 per month enjoying either service. Just don’t log in and then go wash the car. Smaller than either AOL or CompuServe are several well known (at least among the propeller heads) services such as The Well, Delphi and Prodigy. These services offer many of the same online opportunities as the big guys, albeit with somewhat less overall content due to their size. An advantage of these services is that you will be less likely to get lost in a crowd — kind of like choosing a local bank over a major national chain. Of these services, The Well has a large contin¬ gent of Bay Area sailors. Prices vary but are generally comparable to CompuServe and AOL.

CYBERSPACE choose from. This has driven the price down to an average of $25 per month for unlimited access with a local phone number. As usual, it pays to shop. Try to find an ISP that meets your specific needs. You can find lists and advertisements for ISPs in either of the Bay Area’s two free computer magazines, Com¬ puter Currents or MicroTimes Once on the Internet, you can participate in Usenet discussion forums devoted to a wide variety of topics. At last count there were at least five discussion groups with sailing related information. Forums have arcane names, such as the popular rec. boats, racing (pronounced 'rec dot boats dot racing') that describe the hierarchy of their location and interest. Usenet groups work by posting messages to the section for all to read. In this atmosphere, discussions can be lively and the information flows freely, if not randomly. You may also join mailing lists that will automatically deposit in your electronic mailbox information specific to the list each time you dial up your account. Another option is FTP (File Transfer Protocol), where you access another computer though your account and download files specific to your needs, such as Coast Guard updates.

Cybersailors were able to keep up with TransPac boats like 'Sayonara' on the Holoholo Web site.

Bulletin Board Systems Typically, a BBS is a smaller service. Some are actually run out of people’s homes. It allows you to dial up another computer and either leave messages, retrieve messages or download and upload files. While some BBSs are linked to the Internet and allow you to exchange e-mail with the world, most are stand-alone systems. BBSs are generally free, have a simple, menudriven interface, and are devoted to a specific interest or group of interests. There are several boating-related BBSs run by yacht clubs and other sailing/ boating organizations. All you need to tap into a BBS is standard communications software (such as ProComm) and the phone number of the ser¬ vice. Formerly the mainstay of the online world, BBSs have lost some of their luster due to the hype of the Internet. However, BBSs such as those operated by NOAA and

others still serve a unique and useful purpose: they provide an excellent, inex¬ pensive way to disseminate information to a specific group of people. Internet Service Provider Trying to discuss the Internet in a paragraph is a bit like trying to explain quantum physics over beer and chips. Suf¬ fice it to say that the Internet is a completely anarchistic online environment that links computer networks from around the world. While more difficult to navigate than a commercial service or BBS due to the exten¬ sive array of information and the variety of ways in which it is presented, the Internet is a resource unmatched for those with the patience and persistence to get to the dia¬ monds in the rough. To access the Internet you need to sign up with an Internet service provider (ISP). An ISP can be a large commercial service such as CompuServe or a small company provid¬ ing access to one or all of the range of services offered on the Internet. In the Bay Area alone there are now over 100 ISPs to

F he fastest growing segment of the Internet is the World Wide Web. This is a group of hypertext-linked documents con¬ taining text, pictures and sometimes audio and video clips. If you haven’t yet heard of The Web', have your doctor check for a pulse. It’s all the rage these days. At first glance, The Web can seem little more than the CB radio of the ’90s — lots of

NUTS AND BOLTS To get involved in the online world you will need at least a 386 computer, but the faster the better if you plan on using a graphical browser. You will also need a modem — the hard¬ ware that allows you to communicate over phone lines. At the rate information is com¬ ing available online, don’t even think about using anything slower than a 9600 baud modem. Otherwise, information transfers will take tens of minutes instead of seconds. If you’re serious about this, get the most powerful modem you can. Topline afford¬ able units currently operate in the 14400 to 28800 baud range. What you spend on the faster modem you will recoup quickly in saved time and online costs. chatter with little being said. But again, if you are patient and persistent, you will find some real gems of information. August, 1995 •

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LATITUDE 38'S the Holoholo Web site in Hawaii. 1 o access The Web you will They created a virtual TransPac need Web browser software. Pro¬ through a World Wide Web page grams such as Netscape (reebm’v ■ that anyone with Internet access Web Pages with Sailing Information mended), Mosaic or Lynx allow could participate in — including, you to view Web pages once 1. http://www.yahoo.com/ Popular Web search engine, useful for finding new finks as you read in the opening para¬ you’ve dialed up your Internet 2. http://www.atlanta.olympic.org/sports/yachting/ account. Browsers are available graph, some of the participants from a variety of locations on the yachting.html themselves. The Web site was a Internet and most are distributed huge success, with roughly 8,000 Olympic sailing information free to individual private users. 3. http://www.yachtnet.coan/ hits during the race. Each Web page has a The Holoholo site (holoholo is The Yachtnet Intersail commercial sailing page Universal Resource Locator (URL) 4. http://www.aladdin.co.uk/sihe/ pigeon for ’surfing’) is unique even that is analogous to a street Aladdin sailing index, extensive information and good for the Web. Not only was it a address. This is what your Web links to other web pages place to get boat and crew bios browsing software uses to find a and daily standings, it also pro¬ 5. http://www.glf.com/iyc/ document on The Web. Luckily, Internet Yacht Club, good weather links vided a graphical representation 6. http://www.recreation.com/boatlng' Web browsers are smart enough of the race course with each day’s Internet boating WWW server. that you really don’t need to know fleet positions plotted on a chart. much about URLs to get started. 7. http://www-engr.uvic.ca/~jlsmith/8ailingindcx.htmi Users could zoom in, out and International sailing index, good finks to class pages In a Web page, you’ll find around the chart to get the look highlighted words which refer to and feel of where the boats were specific URLs employed through¬ File Servers with Sailing Information headed each day. out The Web. This is called hyper¬ 8. ftp://ftp.ronin.com/ Holoholo also provided wea¬ text. If you’ve ever used Microsoft File site with lots of addresses, shareware and other ther information in a unique way Windows on an IBM-type compu¬ info (see Max Ebb’s July column for ter (or anything on a Mac), you’ve 9. ftp://ftp.ronin.com/salling/UHLs more info). Boats such as Windexperienced hypertext. Simply A file containing an extensive list of URLs for sailing quest and Lakota even used their related information click on highlighted words within Inmarsat C to hold online chat 10. ftp://edcftp.cr.usg8.gov/ the document to get where you sessions during the race. US Coast Guard FTP server, many files related to want to go. You can also move boating and navigation from one document to another by clicking on keywords that can be ith general publications Customer service numbers for commercial online services: linked to documents on other giving little space to sailing related America Online: 1-800-827-6364; CompuServe: 1-800-848- activities, the Internet provides an computers. For instance, you may 8990; Prodigy: 1-800-776-3449; The Well: 1-800-935-5885. be reading information on the ideal publishing vehicle to get the local Laser fleet schedule and see message out. Web sites such as * More online sites can be found in Max Ebb’s artide Holoholo and the America’s Cup a link for Laser sailing in Sweden. in the January ’95 issue of Latitude. may be the future of information With one click, you’re transported access for sailing. to a document residing on a com¬ And speaking of the future, it’s not too puter 10,000 miles away and reading about displaying AC results, press conferences, farfetched to imagine one day watching the pictures and all information related to the the latest feats of some guy named Bjorg. competitors in a TransPac, Whitbread, BOC Cup, received over one million hits during Click on another link and you may find a the five months of the series. It was truly a — or almost any race — dance across a vir¬ picture of 120 Lasers starting in the Worlds wealth of information that filled the huge tual ocean in reed-time ... right before your at Melbourne. void left by the general news media. The easiest way to start enjoying The eyes! Add a digital camera onboard the Sailing organizations are also beginning boats and you could even experience the Web is with a ’Web Search Engine’ such as to use the Web as a medium for their mes¬ thrills of sailing through Southern Ocean Yahoo. Here you type in a word or phrase sage. In September, look for a Web page icebergs in real-time from the comfort of such as "sailing in Alaska" and your screen operated by the IYRU. Pages such as these your home. will light up with a fist of pages matching the have the potential to bring distant, and often query. Click on any of the keywords and All this technology exists, and it’s all misunderstood, organizations such as the coming toward us at an ever-quickening away you go into Webdom. IYRU much closer to their constituents. There are Web pages devoted to one pace. If you want to be part of it, all you design classes, brokerages, yacht clubs and have to do is jump in headfirst and enjoy the just about every aspect of sailing you can ride. imagine — with new pages appearing liter¬ O ne of the most imaginative recent — dave gruver Web pages ever was devoted to TransPac ally every day. How popular a Web page is can be mea¬ ’95. Although this TransPac saw a decline in Editor’s note — Gruver, formerly of entries — down to 38 — it can be said that sured in the number of accesses, or ’hits’, it North Sails, is now a partner in Sailing Re¬ participation was at an all-time high thanks receives. The America’s Cup Web page, sources Unlimited. He can be found online to the hard work of a group of volunteers at which ran through May and was devoted to by e-mailing to gruver@hooked.net

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STEEPED IN TRADITION 0, *ne of the most beloved and respected figures in American sailing history was not American. He was English tea baron Sir Thomas Upton, Between 1899 and 1930, he tried five consecutive times to wrest the America’s Cup from U.S. domination. He lost all five times, so graciously that Will Rogers began a campaign to award Upton "a loving cup bigger than the one he would have got if he had won." Sixteen thousand people sent $1 apiece, and a magnificent trophy was made. Inscribed with the words, To possibly the world’s worst yacht builder, but absolutely the world’s most cheerful loser," it was presented to Upton . in 1930, reportedly rendering the old sportsman speech* less with emotion for the first time in his 80 years. Upton left his mark on many other sailing events be¬ sides the America’s Cup, including one right here on San Francisco Bay: the annual Upton Cup. In fact, at one time, , no fewer than 42 Upton Cup races were contested in U.S. ? waters, from California to Maine, and from the Great Lakes to Texas. continued

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Sir Thomas issued the original challenge to race-23 Meter sloops on San Francisco Bay after he visited here in 1912. The Lipton Cup was first raced in 1914, although Lipton himself couldn’t attend because of demands on his Irish Red Cross activities by a little skirmish called World War I. The Lipton Cup was contested for several years, then forgotten about for four decades until someone found the cup in the trophy case of the Olympic Club. The PICYA picked up the event in 1961, making it into a challenge series between member yacht clubs. The regatta has retained this format ever since. As one of perhaps a dozen surviv¬ ing Lipton Cups in the country, it is one of the most historic series held on the Bay, brought to us by one of the true gentlemen of the sport. Only the trophy has changed — the original was lost in the St. Francis YC fire in 1976.

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Wilson/Seadon Wijsen, StFYC, 4.75 points; 2) (tie) Sweet Okote, Farr 36, Russ Williams, RYC, and ReSFYC, 6.75; 4) Bodacious, Farr 40, John Clausef, BYC, 11. (a boats) LARRY KNIGHT (120-150) —-1). Sereariter, Capo 30 mod, Chris Perkins/Dick Horn, StFYC, 2.25 points; 2) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner, RYC, AeoYC, 7; 3) Mustang Sally, WylieCat 30, Dave Wahte, SCYC, 11; 4) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, BYC, 12; 5) Ixxis, Olson 911S, Tom Alexander, RYC, 13; 6) Moonshadow, islander 36, Mark Dowdy, SFYC, 18; 7) Fat Bob, Catalina 38, Robert Lugiian, CPYC, 20. (7 boats) LITTLE LIPTON (162-198) — 1) Mercedes, Hawkfarm, Patrick Vincent/Greg Paxton, RYC, 4.75 points; 2) Bedroom Fracture, J/24, Matt Ctesicki, StFYC. 5.5; 3) Animal Farm, Wyiie 28, Hans Bigalt, TibYC, 10; 4) Nlghtbawk, HawWarm, John Siegel, SCYC, 12; 5) Oopsi, J/24, Vicki Sodaro, SFYC, 13; 6) Ruckus, Newport 30 Mk, II, Paul Voh Wiedenfield, PresYC, 18; 7) Doctor Who. Merit 25, John Drewery, BYC, 21; 8) Shadow, Knarr, Steve Wegner, BMKYC, 24. (8 boats)

grave, however, at the low turnout for his series in the last few seasons. Only 18 boats came out this year (and to race for the

concurrent Larry Knight and Little Lipton series) compared to 21 last year. At least it was up from the near-terminal nadir of 11 in 1993, when the format still stipulated IMS and J/24 one designs. This year, the three trophies were open to PHRF boats that fell within the prescribed rating bands, with the skipper and tactician representing the same yacht club. (Under the new relaxed rules, other crew members no longer have to belong to the yacht club they’re sailing for.) There were few surprises when the winners of the moderately windy three-race regatta were announced. The St. Francis YC took the Lipton Cup with Jim Mizell’s Smith 43 High Risk, breaking a three-way tie with a bullet on the last day. Represented by Dick Horn’s modified Cape 30 Screamer, they also ran away with the Larry Knight. Only Pat Vincent and his Hawkfarm Mercedes — who won the Little Lipton for Richmond YC — prevented a sweep by the St. Francis juggernaut.

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#8 should be around here somewhere," I said as I strained to see through the fog. But there was nothing in my limited range of sight except swirling mist. 1 was beginning to wonder if I’d have to go down and turn on the GPS just to get to the start-ing line. It was a cold, windy and foggy summer morning, which in itself was no surprise. It’s mornings when I had a race on the Cityfront. The warm, sunny and mild mornings are reserved for the days when the starting line is just a mile or two from my slip. Whenever Pm faced with a long beat up to the City, the weather’s guaranteed to b To make things worse, Lee Helm had somehow talked me into giving her a ride all

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started, hadn’t even looked at the compass before we entered the fog stream. No real cause for concern, though. We all knew this part of the Bay like Part IV of the Racing

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thick fog and much more wind than had a right to blow this early in the morning. We were also being very casual about our navigation, this being just the delivery to the starting area—instruments not on, GPS not

somewhere,” I repeated. "I really would have expected to hear the horn on that buoy by now. We should be passing close to leeward of It." "Don’t get lost here," said Lee, "or I’ll be

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way late for my race!" "What’s the tide likely to be doing to us right now?" I asked as I took the cover off the steering compass. "Early flood," said Lee, "so like, there should still be some late ebb from the North Bay making it south-to-north over here." I pretended to do some calculations in my head, but really I was just killing time until it felt right to tack. Although I still had no visible cues, 1 finally called for the tack, and we continued to beat into the fog on the otherboard. "There it is!" said another one of the crew as a buoy briefly appeared to leeward of our track and almost abeam. It was surprisingly close, and demonstrated that the visibility was even worse than we thought. Almost at the same instant we heard the piercing tone of the fog whistle on the buoy. And we continued to hear it every few seconds, even after the buoy disappeared into the fog astern. "That’s amazing!" remarked one of my crew. "We can hear it dearly from almost directly upwind, but we couldn’t hear a thing when we must have been right to leeward of it. How the heck do you explain that?" "What else would you expect?" said Lee. "Well, Pd think it would be easier to hear a buoy from the downwind side."

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"Why?" she asked, leading him on merci¬ lessly. 1 was glad that it was one of my crew and not me who had fallen into her clutches. "Because the sound can go downwind easier than it goes upwind," said the victim. "The air’s moving, and carries the sound with it." 'Time for factoids: Who knows the speed of sound in air?" Lee asked the entire cockpit crew. "About 720 miles per hour, at sea level," said another one of my regulars. "So if the wind is 25 knots, that’s only about —- lets’ see — 3%% of tire speed of sound. If the sound intensity dissipates by distance squared, then the sound intensity is like, very approximately, 7% less on the upwind side, and 7% more on the downwind side. So that’s only 15% max difference in sound power." "That doesn’t sound too unreasonable," I said. "That’s about the difference in volume you’d expect to hear."

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like 6 decibels with any reliability. So 1 mean, the effect of wind, if you just count the linear effect on motion of the sound wave, is a whole order of magnitude less than what you could even hear." "I have to admit your logic is impeccable," I confessed, even though 1 readily had no idea what the calculation she had just performed was all about. "But then how come I can almost always hear things better from the downwind side?" argued my crew. "Right," the other crew added. "On a calm day we can even hear the freeway from the marina. But as soon as the wind comes up, if it’s blowing onshore like it usually is, the noise disappears. And it’s not because of background noise from the wind, even stand¬ ing in a small wind shadow behind a build¬ ing, the freeway noise goes away as soon as a little breeze comes up to push the sound back." 'That’s because the breeze makes the water surface in the marina a little bit rougher," theorized another one of my crew. "When it’s flat calm, the sound waves can go right along the surface. But when it begins to get ripples, or small wavelets, enough sound energy is reflected up so that there’s very little left by the time it gets to us." "That’s a logical explanation," conceded Lee. "But it’s wrong." "And it doesn’t explain why we couldn’t

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hear the buoy on the downwind side a while ago," I added, just to keep things on track. Right at that moment the buoy itself joined the conversation with a particularly loud blast, despite our increasing distance. HTH

hink wind gradient," explained Lee. "And thinkrefraction. Normally die wind gets stronger as you go up. So if a wave front is moving along the surface in the upwind dir¬ ection, the top of the wave front will be slowed down more because the headwind is stronger up there. So the result is that the whole wave front is refracted upwards, and after some distance there’s almost none of it left on the surface." "Ah!" said one of my crew. "It’s not the speed of the wind at all — it’s the difference in wind speed between the surface wind and Page 144

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the wind slightly higher off the surface." "Now you’re getting it. That’s why the freeway noise seems to shut off even when a light breeze fills in. As long as the wind velo¬ city gradient is normal — that is, more wind at higher altitudes — the sound is re-fracted up and very little of it gets to the marina." "And on the downwind side?" "Sound is refracted down, back towards the surface. If it reflects back up it comes right back, in a kind of wave guide effect." "But doesn’t the speed of sound go down at high altitudes?" asked my other crew. "At least, that’s what I remember from reading about supersonic aircraft." "Only because the air is colder," said Lee. "High up, the temperature rises and the speed of sound goes up with it." "Really? It doesn’t depend on the pres¬ sure, too?" I asked.

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"No way. Just proportional to absolute temperature. It makes sense, actually, if you think of the pressure as the 'spring constant' and the density as the 'mass' of the spring mass system. A hotter gas has more pressure for the same mass, or less mass at the same pressure. So there’s like, faster vibration." "How does this affect when we hear can the buoy?" "Temperature gradients cause refraction, too. Even humidity gradients, because water vapor is a little less dense than air, so sound goes slightly faster. But that’s like, usually negligible. The temp gradient and wind grad¬ ient, vertical and horizontal, are the biggies. These gradients produce the unusual propa¬ gation patterns of sound in fog, where large changes in local temperature and wind speed can curve the sound in all kinds of un¬ expected directions."

FOGGY NOTIONS refracted straight up and out, never to be heard from again. "Let’s see if I really grok this," said one of my crew. "If the temperature drops as you go up, which is what it usually does, then the sound is slower on top, and the sound curves upward?" "Right," confirmed Lee, "and it doesn’t make any difference which direction relative to the wind, if there’s a temperature lapse. But if the temperature’s inverted — cold air near the surface and a layer of warm air above — then wave fronts are bent back down to the surface." "You mean like on a still evening when you can hear people talking a mile away?" asked the other crew. "For sure. Temperature inversion, warm air on top, wave fronts refract back down so all the sound energy stays close to the surface. And like, it can be much more com¬ plicated with random cool and warm spots, and some wind shear thrown in. Sound can be focused by thermal lenses, or made to skip some areas but come down again farther away." "Okay, so anything can happen," said the

first crew. "But how do you explain not being able to hear the buoy right downwind of it?" "The fog layer is thin," said Lee. "And all

"That’s a logical explanation, “ ?e concede

"But it’s wrong. “ the wind is in the fog layer. So if sound, moving upwind, goes out above the layer, it finds calm air that’s not moving back so fast, and the sound above makes better progress than the sound immediately below it, and the wave front gets refracted back down. On the leeward side it’s just the opposite — sound is

^^eanwhile I had been keeping a rough mental DR without feeling the need to look at a chart. Another couple of minutes, I calculated, and it would be time to tack. Keeping my ears peeled for ships and navi¬ gational aids, I suddenly began to wonder if it would be possible to hear anything to windward before it would be too late to take evasive action. This thought had no more entered my mind when a huge ship’s horn came blasting out of the mist, and what I saw when I looked up to windward put pure terror in every plank and seam of my body. It was the profile of a very large ship’s bow and super¬ structure — and we were so close that only one range light was visible through the fog. "Ready about! Crash tack!" I yelled as 1 spun the helm, not caring if the jib backwinded. "And why the hell didn’t we hear anything ’til the last second?" "Chill out, Max," said Lee, strangely calm considering the immediate crisis. "It’s only Alcatraz." — max ebb

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LASER NORTH AMERICANS Russ Silvestri, now a 33-year-old stockbroker and still one of the best natural sailors to ever come out of the Bay Area, was slumped on a bar stool at the St. Francis YC after the Laser NAs, one of very few com¬ petitors old enough (and flush enough) to run up a bar tab. Bleary-eyed and obviously tired, he was nursing his second or third beer. "You know," he sighed, "I think I might be getting too old for this. . ." Indeed, campaigning Lasers at this lofty level — generally considered just one step below the Worlds and on a par with the two U.S. Midwinters (east and west), the Nationals and CORK — is a young man’s

game. And with the 14-foot planing dinghy now an Olympic class, the 7-race, 1throwout North Americans, hosted by St. Francis YC on July 6-9, was a near- N mandatory stop on the road to Savannah. The lure of sailing Lasers on the Cityfront was another compelling reason to attend — hardcore Laser sailors search out big wind as fanatically as surfers look for monster waves. The best Laser sailors in the country showed up, including all five members of the U.S. Laser team — John. Myrdal, Alex

Carnet, Max Skelley, Nick Adamson and Andy Lovell. Foreign entries weren’t restricted, so the event also drew top competitors from New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Japan and even South Africa. Though the regatta failed to draw the expected 100+ boats (in which case the field would have been divided into Silver and Gold fleets), the caliber of the competition was indisputable. || "These guys are young and strong," observed competitor Patrick Andreasen. "No

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won the first race, while lanky Steve Bourdow, ’92 Olympic FD silver medalist crew and currently the Stanford sailing coach, took the second one. It was shaping up to be a replay of the previous weekend’s Laser Slalom, which Bourdow won in the finals over Hall. Both sailors started their Olympic campaigns too late to make the U.S. Sailing Team, but anyone who witnessed them in action this day knew right away that the battle for the North American pickle dish — Left: winner Kevin Hall. Spread: despite 89 boats on the line, there were only 7 general recalls.

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ing, many of the young Laser guns — includ¬ ing Bourdow — stayed on at St. Francis to continue practicing together. Others hopped in their vans and disappeared for a week or two — but the gang will reconvene again soon. Next up on the Laser circuit was the PCCs at Lake Tahoe (see The Racing Sheet), followed in August by the Olympic Festival in Denver and CORK (Canadian Olympic Reg¬ atta at Kingston, Ontario), and the Nationals in Annapolis in September. — latitude/rkm

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Third place went to Russ 'The Old Man' Silvestri, who “just sails for fun’ these days.

and probably next summer’s Olympic Laser berth — really came down to just these two guys. Hall and Bourdow match-raced each other in the third race, finishing fourth and fifth respectively, keeping the regatta too close to call. Bourdow cracked first, falling to a disastrous 24th in the next race — using his throwout up early and putting his back to the wall. Hall, meanwhile, was the picture of consistency, coming in fifth and moving into a slim lead. Bourdow rose to the occasion the next day, posting a bullet in the fifth race to Hall’s fifth place — which moved Steve back into the lead with the throwout factored in. However, a 13th in the sixth race did Bourdow in, as Hall cruised to yet another fifth to wrap up the regatta early with a stellar 1,2,4,5,5,5,(6) record. A true sportsman, Kevin went out for the final heat on Sunday anyway — which turned out to be the windiest race of the series. "Welcome to Hooterville!" grinned race manager Matt Jones, obviously enjoying the numerous crash and bums. Hall’s victory — which came at the expense of Bourdow, an equally likeable and talented sailor — was an immensely popular one: He is returning to the sport after taking two years off while recovering from cancer. A former All-American sailor at Brown University, class of ’91, the friendly and articulate Ventura-based 25-year-old is an inspiration and a role model for the younger Laser sailors. Working with his coach, Tom Kinney, and a pretty blonde personal trainer to whom he’s engaged, Hall is getting back to his old form. He eats a strict health food

diet, works out in the gym three hours a day, and sails as much as possible. "Kevin has the commitment and maturity to go all the way," claimed Andreasen. "No one wants the gold medal more than him."

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i^Vnother popular medalist was Silvestri, who came in a surprise third with finishes of 4,3,(26),3,6,8,9. Sailing a chartered boat and with almost no practice ("1 rode my bike a few times, and did some 'wrist curls' at the bar to get ready."), Russ proved once again the adage about "old age and treachery

Kevin Hall, in foreground, blasts over Nathan Stoffelsma of Canada.

overcoming youth and skill." But while Silvestri traded in his sailing togs for a three-piece suit on Monday morn¬

OVERALL — 1) Kevin Hall, Ventura, 21.75 points: 2) Steve Bourdow, Palo Alto, 24.5; 3) Russ Silvestri, San Francisco, 33; 4) Kris Decke, Auckland, NZ, 34; 5) Adam Beashel, Sydney, AUS, 48; 6) Andy Lovell, New Orleans, 52; 7) Nathan Stoffelsma, Sidney, BC, 52.75; 8) Alex Carnet, San Diego, 54; 9) Peter Hurley, Mantoloking, NJ, 56.75; 10) Nick Adamson, Newport Beach, 60; 11) Rod Dawson, Auckland, NZ, 61.75; 12) Mark Mendelblatt, St. Petersburg, FLA, 70; 13) Orlando Gledhill, Toronto, CAN, 75; 14) John Torgerson, Annapolis, 83.75; 15) Allan Coutts, Auckland, NZ, 88; 16) Bern Noack, New London, CT, 96; 17) (tie) Rod Davies, Toronto, CAN, and Jon Baker, San Diego, 98; 19) Max Skelley, Havre de Grave, MD, 101; 20) Nick Pullen, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 102. (89 boats) NORCAL SAILORS — 26) Matt McQueen; 41) Patrick Andreasen; 45) Will Benedict; 49) Simon Bell; 53) Rob Maxim; 62) Dan Malpas; 66) Madhaven Thirumalai; 69) Danielle Hill; 74) Don Nazzal; 76) Stephanie Hilborn; 78) John Oldham; 81) Kim Zetterberg. GRAND MASTER (55-64) — Jim Christopher. (2 boats)

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With reports this month on Bay Area Charter Skippers (Part II), reminiscences of America’s Cup chartering, and miscellaneous Charter Notes.

Skippers of the Bay and Beyond: Rogues Gallery, Part II We begin World of Chartering this month where we left off in our July issue — getting to know some of the Greater Bay Area’s top charter boat captains and crews. Our inten¬ tion is to inspire you to step out of your normal sailing pattern and set sail aboard one of the region’s prime 'vessels-for-hire'. In this month’s installment of our 'Rogue’s Gallery' we’ll introduce you to several other San Francisco sailors and a bevy of professional salts from the Monterey Bay. Together they possess a wealth of maritime experience and their boats comprise a diverse fleet which includes both traditional and ultra-modem sailing craft. When Sausalito sailor Ron Romero found Apache back in 1988, she was precisely what he’d been looking for: a classic staysail schooner with a single house. His plan was to offer daysails as well as intimate gourmet dinner cruises which capitalized on Apache’s vintage styling. She was built in New England in 1925 as a highly competitive 'gentleman’s racer' and has earned a cele¬ brated collection of offshore racing honors over the years. Born and raised in San Francisco, Ron grew up around the water — although initially surfing rather than sailing — and these days he can often be found scuba

and adventurous, Chris’ sailing resume includes passage-making aboard squareriggers in both the Atlantic and Pacific. • Vessel: Apache is a 68-foot wooden schooner built in 1925 by the Bath Iron Works in Maine. t • Passengers: up to six. • Located: Sausalito (currently under¬ going interior refit); contact (415) 331-8153. Stan Schultz wasn’t exactly born in the bilge of a square rigger. In fact, he didn’t really cut his teeth on sailing until his honey¬ moon back in 1978, when he spent a week sailing around Catalina. From then on though, he developed a serious case of sailing fever which inspired him to buy a boat and teach himself to sail. A few years later he answered a Latitude classified which led to a dream trip, island hopping through the South Pacific islands and on to New Zealand. Eight years ago Stan earned his skipper’s license and tip-toed into the charter trade doing weekend charters. Soon, however, he commissioned his customized multihull to be built in Sausalito and, with her launch in 1993, became a full-time charter jockey. He offers a wide range of charter options, from Sausalito waterfront tours to Petaluma River

diving as well as sailing. His love of the water, cooking and traditional sailing craft, as well as his life-long knowledge of the Bay make Ron well suited to charter work. He’s often assisted by his son Chris who’s also an accomplished sailor and diver. Young, fit

cruises. In addition he offers multihull sailing instruction to the uninitiated — capable of hitting 16 knots, Apparition makes an exhilarating classroom.

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Susan and Chris Ellison are the proud owners of 'Aria', the fleet's newest addition. Stan Schultz skippers the custom cat'Apparition

• Vessel: Apparition is a 38-foot custom catamaran launched in 1993. • Passengers: up to six (12 pending). • Located: Schoonmaker Marina in Sausalito; contact Apparition Sailing Adventures at (415) 331-8730. Although Chris and Susan Ellison only recently joined the Bay Area charter fraternity, they entered the game with the newest boat in the fleet, a slick 1995 Catalina 40 called Aria. As a young boy, Chris had already learned to sail in Long Island Sound before his family pulled up stakes and migrated to the Virgin Islands. There he spent his teens and twenties enjoying the water-oriented island lifestyle, and cruising the (then unspoiled) Caribbean aboard a variety of boats, including a lovable yet leaky, 80-foot sloop called the Katie Rowe. While pursuing his career as an airline pilot, Chris met Susan, who shared his love of both sailing and flying. When they moved to the Bay Area four years ago they bought a boat, moved aboard and began exploring the Bay and Delta for pleasure. These days, though, they’re' serious about chartering: Susan’s put her art career on the back burner

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As every Bay Area sailor knows, there's nothing finer than a breezy day on the water in the company of close friends. Here, ‘Apache’, ‘Apparition‘ (right) and 'Alma‘ (left) offer three distinctly different ways to join the fun.

and Chris is keeping a flexible flight schedule to accommodate a variety of charter requests. (Thirty-year Bay veteran Mike Thieme serves as Aria’s backup skipper when needed.) • Vessel: Aria is an upgraded Catalina 40 (1995). • Passengers: up to six. • Located: Cass’ Marina, Sausalito; con¬ tact (415) 332-7805. The massive, flat-bottomed 'scow schooner' Alma is not really a 'charter yacht', but we include her here since it is possible to earn a ride aboard her by doing volunteer work, and she is, without a doubt, one of the most unique sailing crafts on the Bay. To say this historic sailing barge is 'cumbersome' would be a serious understatement — she certainly wasn’t designed for carefree daysailing. But when the San Franciso Maritime National Historic Park hired Captain Alan Lutz to skipper her, they knew they’d found a man who could

meet the challenge. As Alan puts it, this 104year-old sailing hay barge "handles like a large bus on black ice — it’s sort of like sailing your front porch!" Lutz brings 20 years of experience in the U.S. Coast Guard to the job, which included a prestigious three-year hitch aboard the U.S. Coast Guard sail-training bark Eagle. Aboard this spectacular three-master, he was lucky enough to make three transatlantic crossings — no doubt the best duty in any branch of the miliary! Stoic, yet amiable, Alan has a vast store of tales to share from his years doing search and rescue and maritime law enforcement. His love of all things nautical began as a kid in Ohio, where he started out sailing dinghies on local lakes. Having 'paid his dues' in no small way, Alan not only holds one of the best nautical jobs on the Bay, but he also acts as relief skipper aboard the square-rigger Hawaiian Chief¬ tain. • Vessel: the 88-foot Alma is an authentic scow schooner (sailing hay barge); built in 1891. • Passengers: no commercial passengers

are allowed, due to her historic nature and her status as a U.S. government vessel; however, serious volunteers can earn passage aboard during local trips by helping with maintenance chores at her Hyde St. Pier home port. • Located: Hyde Street Pier, San Fran¬ cisco Maritime Museum; contact Alan at (415) 556-9401 (serious workers only). Just down the coast, within the Monterey Bay, there are several excellent choices for daysailing or special charters. Native Santa Cruzers, Scott and Krista Lighthall are two of the area’s best-known charter operators. Together they host charters aboard the customized Santa Cruz 70 Chardonnay II, which was designed by Bill Lee specifically for chartering along the California coast. Scott’s easy manner at the helm of this impressive ultralight belies a lifetime of sailing and salty adventures. As a young man he sailed small boats to Hawaii for kicks. Soon after he met Krista in Santa Cruz 15 years ago, he introduced her to sailing. We’re told she immediately fell in love with the sport — and Scott fell in love with her! Since then, they’ve logged many sea miles together en route to Hawaii, Mexico and the Bahamas during their 'off-seasons'. During prime sailing months, however, they host groups of day sailors in grand style on the waters of Monterey Bay. (Their previous boat, Chardonnay (I), now charters on S.F. Bay under the name Yukon Jack.) After 11 years on the job, Scott and Krista seem to have refined their charter techniques to a science. They enjoy hosting a wide range of would-be sailors and are happy to let their

Chris (left) and Ron Romero are a father & son duo who share both work and play on ‘Apache1.

