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CONTENTS subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings doublehanded farallones nor cal cruising guide springtime in the boat yards bvi spring regatta interview: dee smith boat owner's boo boos saints in a sleeper do or die eye on the bay junior sailing profligate max ebb: why ask y? world of chartering the racing sheet changes in latitudes ciassy classifieds advertisers' index brokerage
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due to the club's broken hoist. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. May 2-3 — 98th Vallejo Race, aka the Season Opener. Lots of one-time big boat entries this year, as well as new classes for PHRO, 30-footers, sportboats, and non-spinnaker. Vallejo YC; YRA, 771-9500. May 2-3 — Citibank Spring Cup at Pier 39, rescheduled from the original April dates. The "world's finest sailors" will duke it out for a share of the $10,000 purse in this fast-paced ll:Metre regatta. Info, 705-5564. May 2-3 — Elvstrom-Zellerbach Regatta for Finns, Euros, Lasers, Laser IIs and IMCOs. StFYC, 563-6363. May 3 — Whitbread Race, Leg VIII: 3,390 miles from Mary¬ land to New Rochelle, France. EF Language can, and probably will, wrap it up mathmatically with a good showing on this leg. May 7-9 — 1997 US Sailing Champion of Champions Re¬ gatta at Newport Harbor YC, better late than never. Harbor 20s will be the race weapons. Lee Parks, (401) 683-0840. May 9 — SFYC’s Farallones Race, the second biggest OYRA qppe each year. YRA, 771-9500. May 9 — Flight of the Bulls, an El Toro race in 'Foster City. Ron Locke, (510) 846-9136. May 9 — 'Nino de Mayo' Regatta & Fiesta, low pressure rac¬ ing courtesy ofTiburon YC. Hans Bigall, (707) 584-8756. May 9-10 — Mother's Day Regatta for Jesters. Joe Francis, (408) 476-7392. May 13-17 — St. Francis Match Race Series, a Grade II (no money) event in J/24s. Skippers include Melissa Purdy, David Clark (Australia), Jeff Madrigali (America True), Cameron Appleton (Team NZ), Tony Rey (PACT 2000), Peter Holmberg (Team Carribean), Andy Green (England) and one more mys¬ tery player. StFYC, 563-6363. May 16 — Spring One Design #2. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. May 16 — South Bay YRA race #2, hosted by Sierra Point YC. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. May 16-17 — Elite Keel Regatta for Melges 24s, Etchells, Express 27s, IODs and Knarrs. SFYC, 435-9133. May 16-17 — Spring Regatta & BBQ at Lake Washington SC (in the Port of Sacramento). Dave Lemoine, (916) 753-6718. May 16-17 — U.S. Women’s Sailing Championship Area G Eliminations (for the Adams Cup), sailed in Santana 20s on Folsom Lake. The winner qualifies for the finals on Fern Ridge Reservoir (Oregon) in September, also in Tuna 20s. Stephanie Wondolleck, 258-9163. May 16-17 — Moore 24 PCCs. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. May 17 — Eighth Annual SBRA Scott Rovanpera Youth Sail¬ ing Regatta at Lake Merritt SC. Charles Heimler, (510) 8456218. May 22 — Whitbread, Leg XI — it’s over! Just 450 miles from France to Southampton. Congratulations to Paul Cayard, Mark Rudiger, Kimo Worthington and the entire crew of EFL. May 23 — Master Mariners Memorial Day Regatta, the best parade of this patriotic weekend. Peter English, 456-8355.
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May 23 — Swiftsure Race, the classic Pacific Northwest over¬ night race. Royal Victoria YC, (250) 384-0001. May 23 — OYRA's Monterey Spinnaker Run, revived after a 15-year hiatus. Co-hosted by GGYC and MPYC; YRA, 771-9500. May 23-24 — Memorial Day Regatta, a four-race series on the T1 course (Saturday) and the Cityfront (Sunday). Invited classes are J/24s, J/29s, J/35s, J/105s, Santana 35s, ll:Metres, Express 27s, Melges 24s, Olson 30s and, for the first time, Antrim 27s. StFYC, 563-6363. May 23-24 — Memorial Weekend Regatta for Cal 20 (Baum Trophy), Santana 22 (Mull Cappuccino Cup) and Ranger 23 (Eldridge Cup). San Francisco YC, 435-9133. May 23-24 — Cal Cup: fleet racing for ULDB 70s off Marina del Rey. California YC, (310) 823-4567. May 23-24 — Whiskeytown Regatta. WSC; Mike Strahle, (530) 245-0964. May 29-31 — U.S. Women's Open Championship in Laser RadiaJs and JY-15s. Judy Yamaguchi, (510) 526-7272. May 30-31 — Stone Cup, aka HDA races three and four. Get Stoned with Matt Jones and the StFYC, 563-6363. v June 6 — Delta Ditch Run, co-hosted by Richmond YC and Stockton SC. StkSC, (209) 473-9851. June 6 — Colin Archer Race for traditional double-enders. EYC, (510)’522-3272. June 6 — GGYC Hard Day's Night, the fourth and last crewed ocean race of the first half. YRA, 771-9500. June 6-7 — 17th Annual Go For The Gold Regatta at Scotts Flat Lake (north of Nevada City). Gold Country YC: Don Samuelson, (530) 477-9153. June 7 — Spring SCORE #3. SCYC, (408) 425-0690. June 12 — South Tower Race. StkSC, (209) 473-9851. June 12-14 — Woodies Invitational for Birds, Bears, Knarrs, IODs and Folkboats. StFYC, 563-6363. June 13 — Midnight Moonlight Macho Maritirpe Marathon Madness. San Francisco YC, 435-9133. June 13 — SSS/Corinthian Race. Paul Miller, 924-0767. June 19-21 — Long Beach Race Week. Bay Area boats ex¬ pected to grace the SoCal circuit include Bullseye, Raven, JackRabbit and Recidivist. LBYC, (310) 493-5173. June 23, 25 & 27 — Starts of the Vic-Maui Race. Royal Vancouver YC; Dwight Jefferson, (604) 925-5568. June 26-28 — Coast Cadillac/North Sails Race Week in LongBeach, this year benefitting the Leukemia Society. Bruce Golison, (714) 379-4884. June 27 — Start of the SSS TransPac. Look for Lakota to set a new multihull record. Terry McKelvey, (510) 527-9433. June 27 — Seventh Annual Encinal/Santa Barbara Coastal Cup. For info, call the East Bay Rob Moore, (510) 530-0460. June 29-July 2 —West Marine Pacific Cup staggered starts. See www.pactficcup.org, or call Jim Quanci or Mary Lovely at: 441-4461. Summer Beer Can Races BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness. Spring:: 5/11, 5/25, 6/8, 6/22, 6/29. John Super, 243-0426. BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Races, through 9/25. Pauli Kamen, (510) 540-7968. BENICIA YC — Thursday Race Series, through 9/24. Noble: Griswold, (707) 745-8598. CORINTHIAN YC — Friday Night Series, through 9/11. Mat¬ thew Gorton, 256-9243. COYOTE POINT YC — Wednesday Nights, 5/6 through 9/ 30. Mark Neumann, (650) 696-9616. ENCINAL YC — Friday Night Twilight Spring Series: 5/8, 5/ 29, 6/12. Bill Stephens, (510) 426-6927. GOLDEN GATE YC — Folkboat Wednesday Nights: 5/6-6/
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IIIIOUT OF JUNGLE WITH MACHETES In the March Letters I read with horror the duplication of an incident we experienced a year ago February with a group of cruisers from Z-town. A group of us cruisers chartered a bus for a day trip to Playa Troncones. After a great palapa style lunch on the beach, three of us women walked up the beach and around a cove to look at tidal pools. Suddenly, two young men wearing bandanas and carrying machetes charged out of the jungle brush toward us, whooping and hollering. Congressional Cap, long Beach Yacht Club, 1996. Photo by Gerl Conser.
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One of the women managed to escape, but the two closest to the boys were attacked with the machetes as the boys attempt¬ ing to cut away the fanny pack worn by Diana of Sweet Dreams, I rushed to her aid, but was thrown to the ground and struck by a machete. They boys got the fanny pack and then ran off into the jungle. As it turned out, we were more stunned and shocked than hurt. We reported the incident to the police and word quickly got around to cruisers. We later learned that Playa Troncones was considered dangerous by locals. Nonetheless, we certainly didn't wear fanny packs again or wander away by ourselves. Unfortunately, incidents such as this happen as much in San Francisco, Denver, Chicago or any other big American city. We just made the mistake of letting our guard down. Nancy White Audrey Lane, Valiant 40 Currently in Mazatlan
UliBLOWN out of proportion I don’t know if the Wanderer remembers me, but I first met him in Mexico in the late 70s while cruising Radiant, my Cas¬ cade 42. I'm now based out of both Mulege and Chula Vista. I have an RV, Marine, Computer and Electronic store in Mulege, and when back in California I work on my 150 web pages for Baja. People can check them out at <http://mulege.com.mx> 1 drive to Mulege on about the 27th of every month with about 80 Orbit and Direct TV Guides and other merchandise for my clients in Mulege and Loreto. I'd be happy to take Lati¬ tudes down, too. I drive back about the 8th of each month. I don’t do this in the hot summer months, though. While on my friend Earl's page, I came across Latitude's re¬ quest for reports of robbery and other crimes in Mexico. I want to respond to them. It's true there is some crime in Baja be¬ cause of the difficult economic situation, but most of it is either falsely reported or blown out of proportion. This is what hap-
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LETTERS pened when the locals took control of the Hotel Serenidad here in Mulege, and as a result I had to do a lot to straighten out the reporting of the situation. It's the same now as a result of the November murder of two American fishermen at 'San Quintin’ on the Pacific side of Baja. The fishermeq. were actually murdered between San Quintin and Catavina, an area that's been a trouble spot for many years. For as long as I can remember, my Mexican friends in Ensenada have instructed me to drive through from El Rosario to Catavina and never stop for anybody on the road. I now have the official internet information site for the Mulege County and soon will have it for San Quintin and south as well. My Mexico web site is the only one I know that covers all of Baja. Jens D. Kolbowski Chula Vista / Mulege
Jens — Sure we remember you from 20 years ago in Puerto Escondido, La Paz and Cabo. Everything was new to us and you tvere an 'old hand' even back then. We're glad to hear you're in good health and doing well. Your web site for Baja has lots of excellent information. Mthe organ, par excellence, of evolution Recent letters regarding the ability to survive an ocean cross¬ ing drinking saltwater raise questions that are not new. During World War II, medical investigators studied this question since it was imperative to estimate the minimal amount of water and food an aviator in a life raft needed for survival. These data were published after the war by Dr. James L. Gamble, a pedia¬ trician at Harvard (Physiologic Information Gainedfrom Studies on the Life Raft Ration). The basic principles of body fluid vol¬ ume and electrolyte composition regulation had 'been under study by renal physiologists and medical scientists — includ¬ ing Dr. Gamble — since the 1920s. (My own mentor, the late Dr. Jack Metcoff of Chicago, had been a student of Gamble at Children’s Medical Center in Boston during the 1940's.) The upshot of these studies is that it is not possible to sur¬ vive a long passage with the sole source of fluid intake being salt water. Moreover, sea water is more than 'salt water'. It also contains significant quantities of magnesium and calcium. How¬ ever, from the standpoint of maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, and avoiding dehydration, it is the 'salt' that is signifi¬ cant. Gamble and his colleagues showed that sea water is more concentrated, in terms of osmotic pressure, than our body flu¬ ids. The concentration of sodium in sea water — about 420 milliequivalents per liter, or 9.7 grams of sodium per liter — is about three-fold greater than the sodium concentration in blood. The ingestion of such a concentrated solution inevitably and predictably leads to dehydration. This is shown by the follow¬ ing considerations: Typically, an average-sized adult needs to drink, at a bare minimum, 1000 ml (one liter) of water per day to avoid dehy¬ dration. This assumes that under conditions of restricted avail¬ ability of fresh water the healthy kidney is able to produce a concentrated urine, attaining a maximum concentration fourfold greater than that of blood. The above assumption (1000 ml per day) assumes that ’insensible water loss’ — i.e., the direct volatilization of water ’vapor’ through the skin surface and off the moist lining of the respiratory tract in exhaled air with each breath — is baseline. Insensible water loss does not include sweat, which is a ’sensible' — of directly quantifiable — dissipation of body water. Under climatic conditions of hot sun and exposed skin sur¬ face, as might occur at sea in tropical latitudes, the amount of
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See From Fish to Philosopher by Homer W. Smith (published around 1950 and surely out of print). James Gamble referred to the kidney as "the organ par excellence of evolution" as it facilitated the adaptation of marine life to terrestrial life. The kidney has a unique anatomical adaptation to concentrate urine to an osmotic pressure higher than that of blood referred to as the 'countercurrent multiplier'. According to the evolutionary scheme, the subset of Homo sapiens usually found around sailboats, Homo sapiens marinus, are specifically adapted to be on the water, but not in the water. Ronald J. Kallen, M.D. Equanimity Waukegan Harbor, Illinois
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We just gots^ack from transiting the Panama Canal as line handlers extraordinaire aboard Randy and C.J.’s Norseman 40 Royal Venture (Baha Ha-Ha I). It was a great experience all the way around, from class act Panamanian advisors working their way up the scale to a night to remember on Lake Gatun. There is, as might be expected, much talk and grumbling about the new $1,500 flat fee for small craft transits of the Canal — along with talk of alternatives such as modified Travelifts doing the same job. At present Panama is under drought conditions. With Lake Gatun three feet below normal levels, large vessel draft is now restricted to 39 feet rather than the usual 42 feet. By chance we had a meal at the airport with a 77-year-old American man who is an active senior Canal Pilot with more than 40 years experience. His opinion is that the fee hike is to test the waters — and if it doesn't fly, it will be drastically re¬ duced. We learned one interesting tidbit to throw into the debate/ equation. When small craft are behind large ships locking up, the large ships have to keep engine rpms down. As a result, this pilot estimated that it takes 10 more minutes per lock. This translates into fewer ship transits per day and a signifi¬ cant financial loss for the Canal. Finally, this senior pilot had no doubt that the Panamani¬ ans would run the Canal efficiently and well when they take over in 2000. David McCullough’s The Path Between the Seas (Touchstone 1977) offers a fantastic histoiy of the Canal. Readihg it made our Canal transit more enjoyable. Randy and C.J. are headed to Isla Providencia — we left them in the San Bias Islands — and then up the Rio Dulce to leave the boat for the summer season. A1 & Sandy Fricke Meridian Passage, Valiant 40 Northern California Al & Sandy That senior Canal Pilot you spoke with knew what he was talking about. As a result of a big stink about pro¬ posed $ 1,500 flat transit fee, the Panama Canal Commission backed way off. The new fee structure means that boats under 50 feet — the vast majority of cruising boats — will be able to transit forjust $500. Fun fact: When John Guzzwell took his 20-/ootTrekka through the Canal many years ago, the fee was $2.15. ■
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My husband and I have been travelling on our Tayana 37 ever since we left Santa Cruz nearly six years ago. Our yacht is now for sale, as it has taken longer than expected to get where we are — and we need to get back to the 'real world'. We're not sure why, really, but it just seems like the right thing to do. Anyway, we've met many sailors in our travels who have become lasting friends. Unfortunately, it's often difficult to keep track of those friends — which is where we're hoping you can help out. While in Cairns, Australia, we met Kirk McGeorge owner and captain of the Islander 38 Polly Brooks. Since we've been without a steady supply of Latitudes, we haven't been able to keep up with him. The last time we read about him was a Changes in the January '98 issue when he reported he was in
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Amy — We can't keep track of everybody's address, but try calling the Marianas YC in Guam. If he's there, somebody will know. Unfortunately, we're not sure how good the phone service is as they're still recovering from December's supertyphoon Paka. I
It ItCOULD THE LOSS OF DOS LOBOS BEEN PREVENTED I just read the article about the loss of the Islander 40 Dos Lobos on the South Bar just outside the Gate. I'm trying to le^rn about ocean sailing and this event has me worried. What actually caused this event? Latitude's report says, 'They saw the first wave coming and steered into it, but it picked up the boat and turned it sideways." What caused this? Was there something the crew could have done to prevent it from happen¬ ing? If you were out there, would you have: 1) Hoved to; 2) Put out a storm anchor; 3) Put out a drogue; 4) Dragged warps; or 5) Done something I don’t know about. I m not trying to get anybody to second guess what the crew did, but I would like to find out how to prevent something like that from happening to me — as I hope to join the Ha-Ha next year. Mike Geer
Michalla, Pearson Ariel Mike — There are really two parts to your 'what could they have done' question. The one thing the crew could have done that almost certainly would have saved Dos Lobos was to have not sailed her across the shallow South Bar. We've lost count of the number of boats and lives that have been lost in the last 22 years as the result of transits of the Potato Patch and/or South Bar — particularly between late October and early April. Time and again gigantic waves — often several miles offshore — have appeared out of nowhere to crush, splinter or roll boats. There's no more deadly hazard on the Northern California coast than a big winter swell and the shallow water of the bars to the north and south of the shipping channel. You either stay in deep water or you run the very real risk of becoming the next victim. And don't befooled by a flood tide! Once faced with a breaking wave or series of waves, the best thing a crew can do is keep the boat from being hit on the beam This either means running with the breaking wave — which in the case of Dos Lobos, probably couldn't have been done quickly enough, and in any event would have had them headed toward rather than away from more trouble. Or, a crew can do what the crew of Dos Lobos apparently tried to do — which was head up and punch through the wave. Trying to punch a 40-foot sailboat through a wave — particularly the large and queerly distorted waves so common on the South Bar— is almost impossible. And once a boat has violently been tossed beam-on to breaking seas, she's totally at the mercy of succeeding waves, and her crew will almost certainly be in no position to come to her aid. So we suspect that by the time Dos Lobos was in the breaking waves -of the South Bar, no drogue, warps, storm anchor or sailing technique could possibly have saved her. The lesson of the loss of Dos Lobos is to stay away from shal-
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LETTERS last wishes, may we suggest that you render this activity super¬ fluous by buying and carrying a 406 EPIRB. This is the '90s, for God's sake, and therefore it's completely irresponsible for a mari¬ ner to die of thirst or hunger. Besides, using your body for food makes about as much sense as using $1,000 bills to light cigars. Upon death, donate your body parts properly, that way they'll mean life to others, not just a meal. IT-I!IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE MEXICANS I'm responding to the controversy about whether the body of water should be called the Gulf of California or the Sea of Cortez. No matter what it's called on the American charts, the waters are Mexican, and from the outset they called it Mar de Cortes. So that's the correct name. I edit scientific papers in English down here and try not to allow the place names to be translated into English. The names were given in Spanish by the Spanish and the Mexicans, and also a few by the French. We use the names as they were given. Some names do not translate easily, as 'the peace' for La Paz. We can also differentiate between Ensenada de La Paz and Ba¬ hia de La Paz — something not as easily done in English. But for scientific reasons we do want to differentiate. Finally, it always sounds better not to mix the languages in a name. For example, Laguna San Ignacio sounds better than San Ignacio Lagoon. Ellis Glazier Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas La Paz, Baja
Ellis — If the Spanish and Mexicans called it the Sea of Cortez — or Cortes — then that’s what we'll call it. < But we've got to disagree with you about mixing Spanish and American name/ words. We prefer Laguna Beach tq Lagoon Beach, for example, and think El Segundo Beach sounds more interesting than The Second Beach. ITIITHE 'NORTHERN LIGHT' ON TEAK DECKS I've been following the 'teak deck’ letters with interest, be¬ cause for the past 25 years I've spent summers either in marine industries or caring for teak decks. Since our teak surfaces in Seattle suffer indignities that California teak surfaces are only now beginning to appreciate, I'd like to shed some 'northern light' on the situation. The most common complaints regarding varnished teak trim are the broken surfaces at joints where railings come together. What people don't understand is that moisture enters the joint from the under side, wicking up under the varnish. When tem¬ peratures drop, the moisture freezes, causing a bubbling and breaking of the varnish. When the sun comes back out — for Seattle, that means June — the moisture evaporates, leaving a white raised spot under the varnish. The only thing you can do is sand down the area and build up coats of varnish again. It helps to caulk the joint under, around, and over. Sealing the wood prior to new coats also helps. As for decks, my favorite appearances are natural gray and oiled — although I don’t recommend either. I used to oil with a combination of tung, linseed and turpentine, which creates a thing of beauty. Unfortunately, pollution and dirt are trapped by oils, which necessitates frequent harsh stripping. Such strip¬ ping causes the gummy residue, which ties the grain together, to go away, therefore 'raising' the grain and causing sanding — which really shortens the life of teak. Algae growth on teak causes much the same problem. - „ One could just varnish teak decks. Unfortunately, this cre¬ ates a slippery surface that seals the wood and beads water And that’s only the tip of the raindrop. The real problem is that
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oils and varnish-based products negate your deck seam prod¬ uct warranty! So let’s go back to the beginning. Allowing decks to go gray allows dirt/pollution to enter the grain, which requires stripping with chemicals at least every two years. Now that we’ve stripped the teak, it's a beautiful golden color. Within the next four weeks, the natural oils rise and are bleached by the sun, causing the cycle to begin again. Water sealers bead water, and void the warranty of deck caulk supplies. The only answer I’ve come across is All-Guard, a wa¬ ter-based UV inhibitor that allows water to enter and leave the wood. . . no problem with nonskid, warranty of caulks, or gath¬ ering of dirt in grain of wood. The only downside I can find, after several years of use are the original prep of the wood, (since so many products today cany silicone, i.e. oils, paints, etc.). Silicone products create a real mess at re-application time. Try them and see. . . blotchy. And they can’t be recoated with something else, because the usual harsh chemicals won’t strip them. Silicones must wear off. The other problem is All-Guard does wear off. . . traffic patterns can cause this. You have to recpat about every 6 months, with a coat or two (after 3-4 origi¬ nal coats) but they blend in. In summary, everybody is looking for a magic, no work re¬ quired, bullet that doesn’t exist. There aren’t any perfect an¬ swers. And often the real problem lies in what’s actually under the teak deck itself. We’ve helped many boat owners cure those problems. They take all the teak off, repair the underlayers, add epoxy, re-bed, then re-apply the teak. I think you get the picture. Survey the deck before you buy the boat. Chris Sutton Doc Freeman’s Seattle
Readers — That does it, we've run all the letters we're going to run on teak decks. IT IT AMAZED AT THE TEAK LETTERS While shopping for our first boat a couple of months ago (with the intention of taking off cruising in three years), we wrote Latitude for comments about teak decks. Yes, we're the ones who started it all. We've been amazed at all the responses with all the excellent — and sometimes conflicting — information. We had three fun¬ damental questions: 1) Were the decks going to create too much heat — both to touch and inside the cabin? 2) Were the decks going to promote leaks? 3) How much more work than fiber¬ glass were they going to require? We knew that teak decks would be more work than fiber¬ glass, but since one of my other hobbies is refinishing furni¬ ture, we weren’t sure about combining sailing and woodwork¬ ing. I don’t think that we got a clear answer for this question, but it certainly helps that I enjoy working with wood. As for heat, the consensus seems to be that the teak works as an added layer of insulation, and in most cases keeps the inside of the boat cooler. Some people said that teak decks are cooler to touch, although I still find that hard to believe. The leak issue seems to be a function of the method used to apply the teak and how well the teak is then maintained. I am certainly oversimplifying all of the input provided by everyone, but 'these are basically the answers we got. Anyway, we decided to buy a Centurion 47 — and she has teak everywhere. She s an '85 model and has been 'yard main¬ tained , so her decks as well as everything else is in excellent condition. The teak decks have a Cetol finish with Sikaflex 241 caulking. We bought the boat in Connecticut, where she has been pulled out of the water every year and stored inside. It will be interest-
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UllECONO TRIPS TO THE '90-DAY YACHT CLUB' For those Latitude readers about to buy a boat and thinking of taking it to Ensenada for 90 days to avoid paying California sales tax, the important things to remember are to follow all the steps carefully and keep lots of written documentation. But once you get the boat to Ensenada, how do you visit it? The straightforward way is to fly to San Diego and rent a car. But if you stay with the boat for several days, the car rental plus Mexican insurance can get expensive. An alternative drill we've found takes about three hours from the San Diego Air¬ port, which is a little longer than if you take a rental car. But when you return to the States, you avoid the huge traffic jams at the border. Besides, you don’t need a car in Ensenada as the taxis work fine and the local bus system is fun and cheap. In any event, here's the seven-step way we've been doing it: 1) Take a taxi from Lindberg Field to the San Diego Trolley American Plaza Station. Cost: $8.00 2) Take the Blue Train to the San Ysidro/Tijuana border. Cost: $2.00 each. 3) At San Ysidro, walk around the front of the trolley and take the Tijuana dollar bus into town — but get off just after the border crossing at the Yellow Cab lot. Cost: $1/person. 4) Walk through the Yellow Cab lot and across the street to the ABC bus station. If you are hauling a lot of stuff, let one of the men with shopping carts help you for $2 or $3 U.S. They really appreciate the business. 5) Take the ABC bus to Ensenada. These buses are well maintained and relatively clean. The buses leave eveiy halfhour during midday and hourly during off hours. Cost: $11.00 per round trip. 6) Get off at the first station in Ensenada. Just across the street is a clean and well stocked Gigante Super Market where you can pick up any provisions you might need for your stay on the boat. Take a taxi to your marina. Cost: $5.00. 7) For the return trip, just do everything in reverse — except walk across the border instead of taking the dollar bus. Total cost for a couple is about $50 U.S. Brent & Susan Lowe Walnut Creek
Brent & Susan — This is how screwed up we are: Knowing full well that legions of lawyers — including the First Lady be¬ fore she moved into the White House — are paid small fortunes to show corporations and wealthy people how to legally avoid taxes, we still feel a little guilty that Latitude's new charterboat doesn't 'qualify'for California sales tax because we took offshore delivery and cruised her outside of the country for five months. On second thought, maybe we shouldn'tfeel so guilty, because if all goes as planned, she'll hardly ever be in the state.
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ing to see how the deck holds up in the Bay. We will continue with the Cetol finish for now just to see how it will hold up. Some folks say that it tends to get slick when wet, but only if you're barefootin' it. Thanks for providing an excellent forum for great sailing and a place to exchange information. Thanks also for providing a barometer for a balanced life. If we can’t get through the next issue by the end of the month, we know that things are out of whack! Joe Brandt and Jacque Martin Mama Lynn, Centurion 47 Northern California
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LETTERS Dave and Sharon Simpson’s Cabanas Parida; discovering that Panama City is a modern, vital city full of hotels, banks and restaurants; transiting the Canal; meeting the Kuna Indians on the reef-strewn San Bias Islands of Panama; snorkeling and diving at Roatan’s west end; and relaxing on the Rio Dulce be¬ tween visits to the Mayan ruins atTikal. The comraderie among the cruisers from'San Diego to Key West is an experience not to be missed. The further you travel from the U.S., the thinner the fleet — but the stronger and deeper the bonds. The biggest surprise of the trip? While we were in La Paz, we found ourselves docked near Bill and Barbara Steagall of Inspi¬ ration — whom I hadn't seen or talked to in over 30 years, back when we were active in sports car rallies in New Jersey. After dropping more money in the fantastic marine markets of Ft. Lauderdale in order to carry out postponed maintenance and upgrade Ariadne, and after wintering in the Bahamas, we plan to continue up the East Coast. But thanks again to Latitude for inspiration. Had it not been for you, we'd probably still be sailing the confines of the Bay. Roger Bohl Ariadne, Cal 39 Passing through Ft. Lauderdale 1111 BACTRIM IS THE SOLUTION I'm sorry to hear the Wanderer is having to do a second round of flagyl. I hope he's eating lots of yogurt because that stuff kills everything in your system, no matter if it's good or bad. Next time the Wanderer comes to Mexico, he should get some Bactrim and start taking it before he leaves the States. He prob¬ ably won't catch anything then. I used Bactrim on my first trip to Mexico in '90, and I still use it each time I travel from the mainland to Baja or vice versa. As it was explained to me, Bactrim helps your system cjeal with the bacteria common to particular areas. My method was to take a half tablet the day before I reached port, a half the day I arrived, and a half the following day. This three-day dose has worked well for me, as I've never gotten contracted any of those nasty diseases — despite that fact I eat at all the street corner taco stands and palapas. Bactrim is a sulfa drug, so people need to make sure they're not allergic to it. It's much cheaper in Mexico, so maybe some¬ body can send the Wanderer a care package. Suzy O'Keefe California / Mexico / South Pacific / Southeast Asia IULtravel doctors not recommending antibiotics
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Just a couple of clarifications. Although I never met the late Arlo Nish — who built Saga, the Wylie 65 we now own — it's my understanding that did a circumnavigation aboard Sonic. Based on his experiences, he had Wylie design Saga for a second trip around. ^
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last summer In the Northwest, getting the power from a mas¬ sive 4,000-watt inverter. While it worked like a charm in the Northwest where light winds mean you have to power all the time — and therefore charge the batteries frequently — we don't think it would work in parts of the world where there is more wind. Thus we're outfitting with a new stove. As we go through the refit process, we run into more and more people who have Arlo storjes or who remember Saga as she was being built. We are the beneficiaries of the incredible work that Arlo and Wylie did to bring the boat from drawing board to reality. Among the many other interesting design ideas you may not be aware of are: the integral 'crutches’ that allow the boat to dry out without external support; the stainless steel gunwales and deck shelf; and a hydraulic fisherman's anchor winch mounted belowdecks 15 feet from the stem with 200 feet of chain and 400 feet of wire rode. Cool. We'll see you sailing south this fall. Matt and Polly Stone, v Kaleb 9, Hayden 5, Adalaide 3, Heather McGuire and Armado the Portuguese water dog Saga, Wylie 65 Matt, et al. — Here's the thinking behind the vodka tank: the last time we were in French Polynesia, a small bottle of vodka cost about $40. So if you fill your tank with good stuff from Costco, you may be looking at a savings of close to $2,000. And if you didn t drink that much yourself, it would be a profitable little smuggling operation. 1UI WHEN MY WIFE AND I WENT TO BED After reading Max Ebb's Racing Sailors' Definitions in the March issue, I was sufficiently immersed in sailing jargon to tell my wife, when we went to bed, that I was "coming alongside to raft up." William Anderson Sunnyvale Mthe bunny is alive and well at clipper cove This is our way of saying thank you' to some very special_ yet anonymous — people. Prevailing commercialism in America makes it difficult to believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Faiiy. We're convinced, however, the Easter Bunny is alive and well here in the Bay Area. After a blustery night at anchor in Clipper Cove, we were1 greeted at dawn with bright sunshine, a gentle breeze — and an Easter Basket in the cockpit! We hope the spirit of Easter paid a visit to everyone else's boat, too. Carl & Leslie Kirsch Charisma, Tayana 37 Alameda
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Carl & Leslie — If we're not mistaken, that's what is called a random act of kindness. Good on the perpetrator of this tradi¬ tion. tf vTHE EASTER BUNNY MADE OUR DAY On the afternoon of Saturday, April 10, we found ourselves anchored after messing around with our new staysail and jib furling system-in the North Bay — at Paradise Cay. Just before starting dinner, however, we became concerned about the weather, as the wind had started fo blow pretty hard. This is nothing new at Paradise Cay, but this time it was coming out of the north. After it had blown 20 knots for an hour and wasn't showing any signs of letting up, it was getting pretty rough in
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there. So we decided to weigh anchor and head for Clipper Cove, between Yerba Buena and Treasure Island. We arrived at Clipper Cove just as the sun was setting. After lowering the hook and securing the boat, we fixed dinner and turned in. We woke early on Easter Sunday morning to enjoy our morn¬ ing coffee. Looking out the companion way confirmed that it was going to be a beautiful day. But what was this? Sitting right there in our cockpit was a pretty little Easter Basket con¬ taining a couple of Easter eggs, chocolate malt eggs, chocolates and candy. We rushed into the cockpit to see if we could spot the perpetrator, but nobody was in sight. Who could have quietly rowed around the anchorage in the early morning placing Easter Baskets in the cockpits of an¬ chored boats? Was a child responsible? Or maybe an adult? Whoever it was, this wonderful surprise renews our faith in mankind. Each day we hear what bad things humans do to one another, so it's great to be able to share somebody's wonder¬ fully kind act with Latitude and your readers. It sure made our day. Chuck and Chris Woods Oriana (The red boat) Northern California INJhigh dudgeon
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Imagine my shock of recognition when I saw my boat on page 136 of the March issue. Of course, a 'Looking Good' cap¬ tion would have been my first choice, but recognition that we can get our crew back aboard Moore 24s is nice too. In answer to your captioned question, the "guy," Ann was indeed wearing a PFD, an Extrasport kayaking model, popular among dinghy sailors. She was wearing it underneath her foulie top. Since I’ve been racing, I always make sure that all my crew is properly buoyant. That probably has to do with starting rac¬ ing in Lasers. I don t know if this exposure will make it harder or easier to get crew. At least we've proved in print that we can recover our crew, but we've also proved that people fall off boats. Thanks for my 30 days of fame. Fred Cox
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J. — the launching of ships over sacrificial humans — espe¬ cially virgins — was also very popular in the South Pacific. So if we had to rename a boat — which is sort of a new 'launching', that's probably what we’d do to celebrate. But we're still open to other suggestions from our readers.
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Star stars. The San Diego Maritime Museum’s flagship Star of India starred in her own segment of the History Channel’s Great Ships series on March 3. The 278-ft Star was launched as the full rigger Euterpe at Ramsey, Isle of Man, in November 1863. The ship had a varied career, which included 20 trips around the world. Among the more interesting facets of her life were the 20 years she spent carrying up to 400 emigrants per tri£> to New Zealand in the 1870s and ‘80s. Their letters and diaries were compiled by the San Diego Maritime Museum’s Craig Arnold into the book Euterpe in 1988. The History Channel tends to rerun segments of all its shows fairly often, so keep an eye out for the ‘Star’ of the series. Carrying the notion a bit far.
I realize that sailors are a cut above the general populace in terms of intelligence and creativity. But expecting us to figure out that it’s time to renew our subscription from a blank post card maybe carries that notion a bit far. . . Nonetheless, here’s my 26 bucks for another year — can’t seem to break the habit. — letter from Paula Weir of Seattle after she received a misprinted (blank) renewal postcard from us. Oops. Community support. If you attended Sail Expo (and if you didn’t: tsk, tsk), you might have heard the announcement or seen the demonstration by the Tree-To-Sea program, a joint effort by Merritt College and WoodenBoat magazine to “encourage, inspire and instruct” community boatbuilding programs. “Handcrafting boats seems like an inspirational way to open the world of waterfront culture to our diverse population,” noted Bruce Douglas, co-teacher of the Tree-To-Sea course and vice commodore of the San Francisco Short Ship Society. Great idea. Too bad it couldn’t help the Sausalito Boatbuilding Co-op, which spent the better part of the last two months garagesailing itself into oblivion. We feel his pain.
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SIGHTINGS Californian girls Mercy High School of San Francisco has always prided it¬ self on preparing young women for life in contemporary society, both academically and person¬ ally. That preparation will take on a new dimension early next year as the first group of 14 stu¬ dents takes part in the Tall Ship Academic Adventure aboard the state tallship Californian. The project is the brainchild of 26-year-old Art and English teacher Caitlin Schwarzman, who knows well the esteem¬ building value of sailing. As a youngster and later as a teen¬ ager, she cruised extensively on her family’s 42-ft wooden cutter Bantry Bay.
Born and raised for the first few years of her life in San Fran¬ cisco, Caitlin and her family — which included her parents and younger sister — took off in the late ‘70s. They sailed down the West Coast, through Mexico and Central America, transited the Panama Canal, and explored the Caribbean before heading up to their new home in Massachu¬ setts. When she was 14, they took off again, this time bound for the Azores, down the West Coast of Africa and back across the Atlantic to Brazil, the Carib¬ bean and home again. Though Caitlin admits to having been “devas¬ tated" at the thought of leaving her friends for that year-long adven¬ ture, she says now that the experience “changed my life. It showed me that actions have consequences that affect the environment and even --- other people’s lives. It was very empowering.” She also knew that if it worked for her, it could work for others. On the way to getting her teaching creden¬ tial, Caitlin worked aboard several tallships, either as crew or teacher/program director. These included the Ernestina, out of New Bedford. Massachusetts, the Angelique. Harvey Gamage and Natalie Todd, all based in Maine, the Sunshi xe, which sails out of Guam, and the globe-girdling three-master Tole Mour. Working with everyone from children to teen¬ agers to adults confirmed her resolve that there was more to the sailing game than just fun. (Of course, it’s not all work, either — last sum¬ mer she helped deliver her parents’ newest crusing boat, a 42-footer called Anasazi, from Caitlin Schwarzman. Massachusetts to Anguilla.) By the time she came full circle back to San Francisco three years ago, Schwarzman’s special interests were two¬ fold: girls' modes of learning and how sail training programs build self esteem. She’s done professional papers on both subjects, and her Master’s thesis in Education at San Francisco State — due this month — will meld the two subjects together. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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dick budlong To the many friends of Dick Budlong on Tiri Tiri:
We have sad news to report. Tiri Tiri was found north of Jakarta on October 18, 1997, under full sail with no one aboard. Dick's last port of call was Bali. His passport and billfold were on the boat. There were no signs of foul play. A good friend in Alaska requested a port search when Dick failed to contact her long after expected. His family was not notified until March 14, 1998, and information provided has been scanty. If anyone reading this has any additional information, please email it to merymite@
don’t throw out A mysterious group of computer whiz¬ zes calling theynselves MOD — for ’Mas¬ ters of Downloading' — has apparently hacked their way into the military computer system that controls, among other
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missing ozemail.com.au and it will be passed on to his son, Ed. Dick will be remembered for his dry wit and straightforward attitude toward life. He had made it clear that when his time came, he wanted to be at sea with his beloved TiriTiri. So if our worst fears are confirmed, it appears that he went out the way he wanted. That will serve as some comfort to those of us who loved him and will miss him terribly. — mary mccollum, john hicks yacht Duet (currently in Australia); joni and roy spencer fullerton, California
that sextant yet things, GPS satellites and receivers. The breech was discovered when MOD bragged about the exploits in online in¬ terviews (www.antionline.com.) with comcontinued middle of next sightings page
Wishing they all could be ‘Californian’s — Mercy HS students build self-esteem with a little yardwork.____
So will the Tall Ship Academic Adventure, which she pitched to the powers that be at Mercy last November. She admits she was surprised when they said, ‘Tell us more.” A fluny of phone calls to various tallship programs followed. The Nautical Heritage Society of Dana Point, which runs the Californian, appeared the perfect fit for what she had in mind. Built and sailing since 1984, the 145-ft topsail schooner Californian was conceived and built just for such programs by director Steve Christman — who himself learned the value of sail training as a young Sea Scout. Last month, Schwarzman and a group of 16 young women from Mercy did a five-day ‘trial sail’ on the Californian out to the Channel Islands, which turned out to be everything Caitlin had hoped it would be. Wrote one participant, “I feel like a different person... (I'm) learning to appreciate the simple things and value what knowledge I have. Questionnaires administered before and after the short cruise showed increased self-esteem in all but two of the students. Schwarzman is now in the process of taking applications for the first official Tall Ship Academic Adventure, due to shove off in the spring of 1999. The main criterion for applicants, she says, is young women “with the willingness to tiy something completely new.” The adventure encompasses an entire four-month semester for the students involved. It begins with four weeks of preparation at Mercy where girls are introduced to the five interrelated classes they 11 pur¬ sue aboard ship: Oceanography, Maritime Literature, Coastal Histo¬ ries; Mathematics of Navigation and one elective: Seamanship, in which participants learn “the crafts of the sailor. Then the girls ship out continued on outside column of next sightings page
May, 1998 • UKUJtlti • Page 103
SIGHTINGS Californian girls — cont’d aboard Californian for a two-month cruise along the coast of California and into Mexican waters. Each student will participate in the running of the ship, from standing watches to doing dishes, as well as complete several hours of academic work per day. The last four weeks of the semester will be spent back at Mercy, where the students will finish their various projects, papers and.presentations. Schwarzman takes pride in mentioning that this will be the only all¬ girl tall ship semester offered anywhere in the country. And if the cruise is deemed successful, it will be expanded and offered on a regular basis. Right now, Caitlin is pretty much boss, foreman and go-fer of the fledgling project. In time, she hopes to delegate some of the work to others, and to secure scholarships and other private or corporate fund¬ ing for the program. Anyone interested in contributions along those lines, or in finding out more about the program itself, can contact Caitlin Schwarzman at (415) 334-0525, ext. 311.
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sextants puter security expert John Vranesevich. Based on schematics the group showed him and inteviews with other experts, Vranesevich is confident that the MOD'S
powerboat tries On April 19, adventurer Jock Wishart and a crew of 16 departed Gibraltar aboard the 115-ft twin-diesel powerboat Cable and Wireless Adventurer. Their goal: to beat the current powered circumnavi¬ gation record of 83 days, 9 hours and 54 minutes, which was set by the nuclear submarine USS Triton — in 1961!
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— cont’d claims were genuine. Defense Department officials are "aware of the intrusion and looking into the matter."
to catch up Gust to put things in perspective, we note that a sailboat clobbered that record back in 1993, and it’s been bettered twice since. The current mark, set one year ago this month by Frenchman Olivier de Kersauson on the 90-ft trimaran Sport Elec, is 71 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes. Beat that, you fossil fuelers!
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At first, Scott Majors thought there was a logical explanation. Early on the morning of March 23, he’d driven down to Vallejo Marina to grab a few items off the Islander 36 that he and wife Elizabeth Munnelly had bought last November and spent the entire, rainy winter working on. But it wasn't in its slip. Scott was more confused than alarmed at first. Maybe the harbormaster had to move it for some reason. Maybe there was some mistake. Maybe someone was playing a practical joke. Maybe someone stole the boat. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before the latter scenario became ob¬ vious. Some casual-acquaintance liveaboards nearby reported seeing the boat motor away into the ram and darkness about 12:30 a.m. “We thought it was you,” they said. “We thought you were crazy.” Scott and Liz felt more than a bit crazed in the days following as they faxed ‘stolen boat’ notices to everyone they could think of (includ¬ ing us), tacked them up at harbors and scoured nearly every marina in the Bay for some sign of their boat. Authorities finally found the thief and the boat on Thursday, the 26th. Unfortunately, he had run it aground in the surf at Half Moon Bay. From what Scott and Liz were able to piece together, Mark Edward, the alleged boat thief, pried open the companionway to their unnamed Islander 36 only hours after Scott had finished working on it the evening of March 23. Although the boat’s diesel didn’t require an ignition key to be started, the batteries were disconnected and removed from their boxes. Edwards replaced the batteries and connected them up before getting underway. He even found the ‘99 registration stickers and put them on the bow! No one knows where he spent the first few days. But when he headed out the Golden Gate on the 27th, he apparently had at least the main - up, and was likely motorsailing. Toward evening, the wind and sea state deteriorated to the point where he tried to get the main down. Liz says that the halyard sometimes ‘caught’ during this operation, and that you had to jiggle the works around a little before the sail would come down. Not knowing this, Edwards was probably up near the mast trying to get the main down when the mainsheet wrapped in the prop. (By the time Scott and Liz saw the boat on the beach, the shredded main was halfway down and the mainsheet was still in the prop.) At 1:40 a.m., Edwards put out a mayday call that was picked up by the Pillar Point Harbormaster and the Coast Guard. He reported that the boat’s engine had died and that he was afraid he would be washed overboard if he tried to anchor. Winds at the time were gusting to 35 knots and he was in shallow water, which meant the waves were prob¬ ably huge. He further reported to the Coast Guard that he had a heart condition and high blood pressure, and was experiencing chest pains. Responding to the call were boats from the Harbormaster, the Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District and the HMB Police Department, as well as a Coast Guard helicopter. Edwards rode the boat onto the beach and waded ashore. He was taken to Seton Medical Center in Moss Beach. No one suspected anything was amiss until Parker Diving Service was called in to salvage the boat. In order to keep any more sand and spray from going below, Tim Parker put the companionway boards in — and discovered that the hasp on the top one had been hacked off. The police ran the CF numbers and realized they'had more on their hands than just an unfortunate boat owner running his boat aground. From his hospital bed, Edwards concocted a story' about how he’d bought the boat in Florida and was bringing it north to San Francisco when the accident occurred. That tipped police to run his name through the Florida legal system and found out he was wanted in that state for Grand Theft. Once given a clean bill of health by the hospital, Edwards was transferred to the San Mateo County jail where he later confessed. Things didn’t go as smoothly for the boat as they did for the police investigation. By the time it was dragged off the beach, the waves had taken their toll on the 1979 Islander. It had a large hole in the side. The insurance company ‘totaled’ it. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS two islanders — cont’d This story has a happy ending. Within a couple of weeks of settling with the insurance company, Scott and Liz had another Islander 36. This one was slightly older, says Liz — a 1973 model — but she says she likes the interior layout, with its two quarter berths instead of one, a little better. ' And proving once again that truth is far stranger than fiction, the new boat is green, and also nameless. Now, Scott and Liz were married in 1992 in Hawaii aboard an Islander 36. And right after the ceremony, the sun set and they saw the green flash. So right from the get-go, they planned to name their boat Green Flash. Now it fits. At this juncture, the couple have bought the wrecked boat from the insurance company for $1,000 and are stripping it of whatever useful gear remains. Much of the electronics and many personal items were continued outside column of next sightings page
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the wackiest cutter Can anyone out there explain to us the joy and motivation behind hazing? The best we can figure is that it's a poor sub¬ stitute for sex, or some kind of S&M Lite. We raise the question because last month 11 Coasties who’d been stationed aboard the Boston-based cutter Spencer were disciplined for what was decribed as "intense hazing". According to the Coast Guard, one naked crewmember sat on the face — oh gracious! — of another. Yet another crewmember was 'pink-bellied', apparently a process in which a man's body hair is shaved off and then he's
SIGHTINGS in the coast guard rubbed with ketchup, mustard, tooth¬ paste, bread crumbs and cookies. "Horrible" is the word the Atlantic Area Command used to describe the incidents. They condemned the officers in charge of the group as negligent “for allowing a cli¬ mate to develop in which such incidents could take place.” As a result of the haz¬ ing, one Coastie was discharged and an¬ other 10 are on reduced rank, pay and restriction of shore privileges. It's not true that Coast Guard recruit¬ ment offices have been mobbed since the news broken
‘Rendezvous' with a bone in her teeth at a Mas¬ ter Mariners a few years ago. This year, she ’ll be part of the largest ever Big Schooner Division.
two islanders — cont’d ruined, of course. “We’re most hopeful of being able to salvage the diesel engine,” says Liz. If it’s still serviceable, they'll swap it out for the gas engine that’s currently in the green boat. What, if anything, have they done to diminish the chances of a re¬ peat performance by other boat thieves? “Two things,” says Liz. “For one thing, our slip was right near the gate. Even though it’s a gated, keyed marina, you could see the boat clearly from shore.” So the first thing was to get another slip. The other thing: get to know your local liveaboards. “Our new slip is farther out, and right between two liveaboard boats," says Liz. “And believe me, we’ve gotten to know them well!"
russell’s raiders The annual Master Mariners Regatta — held this year on Saturday, May 23 — has always had a ‘gathering of the clans’ feel to it. It is, after all, as much a celebration of classic yachts and the patient souls who preserve them as it is an actual race. But this year, for at least one participant, the Master Mariners is a real homecoming. Dave Russell, now 62, was born and raised in Marin. As part of a sailing career that spanned the golden years of yachting, Russell par¬ ticipated in seven TransPacs and 14 Mexico Races aboard such leg¬ endary yachts as Stormvogel, Windward Passage and Blackjin, and with such living legends as Sterling Hayden on his lovely Wanderer. Russell also raced locally, participating for several years in the post¬ war revival of the Master Mariners. (The Regatta’s roots go back to the 1800s when working ships of the line raced a short course around the Bay. Benefits, from the event went to the Master Mariners Benevolent Association, which cared for retired sailormen. The Regatta was re¬ born in 1964 as a race for classic, pre-World War II yachts and has been held annually ever since.) He also remembers being impressed with a particular participant in those early races, a 78-ft brigantine called Rendezvous. “Rollo Wheeler owned it back then," recalls Russell. “After he was killed in Mexico, it wound up in the hands of the Thomas family, and eventually made its way to Hawaii, where it did dinner charters for Hawaiian Windjammer Cruises out of Honolulu.” Russell familiarity is due to the fact that by that time, he was living in the islands, working as a tug captain for Matson and skippering the Rendezvous for those dinner charters. When it came time to return her to the mainland, Russell did the delivery. Russell retired last year and made his way back home to Marin County. He had kept on-again, off-again track of Rendezvous through the years, and was pleased to learn she was still running charters in the Bay, nowadays for Rendezvous Charters, a division of Spinnaker Sailing of San Francisco, which is located at South Beach Harbor. When it also occurred to him that the Master Mariners Regatta was coming up, “I thought it would be a great idea to put together a ‘last hurrah’ effort aboard Rendezvous,” he says. “You know, get the whole posse of friends together for one more sail together.” Those friends — about 30 so far from as far away as Hawaii and Washington — include a mix of sailing’s best-known names, such as Merle Peterson and Bob Dickson, as well as the entire crew "from the Cal 33 Citation, the first Lahaina boat to compete in the Victoria-Maui Race — in 1973! He’s even bringing a few Hawaiian tug skippers along. The boat will carry the house flag of the sponsoring Hawaii Pilots Association. So if you’re out there spectating on the 23rd — and the spectating doesn’t get much better than watching upwards of 60 to 80 classic yachts dash around the Bay — be sure to stay well clear of the racers, and to give a special wave and cheer for the mighty crew of sea dogs aboard Rendezvous. We have a feeling that if this comes off anywhere as well as it sounds, it could easily turn into the ‘first’ hurrah for Russel’s Raiders instead of the last. May. 1998 •
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SIGHTINGS canal tolls up, but
kimo Worthington —marathon man For the first time in a year, Bay Area sailor Kimo Worthington got to come home in early April for a few days. The 38-year-old watch cap¬ tain aboard Paul Cayard's EF Language sloop in the current Whitbread Around the World race hadn't set eyes on the Golden Gate since last spring. That’s when he took off to oversee preparations for the gruel¬ ing 31,600-mile dash around the globe, that started last September and is due tojinish back in England this month. Kimo's no stranger to long, pressure-filled sailing campaigns. He's sailed and managed a couple of America's Cup efforts in the past de¬ cade. But in the America’s Cup, you get to put the boat away and go home every night. The Whitbread, he says, is really, really long, with days on end of being cold and/or wet. It’s also pretty hazardous, what with icebergs in the Southern Ocean and the usual inherent dangers continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Effective June 1, the rates for small boat transits of the Panama Canal shall be as follows: $500 for boats up to 50 feet; $750 for boats between 50 and 80 feet; $1,000 for boats 80 to 100 feet; and $1,500 for boats up to 100 feet. These prices will include the cost of admeasure¬ ment — which makes sense because there's no longer any point in admeasure¬ ment of small boats. As we've been reporting in the last sev¬ eral issues, the Panama Canal Commis¬ sion had originally proposed a flat fee of $1,500 for all small boats. That would
SIGHTINGS not out of sight have represented increases of approxi¬ mately 300% to 700%. But during a Feb¬ ruary 13 hearing in Panama on the pro¬ posed increases, the PCC got an earful from users, clients, and the Panama Tour¬ ism Institute. The board apparently took the complaints and constructive criticism to heart, as they greatly reduced the pro¬ posed increases. "All in all the PCC has listened to its Canal users and is doing a good job of improving its services to the small vessel users of the Panama Canal," was the re¬
kimo Worthington — cont’d of being at sea and pushing hard to win. "There were a few of us at the beginning who really wondered if we'd make it all the way around," recalls Kimo. Now, with EF Language leading the pack and only two
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Above, Kimo and Katie Worthington with Parker and Emily. Left, another day at the office aboard ‘EF Language’.
legs left, the crew are confident of not only completing the circuit, but winning it. Still, the race has taken its toll. Kimo suffered severe frostbite on his hands during Leg 2. Only a small bit of evidence remains in the blackened tips of a couple of fingernails, but he says at the time he had no idea what was happening. At its worst, the frostbite robbed him of feeling to the base of his fingers and he was in constant pain trying to warm up his hands. He's also overcame bad saltwater sores and a couple of spots of skin cancer that wbre discovered in New Zealand and subsequently removed. His eyes have bothered him, too. I m a walking textbook of what can go wrong medically during a Whitbread, " he laughs. Sailing a Whitbread also qualifies as one of the world's greatest yoyo diet plans. While sailing, the 12-person crews eat rehydrated freezedried foods. "It was pretty good at first," Kimo says, "but then it got old." On the first leg, EF Language and other entries underestimated their caloric needs and some sailors lost up to 10% of their body weight. At the most, Kimo dropped less than that, about 14 pounds, and hes averaged a drop of eight pounds during each leg. He likes being more svelte and says his energy has remained good, so he’s not complaining too much. •’ The crew on EF Language has narrowed down their food choices too. The chilis are all gone, especially After a couple of them didn t fully hydrate until they reached the sailors' stomachs. The red sauce dishes are almost all gone, too, replaced by white sauce and rice for the most part. The crew favorite is Franko Rice, a combination of rice, onions, red bell peppers and olive oil. "It tastes like real food, says Kimo. Other than that, he and his mates munch on Power Bars at night. The only thing they haven't tired of is gum, which has become valuable tender in their insulated society. As the world's longest continuous sporting event, the Whitbread produces a roller coaster ride of emotions. Kimo says they all live and continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS kimo Worthington — cont’d die by the ‘sked’ — the regular report of the standings in the fleet. They can never tell how they're doing until the sked arrives, and often they may think they're doing poorly only to discover they've made out — or vice versa. Each leg has a rhythm too. He says the first week goes by pretty quickly; time slows down in the middle. Leaving port is particu¬ larly wrenching for Kimo and the other five married crewmembers, who leave behind wives and children. "The three days before and after the start of each leg are really hard," he says. "You suffer through the good-byes and then you have all this time to think about how much you miss and appreciate your family." Kimo's wife, Katie, admits the race has been a frustrating combina¬ tion of waiting and worrying, but she and their son, Parker, and daugh¬ ter, Emily, have been able to travel to the stopover ports. The grand¬ parents have come along too, including Katie's dad, Don Trask. "Sherpa" Don herded the brood to South Africa and then spent two weeks work¬ ing on the boat in preparation for the next leg to Australia. They all had a giant tear-fest when EFLanguage pulled away from the Capetown dock. Kimo says he and Marc Christensen are the self-appointed worriers on the boat. "I lie in my bunk just thinking about what could go wrong," says Kimo. One of the big concerns in the Southern Ocean was mak¬ ing like the Titanic. When they actually saw an iceberg, however, it was one of the highlights of the race. "We were reaching along in 48 knots of wind. It was overcast and we all had our goggles on. Rudi (Sausalito navigator Mark Rudiger) sticks his head up and says he picked up something off to leeward, so keep a good watch. After a while we saw this giant, glowing berg that was a mile and a half long. Everyone came up to take a look. That's when we started thinking maybe it was time to get out of there!" Kimo has many stories like that from this race. Oddly, though, he says that when he does reunite with his family, they quickly fall back into the usual day-to-day activities of any couple with young children. Kimo felt it was a shame he wasn't sharing more of the special mo¬ ments of the race with the people who mean the most to him. So in the middle of his brief visit to the Bay Area, he struck a deal with Katie and the kids. “Now they have to ask me for two stories a night," he says.
tracy edwards vows to try again As we went to press last month, the 92-ft catamaran Royal & SunAlliance (ex-ENZA) was limping toward Cape Horn under a make¬ shift rig, after dismasting in the Southern Ocean on March 18. Led by
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action of Craig Owings, Commodore of the Pedro Miguel Boat Club. Owings and other members of the club had been active in fighting the big fee increase. Since most cruisers travel aboard boats less than 50 feet in length, the new transit fee of $500 is quite reasonable — especially when you consider it's $1,000 cheaper than was proposed. Compared to the 'old days' (which are still in effect until June 1), it's still a relatively small increase for first-timers. For boats just under 50 — 46 to 49 feet — the new fee actually represents a decrease in the cost of a first¬ time transit. The following are some of the other transit policies of note to cruisers: — Failure to complete a transit after the PCC personnel are dispatched will still result in a $250 penalty. — Per suggestions at the February 13 meeting, mariners will soon be able to pay for Canal transits with credit cards. — The PCC will continue to inspect vessels for equipment and safety compli¬ ance. — The PCC will continue to provide advisors and pilots for all vessels. — Yachts will still be required to have four line-handlers in addition to the
lifejacket comment ‘Sun Alliance’ limps into Chile.
British skipper Tracy Edwards, the big cat's all-female crew was at¬ tempting to capture the frophee Jules Verne by breaking the non-stop around-the-world speed record when a 40-foot wave hurled the boat forward, buiying both her bows into the wave ahead. Minutes later the continued on outside column of next sightings page
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A couple of months ago, we noted that the Coast Guard was taking public com¬ ments on a federal proposal to require rec¬ reational boaters to wear lifejackets. We ran the, long,'detailed survey over two pages in the March issue, exactly as it appeared in the Federal Register.
SIGHTINGS — cont’d
tracy edwards — cont’d rig came crashing down. Although the ladies were a day behind the pace of current recordholder Olivier de Kersauson, they were rapidly gaining ground when the mishap occured 2,000 miles from the Cape. Theirs was the first attempt by an all-female crew. Despite the severe storm conditions at the time of the dismasting, the ladies juiy-rigged the 30-foot stump of their 102-foot mast and made steady progress toward the Chilean coast — as much as 217 miles in a 24-hour period. On April 2, 16 days after the mishap, they arrived at Puerto Montt, escorted by the Chilean Navy, and were show¬ ered with kindness from the local townspeople. A week later Edwards and her team returned to England and faced a throng of reporters. She vowed to tiy to keep her team together and mount another attempt: "In the most testing conditions. . . this crew proved conclusively that a record is well within their capabilities. . . I hope that their courage, skill and determination to succeed has added a new dimension to women's sailing and silenced the cynics who have said we're not up to it." At this writing the fate of the big cat is still undetermined. Decisions regarding its transport to the U.K. or elsewhere lie with its owner, the sponsoring insurance firm Royal & SunAlliance. Any of you delivery skippers out there need a challenging assignment?
Under the new pricing structure, some yachts can actually transit Panama cheaper than before.
helmsperson. But not all the news from Panama is good. The Canal depends entirely on heavy rainfall in Panama to provide the water necessary to operate the Canal. Thanks to Senor El Nino, rainfall is about as low as it's been since the Canal was built. This has resulted in a raising of the draft limit for ships from 43 to 35 feet — which means many have to off-load cargo before a transit, which means more ships have to go through. The result has been long delays for small boat sailors trying to make tran¬ sits. Michael Reppy, trying to rush up to Northern California for the start of the West Marine Pacific Cup with his new 60footer Thursday's Child, is one of them. At last word, Thursday's Child and 50 other boats were anchored in The Flat, waiting in frustration as the Canal was only allowing two to three small boats a day through the locks. Does anybody require more proof that small boat transits of the Canal are a waste of limited resources and an ineffi¬ cient way of solving a relatively simple problem?
the old(est?) man and the sea ‘The question," says David Clark, “is not whether we can or can't,, but whether we will or won’t.” Clark wifi — and has. In 1991, he completed a 3 1/2-year voyage around the world, much of it solo. He arrived home on May 12, his 67th birthday. He contacted Guinness to see if he’d set any sort of record for oldest circumnavigator. They told him they didn’t exactly have a category for that because it was too hard to monitor. But the oldest person they knew of was Tom Blackwell, an Englishman who completed his second solo circumnavigation at age 68. Being the inveterate wanderer that he is, Clark saw an opportunity for, as he puts it, “not only a great adventure, but to go down in his¬ tory.” So he fixed up his veteran cruising boat, a 1978, 31-foot Pacific Seacraft Mariah named Sea Me Now, and in 1993 departed Fort Lau¬ derdale for a second go-around, this'time completely solo. For moni¬ toring purposes, he had Customs officials in each port sign affidavits that he entered and left alone. Everything went well until August of 1995. Clark was a few days out of Cocos Keeling in the Indian Ocean when his mast — and his world — came crashing down during a storm. He spent hours cutting the rig free, but the last attachment, the chain bobstay, proved the boat’s undoing. Before he could cut or undo it, the fallen rig holed the boat. He sent out a mayday as she was taking on water. His call was answered by an off-course ship bound from Fremantle to Jordan with a cargo of 40,000 sheep. In one of a series of ‘journal reports’ run regularly in USA Today about the trip, Clark described the conversation, that followed after Lionel Coelho, the ship’s captain, told Clark he could save him, but not the boat.
period extended At the time, the official comment pe¬ riod had ended, but the Coast Guard as¬ sured us that any comments recieved before mid-April would be included in the official docket and would be read. Well, they received comments — some continued middle of next sightings page
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1 can be really obstinate and dumb; I answered, “I’m not going to leave my boat! Get me 50 gallons of diesel oil and a big hacksaw and I’ll get myself out of this mess. ” And then, over the VHF, the captain told me a story about a man who, during a flood, climbed to the second story of his house. When a row~ boat came to save him, he answered, “No need, God will take care of it. When the flood got to the second floor, he climbed to the roof Again he refused help, saying, “God will save me.” When the water reached the continued on outside column of next sightings page
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SIGHTINGS old(est) — cont’d roof, the man jumped into a tree and a helicopter pilot came down and offered to save him. Again he refused — and drowned. When he got to heaven, the man was indignant. “Hey God, ” he said, “how come you didn’t save me?” “You idiot, ” answered God. “I sent you two boats and a helicopter- — what more could I do?” I got the message. I took only what I could carry in my pocket. . . Sea Me Now, Clark’s home for 16 years and 100,000 cruising miles, was “my entire estate”, he says. Lost with everything else was his live¬ lihood: three clarinets and two saxophones. Clark, a former ski in¬ structor, resort manager, teacher, forest ranger and insurance sales¬ man, had taught himself to play — at age 50 — and performed in yacht clubs, music clubs and hotels in ports along the way to earn mpney. Many would take the sinking as a sign that enough was enough, especially at ‘his age’. Those who didn't know him might have expected Clark to settle down with his wife Linda and enjoy the golden years with their five grown children. But like the old sailor in Jimmy Buffett’s The Captain and the Kid, Clark "never could adjust to land, although he tried so hard. ...” After the sinking he returned home to Sacramento. He was deep in debt, but between a meager monthly Social Security check and a few local gigs every week, he proudly declares he is within a month of being debt free. Better yet, in 1996, he spotted a rusting, dejected looking 44-ft steel boat resting on blocks in the far rear corner of Nelson’s Boatyard in Alameda. Nobody had worked on the Charles Whittolz designed boat in a long time and several thousand dollars in back storage fees were owed. “It had no mast, no rigging, no sails, no steering and no inte¬ rior,” notes Clark. “In fact, it had nothing but an old engine that wouldn’t run and a few boxes of spare parts.” But the price was just right for a low-bucks cruising musician. Clark has been working in his spare time to complete the boat ever since. Of course, few boats are ever ‘done’, but at this writing, Mollie Miller is done enough. She has a rig (thanks to much help from Patrick Adams at Bay Riggers), an interior, an engine that runs, fuel and water tanks, a windlass, simple electronics — and charts for a course from San Francisco to Florida. With Linda’s blessing, Clark, who turns 74 on the 12th of this month, plans to leave the Bay Area in June or July, bound for Fort Lauderdale where he hopes to take up where he left off five years ago. Well, maybe. The chance to officially become the oldest solo circum¬ navigator still beckons, and he knows he could do it. But he’d sure like a commitment to some sort of pot of gold at the end of that long rain¬ bow. A book deal, perhaps? If none is in the offing, the rigors of such a quick trip — he figures less than two years and only four stops — takes away some of the appeal. (Although Clark insists he doesn’t need sponsorship, Ronstan has once more come on board with gear dona¬ tions, and Selmer Instruments has supplied him with two new clari¬ nets.) But even if that doesn't come through, and he doesn’t make any records, he still looks forward to the next great cruising adventure. To exploring new ports and meeting new people. And to plying the trade he obviously loves — weeks-long gigs entertaining tourists in the ball¬ room of some swank New Zealand or Tahitian Hotel with such classics as Mack the Knife. Either way, we think Clark is an inspiration. We wish him the hearti¬ est of ‘Fair Winds’! Readers — You can enjoy David Clark’s music at the Sheridan Hotel in Concord during the week (times vary, so call ahead) and on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Fat Lady Restaurant in Jack London Square.
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lifejackets — cont’d 200 additional ones in the last month. We'd like to think most of them were from Latitude readers, but wherever they were from, it had an impression. In what we can only term an unbureaucratically in• telligent move, the Coasties have now of¬ ficially extended the deadline to May 29, 1998. This is an important issue, folks. If implemented, such a proposal would mean the days of personal choice — de¬ ciding on your own whether to wear per¬ sonal flotation or not — are over. On the other side of the coin, it would likely mean far fewer needless deaths of people who fall off boats. Whether you’re for it or against it, we urge anyone with strong feelings on the subject to voice their opin¬ ions during this final extension of the public comment period. You won't get an¬ other chance. Space limitations prevent us from run¬ ning the entire survey again. However, you can still obtain it easily two ways: by call¬ ing the Coast Guard Infoline at (800) 3685647, or by accessing the USCG's Office of Boating Safety website: www.uscgboating.org. Comments must include your name and address. Mail all comments to Executive Secretary, Marine Safety Coun¬ cil (G-LRA, 3406) [CGD 97-059], U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St. SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001.
classy action Many of you have apparently not no¬ ticed, but our Classy Classified rates have gone up. Forty words will now set you back $30 (up from $25), while 41-80 words is now $50 (not $40) and 80-120 words is $75 (rather than $60). Business Classifieds are up 10 bucks, from $45 to $55, and remain limited at 40 words. Why are we telling you this here? Be¬ cause very few people seem to have no¬ ticed the change, despite the fact that it's been in effect since the February issue. The reason for the change is that the 'classy' factor of our classified section has increased exponentially in the past year. Yup, it’s now a certified class act all the way. Yet we're still charging way below the national 'classy' index. So now you know. And now you have no reason„to be upset when we send your incorrect check back, or indignant when you call our office to report same. And now maybe our staff won’t have to explain the whole thing nearly as many times to all the people swho swear they read the magazine cover to cover eveiy month. Thanks, folks.