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• Vessel: Chardonnay is a custom Santa Cruz 70, specifically designed for local chartering. • Passengers: up to 49. • Located: Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor; contact Chardonnay Yacht Charters at (408) 423-1213. Tim O’Neill presides as captain over two distinctly different crafts, the 50-foot traditional schooner Marie Celine and the speedy 65-foot catamaran Team O’Neill. Born the son of Jack O’Neill, the legend¬ ary wetsuit maker, Tim could be seen sailing dinghies around Santa Cruz Harbor at the tender age of six. He grew up surfing and sailing small boats and Hobie Cats around Santa Cruz. Shortly after the family bought Marie Celine in the early ’70s, the family took off cruising along the West Coast as far south as Acapulco. As a result, Tim gleaned a three-year education in hands-on seaman¬ ship. In 1983 father Jack bought the Team O’Neill cat, with the idea of launching and retrieving hot air balloons from it. (Her mast is hinged to lay flat for this purpose!) Tim now runs charters aboard her, sometimes at speeds in excess of 20 knots. • Vessel: Marie Celine is a 50-foot gaffrigged schooner built of hardwood in 1940. • Vessel: Team O’Neill is a 65-foot cus¬ tom catamaran. • Passengers: six and 49 respectively. • Locaied: Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor; contact O’Neill Yacht Charters office at (408) 476-5202. If you’re looking for a truly different charter experience, consider sailing out of Some of Monterey Bay's sailing pros: Tim O'Neill of'Team O'Neill (left), Scott & Krista Lighthall of 'Chardonnay1 or Gene Maly of'Carrera1.

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century New England fishing schooner. Steve and Jeff don’t try to compete with the fancier boats on the Bay. Instead they offer fishing charters under sail, hands-on sail training and 'theme sails' complete with period dress and Celtic music. At age 36, Steve is a semi-retired para¬ medic whose sailing adventures have taken

him from the Bering Sea to Mexico. He’s proud to say that much of his sea time has been aboard traditional vessels, including

the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain. Although only 16, Jeff is also an accomplished sailor, who recently helped deliver the 110-foot schooner Manutea to the Bay from Chile. The Starck, which was built of mahogany, oak and teak at Half Moon Bay, won honors in the Master Mariners Regatta in 1990. • Vessel: W.H. Starck is a 44-foot topsail schooner. • Passengers: up to six. • Located: Capitola Wharf; contact Capitola Boat & Bait, 408-462-2208. Farther south, near the hustle and bustle of Cannery Row, Gene Maly runs smallgroup charters aboard his Capo 30, Carrera. Bom in Czechoslovakia, Gene sailed dinghies in San Diego as a kid, and grew up in envy of the sailing lifestyle. He took up sailing as a serious hobby after moving to Monterey years ago, and these days Carrera is one of the few sailing charter boats licensed to operate out of ol’ Monterey. (We’ve heard the red tape is thicker there than in other Greater Bay Area harbors.)

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custom charters, and more often than not, you’ll find Captain Jerry Shull at the wheel. Although he’s been sailing for nearly 30 years, Jerry is humble enough — or wise enough — to admit he’s "still learning". After island hopping through the Caribbean, doing deliveries along the Eastern Seaboard and skippering across the Atlantic we figure he can find his way around Monterey Bay. Navigation? Yeah, he leam something about it during his previous gig — driving wide¬ bodied jets for TWA! • Vessel: Zeus is a MacGregor 65 sloop built for fast ocean racing and cruising. • Passengers: up to six. • Located: Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf; contact 408-647-1957. That’s it. That’s all the choices you get. If you can’t find a Bay Area charter yacht or skipper that piques your interest in this lot, then we give up. We’ll even give you our permission to ride the Wine Train instead — not! Seriously, the best sailing days of the year are upon us, so there’s no time like the present to take a ride with one of the Greater Bay Area’s charter professionals. Grab a few close friends, put on a happy face and tell them Latitude sent ya. — latitude/det

When you charter on the Monterey Bay, you can pick a style of boat to fit the occasion (clockwise from left inset): 'Chardonnay', 'Team O'Neiir, 'W.H. Starck, ’Carrera".

Gene’s charters take him all over the Bay including Moss Landing and Santa Cruz. His favorite clients? Those who are looking for hands-on participation — spirited folks who dream about becoming sailors, the way he once did. • Vessel: Carrera is a Capo 30 sloop. • Passengers: up to six. • Located: Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf; contact Carrera Sailing Charters at (408) 375-0648. The MacGregor 65 Zeus is a familiar boat to San Francisco Bay sailors, but she’s been conspicuously absent lately. Why? After chartering in San Diego during the A-Cup, she took up residency in Monterey. We’re told she’s been well received, as the ol’ Wharf was sorely in need of a classy multi¬ passenger sailing yacht. The speedy sled keeps busy these days running scheduled shorty sails in addition to

Lady’s Day at the America’s Cup When we announced our plans to charter a boat for the America’s Cup, all the guys said was, "Six women on a boat for three days — ha!" But guess what, we’re ba-a-ack! And we had Fun-n-n! We were at the mark when Connor’s halyard broke. We were at the Kiwi com¬ pound for their Victory celebration. And, believe it or not, we were never at each other’s throats. In fact, we’re already plan¬ ning an excursion for next year. Of the six women, two of us had sailed on Brisa del Mar before. When I heard Brisa’s owners had put her in charter at San Diego Yacht Charters, I called and reserved her for the weekend of May 12-14 — when I assumed the America’s Cup final race would take place. I then called a 'select list' of women and offered them a spot. That was all it took, within four days we had a crew of sue and two back-ups. The entire trip cost only $415 each, which included round-trip air-fare, food, car, local skipper for four hours and charter fees — no to mention 'spirits'. We had two pre-trip meetings where we divided up areas of responsibility so no one was overwhelmed, yet no one could just sit

back and complain. One of our most important guidelines was, "If you don’t pay up front you don’t go." The folks at San Diego Yacht Charters were wonderful. They coached us on what to bring and what to expect, provided a free shuttle service to and from the airport and arranged for an early boarding and a great local skipper. We should mention that every skipper we met came equipped with a VCR (Very Cute Rear)! We sailed out to the race venue, then gave the wheel to our skipper and relaxed while he kept us in great viewing range of the race. What an experience! You could read about it or see it on TV, but there was something incredible about seeing the action first hand. We relish our memories of the tacking duels, the cheers from a neighboring boatload of New Zealanders and the little powerboat that buzzed about with a giant rocking Kiwi bird on its stem. On the way in after the race we listened to the official reviews (and some not-soofficial commentaries) on the radio. That night, of course, we partied with the masses. Naturally, the Kiwi compound was really jumping. We met one guy whose shirt read, "New Zealand rules the waves, Conner waives the rules." It was a night that will not soon be forgotten. All in all the trip was great fun. Good planning, cooperation, mutual respect and minimal preconceived expectations were essential elements to our success. Next year I think it’s gonna be Mexico for ' a week. Although the Bahamas are good... Arubas? Jamaica? — The Brisa Girls Santa Cruz When this gang of sailin' ladies comes to your town, look out! They're ’born to sail and sworn to fun’.

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WORLD OF CHARTERING Charter Notes Up in the snow-capped Sierras, mid¬ summer is naturally the height of Lake Tahoe’s sailing season. In fact, there was so much wind last month that the annual Trans Tahoe Regatta had to be postponed! Typically, however, you can expect moderate winds out in open water, with the challenge of flukier winds inshore, due to the height of surrounding mountains. Wind conditions aside, you would be hard pressed to find a more magnificent Alpine setting to sail in, anywhere. Unfortunately, though, there are relatively few decent-sized sailboats for hire. It seems Waverunners are the cash crop these days. High Sierra (Water Ski School) at Homewood is apparently the last hold-out. They have a small, yet well-kept fleet of sloops and dinghies up to about 30-feet. Daysailing is the menu d’jour, while over¬ nights are possible by special arrangement, but are not common. Call (916) 525-1214 for info. You can also hire small daysailers at nearby Fallen Leaf Lake, which will allow you to explore this idyllic little gem, and fanaticize about living in one of the wateraccessible-only cabins on the far side of the lake. Call Steve Diel at (916) 544-8226.

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Elsewhere around the globe, we remind you that it’s still prime time in the South Pacific Islands until mid-fall (with fewer European tourists after the summer months). We’ve been getting a lot of.'advice calls' regarding sailing in the Caribbean during the late summer and early fall. Having lived there for a decade, this writer’s feelings are mixed. The pluses are that you can save a bundle on bareboats (about 40%), the locals are less stressed (read: friendlier) and the anchorages are much less crowded. If a

storm does skirt your sailing venue, the squalls will generally pass in less than 12 hours. You will definitely be gambling on the weather, but the odds are relatively good. Late in October — after the threat of storms, yet before the winter crowds descend — the Bitter End Yacht Club is hosting their Fourth Annual Women’s Sailing Week (October 21-27) — apropos our recent column on the upsurge of local interest in women’s sailing. Roiex Yachtswoman of the year Betsy Alison and big boat racer Martha MacKechnie will be the rock stars in residence during this action-packed week of clinics and on-the-water instruction. Ceill (800) 872-2392 for reservations. Another batch of sailing superstars will be on hand shortly after, on Halloween Day, when The Bitter End hosts the Defiance Day Regatta, commemorating a historic gathering of some 2,500 privateers in 1595, which included John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake. Bareboats as well as private race boats will compete — all are welcome. Afterwards, participants will have a chance to share grog with America’s Cuppers like J.J. Isler, Ed Baird and Russell Coutts, as wells the U.S.V.I.’s own Olympic silver medalist Peter Holmberg. Call (203) 6560799 for more info.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on the excellent NCYSA-hosted Youth Cham¬ pionships, the Laser PCCs at Lake Tahoe, three class championships, the record-breaking Stiver Eagle Race, the three-weekend High Sierra Regatta at Huntington Lake, the reborn Whldbey Island Race Week, oodles of 'box scores', and the usual heap of random 'race notes' at the end.

Youth Championship "We did it!" exulted regatta organizer Dick Loomis, one of a huhdred-some volun¬ teers who successfully orchestrated the U.S. Sailing Youth Championship on June 23-29. Hosted by the Northern California Youth Sailing Association (NCYSA) and sailed out of Richmond YC, the nation’s premier youth sailing event drew 151 highly talented juniors, ages 13-19, from all comers of the country. It was an invitation-only regatta, with entries selected based on sailing resumes. Winds were in the nuclear range through-

San Diego's Jonathan Baker, star of the Youth Championships. He sailed a perfect series — even his throwout was a bullet!

out most of the 8-race, 1-throwout series, much of which was sailed tucked up as far as possible under the 'lee' of Angel Island. Breeze on the light days was in the 16-18 knot range, while 20-22 knots was common on the heavy days. "The conditions bordered Page 160 • UUUJtZS • August. 1995

on child abuse!" joked NCYSA’s Patrick Andreasen. "It was the gnqrliest Youth Championship in history." Three clear winners rose above the mayhem. In the 63-boat Laser fleet, Jon¬ athan Baker of San Diego annihilated all comers with a convincing straight-bullet performance. Measuring in at 6 feet, 4 inches and 185 pounds, Baker simply ground down his peers in each race, usually winning by several minutes. No stranger to the winner’s circle, Jonathan won the Smythe Trophy in ’94 and the Cressy Trophy in ’95 (best singlehanded high schooler), among others. He’s bound for Tufts University next fall, where his presence will no doubt be felt on the collegiate sailing circuit. Baker was so dominant that he was behind at the first mark only twice in the regatta. In the first race, he was chasing Mike Visser of Tumwater, Washington, who deathrolled in front of Baker while jibing in a 30knot puff at the offset mark. With nowhere to go, Jonathan speared Visser’s boat at warp speed, nearly sinking it (the boat was sub¬ sequently declared a total loss). "Funny thing," commented Baker, an affable 19year-old, later. "After that, everyone stayed really far away from me!" In the Laser II competition, the Miamibased duo of David Ames and P.J. Buhler had their work cut out for them going into the final race. With Mark Ivey just two points behind them, Ames and Buhler booted the start and found themselves tenth at the weather mark. Undeterred, they fought back to win the windy race — and, in the process, the regatta. The duo, past winners of the doublehanded world youth championship, is currently involved in an Olympic 470 campaign. Doug 'The King' Stryker, a mellow 17year-old from New Jersey, ran away with the boardsailing portion of the Youths, posting a (3),1,1,1,1,1,1,2 record. Chris Ellsworth, formerly of the Bay Area and now from St. Petersburg, Florida, was the runner-up in the stand-up sailing, as well as first lightweight (a sub-category inside the boardsailing compet¬ ition).

Baker, Ames, Buhler and Stryker were named to the 1995 U.S. Sailing/Rolex Junior Team for their fine performances on the battlefield. Four other sailors made the team by virtue of their sportsmanship: single¬ hander Mike Visser, doublehanders Greg Reynolds (San Diego) and Robbie Dean (Newbury Park, CA) and boardsailor Arden Anderson (Elkhart Lake, WI). The regatta winners, plus five other high finishers, went on to compete at the IYRU Nautica World Youth Sailing Championship in Bermuda on July 8-18. At the Youth Championship awards banquet, held the last night at St. Francis YC, the interminable speeches seemed to drag on almost as long as the six-day regatta itself. But one speech stood out, to us at least. Chief judge Larry White of Connec¬ ticut, a man who has devoted much of his life to promoting youth and collegiate sailing, said simply, "There have been a lot of words used already this evening, so I’d just like to say one thing: When you get to be my age, it’s fashionable to become concerned about the future of the sport you love. . . After spending the last week with all the youths in this room, I’m not worried any more." SINGLEHANDED (Laser) — 1) Jonathan Baker,

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The Bay Area was treated to some pulsating Laser shows in July— the Youths, Slalom, and the NAs.

Carlsbad, CA, 7 points; 2) Dalton Bergen, Kirkland, WA, 25; 3) Bruce Mahoney, Houston, TX, 35; 4) Richard Colie, Point Pleasant, NJ, 39; 5) Steven Hochart, San Diego, CA, 48; 6) Matt Cochran, Kaneohe, HI, 65; 7) Peter Strothman, Excelsior, MN, 68; 8) Brian Harrison, Shalimar, CA, 69; 9) Talbott Ingram, Fair Haven, NJ, 72; 10) Daniel Meade, New Orleans, LA, 74. (63 boats) DOUBLEHANDED (Laser II) — 1) David Ames/ P.J. Buhler, Miami, FL, 13 points; 2) Mark Ivey/Ward Cromwell, Huntington Beach, CA, 18; 3) Mike Uznis/Adam Hollerback, Grosse Point, Ml, 20; 4) David Chatham/Rowan Fennell, Novato, CA, 27; 5) Dan Brandt/Kevin Richards, Bellingham, WA, 35. (38 boats) BOARDSAILING (IMCO Mistral) — 1) Doug Stryker, Edison, NJ, 8 points; 2) Paul Kaseburg, Kailua, HI, 18; 3) Chris Ellsworth, St. Petersburg, FL, 18; 4) John Raas, Seminole, FL, 23; 5) Chad Allen, Corpus Christi, TX, 34. (12 boats)

Laser PCCs The 'Summer of Lasers' continued with the Pacific Coast Championship at Lake Tahoe on July 14-16. Ninety-two sailors, many of whom were fresh from the Laser NAs (see

pages 146-148), showed up for the high altitude regatta, ably hosted by Tahoe YC and Ralph’s Sailboat Services. Ironically, considering that the previous weekend’s TransTahoe Race was abandoned due to high winds, Mother Nature pulled a noshow: there wasn’t enough wind on either Friday or Sunday to race. Accordingly, the entire PCCs boiled down to two races on Saturday, both of which were held in 10-15 knots of breeze. Peter Dreyfus of Miami took the first heat, while Alex Carnet of San Diego aced the second one. Winning the abbreviated regatta with two deuces was John Torgerson of Annap¬ olis. Danville’s Matt McQueen was a close third behind Carnet. 1) John Torgerson, 4 points; 2) Alex Carnet, 11.75; 3) Matt McQueen, 12; 4) Ray Davies, 18; 5) Henry Filter, 18; 6) Allan Coutts, 23; 7) Rod Davies, 27; 8) Robert Britton, 33; 9) Peter Dreyfus, 33.75; 10) Ed Rowe, 35; 11) Andy Lovell, 36; 12) Rod Dawson, 37; 13) John Pernick, 39; 14) Brandon Paine, 40; 15) Paul Zambriski, 43. (92 boats)

Three Class Championships July is a month off for most local one design classes, but not so for the fabulous Thunderbirds, the road warriors of the

Moore 24s, and the hot Tuna 22s. These classes all held significant championships last month, results of which follow. Barry Walker, an Aussie, shipped his Predator (with back-up mast) up from Down Under for the Eneinal YC-hosted T-Bird convention. He overwhelmed the smallish 11-boat fleet with a 2,3,1,1,1,1,1 record. Not surprisingly, Walker hopes to sell Predator in the Bay Area rather than pay to ship it home (real men would just put up the kite and aim for Oz!). Doug Carroll and his Crazy Jane crew were the top local talents, finishing sixth. The Santana 22 Nationals, hosted by San Francisco YC, attracted a relatively large fleet — 22 boats — for their three-day, fiverace, one-throwout series. Really more of a 'regionals', the event attracted the best boats from San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Mon¬ terey for the non-spinnaker racing on the Southampton Shoals course. Phoenix, sailed by John Skinner of Richmond YC, wrapped up the regatta after four races. Last but not least, the fun-loving Moore 24 fleet turned out in force for their Nationals on Huntington Lake. Twenty-five boatloads of sailors braved the transmissionbusting 7,500-foot climb up to the lake, marauding bears at the campgrounds and, according to Royce Fletcher, "low density air that made it easy to sail from one header to another and backwards into oblivion." Santa Cruz sailmaker Dave Hodges, on a roll after sailing the class-winning SC 70 Mirage in the Transpac, won the six-race event with his Fatuity. THUNDER BIRD WORLDS (EYC, July 17-22):

1) Predator, Barry Walker, 5.75 points; 2) Rev, Mark Harang, 9.5; 3) Invader, Martin Godsil, 16; 4) Thoreen, John Peter, 27; 5) Dee Jay, Roy Dunbar, 30; 6) Crazy Jane, Doug Carroll, 31; 7) Toots, Michael Willin, 43; 8) Ouzel, Terry Hebb, 47; 9) Lyric, Jim Newport, 49; 10) Maeve, Peter Gillson, 52; 11) Razz, Dan White, 61. (11 boats; 7 races) SANTANA 22 NATIONALS (SFYC; July 21-23):

1) Phoenix, John Skinner, 4.25 points; 2) Riffraff, Erick Urias Menzel, 5.5; 3) Anemone, Hank Lindemann, 13; 4) Tacky Lady, Charlie Brochard, 21; 5) Leprechaun, Tim Condon, 24; 6) Shazaml, Bud Sandkulla, 24; 7) Kemo Sabe, Vern Neff, 24; 8) White Lightning, Bill Charron, 25; 9) US 99, Samuels/Barkdale, 26; 10) Limestone Cowboy, Jeff Giese, 31. (21 boats; 5 races) MOORE 24 NATIONALS (Fresno YC; July 17-19):

1) Fatuity, Dave Hodges, 14.5 points; 2) Solstice, Tim Parsons, 21.5; 3) Typhoon, Nutt/Fusari, 27; 4) Great Pumpkin, Jim Maloney, August, 1995 • UvuJcZg • Page 161

32.75; 5) Kamikaze, George Wheeler, 34; 6) Mooregasm, Niles/Josselyn, 49; 7) Judy, Jot Fisher-Smith, 52; 8) Hurricane, Adam Sadeg, 56; 9) Hot Rod Lincoln, Charles Witcher, 57; 10) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 57. (25 boats; 6 races)

Silver Eagle Race Aren’t cellular phones great? Knowing that Mike Lingsch carries one on his Wylie 36 Alert, we dialed his number at dinnertime during Island YC’s 20th annual Silver Eagle Race, held on July 22. We got Jim 'Chewy' Watters on the other end, who reported, "I’m Page 162 • UKtUttf • August, 1995

downstairs goofing off while they’re all up on the rail. This race is going by too fast — we’re already halfway back up San Pablo Bay! We just ate stuffed artichokes and baked salmon with white wine for dinner, but it was hard to enjoy while being all tipped over!" There wasn’t much else to complain about during this year’s sunny 75-mile 'reachathon' around the Bay. With 20-knot winds and mostly favorable currents, the 40boat fleet enjoyed the speediest Silver Eagle ever. First back was Serg Pond’s Spruit 34

catamaran Rocket 88, which finished at 4:23 p.m. Their time of 5:48:32, which translates to an average speed of 12.91 knots, oblit¬ erated Aotea’s 1991 record by 1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds. Crewing for Serg on the eyeball-popping run were Jay Crum and Tim McTighe. "It was a pretty wild ride," said Crum. "We don’t have a speedo, but I’m sure we going well over 20 knots a lot of the time. We would have finished even sooner, but we spent a 40 minute 'lunch break' in a parking lot at the Brothers on the way up to Vallejo.

Chuting the breeze in the Silver Eagle. The custom cat 'Rocket 88', lower left, shattered the previous course record. All photos Latitude/rob.

Next month, we’re going after the Jazz Cup record!" The first monohull to finish was David Crowe’s MacGregor 65 Phoenix. They fin¬ ished at 6:34 p.m., posting an elapsed time of 8 hours, 34 minutes, believed to be the new monohull record. On corrected time, however, the Big Mac’s -15 rating hammered it into last in class. At least one other record fell: Bill Pritchard and Mike Mathiasen sailed

their nineteenth Silver Eagle in their baby blue Killer Whale Dulcinea. They must have learned a few tricks along the way, as they corrected out comfortably over the rest of * their division. John Sutak’s Etchells White Jacket, which carries a plump 126 handicap, was the over¬ all winner, finishing just 24 seconds ahead of Double Pucker. The rest of the finishes were equally close — the top ten boats corrected out within 13 minutes of each other! DIV. I — 1) Surefire, Frers 36, Carter Brothers; 2)

Family Hour, Olson 30, Bilafer/Russell; 3) Run Wild, Olson 30, Al Holt; 4) Jukanu, Dash 34, Lanny Malfar; 5) Swiftsure, Frers 58, Sy Kleinman. (12 boats) DIV. II — 1) White Jacket, Etchells, John Sutak; 20 Double Pucker, Melges 24, David Wadbrook; 3) New Wave, Express 27, Buzz Blackett; 4) Carnaval, Santana 35, Bill Keller; 5) Alert, Wylie 36, Mike Lingsch. (12 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mike Mathiasen/Bill Pritchard; 2) Lyric, Thunderbird, Jim Newport; 3) Freyja, Catalina 27, Larry Nelson. (8 boats) DIV. IV (multihull) — 1) Nai'a, Shuttleworth 30, August, 1995 •

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THE RACING Mike Reppy; 2) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn; 3) Rocket 88, Spruit 34, Serg Pond/Jay Crum. (8 boats) OVERALL — 1) White Jacket; 2) Double Pucker; 3) Nai’a; 4) Pegasus, 5)'Surefire; 6) Family Hour; 7) Rocket 88; 8) Run Wild; 9) New Wave; 10) Three Sigma. (40 boats)

Whidbey Island Race Week The missing fleet of one-tonners that used to convene each year at the Big Boat Series hats been located in the Pacific Northwest, gathering trophies at the revived Crow’s Nest Whidbey Island Race Week on July 17-21, giving the natives yet another reason to complain about "those damn Cal¬ ifornians." A low-key, mostly-PHRF affair sailed in light winds between five days of volleyball, golfing and cocktailing, this year’s regatta attracted 155 boats, the regatta limit, as well as at least a dozen Bay Area sailors looking for a change from banging up and down the Cityfront. When Yachting backed out as a

sponsor two years ago, this event faltered briefly — but, happily, it now appears to be back on stride. Still showing signs of her former great¬ ness, the Frers 41 Bondi Tram managed to finish third in Division B, close behind a pair of new N/M 36s and ahead of the familiar one tonners Jazz and Pendragon and a handful of other also-rans. In the next class, Chris Corlett stacked the decks of the onceinvincible Schumacher 38 Wall Street Duck with Bay Area talent (Glenn Hansen, Steve Baumhoff, Ian Beswick, Alex Monson and Deb Horn) and managed a second place finish behind sailmaker Dave Ullman, who flew in to guest skipper Predator, a Schock 35 from Portland. Meanwhile, Don Trask — who is making a habit out of selling old warhorses to Seattle — helmed Diversion to victory in the J/35 one design class. Matt Jones, St. Francis YC’s incom¬ Page 164 • UKUJLtll • August. 1995

parable race dictator, ran the on-the-water activities at Whidbey Island, introducing a level of intensity and organization not always present in past years. — ed lawrence DIV. A — 1) Marcia Gras, SC 52; 2) Rage, Wylie 70. (3 boats) DIV. B — 1) Occam’s Razor, N/M 36; 2) Surface Tension, N/M 36; 3) Bondi Tram, Frers 41. (13 boats) t DIV. C (J/35) — 1) Diversion; 2) Choices III; 3) Jammin’. (10 boats) DIV. D — 1) Predator, Schock 35; 2) Wall Street Duck, Schumacher 38; 3) Weasel, Schick 35. (16 boats) DIV. E — 1) Counter Balance, Frers 36; 2) Carpe Diem, C&C 34; 3) Passage, C&C XL. (17 boats) DIV. F (Hobie 33) —) Wild Thing; 2) Warrior; 3) Masked Man. (10 boats)

Some familiar-looking boats sailed in Whidbey Island Race Week — which some claim is even more fun than the Big Boat Series!

DIV. G — 1) Sea Monkey, Melges 24; 2) War s Pig, Melges 24; 3) Sting, Soverel 33. (15 boats) •DIV. H (F-boats) — 1) Redshift, F 9-A; 2) Flipper, F-27; 3) Raven, F-27. (9 boats) DIV. 1 — 1) Vitesse & Finesse, X-342; 2) Climax, J/80; 3) Sloop Du Jour, Laser 28. (23 boats) Dl V. J — 1) Horizon, Hotfoot 27; 2) Salt Whistle, Beneteau 30; 3) T-Bone, Choate 27. (18 boats) DIV. K — 1) Magic, Evelyn 26; 2) lo, Martin 24-1; 3) Prima, Disc. 32-1. (20 boats) OVERALL — Wild Thing, Hobie 33, Todd Christ¬ ensen & Joan Hoag.

High Sierra Regatta Fresno YC’s 42nd annual High Sierra Regatta, held over three weekends in July on beautiful Huntington Lake, really packed ’em in this year. "I’m pretty sure this one was the biggest one yet," said race official Dave Mosher, who was also smiling because he dominated the surprisingly strong 13-boat Holder 20 class. In between the busy weekends, Fresno YC also ran national championships for Moore 24s, Day Sailors and Fireballs. "Lots of folks plan family vacations around the High Sierra Regatta," explained Mosher. "It’s like a sailing camp — they pitch their tents by the lake, practice during the week and race on one or both weekends." With the lake filled to the brim with water, sunny skies and pleasant 10-15 knot breezes (except on the first weekend, when it briefly blew 30), this was a stand-out year for the high altitude regatta. 'The competition was really good this year," continued Mosher, "and, amazingly, only one car blew up on the way up the hill!" WEEKEND #1 (July 8-9): LASER — 1) Ed Val Del; 2) Craig Lee; 3) Charles Turner; 4) Bette Dyke; 5) Ron Giddings. (29 boats)

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OPEN MULTIHULL — 1) Ed Grade, Hobie 16; 2) Lynn Cirette, Hobie 16; 3) Russell Duncanson, Hobie 20. (13 boats) LIDO 14 'A' — 1) Bob Yates; 2) Joe Doering; 3) Don Lockwood. (10 boats) LIDO 14 'B' — 1) Peter Rothenbuecher; 2) Roger Patterson; 3) John Papadopoulos. (12 boats) LASER II — 1) Dan Brandt; 2) Ron Loza; 3) Matt Adcock. (11 boats) DAY SAILOR 'A' — 1) Phil Root; 2) Ed Grisetti; 3) Bill Fiock; 4) Len Fiock; 5) Del Foster. (31 boats) CORONADO 15 — 1) Benny Schwegler; 2) Peter Hey; 3) Dan Gilboa. (13 boats) FLYING JUNIOR — 1) Steve Klotz. (4 boats) SAN JUAN 21 — 1) Ruth Barcus; 2) Jerry Hansen. (8 boats) 505 — 1) Howard Hamlin; 2) Bruce Edwards; 3) Allison Jolly; 4) Paul Tara; 5) Don Smith. (17 boats) WEEKEND #2 (July 15-16): LASER JR. — 1) Annsley Mosher; 2) Roy Pat¬ terson. (8 boats) WABBIT — 1) Colin Moore; 2) Steve Bates. (4 boats) VICTORY 21—1) Chuck Philips; 2) Tom Leon¬ ard. (7 boats) THISTLE — 1) Chris Gedrose; 2) Dean Iwahashi; 3) Craig Lee; 4) Dave Keran; 5) Ron Smith. (14 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Jim Maloney; 2) Tim Parsons; 3) Jot Fisher-Smith; 4) Mark Berryman; 5) Charles Witcher. (17 boats) PHRF 'A' — 1) John Scarborough, J/24; 2) Bob Farmer, Olson 29; 3) Nicholas Barclay, Melges 24. (14 boats) PHRF 'B' — 1) Francis Samson, Coronado 25; 2) Gene Kallsen, Capri 22; 3) David McEweni, Capri 22; 4) Dan Scarbery, Santana 22. (14 boats) DAY SAILOR NORTH AMERICANS — Gold Fleet: 1) Bob Blake; 2) Ed Grisetti; 3) John Field. Silver Fleet: 1) Brooks Wilson; 2) Don Trap; 3) Ken Reitz. (40 boats) WEEKEND #3 (July22-23): MERCURY — 1) Don Whelan, 8 points; 2) Steve Gould, 9.75; 3) Pat Bradley, 10.75; 4) Pax Davis, 13.75; 5) Tracy Usher, 15. (30 boats) CATALINA 22 — 1) Tom Page, 2.25 points. (4 boats) JOHNSON 18 — 1) Mark Briner, 3.5 points. (2 boats) CAPRI 22 — 1) Charlie Star, 2.25 points. (6 boats) * SNIPE — 1) Craig Leweck, 6.25 points; 2) Doug Hart, 16; 3) Bart Hackworth, 16; 4) Stu Robertson, 17; 5) Jerry Thompson, 21. (27 boats) HOLDER 20—1) Dave Mosher, 2.25 points; 2) Keith Sternal, 8; 3) Gary Albright, 9. (13 boats) FIREBALL— 1) Allison Jolly; 2) Henry McCray; 3) Randy MacKinga; 4) Blake Middleton; 5) Colleen Sullivan. (20 boats)

Dueling Thistles at the High Siena Regatta, one of the gems on the Lake Circuit.

points; 2) Judy Yamaguchi, 13.25; 3) Joyce Elkins, 9. (6 boats)

Box Scores Summertime, and the livin’ is easy — especially since we decided to just throw all these regattas into 'box scores' rather than stress out over covering them in more detail. Like you, we’d rather be sailing! FJ NATIONALS (San Francisco YC; 6/30-7/4): GOLD FLEET — 1) Andy Schmidt, 11.25 points; 2) Dana Jones, 14.25; 3) Tony Slocum, 15.75; 4) Sean Dyer, 21; 5) Chuck Asper, 30; 6) Linda Brandon, 33; 7) Jonathan Shinn, 36. (11 boats) SILVER FLEET — 1) Tristan Ruhland, 7 points. (2 boats) (7 races, 1 throwout) MAYOR’S CUP (Lake Merritt SC; July 2; 3 races): EL TORO — 1) Jim Warfield, 34.5 points; 2) Walt Andrews, 31.25; 3) Steve Miller, 25; 4) Tom Burden, 23; 5) Jim Cozine, 21. (11 boats) JY 15 — 1) Bill Wall, 18.5 points; 2) Barbara Ouellet, 17.25; 3) (tie) Laurel MacDermott and Andy Keane, 10. (6 boats) SNIPE — 1) Ned Niccolls, 16.5 points; 2) Vince Casalaina, 14.25; 3) Charles Heimler, 10. (7 boats) BYTE/HOLDER 12 — 1) Tony Johnson, 14.5

HDA HALFTIME RESULTS (5 races. 1 throwout): DIV. F (multihull) — 1) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, 6.25 points; 2) Wild Thing, F-24, VicThiry, 11; 3) Indigo, Dragon Fly, Mike Taylor, 12. (8 boats) DIV. G (0-84) — 1) China Cloud, J/40, Leigh Brite, 5.5 points; 2) Jubilation, J/40, Henry Smith, 8.75; 3) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller, 18. (11 boats) DIV. H (87-114) — 1) Surefire, Frers 36, Carter Brothers, 3 points; 2) Two Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker, 11; 3) Cabaret, Oyster SJ-35, Bill Keith, 12.75. (8 boats) DIV. J (117-138) — 1) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim & Diana Freeland, 5.25 points; 2) Fire Drill, Tartan Ten, Lambert Thom, 11; 3) Zilla, B-25, Mark Thomas, 19. (19 boats) DIV. K (141-162) — 1) Ouessant, Farallone Clipper, Frank Buck, 8.75 points; 2) Esprit Victorieux, Beneteau First 305, Joseph Melino, 9.75; 3) It’s Jazz, Ranger 33, Ben Mewes, 12.75. (11 boats) DIV. L (165-186) — 1) Summertime Dream, Jurassic 26, Spooge3 Foundation, 4.25 points; 2) Current Asset, Islander 30 Mk. II, John Bowen, 11.75; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, 14. (17 boats) DIV. M (189-up) — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, 6.5 points; 2) Hippo, Smith 24, Mark ’

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Future foredeckers.