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SIGHTINGS baha ha-ha v — this may be the last time
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We feel a bit like Ticketron a half-hour before Spice Girls tickets go on sale telling you this, but the fifth annual Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally is open for business. Many readers — and more than 1,000 veterans on 300 boats — will already know the Ha Ha is the "nothing serious" cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. Ha Ha V starts October 27, and will feature the usual stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria. The legs are approximately 360 miles, 240 miles and 180 miles. As in past years, each entry will be required to take their own finish times at unmanned finish lines. Motoring will be permitted, but with per-hour penalties. In order to enter the Ha-Ha, boats have to be over 25 feet, and must
A few months ago one of our humorchallenged readers got his jollies by send¬ ing us a prank letter claiming that he ef¬ fortlessly caught lobster by stunning them with poison. It wasn't that funny because using poison to catch fish is not only a real problem, but more serious than many people realize. The April 8 Honolulu Advertiser, for ex¬ ample, reported the arrest of Donald Watanabe for using chlorine to catch fish off Makapuu on January 12. Watanabe
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ha-ha v — cont’d be designed, prepared and maintained for open ocean sailing. If you're not sure if your boat meets these qualifications, hire a marine sur¬ veyor to go over the boat and tell you what you need to do. Vessels will not be inspected by the Baja Ha-Ha. Skippers are responsible for the sea readiness of their boats, gear and crew. It's always a good idea to take at least one experienced offshore sailor along if you haven't sailed many ocean miles. But the most im¬ portant qualifications for the Ha-Ha are a positive attitude and the ability to weather adversity with a smile. "No whining" is the official Ha-Ha mantra — and it will be strictly enforced. Two is the minimum number of crew, but four would probably make the adventure more enjoyable. Women crew, by the way, make sailing a lot more fun. While there are always a few Ha-Ha entries who want to sail com¬ petitively, most are primarily interested in getting to Cabo safely and in making new cruising friends. For some, the perception that there is 'safety in numbers' adds a feeling of security. While there's some truth to that, the Baja Ha-Ha is not a babysitting service for novice sailors wanting their hands held for the trip to Cabo. If you're not ready to sail to Cabo on your own, you're not ready for the Ha-Ha. Skippers and crews will need two weeks to do the whole Ha-Ha enchilada. Participants who can't get that much time off have joined boats in either of the two stops along the way, although it's very hard to do. That's allowed under 'the more the merrier' clause in the official rules. Non-sailing friends, wives and/or lovers can fly to Cabo to enjoy the last four days with participants. The rally officially ends on Novem: ber 7. Jhe Baja Ha-Ha is sponsored by Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., which has about 29 cents in assets and no insurance. The Wanderer, who will act as Grand Poobah again this year, reminds everyone that — contrary to what some people think — he has no control over the weather, how roily it is in anchorages, the lack of moorings in Cabo, whether the Port Captain will allow raft-ups, or what to do if your oven runs out of propane in the middle of a three-minute egg. In particular, he reminds you that offshore sailing involves risk to life and limb. If each skipper and crew is not absolutely willing to accept that risk, please do the distant next best thing to participating in the Ha-Ha: stay home and read about it. To sign up, send a $10 check (made out to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc.) and a self-addressed, 9"xl2" manila envelope with $1.01 in postage, to: Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., 21 Apollo Road, Tiburory CA 94920. Weil get the full HaHa packet back to you in the mail starting on May 15. If you're still interested, fill it out completely and return it — with a good photo of you, your boat and an entry fee of $139 — to the same address. En¬ tries will be accepted up until August 10. And don't get all excited about the thought of being the first sign-up — four paid-up entries have already beaten you. Entry in Baha Ha-Ha V entitles the skipper to free admission at several organized parties, both in San Diego and Cabo; a little free food and drink (crew can pay a nominial fee to join in on these events); various discounts on berths and stuff prior to, during, and after the Ha-Ha; and accoutrements to make you the envy of every sharp-dressed sailor — Ha-Ha tote bag, hat, croakies and a 'Some Like It Hot' T-shirt. All skippers also get a ’trophy' at the Rally's end — no matter how bad you do. There's probably lots of othqr neat stuff we can't remember or don't know about right now. We'll let you know about thosein the com¬ ing months. Baha Ha Ha IV was fun, but huge. Over 170 boats signed up, with 116 actually finishing. The possibility exists that we will limit this year's entries. So if you're interested in signing up, don't delay. Finally, this: While the Wanderer believes his purpose in life is to try to help other people have a good time, feeling responsible for several hundred people a year at sea is a heavy load to bear. And tiying to satisfy everyone in a group as huge — yet independent — as the Ha-Ha is a real challenge. He's not sure how much longer he's up to it. May. 1998 • UfcWt?? • Page 119
SIGHTINGS americaone signs hewlett-packard
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We've spent a lot of money on HP printers and calculators over the years, so it's gratifying to see them ploughing some of our hard-earned dough back into our sport — namely in their new role as the Official
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are taking a harder line, asking the judge to throw the book at the two by giving them each a year in jail and $2,000 fines. It would also be nice if the Honolulu Fire Department had the guts to can Watanabe. After all, how can the public continue to employ somebody who has deliberately set out to destroy a rare and valuable resource? The terrible thing about fish poison¬ ing is that it's so effective. Chlorine kills fish by damaging their gills — but leaves
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Powering up: HP VP Dick Watts, Mayor Willie Brown and Paul Cayard.
Information Technology Sponsor of Paul Cayard's AmericaOne chal¬ lenge for the America's Cup. This upbeat news was announced in early April at the St. Francis YC, amidst speeches by Cayard, StFYC Com¬ modore Hans Treuenfels, HP vice president Dick Watts, naval archi¬ tect Bruce Nelson, and the ubiquitous Mayor Willie Brown. The occa¬ sion marks the first signing of a major sponsor by any of the six U.S. America's Cups teams, some of whom are due to respond soon with sponsorship announcements of their own. Like Cayard, this is Hewlett-Packard's fifth involvement with the America's Cup — and, according to Nelson, this is by far their biggest commitment to date. The exact value of HP's contribution, which is in the form of cash and in-kind computing services, is obviously a closelyguarded secret — but it's no secret that AmericaOne is still looking for four or five more sponsors to fund their approximately $30 million budget. Nelson particularly was thrilled to land HP as a sponsor. 'Their involvement will have a significant effect on our design program," claimed the San Diego designer. "Access to their super-computers will allow us to run more full-scale models. It allows us to work on bigger, larger domain problems together, rather than just analyzing the hull or appendages separately." Added CEO Cayard, "If you get the com¬ puter power a year from now, it's almost too late to be of any help. Having our technology team as strong as possible as early as possible is very key to winning the Cup." In other Cup news, British match racer Chris Law just cut his ties with the Hong Kong Challenge, which is looking shakier every day. Law hopes to join up with the Spirit of Britain syndicate, but apparently he and Lawrie Smith don’t see eye-to-eye. . . Peter Holmberg's Team Car¬ ibbean has signed on GANT USA as their clothing sponsor, so if noth¬ ing else that team will look sharp on the race course. Both GANT and HP backed Dennis Conner in previous America's Cups, but the Big Man is lying mysteriously low this time around despite ponying up his entry fees. . . At the second Mini America's Cup, which just concluded in Auckland in Team NZs twin Cup boats, the Italian Prada Challenge topped the Yaka Challenge (France) and Team Caribbean for the right to challenge TNZ. The final races had yet to be sailed as we went to press. The actual dates of the America's Cup finals are February 26 to March 26, 2000, in Auckland. However, don't make your reservations yet —the dates are still liable to change slightly in order to accommocontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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We've always admired the ambition and industriousness displayed by many immigrants from Asia But sometimes they're blinded by ambition. Brothers Hoa and Duck Trinh are headed for jail and prison, respectively, after a two year investigation found they had "used whatever means they had avail¬ able to take every fish they could get their hands on [from the Delta]." Normally this would be all right, but some of the meth¬ ods — such as using set lines and mid¬ water trawls — are illegal. Hoa pleaded guilty to two felonies and two misdemeanors, while Duck popped to 15 felonies and five misdemeanbrs. Hoa
the buoys of summer On one of the few rainless weekends in March, the H-Dock crowd all gathered at Ayala Cove for a raft-up. What a won¬ derful place. We spent the night and dur¬ ing the day enjoyed all the typical Angel Island activities: zooming around in the dinghy, going for hikes, having great meals — the whole gang even opted for the tram tour around the island, which is both scenic and very informative. The place is rich in history. All in all, we were having a great time. After returning from the tour, we fired up the barbie and were getting lunch ready before the sail home. It’s a good thing we were all back on the boat. The flood tide was picking up, bringing strong currents into the cove. All pretty normal stuff. A few other boats had recently ar¬ rived, including a couple of large powerboats that had grabbed the buoy be¬ hind us, adding to the load on our buoys. Some of the crew decided that the 5/ 8-inch line holding our raft to the buoy needed some extra help. They were in the process of adding more lines when the top of the buoy simply snapped off! Next thing
SIGHTINGS — cont’d the fish edible. In addition to being the most Hitlerian method of 'catching' fish, chlorine and other poisons also destroy coral reefs. Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources believes the cases against Watanabe and Rosa are particu¬ larly important because, while they know fish poisoning has been going on for many y£ars, they have a very difficult time catching the culprits. Thanks to Lee Libby of Honolulu for forwarding the clipping.
others who get away? gets a short stay in the county jail, while brother Duck gets two years in prison — which probably means he'll be out next week. In addition, the brothers have to pay fines totally $ 19,000. Their van, three boats, and all their fishing equipment has been seized and sold. We say congratulations to the Depart¬ ment of Fish and Game for taking these violations seriously. We also say congratu¬ lations to Tom Stienstra, the fine and obviously caring Outdoors writer for the San Francisco Examiner. Steinstra seems to be the only guy in the mainstream press who thinks stuff like this is newsworthy.
— at angel island we knew, the whole raft-up was floating toward the large, expensive powerboats behind us. YikesH Our raft became a blur of activity: engines firing up, lines cut or untied, people running eveiy which way. Somehow, we all got free without any major collisions. The only damage was some minor gelcoat blems and boat loads of frazzled nerves. When we finally recovered enough to haul in our mooring line, the tie-ring from the top of the buoy was still attached. The connecting link between the tie-ring and anchor chain is nearly as thick as your thumb. But over the years, it had cracked and eroded. The only part left holding on when it failed was less than 1/8-inch thick. These buoys are a few of the only re¬ maining public moorings in the Bay. Most have been pulled out because of “mainte¬ nance costs”. Hopefully, these will be re¬ paired and replaced. Ayala Cove is a beau¬ tiful spot and more boatsr can safely en¬ joy the area using the buoys than if an¬ chored. In the meantime, I would be very continued middle of next sightings page
a-1 and hp — cont’d date television interests (something about ESPN conflicts with basket¬ ball, of all things). We ll be stepping up our coverage of the 'Road to the America's Cup' as the event draws nearer. If you're inclined to do some independent research, we encourage you to bookmark Yachting magazine's excellent website, which has links to every AC camp: http:/ / www. yachtingnet. com/ events / americascup / index, html.
bay mayors taken to ferry-land Willie Brown, Elihu Harris and Susan Hammer — the mayors of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose respectively — were the head¬ line participants at an early-April conference considering the advis¬ ability of using high-speed ferries on the Bay to reduce regional traffic congestion. Based on newspaper reports the following day, one might easily get the impression that high-speed ferries are new technology. And that, in as little as a few months, 75-mph ferries would be screaming down the Petaluma River and zig-zagging across the Bay. Those im¬ pressions, however, would be inaccurate. First of all, high speed ferries — usually catamarans, hovercraft or hydrofoils — have been used the world over for many years. Indeed, there's been a veiy successful high-speed ferry service from Vallejo to San Francisco for five years. Secondly, there isn't ever going to be 75-mph feny service down the Petaluma River — for safety and environmental reasons. Knowledge¬ able people broke into laughter at the mere thought of it. And it's un¬ likely there will ever be 75-mph ferries on the Bay either, for safety and fiscal reasons. Don't get the wrong idea; using fast ferries to take cars off the road makes good sense. Nobody has shown this better than the City of Vallejo, which uses Blue & Gold fleet crews to operate and maintain their BayLink fleet of three catamarans. Their first fast ferry was Jet Cat Express, which they bought from Catalina Express five years ago. Last Memorial Day, two brand new cats, Intintoli and Mare Island, which had been built new at Dakota Industries in Washington, were put into service. Jet Cat was relegated to backup status. According to Doug Vanderkar, Transportation Analyst for the City of Vajlejo, the Vallejo BayLink service is a huge success. The two peak commuter runs are filled to capacity each day, and the third is just about at capacity. After just one year, BayLink is recovering 65% of their expenses in fare box revenue —'which is extremely good when it comes to public transit. Furthermore, ridership is on the increase. One of the reasons BayLink is doing so well is that Vallejo used common sense when they acquired the ferries. First, they went with proven designs. Secondly, they were willing to settle for 35 mph fer¬ ries. It would have been possible to buy ferries that went twice as fast — but the purchase price and maintenance costs would have been three times as great. Since it would only trim 10 minutes from the 55minute commute — the longest in the Bay — they didn't feel the small savings in timq justified the massive extra expense. BayLink ferries are cost efficient for commuters, as the tickets range in price from $3.50 to $5 per trip. On a normal day, it takes about five minutes longer to get to San Francisco by ferry than by car, but it's much more relaxing on the ferry. BayLink ferry skippers are not given a maximum speed at which to travel, but with the tide in their favor they often do 40 mph over the bottom. In the beginning, this speed proved unsettling to some tug captains towing barges, who sometimes sounded the 'slow bell'. "What many of them didn't realize," says Vanderkar, "is that the cats produce twice as big a wake at 12 mph as they do at 35 mph. But the tug captains seem to be getting used to them." The ferry skippers seem to think that 40 mph is a safe speed as long as there is no traffic and visibility is good. When the fog comes in, they slow down and use radar and infrared technology to 'see'. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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ferries — cont’d In the future, we're sure there will be more fast ferries on the Bay. But unless somebody comes up with a way to cheaply double the power of diesels or dramatically reduce the cost of turbines and hydrofoils, it's pretty certain the top speed will be around 40 mph. And while 40 mph sounds fast for a vessel, our experience riding BayLink ferries suggests that it's not unsafe at all. Of course, if you've had a danger¬ ous experience with a BayLink — or any other ferry — we'd like to hear about it. What happens now? The Bay Area Council, a public-private group that sponsored the big feriy pow wow, is about to hire a consultant continued outside column of next sightings page
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Winkleman, a state dive team performed their annual survey and repair of all the buoys at the end of March. Winkleman also noted that there are no fewer buoys than there ever were in Ayala Cove. “We give them enough scope so they don’t go under at high tide. At low tide they tend to move around a lot. It’s a common perception afnong boaters that there are fewer buoys — or more buoys — but we’ve always had the same number. ”
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short sightings BOSTON — It may have been nicknamed ‘Old Ironsides’ back in its fighting prime, but these days, the USS Constitution might better be dubbed “Old Geezersides.” Although the 201-year-old ship did sail for the first time in 130 years last summer in Boston Harbor, a plan to sail or tow the ship to other New England ports this summer has come under fire. Fourteen of 17 past commanders of the Constitution — the world’s oldest commissioned Navy ship — are “adamantly opposed” to the ship ever venturing out of Boston Harbor. Their feeling is that her keel is “too fragile to withstand the rough waters of the open ocean.” This despite a four-year, $12 million restoration which the ship just went through prior to her sail last year. (After it was completed, we’re told only about 15% of the 44-gun frigate — most of it below the water¬ line — is original wood from her 1797 construction.) We’ve always thought ‘restoration’ meant ‘fixing up like new’. But, like just about every other assumption we made during our hitch in the USN, that’s apparently not the case. THE CARIBBEAN — A new face in the Caribbean cruising crowd won’t be hard to pick out. That’s where the 130-ft J-Class yacht Velsheda is headed after an 'extensive — and quick — rebuild at Southampton (England) Yacht Services. Velsheda, built of steel in 1933 (and unlike her peers, never raced in America’s Cup competition), was hauled out of the water only last March. Included in the extensive, multi-million dollar rebuild for an owner who prefers to remain anonymous, are new plating, hull fairing, teak deck overlays, a new ‘30s style interior and extensive new electronics. No slave to tradition, the owner also opted for a new mast of carbon fiber — fitted with a mast strain monitoring system that allows precise tuning of the rod rigging. Velsheda joins only two other surviving J’s out of 10 built: Sir Tho¬ mas Upton’s lovely Shamrock V, built of wood for the 1930 Cup and now owned by the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, and Elizabeth Meyer’s ’breathtaking Endeavour, which was built in 1934 for T.O.M. Sopwith and now also calls Newport home. Interestingly, all three giant sloops were British built. No American Js — which won the three America’s Cup bouts held between 1930 and 1937 — exist anymore. CAPE HATTERAS — Don’t hold your breath, but NOAA — the Na¬ tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Association — submitted a $22 mil¬ lion plan to Congress at the end of last month to raise the Union iron¬ clad Monitor from her watery grave 230 feet down off Cape Hatteras. The low-freeboard ‘cheesebox on a raft’ went down there 11 months after launch, and 9 months after her famous engagement with the Confederate ironclad Virginia, which we all know was built atop the underbody of the burned-up Confederate sailing ship Merrimac. That duel on the waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 9, 1862 ended in a “tie” — the cannonballs just kept bouncing off both ships but it sealed the fate of wooden warships. The wreck of the Monitor was found in 1973 by Gordon Watts, a North Carolina archaeologist. He thinks raising the wreck is do-able, and certainly much moreso than trying to raise a larger, deeper wreck like, oh, say the Titanic. “Raising the Monitor would be like working on a space station in orbit around the Earth,” he says. “Raising the Ti¬ tanic would be like working on the Moon.” Why is NOAA, which primarily deals with oceanographic and meteorlogical issues (and whose annual budget usually totals $8 milcontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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shorts — cont’d lion less than the Monitor project would cost) so adamant about the project? It oversees the national sanctuary in which the sunken Civil War ship lies, and in monitoring Monitor over the years, notes that the wreck is disintegrating rapidly. FINLAND — A group of investors has signed a letter of intent to purchase Oy Nautor Ab — known to most of the world as Nautor Swan, builder of what many deem the finest sailing yachts in the world. Lo¬ cated near Pietarsaari, the company was established in 1966 and has delivered some 1,700 yachts worldwide in the years since. The current range, designed by German Frers, includes models from 40 to 112 feet, all constructed in the same fashion: the hulls are single-skin glassreinforced laminate, the decks are foam-cored glass-reinforced sand¬ wich and the interiors are fitted with teak cabinetry. The group of investors includes Swan owners Leonardo Ferragamo of Italy and Peter Fazer of Finland. The latter’s company sponsored Fazer Finland, a Swan 651 that participated in the ‘85-’86 Whitbread Race. Olle Emmes, managing director of Nautor, believes the move will be extremely beneficial. ‘This is a great opportunity," he said. “This change of ownership marks another step in the evolution of this com¬ pany, and one that opens new doors.” v continued on outside column of next sightings page
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With the charter business having been so strong last year, and with the America's Cup on the horizon, you think that Kiwibased charter companies would be in pretty strong fiscal shape. But at least one of them, Island Rover Yacht Charters (with bases in Auckland and the Bay of Islands), is not. Several northern California mem¬ bers of the Cruising Club of America, who had booked Island Rover charters for March of '99, the height of the America's Cup frenzy, received brief letters saying
looking Poet John Masefield may have wanted ‘a tall ship and a star to steer her by’. But most modern sailors are happy with ‘a small ship and a bay to steer her on.’ It’s a good bet that a sturdy ketch like
SIGHTINGS your deposit the company had gone bankrupt. In a big surprise, their deposits — some close to $2,000 — were not returned. Our sources tell us that Island Rover had been purchased by an American about a year ago, an American who has since left New Zealand along with another top executive of the company. If there's a ray of light, it's that the Kiwis, who actu¬ ally own the boats, have promised to do their best to live up to the commitments.
good Annalicia may be headed over the hori¬ zon one day, but on this lovely April af¬ ternoon, she was gliding along as grace¬ fully as her name — well trimmed and definitely looking good!
shorts — cont’d ENSENADA — One of our editorial number grew up sailing the wa¬ ters of Southern California and remembers the SS Catalina— the Great White Steamship — well. From her maiden voyage on June 30, 1924, through her retirement in 1975, the 301-ft Catalina ferried more than 25 million people to and from her namesake, Catalina Island. In 1976, the ship was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. And today, she lies half-sunk in Ensenada. David Engholm, the ship’s former caretaker, and SEA TOW, a na¬ tionwide salvage and towing company, have teamed up to try to rescue the ship. A survey by divers indicates that her hull, which lies in 20 feet of water, is basically intact and that she would easily be able to withstand the stress of being raised. Although no offers of berthing from LA Harbor officialdom were forthcoming in the years after her retirement, now the Port of Los Angeles says they’ll provide a safe berth if she makes it back home. Public help is going to be needed to save the grand old dame. “If everyone who ever rode the historic ferry were to donate one dollar, we would have $25 million to work with,’’ notes Engholm. The SS Catalina Steamship Fund, Inc., has partnered up with the Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit foun¬ dation. Checks can be made payable to SOHO, and sent to the SS Catalina Steamship Fund, Inc., Mr. David Engholm, Director, 910 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, OR 97420. For more information, you can contact Engholm at (541) 267-0451 or call up http://www.escapist.com/ sscatalina on the internet. PALMYRA ATOLL — The Fullard-Leo family has officially put their privately owned Palmyra Atoll up for sale for $47 million. The 4-squaremile atoll is located, 1,000 miles south of Honolulu and except for a Caretaker and visiting cruisers, is uninhabited. Palmyra was also the site of the famous murders of two cruisers — as recounted in Vincent Bugliosi's book, And The Sea Will Tell. Who might be interested in a pricey tropical island out in the middle of nowhere? It's reported that representatives of Bill Gates, who some fear is interested in buying the entire universe, have already expressed an interest on his behalf. Given Seattle's weather, how could Gates not want Palmyra? And let's see, if Mr. Microsoft is worth $50 billion and makes 8% interest on his money, that means it would take nearly five days of interest for him to pay for the charming atoll. At least Gates probably wouldn't use the island as a nuclear waste dump — the plan of the most recent prospective buyers, i NASSAU, BAHAMAS — When the 180 members of a lesbian cruise disembarked the SS Seabreeze at funky Nassau, they were confronted by 300 local protestors. When one of the women responded by kissing another, the crowd worked itself into such a lather that the gay women beat a retreat to the ship. A much warmer welcome was awaiting the ladies when their ship pulled into Trunk Bay, St. John, in the U.S. Virgins. A small group of locals held up welcoming signs and gave the women love beads and Madri Gras coins. If the lesbians want to try a safer destination next year, they might consider Lesbos in the northeast Aegean. Lesbos is not only the third largest island in gay-friendly Greece, and home of the finest olive oil, it was also home to the famous poet Sappho prior to her exile. Although married and the mother of children, S&ppho's pro-homosexual poems combined sensuous images of nature to create lyrically erotic poetry. Her simple but melodious style was later copied by the Roman poet Catullus — and would make interesting reading on the West Marine Pacific Cup or other long voyages. (We don’t have to tell that the word ‘lesbian’ comes from Lesbos, do we?) This has been your Latitude 'cul¬ tural moment’ for the month. MAINE — Last month the Coast Guard officially removed operating rules for the drawbridge between Wiscasset and North Edgecombe. The reason? The bridge was replaced by a fixed span ... in 1983. May, 1998
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DOUBLEHANDED FARALLONES i.e., perfect conditions for multihulls. First back, finishing at 3 p.m. after just 6 hours and 2 minutes on the 58-mile race track,
Same as it ever was — Adios' amigos Scott Walecka (left) and Dave Hodges. Right, doing the 'Full Hodgie'.
was Babylon Rocker. An hour and 10 min¬ utes passed before the first monohull, Tom Petty's Wylie 60 Roxanne, crossed the line, 7 hours and 51 minutes after starting. Hodges and Walecka finished in 8:26:20, over 17 minutes ahead of Kami¬ kaze and 17 other Moore 24s. Under timeon-distance, Adios would have beaten the entire fleet, once again by a huge margin. However, for the first year, BAMA had switched to the inherently fairer time-ontime scoring method, which essentially gives the little boats less time in a fast race (and vice versa). Under this scenario, Babylbn Rocker moved from about 20th into the winner's circle, nipping runnerup Adios by 2.5 minutes on ''corrected time. 'Yeah, we got screwed this year, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it," said the ever-mellow Hodges. "The worst part is knowing exactly where we lost 2.5 minutes. Even with our shy kite, which we break out once a year just for this reach, I thought we were sagging towards Pacifica too much. We dropped it for maybe 10 minutes, headed up and then reset. In retrospect, we should have left it up."
One of the few boats to cany their kite all the way home was Azzura sailed aggressively by Bruce Schwab and JP Plumley as a shakedown for the upcom¬ ing doublehanded Pacific Cup. "It was the reach of my dreams, the one we optimized the boat for," enthused Bruce. 'We set our new fractional asymmetrical kite, and Page 130 • UVMJili • May. 1998
held on for dear life. We hit speeds in the 20s, I think, passing Blue Chip and every other monohull in front of us except Roxanne. We made it in from the island in just 2 hours, 20 minutes!" Plumley, still wide-eyed at the awards ceremony four days later, claimed it was the fastest he's ever gone on a sailboat. Even Skip Allan, who sailed on Roxanne, was suitably im¬ pressed. "They came up behind us so fast, I was sure it was a multihull! " Azzura, in fact, put about 40 minutes on Roxanne coming in from the island — but fell just three minutes short of beat¬ ing them across the line. Still, their half
hour corrected time victory over the rest of the ULDBs bodes well for the duo's Pacific Cup chances. Azzura also an¬ chored the winning team, the so-called Conquering Blue Sea Turtles (aka SSS) to claim the new Pineapple Sails Yacht Club Team Trophy. Ed Ruszel's Yankee 30 Chelonia and Rod Percival's Cal 27 Crossing the Rubicon rounded out the win¬ ning trio. Despite the switch to time-on-time, : which tends to compress the corrected finish times more than time-on-distance, most of the classes were won by land- ; slides. Stan Honey and Sally Lindsay's Cal
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'Mike Murison (left) and Doug Kent of 'Mizzeri lived to tell their tale.
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40 Illusion, for example, chalked up a 23minute win in Division IV. Jay Ailworth, who sailed his Hunter Legend 37 Strange Bird to third, his first Doublehanded Farallones pickle dish (actually nifty em¬ broidered fleece jackets for both skipper and crew), marveled, 'They blew by us at the islands like we were standing still. We felt like we were Tom Cruise in Top Gun when Val Kilmer's Tom Cat passed so close it sent them into a flat spin. Fortu¬ nately, we didn't have to eject." Larry Riley and Erik Urias-Menzel sailed their WylieCat 30 Silkye to a 27minute win in Division V. "It was a nice easy sail," noted Larry, who added with a grin, 'We kept the sail changes to a mini¬
Murison, who was only half-kidding. Mizzen, it turned out, sailed between a tug and a barge that were paralleling his course coming back into the Gate, caus¬ ing the tug driver to radio Hogg to express his immense displeasure. Hogg, in turn, chewed out Murison, who was properly chagrined. "I could have thrown him out of the race, but couldn't bring myself to do it," said Peter. Naturally, we wanted to know what Mikey and Doug were thinking (or if they were thinking) to perform such a dumb maneuver. Their written response to our inquiry read, "The team decision to duck the tow was a well thought out, calcu¬ lated risk. In order to avoid collision with the tug, we would have had to douse our spinnaker, tack, jibe, then set the kite again. The fact that the swells were five to seven feet and the wind was blowing between 17 and 23 knots made the take
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mum." Jim Fair and Charlie Doggett took Di¬ vision VI with Chesapeake, Fair's veteran Merit 25. Arguably they should have been in the ULDB-II division, which they would have won as well. 'We're right on the edge of what is considered an ultralight," said Jim. "But it does seem odd to put an Olson 25 in ULDB and us in the displacement class." Similar disparities popped up else¬ where, such as one Express 37 in ULDBI and the other in Division III. "It's their own fault. I assigned them to divisions according to the numbers they provided on their applications," explained Hogg, who also dinged 17 boats six seconds a mile for not producing valid PHRF Certifi¬ cates. One of the happiest winners of all was Mikey Murison, an 18-year-old college student and part-time sailing instructor, who was sailing his tiny Santana 22 Mizzen in his. first race with fellow instruc¬ tor Doug Kent. It was only his second trip to the rocks, and Kent's first. "We're just happy to have made it back," said
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DOUBLEHANDED FARALLONES DIV. I (ULDB <120) — 1) Azzura, Azzura 310, Bruce Schwab/JP Plumley; 2) Oa Oa, Olson 30, Alan Thoma/Jay Parry; 3) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg/Jim Antrim; 4) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland/Rick Fear; 5) Stray Cat, Olson 30, Rebecca Dymond/Pepe Parsons; 6) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan & Carol Benjarrtin; 7) Peregrine, Mumm 30, Kim Desenberg/Colin Moore; 8) Tsiris, Olson 29, Randy Lakos/Mark Gibbs; 9) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan/Carlos Badell. (18 boats) DIV. II (ULDB > 120) — 1) Salty Hotel, Express 27, Mark Halman/Bob Fricke; 2) Moonchild, Olson 25, Tim Kelbert/Chuck Allen. (4 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Adios, Dave Hodges/Scott Walecka; 2) Kamikaze, Nathaniel Fennel/Paul Allen; 3) Umpqua, Peter Schoen/Jim Wallace; 4) Bruzer, Gary Tracey/Ian Klitza; 5) Legs, Lester Robertson/Bill Plumbridge; 6) Snafu-U, Mark Berryman/Tom Conerly; 7) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan/John Verdoia; 8) Nobody's Girl, Sydnie Moore/Glenn Viguers; 9) Una Mas, Larry Peterson/Don Radcliffe. (19 boats) EXPRESS 27—1) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sell¬ ers/David Houser; 2) Chile Dog, Richard DeVeau/Mike Clarke; 3) Strega, Timothy Depolo/Mike Gross. (7 boats) DIV. Ill (PHRF < 105) — 1) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 39, Jonathan Livingston/Commodore Tompkins; 2) Red Sky, Olson 34, Brian Boschma/Linc Jepsen; 3) Razz berries, Olson 34, Bruce Nesbit/Howard Elfant; 4) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl & Erich Bauer. (9 boats) DIV. IV (105-129) — 1) Illusion, Cal 40, Stan Honey/Sally Lindsay; 2) La Diana, Contessa 35, Fred Huffman/Brian Richards; 3) Strange Bird, Hunter Leg-
WylieCat 30, Hank Grandin/Doug Ehrenberg; 4) Moon¬ shine, O'Day 34, Mick Coleman/Laurelyn Taylor; 5) Captain Musick, Young 43, John Day/Neil Riley; 6) Committed, Hunter 31, Larry Smith/Dave MGMurtry. (14 boats) DIV. VI (158-180) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair/Charles Doggett; 2) Friday's Eagle, Catalina 30, Mark Hecht/Chris Gulikson; 3) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed RuszelA/iola Nungary; 4) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Torben Bentsen/Nathan Bossett; 5) Sea Witch, Yankee 30, Robert Boynton/Kurt Eichtaedt. (12 boats) DIV. VII (181-up) — 1) Mizzen, Santana 22, Micheal Murison/Doug Kent; 2) Skoll, International Folkboat, Michael Conner/Bob Mathews; 3) Grand Jete, Pearson 30, Richard Leeds/Pete Brossig; 4) Crossing the Rubicon, Cal 27, Rod Percival/Frank Ross. (10 boats) MULTIHULL— 1) Babylon Rocker, F-31, Gal BarOr/Kixon Meyer; 2) Erin, Antrim 30+, Dan Buhler/Kame Richards; 3) Ja Mon, F-25c, John Kocol/Bruce Will¬ iams. (6 boats) OVERALL — 1) Babylon Rocker; 2) Adios; 3) Erin; 4) Silkye; 5) Ja Mon; 6) Kamikaze; 7) Umpqua; 8) Ja Mon; 9) Bruzer; 10) Legs. (Ill boats) TEAM — 1) The Conquering Blue Sea Turtles, aka SSS #2 (Azzura, Chelonia, Crossing the Rubicon), 2.533 points; 2) Dave's Last Stand, aka Santa Cruz YC #1 {Adios, Stray Cat, Moonchild), 2.528; 3) Rich¬ mond YC #5 (Salty Hotel, Opus, Silkye), 2.429; 4) Richmond YC #2 (Always Friday, Razzberries, Road¬ house Blues), 2.417; 5) St. Francis YC (Peregrine, Illusion, Snafu-U), 2.404. (19 teams)
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IDIOT'S GUIDE If you’ re one of the many sailors new to Northern California, you may not be aware of the number and variety of sail¬ ing destinations hereabouts. And if you're an old salt, you've probably forgotten half of them. We figured that might be a good reason to start the sailing season off with a sailing guide — or refresher course, as the case may be. It's abridged, mind you, as there are just too many places to list in one article. Also, be aware that we'll cover a number of these spots in more detail later this summer as part of our 'Weekend Getaway' series. We’ve divided this mini-guide into two categories: The Perfect Daysail and Bay Cruising Destinations.
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The Perfect Daysail The Perfect Daysail will vary depend¬ ing on a number of factors, including where you berth your boat, how fast she is, what the weather is like on a particu¬ lar day, what kind of sailing you prefer, and how much experience your crew has. But if you play the averages, it goes some¬ thing like this: You pick up the Perfect Daysail course anywhere to the east of Alcatraz at about 11:00 a.m. — at which time the fog is be¬ ginning to burn off and a light breeze is filling in. From Alcatraz you're going to be sailing counterclockwise around the Bay. Begin by sailing along the backside of Angel Island, toward Raccoon Strait. More experienced sailors with perfor¬ mance boats may want to hug the shore for, 1) closer views of the island, 2) chal¬ lenging gusts roaring down the hills, and 3) even more challenging zephyrs between the gusts. If there's Na strong ebb, even the best of sailors might have to fire up the donk to make it up to Raccoon Strait. Depending on the state of the current, negotiating the Strait can require any¬ thing from one to 10 tacks — which is part of the fun of it. You can pretty much hug both shores except in the area of Kiel Cove (across from Ayala Cove), which is deceptively shallow. Both sides of the Strait are interesting, with historic Angel Island to port and Old Town Tiburon, highlighted by the Caprice Restaurant, to starboard. If you want, take a swing through Belvedere Cove — watch your depthsounder because it gets shallow there too — and get a close-up view of some of the most expensive real estate in the country. Before you're overtaken by envy, realize that the houses on the east side of Belvedere hardly get any sun and are therefore cold and damp most of the year. Once around Belvedere Point, you can reach off toward Richardson Bay and the Sausalito waterfront. If you bear way off to hug the west shore of Belvedere, be' careful not to stray past Cone Rock or you’ll run aground. Besides, the wind gets real fluky close to shore. The Sausalito side of Richardson Bay is dotted with everything from floating trash to megayachts and is worth a pass. Stay in the channel, however, as the northeast side is shallow and the bottom is riddled with debris. Sailing back out the Sausalito Chan¬ nel takes you within a few feet of the large windows of the Spinnaker Restaurant. Some folks find it irresistible to moon the
diners, but this is considered poor taste prior to nightfall. Once past the Spinnaker and the neighboring Sausalito YC, continue to hug the shoreline and enjoy the Mediterranean look of southern Sausalito. Generally, the closer you stay to this shore, the flukier the wind — until you get to 'hurricane gulch1. It's not marked on the charts, but you know when you're there. Depending on whether it's flooding or ebbing, you may have an easy time or a battle working your way out toward Horseshoe Cove and the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. If all the condi¬ tions are right, you may want to slip un¬ der the Gate and enjoy the unspoiled scenery of the Marin Headlands. It's lovely. If you're on a small or slow boat, however, make sure you're not rocketing
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out the Gate on the start of an ebb or it might take you forever to get back in. If it is ebbing, make sure you hug either shore when coming back to get relief. How do you know where you are in the tid^/current cycle? They're listed in the pocket-size 1998 Tide Book that's free at most marine outlets. For weekend tides, see the Calendar section of this issue. Now comds the best part: turn around. If everything has gone as planned, you've gone as far to weather as you're going to go for the day. With the breeze approach¬ ing its maximum strength for the day, what better time to start reaching and running. So go ahead and cross over to the San Francisco side of the Bay — looking both ways for ships first. (In case you're really new to boating, they always have the right
of way approaching and inside the Bay.) If you seized the day and sailed seaward as far as Point Bonita, aim for Mile Rock, then cruise for the Baker Beach shore and the South Tower Buoy. Watch that buoy, however, because for a relatively station¬ ary object it sure seems to get involved in a lot of 'collisions' with boats. It's possible to sail between the South Tower and the shore — if you know where the rocks are. If you don't, we suggest you sail through the main span of the bridge. And remember to give the 'South Tower Demon’ his due: a wide berth as you pass the South Tower. If you don't, he'll steal your wind and you could end up scratch¬ ing your topsides on the cement wall of Sprebd: A solitary sailboat enjoys the peace of Paradise Cove. Inset, top: Heading out on a per¬ fect daysail. Inset, bottom: the Sausalito docks.
the tower cofferdam. Once back inside the Gate, the wind will probably be blowing even harder than it was outside — but you won’t care be¬ cause you're sailing downwind at what should be close to hull speed. The proper etiquette is to wave and smile beatifically at the cold, wet sailors pounding upwind past you. And at the sailboarders who, on weekends, will be whizzing by you like swarms of angry killer bees. Don't worry, they won't hit you. Or at least not too of¬ ten. This part of the Perfect Daysail will af¬ ford you one of the great views of San Francisco, the place locals simply call 'The City' (never 'Frisco'). If any greenhorns aboard felt queasy earlier, roust them out from below now and tell them to enjoy the view. No one pukes downwind. Want an interesting detour? Jibe out toward Alcatraz. The likes of A1 Capone and 'Birdman' Robert Stroud once gazed
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and make sure your guests are dressed warmly — terrifying chilly friends by sail¬ ing raildown for extended periods is the fastest way to become a singlehander. If you didn’t bring warm-enough clothes, definitely head for the warmest place on the Bay: the northeast, lee of Angel Island. If you're not quite up to the Perfect Daysail yet, practice up on the lighter-air, flatter-water 'Richmond Rivi¬ era' or behind Yerba Buena Island. If you’ve got in-laws abdard that you never want to sail with again, leave Ber¬ keley Marina in the middle of the after¬ noon when it's blowing 25 and the tide is ebbing, then beat out to point Boryta. They may never even speak to you again. Bay Cruising Destinations The sail from the Central Bay to Vallejo is one of the best the Bay has to offer. It's 20 miles of broad reaching and running, and the closer you get, the warmer it gets. San Pablo Bay doesn't offer the most sce¬ nic sailing in the world, but at least it's a
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change from the urban sprawl. There's unlimited berthing available at the Vallejo Marina (707-648-4370), which makes it an ideal destination for yacht club flotil¬ las or other groups of boats. (Like almost all marinas, Vallejo also monitors VHF Channel 16). Vallejo is also close to Ma¬ rine World with all its new but not-quitefinished rides, and to the Wine Country. Food and drinks are close at hand. Those with more adventurous souls can continue on up the Napa River to the funky but fine Napa Valley Marina (707252-8011) which is totally 'country' and nearly surrounded by vineyards. While supplies and facilities are limited, they've got all the basics. For an even more rus¬ tic — and toasty — experience, those with shallow-draft boats can continue up to Horseshoe Bend and see if that anchor¬ age has silted in. Don't forget the cockpit awning. Other options in the Vallejo area are the 'Gateway to the Delta’ marinas. Be¬ nicia (707-745-2628) on the north shore,
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is a real favorite, and Martinez (510-3130942) on the south shore past the C&H refinery. The picturesque town adjoining the latter harkens back to the days of early California statehood. The Petaluma River is another warm North Bay destination well worth the ef¬ fort involved in getting there. It's about 15 miles from the Central Bay to the mouth of the Petaluma River, which is just shy of the Highway 37 bridge. It's 10 more miles of lovely river winding through the countryside — as close to the French Ca¬ nals as you'll get this side of the Loire Valley — before you reach Petaluma's downtown Turning Basin. Watch for shal¬ low water, both in San Pablo nearing Port Sonoma, but also in the Petaluma Turn¬ ing Basin itself. See this month's Sightings for the joke El Nino played on a yacht club cruise up there in March. While not a ma¬ rine center, downtown Petaluma has all the supplies — and entertainment — a weekend cruiser needs. On a typical summer weekend, the
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and never take it all in. If your better half is a nature buff, it just might work out perfectly. For more specifics, find a cojpy of our August '97 issue, wherein we fea¬ tured Angel Island in one of our first 'Weekend Getaway' pieces. Getting back to civilization, Belvedere Cove is a worthy stop for the food or shop¬ ping-oriented. The great thing about Belvedere Cove itself is that it's often 15° warmer there than just around the cor¬ ner in Sausalito. The drawbacks are that it's shallow and subject to quite a bit of current. The best place to land a dinghy — and enjoy everything from lupch to late night drinks — is at Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Ti¬ buron. You can even dock your boat at the restaurant for short periods on a firstcome, first-served basis. Just down the street from Sam's, America's Cup and Whitbread veteran Melissa Purdy runs Waypoint Pizza. In an unsolicited testi¬ monial, Nick, the Wanderer's son, said, "Waypoint has the best pizza I've ever
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JTxs much as some boaters dread mucking around in boatyards with their hair full of sanding dust and their arms covered with bot¬ tom paint, every spring we find a variety of diehard do-it-yourselfers in yards all over the Bay Area who actually seem to be enjoying the annual haulout ritual. Landlubbers use a groundhog's shadow to guage whether or not spring has arrived, but our barometer of seasonal change is height¬ ened activity in the boatyards — when they're abuzz with activity, you know the sailing season has begun in earnest. As is our custom, we perused the Bay Area’s boatyards a few week¬ ends ago, conducting a completely unscientific survey of self-reliant sailors. Not surprisingly, eveiyone we approached was happy,to take a breather from his/her chores and chat with us about the projects at hand. Freshly painted and polished, you'll soon see all these ves¬ sels out on the Bay.
Steve Sylvester
Selket — Columbia 9.6 You might say Steve Sylvester has come full circle. After being introduced to sailing as a kid some 40 years ago, he eventually gravitated away from boats toward boardsailing. These days, although Steve can often still be seen hydroplaning across the Bay on his board, he now spends an equal amount of time sailing this wellscrubbed 32-footer. Steve's love pf boat sailing was rekindled about 10 years back when he started cruising the Bay with a buddy who owned and lived, aboard Selket. When the friend moved away, Steve jumped at the chance to buy the sloop, and quickly embraced the liveaboard lifestyle. "It's great! When there's too much wind for windsurfing, or not enough, I go sailing in Selket. And when there's no wind at all, I go surfing!" You might say Steve is totally im¬ mersed in watersports. So why the haulout? "It's just a quickie this time," says Steve thankfully. "I repaired four gelcoat blisters and now I’m just slapping on a coat of bottom paint." Afterwards he planned to' head over to Sail Expo and treat Selket to a brand new headsail.
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(Below) Lois and Malcolm Pedersen Veloute — Cal 246 'We like to say the name Veloute means 'moves through the sea like velvet’," explains Lois Petersen from her perch on a scaffolding. We chatted with Lois as she lov¬ ingly polished the hull of her 1974 Cal 246 ketch, a job she's done count¬ less times over the past 28 years. She and her husband, Malcolm, bought Veloute as a bare hull, then spent the next four years customizing her rig and interior to their own specifica¬ tions. They've lived aboard — and done most of their own maintenance — ever since. Luckily this haulout was a quickie in and out to paint the ’bottom. Dedicated do-it-yourselfers, the Pedersens have been practicing the liveaboard lifestyle for nearly 30 years. In 1970 they called a Cal 25 home, then graduated to an Ericson 35 before finally moving up to this beamy 46-footer.
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"We’ve done this every year for the seven years we’ve owned the boat," notes Margie Siegal of the routine maintenance she and co-owner Robert Siegal were doing on Huck." Are we masochists, or what? Like all Bears, Huck Finn has a history. Built at the Sausalito-based Nunes Brother boatyard in 1938, the 23-footer was all but gone when Bruce Chase got hold of it in the '80s. After completing a beautiful resto¬ ration, he relocated to Australia seven years ago. Margie and Robert have been Huck’s owners — or 'caretakers', as Bear Class diehards like to say — since then. , .. . , Preparing the already jewel-like boat for new topsides and bottom paint, Margie and Robert echoed the lament of many boat owners that do-ityourself yards seem to be going the way of the buffalo. "If you own a boat like this, you don’t want just anybody messing with it," she explains. And talk about masochists: Margie and Robert are spiffing Huck up in part because they’re putting the boat up for sale — excuse us, adoption. "See that gaff mast over there?" says Robert, pointing to the marina. That s a Garden 30 I just bought. As soon as we get done working on this boat, that one’s coming out and we’re starting in on it.
SPRINGTIME IN Jerry Greth
Harmony — Catalina 34 Jeriy Greth admits to being somewhat of a perfectionist. He blames it on his days as an offshore powerboat racer. To which we say, "Good for powerboats" — Harmony is a beau¬ tifully maintained 1988 boat that looks new. Greth’s clients would also likely look on per¬ fectionism as a positive thing: he rebuilds air¬ planes for a living. Anyway, Harmony was out of the water for a bottom job. And because the prop shaft was doing this irritating thing completely out of character with Jerry’s perfectionism — not to mention the boat’s name. The shaft, which was brass, flopped around horribly when the boat was underway. The installation of a new fold¬ ing prop only made it worse. So Jerry was spent the last Saturday in April replacing the whole works from the engine back, including the cutlass bearing and a new, stainless shaft. The work was in preparation for a busy sea¬ son of activities with the local Catalina 34 fleet, including a big Catalina owners' rendezvous at — what an idea — Catalina Island over the fourth of July weekend.
Ken Ator and Carol Von Haden
Heart Song — 42-ft English cutter Talk about doing a thorough job. When Carol Von Haden and Ken Ator set out to refurbish a boat they don't take any short cuts. Even before buying Heart Song a year and a half ago in Martinez they knew it would take a lot of work to put this 1938 Victor-designed cut¬ ter back in bristol condition. But the laundry list of renovations they've completed after work and on weekends is staggering. The first time they took her out on the water the transmission blew, so Ken, a mechanic by profession, rebuilt it himself. Then, he started the real boatwork. A partial list includes: remov¬ ing 22 coats of paint from the hull,, 15 coats of paint from the cabin, recaulking eveiy seam, replacing the original galvanized boat nails with 1,000 bronze screws, refurbishing the cockpit with teak, replacing the decks, replating and rebedding all the external hardware, building a new rudder and replacing the prop and shaft. The toughest job though, was replacing her five keel bolts — after 60 years in place, they were a bit stubborn. The good news is that Ken and Carol are fi¬ nally close to getting the old girl back in the water again. All that's left to do is hang the rudder and sand, fair and paint the hull. 'We'll be sail¬ ing in the next Master Mariner's Regatta — for sure," Ken promises. Heart Song will certainly be an appropriate addition to the fleet, as her English design dates back to 1895.
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Joe Fisher, Keith Deirup and Daniel Suskolne Farallon — 85-ft patrol rescue vessel
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A trio of East Bay teenagers — from left, Joe Fisher, Keith Deirup and Daniel Suskolne — were hard at work on Farallon, an 85-ft wooden PR ('patrol rescue') vessel built in 1944, when we wandered by. The boat, originally designed to recover downed air pilots, is now the floating clubhouse of their 60-member Berke eybased Sea Scout troop. "It has a completely undistinguished history," they told us, "As far as we know, it never rescued anyone!" Farallon was in the yard so professionals could work on her bow, which was dam¬ aged by another boatyard during a previous haulout. The Scouts were taking advantage of the air time to touch up the boat's bottom and topsides. , , . ri, ,4, FaraUon has belonged to the Troop since 1981, and is run on a shoestnng budget. It s one of the five or six biggest Sea Scout vessels on the Bay (the biggest one is a 125-footer up in Stockton), and has seiwed as a training platform for an estimated 300 Scouts over the years. Lately, however Faralioris future is in jeopardy, as she is in danger of losing her subsidized berth in Berkeley because of alleged discnnunation against gays by their parent organization, the Boy Scouts of America (Sea Scouts are a division of Exp orers which is kind of a'graduate school’for Boy Scouts). "We're fighting for our lives," said their adult supervisor, who asked not to be identified. Remember the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, where eveiyone is talking and no one is making any sense? That s what it s like over ®=re WUhouUheSh. we ll be out of business, which would be a shame - the Sea Scouts arenh some para-Nazi outfit, or a bunch of religious fanatics, or some fancy yacht club for rich white boys or whatever else they think we are. It's what you see here today —kids learning skills, as well as teamwork and citizen¬ ship and other things that our society could use more of."
SPRINGTIME IN THE BOATYARDS Scott Hovey and Skip Henderson Bar Taut — Pearson Ariel 'We’re doing the bottom so we can get to Vallejo in time for dinner," says Skip Henderson, owner of the 1964 Ariel for the last 20 years. He says that the Ariels have a tradition of starting last in that season-opening May clas¬ sic — and getting there last, when all the food’s gone. To prevent uninten¬ tional dieting again, Henderson and crewman/friend Scott Hovey were busy longboarding the bottom on a late-April Saturday in preparation for new paint on Sunday. And you know those racing stripes people used to have painted on their cars? Henderson is thinking of doing that. Marina del Rey racing stripes, that is. "One of these days I’m going to hire a guy to paint a couple of bumpers on the side of the boat," he says with a twinkle in his eye. "Think of the con¬ versations that will start."
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BVI SPRING REGATTA It all comes down to attitude. Some West Coast sailors reacted to our phenom¬ enally water-logged winter by bitching about having to bail out their boats eveiy 15 minutes while green tnold festered on their Topsiders. Others saw it as just the excuse they needed to sneak down to the Virgin Islands and take part in the an¬ nual BVI Spring Regatta, April 3-5. Luck¬ ily, we found ourselves among the latter group, subscribing, as we do, to Bobbie
"Help? No thanks," says Molly. Typical of many lady sailors in the Caribbean, she's not just along for the ride, but is an integral part of the crew. McFerrin's timeless reggae mantra: "Don't worry, be happy." In terms of sheer numbers, both Antigua Sailing Week and St. Maarten's Heineken Regatta overshadow the BVTs premier yachting event, but some say that's what they like about the Spring Regatta — it's still "manageable." The en¬ tire fleet — a record 110 boats this year — can still be accommodated in and around the sponsoring Moorings marina, and despite having 600 to 800 partici¬ pants, it's still possible to actually find someone at the Regatta Village. Besides, with warm Caribbean sunshine, mellow sailing conditions, challenging competi¬ tion and plenty of sun-bronzed body parts poking out of bikinis and swim trunks, what's not to like about it? While making the rounds this year, we bumped into an impressive number of West Coasters, some of whom we'd met at last year's event. Others simply homed in on the Latitude 38 T-shirts we were wearing and introduced themselves: "Say, did you bring down any Latitudes? I could really use a fix." To name but a few, we shared frosty toasts with the all-women team from SePage 146 • UouJili • May, 1998
attle aboard the J/33 Boomorang and swapped tales with the spirited crew of Left Coasters aboard the J/30 called J. Doe that included Marina del Rey big boat racers Dave McCalley, Big John Carroll and owner Cynthia Ross. Among the recent emigrants from Cali¬ fornia we shared the shade of a coco palm with former Marinites John and Lynn Ringseiz who ’Ha-Ha'ed' down to Mexico aboard Summerplace with the Class of '91 and are now running a Jeanneau 50 char¬ ter yacht. We talked shop with former San Franciscan John McManus who sailed to the islands aboard his Beneteau 51 Lahina Fish Co. and is now building a bar and restaurant on Saba Rock (adjacent to the Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Garda's North Sound), which was for¬ merly the residence of revered scuba diver
Bert Kilbride. We also got an update on Dave Dutcher, a strapping young sailor from the East Bay who raced aboard the Frers 81 Longhorn (ex-Matador) at the '97 Spring Regatta. This year his ear-to-ear grin evidenced his pride in being chosen to sail with V.I. superstar Peter Holmberg at the Mini America's Cup late last month in New Zealand. As you'll see in these pages the list of West Coasters goes on and on.
But we digress. While the presence of so many of our contemporaries helped us rationalize making the V.I. pilgrimage, the larger point is that at this, and other top-flight Caribbean regattas, there is a wonderfully homogeneous mix of differ¬ ent folks from different lifestyles and
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backgrounds that you just don't find at hometown events. Each year sailors come from far and wide to enjoy the competi¬ tion and post-race camaraderie. Because of the BVTs healthy economy — largely based on its status as the most
There is a wonderfully homogeneous mix of different folks from different lifestyles and backgrounds that you just don't find at hometown events. popular yacht chartering destination in the world — it has also become one of the most desirable places to live in the East¬ ern Caribbean. As a result, there are boat¬
loads of Americans and Europeans in resi¬ dence who have come to live the Carib¬ bean lifestyle while earning their daily bread in nautical occupations. In recent years an increasing number of native West Indians have also joined the fun, as more and more of them enter the marine in¬ dustry. In addition to the locals, the Spring Regatta also attracts sailors in-the-know from Europe (especially England and Hol¬ land this year), the U.S. and Canada. Some fly out to sail with friends who are Caribbean residents, while others char¬ ter bareboats. Since the largest fleets in the world are based here, there's natu¬ rally a wide variety of sizes and types to choose from. Catamaran bareboats are also encouraged to compete. In order to promote safety and minimize anxiety
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Hardcore local racers — defined as any¬ one who can manage to play hookey from work for the better part of a month — db the entire circuit. This year the J. Doe crew were among them and, like true converts, they plan to follow CORT with a run at Antigua Race Week at the end of this month. Just writing about such a cam¬ paign makes us weaiy — the racing's not all that hard, but the partying truly takes Herculean endurance. The passing of a weather system north >-
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One of the BVI's best-loved charter skippers, Presley King has been nearly invincible over the years in the bareboat division. among the less-experienced competitors, the non-spinnaker fleet now sails courses which are completely separated from the spinnaker fleet. The most notable innovation this year, however, was the inclusion of an identi¬ cal fleet of ten J /120 bareboats which are a recent addition to The Moorings' fleet. Rigged with telescoping bow sprits and asymmetrical spinnakers, they combine high performance with easy handling and provide a forum for one-design racing within the wildly diversified spinnaker fleet.
(Celebrating its 27th year, the BVI Spring Regatta is the largest of the three regattas which comprise the., Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle (CORT). It is pro¬ ceeded by Puerto Rico's Heineken Inter¬ national Cup and followed by St. Thomas' International Rolex Cup Regatta.
Grind, mon, grind! In the unseasonably light airs of the Regatta, constant attention to sail trim was essential to success.
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of the islands resulted in unseasonably light winds of 5-10 knots on Day One, dis¬ appointing some visiting sailors who'd been anticipating the BVTs typical 15-18 knots of steady trade winds. However, those who'd raced at Puerto Rico's Heineken International Cup two weeks earlier were undoubtedly relieved to have light breezes and flat water. They'd been hammered by 20-30 knot winds and ex¬ tremely rowdy seas off the island's north¬ eastern coastline. It was so rough one day,
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in fact, that the fleet was kept in limbo for three hours — sailing in circles — while the committee boat tried to get its anchor to bite. And when the race finally did get underway, four out of six marks broke loose from the course. Luckily, the BVl's race committee had no such problems. With several 20-year committee vets among them, each race was administered flawlessly, and because of the mellow conditions, they gave the spinnaker divisions an unprecedented six
Ridin' the pulpit on traffic patrol. Working as a ’bowperson' is a plum assignment that brings plenty of action. And in these sunny ^ latitudes an occasional showering of spray is a welcome refresher.
races over the three-day event, while the non-spinnaker ('cruising') divisions sailed the usual one race per day. Bolstered by 24 non-spinnaker bareboats in two divisions and ten J /120 bareboats in their own one-design divi¬ sion, the Regatta's other eight divisions were .composed of a wide variety of hull types including beach cats, multihulls, maxis, ultralights and racer/cruisers — but just about eveiybody found an ad¬ versary in boat-for-boat competition. Day One was definitely tough on heavy displacement boats like the old 40-ft IOR warhorse Mirage (which was built in the Bay by Les Harlander) and the Whitbread 60 Dolphin, (which was built for the '93’94 Whitbread Round the World Race). Conversely, light displacement boats with light enough spinnakers — were in their glory.
\^trong winds or no winds, the in¬ fectious party spirit of a Caribbean Re¬ gatta Village is hard to contain. Friend¬ ships and rivalries forged during previ ous events are renewed over cool drinks and first- " timers from near and far share anecdotes of the day’s competition. By the time each evening's reggae or ca¬ lypso band kicks in, everyone's mood is decid¬ edly festive — regardless of where they placed in the day's results. Because The Moorings is now the event's prime spon¬ sor, their marina and Mari¬ ner Inn complex serves as the Regatta's base, with the Village laid out on a broad
The crew of 'True Colors' weren't the fastest boat in their bareboat division — they took third — but they certainly had the right attitude._ lawn that abuts Road Harbor. Shops, bars and restaurants are all nearby and bud¬ get-minded competitors have the option of anchoring out in front, just a stone's throw from the party — or a short swim in the 78° water, should you have 'too much fun' and get left behind by your mates. As with Antigua Race Week, the Big Boat Series and the Kenwood Cup, the night before the first race the Mount Gay Rum company (represented locally by Road Town Wholesale) bolstered the fes¬ tive spirit by giving away free drinks to all comers. For the rest of the weekend volunteer bartenders from the local Ro¬ tary Club did their best to quench the thirsts of the masses, who swarmed around their three-sided, open-air bar like sun-baked hyenas who’d just arrived at a desert oasis. In these latitudes, we As' Mirage’ approaches a mark, Doctor Bill trims for skipper Alan Brugger, a Bay Area expat. The all-girl 'Boomorang' crew slides by to leeward.
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Crooner Foxy Callwood, of Jost Van Dyke's most famous bar.
There were at least three all-girl crews this year. Meet Cat, Lisa, Sylvie, Ruth, Alice, Laura, Jennifer and Max — crew of the Beneteau 32 'Dazzler'.
Are we having fun yet? Oh, yeah! Meet the 'J/Doe' crew (front L to R): Tim Hill, Cap'n Cynthia, Karen. Behind: Dinah, Dave, John and Denise. should note, cocktails are generally mixed according to the 'contrary to ordinaiy' philosophy: four parts liquor, one part mixer. Gone are the days when fried chicken legs and johnny cakes (fried dough) were the only fare at the Village. These days some of the best restaurants in town pro¬ vide a wide variety of vittles to please ev¬ ery palate — from steaming plates of shrimp to curried East Indian rotis, from fresh pasta with pesto to good ol' barbe¬ cued hamburgers. Besides bellying up to the bar, perhaps Page 150 • Ut&Jilg • May, 1998
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British journalist Misty Gale poses with two new friends from Team Caribbean: Bay Area expat Dave Dutcher and Kiwi John Gunderson. the most popular features of the post-race from Florida made it to the starting line parties were the 'fashion shows' put on of Day Two on time, but his undershorts by two local boutiques. We don't know didn't. They were last seen late the night how many garments they actually sold as before flying from a ceiling fan at Road a result, but the hunky guys and shapely Town's notorious Pub. girls that modeled swim trunks and biki¬ The breeze was just a tad stronger on nis certainly made an impression with the Day Two — about 8 to 10 knots — but writhing masses. still not the typical trade winds. In order to win in these light airs, concentration was key, and mistakes were hard to re¬ I ewcomers learned — and veterans cover from. In the morning race J. Doe were painfully reminded — that too much took a first, correcting out one second partying takes a toll the next morning on ahead of the C&C 37 Kapey, yet neither the race course. One visiting yachtsman boat won the second race. In most divi-
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Pat Nolan's 'Boomorang' crew — largely from Seattle — showed plenty of spirit. Front, L to Ft: Peg, Katie, Pam, Pat, Nancy; middle: Gayle, Kim, Jennifer, Katy; Cap'n Pat at rear.
Jim Muldoon of ‘Donnybrook’ holds his handmade wooden trophy.
Former cruisers Lynn and John Ringseiz now run a BVI charter yacht,
sions such give and take went on through¬ out the series — there were some wind¬ less 'holes' to sail into. J/Boats have long been a mainstay of Caribbean racing, and while just about every variety was represented here, the seven-boat J/24 division held some of the Northern Caribbean’s fiercest competi¬ tors. At the end of Day Two each of four boats had won a race and all were poten¬ tially in contention to win the division. Meanwhile, in the J/120 division The Moorings new marketing guru, Hans Birkholz, and his international crew of
Who says men rule the world? At the moment when this shot was taken there was no question who was in charge.
"Do something wild," we told the crew of 'Mirage' from St. John. "Okay, everybody stick your tongue in the ear of the person next to you!"
Moorings staffers found that their princi¬ pal adversary was their boss, Moorings CEO Arthur Warshaw, whose boat was skippered by none other than J/Boats co¬ founder Bob Johnstone. Although only three boats made up the maxi division this year, both Donnybrook, a custom, 73-ft turbosled owned by Jim Muldoon, president of US Sailing, and, Pied Piper, one of two Santa Cruz 70s owned by Dick Jennings of Chicago, had a grand time essentially match racing and trading firsts throughout the Regatta. In the 'Planing Hull' Division, two
Melges 24s battled for top honors in both division and fledt. The St. Maarten entry Caribmatra threatened to out-gun the '96 Regatta winner Frenchman's Reef (then called Cellular One), with three bullets at the end of four races. In the bareboat divisions, by contrast, most crews were less than fanatical about winning. But the clear skies and flat wa¬ ter provided ideal tropical tanning condi¬ tions to charterers who'd flown in from the States, the U.K. and Holland. As in years past, the boat to beat — for those who cared — was skippered by Presley May, 1998 • UMwtJ? • Page 151
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BVI SPRING REGATTA King, an affable West Indian from Bequia, who's been a BVI resident and charter skipper for as long as anyone can remem¬ ber. Over the years he's been practically invincible. s
Day Three brought similar condi¬ tions with the exception of one glorious hour when a passing cloud bank teased the fleet with 15 knots of breeze. Again two races were run in the spinnaker fleet which led to some surprising outcomes: In the Planing Division, the Henderson 30 from Puerto Rico, Soca, danced from third in fleet at the end of Day Two to fleet win¬ ner by Regatta's end. The two Melgi who'd beat her on previous days were so busy covering each other they let her take a critical first in Race Five which made the difference. After squeaking out a first in the final race, Cynthia Ross' wacky crew from Marina del Rey aboard J. Doe moved up from fourth to second in the racer/cruiser division, with another J/30 from the U.S., Boojet, taking first. Elsewhere, Pied Piper beat Donnybrook by a mere eight seconds in the final race
They didn't make headlines in the final sta ing, but the J/24 'Jumpin Jack Flash' seemed be having a gas on this downwind run.
to win her division, while Hans Birkfy| held onto his lead in the J/120 fleet ^ scoring two more firsts, with Warshaw anil Johnstone taking second. The J/24 Orion from Puerto Rico pulled up from second to win her hotly-contested division. But one of the biggest rounds of ap¬ plause at the awards ceremony went to Barclay Kats in the humble Jib & Main Division. Her crew of,kids from the local
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The Latitude Interview:
Dee Smith
"have gun, will travel" Demettio Dee' Smith, age 45, strikes us as the quintessential sailing rockstar. An internationally known sailmaker turned pro sailor, Dee has spent the last decade roaming the world on grand prix yachts, sort of a modern day swash¬ buckler plundering and pillaging' exotic ports in search of trophies and good times. He's compiled an enviable race record — including recently skippering Chessie Racing to third place in Leg V of the Whitbread Race — and has parlayed his considerable sailing skills into an interesting, if not lucrative, lifestyle. Fit and perpetually tan, exuding confidence and a nervous energy, Dee is certainly one of the most colorful and comptex personalities on the sailing scene. We'll be seeing more of him in the future, as he recently moved from Lake Tahoe back to the Bay Area, buying a house in Petaluma which he shares with wife Jocelyn Thompson (an Aussie woman he met during the Southern Cross Series in ’89) and their Siberian Huskies Jack Frost and Ruby. Dee joined us for lunch late last month, regaled us with sailing tales and his opinions on various subjects, and then left again — this time for Antigua. Here's what we talked about, as best as we can remember— too bad the best parts had to be 'off the
Is life as a professional sailor all it's cracked up to be?
It's hard work, but in the last few years, I've finally been able to make a decent living at it. The toughest part is all the trav¬ elling — last year, I was away from home 242 days, and 192 days the year before that. There are times when I'd like to stay home more, but this is what I do for a living — and fortunately Page 154 •
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Joe has been able to join me at some very nice places. There's a lot of pressure to perform on the race course, as well as all the usual politics. There’s virtually no job security. . . on the whole, I'd say it's not a life for everyone. Do you still enjoy sailing, or has it become just a job?