Wommack, 6.75; 3) Neblina, Cal 28, Neil Mosher, 11.75. (11 boats)

OYRA HALFTIME RESULTS (5 races): FLEET 1 — 1) Gandy Dancer, SC 40, Gary Hausler, 9.75 points; 2) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows, 12.5; 3) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn, 26. (19 boats) FLEET 11 — 1) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller, 11.25 points; 2) Espresso, E-37, Steve Saperstein, 14.75; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, 16.75.(12 boats) FLEET III — 1) Miramar, Frers41, The Robbins Family, 12.75 points; 2) Golden Bear, Frers 46, Page 166 • UUiuJt 12 • August. 1995

Adam McAfee, 13.5; 3) Sea Ghost, Beneteau 42, Ron Roberts, 21.5. (9 boats) FLEET IV — 1) Wind Chaser, Ericson 35 Mk. Ill, Dick & Patti Cranor, 12.5 points; 2) Redux, Olson 91 IS, Nick Barnhill, 20; 3) Tinsley Light, Santana 35, Hank Grandin, 24. (18 boats) FLEET V — 1) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Bentsen/Boschma, 6.25 points; 2) Tutto Benne, Ranger 23 (tall rig), Mike Warren, 14; 3) Freewind, Cal 9.2, Don & Betty Lessley, 18.75. (9 boats) SHS (monohulls) — 1) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfarlane, 5.5 points; 2) Orange Blossom Special, Beneteau 35.5, Ed & Judy English, 8.75; 3) Sensei, Cal 2-27, Terry McKelvey, 9.5. (10 boats)

Bonus TransPac shots — every picture tells a story! Almost all photos Latitude/rob.

SPRING SERIES (StKSC; 7 races. 1 throwout): PHRF A — 1) Wreckless, Capo 26, Ralph Felten; 2) Faded Badley, J/30, Dana Badley. (4 boats) PHRF B — 1) Purrfection, Nonsuch 30, Ray Drew; 2) Windpacer, Pearson Vanguard, Bob Winters; 3) Candace Ann, Islander 30 Mk. II, Mike Sheehe. (5 boats) PHRF C — 1) Off the Wall, MacGregor 26, Gary Wall; 2) Aberrant, Coronado 25, Jim Riddles; 3) Unnatural Act, Columbia Challenger, Steve Bahn-

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Ed Ekers; 2) Hawk, Alberg 30, Wren Collins; 3) PTrap, Cal 20, Gerry Gorski. (7 boats) PHRF II (spinnaker) — 1) St. Jude, Kettenburg 41, Peter Leib; 2) Bomba’s Shack, Gladiator, Roland Brun; 3) Seebar, Electra, Dennis Brewer. (8 boats) ONE DESIGN UNION (Ballena Bay YC; July 15-16): 11 :METRE — 1) SportsChannel, Chris Watson, 5 points; 2) Pier 23, Mik Beatie, 13; 3) Ronstan, Mike Ratiani, 16. (7 boats) J/24 — 1) Cujo, Kimo Winterbottom, 9.5 points; 2) Electra, John Oldham, 10.5; 3) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 21. (11 boats) CAL20 — 1) #1167, Doug Russell, 4.75 points; 2) Minnehaha, Nancy Palmer, 5.5. (3 boats) (5 races) HIGH WATER (Butte SC, Lake Almanor, 7/15-16): CATAMARAN DIV. 1 — 1) Mark Harris, Sparks, NV, Nacra 5.5; 2) Larry Wells, Chico, Nacra 5.8. (6 boats) CATAMARAN DIV. 11 — 1) Alan King, Quincy, Hobie 16; 2) Jim Eggleston, Ashland, OR, Hobie 16; 3) Alan Preissier, Carson City, NV, Hobie 14. (9 boats) KEEL DIV. I — 1) Rick Pareno, Anderson, Capri 22; 2) Kent Hatch, Oroville, Venture 21. (5 boats) KEEL DIV. 11 — 1) Mike Heath, Oroville, Wabbit. (4 boats) CENTERBOARD — 1) Dan Ouellet, Alameda, JY 15; 2) Matt Corey, Susanville, Lido 14; 3) Norm Brovelli, Berry Creek, Omega 14. (8 boats) LASER — 1) Dave Neilsen, Yuba City; 2) Ron Hanford, Redding. (6 boats) VICTORY 21 — 1) Sean Solway, San Francisco; 2) Charles Copeland, Chico. (6 boats) THISTLE — 1) Jim Marazzo, Oroville; 2) Bill Navarre, Mt. Shasta. (4 boats) (4 races)

MIDGETS & J/24s — 1) Knots, J/24, John Notman; 2) Sindar, J/24, Rob McCormick; 3) Audacious, Moore 24, John Hollenback. (8 boats) COLUMBIA 5.5 METER — 1) Chaos, Jim Warfield; 2) Bandit, Ray Hawkins & Chris Shepherd; 3) Italia, Ni Orsi. (9 boats) CAL 2-27 — 1) Tempo, Art Aulwurm; 2) Jackson, Jack Thomas. (4 boats) CATALINA 27—1) Serendipity, Bob Austin; 2) Gail Force, Jim Sanders. (4 boats) RACE OF CHAMPIONS — 1) Knots, J/24, John Notman; 2) Wreckless, Capo 26, Ralph Felten; 3) Serendipity, Catalina 27, Bob Austin.

PLASTIC CLASSIC (Bay View BC; July 15): ISLANDER BAHAMA — 1) 3rd Wish, Martin Grove; 2) Constellation, John Lincoln. (4 boats) COLUMBIA CHALLENGER — 1) Runaground Sue, James Van Blarington; 2) Murphy’s Law, Bill Murphy. (5 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) US, Jim Samuels; 2) Yachtsea, Joe Schmidt. (5 boats) TRITON — 1) Bolero, Ely Gilliam; 2) Viking, Mike Borgerding. (4 boats) INT. FOLKBOAT — 1) Elska, Ian & Lesta Nadel. (2 boats) SOLING — 1) Cucuracha, John Super. (1 boat) 0HRF I (non-spinnaker) — 1) Pathfinder, Ariel,

SPRING ONE DESIGN (Santa Cruz; 12 races): SC 27 — 1) Jersey Girl, Greg Miller, 13.75 points; 2) Good Timin’, Gary Evans, 20.75; 3) Hanalei Express, 22.5; 4) Velocious, GW Grigg, 38; 5) Ciao, Andy Carson, 52. (13 boats) MOORE 24—1) Adios, Ian Klitza/Scott Wallecka, 20.25 points; 2) Mooregasm, Hank Niles, 21; 3) Great Pumpkin, Jim Maloney, 25.75; 4) Fatuity, . Dave Hodges, 32; 5) War Stories, Royce Fletcher, 60. (14 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Maybe, Ernie Rideout, 25.25 points; 2) Surge II, Charlie Roskosz, 25.5; 3) Rick's Place, Larry Comstock, 30.25. (8 boats) WYLIE WEEKEND (EYC; July 22-23; 2 races): CUSTOM — 1) Moonshadow, Wylie 31, Wayne Behrens; 2) Absolute Saidee, Wylie 33, Alan Laflin; 3) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner. (7 boats) WYLIE 34—1) Echo, Michael Sheats; 2) Mad Hatter, Rich Fisher/Peg Hickman; 3) Cheyenne, James Fryer. (4 boats) August, 1995 • U&hJL 38 • Page 167

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HAWKFARM — 1) Nighthawk, John Siegel; 2) Roadhouse Blues, Torbin Bentsen/Brian Boschma; 3) Predator, Vaughn Siefers. (6 boats) WABBITS — No starters.

Race Notes Who’s next? Another Merit 25, John Drewery’s Dr. Who, lost its stick last month, ironically while sailing back to Berkeley on July 16 after racing in the Little Lipton Cup. At least five more rigs — all on cruising boats — came down the same afternoon during gusts up to 50 knots. Check your rigging! Another nail in the IMS coffin? Check out Dobbs Davis’s in-depth article in the July Seahorse about the new Reichel/Pugh One Design 48. Superficially resembling Morning Glory to our untrained eye, the new one design boat may well bode the end of ILC 46 racing even before it gets off the ground. Annapolis-based rockstar John Bertrand and the DeVos family (Windquest)

their money where their mouths are, the DeVos brothers have put Windquest on the market and ordered OD-48 hull #3. Brut force, chapter III: Ed Baird, the'v Floridian who coached Team New Zealand to their lopsided A-Cup victory a few months back, captured the third match race regatta on the Brut by Faberg4 Sailing Series in Sete, France in early July. Baird dispatched Bertrand Pac4 in the finals, while Peter Gilmour put away Thierry Peponnet in the consolation bracket to take third. With three different winners (Roy Heiner, Peponnet,’ Baird) and only two venues left (New York in September, Bermuda in October), it’s now completely improbable that anyone will claim the $250,000 bonus for ginning three of the five regattas. No doubt the Brut board of directors is breathing a huge sigh of relief! For his next act, Baird captured his second Grade One regatta in as many tries by winning the Baltic Match Race in Kiel, Germany. Baird bested the likes of Russell Courts, Bertrand Pac4 and Peter Gilmour en route to earning a $19,000 paycheck — which hits his bank account on the heels of a $25,000 check for winning the Brut Cup of

John Bertrand's latest endeavor, the Reichel/ Pugh OD-48, looks like a sure winner.

are marketing the Tillotson-Pearson-built boat, which can be had for about $600,000 less sails. That’s expensive, but not compared to the raging 'checkbook war' now being fought in IMS — the price tag on the latest European ILC 40s is rumored to be around $1 million! The OD-48 class, which will adhere to strict one design rules like the Mumm 36s, hopes to debut at January’s Key West Race Week with five boats. Putting Page 168 •

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Ed Baird just made more money in two weekends of sailing than most of us make in a year.

France. Not a bad month, Ed! Year of the match race, cont’d: The perpetually busy St. Francis YC is gearing up for another big match racing event, the IYRU’s World Match Race Championship for Nations. Scheduled for Sept. 24-Oct. 1, the

third biennial Nations Cup will feature international rockstars jousting in J/24s in both open and women’s divisions. Sailors from about 50 countries are presently competing in six qualifying regattas — like the Olympics, sailors are representing their countries, not themselves, and there is prize money at stake. The first Nations Cup, held in ’91, saw the ubiquitous Ed Baird as the winner. Roy Heiner, who took the San Francisco Brut Cup this spring, won the ’93 event. If you’re a match racing buff, put this one on your calendar! Sale boats of the month: Bob Garvie finally sold his invincible N/M 43 Bullaeye to a new owner in Chicago. Not one to remain boatless long, Garvie has ordered a new Carroll-built N/M 39, a sistership to Dave Liggett’s new Jack Rabbit. Garvie’s boat, however, won’t have a carbon rig (the rating penalty appears to be too stiff). Both boats are expected here in August. . . Sail California has sold two 43-foot J/130s to Bay Area owners: Robert Shaw, a top executive at Oracle Corporation and a Sayonara crewmember, and John Moore, who’ll keep his new J/130 behind his house in Ballena Bay. John is looking forward to competing in the ’96 Pacific Cup with his new steed. Both boats should arrive here in November. More sale boats: John Hauser, who used to commute to the Bay from Pittsburg, PA, to race his Express 27 Mr. Bad Example, just sold the boat to Mike DeVries of the East Bay. Hauser, in turn, has purchased an ancient Chrysler Mutineer. "He’s lowered his sights onto winning their Nationals. Sad, isn’t it?" said his good friend Dave Gruver. . . Darin Buchalter, a former partner in the ll:Metre Johnson Controls, just took delivery of a new Melges 24 (hull #282). He’ll be campaigning it with Seadon Wijsen and Dennis George. Too little wind: Only one boat, Jim and Diana Jessie’s cold-molded Lapworth 48 Nalu IV, managed to finish the 90-mile Boreas Race under sail this year — and it took them 23 hours! Fifteen boats partic¬ ipated in the wind-starved July 1 race, which saw boats dropping out and motoring back to the Bay, into Half Moon Bay, and in some cases on to the Moss Landing finish line. The Boreas and the upcoming Windjammers are the last races for the Jessies, who are leaving to go cruising in mid-October. . . The Singlehanded Sailing Society’s South Beach Race attracted 66 entries on July 15. Unfortunately, like the Three Bridge Fiasco earlier this year, there was no wind — hence,

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no finishers. Two other regattas that day, the Ericson 27 Regatta and the South Bay YRA race hosted by San Leandro YC, suffered similar fates. Too much wind: 64 boats began the TransTahoe Race on July 8 in a tolerable 20-knot breeze. About eight miles into the race, the wind built to 40-45 knots, with reported gusts of 60 knots. Ever vigilant, the Tahoe Coast Guard made Tahoe YC race officials abandon their race — which came too late for two broken masts (both on Catalina 22s), one skipper’s broken arm, and over 20 blown sails ("At least it was good for business!" joked sailmaker Dick Pino). Four people found themselves in the water, but were successfully retrieved — and the crew of one Melgi was supposedly spotted stand¬ ing on their keel to right their craft. Naturally, an hour after the event was called off, the conditions abated. "I think we were lucky no one got killed," said race chairman John Utter. "We’re also grateful to the Coast Guard and the Placer County Sheriff for their help." The race will be attempted again on August 5. First notice: It’s not too early to start planning for the tenth biennial Singlehanded TransPac next summer. Slated for a to-be-determined late June start, the 2,120-mile race promises to draw more boats than usual after last year’s recordbreaking runs by Peter Hogg (Aotea) and Stan Honey (Illusion). At least three local singlehanders are training for the event: past SSS commodore Pat Zajac (Rusalka, Cheoy Lee Offshore 40), James Fryer (whose Wylie 34 Cheyenne now sports a new Omohundru carbon fiber mast and rudder) and Rob Macfarlane (Tiger Beetle, Newport 33). To

'Nalu IV cleaned up in this year's Boreas Race. From left: Pete and Dawn Landon, Jim Jessie> John McKeon, Linda Keigher and Diana Jessie.

learn more about this challenging solo sail, call Shama Kota at (415) 332-5073. While we’re on the subject, next year’s West Marine Pacific Cup ("The Fun Race to Hawaii") will feature staggered starts between July 8-11. The 2,070-mile race is supposedly limited to 50 boats (down from 60) this year due to space constraints in Kaneohe Bay — so get your entry in early if you’re serious about going! Two boats, both from Washington, have paid up already: Hooligan, a Carter 37, and the Pyramid 45 Fast Company. Call lovely Mary Lovely at (415) 441-4461 for an application or more info. . . Lastly, the tenth biennial ’96 Kenwood Cup will invade Honolulu in just about a year, on August 5-16. Two other prestigious series will run concurrently with it, the ILC 40 Worlds and the Mumm 36 Pacific Region Championships. Hopes are high that the K-Cup bottomed out last year with only 31 entries and is now on the rebound. National championships: 'Wicked Tired', a team of Brown and Yale students led by Mike Zani of Providence, RI, captured the 1995 U.S. Sailing Team Race Championship for the Hinman Trophy. Hosted by New¬ port Harbor YC on July 14-16, the Vanguard 15 three-boat team racing event drew some of the hottest collegiate and Olympic sailors in the country. Steve Bourdow, Charles Meade and Scott Sellers represented Stanford, but could only manage to finish seventh in the 10-team field. . . San Fran¬ cisco YC’s Susie Madrigali and crew Jodi

Lee, Linda Beck and Chris Page soundly spanked a Berkeley YC team in a 2-boat showdown to decide who’ll attend the Adams Cup in Connecticut at the end of September. Dinghy studs: Mik Beatie (of Pier 23 fame) won the 10th Annual Pinecrest Regatta, a low-key Laser event for 'old farts' hosted by the SOBYC ('Sit On Beach YC'). The lake was a chilly 49 °, so the contestants’ mates enforced a 'wife-jacket' rule. Sam Hock (Jose Cuervo) was runner-up, followed by Burke Ferrari. More Lasermania: 32 young guns, including some international talent in town for the following week’s North Americans, competed in the second 'modern' edition of St. Francis YC’s revived Laser Slalom on July 1-2. Winds were disappointingly moderate, making the excruciatingly long double elimination series more of a finesse game than a spectator-pleasing blood and guts survival contest. When the last race had been sailed, Stanford sailing coach Steve Bourdow was on top of the heap. Second went to Kevin Hall, third to Alex Carnet, and fourth to last year’s winner, Nick Adamson. Other competitors making it to the semi¬ finals were Rod Dawson, John Torgerson, Bern Noack and Brian Carnet. "These guys were too good — it was kinda boring, like watching pro basketball," observed one barstool sailor. Grand prix notes: Frenchman Luc Gelluseau and the Corum Sailing Team won the inaugural Mumm 36 World Champion¬ ship with Corum Watches. The eight race series, which attracted 23 entries, was sailed in the Solent. Second went to pre-race favorite Jim Brady on No Problem (USA); third was Thomas Friese’s I-Punkt (GER)... Brava Q8, a Farr-designed boat sailing for Italy, won the inaugural ILC 40 World Championship in Denmark over a 10-boat field. Francesco deAngelis drove, while Rod Davis called tactics. The Vrolijk-designed Aerosail Anemos was runner-up. All these boats will meet again in the Admiral’s Cup in early August. The U.S. team of No Problem (Brady), the Farr ILC 40 Pigs in Space (Ken Read) and the Farr ILC 46 Blue Yankee (Steve Benjamin/Lawrie Smith) is still expected to win, although Blue Yankee may prove to be a weak link. Germany and Italy should provide the best competition. Blockheads: 192 boats showed up for the Storm Trysail Club’s 16th biennial Block Island Race Week on June 26-30, the big¬ gest showing in over 10 years. Held on a charming island ("The Bermuda of the North") just 12 miles off the Rhode Island/Connecticut border, this regatta is second only to Key West Race Week in August. 1995 •

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THE RACING SHEET attracting the best East Coast big boat talent. Classes included IMS grand prix, IMS racer/ cruiser, PHRF and various one design classes, notably the Mumm 36s and J/44s, both of whom used the event as their NAs. Titan, a N/M 46 sailed by the South African Admired’s Cup team and designer Bruce Nelson, won IMS-A. Esmeralda, a hot new Japanese Farr ILC 40, took IMS-B. Eastern eye: The U.K. cleaned up at the ’95 IYRU Nautica World Youth Sailing Championships in Bermuda on July 8-18. Rounding out the top five countries were Germany, Australia, New Zealand and France. The U.S. finished a weak sixth out of ten countries, with a second place finish in the Laser II competition by David Ames and P.J. Buhler the only bright spot. . . Infinity, John Thomson’s N/M 50, won the racing division of the National IMS Champion¬ ship in Newport, RI, on July 20-23. Bill Ziegler’s N/M 49 Gem (ex-Crazy Horse) was the top racer/cruiser. Forty-six boats competed in the light air, foggy 5-race series. Meanwhile, closer to home: Neville Throckmorton’s Santana 22 Nirvana won the San Leandro Centennial Perpetual Reg¬ atta on July 22 — for the fourth year in a row!. . . St. Francis YC hosted a pair of

JJ Isler and daughter Marly. Check back in 20 years to find out if sailing talent can be passed on genetically!

boardsailing biggies on July 22-23, the San Francisco Classic and the West Coast Windsurfing Championship. Several of the top finishers in the Classic were chucked out for cutting between a tug and the barge it was towing (duh!), leaving Steve Sylvester

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With reports this month from La Tortuga on their stop at the Galapagos Islands; Pelican on surfing the hard wap at Ala Wai; an update and some questions from Maluhla; observations from Cadence on Vanuatu land diving; reports from Meridian Passage in Mexico; Decision on finally letting go; Privateer on drogues; Running Free and the good doctor; Feels so Good on their runaway dinghy; Pilar on the Big Island; Takara’s last stand; and Cruise Notes.

La Tortuga — 35-Ft. Junk Rig Jerry & Olivia Arrigoni Galapagos Islands (Redwood City) N For the last 18 months we’ve been cruising down the coast of the Americas: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama. All of them were great, although we especially wish we had more time to explore the islands of Panama. But since our ultimate goal is Sardinia, we had to start heading west, which is why we’re now in the Galapagos. Our passage from Panama to the Galapagos was — from what I gather — typical: 10.5 days to weather. There was wind, right on the nose, at 10 to 15 knots most of the way. As we started to close on the islands, the wind came around to the southeast. Contrary to what we’d been told, we were able to stop at both Wreck Bay and Academy Bay. In fact, we got fuel at Wreck Bay from the navy. It was just $2/gallon — delivered to our boat. After three days at Wreck Bay, we asked the port captain if we could go to Academy Bay. He said we could

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a supermarket, fruit, veggies, and a lot of other stuff. Tours are a bit expensive here, but there are a lot of interesting things to see. Most of the cruising boats at Academy Bay have been getting at least a week’s stay from the port captain. If you take some of the tours, chances are you’ll be allowed to stay even longer. x We paid $30 in fees at Wreck Bay, and another $15 at Academy Bay. Forty-five dollars for eight days isn’t bad, all things considered. By the way, Academy Bay is a very roily anchorage. But the time has come for us to head west again, so tomorrow we’re off to the Marquesas. We’ll write again from the South Pacific, and hopefully a few more times before Sardinia. — jerry & olivia 6/15/95 Pelican — Westsail 32 Doug & Debbie Lamb The Ala Mo' Broach (Bodega Bay) We were moored at the Transient Dock of the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor this June when record surf hit the south-facing shore of the Hawaiian Islands. The surf was the result of a weather system in the New Zealand area. Early one morning, a Cal 40 attempted to enter the Ala Wai Channel. The skipper turned back to sea once, but when the seas seemed to moderate, he decided to go for it. As the Cal cleared the first set of buoys, huge swells formed on the horizon. The first wave broke across the entire width of the channel, picked the Cal up and almost broached. The boat recovered, but there was an even larger wave right behind the first. This one lay the old Ceil on her side — see the accompanying series of photos — and threw the skipper overboard. Fortunately, the boat popped right back up — and slowly started circling backwards out of the channel. The skipper swam back to his boat and pulled himself back aboard. He then motored out to sea. Two days later we spoke with the skipper. He explained that he was alone at the time of the incident, and was not tethered to the boat with a safety harness when overwhelmed by the waves. He said that when the boat rolled on her side, he

reverse. While going overboard, he somehow also managed to lose his pants! The skipper figures that he had to swim 30 yards to catch up with his circling boat. Once he climbed aboard, it wasn’t completely over, as he was dangerously close to a reef outside the channel. But he managed to make it back out to sea without further incident. The skipper had been monitoring Channel 16, and reports that no mention had been made of high surf. The day before, in fact, we’d watched numerous boats coming in and out of the Ala Wai with the same kind of swell running. One boat inside the harbor circled six times before 'going for it'. He was a local headed for a daysail. We wonder if he realized he was going to have to surf through 10 feet of whitewater to get home that afternoon? After the incident with the Cal, many channel entrances — including the Ala Wai

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— were closed for the next several days. Better late than never. P.S. The Cal 40 is out of San Francisco, but as a courtesy to the skipper — who has thousands of cruising miles under his belt and who has come through the Ala Wai entrance many times — we have elected to withhold his and the boat’s name. — debbie Iamb 6/17/95 Debbie — We’d most love to know how the skipper managed to singlehandedly pull himself back aboard a Cal 40 that, was moving in reverse among huge swells. We’re very, very impressed. We’re also surprised that there was no high surf advisory in effect, as nowhere in the world is the approach of large waves more analyzed and publicized than on the island of Oahu. Few blessings are awaited more

passionately in the summer than a south swell hitting Ala Moana, the world class surf spot that borders the narrow channel that leads into the Ala Wai. No doubt surfers and the weather forecasters had been tracking the swell all the way up the Pacific — and even more fervently once it started pounding the Big Island to the south. Sights like those shown in your husband’s photos are not that uncommon in Hawaii during a good summer south swell — but they are certainly best avoided. You know what else we’d like to know? What Pelican is doing in Hawaii and what your plans are? You neglected to mention. Maluhia — 38-ft Steel Cutter Hans Regnery & Judy Coulter Opua, Bay Of Islands, New Zealand (Honolulu, Hawaii) We’ve written many times in the past, but not lately. We left on our current trip in November of 1991, and have visited the Marquesas, Penrhyn, American Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, Australia, New

Zealand, Australia and then sailed back to New Zealand. We just had to see the Bay of Islands — a beautiful cruising ground — twice. It would be a joy to be here in New Zealand but for the government’s current attempt at extorting money from cruisers by way of the recently passed Article 21. Many boats have protested by simply leaving New Zealand without clearing out. For now, the government has dropped the $75 (NZ) charge, but the rumbling is that the fees will be reinstated next year. We won’t return to New Zealand, as the legislation is unfair and not adequately defined. Real boating safety lies in education and experience, not just in pushing buttons, operating electronics and having certain gear aboard. On another subject, does anyone know anything about the status of a test for ciguatera that was to be released? Last year Chemtect wrote to say they would let us know as soon as the test was available to the public, but we haven’t heard from them since. As we’ll soon be returning to the tropics — where ciguatera is all too common — we’d love to have the test. We’ve contracted ciguatera twice already — once very severely. It’s too debilitating for us to get it again. And as we are lactovo vegetarians, fish constitutes a large part of our diet when we’re out cruising. So if anybody has any information, we’d love to hear about it. ' We’ve also lost touch with some friends we’d like to hear from. Ben Bendickson and Sharon Montgomery, who were supposed to head south from Sausalito with their Freya 39 Intuition, are two of them. Chris Starred, who sailed to Hawaii from Loch Lomond in 1993 and stayed there awhile, is another. Although they love New Zealand, Hans and Judy won't return because of the recent heavy-handed regulations handed down by the government.

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We can be contacted at our permanent mailing address: c/o Aubel, 13851 Upper Applegate Road, Jacksonville, Oregon 97530. We intend to sail to Vava’u, Tonga, sometime after July 1. That’s a little bit later than normal, but it’s been a warm rainy season here in New Zealand this year and we’re wary of late season cyclonic activity. Nobody can forget the Queen’s Birthday Storm that hit the first week of June last year, a storm that claimed three lives and saw as many as eight cruising boats abandoned. We just missed that by luck, so we thought we’d start a little later this year. As most folks know, the weather can get pretty rough in this part of the world. By the way, there are plenty of Latitudes here in Opua. It’s really been neat to be able to catch up with everything back in Northern California. P.S. Our boat is identifiable by the 'Live simply so others can simply live' message printed on each side of our dodger. Maluhia is Hawaiian for 'peace'. — hans & judy 6/18/95 Hans & Judy—A few months ago we got a letter from Ben and Sharon of the Bodega Bay-based Frey a 39 Intuition. They’d spent almost the entire season in Mexico, and were trying to decided whether to head south or west from Z-town. "This cruising lifestyle is all we hoped it would be — and more,” writes Sharon. "The hardest part really is leaving the dock.” We have no word on Starred. Cadence — N/A Frank Nesa Vanuatu (Monterey) The first of May saw the Cadence finally In Vanuatu you leave the 'bungie jumping to the locals. Don't even think about setting up a franchise — the insurance alone would kill ya.

get underway from New Zealand. We’re aU doing fine except for the occasional withdrawal symptom. Civilization can be seductive: hot showers, supermarkets and Bart Simpson weekdays at 1800. But being underway gets us back to Nature, so to speak. Out on blue water, our lives slow down and more time is spent thinking. Just thinking. Under the midnight sky, thousands of sea miles from the nearest telephone, life’s little mysteries come into focus. Halfway to Vanuatu, for example, the dogwatch found itself discussing why a seagull’s knee bends in the opposite direction of humans’ . Such is the luxury of deep water. But the last leg of the cruise has brought us up against a question of greater importance: Are we cruisers just more of 'tour boat terrorism' that is destroying the native cultures worldwide, albeit on a smaller scale? In late May, we anchored off the Pentecost Islands to see the last 'land diving' of the year. Readers will recall land diving from the National Geographic specials, in which native men launch themselves headfirst off 35 meter tall towers, with just vines attached to their ankles. For a dive to be 'successful', the jumper must make actual contact with the ground! It’s both a puberty thing as well as the traditional way to guarantee a fruitful yam harvest. So we arrived early at the dive site and milled about with the locals and the mostly French tour groups. Our first intimation that all was not right in paradise was the concrete monument next to the admission booth: "This cement writing is to give us the memory of the Italian Cruise Company, Star Lauru. Their cruise ship Achille Lauro was the first big cruise ship to call on Pentecost Island on 22/4/92. The contract was signed by Luke Fargo, on behalf of Pentecost People, with the Star Lauru Office in Sydney, Australia." Could the curse of the untuckiest ship of the 20th Century have reached these idyllic islands? Then we learned the admission price was $75 U.S. per person! And it was $225 if we wanted to bring a camera! Sticker shock city. Our cruising guide, only two years old, suggested a donation of $10. While we were explaining to the ticket taker why we couldn’t go in, Luke Fargo himself showed up. We found ourselves telling a middle-aged native dressed in nothing more than a penis wrapper about the subtleties of a yachtsman’s budget and how we might be a different species than cruise ship tourists. Fargo didn’t believe us.

Then quicker than you can be flipped off in Manhattan traffic, Fargo’s demeanor changed from that of a simple native to that of an IRS auditor. While the tour groups formed up to enter the site, we were told in no uncertain terms that we were not welcome at the site, outside the site, in the village, on the island — or in Vanuatu at all. "Go, go! Why did you come here?" said Fargo. It seems we just couldn’t remember. As we left, our friendly acquaintances from the previous days could only shrug: custom is custom. Luke Fargo and his people think they are on to a good thing. We learned that another land dive was scheduled two days later for the cruise ship World Discoverer, and that for $6,000 U.S. they would bungee jump for us, too. We’d have to book early though, as there are only so many days a year when the vines have the required elasticity. (They are, however, experimenting with a hybrid vine from Papua New Guinea that might prove superior year ’round.) All told, we’ll probably just wait a few years and catch the land diving show at the Sheraton International in Port Vila. All the panache and none of the hassle of sailing

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which is loaded and locked, ready for action. Otherwise, we try to have a genuine good time with the people we meet and let social evolution take its course. As for the mystery of the seagull’s knee, that’s easy. Their heads are on backwards and they’re really 'moonwalking'. That explains their naturally testy disposition. — frank 6115195 Frank — VJe suppose that all tourists — whether visiting by boat or not — have the power to enrich or destroy. And that would hold true no matter if they were in the jungles of Panama or the jungles of Manhattan. By the way, would it surprise you to learn Don King was from Vanuatu?

Puerto Ercole, Italy. It looks charming — from a distance. It could be, too, but up close it's unsightly and there's raw sewage on the shore. thousands of miles to get there. As we walked back to our dinghy, we noticed the barbed wire fence for the first time. It surrounds the village, and though it’s not a serious obstacle to any intruder, two-legged or four, it was a barbed wire fence just the same. The first we’d seen in the South Pacific. Later, while discussing the Vanuatu entrepreneurial spirit with some Peace Corps volunteers, one related an experience she had teaching English on the island. Hoping to spark some earth consciousness, she asked her class to imagine that a rare and endangered albino sea turtle lived in their bay, and to write a story about it. She was disappointed to find most students wanted to keep it in a cage and charge tourists to look at it. So, are we part of the 'pollution' despoiling these islands? Perhaps. But one might argue a numbers thing. Taken completely out of context, Carl Jung said, "Any large company composed of wholly admirable people has the personality and intelligence of an unwieldy, stupid and

destructive animal. Senatus bestia, senatores boni viri." That explains who the fence is for. And then there are the cameras. Imagine you’ve been invited to a shark-calling. Interesting stuff; and they enjoy your interest and company. As the sun sets, you and your host squat on the rocky shore. Then, as the man claps the water with coconut shells, you take out your Fujimatic 2000 and squeeze one off. Poof! Instantly his eyes glaze over and the warmth is gone. What happened? Your camera just trumped his coconut shells, and the game is over. The effect would hardly have been less than had Simon Peter pulled out a video camera at the Last Supper. Sure, it would have been great footage, but we’d probably complain that the lighting was all wrong. And perhaps Fargo is self-conscious, even embarrassed to be dancing around halfnaked in the 20th Century. In the Stone Age, the penis wrapper was de rigueur. But now, after the Club Med Culture Night show, he’ll probably be wearing blue jeans like everyone else. And it’s a safe bet that Luke Fargo wasn’t dressed like a native when he signed that contract in Sydney. So what does that mean for us on Cadence? For one thing, we don’t walk around in groups of more than 200, and we try not to carry our cameras 'Rambo-style',

Meridian Passage — Valiant 40 A1 & Sandy Fricke Seven Happy Months In Mexico (San Mateo) We’d like to let all our friends — both 'out there' and in the Bay Area — know that Meridian Passage is back home, safe and sound, after the long, cold, miserable uphill slog from Cabo San Lucas. We’re an example of a couple who never thought they could take time out to fulfill a cruising dream, but with the support of family and friends managed to take seven months off for a season in Mexico. For three years prior to taking off, we kept , ‘Meridan Passage' anchored at Honeymoon Cove, Baja. That's Puerto Escondido and the majestic Sierra Cigantica mountains in the background.

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kept a 'Mexico file', consisting mainly of articles and information found in Latitude. And we followed Latitude’s advice on itinerary, getting as far south as soon as possible, spending six weeks in wonderful Zihautanejo. But we were surprised that the results of the professionally-organized annual regatta from Z-town to Isla Grande were published in the New York Times and the London Herald — but not in Latitude. We were nonetheless proud of our second place overall finish and the jewelry prizes — provided by Baja Ha-Ha vet Dulcinea — although we’re still not sure how the larger Miss Teak II took first despite finishing behind us. We do know that Katherine F. — a racer and the committee boat — started an hour after the official start because their crew hadn’t finished breakfast ashore yet! They later penalized the rest of us for starting 'early'. It was that kind of race. One low point of our cruise was hitting what we believe was a submerged whale while motoring during daylight hours from Isla Isabella to Chacala. We never saw the whale, but there were whales in the area and the bent strut and engine knocked off its mounts were clearly done by something soft. In addition, we 'rode up' on whatever it was we hit. The other low point was the 52° air and water temperature I encountered during the five week trip back up to San Francisco. I couldn’t get over how damn cold it was! In addition, the current was against me and the wind never blew less than 18 knots. Sandy, on the other hand, had ended our cruise with a great taste in her mouth because she flew home from Cabo. The high points were a trip inland to Morelia / Patzcuaro, making many new friends, shedding some of our ignorance about Mexico and its people, and some great fishing. Things that worked well for us were: 1) Our 1977 Valiant 40. 2) The Isotherm refrigerator/freezer system installed by Peter The Patience of Job' at Sailworks in Alameda. 3) Our Alpha 3000 autopilot and other electronics installed by Star Marine Electronics of Alameda. 4) The ham and SSB radios installed by Farallon Electronics of Sausalito. While the ham was great, we’ll never forget 'Bernie’s Net' on 4060 SSB, which became part of our nightly routine. We first met Bernie and June Francis aboard their Tayana 37 Quest in Sausalito, which they’d sailed down from Bremerton. He started what he called the 'Southbound Cruisers’ Page 176 •

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Net' on SSB, and it spread like wildfire. He had as many as 60 or 70 boats calling in a night during the height of the season. One of the reasons Bemie’s Net was so popular is that many cruisers have SSB radios rather than ham radios. In addition, many of the ham nets are relatively ingrown communities dominated by people who’ve been in Mexico for years and aren’t actively cruising. But with Bernie’s Net, we found a great source of information for active cruisers, and a great place for active cruisers to stay in contact with one another. In addition, Bernie had flair, the great assistance of his wife, and a radio that really boomed. Bemie’s SSB net was so successful, that all the folks headed across the Pacific to the Marquesas started their own SSB net. So did the folks heading for Costa Rica and Panama. As for Bernie, he’s in San Juanico and his net is still going strong. By the way, while Bernie always called it the 'Southbound Cruisers’ Net', everyone else referred to it as 'Bernie’s Net'. 5) Solar panels are definitely the way to go in sunny Mexico — although we could have used more. We ran into tons of boats

(Spread) Everyone's friendly in Mexico — even between species. (Inset) Al and Sandy with their daughters, who came to Mexico for a visit.

that had five and six solar panels each. Many of them — like Gray Max and Scallywag — got enough juice from their solar panels to run both their watermakers and refrigerator/freezers. We would have loved it if I didn’t have to run our engine for electricity. 6) Big dinghy wheels were a necessity when beaching the dink. 7) The small Caframo fold-up fans are a must. 8) So are big canvas bags for lugging groceries. Things that didn’t work well for us were: 1) Those damn roll-up Handi-Hoses sold at West Marine. Every one we saw — including our brand new one — became like those garden soakers after just a few uses. 2) A number of women experienced hormonal-like reactions to the sustained heat in Z-town. 3) All the pasta we bought. Trying to boil water in the heat of Mexico is out of the question. 4) Our old hoses for our head. There was so much calcification on the inside that not even water would flow through.

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When we visited Mexico by land, cruisers always gobbled up all the Latitudes we brought down. We, in turn, loved each of the issues we scored on the trip — and later realized that Latitude provided all our of news for seven months. You could at least have told us that Joe Montana had retired! If anyone is interested, we’d be more than happy to discuss our trip with anyone else contemplating a similar trip. My wife and I are still very involved in our professions, but have dreams of eventually doing the length of the East Coast as well as the Pacific Northwest. — al & sandy 6/27/95 Decision — Lightwave 48 Paul Berger Letting Go (Marina del Rey) My father was the consummate 'armchair sailor'. He read every book about cruising he could lay his hands on. In the course of his readings, he traveled around the world at least twice: on Wanderer III with Eric Hiscock, and in Harry Pidgeon’s body around the world singlehanded aboard Islander. He also read many fictional sea tales, and studied cruising and racing by absorbing as many books about the sport as

he could. He first took me sailing in rented sailboats on Newport Harbor when I was five. He bought his first boat when I was 12. Over a span of 26 years, he would own five different sailboats. In the last years of his life, he talked about what it would be like to 'retire' and the places he would go. My father was a respected sole practitioner lawyer in the Los Angeles legal community. But he also felt tied down by his practice. He wasn’t a risk-taker and never wanted to practice law with others, so he felt that he couldn’t give up the income from his practice to fulfill his book-induced dreams. His big concern was that he wasn’t sure he would have enough money to live on when he was 90! A familiar story? When I graduated from law school in 1963, he finally consented to take a big risk; he hired me. I told him then that I shared his dreams of cruising, but ultimately wanted to be surrounded by others in the law practice so I wouldn’t feel as tied down as he did. He agreed to make it a long term goal. After we practiced together for six years, we hired our first lawyer. At the time things were going well for my parents. They had five grandchildren to enjoy, they liked cruising their Ericson 35 Decision in Southern California, and my dad and I actively raced the boat as well. Then suddenly their world turned upside down. In 1971 my parents were involved in an automobile accident in which my mother lost her life. My dad, who was almost killed as well, was devastated to lose his mate of 35 years. After he finally recovered, we would often go to lunch and he would talk about a future that suddenly seemed so different from what he’d planned. He spoke of retirement, but couldn’t bring himself to let go. Again and again I told him to live today and not worry about tomorrow. "Tomorrow will take care of itself," I said. In the early '70s, my father was diagnosed as having cancer. He died in surgery two years later, having passed away without having fulfilled his cruising dreams. On the spot I made I made it clear to myself that if I expected to be able to actually go long distance cruising, I would have to be prepared to set a time and, most importantly, be able to let go. I was very busy with work for several years thereafter, and couldn’t even think about owning a boat. But finally, in 1976, my wife Jamie and I bought a Peterson

Contessa 35, a fine Doug Peterson IOR boat, which we also named Decision. Over the next eight years, we raced extensively and cruised the boat in Southern California with our children. However, in the early '80s the writing was on the wall for the IOR rule, and I knew if I was going to fulfill my cruising dream, I had better settle on a more appropriate boat. This meant a boat more oriented to cruising than racing. Jamie was insistent that the boat have an owner’s stateroom aft for liveaboard privacy and comfort. This meant a center cockpit boat — an anathema to any racing sailor accustomed to steering from the back of the boat! Nonetheless, we still felt that if you could keep the profile down, there was no reason why a center cockpit could not be placed on a fast, light to medium displacement boat. It would just be as though you were steering from the aft of a smaller boat. Since a boat of that concept hadn’t been built yet, we consulted with Northern California naval architect Carl Schumacher, who had done a brilliant keel redesign on our Contessa. For several years Schumacher had been secretly working on a new design. Finally, as the consequence of some incredible coincidences and karma, Oyster Marine of Great Britain, a well-respected manufacturer of custom yachts, became interested in the design for production in their line of boats. We sold our Contessa in ,1986, and in 1987 — in partnership with Oyster — our present boat was completed and appeared at the London Boat Show. She was the prototype of the new Oyster After 30 years of hard work and raising a family, Paul and Jamie Berger made the decision to follow the dream his father never got around to.

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Lightwave 48, and we .christened her Decision. At the conclusion of the show, she was shipped to Los Angeles. We had taken the first step. Over the next six years, Jamie and I cruised Decision throughout Southern California and twice to Mexico. But we had to mix these cruises with our commitments to work, which prevented both of us from being away from our offices for more than a couple of weeks at a time. Clearly not the thing cruising plans are made of. By 1993, the firm had grown to 75 lawyers and I had been the managing partner for almost 20 years. I had power, prestige, a big office — all the perks. Our kids were grown and supporting themselves in their respective careers. But I still couldn’t bring myself to let go. And if I let go, in which direction would I head? What about the future? How was I going to fulfill my pledge to myself if I couldn’t make a decision? Jamie was very supportive of the goal of cruising, even though she had a good job as a field representative and scheduler for a U.S. Congressman. She said that we should fulfill the pledge and she would be delighted to give up her position to do it. It was 1 who was having trouble letting go. I think she was probably just fearful of what a crotchety guy 1 would probably be to live with if 10 years later I looked back and muttered, "We should have done it — and / chickened out!" During that period, to make sure we would truly enjoy the cruising life, we sailed Decision doublehanded on a fast six-day passage from Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta. We found that we could indeed enjoy the cruising life and had a great vehicle on which to do it. Finally, the decision was made for us; Oyster asked us if we would be interested in taking Decision on The Azores were the Bergers' first destination once they left the Chesapeake.

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an extended promotional tour of the Med commencing in 1994. Secure in thev knowledge we had a boat that we could handle at sea and live comfortably on for prolonged periods of time, we happily said we’d be delighted to do it. And Jamie and I let go — just like that! In June of 1993, I notified my law firm that I didn’t want to be managing partner, nor bill full time hours anymore. I was going cruising. Shortly thereafter, Jamie notified the Congressman that she was leaving. While it may have come as a shock to some, the reality is that all of our family, friends and my partners and good clientsvknew that this was going to happen. We couldn’t hide the signals that preceded it. During the next six months, Jamie and I diligently worked to smooth the various transition steps necessary in our business and personal lives to bring off the trip. We also made the decision where to go: We’d truck the boat in April of '94 to Annapolis, Maryland, then put her back into sailing condition for a month of shakedowns on Chesapeake Bay. Then we’d sail from Norfolk to the Med by way of the Azores in late May. We divided up our responsibilities, and made list upon list, checking off the items. D-Day for trucking arrived, and every important item on the lists had been checked off. We said goodbye to Decision in Marina del Rey, and six days later said hello to her in Annapolis. Two days later we were sailing on the Chesapeake. [To be continued next month.] — paul 4/95 Privateer II — 35-ft Sloop Mike Alton & Rita Molz Drogued — And Liking It (North Vancouver, B.C.) While cruising in the Sea of Cortez, I came across a weathered old copy of Latitude — or at least what was left of it. It was the only good reading material to be found in the Santa Rosalia Marina book exchange — unless you like sleazy romance novels that are usually found abandoned in laundromats. In that issue of Latitude there was a letter inquiring about drogues. It made me think of all the cruisers we met on our way down from Alaska this year who neglected to carry this important piece of equipment. I’m not saying that everybody should run out and by a series drogue, but a prudent sailor will have some warps or drogues of some description that can:

1) Be deployed quickly and easily; 2) From strong attachment points; and, 3) Most importantly, have been tried to ensure effectiveness. The series drogue we have is designed to prevent the capsize of boats — monohulls and multihulls — in the event of large, breaking waves. We found it to be effective in that regard while sailing off the southern coast of Oregon. But the surprising thing is that you don’t have to experience storm force winds in order to get good use out of a drogue. We employed our drogue to improve the motion of our boat during nasty conditions off the coast of Baja. Early in the season, we were sailing our 35-foot pilothouse sloop Privateer II off of Oregon. We had a crew of four, myself included. We could have easily sailed my boat in the 25 knot winds that had been forecast, but instead it blew 30 to 40 knots for 10 hours. As a result, we were surfing at between 8 and 11 knots with just the working jib up. Soon the steering system started showing signs of strain. First a cable on the outside steering station broke, forcing to us the inside steering station. By the following morning, the seas were

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much bigger and confused. None of us had eaten or slept properly for 30 hours, and we all felt seasick. We discussed our options. We could heave to, but that meant someone would have to go to the foredeck. Or, we could put out the series drogue that Rita, my First Mate, had created only too weeks before. No volunteers stepped forward to do the foredeck work required for heaving to. Then, as the discussion continued, the helm went limp in my hands. We had no steering! I immediately dashed outside, opened the cockpit lazarette, and attached the drogue bridle to the backstay chainplates. Then I started feeding the 250 feet of line and the cones that make up our series drogue. The drogue only took a few minutes to deploy, but once set, permitted the boat to ride out a Force 8 gale that lasted another 30 hours. It’s important to note that if the drogue hadn’t been properly stowed and ready to go, there was no way I could have organized it in the cockpit area. For one thing, there were two many waves breaking in the cockpit.

Once the gale subsided, we made temporary repairs and sailed into Eureka. Once in port, we found that the steering failure was due to one set of turning blocks that were of insufficient diameter, causing the cable to 'work harden'. This is just the kind of thing that pops up and kicks you in the pants when the weather turns bad. We used the series drogue a second time a few months later while off the coast of Baja when Rita and I were alone in near gale conditions. After fighting the weather for two days, we were both exhausted and needed rest very badly. Deploying the drogue was again quicker and easier than heaving to would have been. Further, it allowed us to continue on our downwind course at a speed of 1.5 knots — despite the 35 knot winds. During the night, conditions got much worse and 1 was quite happy to stay on the cabin sole and feel sorry for myself. While lying on the sole, I remembered when Rita was building the drogue before we took off. I’d pronounced that we would "never use that thing". Wow, did 1 have to eat my words! I liked the drogue so much that I married her — Rita, not the drogue. If anyone would like technical information on the design and testing of the series drogue, it can be obtained from Donald J. /

Running Free — Tayana 42 Dr. (Gil Smith) Demento Summer Lift Out At San Carlos (Long Beach) This is a small follow-up on 'Dr. Demento', first introduced to Latitude readers on page 189 of the June issue. On June 23 we departed Alamitos Bay aboard a 'land cruiser' for San Carlos, Mexico. Our mission was to deliver parts and Latitudes to friends in San Carlos and to pick up the good Dr. Demento — who is leaving his boat on the hard there until September. Nineteen hours out of Alamitos Bay, we arrived in San Carlos just in time to see Running Free being pulled from the water. Unfortunately, the camera malfunctioned — possibly due to 'pilot error' — so we didn’t get a photo of that. Once the camera problems were solved, however, we did manage to shoot a few pics as the boat was being moved overland to her summer resting place. A word about the haulout. Ed Grossman runs Marina San Carlos as well as most of the yachting facilities in the area. And he’s got this hydraulic trailer/lift which he uses to extract boats from the water and then to Dr. Demento has two hands so he can do two 'things at once: 1) Read a 'tude', and 2) Probe his rudder with his magic sensor.

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transport them to his dry storage lot—which is 1.5 miles inland! Anyone thinking about storing their boat on the hard in the summer should contact Grossman. We followed the boat, the trailer/lift, and all the spectators from the water to the storage yard. Dr. Demento said he’s had a few problems with zincs — and the accompanying photo shows him using his favorite testing tool, while reading the June Latitude. His diagnosis? "No problemo!" With the boat secured for a few months, we departed lovely San Carlos with Dr. Demento and his wife Eileen for Long Beach. — c. turner 719195 C. — Sorry about the caption mix-up in the June issue, but we get all screwed up when folks don’t include boat types with Changes. We don’t know for sure, but based on what we saw of Running Free’s hull, she’s a Tayana 42. By the way, those hydraulic trailer/lifts have been used to yank boats for quite a few years. We first saw one being used at the yard at Spanishtown, Virgin Gorda, in the mid-'80s. Feels So Good — Catalina 27 Joseph Greno Dinghy Lessons (Isleton) After a long foggy and rainy winter, it’s wonderful to be sitting aboard our Catalina 27 in the sunshine and gentle breezes of Santa Barbara. This 'change in latitude' means I finally reached the 'headspace' to 'just do it' with what I have — rather than putting it off so I could buy more stuff. It’s the 'software', not the hardware, that makes it in cruising. Our passage down the coast was fairly uneventful, although foggy, with stops at Pillar Point, Monterey and Morro Bay. After retrieving an escaped halyard during a brief lunch stop in Port San Luis, we had the opportunity for yet another learning experience by ignoring a 'Small Craft Advisory' that had been raised that morning. Excited by the prospect of sailing in 20 to 25 knot winds from aft and intoxicated by the emerging sunshine, we decided to sail around Pt. Conception. We had glorious sailing during the afternoon, with sun as well as following wind and seas. The GPS indicated a maximum speed of 10.2 knots over the bottom — and I believe it! We were over-canvassed, surfing downwind and seemed to have picked up the 2Vz knot Page 180 •

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current off Pt. Arguello that Morro Bay locals had told us about. I took a reef in the main after being slapped by a wave. I thought that was adequate sail reduction, but in retrospect, I should have struck the main altogether and just sailed with the headsail. It would have eliminated the weather helm and a lot of bother. Since the Autohelm was now holding headings once again, we avoided the restricted areas off Vandenburg Air Force Base by surfing around oil platform Irene at dusk, then headed off toward Conception. In the gathering gloom and building swell, we were now dead downwind, and our dinghy Puff, began to surf faster than my Catalina — even while towing a slotted Clorox bottle as a drogue. Yes, I now know towing a dinghy is not a good idea in the ocean, but this was a learning experience. Well, Puff began to develop a routine. She’d surf up alongside the big boat, slew sideways, then get yanked hard as the tow line came taught once again. I thought I’d

Her mast still erect, Dr. Demento's 'Running Free'gets towed to dry storage. (lnset)Aclose-up of the trailer's hydraulic lifts.

been pretty smart because I had put double bungee cord shock absorbers on the tow line. But the ocean is a teacher and this was a learning experience. After an hour of this action, the two 3/8inch bolts holding the towing eye fatigued and let go. I was actually watching Puff when she broke loose. Under these conditions it took us 15 minutes to strike sail, start the motor, and try to return to the MOB position on my GPS. The search lasted about 20 minutes, at which time we were able to spotlight Puff about a quarter mile away in the rolling eight-foot swells. But it was difficult in the extreme! It was also the one and only time we were able to spot Puff. A big lesson here! MOB recovery is just not very likely with our little double-handed pocket cruiser. Spotting a head floating in the water in fhe seaway would be nearly impossible — especially if one of us was left to singlehand the boat. As it was, the two of us had our hands full trying to search for a

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dink that floats a least 'two heads high' and had reflective tape. By the way, after reading in Latitude about yet another MOB hypothermia drowning in a well-written, impassioned plea by the victim’s mother, we have now established a mandatory lifejacket rule aboard our boat at all times she is underway. I, too, don’t care for more 'regulations', but how many times does death have to knock at our doors before we heed the lesson? Life is a learning experience. I would like to ask for the assistance of Latitude readers. If anyone comes across our 10-foot red & white fiberglass dinghy, CF 0138 KP, lost on June 2,1995, at 2000, 7.0 miles west of Pt. Conception, we’d like to have her back. Please leave a message at (805) 967-8830. Miracles do happerS — look at the figurehead found on San Miguel Island! — joseph 6/5/95 Joseph — We’ve towed dinks across the notorious Anegeda Passage a couple of times, so we really shouldn’t talk. But we

will. Towing your dink around Conception when Small Craft Warnings are flying really takes some chutzpa. As you probably know by now, it’s better to let trouble try to find you rather than actively go looking for it. As for trying to find and recover someone or something that’s gone overboard in even moderately fresh weather, it’s surprisingly hard, isn’t it? Lifejackets help, of course, but we tell everyone who boards our boat that they can basically kiss their ass goodbye if they go over. Prevention is everything.

Bill and Diane Pool of the Portland and Santa Cruz-based Pilar; and, Paul and Cora Matsumoto and their family. A cosmopolitan group, to say the least. Where else but in the cruising community — and it is a community — can you regularly meet with such people? Oh, we can’t forget Linn Avattar, a fine local artist. She’s shorebound for now, but a schooner captain at heart who maintains the cruiser’s bookcase/exchange at the harbor. — bill 5/12/95

Pilar — N/A Bill & Diane Pool Happy In Hilo, Hawaii (Portland / Santa Cruz) Much has been written about the horrors of cruising in Hawaii, and I must admit our first experience — at Honokohau, Kona coast — wasn’t encouraging. We arrived after a hard trip up from Bora Bora and asked for an overnight tie-up. No way. So much for Honokohau. But Hilo is a vastly different story. Iain Bimie, the Harbormaster, and the ladies in the Harbor Office are as warm, nice, and helpful as you’ll find anywhere. Even more so! And then there’s Paul and Cora Matsumoto, who are in a class by themselves as friends of cruisers. Cora’s dad lives in the 'country', and we’ve often been blessed with the fresh fruit he sends along. But best of all are the cruiser dinners and get-togethers at the Matsumoto i home. It usually takes a couple of round trips in Paul’s van to haul everybody, but no matter how many of us there are, we can never consume all the great food Cora and Paul’s daughter put out. The accompanying photo [see next page] shows a group at one such feast. There were so many people it was hard to get them all in one photograph! But it includes Jim and Mickey Harnale of the Marina del Rey-based ■Dream Catcher; Sam and Donna Patrick of the Orlando-based Gertrude P. Abernathy III; Shawnti, Liam, Ana and Neil Rockwell of the Seattle-based Puffin; Marcel and Ingrid * Baluestein of the Holland-based Moonlight Shadow; Ken and Neely of the Marina del Rey-based Sea Dragon; Harry Joulko of the Basil, Switzerland-based Choupette; Erwin Thons of the Sydney-based Madeira; Michael, Martha, Rebecca and Tom Krones of the Bodega Bay-based Moonship; David Keiver of the Vancouver-based Melanie; Tucker Burling of the Sausalito-based Poem;

Bill — Before anyone pulling into Honokohau writes the place off, we suggest they dash up to Gentry’s Kona Marine office. The folks there might not be able to guarantee an in-the-water berth, but they’re good people who will at least give you a warm Hawaiian welcome. And they’ll also be happy to tell you about the best anchoring options in the area. As for the officials at Radio Bay, we’ve gotten great reports about them over the years — and even more in recent years. The true Hawaiian spirit must thrive in all that rain. Free Run — N/A Alison Cary Takara’s Last Stand (La Paz) The boat in the unusual position in the accompanying photo is/was Takara, and the shot was taken at El Mogote in La Paz. Some guys had come down to La Paz and bought the steel boats, thinking they could sail her back to San Francisco. And who knows, maybe the hull was okay back then. But for some reason, the owners never You've got to like a boat that stands tall — even when high and dry. But apparently'Takara 's’ new owners didn't.

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came back for her. She filled with water once because of a bad intake line. When she started sinking a second time, the Port Captain towed her to El Mogote where she wouldn’t be a hazard to navigation and where she wouldn’t be able to sink again. I took the photo on a winter day when Takara was free-standing in the mud, not yet ready to die. It was a magnificent sight. But she’s a reminder of how some cruises end. v — alison 6/29/95 Cruise Notes: "I was born here," says Jim Jessie, "but I don’t plan to die here." Most Latitude readers will remember that it was only a couple of years ago that Jim and Diana Jessie returned from a 60,000-mile, sevenyear circumnavigation aboard their 1970 cold-molded Lapworth 48 Nalu IV. With Jim having put in a few more years with his World Wide Marine Surveys, and Diana writing sailing books, articles and giving sailing seminars, the couple are about to take off cruising once again. While Jim is retiring, Diana will continue to write books — and in fact is just finishing up Basic Cruising and Basic Bareboating, which she is co-authoring for US Sailing with frequent Latitude contributor Shimon von Collie. "We’ll be leaving Alameda on October 14, and the St. Francis YC on the 15th with Nalu," reports Diana. "Our goal this time is the 'deep south' — Valparaiso, Chile. But we’ll be taking our time getting there, enjoying time in Mexico, a year in the Gulf of Foseca — that kind of thing." If the Jessies pull into Cabo Isle Marina in Cabo San Lucas, they’ll find that a new fuel dock has been built, replacing the threering-circus style of refueling that took place at the end of the old fish pier. According to Mickey Short of Almar, "There will be seven fuel dispensers, one of which will deliver up to 100 gallons of fuel a minute." That’s almost as feist as they pour alcohol in Squid Roe. Want to work while cruising in New Zealand and Australia? A source familiar with the situation in those places says it’s no problem — for a reason that might shock you: "Down Under, Americans are considered to be hard and productive workers," says our source, "and thus highly desirable employees. This is particularly true in Australia, where strong unions do not encourage hard work." Several readers have recently called to say they haven’t been able to contact United Yacht Transport, the company Page 182 •

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that moves yachts — such as Cascade and Dalliance — by ship. They can be reached at (305) 525-8707. Prior to asking for a quote, however, make sure you’re seated and have taken a couple of deep breaths. United Yacht Transport’s services do not come cheap. Have you absolutely come to the end of your line with jet skis? If so, there’s a solution — albeit a wicked one. "The cure for irritating jet skies,” reports a cruiser in Mexico we’ll not identify, "is to scatter nut shells on the water. The jet ski will scoop the shells into the engine, causing all hell to break loose. It’s sort of like putting sugar into an automobile’s gas tank." "I have the latest report on Merl Petersen and his 75-ft Honolulu-based staysail schooner Viveka," writes Fred Carpenter. "A friend of mine helped him sail from Jamaica to Costa Rica via the San Bias Islands and the Canal. When he left, Petersen was planning to spend hurricane season at Isla Gitana, Costa Rica. But now the word is that Petersen has decided to go back through the Canal and up the East Coast of Central America." No matter what side of Central America he’s on, Petersen’s not far from completing

Hospitality Hawaiian style. A batch of cruisers from around the globe gather at yet another of Paul and Cora Matsumoto's great social events.

a circumnavigation that began, technically, when he sailed away from San Francisco nearly 30 years ago. "Any ship from abroad that forcibly invades our sovereign waters could be sunk," was the warning in the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma. (Yes, Granma.) Normally Cuba has the welcome mat out for visiting yachtsmen, especially those with pockets stuffed full of U.S. dollars. But if you ever head toward Cuba, you want to be careful not to do it during a 'sensitive time'. July was just such a 'sensitive time', because a flotilla of 15 boats from Southern Florida had voyaged into Cuban waters to conduct a memorial service. It was a little more than a year ago that a Cuban gunboat deliberately rammed another Cuban vessel filled with people desperately trying to escape the "workers’ paradise". Rather than rescue the victims after the collision, the Cubans heartlessly let 41 of their brothers and sisters drown. Twenty of them were children. There was "artother ramming during this year’s attempted memorial service, but it wasn’t serious. The only injury was to MetroDade Commissioner Pedro Reboredo, who

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lost at least one toe when he foolishly put his foot between the Cuban gunboat and the vessel he was on. Reboredo, a Cuban American, accepted the injury as a badge of honor. "It’s a very tiny price to pay for freedom, and for the recognition of the suffering of the Cuban people," he said. So go ahead and enjoy cruising Cuba, but make sure nothing is up and that they know you’re coming in peace with plenty of yanqui dollars. You can do this by radioing the Frontier Guard before you get within the 12mile limit that they recognize. For those sincerely interested in Cuba — and there seem to be many — Simon Charles’ Cruising Guide to Cuba is the book to get. It’s full of great stuff such as the warning that is communicated by the pulling of one’s real or imagined beard. Published by Cruising Guide Publications, the guide is available wherever fine marine books are sold. "Prefilter, prefilter, prefilter," says Bill Kuehn of PUR Watermakers, "that’s the most important thing you can do to get your watermaker to work as efficiently and long as possible. All a watermaker does is push saltwater through a membrane to filter out the salts and impurities. The cleaner the water coming in, the less work the pump has to do to push it through the membrane.

Murky water or particularly salty water — such as found in the Sea of Cortez — makes watermakers work harder." Kuehn says the one sure way to wreck your watermaker is to pump oily water into the delicate membrane. "Oil permanently degrades the membrane and the watermaker will never again work as well as it should." Extreme heat is also hard on a watermaker. Some watermaker users report improved efficiency after directing a fan on the unit. Kuehn also recommends that people use their watermakers a few hours every day rather than 24 hours non-stop every fourth day. The big trend in watermakers? People going toward higher capacity units. After all, there’s no such thing as too much fresh water. Bob and Maren (Kelly) Wrlgley have headed to the Northeast, where they’ll be picking up the couple’s new Morgan 38 center cockpit sloop. Once the boat is shook down, they’ll cruise down the Eastern Seaboard and jump off toward the Caribbean this fall. Prior to marrying Bob, Maren was commodore of the Sausalito YC (1993), had organized severed charter groups to Greece and Tonga, and in the early '80s had cruised her own Cheoy Lee Midshipman 36 to Mexico. Speaking of the Caribbean, there’s been some volcanic rumbling down that way. Monserrat’s long dormant 3,000-foot volcano has started spewing sulphur and ash. And similar pre-volcanic activity has been reported at St. Vincent’s Soufriere volcano and on St. Kitts. The most famous volcano in the Caribbean, of course, is 4,800-ft Mt. Pelee, which towers over St. Pierre, Martinique. In 1902, St. Pierre — then known as the 'Paris of the Caribbean' for its sophisticated cultured life — was buried by a tremendous eruption from Pelee. It happened so suddenly that all but one of the 30,000 residents was killed. "Tell Ray Jason that, unlike Key West, the berthing here in Pensacola is cheap and the beaches are like sugar," writes Leslie King III. The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based lawyer reports he’s getting his Wilderness 40 Tropicbird ready for "out there" again. Sailors in the Bay and Delta for 25 years, Carolyn and Bob Mehaffy wrote Destination Mexico after returning from a cruise to mananaland aboard their Hardin 45 ketch Canricklee. The 186-page book is divided

She's at it again! This is Maren (at the time) Kelly, surrounded by fellow cruisers Dr. Bob and Cecil, at a San Diego cruisers' kick-off party almost IS years ago. This season she's headed down the East Coast with her husband Bob.

into two sections. The first addresses questions first-timers to Mexico might have about such preparations as provisioning, clothing, paperwork, medical kits and buddy-boating. The second section is an alphabetical list of equipment and discussions about that equipment. As if the news that the French plan to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific weren’t bad enough, the World Bank reports that the tropical rain forests of the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Western Samoa are disappearing three times as fast ' of those of Brazil and Asia. If current logging and farming practices are continued, the Mabelle Lernoud of Monterey uses the Panama Canal's Catun Locks, of all places, as her 'Latitude' reading room. At the time she was crewing on a Hylas 47 sailing from St. Thomas to Isla Citana, Costa Rica — which she loved.

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Also reading a 'Latitude' while on the move is Fred Carpenter of Mysteryville. He's aboard Calvin Pannell's 'Ferra' on the Champlain Canal heading to Nova Scotia via Lake Champlain, the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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TANZER16. Reduced to sell. Excellent condition, refinished 1994. 2 headsails, roller furling, single-line reefing, traveler, windex. Great singlehander - lakes or bay. Seats 3 adults com¬ fortably. Includes 1.5 hp motor and tilt trailer. $1600.00 (408) 448-0452. SANTANA 22, designed specifically for S. F. Bay. New mast, boom, chain plates, rigging, main, spinnaker, windows, and rebuilt 6 hp o/b, & toilet. Ultra clean interior. Re-strengthened mast step. Several other sails. All lines led back. Free sailing lessons. $2,200 obo. Mike, (510) 839-MIKE. COMPAC 19/2,1987. Highest quality shoal keel trailer sailer on market. Main, genoa, & working jib. Bruce and Fortress ground tackle, 9.9 Sailmaster, new full boat cover, galv. trailer. Porta Potti, BBQ, extras. $9,800. Call Neil, days at (415) 726-5505. HUNTER 19,1994. W/trailer & 5 hp o/b. $7,995. (408) 248-8587. 23-FT NORTHAMERICAN sailboat. Has 3 sails, VHF radio, autopilot, flush head. Spinnaker pole and whisker pole. Tandem axle trailer with ex¬ tended tongue. $4,500. (510) 932-4551. RANGER 23,1972. Good condition, all gear, new motor, good bottom. A steal at $2,700. Great little boat. Make an offer—alt offers considered. (415) 461-0880. MELGES 24, Hull #38, Sailcomp compass, elec, sys. new Nissan 3.5 hp O/B, trailer, one-design of the Century. $34,000obo. Call Skip (209) 572-2000 or (916)583-1552.

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BENETEAU 235,1987. Fresh water boat. Not used’s seasons. Honda 10 hp, dual axle trailer, new Achilles inflatable, new North 150% Genoa, solar panel, Gel Cell battery, Sunbrella awning, cockpit cushions, electronics. Perfect!. $16,500. (801) 649-1900 x415 days; (801) 571 -9110 eves.

HERRESHOFF 12 1/2. Fiberglass exact repro¬ duction. Best daysailer ever designed. Gaff rig, tanbark sails, dark blue topsides, loads of teak brightwork, cockpit cover, outboard bracket, cus¬ tom trailer. Boat is practically unused. Lying New¬ port Beach. Call for details (714) 646-3660.

SANTANA 22. Race rigged for one-design rac¬ ing, great Bay cruising boat, mylar jib in great shape, main used three seasons, spinnaker gear, extras $2,500. Call (707) 938-4116 evenings or (707) 745-7809 days

RANGER 23,1975. Rigged to race, all lines aft, red hull, black spars, heavy boom & spin pole, windward sheeting traveler, 2 speed primaries, depth, knot meter, VHF, 2 lappers, spinny and blooper, 8 hp o/b, Sausalito berth. $6,000 obo. Call Gary at (415) 421-2900 or (415) 474-8430.

22-FT7" VENTURE NEWPORTER, 1977. Cutter rig, swing keel, Trail-Rite trailer, 7.5 hp Honda, new bottom paint, sink, stove, Porta-Potti. Pop Top with cover, knotmeter, boarding ladder. Great for lakes, Bay or Delta. Will deliver. Contact (209) 893-2140. CORONAD015', excellent condition, w/trailer & custom boat cover (Sunbrella), extras. $1,500. (415) 968-5470. COLUMBIA22. Excellent condition, newmainsail, genoa, racing jib, 6 hp Johnson O/B just over¬ hauled, new lines, boarding ladder, head w/ hold¬ ing tank, life jackets, anchor. Perfect for the Bay! $2,500. Ask lor Mr. Curran at (415) 774-2721. CATALINA 22, 1976. New rigging and sails. Mainsail and 2 jibs. Mercury 9.9 longshaft out¬ board. New brightwork and paint. Well maintained with everything in great condition. Ideal first boat. Ballena Isle berth. $3,200. Call (408) 764-6173 days; (510) 792-4430 eves. SEAFARER/MERIDIAN. 24-ft. F/G full keel sloop. Standing headroom in cabin. Hull recently profes¬ sionally restored. New 4 hp outboard, aluminum mast and boom, SS standing rigging. Boat cover and other equipment. $5,000 or consider trade for trailerable sailboat. (916) 888-0142.