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I still love racing sailboats. Some-
times I can't believe how lucl^y I am to actually get paid to do something 1 love so much — a lot of people really hate their jobs, are just in it for the paycheck. Not me! When the ten minute gun goes off, I still get as excited as a teenager in his first big race. If that feeling ever goes away, I'll know it's time to find another line of work. What have you been up to lately besides the Whitbread? Tile last 18 months have been a bit of a blur. After the Big Boat Series in ’96, I did a few regattas in Florida, then went to Australia for the Sydney-Hobart and another series. I sailed on BZW Challenge in the Hobart, and we got screwed by the race committee —we chased flares and couldn't get all our time back. We should have won that race. Then I went to Key West and the SORC on Jameson, won both. Congressional Cup, won that. Sydney-Mooloolaba, won that. Antigua, won that. A Dutch ILC 40 regatta on MK Cafe, fourth. Then I went to the Mumm Pre-Worlds and Worlds on Moby Lines, second in both. Annapolis-Newport Race on Gaucho, first in class. Chicago NOOD on Vim, a N/M 39 that I’ve been coaching, won that. Kiel Week, ILC 40 Worlds, Big Boat Series. Ficker Cup with Scott Dickson, won that. Southern Cross. . . Enough! Stop, please! But congratulations — that's quite a record. Are you disappointed when you don't win? Well, yes, of course — but you can't win them all. I expect to outsail most people very time I go out. It really depends how prepared you are and who you’re sailing against. I get really upset when I do stupid things, and we all do sometimes — but the important thing is to learn from the experience and not repeat the mistake. Do you take notes after each race? No, but I probably should. A lot of the top guys do that Terry Hutchinson and Dave Dellenbaugh come right to mind. I guess I could fire up my laptop and write notes on the plane on the way home, but I haven't yet. You have a reputation as kind of the ultimate 'hired gun'. What exactly do you get paid to do anyway? I’m a free agent, really. Unlike many of the pros, who have vested interests in selling the owners certain boats or sails or products, I'm paid to look out only for the owner's best inter¬ ests. My job is to overhaul the program, get it up to speed and then go out and presumably win the race. Sometimes I'm brought in early to consult with the owner on what boat to buy or build, and I've worked with a couple projects like that from scratch — the 50-foot Morning Glory, Jameson and ABAP Defi¬ ance, for example-. But mostly, I'm paid to help win regattas, which fortunately seems to happen with some regularity. I love winning races, but I find it most gratifying when a boat I coached continues winning after I leave. Why should someone hire you over the next pro? I've been in the industry about 30 years, and I bring a com¬ plete understanding of the sport to the table. In addition to boatspeed, rules, tactics, driving and all the stuff you ve got to know, I have 12 years of sailmaking experience under my belt, along with an understanding of the principles of naval archi¬ tecture. I've sailed just about every type of boat in just about every condition and location you can name. . . I also think I've mellowed a lot as I’ve gotten older, and am maybe easier to get along with now. A kinder, gentler Dee? Well, yeah, maybe. I guess I don't have as much to prove anymore, or something. What are some of the going rates for pro sailors anyway? I just finished filing my taxes, so I know exactly how much I made last year — but I'm not telling you! It all depends on the
event and the person. For doing a full Whitbread, I'd say the average guys gets about $50,000 this time. I'd guess that the watch captains usually get $100,000+, while the navigator gets even more. The skippers get the most, maybe even as much as $250,000 on the top programs, and up to twice that if they brought the sponsorship in. That may seem like a lot of money for going sailing, but remember it's a 24 hour-a-day job for 18 months or so in a row, and there are lots of dangerous and uncomfortable times. . . For something like an Admiral's Cup, Sardinia Cup, Kenwood Cup or the more prestigious ocean races, some of the best guys are getting around $10,000 —but, be¬ lieve me, those salaries are rare. Usually it's expenses plus a set rate per day, somewhere between $400 and $1,000, some¬ times with bonuses for winning. Some races, like winter Mexi¬ can stuff, pay little or nothing, but they're so much fun that the pros will do them anyway. Again, it all comes down to what you negotiate — everyone cuts a different deal. Are there written contracts involved? Sometimes, but not often. Usually you already know the person hiring you, and it's really rare that someone doesn't pay. You usually get 1099s, and sometimes W-2s, so there is gener¬ ally a paper trail. I’ve been on both sides of these transactions, because for some programs, like Jameson. I’m in charge of the budget. I hire the people for the regattas, pay all the bills, take care of all the logistics, and basically run a turn-key operation for the owner. Wi$h lots of money at stake, isn’t there a win-at-all-costs mentality that might encourage bending the rules? I don't think so. When I was just getting into the interna¬ tional sport, back in the IOR days, cheating was rampant. It was really sad, we lost a lot of good owners because of it. These days, I don't think it’s as bad. We’ll all push the rules as far as possible, but overt cheating is really rare. Do you have an opinion on the lifejacket rule? I have mixed emotions. It’s like the helmet rule, which I don t really care for either — we need to be careful not to legislate stupidity. It’s ridiculous to require PFDs in under, say, 10 knots, but obviously there's a time to put them on. We wore lifejackets and harnesses on Jameson in the Kenwood Cup last time, which was the lightest series ever. We didn't do it for safety, we did it because the added weight on the rail was fast. Have you ever had any close calls? Sure, in fact I almost went overboard in the Whitbread Race coming up the coast of Brazil. I came on deck without a har¬ ness on, called a jibe, and then went forward on the leeward side to untie the lazy runner. It was only blowing about 25, but a puff hit and suddenly my feet were getting wet. As we went into a broach, I wrapped my arms around the shrouds and ended up swimming, basically floating level with the deck. There's a lot of water pressure trying to pry you off the boat when you crash at those speeds. Have you ever been scared out there? I got a little concerned on a Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race in the early '70s on Rob Wade's Moore 24 Poltergeist. It was rough, blowing 30+ and we had our storm kite up. We were hauling ass, somewhere down under Sur around dusk. I still remember this ominous rumbling sound as the puff hit — it had to be blowing over 40 and now we're planing so hard that the whole boat is shaking and we're in a total whiteout. Then Jack (Halterman) freaks out - 'We gotta choke it down," he yells. The moment he touched anything, we crashed with a vengeance! It was a real mess, but we got it back together eventually and won the race by five or six hours. When we finished, we heard the sad news about Pi sinking that night. . ■ Another memoMay, 1998
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interview: rable moment was going 21.5 knots on Leading Lady coming in from the Farallones. That had my full attention!. . . I guess there have been lots of moments that would qualify as 'scary', depending on how you define it. What <ire some of your earliest sailing memories? I was about 12 years old the first time my dad and I took out his new Gladiator in some race off Santa Cruz. We were just racing with a main and a jib, sailing along mid-pack when a boat ahead jibed and headed for the beach. My dad instructed me to find the binoculars and start looking for the mark in there, because the guy who jibed had set the marks earlier. Sure enough, the mark was in there — so we jibed over, and won the race on corrected time because almost the whole fleet had followed the lead boat to the wrong mark. It made a real impression on me — there's no reason not to do well on the race course, so long as you just keep your eyes open. Why didn't you, or don't you, ever sail dinghies? I did sail a little on Hobie Cats when I was younger, but basically I've been working in the industry my whole life and there's no money to be made in dinghies. Have you ever owned your own boat? Not since a Cal 29 that I inherited from my father in 1972. I lived on that boat for three years, and even raced my 'house' down the coast a few times before selling it in '75. These days I'm too busy for a boat anyway, and when I have some free time I'd rather go skiing, or ride my motorcycle, or even work around the house. You aren't a member of a yacht club either, are you? Actually, 1 am. I pay my $60 a year to Windjammers YC of Lake Tahoe, but haven't been around much to do any of their events. I tried to get into St. Francis once, and it didn't work. Blackaller and I were business competitors, and he made sure I didn't get in. I've promoted San Francisco sailing everywhere I go, and a lot of the East Coast boats have come here for St. Francis events as a result of my contacts. I wonder if the Yacht Club even realizes that. . . but at this point, it doesn't really matter. What are some of the highlights of your sailing career? There have been so many! I'd say that 1983 was a pretty good year. We won the SORC and were top inshore boat at the Admiral's Cup with Scadett O'Hara, and came back and won the Big Boat Series with Bravura. Eclipse was kind of different — taking it to Antigua with racks and trapezes was a ball. Wall Street Duck was a good project, and I still remember sailing with Carl (Schumacher) on his brand new Summertime Dream when we won the quarter ton NAs in '79. Bravura and Coyote were great boats; Irv (Loube) always put together first class pro¬ grams. . . Sailing with Bob Garvie on the various Bulleyes has always been fun, and that's pretty much what I'll be doing when¬ ever I'm home. Some of the European projects I remember fondly include the ABAP stuff, winning Cape Town-Rio on the little Morning Glory, and a bunch of fun on Container, Pinta, Rubin, Mean Ma¬ chine, Amersterdamed and Marisa. I've done a heap of sailing on Italian, German, Irish and Dutch boats in the last ten years. They seemed to appreciate my services and paid pretty well. Do you ever sail for free? Well, it’s kind of a conflict of interest — no pro should sail for free, if you think about it. But, sure, I do sometimes. I helped Gavin Brady win the Congressional Cup last year for free, just because he’s a friend and I wanted to learn more about match racing. And of course I sail locally with my friends for free — Joe and I just did the Big Daddy with Nick and Teny Gibbens on their new Express 27. It was their first race, and we would Page 156 • UlXtJilS • May. 1998
have ended up second, I think, if Richmond YC had bothered to score us. Unfortunately, there was some confusion about our sail numbers — Nick's new sail had the hull number on it, rather than the five-digit number of the old sail, so they refused to recognize us. " What else are you sailing on these days? Antigua Race Week on a Swan 68 with some European cli¬ ents is next. That regatta is always a lot of fun without too much pressure. After that, I’ve signed up for three regattas on Jay Ecklund's One Design 48 Starlight — the Newport Series, Kenwood Cup and the Big Boat Series. Also, I plan to do a few races in Chicago, including the Chicago-Mac, on Vim and prob¬ ably the Sardinia Cup on a new Castro 49. . . Locally, I'm look¬ ing forward to sailing the new Bullseye. It's the old Infinity, a N/ M 49 that still has a lot of life left in it. It just got painted white over at Nelson's Marine, and will move to its new slip at St. Francis soon. Our first race will be Vallejo on May 2-3 — at this rate, it may literally be our first sail as well! We're looking for¬ ward to sailing against fMorning Glory and maybe Swiftsure, if they get their act together. It'll be interesting to square off with each other for the first time. Doesn't it seem a little odd to you to race grand prix boats under PHRF? Yeah, but it's the only game in town these days. Anyway, if the ratings are right, it can still produce some good racing — although I'd much rather race one design or IMS. You mentioned the ID-48 class. How does that stack up to some of the other classes you've been sailing in? It's by far the best competition in this country right now. They're hard boats to sail well, so every crew position is impor¬ tant — one bad link on a boat like that will kill you. Corel 45s or Farr 40s, on the other hand, are comparatively easy to sail. The Mumm 36 is a technically demanding boat like the ID-48, but that class has gone downhill lately. The Worlds this year weren't very competitive — we came in second with Moby Lines, which we got just one week before. But I think you'll see that class make a comeback next year when the Admiral’s Cup rolls around again. There's something like 112 Mumm 36s in the world, so they're not going to all fade away at once. You put in a lot of time on Mumm 36s, right? Yeah, I'm actually quite proud of our success with Jameson, as well as the work I did on No Problem. We had a nice run with Jameson, culminating in being part of the winning U.S. team at the last Admiral's Cup. I’ve been trying to win that thing for years, so I especially savored the moment. Tom Roche was one of the most fun owners of all time, and I enjoyed sailing with all the crew — Stu Bannetyne, who is a great driver, Alan Smith, Big Mike Howard. . . Neil MacDonald is just fun to be with. . . Marco Constant, Mike Mottl. . . what a great group of guys! I was sorry to see the boat get sold, but it was the right time. What about the Sydney 40 and the ID-35? Both look interesting on paper. The Sydney 40 will get a huge boost from being the middle boat in the Admiral's Cup, just like the way the Mumm 36 got going. The ID-35 should be a good boat — maybe they'll pick up where the Mumm 36 seems to have left off. I hope they sell a lot of them so that the one design concept works. You really need to have local fleets somewhere, you can’t just be travelling all the time to Florida for events. The Corel 45s are an example of that — a good enough boat, but just 20 or 22 of them spread out around the world isn’t enough of a critical mass to keep the, class around for very long. Besides your Jameson crew, who are some other guys you'd go anywhere with? Geez, I'd have to really think about that — there are so many
dee smith people I've sailed with over the years that I wish I could sail with again. One of the things that I love about my job is that I've been able to sail with so many good sailors from all over the world, and to learn from all of them. . . Some of the local guys I always enjoy sailing with include Nick, the Baumhoff brothers, Dennis George, Stu Felker, Kimo (Worthington) and John (Kostecki) on occasion, and others. Present company excluded, who do you regard as the best professional sailors in the world? Cayard and Kostecki come immediately to mind. Lawrie Smith is quite good; I really thought he was going to win the Whitbread. Gavin Brady is a young up-and-coming guy, so is Morgan Larson. I have a lot for respect for John Kolius, Robbie Haines, Terry Hutchinson, Kenny Read, Melges, Madro and lots of Eu¬ ropeans —- they're all tough to beat. But these are just my im¬ pressions from my own little world — there are certainly some other great sailors out there I don't know. The round-the-world multihull maniacs are probably right up there, but that's a cor¬ ner of the sport I don't know anything about — except that it looks like fun! Speaking of maniacs, how was the Whitbread Race? It was an extremely interesting adventure, and the sailing was fabulous. Picture surfing downwind off Pt. Conception dur¬ ing the spring for weeks on end and you get the general idea. It's the best sailing in the world — going around the world on cool boats with incredibly close competition. Seven of the boats are competitive, maybe eight or all nine by the time the race ends. A lot of people probably think I'm nuts for signing up for the two Southern Ocean legs, but that's what was offered to me — and really, the miles between Cape Town and Cape Horn are the real Whitbread. I'm glad I got the opportunity to go. The Southern Ocean is a beautiful place, but land of cold. Was it the toughest sailing you've ever done? No question. I've done four TransPacs, five Fastnets, three Sydney-Hobarts, Bermuda, Jamaica, Cape Town to Rio, a bunch of Kenwood Cups, you name it — and every one of those races were picnics compared to this mission. The cold really gets to you after awhile, and often I couldn't feel my fingertips, though nothing nearly as bad as what happened to Kimo — he got the worst case of frostbite in the fleet. And the constant rush of water at you — what Cayard calls the 'firehose' — wears you down, too. I pulled my shoulder out trying to hang on to a winch as a wall of water swept over us, and a few times I was picked up and deposited at the end of my harness. It was brutal, and so was the competition. How would you compare the two legs you did? Leg II felt like more of a cruise, like we were delivering Chessie instead of racing it. We were very conservative, things like put¬ ting the sails below deck when it got really windy. Leg V was a lot better. After a pair of thirds in Legs III and IV, the boat and the crew were more dialed into the race. We were more aggres¬ sive in Leg V, but I don't think too much so. In a sense, we were going up the same learning curve Cayard went through in Leg II. At least I felt like we were finally racing. Leg V sounded like a real roller coaster ride for Chessie. Tell us a little about it. Two things knocked us out of the running: blowing up our mainsail — we sailed 2,700 miles with a reef — and then blow¬ ing up our brand new Code 8 spinnaker, a storm kite which wobbled too much anyway. We lost about 200 miles between those two problems. By the time we started having engine prob¬ lems, we were already in the cheap seats. Initially, it was the water cooling system, but soon the bigger problem was with the starter. You wouldn't believe what we did to try to start the
damned thing — making starter cranks and pulleys, banging the hell out of it with a hammer, we even tried heating the fuel and the fuel lines, but it was too cold to start. Finally it just crapped out, so we knew we had to get some help and we set our rendezvous plans in motion. That was about six days from the Horn, and luckily we had just topped off our water tank. Still we ran the tanks dry about three days out, and had to resort to making water with the hand-pump unit, which took forever. We were able to make enough for cooking one meal a day, and fortunately we didn't need to drink too much — it was still pretty cold and the wind was light, so we weren't really exerting ourselves physically that much. But we definitely couldn't have made it another 2,000 miles, so we basically had no choice but to pull over — which we did at Tierra del Feugo, about 80 miles past Cape Horn. Was this your first trip around the Horn? Yes, but I never really saw it. We were about a mile away, and saw the light, but then it clouded over and started raining. It really wasn't that dramatic of a moment, just one more thing checked off my list. Maybe I'm just too old and been around too long to think it's a big deal. Your pit stop was a pretty controversial move, wasn't it? Not really, except in one guy's mind — Grant Dalton. What we did we perfectly legal — the rule allows you to take on out¬ side assistance within one mile of shore. Normally it's not a recommended way to win a yacht race, though. We were only anchored for an hour, but we had to sail in light air and ad¬ verse current to get there — the stop probably cost us 6-8 hours total. . . We Were really lucky to be able to rejoin the race, pass a bunch of boats and end up third. It was an amazing come¬ back, really — although we really just took advantage of the situation as I think any boat would have in our position. Eveiyone focused on us pulling out a third on the leg, and they com¬ pletely overlooked that we led the race about 99% of the first five days before we got into the Southern Ocean and started blowing things up. I'm probably prouder of the beginning of the race than the end. What was your role on Chessie? In Leg II, I was the tactician — I had lots of responsibility and no authority. Mark Fisher was the skipper, but he left after that leg for business reasons and hasn't been back. In Leg V, I was hired as the skipper. It was a no-lose deal for me — we couldn't do much worse than the sixth we got in Leg II, and it was a chance to redeem our first Southern Ocean showing a little, kind of the way Cayard was feeling, I suppose. We approached Leg V much differently than Leg II, essen¬ tially breaking it down into three separate legs. The first part was about 600 miles to get to the Southern Ocean, kind of like a Fastnet Race. I was up all the time, trying to figure out weather and strategy — I even went up the mast several times a day looking around for wind. The second race was the Southern Ocean itself, where the tactics are less demanding and we just wanted to go fast and £tay together — guess that didn't work! We had six guys on deck all the time, more than usual. The last leg, the trip up from the Horn, I went back to floating and trying to think of a way to pass the four Muskateeers and then Brunei There must have been lots of celebrating in Sao Sebastiao. I only stayed for two days, but I heard it was pretty good. The 40ish guys don't party like they used to, me included. But the young Whitbread guys still go for it! What did you think of Whitbread 60s? Do they seem safe? They’re very powerful and fun to sail — and, yes, they're perfectly safe sailboats. People think they're too extreme be¬ cause they see the videos of all the water on deck, but that's May. 1998
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interview — dee smith only for a few weeks In the Southern Ocean anyway. The aver¬ age wind on the race course is something like 12 knots. If there are problems, it's more with the crews pushing too hard than with the boat itself — SUk Cut's dismasting may have been an example of that. I'd say these are probably the best ocean rac¬ ing boats out there today, with incredible communications gear, two big watertight bulkheads, and backup systems upon backup systems.
Why aren't you doing the last couple legs? Can't Collins afford both you and Kostecki? I don't know if it's an 'afford' thing — you know, I really don't know why I wasn't invited. I was willing to sit there as the sec¬ ond guy — they really wanted John to be in charge, which is fine. He's a great sailor. But if you added the experience I have to the experience John has, it would have been much more than two times either of us . . . It'll be interesting to see how John does in these last three legs. He'll be fine on the short leg up to Annapolis because he'll stay awake most of the time. Go¬ ing across the Atlantic could be a different stoiy.
What do you mean? Well, he'll have the same problem I had — you can't stay awake the whole time. No one person can push a boat 100% after the first few days. He just doesn't have enough help in the afterguard, and they may fade after the first week like before. I honestly hope they don't, but that's what will probably happen.
Cayard doesn't seem to have that problem. EFLanguage is such a strong program! They have about six guys who could be skippering their own boat in this race. They're
going to win the Whitbread, and they deserve to. Cayard will undoubtedly get the next Rolex award, and will probably make a bundle on a book deal, too. . . Who'd have thought he could write that well? I thought his postings on the internet were fantastic. He really captures the mood, and the reports about the conditions aren't embellished. It was often worse than he described — I think there's sort of an unspoken code among pros about understating the wind strengths, wave heights and the danger factor.
Would you do the Whitbread again? I want to, yeah, but I seriously wonder if I'd be able to do it physically. I could only go as a navigator or skipper, it's just too tough in any other role. The race is really punishing, and I'm not getting any younger. As it was, I think I was the oldest guy in the whole fleet, except maybe Magnus (Olson) on EFL. Well, George (Collins) and Dennis (Conner) are in their 50s, but you don’t see them in the Southern Ocean.
What about the America's Cup? That would be interesting, but I'm not sure I have the attention'span or the kind of personality to last in those long, regi¬ mented programs. There's a lot of drudgery involved leading up to the Cup, and it can obviously be really political. I’m enjoying my life the way it is now, and will probably just keep doing what I'm doing. But if the phone rang with a really good offer, well, you never know. . .
Thanks, Dee, and have a good time in Antigua. That shouldn't be too hard! Vallejo will be fun, too — see you up there!
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THE COMMON BOO-BOO'S -t3eing in the boat repair business, I get phone calls. A typical one came in the other night. "Got your name from a friend," said the caller. *1 usually do all my own work, but I think I need a little help this time."
and you might catch a discussion on the merits of buying new boats or used> Maybe the racers will be in there, hands
The use of non-marine plumbing parts will always lead, sooner or later, to some overexcited liquid taking a road trip through your boat. "What seems to be the problem?" 1 re¬ sponded in my best bedside manner. "Got a new water heater down at Home Depot the other day. Put it in my boat but I can't get the damn thing to work. I hooked it up, filled it up and turned it on — nothing! I took the first one back' cause I thought it was defective, but this one's doing the same thing, which is nothing. I’ve been doing this kind of stuff my whole life, but I can’t figure this one out, so I thought I'd call the professional." I hate these kinds of calls, but I didn't tell him that. I'd been through the sce¬ nario enough times that I could visualize it perfectly: He'd installed and removed the whole shebang once, installed a sec¬ ond water heater, browbeat the staff at Home Depot when it wasn't even their fault, and now he's at his wits end, hav¬ ing to ask for help. The hint of edginess in his voice tells me that he's about one expletive from heaving the whole mess over the side. And if I can’t figure out the problem more or less instantaneously, I'm liable to go over with it. "Sure," I lie, "I'd love to come out. I'm sure I can figure it out." It is truly amaz¬ ing what we will do for money.
A it turned out, my worry genes were working overtime. I visited the customer’s boat and found that he had faithfully followed all instructions. He had properly plumbed the heater, he had not burned out the element before filling it with water, he had put the proper-am¬ perage breaker in place in the panel. Ev¬ erything, in fact, seemed to be in perfect working order except for one detail: He had wired this nice Home Depot 110-volt AC appliance to his boat's 12-volt DC panel. Twelve puny volts from an old car battery didn't excite this water heater in any noticeable way. This brings up one of the most widely debated topics in boatownerdom. Walk into any bar in any marina in the world Page 160 • UKUJU12 • May. 1998
angling back and forth, re-enacting every mark rounding. Or perhaps you'll over¬ hear discussions on navigation, cruising or a dozen other possible topics. But what you will certainly hear — guaranteed — is someone venting about the latest breakdown/failure/storm/damage/accident/ acid rain damage/el nino damage/ drunken orgy damagedhat's happened to their boat. Like it or not, know anything about it or not, if you are a boat owner, you're hipdeep in the boat repair sewer. Welcome to
the club.
In my years of messing about in other people's boats, I have seen, if not all, then at least a representative sample of the most common mistakes of boat repair. They are annoyingly easy to make, and I might even have made one or two myself. I though it might be helpful to make out a list of the major offenders, so that in the future you could categorize your prob¬ lems and solve them handily. Or at least postpone fhat dreaded call to guys like me. Because many situations will arise in your boatowning life that are not on my little list, I have separated the mistakes into two main categories: Category 1 — Dangerous mistakes that will cause huge amounts of incorrectable grief immediately. There are mistakes, and then there are MIS¬ TAKES. If you even think anything you're doing to the boat might end up like this, call a pro.
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Category 1 • Use of non-marine electrical parts — wire nuts, Home Depot-style connectors and switches, non-tinned, solid copper wire and all the other goodies on the hard¬ ware store shelf are all verboten on a boat. Marine switches are gas and explosionproof. Tinned wire is infinitely more re¬ sistant to corrosion, and stranded wire is tougher and more pliable. The insulation surrounding it is also more resistant to abrasion and being stepped on than the
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Category 2 — Non-dangerous, correct¬ able mistakes that will cause huge amounts of grief later. Category 1 mistakes must not be made, period. Category 2 mistakes should not be made but commonly are by both amateur and professional due to such causes as time, money, availability, dead brain cells and other constraints. Enough said about that. Let's jump right into some common mistakes in both categories.
household gear. Wire nuts, of course, have a tendency to vibrate off and allow the bare, hot, exposed wife to rattle around sighhunseen until it touches something
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Even the best thru-hulls won't be of much use if they fall out of the boat. This thru-hull base was laminated on the inside of the hull without clean¬ ing, sanding or even de-waxing the fiberglass laminate first. Fortunately, the problem was dis¬ covered when the boat was out of the water. With a couple of light taps from a hammer, all the thruhulls in the boat came off just like this one.
it shouldn't. Oh, and another thing: don't run all your wiring through the water in the bottom of the bilge: it will make your hand really tingle when you try to pick up that dropped tool. • Use of common galvanized household plumbing parts — You wouldn't believe how quickly galvanized metal starts to rust. Once installed, such pieces are of¬ ten all but invisible, and some require hauling the boat and even unstepping the mast to remove. Actually, that may be a slight exaggeration, but you will feel like a two-pound bird trying to lay a fourpound egg. Go with bronze from the start. Always use ball valves. In a pinch, globe or 'bell' valves are acceptible. Never use gate valves. If you don't know the difference, drag one of those little deck chairs they sell at West Marine over to the book sec¬ tion and read up until they kick you out. • Failure to double-clamp hoses on un¬ derwater fittings and use of non-stainless hose clamps — If the 1 1/2" overboard discharge hose from your head (unused, of course) happens to come off the thruhull, you will first notice a nasty smell and then you'll notice water in your sneakers. Of course, if you hadn't put that $3 gate valve on the thru-hull, you’d be able to shut off the flow. Oh, well. Make May, 1998 •
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BOO-BOO'S OF BOAT REPAIR sure you know what fittings, equipment and hoses are under the waterline. Is your exhaust down that far? Your shower sump? • Use of non-ignition-protected automotive parts on engines — Ignition protec¬
tion means that electrical parts are shielded so they cannot throw a spark into a possibly gas-vapor filled atmosphere. The alternator from Grand Auto is not ignition protected — '69 Chevy Camaros have plenty of ventilation. That paper el¬ ement air filter you got at Pep Boys is also a bad idea. That thing will burn like an old Pinto if you get a little hiccup back through your carburetor. On a related subject, don't remove the flame arrestor from the engine and when it gets dirty, don't clean it with gasoline, which leaves a potentially flammable resi¬ due. If you don’t believe me, just ask the nice Coast Guard inspector the next time he happens around. He's likely bored and would just love something to do.
T'hose are the biggies. While not allinclusive, you should certainly get the gist. No non-marine stuff in boats. Category 2 • Non-Marine plywood — Compared to marine-grade plywood, the lumber yard variety may have more voids, knots, gen¬ eral imperfections — and even watersoluble glue. Try using that on a boat. Of course, there are also plenty of excellent quality specialty plywoods that cost just as much (if not more) than marine ply, and are perfectly suitable for use on boats. Trie only advantage of Home Depot ACXgrade ply is that it's so ugly that you'll probably replace it long before it rots. • Non-marine Caulk/Filler/Paint — Guess how long Dutch Boy Exterior stays Page 162 •
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on in the marine environment. About as long as automotive bondo sticks in those little craters on your blistery bottom. Was
Head hoses clogged this bad have to be re¬ placed. Crud buildup in new hoses can be mini¬ mized by using vinegar or a few drops every so often of holding tank cleaner. Never use Drano.
it really cheaper to haul the boat twice instead of buying marine paint in the first place? Another thing: when you finally do spring for the fancy paint, don't thin it with the Family Size 5-gallon jug of paint thinner from the local hardware. It's al¬ most always cheaper in the long run to buy the thinners, brushing mixes, cata¬ lysts, moisture scavengers, flattening agents — etc., etc., etc. — that are actu¬ ally manufactured for your paint. Don't argue this point. It only makes it more painful. Just do it. • Non-Marine Plumbing Parts — We’ve already touched on this in Category 1. But, depending on application, it also applies here. Use of gate valves, galvanized parts, rigid PVC, ABS or copper tubing will always lead, sooner or later, to some overexcited liquid escaping confinement and taking a road trip through your boat. One more thing: if you can afford to buy an extra minute of his time, ask your friendly plumber what he thinks of Drano and other liquid drain cleaners. Chances are he will tell you they are very hard on the steel pipes in your house. Guess what they do to rubber? You have only to read Latitude 38 on a regular basis to get more leads than you ever wanted on how best to clean those nasty head hoses. For some reason, it seems to be a major topic of interest among cruisers. • Over or Under-Zincing; Painting Zincs
— Few subjects cause more concern, or more confusion, than zincs. Here are the simplified rules: If the underwater metal parts of your boat are all gone when you haul out, you need more zincs. If the bill for zincs installed during the last haulout was more than the haulout, then you probably need less. Any more questions, visit your local library and xerox the chap¬ ter about zincs from one of the marine titles there. If you painted your zincs, go to the local chandlery and buy the book. You need it. • Fiberglassing Over Paint. Gel Coat, Bondo, etc. — Fiberglass is wonderful stuff. It adheres to almost everything and performs exactly as advertised. But if you apply it over paint, then it is not adher¬ ing to the wood or fiberglass it is supposed to be helping — it's adhering only to about 1 /64th of an inch of paint. When the paint gives up the struggle, your fiberglass will depart with it. In fact, epoxy resins them¬ selves will often lift the paint off the sur¬ face even as you're applying the fiberglass. Worst of all is the boatyard spectacle of fiberglass being applied over old, crusty, half-sanded bottom paint. If you need to reinforce anything with 'glass, take the surface all the way down to bare wood or the existing fiberglass laminate. Wooden boats, alas, are not good candidates for fiberglassing under the waterline at all. The moisture-laden wood and the cycle of shrinking and swell¬ ing are often more than your poor fiber¬ glass patch can stand, and it will soon part company with your boat. A fool and his fiberglass. . . .
T -L hese are only some of the most common problems we as boat owners are all up against. If you think you can handle the job but just need a little advice, here's mine: If you think you are up against a Category I problem — if you suspect or even think that your boat could sink or explode as a result of your actions — get professional help. For all you guys out there, I know this is like asking for direc¬ tions when you're lost. If you can't do it, get your wife or girlfriend to make the call for you. On the other hand, if you think your boat might live through your repair; if all it might cost you down the road is a huge sum of money, all your spare time through 2003 and most of the skin off your hands, by all means go for it. We only learn from our mistakes. — whitney wyatt
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SF CUP — SAINTS WIN IN A SLEEPER
Moments after the crash pictured below, 'Re-Quest' opted for a baldheaded spinny drop.
J. he Saints marched all over the challenging San Francisco YC on March 28-29, winning the annual San Francisco Cup 3-0. For the second year in a row, the dueling weapons for the annual in¬ ter-club match race were Express 37s, each staffed by Category 1 (amateur) skip¬ pers over 50 years old and crew over 40. "For a change, the old farts got to race while the young guys — Sean Svendsen, Alan Prussia, Rick Brent, John Sweeney, Greg Felton and David James — ran the race for us," said Steve Taft, part of the
victorious St. Francis crew. 'They did a great job, including putting on an abso¬ lutely hilarious parody of the Jeopardy game show that evening, complete with commercial breaks for hemorrhoid rem¬ edies, adult diapers and other geriatric products." At the start of the best 3-out-of-5 se¬ ries on Saturday, the match-up looked fairly even: longtime Express 37 owner Glenn Isaacson was sailing Re-Quest for SFYC, while Jon Andron — who has done
Bill Ficker’s winning America's Cup team on Intrepid in 1970 — came out of retire¬ ment to helm Joseph Andresen's Sleeper for the StFYC. Andron, a Lafayette-based money manager who previously won this event in '79 on a Swan 44, had never stepped aboard an Express 37 until a few days before the race, a fact that SFYC was obviously hoping to capitalize upon. In winds gusting to the mid-30s against a huge ebb, Re-Quest beat Sleeper to the first windward mark, set their most industrial-strength kite and promptly
crashed and burned (above) as Sleeper zipped by on the edge of control. The shell¬ shocked SFYC team never recovered, los¬ ing that first race — a brutal triple sau¬ sage — by 5 minutes, 40 seconds. The conditions were ideal for windsurfing, but heinous for match racing, so the racers were sent back to the StFYC clubhouse after just one race. On Sunday, Andron quickly closed the deal with a forfeit (ReQuest fouled Sleeper at the start and then never got around to doing the requisite 270°) and a 15-second victory in the third
"Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"— 'Sleeper' passes the flailing 'Re-Quest' in the first race.