19-FT O’DAY, #192, w/trailer, 1985. New condi¬ tion. Excellent day sailer. Ask for Len $4,995. (510) 865-8600. BEAR CLASS 23'. 3.0 Evinrude, halyards, sheets, stays, paint and full cover all new. Race equipped. Much recent work inside and out. Active Bay class. Beautiful classic, a joy to sail. Berkeley upwind berth. Excellent. $3,950 obo. (510) 2379882. CATALINA CAPRI 22,1987. Santa Cruz Y.H., 1 year lease. Barely used. Great condition. $5,000. (408) 425-5508. CAL 20, excellent location at S.F.’s Gashouse Cove near Fori Mason. New main mast. Has marine toilet, 5 hp O/B. Needs work. Must sell, make offer. (415) 821-6883. MOORE 24 with excellent trailer. Great shape, fast & fun. Stored at RYC. Will consider partner¬ ship. $9,500. Call Steve (510) 237-7969. CAPE DORY TYPHOON. 18’6", 1977 Week¬ ender version, low-time 4 hp Yamaha long shaft (1987) on Spartan bronze bracket, 3 sails, com¬ pass. Includes one month Monterey Mooring, sail the Bay on a stout boat. $3,600. (408) 648-1615.

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J-24. Fully equipped, race ready. $11,100. (415) 381-9814. RANGER 23-FT, 1976. Teak cabin, dodger, 5 bags, like new 120% and spinnaker. Epoxy bot¬ tom, all lines aft, S.T. winches, aluminum toe rail, many upgrades. Well kept, shows excellent. Fortman Marina berth. Asking $6,000. Call Alan at (415) 775-8879. 21’6"TREASURE ISLAND sloop, Finesse. Great sound sleek bay boat. Last one built in class, #25 in 1960. Mahogany, mahogany ply, spruce mast, Nissan 5 hp very reliable long shaft o/b. Main, jib, genoa & spinnaker. $2,000. (415) 456-9305. CAL 20, WITH PRIME BERTH in San Francisco. Fiberglass, easy care. Best offer. Contact (415) 968-0157 eves; (415) 493-1831 days. J-24,1977. East coast built, dry sailed, 2nd sailing owner, faired bottom, race rigged, new mast, 2 sets sails incl. 170 genoa, videos, 4 hp engine, electronics, Porta-Potti, cooler, good condition. $6,000 obo. (510) 838-4272 eves, messages. 24-FT LAGUNA SAILBOAT, 1983. $11,500. Air¬ foil shoal keel. Excellent condition, teak interior, 10 hp O/B, VHF, 2-bumer alcohol stove. Self contained head. Tandem trailer, surge brakes, extended tang. Never been in salt water. Call (916) 533-5559 days; (916) 872-9190 eves. 21-FTMacGREGOR. Very good condition, ready to sail. Includes trailer, 4 hp Merc., swing keel, sails, much new hardware. Motivated seller. We just don’t have the time to sail. (408) 335-2746 or msg. at (408) 335-1322. $1,750. O'DAY 222,1986 w/trailer, roller furling jib, Mariner6hpO/B, lots of gear including extra jib. Great boat in excellent condition. $5,750. Call (415) 435-6982. O’DAY, SPRITE, 10 ft. Main, jib, swing keel, tiller. 2 wheel trailer, current licenses. Life jackets. Very sound, easy to move, great to sail for young or old (or X generation). $685. (408) 264-8948. SANTANA 21 swing keel with trailer and 7.5 hp Mercury long shaft outboard. Includes main, two jibs, boarding ladder and Porta-Potti. New mast and standing rigging. Great for family cruising on lakes and in the Delta. $3,200. (415) 592-5216. RANGER 22,1978.110,125,150 & spinnaker. 2 1/2 hp, almost new, O/B. Asking $3,200. Call (707)279-2531.

1982 VAGABOND-HOBIE 17-FT. Swing keel, ready to sail, great first boat, excellent condition, sleeps 4. Includes trailer. 51/2 hp O/B, 3 gal. gas tank, anchor, battery, lights, like new sails. Must see this super boat. $2,000 firm. (707) 794-1542. CAL 20 W/ SF MARINA BERTH. Gas House Cove near Marina Safeway. New Kevlar sails, 1967. Fun to race. $3,500. Steven Evans (415) 331-3388. 23- FT ROB ROY YAWL, “pocket Cruiser”, de¬ signed by Ted Brewer; canoe stern, roller furling jib, double reefing main, lazy jacks, all lines lead aft, 8 HP Yamaha in well, shoal draft / drop centerboard, lift-up rudder, all sail covers, full boat cover,fresh wateronly, custom aluminumdual-axle trailer, trailer launchable in one hour, “bristol con¬ dition"; South Lake Tahoe. $14,500 FIRM. (916) 544-8577 or (307) 455-3339. PEARSON ENSIGN. Classic fiberglass 22 ft daysailer, full keel sloop; large refinished teak cockpit; all lines lead aft; discounted berth in Sausalito 4 sails, 5 HP outboard, dodger. Great boat! Good condition! $1,500 obo. Andrew (415) 728-0981. MONTGOMERY 17, 1981, Lyle Hess design pocket cruiser; sleeps 4. Blue hull, DS, KM, potti, VHF, swim ladder and galvanized trailer. CDI roller reefing, 4.5 hp Evinrude with battery charger. Full cockpit enclosure for sailing, can be totally or partially removed, providing dodger, bimini or full sun. $6,500. (510) 651-4908. RARE OPPORTUNITY to buy a gem. Custom built in 1991 (by naval architect/boat builder). Strip-planked & epoxy 20' sloop. Marconi rigged. Designed in 1934 by A Buchanan. Single cylinder diesel engine with very low hours. Must sell imme¬ diately for $20,000 or best offer. For further infor¬ mation & photos call (415) 668-8161. DONATION BOATS 4 SALE! Santana 22. Rac¬ ing sails. Greatbeginnerboat: $2,000. Sold. Gladi¬ ator (Lapworth) 24. Spinnaker, 2 mains, 2 jibs: $3,800. Lancer25. Excellent condition. Veiy clean. 9.9 Johnson: $3,800. Money goes to Crisis Inter¬ vention Ctr. Michael (510) 601-6390. J-24,1993. Melges faired keel and rudder. New North Sails plus Shore practice set. Latest go-fast deck layout. Excellent condition. Incl. trailer and gear. $13,900 obo. (415) 453-1123. 24- FT FARR. 17 bags sails, new paint job, looking for new home. Asking $7,600 or interesting trade truck, boat, airplane, whatever. (510) 865-4109.

ISLANDER- BAHAMA24,1965. Wonderful mini¬ cruiser, stable and safe. Fully rigged, VHF, depth sounder, Autohelm, roller-furling jib, 6 hp O/B with controls forward, alternator to new battery. 5 sails. Complete safety gear. $3,250 obo. Contact (510) 937-3236. CAL 20. Good condition with sheltered upwind berth in S.F.Y.H.M. Gust off Marina Blvd.) 3 pairs of sails. $2,750 obo. Call Bill (415) 928-7462. SANTANA 20,1977 with trailer, 4 hp Evinrude longshaft, two person fiberglass dinghy. Main, jib, spinnaker & pole. $2,000 firm. (408) 685-1454.

25 TO 28 FEET CAL 25, Trailer cruising - Bay coastal sailing. Venerable Jensen 4 ft. draft, modified full keel, custom standing headroom, doghouse. Heavy spar, updated sails. Race rigging, deck hardware, repainted, new thru hulls, running lights, good Johnson o/b, VHF, compass. $3,300 obo. North¬ west delivery. 2-axle 5 ton trailer for rent. (415) 331-7576.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT DANA, 1986. 27' LOA. Sturdy, stable sloop. Single-handed rigging, 4 sails, inboard Yanmar diesel, DS, KM, VHF, 25 lb. CQR, enclosed head/shower, gimbaled CNG stove/oven, extras, sleeps 4. Vallejo. Price re¬ duced to $42,000. (916) 477-8421 eves.

MacGREGOR 26,1989.8 hp Honda, trailer, new bottom paint, many extras. Berthed at Stockton Sail Club. $5,500 obo. Call (209) 239-9365.

YAMAHA 25II, 1978. Yanmar diesel rebuilt 12/ 94, bottom paint 10/94,2 mains, 2 jibs, 3 spinna¬ kers, KM, DS, VHF, 2 compasses, 2 anchors, dual batteries, Autohelm, dodger, stereo, alcohol stove, folding prop, sleeps 4. Sausalito berth. Sacrifice $8,900. (707) 578-8864. MacGREGOR 25,1979. Fun, low-cost daysailer. Good condition. Newer 8 hp Honda outboard, very reliable. Swing keel. Kept on trailerin Alameda. Pop-Top, Porta-Potti, anchor. $3,000 obo. (408) 244-3876. ERICSON 25-FT, 1979.1/B Volvo diesel, fin keel, all teak int., 6’ 1‘ headroom. End. head. SS fuel, water and holding tank. Boat like new. Full galley. Excellent condition. Liveaboard. $7,500. (510) 672-1512. CAL 2-27. Comfortable racer/cruiser in excellent condition. Re-powered w/2 cylinder Universal die¬ sel. Full sail inventory with spinnaker. Epoxy bot¬ tom, VHF, KM, DS, Loran, gas stove, custom cabinetry. All rigging leads into cockpit. New winches. Just hauled, needs nothing. $13,900 obo. (510) 521-7730. CHEOY LEE 26. Frisco Flyer. Beautiful. Fiber¬ glass bottom, teak topside. Full cover. Six bags of sails. Volvo diesel i/b; dual batteries, depth sounder, knotmeter, VHF, stove, enclosed PortaPotti, dodger. Berthed Martinez Marina. $9,500 obo. Call (510) 370-9338. 26-FT MacGREGOR, 1989. Gas House Cove, SF Marina. 9 hp Evinrude, extra sails, ship to shore radio, AM/FM cassette, head, sink, tools, sail cover, rigged for SF Bay. Loaded. $6,500. Call Peter, w (415) 752-4031; h (415) 661-4120.

NOR’SEA27. Aft cabin. Exc. Cond. Prof. Built '80. Yanmar 15hp, Profurl, set-up for single-handing, self-tailing Lewmars, dodger, autopilot, windlass, 4anchors,customtrailer. Perfect blue waterpocket cruiser, or trailer sail anywhere. $43,500 or will do partnerships. (415) 851-3056. CAL 2-27,1978. One of the youngest boats in the Bay Area fleet. Extremely clean. Check out the teak interior. Atomic 4, epoxy bottom, KM, DS, VHF. Call for inventory listing. Highly motivated seller. $10,500. (415) 361-2024 days, (415) 692-4099 eves. COLUMBIA 28,1968. Bay blaster, jib and 150 jib, modified cabin and electric galley, stepped mast, depth gauge, and CB radio. Has a 1994 18 hp Tohatsu O/B. Asking $6,000.00. Call Pete (707) 829-2372. MacGREGOR 25, 1982. Excellent condition. Trailer, 8 hp Evinrude, VHF, 4 sails, stove, table, Porta-Potti, Pop-Top cover, anchor, battery, charger safety equipment. Sleeps 5. Blue hull/ white deck. Must see. Price $3,950. Located at the Alameda Marina. (510) 842-5735 days (510) 465-9363 eves. 26-FT MacGREGOR, 1995. Tohatsu 8 hp elec-start, 2-bat. w/switch, stereo, VHF, stove, racing spinnaker, genoa, jib, main, mast raising system, bow & stem rails, swim ladder, epoxy bottom, trailer, gorgeous. $12,000. Located in Newport Beach (619) 377-3132. 26-FT MacGREGOR, 1994. Sailboat on trailer, only 1 year old, Tohatsu 8 hp eng., water ballast, mainsail with slugs, jib, cushions, headlights, bat¬ tery, poptop, carpeting, VHF, safety rails, extra gas tanks, excellent condition, sleeps 6. $10,500 obo. Call (714) 962-3008.

ERICSON 27,1978. Diesel, wheel, all lines led aft. KM, DS, VHF. Dual batteries, auto charger, auto and manual bilge pumps. Teak interior, 6' standing room, enclosed head. Great l?ay boat. Prime Sausalito berth. $16,000. (408) 399-0062.

OLSON 25. Hull #61, Santa Cruz built. Past National Champion, 10 sails, 5 brand new. 8 hp 0/ B, new electronics, professionally maintained plus extra goodies. Great condition to race or cruise. Active one-design class. $13,500. Call Roger (510) 278-9620.

YAMAHA 25 It, 1978. Yanmar diesel rebuilt 12/ 94, bottom paint 10/94,2 mains, 3 jibs, 3 spinna¬ kers, KM, DS, VHF, 2 compasses, 2 anchors, dual batteries, Autohelm, dodger, stereo, alcohol stove, folding prop, sleeps 4. Sausalito berth. Sacrifice $7,900. (707) 578-8864.

CATALINA 27,1976. Equipped for liveaboard. Pineapple Main, 2 jibs and drifter. Dinette, solar battery charger, Atomic 4, DS, KM, lighted com¬ pass, VHF, stereo/cassette pressurized cold wa¬ ter, all safety equipment. $6,500 Call Mike (510) 261-8658.

CAL 2-27,1974. Much loved: new outboard, new bottom, new battery, but new job in Tucson so must sell! Roomy interior, lots of teak. Excellent Bay boat. DS, stereo, VHF. Berkeley berth. $6,500. Call (510) 540-7818 or (520) 621-4077. email: mbrown @ LPL.arizona.edu.

ERICSON 27-FT, 1974. Exc. cond., 6 sails, Harken furling, Loran, DS, KM, Autohelm, VHF, Atomic 4, ’93 survey, new batteries, rigged for single-hand¬ ing. Located at Coyote. $13,900 obo. Call Mark H (415) 324-2010; W (408) 973-7865.

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YANKEE 26,1974. (Like a Yankee 30), Mexico vet. Built for blue water. Lines aft, roller furling. Skeg rudder, head, galley, autopilot, spinnakers, rebuilt inboard, VHF, Loran, depth, knot, batt. charger, folding prop. Hauled 2/95. $8,500 or trade up. (408) 867-7804. 26-FT THUNDERBIRD SLOOP. For sail very reasonable, under construction, nearly completed. May be seen at Svendsen’s Boat Yard, 1851 Clement Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501. For more information please call (510) 522-2886 or (408) 296-0632. MacGREGOR 26-FT, 1990. A great starter boat for the Bay with a 9.9 Honda w/electric starter and generator, depthsounder, compass, lazy jacks. Sail cover, cover for Poptop, epoxy barrier bottom protection. $8,000 obo. (510) 795-7548, Iv. msg.; (510) 793-7032 eves. CATALINA 27,1976. Great condition, standard rig/sails, roller-furling jib, enclosed head w/holding tank, galley, icebox, BBQ, sleeps 6, VHF, compass, 7.5 Johnson O/B, hauled & painted 71 95. Beautiful San Mateo/Coyote Point berth. $8,500 obo. Call Jim (510) 713-64(11 days. 26-FT MacGREGOR, 1991. Trailer, surge breaks, 8.8 hp Honda, Pop-Top with enclosure, 2 burner stove, head, mast raising system, cushions, run¬ ning & cabin lights, ship to shore VHF, excellent condition - Santa Cruz Harbor. (408) 356-4200 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1978. Goblin. $24,500. Refitted over last 18 months into smart, balanced and handy auxiliary sloop. (510) 523-6730. CHRYSLER 26. Family cruiser, stern and private V berth. Enclosed head, fold-down dinette, cabi¬ nets, drawers, sink, pump faucet, built-in cold storage, 2 burner stove and oven. Padded cabin walls, cushions, curtains and carpeting. VHF, stereo, knot and depthmeters. Double reef main, spinnaker, two jibs with toe-rail track. Wheel steer¬ ing with brake, motor controls and all lines to cockpit. Berthed at OYC (Pacific Marina #534), Alameda. $5,900. Patrick, W (510) 675-3529; H (510) 531-2536. CORONADO 28-FT, racer cruiser. Sloop rigged with lots of gear. Very large teak and fiberglass interior. TV, VCR, stereo, 110 power, refer, micro, rebuilt motor, hull shines like new. $7,500 obo. Call (415) 381-9595. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25, 1977. Yanmar. New seacocks. Anchors. Dodger. Boom Tent. Teak foredeck, dual batteries. Autopilot, Sat Nav, VHF, EPIRB, good sails, self tailing winches, whisker pole. Clean, well-maintained. Moored Monterey. $18,000/offers. (602) 788-4245. COLUMBIA 26 MKII, hull #857. Excellent condi¬ tion. Extras include Autohelm 1000, solar panel, tricut spinnaker. Roomy cabin, great Bay boat!. $4,900 obo. (510) 475-5887. EXPRESS 27, Locomotion. Excellent condition, well maintained, race ready, Genesis sails with an extensive sail inventory, many extras, outboard, trailer. Located in Alameda. $19,500. (503) 6823633 days; (503) 292-5740 eves. Ask for Tom.

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SANTA CRUZ '27. Sacre Bleu. Great race record on Tahoe and in the Bay. Fresh waterboat, 7 bags of sails, O/B, trailer & slip at Tahoe for summer ’95. $11,500 obo. (916) 541-4549. So. Tahoe.

CATALINA 27,1981. Universal diesel, roller furl¬ ing, spinnaker, self tailing Lewmar winches, an¬ chors, etc. Located in the Delta. In good condition. $12,500. (510) 684-9505.

ERICSON 25,1972. Great Bay boat. Johnson 25 outboard, low hours, head, swing keel, Redwood City berth. Must sell, $5,600 (916) 272-3631.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, 1972. A beauti¬ ful sailing boat. New engine (5 hp Nissan). New standing/running rigging. Mint condition. Mustsee. $6,900. George (415) 381-4687.

CATALINA 27,1977. Excellent condition Atomic 4 inboard engine, autopilot, main, 3 jibs, genoa, spinnaker, extras. Shore power, 2 batteries, head w/holding tank. Located at Bel Marin Keys. $8,500. (415) 883-7715. ISLANDER 28, 1977. Volvo diesel, 8 sails, 5 Barient winches, DS, KM, VHF. Lines arranged for single-handing. Upgraded interior. Great con¬ dition. Will consider smaller boat in trade for part of purchase price. $16,500. (510) 236-4025. 26-FT PEARSON, 1976. Seeing is Believing. Sleeps 5, head and galley. Bottom paint one year old. Outboard 9.9 Johnson 1990, long shaft. Many extras. Just knowing that it's a Pearson, enough said. $5,500 obo. Call Al (510) 657-2720. ERICSON 27, 1972. Great Bay boat, 6 sails, Alameda Marina berth. Inboard Atomic 4, new upholstery, extensive equipment list. $10,395. Call John at (209) 586-3222. CS 27,1982. Yanmar diesel. VHF, DS, KM, com¬ pass, main, 110%, 75%, Auto pilot teak interior, teak/holly floor, battery charger, sleeps 5, great condition, $14,500. Call (510) 247-1074. CORONADO 25.1992 Nissan outboard with al¬ ternator. 2 mains, 1 jib, Porta-Potti, two anchors, lines led aft. Ready to sail, ready to sell. $2,700/ offer. (415) 332-6108 leave message. SOVEREL 26,1976. Beamy, sturdy built racer/ cruiser, 9 bags, T rlmble GPS, autopilot, dodger, 4 large berths, 7.5 O/B. Very good condition. $10,000 obo. Call John at (415) 969-6537. CATALINA 27, 1981. Standard rig, diesel, for¬ ward galley, dinette, large quarter berths, stereo, VHF, depth, knots, ground tackle, Main with 2 reefs, 150%, club foot #3 and #4. Excellent condi¬ tion, six winches. $11,350 obo. Call Rob (209) 943-7294. CATALINA 27,1971. New price, new rig, new folding dodger, new main & cover, 3 jibs, VHF, KM, DS, lines led aft, new traveler, split adjustable backstay, 1-line reefing, lazy jacks (all Harken), charger, gel cell, 15 hp, new upholstery, safety gear (including Lifesling), BBQ, pressure water and more; hauled and cleaned regularly. Nice club racer and weekend cruiser. The best of solid glass with lots of updated gear. Motivated sellers now asking $7,850 obo. Call Doug (415) 397-6700 days, (415) 586-7128 eves. ISLANDER 28 for sale/trade. $25,000. Excellent condition, great paint job, recent haulout and rigging check, radio, knotmeter, roller furler, extra jib, Atomic 4 engine. San Francisco berth not included. Owner looking to buy 35-ft. sail. Lv message, (415) 753-5893.

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SEAL'S SPARS & RIGGING For 25 years building quality aluminum masts and booms for plastic classics 20 to 34 ft. We stock many hard-to-find parts, including mast step plates, gunnel rubber, goosenecks, spreaders, etc. Steve Seal *(510) 521-7730 Page 188 • UKUJe. 3? • August, 1995

CORONADO 27,1973. Must see to appreciate, immaculate condition, new main, mainsail cover, jib, genoa, Autohelm, interior cushions and many new extras. 10 hp Honda outboard. Perfect for a liveaboard. Berthed at Brisbane Marina. $6,300 obo. (415) 598-0457. s CATALINA 27,1974 tall rig with 9.9 electric start outboard. New mast with new standing and run¬ ning rigging. 6 winches, spin gear, VHF and instru¬ ments. Very clean and complete. $8,000 with possible financing. Will consider trade (209) 8383285, Stockton Sailing Club B-24. COLUMBIA 26 MARK I. New paint, upholstery, electrical, through hulls. Classic cabin design w/ nearly 6' headroom. Full keel. Sleeps 4. Stove, electric fridge. Mercury 9.8 electric start, roller furler jib, Harken traveler. Perfect Bay boat. Must sell. $4,000 firm. Call (415) 854-5573, CAL 27 MK3,1985. Superb Bill Lapworth design. Great Bay boat in excellent condition. Complete sail inventory including two fresh spinnakers. Yanmar diesel. New bottom. KM, DS, Loran, VHF, Autohelm, folding prop, head foil. Anniversary edition. $16,000 obo. (415) 892-5118. CAL 2-27, 1974. Beautifully maintained singlehander. Bigger, faster, safer than Catalina 27. Dodger, autopilot, roller reefing, Dutchman main, inboard Volvo, KM, DS, VHF, spinnaker. Sleeps 4 + 2 kids, 6' headroom. $10,750. Call Bill (408) 773-8318 or (408) 730-9100. 26-FT MERIDIAN BY CREALOCK. Solid fiber¬ glass sloop, less money... sails great! Roomy, strong. Has main, jib, genny. 2,400 lbs. ballast. Great weekender. Built 1969, so plenty tough. Oyster Point berth. $1,650 o.n.o. Call 875-4268. CATALINA 25,1980. Fixed keel, Honda 10 hp, Poptop, dual batteries w/ charger, shore power, new spinnaker, whisker pole, marine head, inte¬ rior like new, VHF, KM. $7,850. (510) 420-1676. 26-FT PEARSON, 1976, SI ROBIN. Safe and stable Bay starter. Recent blister repair. VHF, Autohelm, Loran, Magna grill, stove, Porta-Potti, 9.9 hp o/b, extras. $6,500 (510) 485-9888. CATALINA 27. Depth finder, whisker pole, 7.5 Evinrude with charger, 3 sails, includes storm jib, compass. Berth Sierra Point Brisbane. $6,500. Call (415) 239-8646. NOR’SEA 27. Must see. Factoiy built “boat show” boat. Aft cabin. Beautifully maintained teak. Roller reefing, 2 anchors, new dodger, new Lewmar bronze self tailers, radar, loran, VHF, DS, KM, Autohelm, 18 hp Yanmar, holding tankw/macerator, stereo, sunshades. Lots of canvas. Hauled 4/ 95, new bottom paint. $45,000. (916) 878-8027.

CATALINA 27,1974. 8 hp Honda. All lines lead aft. Autopilot, DS, KM. Extra storage. 70, 100, 130, 155%. New head, lifelines and curtains, 2 reef main, Come race or sail with me. Hauled Oct. '94. $5,500.(408) 281-9613. 1989 MacGREGOR 26 with water ballast, knotmeter, depth sounder, Porta-Potti, two burner stove, VHF radio, Danforth anchor, Poptop, trailer, 8 hp Johnson outboard, compass, Navico autopi¬ lot, whisker pole and handheld Loran. $5,000 obo. (415) 969-3666. 25-FT MacGREGOR, 1981. Well equipped, VHF, Loran, depth, knot, outboard, alcohol stove, 2 anchors, Porta-Potti, PopTop with full cover, new halyards, trailer w/ new brakes & tires. $3,900. (805) 434-2949. HUNTER 27,1977. Yanmar diesel with new top end, 95%, 115%, 150% jibs, spinnaker, main with 2 reefs. All sails excellent condition. Sleeps 5, head, stove, swim ladder, nav station, VHF, DS. AP, safety gear, more. Steal for $8,500 (415) 468-6931. CATALINA 27-FT. Rummie 1978. “Best little 27 on the Bay”. If you want fun, and worry free sailing, call for the far too many details to print here. 30hp Atomic, single handler, pictures upon request. Located Coyote Point. $10,995. (415) 780-9004. ERICSON 27, 1972. Sturdy, reliable bay boat. Hauled and bottom painted July 1995. Well equipped. Long list of upgrades. Honda 8 hp. long shaft. Excellent condition. Asking: $9,500 - no dealers. In Alameda. Rick (707) 446-4028. RANGER 26,1972.1993 season champion. Fast bottom. Fast sails. New rig. Hot spinnaker & gear. Great condition. Call for details. $7,500 obo. (415) 389-9948. CATALINA 27, 1976. Pocket cruiser, trailer, Atomic 4, tall tabernacle rig, VHF, depth, knot, compass, 120, club jib, 2 mains, 2 batteries, 3-way water, head, stove with oven, anchors, 2-axle trailer. In Ventura, deliver to Bav/Delta. $10,200. (805) 967-8830. LAGUNA 26,1984. Fixed keel, new 9 hp Honda, trailer, four sails, whisker pole, full awning, large cockpit table. Largest cabin available in a 26 footer. Full standing headroom. Sleeps five. Teak interior, private V-berth, Porta-Potti, full galley, lots of locker space. Navigation station, depthsounder, VHF, stereo, dual compasses. Rugged and forgiving family boat on Bay or Delta. Excellent condition. Test sail in Bay whenever. $7,000. (916)428-9154. 1965 CAL 28. Roomy flush deck Lapworth de¬ sign, Atomic 4, many good sails, lowerable mast, VHF, stereo, spinnaker & whisker poles, much other gear. Save a 20-year wait with transferable Monterey slip lease. $16,000. (408) 624-7643, eves, Judd. MacGREGOR 26,1988.7.5 hp Honda o/b. $5,200 includes trailer. Loch Lomond Marina. Please call (415) 381-4446 wkdys or (415) 459-1301 eves/ wknds.

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29 TO 31 FEET CAL 3-30, 1974. Ocean ready, Loran, VHF, Autohelm 2000, 2 compasses, interior excellent condition, Atomic 4, well cared for and runs well. Two mains, three jibs, two spinnakers, pole, auto bilge pump, boarding ladder, air compressor for alcohol stove, oven, inflatable dinghy. $15 500 (415) 573-0677 YANKEE 30 Sparkman & Stephens sloop, 1971. Excellent, loaded for cruising, diesel, Pro-furl, vane, pilot, ham, GPS, excellent ground tackle, 5 sails, raft, dinghy, outboard and much more. Lying Puerto Vallarta. $24,500. For info call Patricia weekdays (619) 698-9044 or fax “Breezy” 011 -52322-10722. ERICSON 30+, 1983. Excellent condition. Mod¬ ern interior w/teak, dodger, Universal diesel, Lo¬ ran, h/c pressure water, battery charger, depth sounder, inflatable, bottom paint 6/95. $29,500. Call: days (415) 969-9112, ext. 2458; eves (415) 365-9353. SANT ANA 30. Competitive racer/delightful cruiser. Excellent condition, 10 winches, double headfoil, 7 bags sails, 2 spinnakers. New: mast, boom and rigging. Sleeps 5, full galley. Volvo diesel - runs great. Can give race/cruise instruction if inter¬ ested. $18,500. Larry, (707) 745-4811. PEARSON 30, 1977. Recent sails, Atomic 4, VHF, Loran, RDF, compass, dual batteries, 2 anchors, engine maintenance and haul out 5/95. Clean. $13,500. Sausalito location. Make offers (415) 883-5445. CATALINA30,1979. Clean, one owner. Recently serviced Atomic 4. Depthfinder, knotmeter, windspeed, windpoint, autopilot, VHF. North main and furling jib, 150 genoa, all lines lead aft. Rare dinette interior, plus lots of extras. $16,900. (415) 573-6368. CATALINA 30,1985. DieselM-25,535hrs., press, hot/cold water, macerator, GPS, CNG, dinghy/ motor, battery charger, little used, pride-of-ownership evident. See and compare. You'll purchase at $31,500. (612)559-7078. EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY!! 1975 Yankee 30. Pristine condition. $7,500.00 in upgrades in 1995 (receipts). New Harken rollerfurler, etc. etc. This boat is beautiful and sails like a dream. Look at others, then see this boat. $16,000 Firm. (707) 226-7869. ISLANDER 30 MKII, Atomic 4, VHF Radio, wind speed/direction/depth indicators, 4 jibs 85, 110, 130,150, main, 2 spinnakers. $14,000. Excellent Condition. Upwind berth. Days (510) 642-1872, eves (510) 254-2617. HUNTER 30,1976. New bottom paint 2/95, new dodger 6/95, GPS, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, wheel steering, all teak below decks, club jib and 110, complete safety gear, cabin heater, dehumidifier, lots of extras, immaculate condition. (This coat has only had two owners.) Asking $22,500 obo. (702) 322-9290 or (702) 786-5674. Boat is at Marina Village in Alameda.

S2 9.2A, 30ft, 1979. Excellent shape. Aft cockpit. Good builder reputation. Wheel, depth, speed, 15 hp Yanmar diesel, runs great. Alcohol stove, H/C pressure water. Berthed at South Beach Harbor, S.F. Must sell. Make offer. Can show weekends. (408) 954-7285. CREALOCK RIGGED CUTTER. Hull: epoxy coated wooden hull plus fiberglass overlay, 31 ft., 1989. Nice exterior lines. Roomy interior with great wood work. Yanmar, furling jib, autopilot, Loran, full galley. Good liveaboard/cruiser. Char¬ acterized as sturdy and classy. $11,000. (510) 652-8770. ISLANDER 30 MRII. One of the best. New Volvo diesel in '89. New topsides and hull paint in '92. Fun racer or cruiser. Three mains, five jibs and spinnaker. Many more upgrades. Asking $19,500. (408) 996-1386. PEARSON 32 VANGUARD. Cruise ready with GPS, Aries windvane, solar panel, tiller autopilot, DS, KM, VHF, bow roller, Bruce, Northhill & 2 Danforth anchors, fresh water cooled Atomic 4. $21,000 or trade for property or other. (707) 8299671 eves only. ISLANDER 30 MRII. One of the best. New Volvo diesel in '89. New topsides and hull paint in '92. Fun racer or cruiser. Three mains, five jibs and spinnaker. Many more upgrades. Asking $19,500. (408) 996-1386. 29- FT SAN JUAN, 1981. Racer/cruiser, Yanmar 15, folding prop, 2 batteries, 4 sails, single-handed. Tiller w/ Autohelm. Very good condition. Sailing instruments, VHF, stereo, charger. Full galley w/ microwave. Swim ladder. Recent haulout. $19,900. (415) 567-4598. YANKEE 30. Beautiful Sparkman & Stephens design. Excellent Bay or Bluewater boat. Stiff, yet fast. Easily single-handed. Great sail inventory. Handsome teak interior. Atomic 4, AP, WS, WP, KM, Loran and much, much more. Very nice condition. $22,000. (510) 845-0649. BENETEAU FIRST305,1985. Ex-freshwater boat in excellent condition. Fast, roomy cruiser/racer, modern design, will suited for Bay, swim platform transom. Full instrumentation, wheel steering, Volvo diesel low hours, folding prop, LPG stove/ oven, hot/cold pressure water, AM/FM stereo cassette, VHF, Harken roller furling, bimini, cock¬ pit cushions, extensive sail inventory including triradial and cruising spinnakers and 1995 95% jib. New bottom and lifelines in March 1995. Alameda berth. $39,500. Nights (510) 735-3845 or (510) 866-2531 days. 30- FT KNARR in excellent condition, near new sails, vessel overhauled & refinished top to bot¬ tom past 2 years. A joy to the eye & very fast. Lots of varnish. Fully equipped and ready to go. Needs nothing! $3,800 firm. (510) 653-1724. 1978 HUNTER 30. Diesel, wheel, Autohelm, VHF, KM, DS, h/c pressure water, shower, Adler-Barbour refrigeration, battery charger, dockcord, teak/holly sole, 2 jibs w/ extra self-tending rigging, adjust¬ able backstay, BBQ. Good condition. Includes Moss Landing transient berth. $17,900 obo. (408) 372-8305.

CAL 9.2,1982 (30 ft.) sloop, Atomic 4 diesel, 2 North jibs & main, 2 speed winches, backstay adjuster, clean, great shape. Redwood City slip. $18,000. Don at (415) 321-3496. ERICSON 30+, 1982. Well maintained. Universal 16, diesel. Hauled June, '95. Wheel, tabernacle mast, H/C pressure water, battery charger, depth sounder, Propane oven/stove, automatic bilge, covers, VHF, GPS, stereo, covers. Santa Cruz Harbor. $29,400. (408) 358-2705.

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31-FT STEEL SLOOP. Sistershipto Icebird. Twin fore and aft stays, Loran autopilot, 3 burner stove/ oven propane. $8,000 obo. (415) 956-5117.

30-FT ALBERG ODDESSY YAWL, 1972. First launched 1982. Cored fiberglass, full keel, 3 sails, Volvo diesel, main roller reefing. Very basic, very good condition, bluewater cruiser. New bottom, thruhulls, valves, shaft. VHF, Loran. No cushions. $15,000. (707)869-1120.

CATALINA 30,1984.21 hp diesel, wheel, dodger, roller furling, Auto 4000 w/remote, VHF, DS, KL, GPS, Loran, stereo cass. w/4 spk., all lines to cockpit w/clutches, 6 winches, 4 s/t, single line reef, all Harken/Schaefer gear. AC/DC refer, LP stove w/oven, all elec, start, built in microwave, all new style white formica countertops and table, 2 f. water tanks w/auto fill/dump from dockside supply 2 h/c showers, head and cockpit, Parr elec, flush head, holding tank w/macerator, Red Dot underway heater, auto 2 bank batt. chrg., all new life lines, extra stowage below w/easy access, plus much, much more. A great coastal, Bay/Delta boat. Very clean and shows like new. Moving up. $34,500 obo. (916) 371-8875 or msg.

1982 PEARSON FLYER, 30-FT. Great Bay boat, weekender, club racer. PHRF147, fractional rig, main, 3 jibs, spinnaker, VHF, depth, knot, Loran, Yanmar diesel, epoxy bottom '93, hauled and painted 2/95. The sports car of the Pearson line. $18,000. (707) 938-1181.

ERICSON 30,1969. Spacious Interior. Hand-laid fiberglass hull. Lots of sails, 7 winches, traveler. Good ground tackle. VHF, DS, AP, KM, stereo. Slip available. Two boat owner - must sell. Call for spec sheet. Reduced to $12,999.95 obo. (408) 439-0969 or (415) 638-5802.

BRISTOL 30,1973. Autohelm 3000 w/ Loran nav interface and windvane, tridata, Loran w/ remote station, VHF, dodger with bimini. Volvo MD2B diesel, Harken furling. Wheel steering. Safe, strong and ready. $23,000 obo. (510) 521-6672.

ERICSON 30+, 1980. Harken roller furling jib (North Sails), wheel, cockpit table, Loran, VHF, KM, DS, diesel (Universal), dodger, H/C pressure water, refrigerator, battery charger, stereo, beau¬ tiful teak interior, excellent condition. $23,500. (415) 343-1587.

BABA 30. A capable world cruiser, excellent condition, windvane, autopilot, depthsounder, knotmeter, SSB, VHF, windlass, CQR, Danforth, batt. charger, h/c water, refrigeration, stereo, dodger, spinnaker, wheel, full cover, diesel, lots of teak, original owner. $55,000. (805) 245-2213.

BALTIC CRUISER, 29-FT, 1962. Sleek Danish design, fiberglass over wood. Ideal for the Bay and short overnight trips. 8-foot beam, 5-foot headroom, too small for liveaboard. VHF. 1993 8 hp Honda outboard, 30 hrs. $5,900. Stephen (415)621-0231. ISLANDER MKII, 1971.30', Atomic 4, storm sail, Marine Transceiver. A stable, comfortable boat. Vallejo based. About $13,000. (707) 252-2241. BODEGA 30 1977. Factory finished blue water pocket cruiser. Exceptionally well maintained, teak interior, bronze port holes, CNG system, Volvo diesel, Autohelm sea talk, recent haulout. Must see. $25,000, (707) 935-3661. WYLIECAT 30 PROTOTYPE, Mustang Sally, in like-new shape; 435 sq. ft. cat rig with’wishbone on carbon spar. $42,500 or best higher offer. Dave or Dick (510)523-6730. 1981 CATALINA 30. New mast, boom, rig, head, VHF, 3 sails, 24 hp Yanmar 3GMF30 diesel, new KM, bottom paint; berth sublease at S.F. Marina/ Gas House. $25,000 obo. (415)731-4956. ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1971, w/ Atomic 4. Main, 90, 130 and 150 sails. Compass, wind, depth/knot meters. Old dodger. Hauled 5/95. Perfect bottom, stove, refrigerator, telephone, shore power. Sleeps 5. $14,000 obo. (415) 550-6816. James Carpen¬ ter. Berthed at Jack London Square.

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31-FT. PACIFIC SEACRAFT, Mariah. Docu¬ mented 1984. Professionally completed from a bare hull. Health forces sale - a special boat ready to cruise the world, many goodies. No brokers, please. $87,500. (619) 523-2488.

J-29, 1984. Masthead. Inboard. New: bottom, interior, LP, lifelines, mast & boom paint. Must see to appreciate. Great race record, fun cruiser. $27,500. Call for inventory list. (714) 635-5573 days; (310) 592-1660 eves. BEAU WD CLASSIC HERRESHOFF KETCH, modified H28 (33 ft. w/bow sprit). New dinghy, customized teak/mahogany cabin. Sleeps 3. Set up for cruising, visiting and single-handing. Sell¬ ing with complete inventory too longto list. $18,000 firm will give you a strong dbl planked, safe, dry boat in great shape. See her before you buy in this $ range. (707) 526-3376,8-10:30am or after 6pm. 10,000 BELOW APPRAISAL. 30' 1985 hard chine ketch. Fully equipped Saab diesel, galley, head, aft cabin built for safety. Many extras (electron¬ ics). Made for long distance sailing. Survival raft, dinghy, etc. $24,950. Possible trade or terms. (707) 528-9843 or (707) 528-8385. 1963, COLUMBIA 29. 4 sails, Atomic 4, roller reefing, standard equipment. Needs misc. work. Asking $6,000. (510) 869-3875. NEWPORT 30 II, 1975. Well maintained Bay, ocean, Delta racer/cruiser. Twice YRA fleet cham¬ pion, comfortable roomy family boat. Full sail inventory, spinnakers, Yanmar, Martec, Loran, KM, depthfinder, VHF, LPG oven/stove, '94 sur¬ vey, new bottom, much more. $14,500 obo. (415) 346k3323 or (415) 441-4599.

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CARL SCHUMACHER DESIGN, Pyramid 30-ft (+11/2'scoop) Highly modified (under designer's supervision) ULDB with maximized sail area. Ep¬ oxy (laminated) bottom, new rudder, retractable carbon bowsprit, 940 sq. ft. asymmetrical spinna¬ ker, Harken roller furler, 3 headsails & big roach full batten main (all Kevlar, 11/2 yrs old). Reason to sell? Building new bt. (510) 769-0602 or (510) 522-5838. Ask for Arne Jonsson. $17,000 obo.

ERICSON 32, 1976. Excellent condition, fully equipped! New Yanmar diesel, roller furling, dodger, wheel steering, all lines aft. Loran, auto¬ pilot, VHF, DS, KM, stereo, battery charger, Zo¬ diac. Sausalito berth. Great family boat. $24,000. (415) 457-3049.

32 TO 35 FEET

TARTAN 10,1979.33' racing sloop. 5 sails (incl. 2 spinnakers with gear), sleeps 6 with Porta-Potti, sink, VHF. Diesel inboard. Hull, engine, sails excellent shape. Racing bottom, all underwater gearnew 1994. Great class racer/weekend cruiser. (Sitting headroom only). $15,900 obo. Call (510) 939-4422.

PEARSON VANGUARD. '65 “Bullet-proof cruiser”. New mast and rig, newly rebuilt Atomic 4, beautiful interior, much custom work, VHF, KM, stereo, kerosene stove & heater, main & 4 headsails, dodger, windlass. Owner moving, heart¬ broken to sell. $24,900. (415) 507-1789.

J-35, 1984. Offshore racing or cruising. 1995 Transpac vet. SSB, VHF, GPS, knot log, wind point/speed, DS, 12 sails, CNG stove, 2 autopilots and much more. $48,000. (805) 492-9914.

BRISTOL33,1969. Back from Alaskaand Mexico — fully cruise ready. All cruising gear goes with her. Aires windvane, Apelco radar, anchors, rode, excellent VHF, Avon liferaft, Famet roller-furling, autopilot, windlass, watermaker, depthsounder, spare parts and lots more. She has an Atomic 4, but don’t let that put you off—it’s a great engine! No blisters. Take a look—she did us well. All this for $29,500! Call (415) 261-1216, evenings.

35-FT US YACHT PILOTHOUSE SLOOP. Price reduced. Sails high and fast; 7 kts in 20 kt wind. Roller furling 130 genoa. Cruises at 7 kts on 40 hp diesel. Inside and outside steering/control sta¬ tions, AP, Loran, DS, KM, VHF, electric windlass, and Bruce anchor. Propane stove and furnace. 6’4” headroom. Sleeps 6 comfortably in 8' long bunks. Warm and dry Bay boat. Built 1981. $36,000 or trade for motorhome; pickup/camper; trailerable boat; Colorado or Montana property. (719) 488-0112.

CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 33 CUTTER, 1975. Docu¬ mented, surveyed, recent Perkins diesel, bow¬ sprit, teakdecks, full keel, traditional design. Needs some work but will make an excellent cruiser or small home afloat! In dry storage at Nelson’s. $28,000. Pete (619) 424-3660 or (619) 437-5124.

CATALINA 34,1987. Tahoe condo dock won’t accommodate this fabulous family cruiser. Wanted: new owners to apply love & attn. Roller furling. Interior/exterior like new. Microwave, stereo, VHF, knot, depth, instruments. Very low hour diesel. $51,500. (916) 427-2732.

HUNTER 33,1981. Roller furling, Yanmar diesel, wheel steering; VHF, wind, depth &speed gauges, self-tailing winches, dodger, h/c water, cockpit cushions, stereo, 2 anchors, stove, head, battery charger, etc. Excellent condition. Sleeps 6+, fast, comfortable & fun. $29,950. (415) 461-7147.

BALTIC 35, 1986. Performance racer/cruiser. Largest aft cabin in any 35’er. Light use, good upgrades, new bottom. 85,95,150,135 rf headsails. 1.5 oz chute. Teak cockpit and bridgeway. For sale, $100,000 obo. Call (415) 941-6287.

ERICSON 32,1976. Yanmar 2GM20F (approx. 90 hrs.), 6 sails (new 150), new dodger, Harken furling, GPS, VHF, AP, wind-knot-depth, stereo, ground tackle, inverter, oil lamps, wood stove, cockpit cushions, etc. Asking $29,900. Call for complete inventory (707) 445-3937. SANTA CRUZ 33. Fast cruiser, 1981. Balsa core hull. New 18 hp Yanmar diesel eng., Autohelm, windvane, refrigeration, 3 burner propane stove with oven, charging system, 3 batteries, VHF, KM, DS, Loran, Max Prop, roller furling, 3 headsails, spinnaker, cruising spinnaker, hydraulic backstay tensioner, Avon Redcrest. Lots of equipment. See to appreciate. $29,500 obo. (408) 371-7955. SPARKMAN STEPHENS 33-FT SLOOP, 1964. Volvo diesel, Norseman fittings, bronze fastened, spinnaker, new wiring, North sails, hauled May '95, Barient winches, SpWfsistership. Located at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland. $11,500 obo. (510)912-5466.

WESTSAIL 32,1974. Baja ready, outfitted '92, safely on hard, Marina Puerto Vallarta, a steal at $37,900 US obo. Call broker 52 32211800; fax 52 322 11978, fax owner 47 2272 4260. 32-FT ARIES SLOOP, 1981. Good condition, lived aboard more than sailed. 25 hp diesel, gal¬ ley. New log, battery, compass, sail covers and fuel filter. Sausalito berth, (E-328). $35,000 obo. (415) 728-0990 Iv. msg. 34-FT ATKINS KETCH, 1961. At 47-ft LOA Auwana is constructed of Alaskan yellow cedar laid on apitong frames. Completely restored (19911994) from fasteners to sails and from electrical system to rebuilt Yanmar with nevY transmission. Over $100,000 invested. Auwana was built and restored with passion, has wonderful balance under sail, is in rhythm with the ocean, and is many times a trans-Pacific veteran. $65,000 buys the deal of a lifetime. Ted or Cathy (510) 523-6186. CONTESSA 32, 1976. Running Free. Cruise ready. New sails in '93. Roller furling, head sail, Monitorwindvane, Tillermaster AP, radar, SatNav, 22# Bruce & 200 ft. chain. Hauled & painted ‘94. $30,000 obo. Boat in La Paz, Baja. Contact (415) 359-5974. SANTANA 35,1984. Race/cruise ready, many racing upgrades, CNG stove/oven/H20 heater, great sail inventory, full instrumentation. Excellent condition, must see! $39,000. Call (510) 8665417 day or (510) 838-0684 eves. BRISTOL 35.5,1979. High quality. Fast cruiser at S. Beach. Westerbeke 24 hp diesel. Autopilot, dinghy, rollerfurling, VHF, refrig, stove. Hotwater, combi depth, wind & boat speed. Drifter & pole. Epoxy bottom. $47,000. (415) 994-4543. TRAVELLER 32,1976. Double-ended FG cutter. Rhodes design, diesel, needs some work. $18,500 ortradefor27'+cash. (408) 338-9444 (h); or(408) 454-2803 (w).

MOTOR SAILER. Salty 32' double-ended cutter. Comfortable living aboard or sailing. Aft cabin, dual steering, 50 h.p. diesel, teak interior, trim and deck, 11/2’ planks, canvas covers, roller furling, dinghy with motor. Boat show winner. $29,000 obo. Jim (415) 673-5050.

CORONADO 34. Well maintained. Fresh bottom paint. Low hours Atomic 4, reliable. Sleeps 6. 6' headroom. 3 jibs, 1 main, full cover, wheel steer¬ ing, mast rungs. Refer, 2 batteries, auto charger. DS, KM, VHF. $18,000. (916) 786-5991.

32-FT GAFF CUTTER. Go anywhere clean cruiser launched 1982. Fiberglass design hull, 20,000 dsp, custom built to extremely sturdy standards. Excellent condition, completely equipped. 6 tanbark sails, 1 gr & y spindrifter. $89,500. Call/fax. (360) 849-4242 for detail/equipment list.

CATALINA 34,1987. Buy nowfrom owners, save $. Cruising boat, never raced. 200 engine hours. Excellentcondition. Bimini, dodger, ST4000, Heart inverter - more $. Beat it if you can. $48,900 firm. Qualified principals only, after 7pm. please. (707) 224-0962 or (707) 483-3100.

PEARSON VANGUARD 32.5-FT, 1965. Recent hauling, survey, bottom paint. New rigging, back¬ stay, life lines, through-hull valves, boom. Sails: main, jib, genoa, drifter. Low time rebuilt Atomic 4, VHF, dual batteries, depthfinder, auto bilge. $19,000. Call (415) 468-5638 or (415) 349-7324.

YAMAHA 33,1978. Strong, swift, well-built racer/ cruiser. Yanmar diesel - rebuilt ’93, folding prop, hydraulic backstay, knotmeter, depth, compass, Loran, VHF, LPG range/oven. Full headroom. Great storage. Tiller steering, 4 jibs, 2 spinnakers. $29,900. (707) 224-1512.

CHEOY LEE ‘LION’, 35-FT SLOOP, 1964. Fiber¬ glass hull, teak over fiberglass deck, teak cabin and trim. Ruggerini 20 hp diesel (’91), Maxprop, Autohelm wind vane, 12 sails including Reckman roller furling & 2 spinnakers, self-tailing primaries, VHF depth, log, Loran, autopilot, charger, dual compasses. Cozy teak interior sleeps 5, stove, sink, refrigeration, head, pressure water, cabin heater. Many custom racing/cruising features. Black LPU hull and cabin top, and varnished teak make her possibly the most beautiful classic boat on the Bay. Excellent fast cruiser for couple or singlehander. Mexico vet. Recent haul and paint, current survey. Offered for sale by broker/delivery skipper owner at $37,500. Please, serious, quali¬ fied parties only (sorry, no owner finance). (415) 332-9231. RAFIKI 35, 1980. Offshore cruiser/liveaboard, teak deck, Airex hull, diesel, depth, AP, Alspar mast, oversize Barlow winches, extras, price re¬ duced to $49,900 for quick sale, phoio/brochure available, (408) 867-9202. BABA 35, 1980. Perry designed full keel blue water cruiser, cutter rigged, cored fiberglass hull, Perkins 4 cyl diesel, DS, KM, WM, RDF, Sat Nav and Alpha 4400 autopilot. This one-owner yacht is finely appointed and equipped for world cruising. Adler Barbour refrigeration, kerosene stove and pressure water. Cruise in quality for $89,500. Seven bags of sails, 2 mains, 2 jibs, genoa, storm jib, trisail, upgraded Barient winches and many extras. (408) 425-6559. ISLANDER 34, 1978. Great liveaboard. Volvo diesel, CNG stove w/oven, hot water heater, shower, new head, roller furl equipped, holding tank, spin, pole, 6 sails, regular haul-outs. Will consider trade w/wooden boat, plus difference. $34,850. (415) 331-9343. 33-FT SOVEREL, 1986, Ultra light, PHRF 90, Olson built, epoxied bottom, full racing gear, 4 spinnakers, 16 bags sails, new set in 93,4 bunks, galley, chart table, autopilot, Yanmar diesel, fold¬ ing prop, $35,000, Monterey dock available, (408) 372-2352. CORONADO 35, 1973. Center cockpit, Diesel engine, Dodger, Hot/Cold pressure water, Refrig¬ eration, Sleeps 6, Excellent liveaboard, Many extras, 9.9 Hp Honda with 10 ft Zodiac, sailboard with rack, $32,500. (415) 365-6513 Lv. message. ERICSON 35. Commissioned 1989, many upgrades-tankage, furling jib, winches, refrig, interior. Well maintained, low diesel engine hours. Excellent condition. $70,000 (1/2 new cost). Call owner at (503) 548-7247. To see call (510) 535-2134.

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ISLANDER 32,1964. Comfortable, ready to sail. New Loran, Autohelm tillerpilot, CNG stove/oven, depth/knot meters, new heavier rigging, cockpit dodger, lifeline canvas, strong fiberglass hull. $14,000 or $23,000 with prime 35' Santa Barbara slip. (805) 735-4456 or (805) 481-5199.

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MAXI 95, 32', 1976 SLOOP. Swedish built by

32-FT CHALLENGER, 1975.11-ft beam, 33 hp

Pelle Petterson. Frozen MD2B, Volvo engine,

TRISMUS 37,1980, built in France. Fiberglass,

37-FT HUNTER, 1984. Cutter rig, excellent condi¬

Nissan diesel. Very clean - would make great

centerboard 4’/7'. Volvo 44 hp (2003T). Spacious,

otherwise in good shape. Berthed at Bel Marin

tion, Yanmar 44 hp diesel, Autohelm, furling jib,

liveaboard. Galley w/dinette, marine toilet, shower,

ideal for cruising/liveaboard. Radar, spinnaker

Keys in Novato. $15,500 obo. (415) 382-6644.

microwave, charger, full cover, dodger, stem

v-berth, wheel steering, double sink, AC/DC refer,

and much more with best trademark equipment.

dodger, lazy jacks, fresh water boat since new at

all new Formica on counters. $24,900 or best

NANTUCKET 33’, 1968. Strong, lightweight, fast,

Excellent bargain, call for more information.

Tahoe. Much more. (702) 849-0735.

offer. Will trade for cars, trucks, other boat or cash.

$35,000. (707) 795-7448.

displacement 9,000 lbs. /4.100 lbs. Aluminum

H: (510) 769-0779, car: (510) 301-6094, pager (510) 733-7327.

SANTANA 37. Great sailing or living: fast (126

Mexico. Hot/cold pressure water, roller furling,

PHRF), Roomy interior (almost 12' beam & at

cruising prop, refrigeration, wheel, TV, 12-foot hardbottom dinghy, 9.9 hp outboard, jacklines.

Hull, built iri Holland at Huisman’s yard. Alan Gurney design The perfect couples blue water

COLUMBIA 36. Baja cruiser, just returned from

cruiser / racer. All mahogany below decks. Con¬

1974 RANGER 32-FT. 3/4 ton Mull design racer/

least 6’2" head & bunk room), and strong. 8 sails,

figured for passage making. Volvo MD6A, extra

cruiser. Clean, strong and sexy. Excellent sail

well equipped. Call Stu (415) 455-8747. Asking

Following new as of fall 1994: dodger/bimini, non-

water tanks, Avon, Spin. gear. Excellent Condi¬

inventory including two spinnakers, 10 Barient

$37,500. San Francisco Yacht Harbor slip pos¬

tion. $35,000 obo. Jim Van Beveren (510) 827-8915

skid, GPS, EPIRB, charts to Acapulco, windlass,

winches, Atomic 4, enclosed head, stove, sleeps

sible in addition.

35# CQR, 22# Danforth, Ritchie 4.5’ bulkhead

eight. Sacrifice at $18,000 obo. Owner will con¬ sider financing. (415) 433-5444.

compass, two 135 amp-hour batteries, 50 watt

ISLANDER 36, 1978. Very meticulously main¬

ISLANDER 34,1968. Clean and well equipped.

solarpanel, Autohelm ST4000, knot/log and depth,

tained, deluxe teak and oak interior, 5 sails, spin¬

head. $33,900. (415) 321-6040.

Well maintained Atomic 4, roller furling, hot water

naker, roller furling, dodger, full electronics, LP’d

heater, diesel heater, spinnaker, drifter, dodger,

hull & spars, 9 winches, refrigeration, AP, fixed &

ISLANDER 36,1975. Great liveaboard or Delta

folding props, much more. This yacht is beautiful.

cruiser. Roller furling, Perkins 4-108 diesel, two

$42,900. (510) 614-9181.

new SeaVolt 27TM batteries, 1KW generator,

38-FT SLOOP. New Zealand quality, a bluewater

FISHER 37-FT motorsailer ketch, aft cabin, radar,

7 sails, Volvo diesel, Autohelm 4000, depth,

performer, fully cruise equipped, Pacific veteran.

Loran, wind s/d, depth, speed, log, 2 VHF, CB,

tank, hot water, shower, 150 gallon fresh water, Loran, VHF. $39,800. (408) 281-9258.

knotlog, VHF, generator, 5 anchors. Solar panels,

$68,500 obo. (707) 939-9456.

loud hailer, Avon, 80 hp Ford Saberdiesel, 120 gal

Mexico. Moving overseas. $15,000 cash obo. ‘As

PRICE REDUCED: 38' SLOOP. Perfect for S.F.

fuel, 120 H20, Avon, Monterey slip avail. Must sell. (408) 624-7210.

is, where is’. Yacht Shulamit. Fax 011-52-112-

Bay & liveaboard use. Boat in good condition. 43

55900.

hp Westerbeke diesel. Ocean cruising capability.

O’DAY 37, '80 American made fast cruiser, center

Owners will consider owner financing or trade for

cockpit, 2 heads with hot and cold showers, low

HUNTER 37,1982. Good dry ocean and Bay

SANTANA 35. Best condition in the fleet. Rebuilt

R.E. $35,000 or reasonable offer. (707) 584-8363

time on Westerbeke diesel, well equipped with

boat, Yanmar diesel, sleeps 7. Parkinson’s dis¬

bottom and cross stringers, reinforced keel bolts,

or (707) 795-7827, ask for Jeff.

new Autohelm pilot, VHF, Loran, SatNav, DS,

ease forces sale. A lot of boat for the price. Call for

speed & log, electric windlass, excellent condi¬

complete list. $45,950. (415) 961-2222.

36 TO 39 FEET

Aires windvane, wheel steering and much more. Great cruiser. $19,850. (415) 681-6965.

microwave, Origo oven/stove, 40 gallon holding

35-FT FERRO-CEMENT CUTTER, huge interior,

Achilles w/ OB. Cruise equipped. Located La Paz,

full hull fairing, new Awlgrip bottom and topsides, all in 1994! Great boat speed. A beauty! Ready for

EXCELLENT LIVEABOARD. 36-ftferro-cement

TEAK CHINESE JUNK 36-ft, 12-ft beam, 40 hp diesel, 5 yrs old, built in China, one-of-a-kind. Call Tim (707)865-1202.

tion. $39,500 obo. (916) 371-6455.

cruising or racing. Many new race go fast rigs.

ketch, 1978. Teak decks, full sail, 40 hp Isuzu

Excellent North Sails inventory (2 new 1994).

diesel, propane stove, Norcold refer-freezer, AC/

HEAVY-DUTY 37’5” deep water gaff ketch. 1980

Flush deck, Volvo diesel. Top equipment. Excel¬

Engine in great shape. This boat is all done; you

DC, Stalok/Hasselfors rigging, Ritchie compass,

William Atkins Ingrid fiberglass hull #5. Double-

lent single-handed and double handed boat. Win¬

can enjoy it. I bought another boat and must sell.

wheel steering. Barient winches. $24,000, owner

ender. Diesel power. Heavily built for long dis¬

ner of many races. $28,000 obo. Call Svend at

Owner will finance with good credit, down pay¬

financing available. (510) 865-6384.

tance voyaging. Permanent berth in Moss Land¬

(510) 522-2886.

ment and security. For quick sale at $39,000 obo. See at Berth C-7, South Beach Harbor, SF. Call Richard at (415) 348-8527.

CUSTOM 38 RACING SLOOP. Fractional Rig.

ing transferable to buyer. $36,000. Eves (415)

36-FOOT CAPE GEORGE CUTTER. (See Mate's Best Boats.) Sta-Lok rigging, hull epoxied and

968-2921 or (408) 227-4495.

Awlgrip. 7 sails, Barient self-tailers. Aries and

37- FT VAN de STADT steel hull, design no. 260.

40 TO 50 FEET

TARTAN 10, 1979. 33' racing sloop, recently

Autohelm. Dickinson oven, Optimus stove, Ship¬

12 stainless ports/2 stainless hatches/stainless

replaced knotmeter, VHF and depthfinder. Also

mate fireplace, pressure water, Novacool. Volvo

chain plates/stainless stanchion bases welded in

las windspeed and Loran. Well equipped. Good

MD3B. Beautiful, fast cruiser. Located MDR, LA.

hull. Integral tanks in keel and hull. 8,000 lbs. lead

Betterthan new. One owner, professionally main¬

condition. Race or cruise. $12,000. Call (415) 392-8753. Will consider partner.

$79,000. (818) 346-7655.

ballast in keel. Larry (415) 648-3188.

tained. Outstanding cruiser/I iveaboardw/one state¬

36-FT LANCER SLOOP, 1979. Performance

36-FT CAPE GEORGE CUTTER. Cecil Lange

Freeman AP, Grunert refrigeration, Furuno radar

cruiser, extra clean condition, gorgeous teak inte¬

built 75. Featured in Mate's “Best Boats", newly

& Loran, Lewmar winches, dual steering,

quality, strong, lovingly maintained, fast cruiser.

rior. Coastal cruiser, Hawaii potential. GPS, depth,

rebuilt Volvo 36 hp, 3 blade Maxprop, new epoxy

Westerbeke 58 diesel. One of the finest if not the

Spacious elegant interior, outstanding liveaboard.

VHF, solar panels, diesel, owner moving up.

bottom, Sterling LPU, roller furling, dodger, elec¬

best cruisers in the NW. Call for picture and specs.

Rebuilt diesel, 200 hours. Harken “C” furling, new

$38,000. Lying Morro Bay. For info/pictures call

tric windlass, mechanical refrig, extensive cruis¬

Asking $150,000. Call (408) 371-0180 or (206)

lb, full batten main & cruising spinnaker. VHF, 24-

(805) 549-6451.

ing inventory. $78,000. (916) 988-1384.

564-1221.

mmaculate. A steal at $44,900. Call Ed at (510)

36-FT CHEOY LEE LUDERS, Prize winner, '93

38- FT GILLMER DESIGN CUTTER, one owner.

CT 41. Center cockpit ketch one of 6,60 hp Isuzu,

136-2817.

Fiberglass Boat Show. New hard dodger. Every¬

Built in Spain, African mahogany. Rig for cruising.

120 gal h/c press., a/c refer., propane stove,

thing new or overhauled. Ready to cruise. Health

Bristol condition. Diesel, autopilot, wind Vane and

liveaboard berth. Bay Area loc. Will take trade,

SUNDER 34, Zydeco, 1970. Full keel. Major

forces sale. Slip in Anacortes, WA available. For

efit in '93. Plus Atomic 4 repower. New thru hulls,

long list of equipment, call (360) 293-5261. Leave

lots more. In San Rafael. $55,000. Contact (415) 454-9285.

(916) 596-3613 & (510) 228-1662, Iv. message. P.O. Box 253, Martinez, CA 94553. Felicity.

uel tank and lots more. 2 speed Barient 22s,

message. $38,000.

CAL 2-35, 1980. See to appreciate this high

40-FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE. 1980 by Uniflite.

room and big salon. Amenities include: Wood-

nile radar, CG stove, autopilot, Loran. Brightwork

$75,000 obo.

ERICSON 38-200,1986. Beautiful condition, two

jreen LPU hull, wheel, spinnaker rigged, needs ipholstery work. Recent survey. $17,500 obo.

CATALINA 38,1980. Fast coastal cruiser, great

private cabins, stall shower, refrigeration/freezer,

40-FT CHEOY LEE, 1970 YAWL. Fiberglass &

510)232-6685.

bay boat. Very clean! Many new upgrades. New

propane stove/oven, Harken roller furling,

teak, aluminum masts, 48 hp, shower & 2 heads,

rigging, radar, sails, Loran, water heater, stereo,

Autohelm 4000W autopilot, VHF, depth, knot/log,

batteries (3), whisker pole, epoxy bottom and

Universal 32 hp diesel very low hours. Jib and

8 sails, all new thru-hull valves, VHF & SSB radios, EPIRB, Loran, depth finder, 1 lOv & 12v

more. Surveyed 6/95! Asking $48,000 obo. (415)

main like new. $74,500. (707) 745-1322. (916)

refrigerator. $53,000. Eureka. Tom at (707) 839-

668-1076; (415) 367-3967.

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12-FT BRIGANTINE SCHOONER. $12,000 or test offer. Leave message. (415) 485-1950.

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GULFSTAR 50 KETCH, Ready (o go.

CATALINA 42,1992. Very spacious two cabin

NORTH SEA PILOT CUTTER, 41-ft LOD, gaff

Watermaker, generator, Trace inverter, W/fax,

layout that has been meticulously maintained

rigged, recent survey, currently insured,

hp Ford Lehman diesel, LectraSan, propane wa¬

radar, Loran, ham radios, diesel heater, RDF,

since new by one owner. Yanmar 44 hp diesel,

ferrocement, new bottom paint, fresh brightwork,

ter heater. No rigging, but practically everything else to finish! $30,000. (310) 670-3143.

cruising sails, VHF, depth, windspeed/point,

roller jib, refrig, backstay antenna, etc. $120,000.

ref, propane stove, diesel heater, sleeps 5, two

knotmeter, Perkins diesel, Vac-U-Flush head and

Craig or Barb (916)966-6701.

cabins, great liveaboard or cruiser, Mexico vet.

more. Never chartered, great condition. $130,000.

42-FT CASCADE, 1972. Center cockpit with furl¬

Alex (415) 366-8318.

$32,000. Please call weekdays 9-10 pm. (916)

44-FT ISLAND CUPPER SLOOP, 1946. Good

283-4560.

condition. Full cover. New main. Classic boat. Has been well kept. $17,000 obo. Call for details.

ing main and genoa. Double headstays, 10 bags

WESTSAIL 43, 1980. Outfitted 93/94 with full

sails, Westerbeke 107 diesel. Large fuel tankage

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 47-FT. Classic tri cabin

Autohelm instruments, radar, AP, elec, windlass,

for cruising. Boat located Point Richmond. Per¬

version. $75,000. No brokers/agents please! (209)

300 ft. 3/8" HT, 406, GPS, Heart 10, Quadcyde, 6

sonal near tragedy mandates sale. June survey

847-2235.

SERENDIPITY 43. A great racer/cruiser, Lone

man offshore, more. 800 hr. on diesel, 800+ amp

$58,000; asking $48,000. (702) 882-5282. (Ne¬

hr. Avon w/15 hp, all self-tailing. $105,000.

vada) leave clear message.

1983 KELLY PETERSON 46. Rarely available

separate aft cabin, fridge, stereo, etc. Harken

Michael (510)601-6390.

Star

has a huge interior with 6’5” headroom,

excellent condition. Cruising equipped, GPS, SSB,

split-drum furling, lazy jack and bulletproof con¬

SWAN 43, PURSUIT, 1971. Beautiful, Sparkman

VHF, radar DM instruments, Genset, refrigerator,

struction make her an easy daysailer or a world-

45-FT JEANNEAU 65 hp diesel, 5 sails, spinna¬

& Stephens design, fully-equipped and ready to

freezer, watermaker. Furling staysail and head-

capable cruiser; 17 bags of sails, big winches and

ker, roller reefed jib, 150 diesel storage, 160 water

return to the South Pacific. Deal of the decade;

sail, full batten main, dodger with lots of canvas.

hydraulics maker her competitive. We won a lot of

storage. Alpha AP, B & G electronics, 2 state¬

$95,000. Many extras. Call Dave (360) 385-2468

$195,000. (206) 789-4538, leave message.

rooms w/double berths that share head/shower.

or E-Mail: simplify@olympus.net.

Lawrence (619) 523-1037.

races while living aboard! Asking $78,500 obo and may consider smaller boat in trade. (415)

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331-6035.

Seacraft. Excellent condition and ready to go

heater. Navigator station, built-in bar in spacious,

N.Z. 44-ft Aluminum sloop, 1990. Designer Laurie

cruising. Equipment added 1993 includes Alpha

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 47' Classic tri cabin

well-lit salon. Seats 6-8 in comfort. Double sink,

Davidson of

renown. Extensively

A/P, Isotherm refrigeration, Force 10stove, Furuno

version. $ 65,000. (209) 847-2235.

gimbaled stove, deep freeze/ref. $110,000 by

equipped for short handed cruising, suitable for

radar, weatherfax, ham, SSB, Magellan GPS,

owner. (510) 649-0380.

commercial licensing. US $250,000 neg. Inven¬

Power Survivor 35, Maxwell 2200 windlass with 3/

47-FT VAGABOND KETCH. Excellent liveaboard/

tory available. Cresswell, P.O. Box 26, Tauranga,

8 chain, CQR, Ample Power Bank Manager,

cruiser. Full galley including CNG 3 burner stove/

New Zealand. Fax (0064) 75710555.

standing rigging, cruising spinnaker and much

oven, Norcold upright fridge/freezer, built-in mi¬

more. $115,000. Call (408) 438-1025 for further

crowave, hot water, fireplace, walk-in closet, 2

details.

heads/Lectra San, 110/12 volt, stereo/tape deck/

44-FT ISLANDER. Rollerfurling, roller main 1974,

Black Magic

splashed 1985, fiberglass full keel hull, Volvo diesel, radar, depth, Windedge, speedo, VHF,

WARRIOR, 50-FT BRITT CHANCE cold-molded

like new.

sloop (cutter rig), 1970. Successful IOR ocean

Propane heat, stove. Fridge elec, and propane.

racer. Excellent condition. Fully equipped. 1991

HUNTER 40,1986 SLOOP. Very clean, large aft

Much more! $60,000 obo. (415) 728-3230.