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he winning squad, besides Andron and Andresen, consisted of Mark Adams, Eric Gray, Doug Holm, John Kerslake, Don Kohlmann, Mike Ratiani, John Ravizza, Gary Sadamori, Steve Taft and Steve Toschi. Isaacson's second place team was made up of Patrick Adams,
Carlos Badell, Bill Barton, Mark Dowdy, Tad Lacey, Jock MacLean, Mark May mar, Tim Parsons and Bartz Schneider. "Everyone on both teams knows each other _n 4- 4—w > •> > a 1 1 .—, » 4- L, » . * vs-t /\1 r /—i T T T \ O O V*A 1 1 1 r~\ afflHBnro pretty well, so the weekend was a reunion of sorts," noted Taft. 'The stated purpose HHj of the event is to foster good will between the two clubs, and I'd say we accom¬ plished that." If anyone's counting, St. Francis has ®H11 now won the event eight times in a row, cementing their overall lead at 22-8. — latitude/ rkm
SERIOUSNESS When I was a boy it seemed to me that my ambitions were modest, ordinary, and consistent with adolescence. My sail¬ ing pals, however, were-unanimous in a contraiy opinion. To them I sounded like, and in some regards even resembled, a 40-year-old man. It was my seriousness that was the cause of this misunderstand¬ ing, and just as it fooled my friends, it masked the limit of my ambitions, one of which was to experience the larger world, and another", like any right proper little Newport Beach parvenu in training, was to hold my own in the bar of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. It was to these and other more hearty ends that the same four friends and I bought a 36-ft ketch, and at the end of 1958, set sail from Newport Beach, Cali¬ fornia, on a six-month cruise to tropic seas. “Be a great adventure, boys. Wish I could have done it when I was your age," was the common and inspirational re¬ frain. But inspired or not I now think that at 181 was much too serious for such an undertaking. Our boat was named Sundowner. She was built shortly after World War II in Squeaky’s Boat Yard in Costa Mesa. She was fastened with war-surplus galvanized screws, had a keel made of cement and boiler punchings, and was powered by a 30-horsepower Gray Marine gas engine. I’m not sure whose eye it was that missed the sheer, but it flattened out in the stern and had no powder horn in the bow. She also sailed a point-and-a-half closer to the wind on one tack than the other. The Squeak was always ready with advice for anyone renting space at his yard, but his gifts as a boatbuilder may not have lived up to the demand of his pink bloomers and the ancient bicycle he peddled bare¬ chested around town at a stately pace.
Asymmetry and imperfect sheer or not, Sundowner did have a stout rig. The main was gaff headed without a topsail; the Page 166 •
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mizzen, marconi. Her staysail was club¬ footed and the jib set on a sixrfoot bow¬ sprit with a pulpit. We also had a square sail whose yard crossed just below the main truck. We flew it only a few times, and it proved such a nuisance we shipped it home from Panama aboard a friendly boat headed north.
\^)undowner was not our first choice for an extended adventure, but my friends and I could afford her, and she had al¬ ready spent a successful year on the Mexi¬ can coast with previous owners . As soon as she was ours we began our refit — scraping, painting, pulling the engine, going over the rig. . . and never at a loss for advice. Somewhere in this process I was appointed captain. My experience didn’t warrant this; I think my shipmates just chose to take my seriousness seri¬ ously. Significant decisions were arrived at democratically, so while on the voyage, my duties largely boiled down to being the first one ashore to present our papers to a succession of bored port captains. A heavier burden of seriousness came when Iwas designated navigator. I’d practiced some with my old man’s White sextant and HO 249, but anticipated that in coast¬ wise sailing the ancient dictum of lead line and lookout would prevail, and in this, my eyes and judgment would prove no better than the others. Given the unifor¬ mity of our inexperience, I was right. Still, as my responsibilities grew, so too Left to right, Brent, Steve, the author, Gary, Burk. One is gone now, two remain good friends. Time and responsibilities separated the others.
did my seriousness, but certainly for reasons more vain than ennobling. After all, I reasoned, to be lost at sea, even without
a trace, would be no more than an em¬ barrassment (and a short one at that), but to survive the loss of one’s boat — that could humiliate and mortify forever. Cer¬ tainly, we could not have that, so as far as I was concerned, it was come home , with your shield or on it, and the weight of it all wore_me down and ended my jour¬ ney in the heart long before its conclu¬ sion in time and space.
But no such bleak possibility oc¬ curred on that day we set sail for Mexi¬ can waters, provisioned to the clamps with food, water, fuel, spares, fond fare¬ wells, and unconfessed romanticism. And what can be worse than a serious young romantic in denial? Not much, I reckon. We touched first at Isla San Martin in a sea made red with krill, and not long after had our first blow, which wasn’t much. In fair winter winds we left Cedros Island to starboard and had a look-in at Turtle Bay. Then it was the long run down the beach to Magdalena Bay where the water warmed, we ate our first sierra for breakfast, and beheld thousands of turtles marooned by the sun on the flat surface of a calm, blue sea. By Cabo San Lucas we had settled into the rhythm- of close living. I hid my seri¬ ousness and said it was all wonderful, as surely it must have been. I also read some Conrad, and it was his character Marlowe,
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'Sundowner' at the start of the cruise. The last time the author saw her years later, "the new owner was laying on a handsome coat of Sinclair's best latex house paint...."
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I’m afraid, who gave me my silent and grim refrain: Sundowner, Newport, Do or Die. We anchored on the shelf in close to the beach and near the steel pier from which we fueled with bad Mexican gas for the first time. In those days there was a large, permanent school of bait at the end of the pier, and we took our turns lying off its edge, waiting to hit the big jacks as they rolled up out of the deep for a run through the bait. We even did our first socializing. Some kind people named Cunningham invited us aboard their 80-foot powerboat for drinks, and it was with keen interest we watched as they fed the first trimmings off a standing rib roast to their disdainful poodle. Sadly, we were not included for dinner. As I recall, we instead ate beans and some pompano we had speared. The same pompano that were lured in when we pumped the head.
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ext came my first real test as a celestial navigator when we crossed the mouth of the gulf to the Mexican mainland. It began as an exhilarating night reach in 10-foot seas filled with phosphorescence, which in due course matured into the morning watch. That’s when I
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shot my first sun line that counted, or so in my seriousness I thought. Unfortu¬ nately, the reduced calculations put us somewhere deep in the mountains of Sinaloa. I was both shaken and appalled, and I bore down. Sundowner, Newport. Do or Die. Though very carefully taken, my noon latitude, when reduced, next indicated a position somewhere in the polar regions. My God, I had failed and we were lost. Confidence was drained from my being as clean as a soup tureen, only to be re¬ stored by an immutable and slowly un¬ folding logic. After all, North America is very difficult to miss when sailing east from Cabo San Lucas. Predictably, we did not miss and, huzzah, in due course beheld our first jungle. Still, it’s an absolute marvel how sensibility, even for so short a time, can be defeated by seriousness. After that I practiced a good deal with sun lines but found myself slipping more and more into a macro view of navigation, one that I can only believe was the bedrock of the an¬ cients. Remember too, this was in the late '50s, before plastic, affordable radars, and long before global positioning systems. So I became a serious and conservative guesser, I did, even when the heavens confirmed. On we sailed. Sundowner, Newport. Do or Die. I was never at ease when we were at sea, never, but then I, for one, was not /
cruising. No, I was in a contest: one I could neither win nor avoid, at least not com¬ pletely. When ashore with our ketch tied snug to a dock it was wine, women, and song — short on the women, I’m afraid — but at least I could partake with the gusto God provided. However, once at sea again I reverted to my serious self, and serious¬ ness in reinforcement of inexperience can be a profound disease, particularly I dis¬ covered when combined with a depen¬ dence on the Sailing Directions. The degree of my mindset was finally brought home upon landfall on the Span¬ ish Main at Cartagena, the city that Mor¬ gan sacked. I was by then addicted to the language of the Sailing Directions, while at the same time well aware that the best of that language dated from mariners’ comments not updated in a century. It was on a calm morning that we hove to off the narrow entrance defended by a 15th-century stone fort. “Fresh water and produce are available during most times of the year,- but mari¬ ners should take note that pestilence is reported during the wet season. Sailing vessels are advised to lay to off Boca Chica and announce their presence with three blasts of the horn. A pilot and tug will be dispatched.” Who was I to question the words of a master mariner?
The author, still messing about in boats, albeit "dhly ones I can personally pick up, which are getting smaller and smaller."
I don’t recall which of us blew the horn, but I do remember it took a full 15 min¬ utes of bobbing off the deserted entrance before we felt sufficiently confident — maybe it was sufficiently foolish — to drop our sails and power in. We passed beneath the silent guns of the fort, executed a nice turn to port, and looked up the wide bay to behold a modern city of a half-million souls, complete with skyscrapers, subMoy. 1998 • UKUJili • Page 167
SERIOUSNESS — DO OR DIE urbs, and a yacht club. How, Oh Lord, was I ever so serious?
I suppose the worst symptoms of my affliction surfaced on the long beat back from Panama. I can report, however, that I was not alone. In fact, two of my mates jumped ship, one in Panama for reasons long forgotten, another in Acapulco be¬ cause of diabetes. I, on the other hand, became known as 'the champer', as in 'champing at the bit', and was accused of spending far too much time in the pulpit, thereby attempting to shorten the remain¬ ing distance. My brother and a friend filled out our crew in Puerto Vallerta, and with bad valves clattering in the engine, we began our long beat to weather against the westerlies of Baja. By then, of course, I understood the shape of my malady but could no more cure myself than jump over the moon. Bottom lines, after all, ain't called bottom lines for nothing. Still, I thought only of relief, relief from the seriousness of a re¬ sponsibility that was wholly of my own manufacture, and whose dangers mani¬
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fest themselves in the real world mostly as fate, the fate of the mariner. How I longed for 50 feet of flush-deck racing machine with a big fore triangle, a good dodger, and a 471 Jimmy with a thousand miles of tankage. Instead, in Sundowner we could only bang our way north or hide from the afternoon snorts when a headland was available, always favoring tacks away from the land at night and into the land during the day. It was on one such foggy morning leg that, for the last time in our adventure, fate almost brought us to ruin. A strong set pushed us within the sound of break¬ ers beneath the obscured and forbidding headland of Collnett. We barely managed to wear ship before a destructive embrace. Sundowner, Newport. Do ®r Die. If near ruin so close to the end of our voyage seemed a cruelty to me, it was as nothing compared to the self-inflicted anxiety of our final leg home from San Diego to Newport. For three days without benefit of engine we.ghosted north over a stunningly beautiful sea of cat’s-paw days and balmy nights and, God forgive me, I thought it would never end.
I was wrong, of course, it did end, and with it, in time, my seriousness. For me, the final irony was that the best thing about our most excellent adventure was that it was over. My relief may have been immediate with our homecoming, but I remember it best as the weightless and carefree sails we had during that sum¬ mer of our final refit. I never once set a course anywhere that summer, and if by some enormity we had missed Catalina Island completely, we need only turn about to the east, and with the simplest of ancient precaution, once again find the land. I hadn’t a care, the days were all short, and we sang the songs and we kissed the girls.
^\md what about the toy department — the bar in the Newport Harbor Yacht Club? Well, I wasn’t a member — still too young — and hadn’t much cause to go there anyway. But when I did, I found that with more varnish on the veneer I could shovel and growl with the best of them. Sundowner, Newport. Do or Die. — c.c. cordrey
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JL-/ on”t know if you’ve noticed or not, but WINTER’S OVER! j • Now we know how Noah felt when the ark hit solid ground. 11 How Andy felt when he came out the end of that sewer pipe in 5 The Shawshank Redemption. How wondrous it must be to reach the end of a sensory deprivation study. El Nino may not be quite done with us yet, but there’s defi¬ nitely light at the end of the tunnel. Sunlight, in this case, of which there was plenty in April. Wind, too, of the type that walks, talks and smells an awful lot like summer breeze. The two came together especially splendidly on the weekend of April lit 18-19, which is when the photos on the following pages were taken. It was so nice, and there were so many boats out that ™ we’ve decided to declare it The First Weekend of REAL Spring. Our calendar tells us that season supposedly began sometime in March, but it was only a cruel tease. Inhale deeply. Swab the mold out of your boat. Go sailing. Life is worth living again. Spread, the Olson 40 ‘Clipper’ on a comfy reach. Below (I to r), the Paxton family’s 12th annual birthday cruise to Ayala Cove (mom Teresa was the birthday girl); cat dancers take off for some quick thrills; ‘Oso Bueno’flatwater sailing up Richardson Bay.
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little learning is a dangerous thing," wrote English poet Alexander Pope in 1711. We don’t have a clue what he was referring to back then. Nowadays, the phrase could well refer to junior sailing. There are many venues at which the fledgling sailors in your family can get a
’little learning’ this summer. As far as we can tell, the six junior sailing programs listed below are the main ones in North¬ ern California in terms of number of at¬ tendees. But they’re certainly not the only ones. There are many other smaller (and usually cheaper) programs to choose from — call your local yacht club, community rec center, or even Scouting groups to see what they have to offer. And the ’danger’? Signing up for any of these programs may result in your youngster becoming as hooked on sailing as his or her old man/old lady/old uncle/ whoever. Such obsessive behavior could lead to a career in the sailing industry or, even worse, participation in the Whitbread Race or America's Cup. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya.
Encinal YC — Courses for kids ages 8 to 19 are offered throughout the year on the Oakland Estuary. Sailors rpay use the club’s boats, or save a few bucks by bring¬ ing their own boats (El Toros, JY Train¬ ers, FJs, Lasers). As with all these pro¬ grams, participants must be able to swim. They must also bring their own PFD, a change of clothes and "an enthusiastic at¬ titude" to each class. The main emphasis in these courses is on fun and safety. During the summer, every Thursday night is Family Night, where all junior sailors are invited back to the club at 5:30 p.m. for fun and games, racing and barbecu¬ ing. The Saturday program (6 days of in¬ struction for all levels) is offered in the spring and fall, as is a Teen Beginner class. The Summer Program runs in three sessions: June 15-July 2; July 5-23; and July 27-August 13. The classes occur Monday through Thursday for three weeks at a time. Morning classes (9-12 a.m.) are for Beginners and Teen Begin¬ ners, while afternoons (1:30-4:30 p.m.) are for Introduction to Racing and Inter mediate Racing. The Racing Team for adPage 174 • UtiuJiZS • May, 1998
vanced racers runs from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with some weekend regattas' as well. Cost is $240 per session ($260
for nonmembers) except for Racing Team sessions, which run $400 ($440 for non¬ member). This is a solid, all-around junior sail¬ ing program, certainly the best of its kind in the East Bay. Contact: Susannah Carr, (510) 769-0221.
Richmond YC — This isn't a summer program per se, other than their weeklong Richmond/Stockton El Toro Racing Clinic on July 12-18. That excellent and relatively inexpensive ($190) mini-sum¬ mer camp at Stockton SC emphasizes racing skills. To keep the cost down, kids sleep in tents on the yacht club lawn and parents volunteer as instructors and cooks. The actual RYC junior sailing program runs on 16 Sundays between October and March. About 100 kids were entered last year, many of whom also sail in other yacht clubs' summer programs. The RYC program is low-key and family-oriented, yet the focus is on producing racing sail¬ ors. Winds are lighter in the winter, and With enthusiasm like this and a little expert guid¬ ance, any youngster has the potential to outsail his elders in a few years. the program isn’t as 'scary' for younger kids as some of the others. It's cheap ($60 for members' kids; $105 for nonmembers) and volunteer-based, with one sacred rule: parents can't teach their own kids. Younger students (7-14) are taught in three levels of El Toros, while older kids (14-18) sail in Lasers. For bang-for-the-buck, you can't beat this program. Contact: Larry McCollum, (510) 672-8954.
St. Francis YC — Held in one-week (Monday through Friday) increments at Tinsley Island, the StFYC Summer Camp sessions are,— not surprisingly — the Cadillacs of local junior sailing programs. Courses for Beginners (9-16 years old) are offered on June 22-26 and August 3-7;
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Intermediates (ages 12-18) on July 6-10 and August 10-14; Advanced (ages 14-18) on July 13-17 and August 17-21; and the Symposium (ages 14-19) for the most competitive sailors on July 27-31. The latter event is the highlight of the Tinsley ; schedule, featuring 'brand name' instruc1 tors and the highest level of j unior sailing i education available locally. The price tag | ($525 per week for members, and $550 1 for nonmembers; $450 for the Sympo¬ sium) includes room and board on'the i mellow island. Instruction occurs in La| sers and HiFly sailboards (optional); free j time activities include volleyball and j swimming in the pool. No TV or video j games allowed! Unlike the other day-only, large-class j junior programs, the Tinsley Island sail; i ! i
Junior programs come in all shapes, sizes and boat types. There's bound to be one nearby that fits your kids perfectly ing camps offer a ’total immersion' sail¬ ing experience for their captive audience, as well as the best teacher-to-kid ratio. Contact: Carisa Harris, 563-6363. San Francisco YC — This is the larg¬ est (250 students last summer) and most comprehensive of the Bay Area junior sailing programs. It's been around for 40 years, offering spring, fall and summer sessions on its 52-boat fleet. All levels of instruction are available beginning in Optis and El Toros on through Lasers, FJs, Cal 20s and J/24s. Classes can be scheduled for morning (9 a.m. to noon), afternoon (1-4 p.m.) or both. The club
provides the boats for the beginning classes, while advanced students are ex¬ pected to provide their own more com¬ petitive (hopefully) boats. A $40 discount is given to students who bring their own boats. ;< There simply isn't room to list all the various sessions in this program — there are 12 classes for beginners, 14 for inter¬ mediates, and 8 for advanced. The sum¬ mer fun is compressed into a seven-week period between June 22 and August 14, with optional Wednesday night dinghy races occurring during that time frame. Tuition runs from $240-$385 for each session for members; nonmembers pay $50 to $90 more per session. This is a performance-oriented school, emphasizing time on the water over knotMay. 1998 • UVMJt 12 • Page 175
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tying skills, chalk talks and so on. They've recently stepped up their advanced sail¬ ing skills classes in an effort to stop los¬ ing kids to- "that other club across the Bay." _ Contact: Doug Kent, 4359525. Santa Cruz YC — The variety
Marine Fun Regatta. The program's de¬ clared emphasis is on safety, good sea-N manship, good sportsmanship and com¬ munity service. . V ■Q■
0690, or Norm Daly, (408) 429-6064. Sausalito YC — Open to boys and girls ages 9-17, this smaller program is bro_ ken down into four 10-day ses¬ sions: June 15-26, June 29-July 10, July 20-31, and August 314. Classes run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday for two weeks. Three different levels ■of instruction are taught (basic, intermediate and advanced) in Optimists, Lasers and Laser IIs, with each session costing $350. In addition to the standard stuff (change of clothes, PFD), a wetsuit is required for all participants. This is the most intimate of the junior programs included here, and offers a good general introduction to sailing (including an overnight trip to Angel Island). Aspir¬ ing rockstars (aka, 'pebblestars') would probably be better served in other more race-oriented programs, however. Contact: Peggy Plumley, 331-5762.
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and scope of the relatively new (1996) SCYC junior program con¬ tinues to expand. Between 60-90 youth sailors (ages 9-21) are in this unique year-round program at any given time, each paying $50/year dues. The club has its own flag officers (Adam Echols is junior commodore, Brendan Daly is junior vice commodore) and maintains a full plate of activities: both summer and winter instruction (the cold weather stuff is held on Pinto Lake in Watsonville), a blossoming scholastic schedule in the spring and fall, and vari¬ ous special events such as August's CHISPA Regatta and September's West
Summer instruction will occur between late July and early August -(call the club for exact dates), with beginning, interme¬ diate and advanced courses offered in El Toros, Lasers, Coronado 15s and Moore 24s. Classes are taught through UC Santa Cruz, with instruction occurring both in¬ side and outside the- harbor. Tuition is $90, and sailors must also be dues-paying members of the SCYC junior club. Contact: Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-
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water at Alamitos Bay on April 2, the Coast Guard break in on Channel 16 to announce a "Mariner's Warning" for a wa¬ terspout off the Palos Verdes peninsula. They also cautioned that a few hours be¬ fore, another waterspout had been spot¬ ted off nearby Sunset Beach. The Wanderer wasn't worried about waterspouts which, while rare off the coast of California, are a serious health hazard. Maybe he was in 'waterspout de¬ nial’. Or perhaps he, along with Capt. Jim and Kirt — the other two crew — was too busy contemplating the end-of-the-world
'ome aspects of the weather were satisfactory, however. While the wind was cold — and soon to be accompanied by rain — it was at least from the south and therefore aft of the beam. Of course, that didn't last. After rounding Point Vicente, the wind clocked around to the west, which meant it was dam near oi) the nose. From there conditions continued to dete¬ riorate: it was cold and dark, windy and rainy, and the seas were from about three directions. Our any port in a storm' turned out to be Marina del Rey, of all places. On the way to Marina del Rey, how¬ ever, we dam near ran into the unlit moor¬ ing buoys for the oil tankers off Redondo Beach. These mooring buoys are well charted and we'd been looking for them — but they were still difficult to see at night. They reminded us of all the unlit oil rig gear we'd seen anchored in the Santa Barbara Channel on previous trips. Have any mariners run into these haz¬ ards? How much trouble would it be to have them lit up? Familiar with Marina del Rey, our crew 'knew' that the north side entrance was the 'safe' side. Ah, but it was just another case of a little knowledge proving to be a dangerous thing. Despite the plethora of background lights as we approached the entrance, we picked out what seemed like lots of extra lights. After overcoming a bout of radio timidity', Kirt got. the mes¬ sage from the Harbormaster: El Nino storms had caused the northern side to shoal. Either we’d have to enter the har¬ bor over the top of a huge crane and an enormous barge, or we'd have to settle
for the south side. How and why it happens, we have no idea — but it always does. While it had been blowing 20 just outside the break¬ water, there wasn't a ripple on the water inside the vast expanses of Marina del Rey. Peculiar. What was on the water half¬ way down the channel, however, was a long line buoyed by floats stretching half¬ way across the channel. We don't know what purpose it was serving, but we do know that it wasn't illuminated. How much did you say those night vision' bin¬ oculars cost?
We departed Marina del Rey early the next morning. It was still incredibly cold for L.A., but at least the rain and wind had abated. (As this was strictly a deliv¬ ery trip, wind wasn't a requirement.) As we motored west toward the Santa Bar¬ bara Channel, we enjoyed the view of tow¬ ering clouds surrounding a smog free L.A. basin, and the unusually green hills above Malibu. The sea was settled, and as we motored past Point Dume, wonder of won¬ ders, the sun came out. It was warm and : lovely — for about an hour. By the time we pulled abeam of Santa Cruz Island, half the horizon had been f taken over by a filthy black cloud the likes 1 of which Southern California rarely sees. As we passed Santa Barbara, it was pourr ing rain. Yet an hour later the sun was j out again. But it's been like that all winter, hasn't it? The one thing that can be said in favor of El Nino is that it's been great for vegetation. The normally brown bills of the Channel Islands and the Cali¬ fornia coast were not just their normal 'spring green’ but an emerald green that ; would have made Ireland envious. The Santa Barbara Channel means oil platforms. From the south, we passed close by Gena, Gilda and Grace. And later, by Hondo, Harmony and Heritage. Who names these platforms, anyway? Every¬ body seems to hate oil rigs — except for the Wanderer. He likes the manly no-frills
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northwest. Before we knew it, we were passing the 24-mile light at Point Arguello. The Arguello area is home to Vandenberg Air Force Base and the West¬ ern Space & Missile Center, from which countless rockets and missiles have been flung into the air. There’s eight Danger Zones', but Zone #4 is the only one in which you're not permitted to "loiter". With the northbound weather decent enough, they didn't have to worry about us loitering. A few hours before, however, around sunset, they'd shot something into the sky that had left a brilliant white 'smoke ring', During the next hour or so, the cloud 'smeared' all over the sky in a fashion that seems almost unique to the Arguello area. Once a delivery crew rounds Concep¬ tion in fairly decent weather, they have but one thing on their mind: to make as many northerly miles as possible while the weather holds. As the weather was becoming a little marginal, the Wanderer began a series of countdowns in his head: Just 30 miles to Port San Luis; just 40 miles to Morro Bay — which actually wouldn't have helped, as the Coast Guard wasn't allowing any vessels in without an escort: just 50 miles to the anchorage at San Simeon. After a while he just fell asleep. Good thing he wasn't on watch.
JN^any cruisers think that Point Conception is the worst part of the coast, but lots of delivery skippers claim that Point Sur gives them even more trouble. They thrill you with tales of all the times the$ almost made it to Point Sur, but then after long and hard struggles with sud¬ denly reinforced winds and bigger seas, had to retreat some 30 miles back to the anchorage at San Simeon. Backtracking is a delivering skipper’s nightmare, but when they have to do it at Conception, at least it's only a few miles back to the calm and warmth of Cojo. It had gotten pretty rough when the Wanderer awoke again at first light. The May, 1998 •
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NORTHBOUND seas hadn’t gotten any bigger or steeper, but they had sure gotten sloppier. There was a lot of west in them, and the back¬ wash reflected off the shore to make a mess of everything. The boat would fre¬ quently slam and toss when coming down on the back side of a wave, and the gen7 eral motion wasn’t pleasant. The thought of being seasick — a clue that the real thing was on the way — crossed the Wanderer's mind. So he drank a Coke for breakfast, went on deck for some fresh air, and distracted himself by thinking of . . . hey, it's nobody's business what he was thinking about. Despite not having a thermometer, we could tell that it was not only rough out, but cold. This was because the coastal peaks from Piedras Blancas to Point Sur were covered in snow. And not just a dust¬ ing, either. Just 24 hours out of Marina del Rey and it seemed like we'd already made it to Southeast Alaska! From the south, Sur looks like a de¬ tached island. As we got closer, it became increasingly 'attached' to land. Twenty, 15, 10 — again we counted down the miles. If we made it to Sur, we could make it to Monterey. And if we could make it to
Monterey, the delivery was pretty much in the bag. After all, the worst that could happen was that we'd have to leave the boat in Monterey for awhile and complete the last leg when the weather improved. But the Wanderer's theory seemed j:o be proving itself, for the closer we got to Sur, the more organized the swell became, the more pleasant the motion, and the greater the boat speed. By the time we passed Point Sur, both the sea and swell had diminished significantly. The Wanderer slept as the boat mo¬ tored past Monterey Bay in nearly calm conditions. When he awoke a few hours later to the sight of the 10-second light at Pidgeon Point, it was gray and drizzling again. 'You really missed it," the crew told him, "we had a couple of hours of sun¬ shine and it turned waimand lovely." As if on cue, a light rain began to fall.
-/"almost close enough to smell sour¬ dough bread baking in The City, we checked the weather on the VHF one last time. They were calling for "precipitation" that night, and gale conditions up by Point Arena were expected to send down 20 foot
seas. The Wanderer 'ooched' the boat a little, hoping to get a touch more speed. It was in a cold rain while battling a heavy ebb that Latitude's new charterboat entered San Francisco Bay for the first time at 8:30 pm oh April 4. Her initiation to the Bay came in the form of a head-on collision with a large log headed out to sea. No matter, she wasn't damaged, and better still, she was only 36 hours out of Marina del Rey. That's a darn good time for a sailboat — which is one of the reasons Latitude's new boat is a catamaran. We'll tell you some of the other reasons — and some of the drawbacks — in an upcoming issue. As silly as this might sound, we’re ul¬ timately hoping to take literally thousands of you, our readers, sailing on her in the next few years. Bill Lee set the example with Merlin in the late '70s, Jack O’Neill is continuing it by taking countless un¬ derprivileged kids out on his Santa Cruzbased catamaran — and our intent is to become part of that tradition. There's still tons of work and shaking down to be done, however, so we don't expect to be able to start until the end of September. — latitude 38
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tonight?” asked another club member as I passed him on my way to the flag locker. “Nope," I answered. “Have to be RC this structions allowed us to use VHF instead, week. Wasn’t fast enough with the ex¬ and I had my handheld with fresh doublecuses.” ' A’s. Video camera, check. Watches were Actually, I was just as happy to be even synchronized to exact GPS time, aim working the race committee. The summer we had verified which marks were miss¬ breezes were back at full strength, and ing and which were on station earlier in the race promised to be cold and wet. Af¬ the week. ter a long day at the office I was not quite But now it was getting late. The dock up for a hard thrash with the usual gate had been left propped open, and all pickup crew. Being RC allowed me to earn eyes were on the parking lot as we won¬ my seat at the post-race barbecue as a dered how close we could shave this. Fi¬ participant. And weekday evening races nally a bicycle skidded up to the gate, and are veiy easy duty as race committee as¬ the rider dismounted and waved in our signments go, so it’s a good chance to get direction. off the RC Chair s short list for a couple That must be our RC,” said one of my of months. helpers. My crew had assembled back at the "Stand by docklines,” I. ordered, and boat — one was a longtime club member as my crew moved into position to cast and retired racer, the other a young crew us off I pressed the starting button. Noth¬ with enough enthusiasm and few enough ing happened. boat contacts to happily volunteer for RC “Oh-oh,” was all I could manage. work. But there was still ncr sign of our “Switch to house batteries?” suggested Race Committee manager as we carried the more experienced of the two crew. all the paraphernalia down to the boat. “It’s on ’both’," I said as I pressed the The way my club organizes these starter button a few more times with no things, we have two people sharing the results. RC responsibility eveiy week. An RC boat “Yup, that’s what happens in this long skipper—that was me — and an RC man¬ gap between the end of midwinters and ager. That way the boat skipper doesn’t the beginning of the season,” said the re¬ need to know anything about racing — tired racer. "But we probably have time they just bring the boat, the anchor, and to borrow another batteiy, if that’s where a couple of helpers. The RC manager is the trouble is." the person in charge of how the race is “I don’t know if we do,” I thought out conducted, and since they don’t have to loud, tiying to figure out whose boat we own a boat it widens the field from which could requisition at a minute’s notice. these people can be found. A lot of din¬ That’s when Lee Helm’s bicycle came ghy racers, experienced crew, and even rolling to my boat — although I didn’t rec¬ an occasional college sailor get tapped for ognize her until she took off her helmet. this job. “Sony I’m late. Let’s roll!” As often as not this RC manager isn’t “We’ve got a problem,” I confessed, “No even a club member. Which led to a sur¬ power.” prising discoveiy: RC work turns out to Lee shrugged. “This is a sailboat, be a great recruiting tool. Roping some¬ right?" one into volunteering time and energy to benefit the , — ...:club actually had always seems to make considered my them more boat to be just likely to join a little too big than buying and too heavy them drinks at for sailing in the bar or in¬ and out of my viting them to -'—-- berth. But club dinners. looking up and down the dock, all I could see was the last of the racers casting off for the evening event. No one left to bor¬ Wee had all the gear aboard, and I row a battery from, let alone commandeer made one last run down the checklist: a boat. Besides, I had a feeling it was a Buoy and anchor, check. Shapes, check. wiring problem and not the battery itself. Course and signal flags, check. Recall ‘The wind's just right for it,” Lee as¬ flags, check. Air horn, check. Course sured me. sheet, check. Hailer, broken, but the inOkay, I said, taking a deep breath.
"Who wants to be picked up first if you all fall overboard at the same time?"
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“Main up!” It was close, but we made it. We let the boat drift almost all the way out of its slip, gave the bow a huge push in the desired direction, and somehow got forward mo¬ mentum before sliding sideways into the boats on the other side of the narrow fair¬ way. “Can everyone aboard swim?” I asked, mainly as a formality. They all nodded! “Lifejackets are on the starboard quarter berth if anyone’s interested. Mandatoiy only if you’re wearing boots and foulies. And here s the cushion we throw if some¬ one goes overboard.” That was the extent of my safety brief¬ ing for a short daysail. Lee had brought her own lifejacket, as it turned out, and the new creW showed me his self-inflating harness. But the older club member was content to sail without flotation, even
WHY ASK Y? “I’m going to favor the pin end just a tiny bit,” said Lee. “Since we don’t have time for a limit mark, I don’t want to cre¬ ate a crunch at this end of the line.” “My topsides appreciate it." I said as I watched Lee squint at the wind, the mast¬ head fly, the mark, and the luffing boat one more time, then lower the anchor over the transom after we had drifted down another couple of lengths. 'Turn a little to port so we know which way we’re going to spin,” she instructed as the rode payed out. Then she snubbed it off on the after port mooring cleat, and we came to a sudden stop when the slack was pulled taught. “Set pretty good,” observed the older crew. It was simple enough to release the line from the aft cleat and let the boat swing around bow-to. “Now for some cheap anchor insur¬ ance," she said as she tied a fender to the bitter end of the anchor rode. “If we catch a keel or rudder, we can just cast off and not lose the gear.”