Perkins, MaxProp, radar, fridge, electric windlass,

cabin with double bed. New bottom paint. Current

etc. Call (808) 264-0099 with mailing address.

survey. Autohelm 4000 St., CD player, ref, micro-

CUSTOM CENTER COCKPIT lightweight cruis¬

Located Hawaii. Motivated. $85,000 obo.

wave. Good sails. 40 hp Yanmar dsl with low

ing ketch 49-ft overall, a long, slim speedster

hours. Great liveaboard. $68,000 obo. Brian (707)

easily sailed by couple. Major rebuild in '88 from

wheel steering, ail winches and rigging

SWANSON 42-FT. Massively built Australian off¬ shore thoroughbred. Flush deck, low pilot house,

VHF. 85 hp Lehman 350 hrs. Must sell, $115.000 obo. (415) 331-6043.

no bowsprit double-ender cutter with aft cockpit

ALUMINUM KETTENBURG 43. Superior wood¬

and radar tower. Lehman 65 hp, windvane,

work by Les Standacher. Teak cabin & deck.

Autohelm 7000, Profurls, furnace, freezer, wind¬

Seaworthy, comfortable, fast cruising boat.

CT 49 CUTTER, 1986. Modified fin keel with

lass, generator, liferaft, radar, etc. $128,000. (206)

Roomy, spacious interior. Mexico vet. New

rudder skeg. Ideal cruiser, 18-month Mexico

1993. She is a sleek, well maintained vessel, out

842-6279 after August 7th.

Awigrip. Most equipment new. Furuno radar, Hart

cruise, 2 people. Aft cockpit with additional center

cruising since '88. Loaded with gear and spares,

1800 inv., T rimble Navtrac GPS, Alpha 3000 AP,

companionway. Extensive quality equipment,

ready to go again with minimum investment of

HARDIN 45, loaded (see June issue). Cruise

Quad cycle, 100 amp alt. 5 batteries, Fourwinds

some only 2 yrs. old. Robert AP, 24M radar, wind

time and money. $44,900. (619) 298-5118.

ready now! All gear, electronics, etc. proven on 3

windcharger, 3 solar panels, radar arch., ham

gen., GPS, SatNav, SSB, 2 VHFs, PWR monitor,

Mexican cruises. Want to live aboard? Large

radio with SGC auto tuner, custom mattress,

130A alt, inverter, 4 bat. banks, life raft, wind

46-FT GARDEN KETCH, 1973. Fiberglass hull,

windows, 6’4‘ headroom, spacious accommoda¬

Paragon Jr. water system, propane hot water,

vane, refrigeration, 150G water, 150G fuel, tank

teak decks, DataMarine Link 5000, inverter, re¬

tions prevent feeling like you’re in a submarine

refer, dsl heat, watermaker, upgraded standing

tender, 2 Baros, 2 clocks, VDO instruments, fore/

frigerator, freezer, fireplace, microwave, three-

when below. Price negotiable. (408) 395-3054.

rigging, ProFuri furling, new Hasse main, plus 12

aft deck lockers, 11 ST winches, anodized spars,

burner propane with oven. Seven sails, halon,

bags of sails, 10 winches, 2 DS, KM, WS, VHF,

4 sails plus spinnaker, 3 anchors, 300' Hi Tensile,

electric windlass, autopilot, 80 hp diesel. Aft cock¬

40-FT ALUMINUM PILOTHOUSE CUTTER. Fin

elec, compass, dodger, side & back panels, Bruce

other chain/rode, stem anchor roller/mount, Per¬

pit. Bristol. (415) 883-7962. $102,000. No brokers

keel, 42 hp Mercedes, ballast, ports, hatches,

stem anchor plus 2 storm anchors, two 5.5 props,

kins, SS prop and shaft, cockpit h/c shower,

please.

pulpits, steering, water tanks installed. Have mast,

liferaft, inflatable with outboard, Perkins 4-107,

bimini, side/back panels, deck wash, awning, all

interior wood, plumbing, electrical and some deck

Aries windvane, built-in TV and VCR, plus more.

manuals. (415) 712-9218. $238,000, reduced to

44-FT CUSTOM (Cart Schumacher) design ves¬

hardware. On 3 axle tlr in Portland, OR. $60,000

This boat is ready to go. Call for more info.

$219,000.

sel in excellent condition, PHRF rating 30, limited

trades considered. (503) 246-8975.

$95,000 obo. Olympia, WA. (360) 753-4722.

LANCER 45-FT POWERSAILER, 1984. Twin

(510) 865-4109.

448-8977.

keel up through rigging, including wiring, remodel¬ ing, chain plates, instruments, etc. A new boat on a unique older hull. LPU painted hull and topside

interior space, lots of fun to sail. Asking $95,000.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40, Phil Rhodes de¬

41-FT CHEOY LEE ketch, cruise or liveaboard,

135 hp Perkins. Cruise at 9.5 knots. Reverse AC

sign. Located San Carlos Marina near Tucson,

1980, diesel, VHF, Loran, depth, knot/log, wind,

heater. Espar diesel heater. Upgraded refrigera¬

Arizona. Live aboard ready. Present owner can¬

AP, roller furling, refrigeration, 6 sails & spinna¬

tor and head 3 sails, one racing spinnaker. If

not continue cruising plans. Blister free, proven

ker, dodger, 10-ft inflatable with 8 hp o/b, excel¬

you're looking for a sailboat that takes most of the

Blue water vet. Marina slip and dry storage avail¬

lent condition. $85,000/offers. (408) 363-1150.

work out of sailing, call. $112,000. Contact (310)

able. $59,000. (602) 821-0896.

51 FEET & OVER

301-2163.

45-FT ROBERTS CLASSIC fiberglass ketch. COLUMBIA45,1973. Spacious/dean/liveaboard/

Double spreader staysail rig. Full electronics,

MARINER 40' KETCH, Garden design, fiber¬

1986 COLVIN STEEL SCHOONER. (52' LOD) comfortable proven world cruiser/liveaboard,

cruiser. 1990 rebuilt 50 hp Perkins diesel. Roller

Yanmar, 8 sails, 12' inflatable plus sailing dinghy,

glass, Perkins diesel. 200 gals water, 120 fuel. All

lug rig sails, 85 hp Perkins diesel, Grunert refrig¬

furling main and jib. Microwave, refrigerator, stove,

great cabin aft with captain's table and galley.

new electronics & safety. Ham Kenwood, monitor

eration/freezer. Full electronics, watermaker, au¬

oven, hot water, color TV. Walk-in shower. Davits/

Custom liveaboard features, proven cruiser.

windvane, 406 MHZ EPIRB, Avon 9’ & 5 hp

topilot, etc. Reduced, take $85,000 obo; consider

9 foot dinghy. New batteries. More. $58,000 obo.

Ready for Baja or ? $98,000. Jim (619) 444-5418.

Nissan. Too much to list. Located in Tahiti. Must

various trades/real estate. (503) 484-3812.

(510) 814-9755.

sell, accepting offers. (206) 728-5993.

VAGABOND 47-FT. Spacious liveaboard or cruiser, well-maintained by a serious seller.

INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES WITH MIKE PYZEL Learn heavy weather sailing, anchoring & more on 3-day personally tailored Channel Islands cruise. Join solo TransPac and TransAtlantic skipper Mike Pyzel for the finest professional instruction. Brochure & schedule.

Reduced to $115,000 or offers. Must sell. (415) 331-0533. (Broker.)

Pyzel Navigation, P.O. Box 4217, Santa Barbara, CA 93140 (805) 640-0900

IN HRRBOR CLCCTRIC /4\

Your best choice for low cost boat servicing. Installations and quality repairs to your satisfaction. Steve Keefe

(510) 236-5419

COURTESY FLAGS 12"X 18" from $10 - $20. World coverage.Buy directly from flagmaker

FLAGS 305-527-1605

for most competitive prices in U.S. A must-have for cruisers. Great bon voyage gift! Catalog available. (305) 527-1605 Christine Davis Flags • 923 SE 20th St. • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

PROFESSIONAL SKIPPER

The ULTIMATE Bpat Horn

Captain Licensed to 350 tons. 200,000 miles experience worldwide sail/power. Yacht delivery, instruction, cruise, piloting by mature mariner. Best rates in the industry. Fax/Phone (604) 954-0427.

Produces a screaming 125 decibels of sound! Meets U.S. Coast Guard specifications.

Breath-driven, environmentally friendly No C02 or freon, lightweight, floats, unbreakable. $14 + tax, ship & handling. (206) 938-6692, Katroscik Boatworks

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NEW ZEALAND custom-built 55' sloop, recently completed 7-year cruise. Clean, modern interior/ powerful, fast passage maker. Rig, mechanical and instruments maintained to highest standard. Immediate discount for cash buyer. Phone (407) 862-3711 or Fax (407) 830-8791. MacGREGOR 65, pilothouse cutter 1988, Per¬ kins 135 diesel. Custom interior for extended cruising comfort. AP, dual steering, generator, watermaker, radar, refrigeration, heat/air cond., washer/dryer, Loran, SSB.VHF, TV, stereo, main/ jib/genoa furling. Recently hauled & serviced. $195,000. (510)523-9292. 65-FT LOA STEEL KETCH MOTORSAILER. Shipyard built. Perfect for world cruising, liveaboard or charter. Low upkeep, fully equipped, add food and “Aloha”. Must sell. Video available. (360) 378-3290. FORMOSA 51-FT PILOTHOUSE KETCH. Beau¬ tifully maintained cruiser/liveaboard. Upper/lower saloon with dual helm stations, autopilot, Loran, radar, VHF, dual refrigeration, 10’ Avon w/ 8 hp Nissan, 120 hp Ford-Lehman, 3.5 kW Kubota. Must seel Call for photos & details. Asking $149,750. (213) 937-0642 or (310) 559-6828. ANITRA12 METER, US 5. Built by Akeking and Rasmussen and designed by Starling Burgess in 1929. Anitra is the last of the original six US twelves still sailing and has a long and colorful history, she is constructed of 1 1/4" mahogany over oak and iron frames. Anitra has a beautiful interior with accommodations for six, full galley w LPG stove/oven, aluminum spars. Asking $95,000 obo. Call (510)522-0906. 72-FT WL STEEL BRIGANTINE. 9 sails, extra diesel (671) Loran, radar, floatation tanks, inland storage on 5 axie trailer, oceangoing. $45,000. (707) 255-1137. 54-FT STAYSAIL SCHOONER. 50' LOD, 14' beam, 7’4‘ draft. 30 hp diesel. Built by Weaver Bros. Boatyard, Long Beach, 1958. Fir on doublesawn oak frame. Rebuilt amidships aft '89. Cur■ently repainting topsides and bottom. No interior, seeds new rigging. 2,000 sq. ft. sail. $40,000 obo. 415) 681-4366. 1985 CT 54.120 hp Ford Lehman diesel, 8 kw 'lorthem lights, complete electronics, 4 state■ooms, 3 heads, 2 showers, washer/dryer, microwave, AC. Recent haulout and survey. Cruised sxtensively. Style and performance. Specs, on equest. $275,000. (305) 462-2276. >1-FT GARDEN KETCH. Very well equipped world cruiser/liveaboard. Heavy glass hull and leeks. All furling. Double salon w/inside station, vorkshop/crew area & 2 staterooms w/heads. dust sacrifice. Best offer in August of $117,000. ansider some boat or properly trades and/or inancing. Roger Perry (415) 331-5251 or (800) '28-7254.

CLASSICS

MULTIHULLS

1962 CHEOY LEE LION, excellent condition, many extras. $32,000. (707) 895-3506.

40-FT PIVER. Volvo diesel ketch rig with sails, new wiring, all new upholstery, basically bare boat inside. Ready to be outfitted to your needs with some TLC could be excellent cruiser. Have all parts necessary for completion. See for yourself. $10,000. (510) 458-1606.

TESS, CLASSIC 1947 NORWEGIAN SLOOP, Tumlaren 31. Beautiful, well-known Bay boat, narrow, fast, double-ender, tall double spreader rig. Colin Archer winner. Elegant mahogany inte¬ rior, wood stove. 425 hrs. on new Volvo diesel. $9,500. (415) 861-5538. BEAR BOAT, SHAGGY BEAR* 42. Built in 1948 by Nunes, 23' wood classic. Good sails, rigging and cover (needs to be resewn). $1,000 or best offer ortrade. (707) 823-1577. Leave message for David. 35-FT ‘AERO’ WOODEN SLOOP, 1954. Diesel, new sails, pulpits, deck. Totally refurbished in '95. Beautiful and very fast. $18,000 obo. Call (415) 388-8627. AEOLUS, LOD 40-FT, GAFF-RIGGED plank-onedge English cutter, 1904. Rebuilt from keel tim¬ ber up, 1990 by respected shipwright, utilizing quality air-dried wood, stainless steel fastenings. Copper plated bottom, tanbark sails, traditional rigging. Reasonable offer. (510) 286-7983. K-136 Berkeley Marina. 1948 ALDEN 33-FT KETCH, plan 856, red cedar over oak frames, professionally built. Yanmar aux., monel shaft, Maxi prop, diesel heater, 160 amp alternator, smart charger, shore power, North full batten sails, Harken roller furling jib, Loran, VHF +. Fully restored, refastened, keel bolts new, ■ S/S fuel/water tanks. Absolutely no rot, leaks. Rigged single-handed. Fast; reach sustains 9 knots, windward 5+ knots. Surveyed perfect 10. Varnished inside and out. Asking $30,500 obo. (510)521-9268. 1938 EDSON B. SCHOCK 32-ft cutter (see 7/93 Wooden Boa/mag.). Built atthe Fellows & Stewart Yard in Wilmington, CA this 55 year old beauty is one of the prides of the Master Mariners. Bristol condition, exquisite African birds-eye mahogany interior, mahogany over steam-bent oak frames; full keel, roller furling headsail, plus 3 other hankon headsails; top side covers on all bright work. New dodger now being fitted. (Includes new Zo¬ diac & O/B). $23,000. (415) 331-5316. SPARKMAN & STEPHENS WEEKENDER. Alita, built 1938 at Stephens Bros., Stockton. 36-ft knockabout sloop, fir on oak, teak house, Perkins 4107, not a project boat. The original design from which the Farallon Clipper evolved. $22,500. (415) 388-6057.

5h???n assets"

F-27,1990 with trailer, incredibly cruise equipped. Will demo for serious buyers on Tomales Bay. $65,000. Plus ’90 Chevy van at Blue Book value. For complete inventory write: Box 1442, Gualala, CA, 95445. Drive sail/away to adventure! 31-FT TRIMARAN, SEARUNNER #11. Profes¬ sionally built 1975. A-frame. 15 hp Evinrude, 6 sails. New cushion covers, freshly painted, D/F, VHF, 2-bumer propane stove, Porti-Potti, com¬ fortable and fast! Ready to go! $16,500. (510) 458-6560 eves; (510) 458-1049 messages. REYNOLDS 21, Large serious cruising catama¬ ran, 11' beam w/trailer. Needs mast repair. Bar¬ gain: $1,950 obo. Possible power or sail trade. (916) 573-0767. 36- FT MacGREGOR (2 ea.) 1978 9.9 hp, new upholstery, custom center cabin, aft hard deck. Good shape and sailing in Tahoe. $16,500.1977 9.9 hp, double spreader HD mast, upholstery, boat suffered bottom damage - some fixing done, some not! Good project for $6,500. Custom trailer for 36' MacGregor, $2,000. both boats and trailer for $21,000. If you’re new to multihulls, these are true coastal cruisers that Roger MacGregor built 250+ in the late '70s. Call Steve (702) 588-2027 or (702) 782-2431. CATAMARAN, 27' STILETTO, sport cruiser, trailerable, beachable, fast and strong lots of room. Totally upgraded, everything new. 10 hp Honda. $15,500. Possible finance (707) 274-1875. 37- FT SNOWGOOSE CATAMARAN by Prout, 1986. One owner. Low miles in Bay and Delta only. Nicely equipped. All original (even water pump impellers). This is the best performing and best looking cruising cat under 43'. $128,000. (415) 380-8979 or fax (415) 381-8142.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS 18-FT1983 BAYLINER CAPRI CUDDY, 305 V8 Penta engine, new upholstery, 2 depth finders, stereo, full camper canvas. $7,000 or best offer. (916) 893-0821 after 5:00pm weekdays or any¬ time Saturdays and Sundays, or leave message. 26-FT FIBERGLASS NAVY WHALEBOAT 50 hp Westerbeke 4108 under 200 hrs. The safest boat on the Bay. Great work/party/fishing boat. $7,000 or trade for sailboat. (415) 868-2940.

24-FT BAYLINER CIERRA, excellent condition, overhauled engine and outdrive, easy to trailer to the lakes or Bay. Includes everything you need to go now! Great fishing or family boat. Won't last long. Located at Emery Cove Marina. $11,000. Call anytime. (510) 938-9260. 40-FT POWER BOAT, $16,000, obo. Fish find¬ ers, depth sounder, VHF, diesel heater, refrigera¬ tor, stove, MW, TV/VCR, stereo, hot water. Would make excellent 12 pack boat, weekender, liveaboard, Commuterapartment. Desperate new paint & interior. Must Sell now, going to Mexico! (707) 642-3749. 38-FT AMERICAN BUILT 1977 TRAWLER, eco¬ nomical 10 knot cruise. Well found, well main¬ tained, dinghy, O/B. New 8D's, props, bottom paint, survey and more. Vessel is ready to go. June survey free to new owner. Spec sheet avail¬ able. $77,000. Call (415) 329-1622. 1946, 42-FT CHRIS CRAFT. Spacious salon, remodeled galley down, micro, H/C water heater, propane stove & BBQ. Crew qtrs forward, aft cabin king bed. Sleeps 6-8. Twin screw. New paint. Hulled '94. Treasure chest. Inquire for more. $22,500. Brian (415) 332-1037. 36-FT VIKING, 1964. Spacious, clean liveaboard, wood hull, twin V8s, 200 gallon monel tanks, AP, VHF, double bed stateroom with shower, hot water, full kitchen with large fridge, full canvas, dual control flying bridge. $22,000 obo. Possible trade, finance. (510) 814-0121. 1944 HIGGINS BOW CRUISER. 40', 11' beam. Gray Marine 6-71 diesel, runs good. Large main cabin, galley. DS, VHF. $7,500 obo or trade for sailboat + cash. (707) 254-8581. WILL TRADE - 41-FT CHRIS CRAFT Com¬ mander, 1983 with flybridge and lower station. 14' beam. Would make great liveaboard. 2 showers, full size refer, 2 icemakers, 6 kw gen. Engines have low hours. Full stove, micro oven, 2 built-in TVs, 2 power toilets, queen size bed in stem, plenty of drawer space, 2 closets. Huge V-berth w/ cabinets. $105,000 or best offer. Will consider other - cars or truck, boat and cash for equity. H: (510) 769-0779, car (510) 301-6094, pager(510) 733-7327.

rOSTALANNEX Shelter Island

Worldwide mail forwarding, message sen/ice and bill payingl we can handle all your needs so you can enjoy your cruise! Owned & operated by cruisers for cruisers. 2907 Shelter Island Dr., San Didgo, CA 92106 • 619-222-1664 • fax:619-222-1797

One 15 foot compact cruiser at this deep discount price of $5,600, including trailer and numerous extras. This factory display model is slightly shop worn and lists for $7,800. — Cali factory rep. (209) 462-3808 —

ATLANTIC SAIL TRADERS

BOAT LETTERING Beautiful, long lasting & reasonably priced. Call for our convenient order form.

SAIL the SEA

SMALL HOUSEBOAT WITH ENGINE. 36' wood cruising houseboat. Two large beds, galley w/ dinette, double sink, refrigerator & hot water, marine toilet, shower, AC/DC, electric heat, wood burning stove, new electrical & plumbing 1988, diesel engine, marine electronics. $10,000. (510) 548-0606.

TIME TO GO CRUISING?

WEST WIGHT POTTER

Signs - Graphics

CAPTAIN’S GIG 36-FT, with diesel engine, 1941 model. $2,900.30' double ender fishing boat from Alaska with diesel engine, 1962 model: $2,900. $57' steel motorsailer: $4,500. Also have a couple of other boats for sale cheap. Call Pat at (916) 338-3633.

(510) 848-8202

Call 1-800-WIND-800 with measurements BUY • SELL • TRADE Discount prices on new & used sails, huge inventory, 100% satisfaction guarantee, roller furlina svstem. cash naid for sumlus sails. Celebratinn 10 successful vparsl (941)351-6023 • Fax (941) 957-1391 • 2062 Harvard St., Saratoga, FL 34237

of CORTEZ & PACIFIC COAST of MEXICO

with USCG Licensed Captains. World class sailing, whale watching, vacation hot spots. Participate, learn or just relax. Six guest berths available on new 53' Cutter. $850 week/person. 206-328-7758

48-FT KAYOT HOUSEBOAT Would make great floating office or liveaboard. Needs some work, but in overall good condition. Located in the City, ready to go with current registration and motor. Asking $8,000 or best offer. • Contact David Clark @ (415) 788-9400 ext 510

August, 1995 • UiOUJc 39 • Page 193 /

50-FT, 1961.

Captain’s gig, 33 new sisters, 11 planks, all new caulking, open hull. In water, needs engine and cabin. $1,500 or best offer. (510) 684-3458.

C&C 38 IN PRIME SAUSALITO BERTH, quarter

24-FT SEA CAMPER with double axle trailer.

non-equity annual timeshare, $250 per month. Well-equipped, fast, responsive, but comfortable. Sleeps 6, h/c water, propane stove/oven, head w/ shower, full instruments, 3 jibs, Zodiac. Call Brooks (707) 792-7064.

135 hp diesel. G reat dive boat or fishing Sea of Cortez/ Puget Sound. $11,500. (415) 454-0135. Head w/ shower, sleeps 4.

PARTNERSHIPS

SPINNAKER, 1.5 OZ, luff 36.75, width 24.75,

WANTED

used very little for three seasons, great condition, $675 obo. Two 1 1/2’ Perko bronze seacocks. Cast bronze, 4 bolt flange, ball valve design. Still

WANTED: USED TRAILER for Cal 25, full keel.

in box, $55 each or $100 for both. (916) 934-0204.

Please call Kevin (916) 244-2127.

MONITOR WINDVANE. Fine condition, spare COLUMBIA 22, Santa Cruz slip 1/3 interest. Great

BUY LASER OR 470. Must be complete and in

weekender (cockpit accommodates 4+ adults comfortably), ‘94 Johnson o/b, ‘95 haulout. $900 obo, $54/mo. Russ, (408) 458-9020.

very good condition. Call Pablo at work (408) 765-

parts. $1,950. Call Jim (418) 475-8020.

2984 (8am-6pm) or at home (415) 982-8909 (8pm-

SOLAR PANELS (Siemens M-75), 2 @ $250.

10pm).

Bruce 33# anchor $250. ICOM-707 Ham $700.

BEST P-SHIP ON THE BAY! MORGAN 38: Share

WANTED: EL TOROS. Any condition, 4 to 5

$1,000. Diesel jerry jugs. All brand new before this

with 4 amiable partners. New main & roller-furled jib. Cabin-top mainsheet traveler. Electric wind¬ lass, 50 hp diesel, 6 berths, refrigerator. Conve¬ nient access, no maintenance duties, just hauled & excellent! Sausalito. (415) 964-2801.

boats. Leave message (415) 374-8943. Nr.

year’s trip to Mexico. Also 18’6“ spinnaker pole.

Power Survivor-35 with extended cruising kit:

Seeking an experienced and economy-minded non-equity partner. Seaworthy classic 1961 Rhodes designed pocket fiberglass cruiser. $125/month, share maintenance. Upwind Berkeley berth. SI eeeps four, galley, 5' 11' headroom, compass, Danforths, 6 hp Johnson out¬ board, full shoal keel. (510) 849-1444 MERIDIAN 25.

Experienced sailor for partnership interest in well-maintained Ericson berthed in Sausalito. Rollerfurling jib, Loran, VHF, KM, gaso¬ line engine, oven/stove, depth, standing head room. $175 per month. Lynda (415) 355-0263. ERICSON 30.

CAL 2-27,1977.1/2

interest, rig for single-hand¬ ing, VHF, KM, Autohelm, Loran, diesel, berthed in Alameda. (408) 251-6436.

NOR’SEA 27. Beautifully equipped, exc. cond. AP, Profurl, diesel, set-up for single-handing. Let’s trailer cruise to the Delta, San Juans or Mexico! Equity partnerships: 1/2 interest for $4,000 and $225 per month or 1/3 or 1/4 for less. Call (415) 851-3056.

1/3 ownership, $9,000 firm. Certified marine survey and appraised value com¬ pleted August 1994. Berthed at Emeryville, share maintenance, insurance, berthing, etc. Must be creditable, experienced S.F. Bay skipper for in¬ surance purposes. Your further questions an¬ swered by calling Don at (916) 525-7836. COLUMBIA 32-FT.

Excellent boat for S.F. Bay. Diesel, galley, head, sleeps 5. Gas House Cove berth. $200 quarterly includes every¬ thing, even maintenance. $3,000 firm. Phillip (415) 552-8523. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25-FT.

Seeking 1/2 partner, flexible or structured. Beautiful boat, Frers design, lots of extras. Paradise Cay berthed. Great partners. (415) 453-8100. DUFOUR 31.

ing a boatyard. Please fax: (510) 769-8181.

AVON 2.85 Roll up Sportsboat dinghy. New con¬ dition, used twice. Custom cover and storage bag:

WANTED TO BUY: TRIMARAN lying Mediterra¬

$1,200. Apelco DXL 6800 plotting Loran, new

1981 CATALINA 30 one-third timeshare - flexible

nean, 30’-35’, in good condition. Write WG, 1835

condition, barely used: $250. (415) 948-8457.

calendar - clean; fresh bottom paint; 24 hp Yanmar; located at S.F. Marina/Gas House Cove. $300/ mo. (415) 731-4956.

Virginia St., Berkeley, CA 94703.

J-29.1/3 equity share in Rantum Scantum,

1984 inboard diesel. (If you get the name, you should be ashamed of yourself.) Somewhat competitive in a great fleet. Well maintained, fun crew, good sails, superior beer selection. Just hauled. Mark (510) 601-1555.

UFERAFT, AVON 8-MAN in canister for off¬ RENTAL WANTED: Would like to rent a 30'+

shore. Never used since 1974. Vacuum packed.

sailboat for 6 to 12 months. Living in Sausalito.

Should be re-certified: $900. (415) 851-3815.

Bay, East Coast, Caribbean experience. (415)

USED BOAT STUFF: masts, sails, booms,

331-8005.

winches, cleats, deck hardware, windlasses, an¬

CATALINA 30 WANTED, older, under $15,000.

chors, chain, line, through-hulls, electronics, ships

Prefer to trade Catalina 27 with trailer for part, but

wheels, portholes, stainless railing, bow pulpits,

will consider outright purchase. (805) 967-8830.

lights, outboard motors dinghies, inflatables, sea kayaks,

Race or cruise in Bay or ocean. Will consider equity for 1/2 share or non¬ equity. 33’ racing sloop. Well equipped and in good condition. Call (415) 892-8753. TARTAN 10, 1979.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. Tyee, an Orion 50’ ketch located in Newport Beach, CA, is looking for a limited lease partner in a long-standing, very successful partnership. Modern, luxurious, fully equipped and meticulously maintained by full time captain. Entertain clients, relax with family and friends, travel in comfort and style. Sails beauti¬ fully, Mexico and Hawaii vet. Have a beautiful yacht without the cost and work of owning one. Call Chris at (714) 642-5258 for information.

(415) 348-3460.

BUSINESS WANTED: We are interested in buy¬

heat exchangers, keel coolers,

WAnYeD: Used Wylie Wabbit, Moore 24, Holder

windsurfers, outdrives, much more! Call (415)

20 or other trailerable lake circuit type boat, pref¬

332-3774.

erably a fixer-upper. Will also consider SBRA type dinghies. Have tent and ice chest, just need boat!

MAST AND BOOM for 32’ to 42’ power boat or

Rob, 383-8200, ext. 109.

trawler. Complete with blocks and line, stainless steel support cables, heavy duty stainless steel tilt down base, anchor and running lights, TV ant.

TRADE

USED GEAR

mount, stainless steel spreader lights and brass bell, excellent condition. Best offer. Sextant, brass, complete in wood case, vintage 1919, American

Islander, Eric¬ son, Pearson orsimilar, preferwheel overtillerfor my 1966 restored Mustang coupe white/red and cash. Contact Fred at (510) 654-0733 or (510) 786-2300.

WESTERBEKE #4-107 w/ trans. Fresh water

Shipping Board, Wilfred 0. White, excellent con¬

cooled. Run-in time only. Idles w/60 lbs oil press.

dition. Bill (707) 576-0632 or (707) 894-9526.

ATLAS #215 SSB, Just been checked out. Works

runs great, with tank, $400 or best offer. (415)

WILL TRADE 32-FT CHALLENGER, 1975.11 -ft

fine. $199. Call (510) 522-3957.

688-0713 or (510) 289-0948 eves.

YOUR 30-32 INBOARD DIESEL

beam, 33 hp Nissan diesel. Very clean - would make great liveaboard. Galley w/dinette, marine toilet, shower, v-berth, wheel steering, double sink, AC/DC refer, all new Formica on counters. $24,900 or best offer. Will trade for cars, trucks, other boat or cash. H: (510) 769-0779, car: (510) 301-6094, pager (510) 733 7327.

Can be demonstrated. $3,495.

EDSON MANUAL BILGE PUMP, 1 gal. perstroke.

SPINNAKER for 26-28' boat. Like new, red and

New flapper valves. $249.

white, $750 obo. Also Johnson 6 hp outboard,

MARINE SEXTANT, (Astra NIB) As new with

TOYO 6-MAN UFERAFT, ICOM M700 SSB, 10’

wood case: $300. Hard case, new: $25. Marinetek

Achilles, 4 hp Johnson, 406 EPIRB, storm trysail,

“Waypointer” Loran C, unused: $150. Nissan

blocks, SOLAS flares, South Pacific charts, bosun's

(Model 55B), 5 hp longshaft outboard unused in

chair, sextant, 2 sewing machines, 2 folding bikes,

original sealed carton: $450. (415) 728-7136.

line, Magnavox 4102, plus miscellaneous parts. (510) 706-8966.

OUTBOARD, 1985 Evinrude 4.0 hp, standard 1972 TR6,6 cyl., convertible, AM/FM cass, new top, tires & paint. Like new, 67,000 orig. miles, valued at $7,000+. Will trade for 25’ Catalina or similar swing keel. Must be trailerable. (707) 7431616, Iv. msg. ICE CREAM / YOGURT / FOOD FRANCHISE in

the beautiful Sierra foothills. Established over 20 years. Owner works part time. $150,000. Would like to trade all or part for cruising sailboat 36’ to 50’. (916) 432-0570.

shaft plus tank, excellent condition with less than

EVERYTHING MUST GO: spinnakersock: $149.

100 hrs dinghy use. $400. Larry (510) 874-1919

Jib: $199. Weather station Wizard 2: $99. Dorade

days; (415) 852-9916 eves.

vents Nicro: $40. Traveler car Nicro: $299. Tow¬ ing rope 718', 130': $99. #16 winch, brass: $99.

CHAIN, 250 FEET of 3/8“ proof coil, no rust, Acco

Winch handles, assorted. SS wire ropes, as¬

brand $1.15 per foot (lot). Chris Webber (415)

sorted. (415)726-2560.

969-3030 days.

FERRYMAN 2 CYL 27 HP. Complete w/ Hurtz TRAILER, Vance twin-axle sailboat trailer for

transmission 2-1+ flex coupler, excellent condi¬

boats 24-26’. Surge brakes, tongue jack, tongue

tion, 700 hrs on professional rebuild, $1,500 obo.

extension, winch, new pads. $2,100. Call (415)

Call Jim (916)391-4430.

390-2191.

PACIFIC DELIVERY SERVICES

HAPPY BOAT COMPANY

U.S.C.G. Licensed Master -100 Tons • Sail or Power • Experienced • Reliable • Careful

Marine carpentry & finishing • Bright Work • Deck Repair and Sealing Custom Cabinet Work & Design • Fiberglass Repair • Marine Plumbing 30 Years U.S. & European Experience Call Tony & Yvonne, (510) 370-7911

Reasonable • Refs • Owners and brokers welcome Also available for Bay and Delta Deliveries Capt. Gary Jimmink • (707) 762-1899

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Alameda, Oakland, San Francisco (510)814-9150 • Emergency pager# (510) 297-1276

MARINE SURVEYOR

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Rebuilt, guaranteed, ready to ship. Our rebuilt parts and engines represent great value.

• Sail and Power • Fiberglass, wood, metal • 40 years experience

Free oil analysis with purchase. Cash paid for your dead iron — basket cases welcome,

• Free phone consultation • No travel charge • 24-hr service available

phone: (707) 987-3971 • fax: (707) 987-9785

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Pt. Richmond (510) 237-8412

Bethel Island (510) 684-3454

25 HP DIESEL/HURTH V-DRIVE,engine manual.

EQUIPMENT: 60 lb. Northill storm anchor: $350.

Can be seen and test run at Richmond Boat

CLUB NAUTIQUE lifetime family membership.

45 lb. Skeg anchor (good for coral): $150.20 lb. SI

FREE 7-WEEK SAFE SAILING 4 SEAMAN¬

Transferable. Value more than $4,000.00. Ask¬ ing; best offer. Lee, days at (408) 734-4616 X203.