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If you never fall off a boat, you don't need a lifejacket. Should wearing one be mandated by some agency, or an individual's choice?_
though he had really been the one who I suspected might not be in good enough condition to enjoy d swim in the Bay. But by then he was up on deck rigging hal¬ yards, and we didn t have time to discuss the subject further. “You’ve got to phrase it differently if you want to find out who the weak swim¬ mers are,” advised Lee. “When I take out a group of non-sailors, I always ask, 'Who wants to be picked up first if you all fall overboard at the same time?
ortunately it was Lee, as RC man¬ ger, who was responsible for setting a quare starting line. I was ready to anhor the boat first and have one of the
racers set the pin end, but she had other plans. First we dropped the buoy, noting that \he six-pound salmon weight that passed for an anchor seemed to be holding. Then we sailed some distance upwind of where we wanted the boat to end up, and doused the main. While we drifted dead down¬ wind under bare poles, Lee moved the anchor to the stern. She left the rode se¬ cure on the bow cleat, though, leading it carefully aft along the port side, outside of everything like a spinnaker sheet. “We only get like one chance at this tonight,” she said as she eyed the wind and the mark. “Sure would be cool if one of those boats would luff into the wind for us near the other end of the line. One of the boats was thinking the same thought, and courteously helped us out by playing windvane.
e were anchored, the line was square, and we had three minutes to spare before we had to make the first sig¬ nal. Lee selected a course, and my friend from the yacht club made it fast to a shroud with rolling hitches. ‘The rolling hitch is the most underappreciated knot there is,” he opined. “Like, especially for RC signals and pro¬ test flags,” added Lee. “And we need to use it for one more flag." She fished the T flag out of the equip¬ ment box and handed it to him. “What does this one mean?” asked the new crew. “Flotation must be worn,” I explained. “You mean we’re going to require them to wear lifejackets?" asked the retired racer. “Don’t you think these folks are old enough to make up their minds for them¬ selves?” “Lee’s in charge,” I reminded him, and he hitched the yellow and red flag to the next shroud over from the one that held the course signals. The whole fleet was milling around us trying to get their ranges on the line and check the course, and when the ’Y' flag went up I expected to see some scurrying around on various decks as the crew went below to comply. But surprisingly, this signal didn’t seem to affect any of the boats at all. “Are they just ignoring it, or do they all have inflatable harnesses?” asked the new crew. “I guess they already have flotation on, May, 1998 • l+KUM 1$ • Page 183
MAX EBB was my best guess. ‘This fleet doesn’t have anyone who would deliberately cheat. Or for that matter, anyone who could get way with it, considering how the crew all jump from boat to boat.” “We’ve got them trained,” said Lee. ‘The 'Y' flag was only out maybe one race in
four last year, but it was enough to con dition them all pretty well.
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minute later it was time for the yellow shape, the 10-minute signal. No time to practice, but the older crew was good with the timing. Lee read the watch and I blew the horn, while the new re¬ cruit was assigned the video camera. We gave him a quick film course, learned the hard way by watching too many unwatchable race videos: “Whatever you do, don’t zoom in. Much too shaky.” “And don’t pan unless you're following a moving object.” “And the racers only want to see one scene: from 30 seconds before the start to 30 seconds after, sighted right down the line.” “I still think it’s a damn shame,” said the older sailor, “that we have to go tell¬ ing racers when they have to wear lifejackets. Wait ‘til they make us wear hel¬ mets and knee pads — and start check¬ ing to see if we brushed our teeth. Be¬ sides, it exposes the club to a huge liabil¬ ity risk, if it’s up to the club instead of the skipper when to use some basic safety gear.” “I dunno,” responded Lee. The Y flag seems to have done a good job of making PFD use almost universal in this fleet, which is what really counts.” The new ORC rule on this takes an interesting approach to liability,” I noted. “It says that flotation always has to be worn at the start and finish.” Lee explained to the new sailor that ORC stands for Ocean Racing Club, the worldwide governing body for ocean races, and that an ORC regulation does not, in
general, apply to races here in the Bay. “Heaven help the racers back east*” said the older sailor. “Are they also going
to disqualify boats that don’t carry enough sunscreen?” t “Cool your jets,” advised Lee. “It’s only for the start and finish. But like, the in¬ teresting thing is how they word it: ‘Flo¬ tation can only come off on the skipper’s say-so,’ which means that it would be re¬ ally hard to blame anybody but the skip¬ per if there’s an accident related to non¬ use of a PFD.” Talk about a bald-faced CYA maneu¬ ver,” said my friend. “I guess this new generation of lawyers and yachting bu¬ reaucrats have too many cookies that they’re afraid someone might take away.” "But like, it’s not as if the responsibil¬ ity doesn’t belong with the skipper any¬ way,” said Lee, one eye on her watch. The idea of starting with flotation on doesn’t really sound so bad. It’s one way of in¬ suring that at least the PFDs end up on top of the pile of gear instead of under¬ neath it. . . shape down in 30 seconds.”
Wee dropped the yellow shape right on he;; countdown, then switched the blue shape to the halyard. “20 seconds to blue shape and gun. . . 15. . . 10 . . . 5-4-3-2-1.” The shape started up. I hit the horn on zero. But an instant later the blue shape was back on deck, followed by a coil of slack halyard. “Halyard break!” “Where’s that radio?” I jumped below and took the handheld from the chart table and passed it up to Lee. First she had one of the crew hold up a bamboo pole with a code flag 'R' at one end, and then in veiy ordinaiy En¬ glish explained to the fleet over the radio that the halyard had broken and that
there would be no postponement or change in the timing even though the blue shape would be going up about a minute
It's truly amazing how far even a practiced crew can get from a man overboard before they turn around.
late. “Can we really do that?” I asked, once the shape was up again. “Don’t visual sig¬ nals govern?” These instructions allow for an incor¬ rect visual signal to be overridden by a VHF hail,” she explained. The 'R' flag warns them that a radio hail" is being made.” “Sounds fishy to me," said the old racer. “But if that’s how it’s written, I guess it saves everyone some time." “If we postponed and started over, “Lee explained, “it would cost us a full 15 min¬ utes. We don’t have that much daylight to waste, and all the boats would be reach¬ ing back and forth flogging their sails that much longer. And like, besides, everyone knows we use GPS time, so most of these boats have time running even before they left the dock. Heck, I could just sit here and do nothing but call over-earlies with¬ out making a single signal except for which course to sail, and I’ll bet every¬ thing would run fine.'’ “Not like the good old days, before digi¬ tal watches, when you were lucky if you could get the RC to work to the nearest five minutes.”
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/ee was right, and no one on any of the race boats seemed too concerned about the timing. One boat called back on the radio asking for a time check with about two minutes to go, and Lee imme¬ diately provided it. “Isn’t that prejudicial?” I asked. “Why?” She said. “I’ll give a time check to anyone who wants one. Although, in a
WHY'ASK Y? 4
big fleet, where you couldn’t answer all the requests, It might be better to keep quiet.”
We were careful to drop the shape at precisely one minute to the first start, which came off without a hitch. Small boats have the first start in these races, to maximize use of daylight and get ev¬ eryone back to the bar at about the same time. ‘These videos might show a couple of crew with no PFDs,” said the new crew as he lowered the camera from his face 30 seconds after the start.” “Lots of people wear them under their foulies,” I said. “But we’ll find out, when we show this to the racers in the bar to¬ night.” “Are the racing rules going to change to require PFDs all the time?” ‘That’s not at all clear,” I said. “Some clubs have announced they would require it, and then backed off for the grand prix events. "And like, some clubs are saying they require PFDs,” Lee added, “but if you read what they wrote in their instructions, all they do is say who has responsibility for personal flotation. Wording like it shall be the responsibility of each competitor to wear adequate personal buoyancy doesn’t really require anyone to do any¬ thing, if you analyze what those words really mean.” “Don’t be silly," said the retired racer. “You know perfectly well that it means that they want you to wear a lifejacket all the time.” “But that’s not what it says,” argped Lee. “If that was what they wanted, they could have just written ‘all competitors shall wear adequate personal buoyancy. But they didn’t.” “I think we’re doing it right for this se¬ ries,” I said. “By making liberal use of the y flag we’ve trained the fleet to wear them
whenever the wind is up, flag or no flag. And when it’s calm and warm we don’t have to have a rule that becomes unrea-
sonable. If people would just use the tools that are already provided for them in the rulebook, this would all be a non-issue.” “But Rule 40 and the Y’ flag don’t work for big boats on long races,” complained Lee. The RC has much less chance of knowing what the conditions'will be like later in the race. So the ORC rule actu¬ ally makes sense for big boats — although, like, if I had written the rule it would only apply at the start, not the start and fin¬ ish. And they also have to get rid of that newspeak that states “wetsuits are not adequate personal buoyancy” when every¬ one knows that they are, and anyone fall¬ ing into the Bay with a wetsuit is way, way, way better off than with a PFD.”
_/ee Le almost missed the next signal drop, but we pulled the red shape down just in time and got the next start off. “As bad as it is with race organizers interfering with our personal safety deci¬ sions,” said the ex-racer, “wait ‘til the Coast Guard gets into this. You ain’t seen nothing yet.” ‘That’s right,” I said. “It could become moot, as far as racing rules are concerned, when the Coast Guard requires everyone to wear a lifejacket all the time anyway.” “Well, I’ve already given them a piece of my mind about it,” he said. Theyve extended the deadline for responding to their survey to the end of May. So make sure you send in a card or letter, Max, and help us stop this before it gets ridicu¬ lous.” “We don’t really know what sort of leg¬ islation the survey might ultimately lead to,” said Lee. “All they're doing is collect¬ ing info. But the way they did that was annoying enough. 1 mean, like, they asked
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for opinions in all the internet news groups, but then they insist that you mail them typed hard copy, with no provision at all for email. And
two copies, no less. Wake up, guys, it s 1998. You’d think they’d at least have a copy machine in the office.” “I guess they gotta limit the responses to those who are really serious about it,” said the older crew. “Well then they could have just charged $5,” said the new racer. "Requiring a stamped and xeroxed letter has about the same effect as a fee for most of us. ‘Too bad they’ll never see my com¬ ments,” said Lee. We took a couple of minutes off to do another start, and then I asked Lee what her comments would have been if she had been allowed to email them. “Basically," she said, “the problem I have with the Coast Guard and PFDs is that their approval process has given us inferior products.” “How so?” “You know those European vests with all the tiny air cells? They're the lightest and most comfy PFDs made. Not legal here, CG wants foam.” ‘They didn’t always want foam,” said the older crew. “I remember when the only approved jackets were filled with kapok, a special kind of wood fiber. Those things got so waterlogged that they’d practically sink on their own.” “Right, I’ve seen some of those too. Evidently the CG would only approve products made in the U.S., and the much superior foam models were all imports at that time." ‘They need to get their act together with PFDs for small children too," said the new crew. “You know those big flaps in back of the toddler vests that are sup¬ posed to keep the head above water? Well, I’ve seen them do exactly the opposite. If the kid goes in face up they work fine.
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But if they fall in face down, well, it’s like a capsized catamaran, with a ton of sta¬ bility wrong-side down.” “Scary,” said Lee. "You’d think they’d have done their homework better. Anyway that’s what the Coast Guard should be doing if they want to help on this issue, and get the users back on their side. Start approving better and more wearable products. This might mean less foam for some PFD categories, and more variety in approved inflatable types. Wearability is the real issue, as confirmed by the Coast Guard’s own research.”
“Q the Coast Guard did do some research,” I noted. “It’s not as if it’s peer-reviewed by an adversarial assemblage of colleagues, like real academic research,” Lee explained. ‘They can write their own reports and the
methodology generally goes unchallenged, But like, in the study I’ve seen, the 'Life Saving Index,’ as they call it, is always
disqualify boats that don't carry enough sunscreen ?" limited by the probability of the user ac¬ tually deciding to wear the PFD. This probability of wearing the PFD varies from about 0.4 to 0.8, depending on the type. Naturally the least effective PFDs, by their measure, are the most likely to be worn. But the LSI for the worst type of PFD, an inflatable belt type,- still comes out to around 0.7, way ahead of the better but less likely to be worn models with LSI down at 0.4.”
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whole package quite a good value — many flotillas also include air fare at a dis¬ counted group rate. Let s look at some of the other pros and cons. On the plus side of the ledger you have the camaraderie of like-minded sail¬ ors with whom to share your adventures, compare notes and perhaps share memo¬ ries later (in the case of a club group). Flotillas are the perfect introduction to cruising for first-time bareboaters who need a bit of on-the-job training before attempting a charter completely on their own. They also provide great opportuni¬ ties for individuals whose friends and fam¬ ily are too busy or too boring to take a trip with them. Some flotillas offer the
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Channel Islands: • Catalina Island: May 16 - 17; par¬ ties, hiking and overnight at Two Harbors. Marina Sailing (Long Beach), (800) 2627245. • Santa Cruz Island: May 30-31; par¬ ties, hiking and overnight at Smuggler's Cove. Marina Sailing (Oxnard), (800) 2627245.
Caribbean: • British and Spanish Virgin Islands: May 10-20; catamarans only; unique circuit from Tortola west to Culebra and Vieques, then northeast to Anegada and home. Santa Barbara Sailing Center, (800)
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350-9090. • British Virgin Islands: May 16-24 and June 11-22; one-week instructional cruise which earns ASA Advanced Bare¬ boat Cruising certification. Sun Yacht Charters (800) 772-3500. • BVI: July 2-13 and November 19 27; one-week cruise which completes ASA Introduction to Cruising certification. Sun Yacht Charters, (800) 772-3500. • BVI: July 11 - 19; First Annual Black Boaters' Summit; inter-island cruising and special events. African American Sail¬ ing Association, (510) 222-6308. • BVI: June 27 - July 5; Bacardi HIHO; The arrival of provisions and passengers is al¬ ways a busy time on the docks. Participants meet their sailing mates before setting sail._
option of instruction which can result in obtaining a bareboat chartering certifica¬ tion from ASA or US Sailing. This document will then qualify you to charter from
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virtually any firm in the world. In addition to the on-the-water local knowledge group leaders can provide, they can also provide you with tips like which shops, restaurants and bars are the best; where the best snorkeling spots are; and they can give you tidbits of info on the area's cultural histoiy, while demonstrating the secrets of making the j5erfeet rum punch. Speaking of which, if your philosophy regarding beach parties is themore-the-merrier', you'll love the flotilla shindigs.
The biggest issue on the con side of the ledger is that some flotilla charterers forget to occasionally get away from the pack—especially when exploring ashore. To our way of thinking it’s important to go off on your own — in a group of four or fewer _ when you're poking around the towns and villages of a foreign destina¬ tion. You are much less obtrusive by your¬ self or in a small group, which makes it easier to have friendly encounters with locals. And we've found that's half the fun of traveling aboard. Again, though, most flotilla organizers give participants plenty of flexibility. As we canvassed a number of local and national firms, we discovered a good va¬ riety of flotilla options for the coming
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one of the world's premier windsurfing events, draws international crowd of rac¬ ers and non-racers, accommodated on bareboat catamarans; nightly beach par¬ ties. Ocean Promotions, (284) 494-0337. • BVI: October 22 - November 2; Hal¬ loween flotilla. Sun Yacht Charters, (800) 772-3500. • BVI; November 24 - December 2; in¬ ter-island out of Tortola with side trip to Anegada. Pacific Yachting and Sailing, (800) 374-2626. • BVI: December 1-13; two-week in¬ ter-island out of Tortola. Spinnaker Sail¬ ing of Redwood City, (650) 363-1390. • BVI: December 20 - 28; Caribbean Christmas flotilla. Sun Yacht Charters, (800) 772-3500. • BVI: December 29 - January 6; New Year's Eve flotilla. Sun Yacht Charters, (800) 772-3500. • BVI: two-week trips depart every other week year-round; international clientelle. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • BVI to St. Maarten: 10-day trips de¬ parting May 2, May 20, June 20 and July 14; group overnight passage-making from Tortola to St. Maarten, free sailing days, then return to Virgin Gorda. The Moor¬ ings (800) 535-7289. • St. Lucia to Grenada (or vice versa): 10-day trips departing July 5, July 18, August 8, August 22; one-way cruise through the entire Grenadine chain. The Moorings (800) 535-7289. • St. Vincent and the Grenadines: May 8-17; cruise throughout the Grenadines aboard Beneteau 44s. Marina Sailing, (800) 262-7245. • St. Vincent and the Grenadines: No¬ vember 4 - 13; inter-island sailing, St. Vincent to St. Vincent. Tradewinds Sail¬ ing Center, (800) 321-8972. • Guadeloupe and Dominica: May 12 24; inter-island cruise including scuba diving. Spinnaker Sailing of Redwood City (650)363-1390.
Mexico: • Cortez Cup: October 18 - 26; oneweek of racing and partying; Moorings special event. Spinnaker Sailing of Red¬ wood City, (650) 363-1390. (Competing against other West Coast Sailing Clubs.) • Sea of Cortez: November 6-13; oneweek inter-island cruise out of La Paz. OCSC (800) 223-2984. • Sea of Cortez: November 23 - 30; oneweek inter-island cruise out of La Paz. Pacific Yachting and Sailing, (800) 3742626.
Greece: • Ionian Islands: June 4 - 14; 10-day inter-island cruise. Cass Marina (800) 472-4595. • Ionian Islands: June 15 - 28; twoweek cruise which completes US Sailing's Basic Cruising Course. Cass Marina (800) 472-4595. • Dodecanese: September 9 - 20; in¬ ter-island cruising out of Kos island. Spin¬ naker Sailing of Redwood City, (650) 3631390. • Cyclades Islands: September 12 - 22; inter-island cruising plus Athens touring. Pacific Sailing and Yachting, (800) 3742626. • Cyclades and/or Saronics: two-week trips departing May 22 - June 4, June 21 - July 4, July 9 - 18, July 31 - August 13, September 1-14, October 3-16 (with archeological focus). GPSC, (800) 7326786. • Clothing Optional flotilla: July 17 29; sail in the buff for 12 days (bring plenty
Flotilla sailing is popular in Greece and Turkey, where every day brings new opportunities to explore historic harbors and ancient ruins. of sunblock!]. GPSC, (800) 732-6786. • Dodecanese Islands; two-week trips leaving weekly from April 25 until Octo¬ ber 9. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Ionian Islands: two-week trips depart weekly from April 4 until October 17; vari¬ ous itineraries. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Ionian Islands: one-week trips depart weekly from April 4 until October 25; vari¬ ous itineraries. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Sporades Islands: two-week trips de¬ part weekly from May 17 until October 4; various itineraries. Sunsail, (800) 3272276. • Sporades Islands: one-week trips de¬ part every week from May 10 until Sep¬ tember 20. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Athens to Rhodes: September 4 - 17; special 10-day one-way sailing trip through Cyclades and Dodecanese. Alba¬ tross Charters, (800) 377-8877.
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• Turquoise Coast (Marmaris): twoweek trips depart every other week from May 23 until September 26. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Turquoise Coast (Gocek to Gocek): September 6 - 24; two week sailing plus land touring. Tradewinds Sailing Center, (800) 321-8972. • Turquoise Coast: weekly trips until October aboard traditional wooden gulets. Albatross Charters, (800) 377-8877. Croatia: • Croatian Coast: September 3-15; 12-day cruise along the newly reopened Dalmatian Coast. GPSC, (800) 732-6786. Spain: • Balearic Islands; 10-day trip through Spain's Mediterranean Islands. GPSC, (800) 732-6786. Tahiti:. • Leeward Islands: May 16 - 30; inter¬ island cruising out of Raiatea. Spinnaker Sailing of Redwood City, (650), 363-1390. • Papeete to Raiatea: October 23 - No¬ vember 7;. including Moorea and down¬ wind passage to the Leewards. Tradewinds Sailing Center, (800) 321-8972. So many choices. . . While flotilla char¬ tering may not be for everyone, its many inherent benefits make it a vacation op¬ tion that's well worth considering. — latitude/aet
hill, we came to a small court along the street where the local egg delivery man had parked his 3-by-6-foot push cart with at least 100 to 150 flats of eggs on it. Having worked together for some time we were very casual with each other and were joking around a bit. Someone bet Julie — of the sailing couple — $50 dol¬ lars that she wouldn't take a jump into the egg cart. Immdediately her husband Tim upped the ante to $100. Julie's re¬ tort was that for $1,000 she'd do the Aus¬ tralian Crawl naked through the eggs. Having heard our conversation, several Greek voices from the open-windowed pool hall by the side of the road joined in the conversation with "I've got $500 of that" and "do you take Drachmas?" and "is plastic acceptable?" At that, Julie's face turned red, but ev¬ eryone had a good laugh and a few beers. I guess the moral is 'You never can tell when your bet may be called." Later that evening we dined at a patio restaurant with a blooming Wisteria vine overhead. Our feast included delicious calamari and lobster. The new guy, Roger, got lucky, but that's another story. — terry gentner Humdilihlah in the Middle East
Charter Notes
• Rhodes to Samos: septemDer 10 - zo; special Greece/Turkey combo trip; one¬ way. Albatross Charters, (800) 377-8877. Turkey: • ^odrum to Marmaris: August 28 September 14; 10-days of sailing plus land tour of Ephesis and Istanbul. Club Nautique, (510) 865-4700. • Turquoise Coast (Orhaniye): oneweek trips depart weekly from May 9 un¬ til October 17. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Turquoise Coast (Gocek): one-week trips depart weekly from April 25 until Oc¬ tober 24. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Gulf of Gulluk (Torba): one-week trips depart weekly from May 2 to October 24. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Turquoise Coast (Gocek): two-week trips depart weekly from April 4 until October 10. Sunsail, (800) 327-2276. • Turquoise Coast (Knidos): two-week trips depart every other week from May 2 until September 26. Sunsail, (800) 3272276.
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Having worked and lived in the Middle East for a number of years, many of our vacations have been summer charters in the Med. An abundance of sea stories have come out of these very memorable sailing trips. This year, during the Haj Holidays, several friends and I decided on a 10-day bareboat charter out of Athens. In addition to myself, there was a couple with sailing experience and one co¬ worker who had once seen a sailboat in a book. We'd made our way down to Hydra Town on the island of the same name. This beautiful little town has many won¬ derful restaurants. It also has the distinc¬ tion of having very few motor vehicles — police, ambulance and garbage trucks only, and not too many of those. As a re¬ sult of this restriction on vehicular traf¬ fic, most things are delivered by either donkey or pushcart. At any rate, after a brisk sail down from Athens we decided on a meal at a restau¬ rant at the top of a street that runs up from the harbor. While trudging up the
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month's listing of Bay Area charter boats The 65-ft ‘Team O'Neill' catamaran blasts across Monterey Bay. In addition to her charter work, she is used for educational kids' programs.
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WORLD OF CHARTERING we inadvertently left out one of the larg¬ est: the 65-ft Team O'Neill catamaran. This 49-passenger vessel is berthed at Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor and offers both custom charters and scheduled trips which can be booked on an individual basis. We've been planning to do an ar¬ ticle on the educational kids programs run on this boat, and mistakenly got the idea it was now used primarily for this purpose. Wrong. We sincerely regret our error. O'Neills also charters the 45-ft Peterson schooner Marie Celine, prima¬ rily for daysails, with groups of up to six passengers. Call Carl or Ray for more info on either vessel at (408) 476-5202. Elsewhere in the world of yacht char¬ tering. . . ’bareboats are booking fast in both Maine and the Pacific Northwest, where the prime sailing seasons are rela¬ tively short. So don't delay if your sum¬ mer vacation dreams include either of those delightful destinations. The tradi¬ tional schooners that ply the Maine coast also fill up their rosters well in advance, especially for sails timed with events like the Great Schooner Race, June 29 and
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the Camden Windjammer Weekend, September 4-6. One of the most unique sailing organi¬ zations we've heard of lately is the Afri¬ can American Sailing Association. We applaud the efforts of Bay sailor Paul
Mixon — whom we met years ago while he was cruising the Caribbean — for founding this group, whose mission is to expose more African Americans to the pleasures of sailing. Contact Mixon for info an upcoming events, including a BVI flotilla, at (510) 222-6308. If you'll be planning a Caribbean va¬ cation anytime soon, take note that phone prefixes on most Eastern Caribbean is¬ lands have recently changed due to the demands of cellular and internet users. Cellular reception, by the way, is now available throughout most the region, and many bareboat companies offer cellular phones as an added option — although the constant ringing of telephones is one of the things many of us are trying to es¬ cape when we travel to those latitudes. Recent changes include: U.S. Virgin Islands (340); British Virgin Islands (284); Antigua/Barbuda (268); Barbados (246); Dominica (767); Grenada (473); St. Lucia (758); and Trinidad & Tobago (868). Martinique's code remains un¬ changed (596); St. Vincent and the # Grenadines is still (809), but will soon switch to (784).
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THE RACING
With reports this month on the Commodore’s Challenge; the Bullship Race; the crewed Lightship Race; the Doublehanded Lightship Race; the seventh leg of the Whitbread Race; the annual J/Fest; the Wheeler Regatta; the Camellia Cup on Folsom Lake; the Ski/Sail Nationals at Lake Tahoe; the second running of the Rites of Spring; and the usual gaggle of box scores and race notes at the end.
Commodore's Challenge Mitch Wilk and his fellow San Fran¬ cisco YC members (tactician Jim Coggan, Hany Humphrey, Mike Dunn, Ray Lent and Ed Thomson) claimed the sixth an¬ nual Commodore's Challenge on April 18. Hosted by Encinal YC, the two-race event pits current commodores and their yacht club buddies against each other in boats rating between 144-186. Wilk, a former Sabre 38 owner who just defected to a new Grand Banks East Bay 38, selected Frank Hinman's Newport 30 Topgallant, a 174-rater, for the task. For the first time, an exception was made to the format: Dewey Hines, '97 commodore of St. Francis and last year's
just this once." The Challenge is a mellow deal any¬ way, and this year's sailing was hardly strenuous. The 11-boat fleet sailed a quick windward/leeward 4-miler to warm up, and then took off on the main event — an easy 9-mile jog from the start near Treasure Island, up to #7, and then the long run up the Estuary to finish off the EYC clubhouse. The ensuing party was, as usual, an integral part of the experi¬ ence. "The purpose of the regatta is really just to get some of the yacht club brass together, have a fewyuks, and get to know each other," said Melino, who came in second with his 'old' boat, Esprit Victorieux. "Personally, I thought it was a great time — but I still wish I hadn't been over early in the first race!" Two clubs competed for the first time,
who owns a utility consulting firm in 'real' life. "We really wanted to win this year; in fact, we even practiced a few hours! It was nice to finally get San Francisco YC’s name engraved on that trophy." The overall score in the Commodore's Challenge now stands at St. Francis YC, 3; and one victory apiece for Richmond YC, Stockton SC and San Francisco YC. Heroes of the month: Mitch Wilk (above) was the top commodore, while Jim DeWitt (right) mas¬ tered the riddle of this year's Bullship Race.
winner of the Commodore's Challenge, was allowed to return to defend his title. "All three of their flag officers were back in Fort Lauderdale to watch the start of some little ocean race," explained EYC commodore Joseph Melino. "Our execu¬ tive council decided that, under the cir¬ cumstances, it was okay to bend the rules Page 198 • UKUJi Jg • May, 1998
Marin YC and Petaluma YC. Neither dis¬ tinguished themselves on the race course, but Mann YC did win the all-important Chowder Challenge (each club brought a pot of chowder, and 60 votes were cast) . The whole day was a real treat. Encinal YC did a great job — their club is one of the real gems on the Estuary," said Wilk,
1) Topgallant, Newport 30, G. Mitchell Wilk, San Francisco YC, 5 points; 2) Esprit Victorieux, Beneteau 30, Joseph Melino, Encinal YC, 7; 3) Ruckus, New¬ port 30, Tim Knowles, Richmond YC, 8; 4) Conococheague, Moore 24, Dewey Hines, StFYC, 8; 5) Highlighter, Islander 36, Tom Roger’s, South Beach YC, 9; 6) Eurydice, Catalina 30, Jeannie Mariscal, Berkeley YC, 10; 7) It's Jazz, Ranger 33, Pam Krawiec, Island YC, 12; 8) Fremadagh, O'Day 34, Bill Rowe, Spinnaker YC, 13; 9) (tie) Dona'Mia III, Catalina 34, Steve Adams, Marin YC, and Trasher! Merit 25, Tom Bamberger, Petaluma YC, 19; 11) Jen¬ nifer Anne, Catalina 34, William Humphreys, Stock-
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Meanwhile, back at the starting line off the Horizon Restaurant in Sausalito, the gun went off as scheduled at 9:30, but 20 minutes later, we counted only about half a dozen boats out of 50 start¬ ers that had crossed it. There seemed to be just enough light breeze to keep boats pointed in the right direction — and just enough current going toward Richardson Bay to prevent them from moving forward. Once boats did finally make it across the starting line, two strategies became apparent. One was to hug the Sausalito shoreline to take advantage of the coun¬ tercurrent. The other was to head over to Angel Island — some boats sailed almost to Point Blunt — presumably as 'money in the bank’ before braving the ebb at midBay. Skippers were about evenly divided in their choices, with only a handful opt¬ ing to head down the rhumbline.
Or try to. For almost an hour, the only hints of wind on the glassy surface were a few riffles over by the shore-hugging group. But when the westerly finally started filling in, the boats farther out got it first. The diminishing returns were not lost on Bullship veterans Gordie Nash and Jim DeWitt. Gordie had started with the shore¬ ward group, but tacked out as soon as he saw breeze. Jim admits to being one of the last boats across the starting line, then heading for shore. He, too, sailed out as the breeze filled in. Nash was the first to make it into the main Bay, amassing a huge lead. But he got there just a tad too early — maybe five or ten minutes. Gordy tried vainly to outsail the South Tower, but ended up being swept past the Gate, an immediate disqualification. He was retrieved by Arena, his own ’personal tender,’ driven by nephew Nick Nash. (A number of larger yachts dubbed ’cowships’ always accom¬ pany the fleet to rescue any Toros that need or want it.) DeWitt was the next to make a break for it. He pointed the bow at Alcatraz and crabbed across the tide to the other side, "playing the middle and tacking on the rips," he says. He broke out of the ebb at Crissy Field, then rode the filling west¬ erly and countercurrent along the beach to victory, crossing the end-of-the-breakwater finish line at 11:50. The rest of the fleet has three hours to complete the course after the first boat finishes. With the wind up and the tide finally retreating, they didn't need nearly that long. A total of 39 boats finished, with the 11 DNFers either being washed out the Gate or giving up on the wind too soon. For DeWitt, a 68-year-old former sailmaker turned artist, the victory was a 'comeback' of sorts. He won the Bullship once before — in 1961! The boat was a new one, though; he just built it last year. In an event thjs legendary, the num¬ ber of trophies almost matches the num¬ ber,, of entries. Awards were handed out to the 20 top finishers. Actual trophy re¬ cipients included the top three finishers, the top woman finisher (Vickie Gilmour, 17th), first maiden finisher (Jack Vickland, 4th), the 'tail ender' (20th boat — Mark Adams), the skipper from farthest away (Bill Hodges of Boston, 26th), and the first skipper 75 or older to finish (Pete Blasberg, 29th). Regarding the latter, the first three fin¬ ishers — DeWitt, Malcolm Wilson and May. 1998 • UuUcZi • Page 199
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four-time winner Jim Warfield — averaged 67 years of age. When it comes to playing the currents, old dogs can still teach the rest of us a few new tricks! TOP 20 — 1) Jim DeWitt, 2) Malcolm Wilson, 3) Jim Warfield, 4) Jack Vicklarid, 5) Dave Vickland! 6) Mike Dias, 7) John Amen, 8) Mark Gaffney, 9) Charles Keiser, 10) Richard Paulsen, 11) Dennis Silva, 12) Rich Reiner, 13) Ron Bisio, 14) Mike Hollar, 15) Vaughn Seifers, 16) Don Melcher, 17) Vickie Gilmour, 18) Tom Burden, 19) George Morris, 20) Mark Adams. (50 boats)
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Last month s light-air Lightship Race was a 'landmark event'. Clockwise, from above: Oaxaca' at Mile Rock; 'El Raton' at Cliff House; 'X-Dream' at The Arch; Lurker' at Point Bon,ta; and the new 'Surprise' at the Golden Gate. All photos latitude/jr.