SHIP COURSE by USGC* Auxiliary. Sept 12 thru Oct 26, 1995, Tue/Thur, 7:30 to 9:30 pm at

Works, $1,400 obo. 12 ft. PortaBote with outboard bracket and oars, $600. (209) 836-2027. SOLAR PANELS, Arco, 29 watt, $99. If I’m not home, please leave your number and a conve¬

S Grapnez anchor $60.40 lb. Danforth anchor: $65. Bronze chainstopper for 3/8" chain: $60.

Sausalito Cruising Club, Text books $20 (opt.).

Engine driven Jabsco water pump w/ manual

CLUB NAUTIQUE, single unlimited membership,

clutch 4 adjustable mount 1/4 diam: $280. (415) 332-7848.

value $2,950. I've relocated, asking $1,950. (909)

skipper's (6-pack) license.

CRUISING SPINNAKER, 39' luff, red-drifter/

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited couples member¬

695-2715.

nient time to reach you. Terry (415) 369-8884. FOR SALE: 25 lb. CQR: $185. Stainless bimini, 6

reacher, 35’ luff, w/sock, sheets, bag - both excel¬

ship. We learned to sail, bought a boat and we’re

'2' wide: $50. King-Air marine air conditioning,

lent, $350 each. Forespar line-control whisker

new ’87, lightly used: $350 obo. Cold water im¬

sailing! Great instruction beginners through ad¬

pole, model LC13-24 TR w/socket end and new

vance. Charier discounts, social activities. Large

mersion suits (3) adult: $150 each. Contact (510) 655-3323.

toggle car, $400. Call Bruce (415) 556-9870 Iv. message.

fleet new/well maintained boats, Alameda/Sau-

HAM RADIO ICOM 735, like new, SSB capable,

1994 MERCURY 8 HP OUTBOARD motor,

$625. Call Don (510) 237-8266.

manual start, regular shaft. Excellent running con¬

PROPERTY SALE/RENT

salito. Value $4,425, make us an offer. Call (510) 770-9202.

Two 75' waterfront buildable lots in Eureka. One

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited couple membership.

bedroom house on one, 15 min. toocean. $200,000 each. Let’s talk for info. (707) 445 -3011.

OWN YOUR OWN DOCK from your back yard.

dition, forward-neutral-reverse and tilt-lock all on

Best sailing of the year now and coming up, with

FOR SALE: CONTAINER WORKSHOP and

throttle handle. Weight 69 lbs. Includes 2 six-

the best ASA club on the Bay! Great social events,

Marine Canvas/Upholstery Business. Includes 26'

MENDOCINO RETREAT RANCH w/sandy beach

gallon fuel tanks, and fuel hose, $900. Call (415)

charters and boats. Must sell, so we sacrifice at

insulated container (on wheels) with electric, light¬

on Eel River. Well built home needs completing.

927-4565, evenings, weekend or leave message.

$1,000 plus transfer fee. Charlie (219) 487-6545

Private setting w/ substantial usable acreage,

ing, canvas awning, roll-up canvas door and lock-

or (219)672-2981.

plus adjacentto Gov't land reserves. Ask$185,000

able roll-up door. Equipment includes tables, shelv¬

PURUS SCUBA COMPRESSOR $1,200. Ferris

ing, tools, supplies and some inventory. A com¬

water/air generator: $1,000. 5' tracks with cars:

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited individual member¬

down for power, sail or real estate. Roger Perry

plete ‘shop on wheels’, ready to go anywhere for

$75. Decca 170 radar: $600.175' roll C-flex, hand

ship. 1994 ASA sailing school of the year. $2,950

(415) 331-5251,(800) 728-7254.

$6900. Will sell container workshop separately for

fishing gurdy with steel line fits pulpit: $40.10"

value. Asking $2,450. Call Dan collect at (916) 582-9454.

approx. 50% less (w/o sewing equipment). Call

radial arm saw & 6“ jointer: $300 for both. Phone/

(415) 332-9231.

fax (707) 745-5603.

TIC consider partnerships, financing, trades up or

200+ FEET 5/16 HIGH TEST CHAIN 1 year old,

CREW

MISCELLANEOUS

CLASSES

TEN SPEED MEN’S ROAD BIKE, Univega, good

ALL DAY CLASSROOM CELESTIAL NAVIGA¬

used twice, $2.95 per ft., will not cut up. Newmar HDM50 heavy duty marine automatic battery charger/converter 50 amps, $150. (209) 474-7291.

FEMALE CREW/ADVENTURER WANTED. At¬ tractive 46-year-old skipper with 41' ketch seeks

PALMER M-60 GAS ENGINE, 20 hp, paragon

condition, $50.1974 Audi 100 LS 4-door sedan:

TION class. Aug 26, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Cass

experienced, trim and healthy female sail trimmer/

trans, Walter V-drive. Receipts for complete pro¬

body (emerald green) and interior (tan) excellent;

Marina, Sausalito, phone 332-6789. $100 per

companion to sail weekends, live aboard and

fessional overhaul in 1990, very low hours since.

engine runs; tranny needs help (reverse doesn't

person, class limited to 5. Should have coastal

prepare for extended cruising. Liveaboard/boat

A fully functional power unit. $300 obo. Call (510)

work); comes w/12 good tires and lots of extra

piloting background.

sitting with all expenses paid, is an option for the

581-6570.

parts, $200. Tires (SR 165/14) and/or parts avail¬ PRACTICAL ON-THE-WATERCELESTIALnavi-

be sailed to Santa Barbara in about three months.

gation class. 3 hr noon or evening sessions, Aug

Please call (408) 646-1821 and leave brief mes¬ sage, including tel. number.

able separately. In Petaluma (707) 769-1850. GENERATOR, one cyl, Yanmar diesel 2.5 KW,

right person. Boat is presently in Monterey and will

zero hrs, elec, start, fuel pump, manuals, fuel filter,

FOR SALE: YANMAR Mod 3HM diesel eng.

12 and Aug 16, 11-2pm and 6-9pm. $75 per

new 6.2 K sell $2,800. Eves (510) 521 -9578; days

Brand new, never run. 1-Mod MG-150 3.05 -1

person, class limited to 4. Should bring sextant

989-4165.

ratio twin disc, marine gear. New gears. (209)

and nautical almanac. Classes will be on a 30'

COUPLE LOOKING for third crew person with

781-6010, 6-3:30, Mon - Thurs.

sloop. Cass Marina, Sausalito, 332-6789.

some offshore experience for Baja Ha-Ha or

WANTED: WINDLASS 2-SPEED SL555, Honda generator EX-650, GPS (bulkhead mountorhandheld), windsurfer 10' beginners style, solarpanels

Mexico to South Pacific passage (April to May CHARTS! CHARTS! CHARTS! For sale, all the South Pacific charts you'll ever need. Over 75

(1’x4‘) style Kirby. Call (510) 522-5461 or (408)

never-been-used DMA charts, plus tubes. Soci¬

446-9363.

ety & Marquesas, Tonga 4 Cooks, Samoa, Fiji &

’96). 46-ft, extremely well equipped. Reply to suite 418,1001 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965, by

NON-PROFIT

August 15.

Vanuatu, East Coast Australia, New Zealand &

NEED 3 LADIES FOR BAJA HA-HA. Tafia won

RITCHIE GLOBEMASTER SP5 mag compass,

New Guinea, plus ocean 4 pilots. A value of over

BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled

plastic classics, prettiest boat, nicest interior and

$300. New, never installed. Magnavox 4102

$1,200. Only $600. Full set only. (212) 410-5821.

Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational opportu¬

Baja Ha-Ha I. This boat is ready to go. Skipper is

SatNav, $150. Navico 4000 WP complete with

(NYC).

nities on San Francisco Bay for physically dis¬

merchant seaman, smoker. Returning Sept. Jim

wheel bracket and manual, $400, new never in¬

abled sailors and able-bodied volunteers. No sail¬

Meeker do MEBA, 340 Fremont, SF, CA 94105.

stalled. Four sheets heavy plastic for dodger win¬

ing experience necessary; adaptive equipment

dows 27' X 60" $25. (619) 425-2852.

available. Cash and other tax deductible dona¬

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

tions welcomed. (415) 281-0212.

WORLDCRUISER LOOKING FOR FIRSTMATE I have well found boat and plan for open-ended

VIKING DRY SUIT, sport with hood, new, size 1.

around-the-world cruise. Must be between 35 and SAILING 4 SEAMANSHIP COURSE: Conducted

50 yrs old and in good shape. Leaving when we

COME JOIN US! The San Francisco Bay Oceanic

by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Sept. 12 - Nov. 2,

get it all together. Write me at: 3147 W. Olive Ave.

AVON ROVER 3-10, $850. Complete Delta tarp

Crew Group invites skippers, crew and appren¬

(14 sessions), 7:30-9:30 pm Tuesday & Thurs¬

#38, Fresno, CA 93722.

for 38' sloop, new $115. Electric shore cord, 50',

tices to join one of the Bay’s most active sailing

days, Yerba Buena Island (between SF and Oak¬

30 amp, $20. Fenders 8,x22", $8.10"x26\ $15.

groups. Our focus as a non-profit organization is

land), $25, includes texts. Please call Kay (510)

Marine radio, Ray Jeff 5000, $100, like new.

to offer sailing experiences to Bay conservation

531-6537, for information.

Danforth anchor, 18 lb., $20. Magna barbecue,

groups while improving our own sailing skills. For

ocean. Al Holt (510) 455-5202 weeknights or

$25. (415) 592-4991.

info, call our Hotline at (415) 979-4866.

(510) 215-1026 weekends.

$675. (805) 882-1142.

CHARTS

Need experienced crew to sail regularly - Bay and

CAPE HORN, THE ULTIMATE SAILING ADVENTURE

COURTESY FLAGS

CHARTS: Save 90%. Reproductions of DMA, HO, MEX, French, etc. Organized for the

Join Mahina Tiare, John Neal’s Hallberg Rassy 42 for 9 exciting days sailing in Patagonia incl. landing on OSipe Horn for $2500;

navigationally challenged cruiser into area-specific, cross ref'd packs.

FLAGS:

AGGRESSIVE OLSON 30 RACING SCHEDULE

— Nov. 27-Dec. 6 —

Best Prices 4 Construction - no shipping charge.

— Armchair Sailor *2110 Westlake N., Seattle, WA 98109 • (800) 875-0852 —

Any size & country. Custom also. Sherrell Steinhauer (503) 255-0969.

_Repair, Restoration

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Fred Andersen Boat

Woodworks

(510)522-2705

Marvin Burke

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CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, CUSHION CLEANING

SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT

On Site or Pick-Up and Delivery

Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper.

Barry's Professional Upholstery Cleaning

Reg. price: $180/gal. Our price $50/gal.

Free Estimates • References

Also black vinyl and other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal.

(415) 883-8874

Primer & other epoxies. $10-$15/gal. Polyurethane. $20/gal. (415) 588-4678

August, 1995 • La&UM 39 • Page 195

LADY SKIPPER SEEKS CREW FOR MEXICO,

CREW WANTED: Captain, 62, trim, healthy, ac¬

Oct 1995. Excellent cruising ketch. Need people with mechanical, electrical and/or navigational skills. Must be willing to do “mini'’ trips and assist in preparation this summer. “Fun” also included. Nancy (415) 331-7844.

tive has 46’ ketch in Mexico. Leaving Nov. for Costa Rica. Looking for female companion, crew member. If you are 50+ non-smoker, trim, active, stable, love cruising, write Charlie, 561 Keystone Ave., Box 429, Reno, NV 89503.

1996 CHRISTMAS IN LA PAZ. Lets work to¬

SKIPPERS & CREW make boating connections.

gether for the next year getting ready to cruise the sea of Cortez and possibly beyond. I’ve got the boat(53‘ cutter), very comfortable. I am ayoung 50 DWM, and also very comfortable. If you are men¬ tally and physically sound, know boats, want to cruise, week a warm, loving relationship, it may behoove both of us to meetand share ourdreams. Unfortunately, I have no way to reach 'you, so please reply with photo. Correspondence will be kept confidential and answered. La Paz, 1001 Bridgeway #634, Sausalito, CA 94965.

The Sailing Network welcomes sailors with any experience level, daysails, overnight, raftouts. Meets monthly in the East Bay. Call hotline (510) 226-6972 leave message.

CREW POSITION WANTED on 38’-50’ sailboat.

I LOVE TO SAIL, EXPLORE & TRAVEL. I would

Prefer circumnavigation. 36, adaptable, outgoing engineer, bluewater experience, physically/emo¬ tionally fit, mech/elect. skills. Share expenses. Will pay travel to/from boat worldwide. Avail. 1/96. Fred, 270 Chichirica St. #905, Turnon, Guam, 96910, tel: 671-649-8806, fax: 671-649-8807.

like to make a living doing it! Experienced, I’m good! Chris Giovacchini (707) 938-1736.

SWM 62, 5’8", 165#, retire October. November

Mexico aboard 3V blue water cruising sailboat. Well-equipped. Circumnavigate? Looking for ad¬ venturous woman, companion to share the expe¬ rience & the expense. Write Victor, 148 Baja Sol Ct., Scotts Valley, CA 95066.

SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is looking for

a few good sailors. Beginners welcome. Many opportunities to sail and learn. Our members enjoy cruising, racing and other activities year round. For more information, call (510) 273-9763. Singles only, please.

CREW WANTED: 75-foot schooner Viveka fin¬

ishing 6-year circumnavigation. August-September: Panama, Belize, San Bias Islands. OctoberNovember: Mexico-California. Call/fax Sheri (808) 239-7267.

JOBS WANTED

JOB OPPORTUNITIES O.C.S.C. IS HIRING entry level and skilled main¬

tenance positions. Sailing benefits. Pay $5-9 per hour. Call Glenn at (510) 843-4200. ATTENTION BLASTERS AND PAINTERS. Ex¬

perienced boat sandblaster required to blast bare 40 foot rusty mild steel sailing hull located SF Bay Area. I can provide equipment, tenting, grit dis¬ posal. I also heed help with epoxy painting. Call Rob evenings (510) 339-3038. MARINE MECHANIC. Journeyman only. Knowl¬ edgeable in repairs, preventive maint, rebuilding. Operate & navigate all types to -85’. Full time, benefits. Refs, will be verified. Send resume to: Pasha Services, 1301 Canal Blvd., Richmond, CA 94804, Attn: Mark Dela Vega. E.O.E. LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED SEWER for a small, but growing marine canvas business. Please call Nor Cal Canvas and ask for Kyle. (415) 269-3478. Sun - Thurs, 9:00 - 6:00. ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN: component level tech wanted for bench repairs and electronics/ electrical installations. Experience with RF and boats desirable. P/T and FfT positions. East Bay location. Must have own transportation. Will con¬ sider person with electrical experience only. (510) 523-6011.

THE GREAT ESCAPE 95/96 Cruising season in

Mexico. Romantic veteran cruiser ieaving Califor¬ nia in November to Puerto Escondido. Then sail¬ ing south to Zihuateneho aboard Quark, 30’ sloop for Christmas (with stops along the way). North to Puerto Vallarta and Sea of Cortez. R.V. trips to Todos Santos and Cabo. Write Dave Sheldon, P.O. Box 2069, Sausalito, CA 94966. Include phone # (let’s talk) photo? Possible L.T.R. Tennis a plus.

EXPERIENCED WOODWORKER AVAILABLE

for all types of boat repairs. Hatches, doors, win¬ dows, replaced/repaired. Deck, thru-hull fittings, heads, bilge pumps, lights installed. Wood hull and deck surfaces renewed/vamished. Bottoms cleaned and coated. Some mechanical work. References. John Shinnick (415) 824-1278.

METAL FABRICATOR: bending, welding and fabricating marine parts. SST and aluminum. Quality work. (510) 522-7899. VOLUNTEERS TO HELP run the 1 st annual ASA

Foundation/West Marine Sailing Symposium, August 12-13. Volunteers receive free admission and lunch both days. Swimmers with wet suits also needed as overboard victims. Call Harry at the ASA Foundation. (310) 822-7171. JOURNEYMAN MARINE ELECTRONICS/ Elec¬

1989 53-FT AMEL SUPER MARAMU World cruising ketch. Fully found with current equipment and electronics.

trical technician position available, installation and technical. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple simultaneous

Excellent condition. Reduced to $349,000. (415) 331-0533. (Broker.)

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Dennis Daly (510) 849-1766

Diving-Electrical /Installations& Repairs ~ Hull Maintenance - Rigging - Surveys ~ Systems Installations - Fine Woodworking

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SHOOTING STARS - BOAT PHOTOGRAPHY You in action: at the start/finish, setting the kite, at the mark. At Leisure, Cruising the Bay. Doing it right/wrong. As you like it! Chris Giovacchini.(707) 938-1736

Custom Marine Canvas Timely Quality Work. Reasonable Prices.

408 247-9610 -

HENDERSON RIGGING & YACHT REPAIR Roller Furler Sales & Installation • Mast & Boom Fabrication All facets of yacht repair • All hardware at discount prices (4151 331-7422

islander 36's a Specialty

1970 CHEOY LEE 40-FT OFFSHORE Original owner, excellent condition. Just varnished, located Sausalito. Must sell. (415) 331-0533. (Broker.)

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projects, be self directed and work as part of a team. Must have own tools & transportation, ex¬ tensive knowledge of light marine products & be willing to travel. Minimum 4 years exp. bench and component exp. a plus. References required, serious inquiries only please. (415) 331-1924. YACHT SALES PERSON NEEDED. Individual must be able to combine prior knowledge of sales and sailirlg. Experience preferred. Waterfront lo¬ cation. Contact John Baier, Oceanic Yacht Sales 331-0533. 103-FT SQUARE RIG KETCH, Hawaiian Chieflain is now accepting applications for: licensed first mate, engineer, busun. cook/deckhand and volunteers. Positions are part and full time liveaboard. We offer interactive sail training, environ¬ mental education and a variety of public and private day charters in the San Francisco Bay area. If you are hard working and enthusiastic, forward resume to Hawaiian Chieftain, attn. Alina, 3020 Bridgeway, Suite 266, Sausalito, CA 94965 or fax (415) 331-9415; ph. (415) 331-3214.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WELL ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURER of

marine heating equipment. Ten year old producer and marketer of high quality marine water and space heating equipment is available. Included is inventory, spare parts, test bench, show exhibits, marketing literature and artwork. All productspecifications and supplier’s lists and extensive cus¬ tomer lead databases are also included. Seller will give technical assistance in setting up. Manufac¬ turing is mostly assembly and not labor intensive so relocation is v^ry feasible. (513) 651 -2666. Fax (513) 651 -0633. MARINE SERVICE BUSINESS grossing over $40,000, capable of lots more for go-getter. Ac¬ counts, inventory, $80,000 yachts, training, per¬ sonal property of the business for $105,000. Bank will require about $40,000 down. Perfect for per¬ son with marine knowledge and business sense. (415) 329-1622.

PRETTY YACHT VARNISHING —

Quality Varnish Work at Reasonable Rates — Chris Kyriacou (415)331-2247

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UNSURPASSED SERVICE Here’s what one customer had to say about us. Ladd’s Marina.. “did everything they said they would do, on schedule and at a fair price. In this day and age of mediocrity and lack of customer service, Ladd’s Marina is a refreshing change. See you at my next haul-out. ” Ron Richey of Sacramento

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CONVENIENT We will pick up or deliver you and/or your boat, Ask for details.

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Bboats. 170 Beckwith, Craig, Yacht Sales.206 Bellhaven Charters . 158 Berkeley Marina. 16 Berkeley Marine Center . 8 Blue Pacific. 158 Boeshield T-9. 8 Boy Scouts - Pacific Harbor.202 Boy Scouts - San Francisco.201 Boy Scouts - Stanford. 135 British Marine . 49 Brisbane Marina . 135 Bruno's Island Resort . 117 Cal Berkeley. 12 Cal-Marine Electronics. 65 Caliber Yachts. 12 California Custom Canvas .77 California Maritime Academy.158 Capitola Bay Marina. 149 Caribbean Yacht Charters.155 Century Products. 145

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60' OCEAN CRUISING KETCH by Huntingford USA. Center cockpit, 3 furl, GPS, AP, radar.

38' ERICSON, 1984. Owner'soft double, stall shower, windvane, single hand. Owner will sacrifice!

Reduced. $299,000/offer. Must be sold!

Try low 60s. Asking $69,000.

36' GULFSTAR MOTORSAILER, 1972. Ideal livea 35' FANTASIA AFT CABIN, 1980. Windvane, GP! radar. Needs TIC. Moke owner offer. $59,000

ERICSON 38, 1990. Mint & gorgeous custom inte¬ rior. Roller furling, owner's aft cabin, inverter. Eye stopper. Asking $112,000.

board. Owner's double, shower, AP, Lehman 120 Clean! Asking $55,000/offer

32' MORGAN, 1982. Bristol! Diesel dodger, roller furling, fireplace, custom appointments. Really clean.

Asking $42,500.

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centerboard racer/cruiser. Newly rebuilt engine, epoxy bottom. Loaded w/gear. New to market, must be sold. $68,500.

33' Roughwater Cutter, 1976. Rugged double ender. Wesierbeke dsl, radar, tiller master, alum, mast, loaded w/extras, Bris¬ tol and ready to cruise. $39,000.

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57' Carri Craft Catamaran, 1972 .$68,500/offers 52' Sea Ranger Cockpit MY, 1986 .$249,000 50' Lien Wha MY, 1988 . $279,000 48' Offshore Yacht Fisher, 1989.$315,000 46' Bestways MY, 1986. $184,400 43' Bayliner Aft Cabin MY, 1991...$151,500/offers 43' San Remo MY, 1988. $169,000 43’ Bayliner 4388 Mid-cabin MY, 1993.$179,500 41* Sunharbor Trawler, 1979.$102,000 40' Silverton 40X Express, 1990.$99,000/trade 39' Sea Ray 390 Express, 1989.$125,000 38' Bayliner, 1987.Priced to sell $89,900 35‘ Baja Force 370,1989 .$59,500 34' Silverton Fiybridge convertible, 1981.. $45,500 33’ Sea Ray 330 EC Express, 1992.$89,500 33' Luhrs Marlboro long range SF, 1975 ... $19,000 32' Carver Montego Express, 1989 ..$66,350 32' Bayliner 3288 MY.2 from $62,500 28' Bertram SF, 1976 .$46,500 26' Silverton.CALL

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ARIES,’"W, new dsl.$80,000 CATALINA, 78 sip, new dsl .... $25,000 CATALINA.$31,000 CATAUNA, 78.$26,000 GULF, '80.SOLD ERICSON, 70.$13,000 LANCER, '84.$ 11,900 PEARSON, '69.$7,500 COL. Midi, '69.$ 7,500 J/BOAT, '80.Make Offer

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SAIL 47' VAGABOND, '85.$179,000 45' HARDIN KETCH, '86.$1/2,000 43’ MULL, IOR, 74. Reduced $73,000 41' AUX. CUTTER, '41 .$49,000 36’ ISLANDER.SOLD 34’ ISLANDER, 77.SOLD 34' HINCKLEY, '43.$30,000 34’ CAL, 72.$25,000 34’ CATAUNA, ’88.$49,000

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37' SEARUNNERTRI Yanmaraux., AP, seven sails, Barient winches, ocean vet. Owner wants it sold. Asking $40,000.

37' FISHER Quality aft-cabin motorsailer. Aux. gen., rebuilt main, loaded. Asking $89,000/ OFFERS.

34' CAL Roomy with great layout. Bay sail or cruise. Loaded incl. dodqer. Now at our docks. Asking $16,900.

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33' VANGUARD By Pearson ful keel cruiser, Yanmaraux., dodger, windlass, custom walnut interior. Asking $23,500.

32' ARIES. Traditional exec, sail¬ ing, full keel, diesel aus. Bay/off¬ shore cruiser. At our docks. Asking $27,000.

DO YOU WANT TO WIN ^ TROPHIES IN RACES? ^ 50' ELLIOTT MARINE This boat beat all the 50footers and half of the 70s in the TransPac to Hawaii!

25' FARALLON Perfect sport & fishing machine, low hours turbo Cummings, Furuno radar, GPS, VHF & souncer, SF Marina berth included. Asking: $35,000.

28' TRITON Also by Pearson, ful keel classic, Bay or offshore cruiser, new sails, a steal. At only $7,000.

A New Zealand "Schooner"? YES, they happen to know how to build FAST boats down there! Call Cherie Booth for details and photos of this boat or any other race boat. OK, so you want to CRUISE? How about a 60-foot Lidgard, cold molded, 4 stateroom boat? Just completed a circumnaviga¬ tion around the world and trophied in TransPac too!

28' FREEDOMMull design, carbon fiber mask, full battened main. Asking $39,000.

29' TRINTELLA F/G, teak decks, varnished inter/cabin from Holland. Our docks. Try $15,000.

Oh, you just want to get a boat and sail around the Bay or maybe off to Mexico or the South Pacific? We can help! Call us about boats like: Fuji 45, Peterson 44, Cheoy Lee 36, Hans Christian 44 Pilot¬ house, Columbia 41, Kettenburg 32, and many more available vessels!

YA CHTFINDEiUSL 55' CLASSIC M/Y 1927 bv Fellows & Stewart. Twin GM dsls, up to survey. Lots of history, Winston Churchill, Howard Hughes. At our docks. Owner wants all offers.

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43' STEPHENS CLASSIC 1929 raised deck beauty, professionally maintained, newtwin diesel mains. At our docks. Asking $62,000.

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1-800-71-YACHT Fax (619) 294-8694 • (619) 294-4545 SELECTED POWER 34' Californian Sdn SF.$69,000 34' Silverton Marin Ex, '90.$75,000 36' Egg Harbor, SF.$74,500 36’ Grand Banks Trwl.$69,900 36' MMC/PT34 Trwl.$79,000 37 Scarab Exp. '91 .$78,000 37 Silverton Cnv, '93.$149,000 38' Mediterranean SF.$185,000 41' PT/CHB.$125,000 42' Bertram Cnv SF.$277,500 42' Carver MY,'87.$225,000 43' Viking MY.$175,000 45' Bayliner, '85.$188,000 46' Princess Riviera Ex '91.$399,000 48' Chris Craft YTFS.$225,000 48' Offshore MY,'86.$289,000 53' West Bay PH....$934,000 57 Defever SF,'86.$420,000 57 Californian Cpmy.$389,000 59' Stevens, '89.$695,000 59' Kha Shing CPMY, '90.$399,000 60' Hatteras CV.$595,000 60' Vega Marina SF.$395,000 60' Hatteras...2 from $559,000 63’ Little Hoquin Custom MY.$399,500 70' Heisley Exp.$985,000 70' Elliott SF.$950,000 72' Hatteras MY.$1,150,000 75' WestideMY.Offers 82' Ft. Bragg Cstm LRMY.$269,500 85’ Maiora MY, '86...$1,975,000

53' 7" CT 54,1978 Four staterooms, 30 ton dspl, 120 hp diesel, loaded. New sails. Asking $230,000.

56' DUTCH STEEL MOTORSAILER 1974 DeVreis design with 16-foot beam to Lloyd's A-1. Four guest doubles forward, owner's aft. Asking $275,000. August, 1995 •

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HURRICANE by Nunes Bros, of Sausalito. Mistrolis in beautiful condition with gleaming varnished wood, l/B, the right sails and more. Asking $ 10,950.

MORGAN 32, Yanmar Dsl, inflatable w/o.b., H2O maker, spinnaker gear, autopilot, dodger, built for VP of Morgan Yachts, loaded w/ cruising geor.

40' NUNES CLASSIC Dsl. Excellentcondition. Former flagship of ClassicYacht Assn. Great layout & equip. This is one of the very finest on West Coast. $67,000.

36' HUNTER. Solid, twins (one new, one rebuilt), much recent work & more. $17,950 or best reasonable offer by August 30.

MORGAN 32, Yanmor Dsl, inflatable w/o.b., H2O maker, spinnaker gear, autopilot, dodger, built for VP of Morgan Yachts, loaded w/ cruising gear.

RIVA ST. TROPEZ.Sophisticated Italian Riviera cruiser w/ US muscle: twin 365 np - 454 cid V8s (nearly new: 50 hrs), outstanding performance.Reducedto $55,000.

Wm. GARDEN 41' KETCH. Total refit justcomplete, ind. new diesel. Beautiful, strong, ready to cruise.

80' CLASSIC. Twin diesel 671, built new, gi famous. Asking $69,000/offer.

WELLS 34/HERRESHOFF Nightingale Ketch. 42' LOA, dsl, traditional beauty. Well round & more.

46' CHRIS CONST. Mexico vet, GM6V53 twin diesel, low hrs, top condition, custom decor & more.

ERICSON 35, Wonderful condition, 10 winches, 2 spinnakers, strong inboard, very well found & equipped.

CARVER 33 F/B SEDAN, Twin V8s, radar, glass hull, VHF, depth, two steering stations, large cockpit, etc.

Unlimited fast is fun and turbo too. Three time TransPac first to

finish including course record plus 1995 overall winner. Perfect for your sports marketing program. Ongoing charter demand.

SANTA CRUZ 50. Only Mk II built. Strong upwind, deep keel, extra ballast and ex¬ tra sail area. Center engine, open tran¬ som, pipe berths aft. Big Boat Series winner. $174,000. SANTA CRUZ 50. One of three built to USCG certification for passengers for hire. Extensive added accommodations and added cruising equipment. Go sail¬ ing and generate income too. $199,000.

CATAMARAN, Formula 40. TomCat. Really, really fast. Tom Blackaller's origi¬ nal boat from the Prosail circuit. You can't go any faster than this. $$$ - Call.

$239,000.

SANTA CRUZ 40. Delightful yacht with extensive cruising equipment and racing sails too. Nice interior. Rarely do these much sought after 40s come on the mar¬ ket. $99,500

YACHTFISHER, Offshore 48, '86. Even the Wizard went out on a powerboat the other day and liked it. This cockpit motor yacht is in impeccable condition and is the perfect Santa Cruz 52 tender. $275,000.

Let the Wizard Find The Right Boat For You

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SAIL 22' BAYLINER, 0/8, full rote.3,500 23' CLIPPER w/9.9hp 0/B & trlr 4,900 23' RANGER, 0/8, user friendly. 4,900 23' SPRINTA SPORT - Dohler,0/B 4,900 24' CAL 2 24, 0/B, full eqp 4,500/ofr 24' GLADIATOR, 0/B, clean 3,500/ofr 24’ SANTANA, super tond., 0/B. 5,000 24' CSC S-2, 0/B & more.3,900 25' CAL, 0/B. 34,000 25'MacGREGOR, 0/B, ’82 .. Ask 3,700 26'ISLANDER, 0/B, good boat... 3,300 26'SEABIRD YAWL, perfecl 24,000/ofr 27' ERICSON, l/B,.. 13,900/offers

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49' CT CUTTER, '86. Immaculate & well equipped cruising cutter, with recently installed electronics. Teak decks. Dodger/enclosure. $219,000.

44'HARDIN, '78. Watemtaker. radar, GPS, AP, SSB,SL

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4V LAVRONIS, '88. Performance cutter. Swan-li style. Light wood interior. Teak decks. $89,500.

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65' MacGREGOR 54' ROBERTS STEEL 54' VENNEKENS 50' FORCE 50 47' GARDEN KETCH

'86 $139,500 '83 $249,000

35' MORGAN

79 $170,000

72 $24,500 '90 $79,000 79 $34,000

34' WYLIE $29,000 33' HUNTER 33' GURNEY/HUISMAN '68 $39,950 79 $33,000 32' MORGAN

78 $117,000 72 $67,500 73 $62,000

45' COLUMBIA 45' HANS CHRISTIAN 76 $169,000 '88 $89,500 41’ LAVRONIS 2 from $61,500 41' MORGAN 40' OLSON 39' CAL 38' CABO RICO

'83 $85,000 71 $46,000 79 $89,000 78 $39,000

38' EASTERLY 79 $50,000 37' HUNTER 37 HUNTER LEGEND '88 $84,500 73 $39,500 37' RANGER

37' RANGER, 73. Like no other, rich custom interior, a j work of art. Better than new. $39,500.

built to Lloyd's 100A1 + specs, 4 dbl strms, 2 beads, twin Mercedes dsls. Cruise equipped. $159,000.

electric windlass, 8-man liferaft. $130,000.

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73 $44,500 79 $48,000 '81 $49,500

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76 $40,000 70 $27,000

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$269,500 70 $72,500 $120,000

44' LUHRS 42' CALIFORNIAN 42' HATTERAS LR 42' CHRIS CRAFT

$189,000 '69 $75,000 '90 $199,000

42' SEA RAY 420 41' PRESIDENT FDMY '81 $109,500 40' HERSCHINE '83 $95,000

BRISTOL 35.5. Ted Hood racer/cruiser. Roller furling, refrig., AP, Westerbeke dsl., Combi depth/knot/wind instrument Asking $45,000.

40' BEST WAYS FDMY '84 $124,000 '82 $90,000 39' BESTWAYS '83 $89,000 38' BAYLINER 34’ CALIFORNIAN

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'86 $22,000 72 $20,000

36' S-211 METER AFT, 79. Excellent finish above and below decks. Epoxy bottom. Roller furling, ST winches, Volvo dsl engine. $48,000.

33' GURNEY/HUISMAN, '68. Aluminum hull. Strong, ■ 35'NIAGARA,'81. Very high quality sloop, Westerbeke dsl, roller furling, autopilot, dodger. $67,000.

34' SABRE, '82. Extremely well maintained, recent : || varnish and roller furling main and jib. $58,000.

lightweight, fast. Gurney design. Perfect couples bluewaler cruiser/racer. $39,950. jj

321 MORGAN. FAR BETTER THAN NEW. Extensive customizing and upgrading, new 3 cyl FWC Vanmar in '91 *$49,000- reduced to $42,000.

54' ROBERTS STEEL KETCH, '83. No compromise 3 stalerm cruiser. Bright light oak interior. Gleaming blue LPU hull. Teak decks. New engine, more. $305,000. ______

32'WESTSAIL, 76. Solid cutler. Low use engine. Autopilot, extensive ground tackle Rigging Mechanically and structurally superior. $40,000.

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