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on April 4. As the pictures on the follow¬ ing page illustrate, the breeze never re¬ ally did fill in for the 25-mile classic jaunt to the Lightbucket and back. Conditions were lame enough that 50 boats — half the 99-boat fleet — pulled the plug early, opting to spend the day doing more pro¬ ductive things than drifting around in the ocean. The dropout rate in the concur¬ rent Doublehanded Lightship Race was even higher. A light southwesterly and a strong ebb propelled the fleet out to the Bucket with¬ out much problem. Getting back in, how¬ ever, was harder. Blue Chip, Walt Logan's new Farr 40, used every trick in the book
in winning the big boat class, including anchoring out by the buoy in over 100 feet over water — not an easy feat. "We arrived at the mark first with Pegasus. and quickly realized we weren't making any progress toward the Gate," explained Blue Chip tactician Seadon Wisjen. 'We had to tie a jib sheet to our anchor rode before it caught, but eventually it held. I had no idea you could even do that out there! We sat for about half an hour, watching most of the fleet drifting toward Japan. Then we sailed up into the south¬ erly, set a kite and headed in." Another new boat, John and Ellen Liebenberg s Antrim 27 Always Friday,
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took MORA honors by four minutes over Baffett in her maiden outing. The new [j boat, whichnreplaces the Liebenberg's fa¬ il miliar Express 27 Friday, also posted the jj best corrected time in the entire fleet — | despite getting trapped inside the Bay for | an hour after the start while most of the | fleet rode the ebb to the Lightship. "We decided to spin donuts in theay I for awhile, rather than hurry out to' the [i Bucket only to get flushed to the Faral[i lones," said crewmember Kame Richards, sj attempting to keep a straight face. "John and I analyzed the situation, and conp eluded that this was obviously the only r way to win. The entire strategy was com■------
pletely planned, I tell you!" Always Fri¬ day will have a slightly tougher time win¬ ning from now on — at the mid-April PHRF meeting the Antrim 27 rating went from 84 to 78. The race itself was dull compared to the shoreside fireworks that erupted af¬ terwards. Our first inkling of a problem occurred Monday morning when our fax machine regurgitated two different sets of Lightship Race results, one from Glenda Carroll at the YRA office and one from OYRA president Betty Lessley. Both pur¬ ported to be the 'official' results, despite significant differences. The power struggle for control of OYRA, which had been brew¬
ing on the horizon for a few months, was now out in the open. Without devoting too much space to this important, but still evolving issue, it boils down to this: OYRA, led by Betty and Dbn Lessley, is trying to secede from the YRA, essentially taking the roughly $10,000 of annual entry fees that local ocean racing generates and setting up their own competing union. The board of YRA — which includes chairman Colin Gilboy, Sally Richards, Bobbi Tosse, Bill Keith, Joseph Melino and others — is, needless to say, dead-set against this idea, citing legal and practical reasons why such a move would be unacceptable. May. 1998 • IxfcWe?? • Page 201
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THE RACING The situation is currently in 'remission' for 60 days, after which the OYRA and YRA will sit down at the negotiating table. Once the ocean sailors figure out what is really going on (most o'f them don't seem to know, or care, as far as we can tell), we figure everyone will kiss and make up, and all the unpleasantness will fade away. Hopefully, now that OYRA has YRA's full attention, something good will even come out of this confrontation. Following are the YRA's results of the Lightship Race. More complete stats on this ocean race (and all upcoming ones) can be found at the YRA’s website, www.yra.org. To see OYRA's version, tune in to www.oyra.org. PHRO-IA — 1) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan; 2) Oaxaca, SC 50, The Cranors; 3) Recidivist, Schumacher 39, Colin Case; 4) Surprise, Schumacher 46, The Chamberlains; 5) Cha-Ching, BH 41, Scooter Simmons. (11 boats; 4 DNF) PHRO-IB — 1) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 39, Jonathan Livingston; 2) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller; 3) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 4) Navigator, Soverel 33, The Melbostads. (15 boats; 7 DNF) PHRO-IIA— 1) Spirit of Elvis, Santana 35, Mar¬ tin Cunningham; 2) Ice Nine, Santana 35, Brendan Busch; 3) AWB, Santana 35, Darrel Louis. (11 boats: 8 DNF) PHRO-1IB — 1) Chorus, K-38, Peter English. (5 boats: 4 DNF) MORA 1 — 1) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg; 2) Baffett, Express 27, Forest Baskett & Tom Baffico; 3) El Raton, Express 27, Ray Lotto; 4)
Hot, hot, hot: Jim Fair (left) and Charlie Doggett sailed the Merit25 'Chesapeake' to bullets in the Lightship and Farallones doublehanded races. Jaded Lover, Express 27, Richard Bryant; 5) Chi¬ mera, Express 27, Brett Allen & Jeff Jacobs; 6) 5150, J/29, Hans Bigall; 7) Bobs, Express 27, Mike Hearn. (20 boats; 7 DNF) MORA 11 — 1) Freewind, Cal 9.2, The Lessleys; 2) The Shadow, Mull 30, Pieter DeVries. (9 boats; 7 DNF) Page202 • UtZUMli • May, 1998
J/35 — 1) Major Damage, Wilson/Perkins Syndi¬ cate; 2) Jabiru, Brian Dunn; 3) Stray Cat Blues, Bill 'National' Parks. (6 boats; 1 DNF) J/105 — 1) Speedwell, Tom Thayer; 2) 20/20, Phil Gardner; 3) Walloping Swede, Tom Kassberg. (11 boats; 8 DNF) SHS — 1) Sparky, Mumm 30, Larry Hoffman; 2) Salty Hotel, Express 27, Mark Halman. (7 boats; 4 DNF) MULTIHULL — 1) Ja Mon, F-25, John Kocol (4 boats; 2 DNF)
Doublehanded Lightship Forty-six boats sailed in Island YC's Doublehanded Lightship Race on April 4, down precipitously from 75 boats last year and 106 in '96. This year's entry erosion is easily explained: the race was sched¬ uled on the same day as OYRA's season opener, also to the Lightbucket and back. What's harder to explain Is why the two events were scheduled for the same day — the fact that IYC wasn't present at YRA's annual scheduling meeting last October probably had a lot to do with it. Considering this rather gigantic con¬ flict of interest, IYG officials were actu=J ally thankful to get as many entries as they did. "We were alerted to the problem several months ago, but chose not to change our date," said IYC Rear Commo¬ dore Ted Crum. 'There was nowhere to move it to anyway, except maybe Easter Weekend, which we decided was a bad idea. I assure you this won't happen again next year." As it turned out, just 11 boats man¬ aged to finish the fluky 25-mile race, and one of them — John Sweeney's pale green 11 :Metre Altoids — later withdrew for in¬ advertently sailing inside Mile Rock on the way home (legal in the concurrent crewed Lightship Race, but banned in this race). "It was a dumb mistake on my part," ad¬ mitted Sweeney. "I feel badly for Tina, my girlfriend, who drove the entire race. She did a great job, and it would have been her first trophy." Altoids was the first boat batk, finishing in a torpid 7:04:25. White Knuckles, Dan Benjamin's Olson 30, fin¬ ished 9 minutes later and was subse¬ quently awarded the elapsed time pickle dish. First overall went to the veteran duo of Jim Fair and Charlie Doggett on the Merit 25 Chesapeake. Ironically, they got caught in a monster whirlpool after the start and spent the first hour and a half of the race inside the Bay. "Everyone was off the horizon in front of us," said Fair. "We were really in the toilet, and were basically just out for a nice sail at that point!" Arriving late at the Lightship, how¬ ever, wasn't such a bad deal that day, as earlier boats had either been swept past the turning mark by the ebb or hadn't
made any progress towards the Gate. "I'd lost track of the fleet by then, and was surprised to learn later that we'd won overall," said Fair. "It wasn't pretty, but we'll take it!" Runner-up to Altoids in the hard luck category was Ron Kell's Express 27 Abigail Morgan. Kell and crewman Peter Hogg lost Class A honors by one second on corrected time to JP Plumley's Moore 24 Umpqua! "We might have won if I hadn't hit the bloody Lightbucket," confessed Hogg, who somehow misjudged the ebb on the buoy and broadsided it.' "I guess I'm just not used to going that slow!" Despite the light wind and light atten¬ dance, the Doublehanded Lightship wasn't a total bust — Island YC was able to contribute $400 generated by the race to the Cerebral Palsy Center of the East Bay. We applaud the race for this gesture, and wonder why more sailing events don’t investigate similar charitable angles. CLASS A (multihull) — No starters. CLASS B (ULDB) — 1) Umpqua, Moore 24, Jim Plumley/Peter Schoen; 2) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell/Peter Hogg; 3) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Benjamin/Mark Phillips; 4) Desperado, Ex¬ press 27, Mike Bruzzone/Suzette Smith. (16 boats) CLASS C (132 & below) — 1) Ecflo, Wylie 34, Michael Sheats/Aaron Lee; 2) Yucca, 8 Meter, Hank Easom/Chuck Mohn. (7 boats) CLASS D (132-167) — 1) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber/Laurie Davis. (9 boats) CLASS E (168-197) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair/Charlie Doggett. (6 boats) CLASS F (198-up) — No finishers. (8 boats)
Whitbread Update Hard luck story BrunelSunergy finally got a break in the Whitbread Race, win¬ ning Leg VII — 870 quick miles from Fort Lauderdale to Annapolis — by 21 min¬ utes after three days, four hours on the bumpy race track. BS broke away from the pack about 12 hours into the race, boldly setting off on a rhumbline course towards Cape Hatteras that essentially ig¬ nored the benefit of the north-running 'conveyor belt’ known as the Gulf Stream. Given their lowly status in the overall scheme of things, none of the other boats followed suit, allowing skipper Roy Heiner and his young Dutch team to rack up a commanding lead. BS led by 46 miles at one point, but their lead eroded consid¬ erably as the fleet compressed inside Chesapeake Bay. The beat around Cape Hatteras was among the nastiest sailing of the entire race: the Whitbread 60s were often air¬ borne off the backs of 10-foot waves, causing major concern about rig damage and
SHEET delamination. "Some of the drop-offs are so violent it sounds like breaking glass in a car accident," emailed EFL navigator Mark Rudiger. Sleep was difficult in the sloppy con¬ ditions, and even getting around the boat was hazardous. The most serious injury of the leg occurred on EF Language, when Marco Constant broke his wrist falling down the companionway. On-board medic Klas Nylof reset Marco's wrist with in¬ structions from Swedish Match navigator Roger Nilson, an orthopedic surgeon — while the two boats were engaged in a tacking duel! The two Swedish boats fought an epic tussle right up until the finish — which Match took by a mere 30 seconds. A few miles back, Kvaerner and Silk Cut match raced for fourth, with the nod going to the former by two and a half min¬ utes. Merit Cup crossed the line nine min¬ utes later, followed shortly afterwards by Toshiba and Chessie Racing. Those two boats had the distinction of staging the closest finish ever in a Whitbread leg, as Dennis Conner and the Toshiba crew outjibed hometown heroes Chessie Racing to sneak past and win by 10 seconds. EF Education pulled in last, one hour and forty minutes after BrunelSunergy, to bring the fast leg to a close. The racing resumes with Leg VIII — 3,390 cold and potentially dangerous miles over to La Rochelle, France — on May 3. The ninth and final leg, a 450mile sprint to Southampton, England, will begin on May 22. As always, check the race's website (www.whitbread.org) for the whole story. Real Whitbread aficiona¬ dos will want to catch Gaiy Jobson's live show at St. Francis YC later this month, as well as Paul Cayard’s wrap-up in June (see Calendar). LEG VII — 1) BrunelSunergy, Roy Heiner, 3:03:59:39; 2) Swedish Match, Gunnar Krantz, 3:04:20:24; 3) EF Language, Paul Cayard, 3:04:20:54; 4) Innovation Kvaerner, Knut Frostad, 3:04:58:36; 5) Silk Cut, Lawrie Smith, 3:05:02:07; 6) Merit Cup, Grant Dalton, 3:05:21:44; 7) Toshiba, Dennis Conner, 3:05:30:43; 8) Chessie Racing, George Collins, 3:05:30:53; 9) EF Education, Christine Guillou, 3:05:39:54. OVERALL — 1) EF Language, 689 points; 2) Swedish Match, 585; 3) Merit Cup, 527; 4) Innova¬ tion Kvaerner, 519; 5) Chessie Racing, 484; 6) Silk Cut, 459; 7) Toshiba, 383; 8) BrunelSunergy, 353;
9) EF Education, 168.
J/Fest The annual gathering of the San Fran¬ cisco J/Boat clan attracted 40 boats on April 18-19. The fleet would have been Full speed ahead: projected Whitbread winner 'EF Language'. Next, the America's Cup. May, 1998
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even bigger had the ubiquitous J/24s participated, but they were otherwise en¬ gaged at the concurrent Resin Regatta (the result of a scheduling conflict created when J/Fest moved forward a month). Hosted by St. Francis YC and local J/Boat dealer Sail California, the five-race, nothrowout 'festival' consisted of three Cityfront races on Saturday, followed by two more races just south of the Berkeley Circle. Page 204 • UVXUtli • May, 1998
"We had a fine time," said J/Boat guru Don Trask. "Perfect weather, good racing, a really nice party — what more could we ask for? It was also nice to see some new faces in the winner's circle." Those 'new faces' included Sabra Oniki, who raced his J/120 Puffwith his Pacific Cup crew — driver Gordy Nash, Ruth Suzuki, Todd Hedin, RB Ward and Daman Harvey. "It was our first outing, and we expected to make our share of mistakes and basically
J/Fest action. Inset, class winners, from left: Sabra Oniki, Dave Wilson, Sam Hock and Hans Bigall.
just learn how to sail the boat," claimed Nash. "We were pretty shocked to end up winning!" Another new J/120, Steve Madeira's pretty green Mr. Magoo, was a close second. "Saturday was our first race on the boat, and we had some bugs to work out," noted Magoo tactician Chris Corlett. 'We rallied on Sunday with two
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a competitive 13-boat fleet, their largest gathering to date. "The J/105 class just keeps getting tougher," noted Hock. "We won because our brand new Quantum main was re¬ ally fast, and having Thomas Sponholtz CAquavit) aboard on Sunday was a big help, too. He made .sure we got all the weight out of the cockpit downwind, even to the-point of moving me forward using the tiller extension. It really worked!" ' PHRF— 1) Puff, J/120, SabraOniki/Gordy Nash, 14 points; 2) Mr. Magoo, J/120, Steve Madeira, 15; 3) China Cloud, J/40, Brite/Wilson, 15; 4) Eos, J/120, Jim Cascino, 17; 5) Sceptre, J/130, Bob Musor, 20. (7 boats) J/35 — 1) Major Damage, Perkins/Wilson, 5 points; 2) Kiri, Bob George, 13. (4 boats) J/105 — 1) Jose Cuervo, Sam Hock, 10 points; 2) Speedwell, Watts/Thayer, 19; 3) Sails Call, Ian Charles, 23; 4) Limelight, Harry Blake, 27; 5) Advan¬ tage 3, Pat Benedict, 31; 6) Blackhawk, Dean Dietrich, 32; 7) Bella Rosa, DaveTambellini, 34; 8) 20/20, Phil Gardner, 34. (13 boats) J/29 — 1) 5150, Hans Bigall, 8 points; 2) Wave Dancer, Richard Leevey, 9; 3) Thunderbolt, Dan Wilshin, 22; 4) White Lightning, Harvey Schlasky, 23. (6 boats)
bullets, but itWasn't quite enough to beat Puff." Chris Perkins and Dave Wilson continued their all-conquering ways with Major Damage in the J/35 fleet, while newcomer Hans Bigall sailed his 5150 ( crazy person1, or something like that, in police code) to his first J/29 class win. Sam Hock, the grand old man of the J/105 fleet, steered Jose Cuervo to his first big one design win — a 9-point runaway over
Wheeler Regatta Attendance in Berkeley YC’s annual Wheeler Regatta was off this year, but the 28 boats that did show up on March 2829 were treated to a great weekend of sail¬ ing. "There was hardly a cloud in the sky all weekend," noted race chairwoman Bobbi Tosse. "It was quite a relief after this winter! Can summer be far away?" Saturday's two 7.75-mile races on the Circle/Southampton course were held in an increasing northwesterly breeze — the first 'real' wind of the year. By the second race, it was windy enough that Raven managed to blow up three kites on the final run of the day. "We blew up the .6 poly runner first," lamented owner Mark Thomas. "Then we
ripped the reaching kite as we hoisted it — no one's sure what happened. Finally, we hoisted the old nylon half ounce and — strike three! — it didn't last too long in 22 knots of wind. It was an expensive 10 or 15 minutes." After an evening of dinner, live music and free margaritas, Sunday's 10.3-mile Central Bay pursuit race began in a dy¬ ing northwesterly. The wind filled from the west as the big boats started, turning the race into a benefit for them — an all-too frequent problem with this race format. Sisterships JackRabbit and Raven (armed with two more kites from Thomas's ga¬ rage) went at it tooth and nail again, with 'Jack coming out on top for the second day in a row. DIV. A (0-149) — 1) JackRabbit, N/M 39, The Liggetts, 1.5 points; 2) Raven, N/M 39, Mark Thomas, 4; 3) Ziila, B-25, Brent Draney, 7. (8 boats) DIV. B (150-179) — 1) (tie) Hot Chocolate, New¬ port 30, Don & Mary Lou Oliver, and Uff Dal, Soling, Ingrid Nyberg, 5 points; 3) Derf, Soling, Pete Roland, 5.75; 4) Fast Freight, Newport 30, Bob Harford, 10; 5) (tie) Hydophilic, Soling, Tony Shaffer, and Mission Impossible, Merit 25, David Hamilton, 11. (11 boats) DIV. C (180-up) — 1) Riff Raff, Santana 22, Colin Gilboy, 1.5 points; 2) Voyager, Ranger 29, Don Puzan, 6; 3) Nemo, Ericson 32-2, Don Dommer, 8. (9 boats) PURSUIT RACE — 1) JackRabbit; 2) Raven; 3) Ixxis, Olson 911 -S, Ed Durbin; 4) Bloodvessel, B-25, Margaret Gokey; 5) Ziila. (18 boats)
Camellia Cup The informal NorCal lake circuit kicked off on April 18-19 with Folsom Lake YC's windstarved 32nd Annual Camellia Cup. The regatta attracted attracted 58 start¬ ers, a bit down from previous years. "Classes come and go, but we're basically holding our own," noted FLYC commodore Charlie Hess. 'The winds were light and squirrelly this time, but the lake is chock full and the scenery was gorgeous after all the winter rain." Hess, a former Wavelength 24 chamMay. 1998 • IfMUiVl • Page205
THE RACING pion, enjoyed the weekend for another reason — he won the Camellia Cup, em¬ blematic of the five-race regatta's best overall performance, for the first time. He steered his still-unnarfied Santana 20 to a narrow victory in the competitive 13-
boat Tuna class along with boat partners Charles Witcher and Sherron Hart. "It's a little embarrassing to win the door prize at your own party," laughed Charlie. "But, hey, I’ll take it!" OPEN KEEL— 1) Vera Cruz, B-25, Mike Johnson, 3 points; 2) Poco-A-Poco, J-22, George Koch, 6; 3) American Standard, Olson 25, The Eppleys, 7. (10 boats) CRUISER (non-spinnaker) — 1) Sea Wing, Catalina 250, Carl DeWing, 7 points; 2) Nauti 1, Catalina 22, Rick Willson, 10; 3) Williwaw, Space Sailor, Mike Bringolf, 11. (8 boats) OPEN CENTERBOARD — 1) #88472, Laser, Ryan Galeria, 4 points. (2 boats) OPEN MULTIHULL— 1) Bastet, Hobie 20, Kit Wiegman, 4 points; 2) King Otto, Hobie 16, Rolf Jeager, 5. (5 boats) SANTANA 20 — 1) #20, Hess/Witcher, 4 points; 2) Moon Shadow, Jim Faber, 5; 3) Sea Bear, Lance & Pat Purdy, 11; 4) Blue Meanie, Jim Moodie, 11. (13 boats) BANSHEE — 1) #8212, Bob Backer, 7 points; 2)
Checkmate 2, Keith Steele, 10. (5 boats) CATALINA 22 — 1) Brain Storm, Terry Cobb, 8 points; 2) Late Start, Tom Page, 11; 3) Prime Time, Bob Backer, 11. (10 boats) CAPRI 22 (Nationals) — 1) Main Event, Rick Pareno, 4 points; 2) Rat Racer, Doug Lent, 5; 3) Windy Britches, Wade Behling, 6. (5 boats)
Remembrance of Things Past 'Critical mass' is a term understood by most one-design sailors. And when your fleet gets down below the critical mass, the joys of boat-for-boat racing disappear, replaced by something far less satisfying. For the California ULDB 70s, it appears that time is drawing near. Peter Tong has just sold his Santa Cruz Page 206 • UtCUJiJg • May. 1998
70 Orient Express to Bill Alcott of Detroit, Michigan. That leaves only five active sleds in Southern California, and one of those, Mongoose, is spending the sum¬ mer on the Great Lakes. In 1987 I joined the newly formfed
Camellia Cup winners (from left) Charles Witcher, FLYC Commodore Charlie Hess and Sherron Hart with the spoils of victory.
ULDB 70 Association as their Executive Director. I had a love affair with the class for the seven years I served in that ca¬ pacity. I poured a lot of rewarding hours into building workable class rules and a class-specific handicap system that pro¬ vided equitable boat-for-boat racing. In my office is a 1989 photo that Geri Conser took from a helicopter of 15 sleds parked in front of the California YC for the Cal Cup. Those were the 'glory years' for the ULDB 70s. During that period I had the enormous pleasure of doing four TransPac races and 21 long distance Mexican races on sleds. Those experi¬ ences have provided me with unspeak¬ able thrills, wonderful memories and many meaningful friendships. It grieves me to see something that provided so much pleasure to so many people slowly shrink away. However, in Southern Cali¬ fornia keelboat-racing circles, it's pretty clear that nothing lasts forever — and 11 years was a pretty good run. — tom leweck Ed. note — The above editorial ap¬ peared in the 105th issue, of Leweck's ex¬ cellent daily email newsletter called Scuttlebutt ("an irregularly published, ir¬ reverent collection of news, commentary, gossip, typos, opinions and rumors"). Ski/Sail Nationals With a lifetime of experience gained
sailing all over the world, one might think that Olympic medalist Mark Reynolds had seen it all. However, the 1998 Ski/Sail Na¬ tionals, held on Lake Tahoe off Sunnyside Resort and at Squaw Valley USA on April 11-12, provided Reynoras with a scenario he had never dealt with before. 'That was the first time I have ever sailed in the snow," Reynolds said with a laugh. The snow during Saturday's sailing did little to slow down the San Diego sailor. Team Paul Mitchell, with Reynolds at the helm, scorched the six-boat Melges 24 fleet with a trio of first place finishes. The following day, Reynolds' team — which included Shawn Bennett, Rick Moseley and former US Ski Team member Todd Kelly — dominated the skiing portion of the event as well, to run away with over¬ all team honors. In the 19-boat Laser fleet, Canadian Steves Fleckenstein took second in both the sailing and skiing, good enough to win his second individual Ski/Sail title. Mar¬ tin Hartmanis was second overall on the strength of a third in the Laser sailing and sixth on the slopes. Top individual skier was local real estate agent Eric Conner, while transplanted Irishman Peter Phelan was the winning Lasei* sailor. Fleckenstein, who won a pair of Rossignol skis for his efforts, claimed, "It was a re¬ ally fun event, more laid back than just a straight ski race or just another regatta." With 25 boats and close to 50 com¬ petitors, promoter Ralph Silverman called this Ski/Sail — the fifth one he's put on — the best yet. "Sailing in a snowstorm was different," he said. "But everyone dealt with it, and even seemed to enjoy it in a perverse way. Everyone is looking for¬ ward to the day where we have a sunny Ski/Sail!" The only bummer, according to Ralph, was that Olympic mogulmeister Jonny Moseley couldn’t make it. "He chose to go to a photo shoot with Cindy Crawford instead — can you blame him? His broth¬ ers Rick and Jeff were both here, how¬ ever." Sponsors for the fun, well-organized weekend were Patagonia, Revo, Paul Mitchell, Preferred Capital, Skyy Vodka, Gordon Biersch, Tahoe YC, Squaw Valley and Sunnyside Resort. — Stuart streuli MELGES 24 — 1) Team Paul Mitchell, Mark Reynolds, 1-1; 2) Preferred Capitol, Nick Pullen, 32; 3) Global Event Management, Jeff Thorpe, 2-4; 4) Miss Snapper, Michael Aldrich, 6-3; 5) TWist & Shout, Jessica Lord, 4-5; 6) Smokin', Dave Oliver, 5-5. (6 boats) LASER — 1) Steve Fleckenstein, 2-2; 2) Martin
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to resort to 'box scores' again. Warning: this part of The Racing Sheet has been known to induce deep, and occasionally terminal, comas. Read at your own risk, or skip straight to Race Notes.
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Rites of Spring, Part II Oakland YC’s '98 Rites of Spring Race for shorthanders on April 11 turned out to be one of the best yet, which was only right considering that we had to run the race twice. On March 21, the original date, racers arrived at the first mark ('G' on the Berkeley Circle), only to find that El Nino had moved it to the Farallones, the Delta or somewhere else — in any case, too far away to find before dark! On April 11, the course plan was de¬ ceptively simple: start off the Berkeley Pier and beat up to Southampton (a Ninoproof mark) in strong Central Bay winds, pop the chute and enjoy a nice ride all the way back to the OYC clubhouse, hop¬ ing all the way that the Bay Bridge park¬ ing lot wouldn't be too bad. This being the kind of year it is, every¬ thing was reversed. Starting winds were so light that several boats found them¬ selves doing unwanted 360s and going south when they wanted to go north. When the wind did pick up, it shifted big time so that what started as a beat ended up a spinnaker run to Southampton Shoal. On what should have been a 'beer and T-shirt run' back towards the South Bay, more surprises were in store. As the boats neared the Bay Bridge 'parking lot', the winds actually became stronger and more westerly. Chutes finally went up and the wind rose to 20+ knots, making for a fun and sometimes harrowing 3.5-mile run up the Estuary to the finish. Round-ups and the occasional death roll aren't common sights on this protected body of water, but there were plenty that day. — george gurrola
ALAMITOS BAY YC OLYMPIC REGATTA 13/27-29): EUROPE — 1) Roberta Holden, CAN, 15 points; 2) Tory Crowder, CAN, 17; 3) Samantha Barnes, San Francisco, 19; 4) Krysia Pohl, Alameda, 23. (12 boats) FINN — 1) Russ Silvestri, San Francisco, 7 points; 2) Darrell Peck, Gresham, OR, 10; 3) Brian Hunts¬ man, Drexel Hill, PA, 23; 4) Eric Oetgen, Savannah, GA, 24. (16 boats) 49er—1) Jonathan & Charlie McKee, Seattle, 16 points; 2) Morgan Larson/Kevin Hall, Capitola, 17; 3) Jay Renehan/Chris Lanzinger, Seattle, 40; 4) Derek Campbell/Scot Smith, Seattle, 51; 5) Andy Mack/Fritz Lanzinger, Seattle, 56. (22 boats) LASER — 1) Matt McQueen, Walnut Creek, 7 points; 2) Alex Mehran, San Francisco, 14; 3) Chuck Asper, Forestville, 26; 4) Eric Holden, CAN, 33; 5) Horia Ispas, Playa del Rey, 38. (5 boats) SOLING — 1) Ian Wareham, Eastsound, WA, 8 points; 2) Jim Medley, Seattle, 8; 3) Pavel Melichar, CAN, 17. (7 boats) STAR —7 1) Jeremy & Jeff Davidson, Fountain Valley, CA, 7 points; 2) Scott Zimmer/Kevin Bowels, 17; 3) Jean-Pierre Schrambach/Nic Duchemin, Ma¬ rina del Rey, 17. (8 boats) JOHN PITCHER RACE (CPYC: April 4: 6.65 mites): DIV.. A (Spinnaker) — 1) Hardtack, J/24, Charlie Allen; 2) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Pam & Bob Carlen.
(6 boats) DIV. B (non-spin. < 198) — 1) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe; 2) Moonshine, O'Day 34, Mick Coleman. (5 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker >198) — 1) Folie A Deux, Islander 28, Frank Gibson; 2) Micro, Ranger 26, Mark Neumann. (7 boats) CA JTTY SARK RACE (Benicia YC: April 5: 7.7 miles): CLASS A (0-179) — 1) Three Ring Circus, Olson 25, Dave McMurtry; 2) Freestyle, C&C 33, Dave Jones; 3) Noble Prize, Newport 30 Mk. II, Noble Griswold; 4) Sunset Strait, J/24, Dan Pressman; 5)
SCORE #1 (Santa Cruz YC: April 5): CLASS A — 1) Tacos Pescados, Olson 30, Tim McTighe; 2) Ingrid, SC 52, Bill Turpin; 3) Rosebud, SC 52, Roger Sturgeon; 4) Elyxir, SC 52, Skip Ely; 5) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John Siegel. (11 boats; 21.8 miles) CLASS B — 1) Moonchild, Olson 25, Tim Kelbert; 2) Wild Thing, Express 27, Phil Myers; 3) Gandalf, Santana 35, Carl Quitzau. (7 boats; 18.3 miles) COLLEGIATE REGATTA tStFYC/Stanlord: 4/11-12): 1) Stanford Varsity (John Meade/Heather Rogers, Danny Zimbaldi/Betsy Carmichael), 68 points; 2) Ha¬ waii Varsity, 79; 3) Stanford One, 119; 4) UC Santa Barbara Varsity, 149; 5) USC Varsity, 169; 6) Stanford Three, 190; 7) UCLA Varsity, 202; 8) Stanford Two, 220; 9) Cal One, 234; 10) UC Irvine Varsity, 243. (30 teams) (11 races in FJs for both 'A' and 'Bj CLEAR LAKE MONSTER (Konocti Bay SC. April 18): FULL MONSTER (22.6 miles) — 1) Resolution, Venture 21 MH; 2) No Cat Hare, Catalina 22, Jim Hare; 3) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber. (10 boats) MINI-MONSTER (13 miles) — 1) Lil' Bit, Ranger 23, Russ Clifton; 2) Rubicon, Cal 25-2, Chase Colborn; 3) Mountain Mist, SF 24, Vic Carder; 4) Sante, Capri 26 WK, Jim Westman; 5) Spray, Cape Dory 19, Bill Gibbens. (16 boats) SPRING ONE DESIGN #1 (SCYC: Apr. 18: 3 races): SC 27 — 1) (tie) Jersey Girl, Greg Miller, and Ciao, Andy Carson, 9 points; 3) KurZweile, Brett Gripenstraw, 15; 4) Cruzin, Barry Hopkins, 16. (12 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) (tie) Moorgasm, Hank Niles, and Gelifetch, Shana Rosenfeld, 5 points; 3) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 11. (7 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Tara, Jim Samuels, 3 points.
(3 boats) INTERCLUB SERIES #1 (EYC: April 19: 8.2 miles): SPIN. A — 1) Usual Suspects, Merit 25, Steve Zevanove. (2 boats) SPIN. B — 1) Mistral, Concubine 38, Bob Becker. (4 boats) SPIN. C — IJZarpa, Newport 30, George Gurrola; 2) Vbyager, Ranger 29, Dan Pruzan. (6 boats) SPIN. D — 1) Dulcinea, Killerwhale, Mike
DIV. A (0-177) — 1) Mirage, Black Soo, Ben Mewes; 2) CK Porter, Merit 25, Cindy Surdez; 3) Mis¬ tral, Concubine 38, Robert Becker. (8 boats) DIV. B (178-up) — 1) Shazami, Santana 22, Bud Sandkulla; 2) Seabird, Thunderbird, Vern Wallace; 3) Tunnel Vision, Cat. 27, Mitch Fredericks. (9 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker) — 1) MeMe, Newport 30 Mk. II, Norm Guest; 2) Sandman, Beneteau 30, Chris Noe. (6 boats) DIV. D (singlehanded) — 1) Curmudgeon, Ex¬ press 27, Andre Levy; 2) Risqui Business, Soverel 33, Dave Wilson. (6 boats) DIV. E (multihull) — 1) Already There, F-27, Jim
Goggles, mittens and hats were the attire in both disciplines of this year's snowy Ski/Sail.
Brown. (1 boat)
Box Scores The racing pace is picking back up af¬ ter a pretty slow winter — hence, it’s time
Warwhoop, Contessa 33, Chuck Hooper. (12 boats) CLASS B (180-up) — 1) Bravada, Cal 29, Lisa Miller; 2) Alta Liebe, Ballad 30, Gerry Martin; 3) In¬ terim, C&C 27, Jay Stewart. (8 boats)
Mathiasen; 2) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt. (6 boats) NON-SPIN. E — 1) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommell; 2) Blue Fox, Hunter 37, Jim Hanck. (7 boats) NON-SPIN. F — 1) Peddler, Catalina 27, Norm Rehm. (4 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Sea Bird, F-27, Rich Holden. (4 boats) May, 1998 • UKLJt.!8 • Page 207
THE RACING RESIN REGATTA (SFYC: April 18-19: 4 races): 11 :METRE— 1) Pier 23 Cafe, Mik Beatie, 6 points; 2) Ronstan, Carissa Harris, 12; 3) Altoids, John Sweeney, 13. (6 boats) ETCHEILS — 1) Celebration, H. Fischer/D. Morss, 11 points; 2) Air Tuna, Jim Gregory, 18; 3) ice 3, John Jansheski, 22; 4) Final Final, Hank Easom, 25; 5) #860, Bob Park, 31; 6) #600, Bill Dana, 35; 7)' #276, Cal Hastehave, 36. (19 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) New Moon, Franklin/ Schumacher, 7 points; 2) Baffet, Bafficp/Baskett, 10; 3) Peaches, John Rivlin, 12; 4) To Infinity & Beyond, Fred Voss, 22. (10 boats) IOD — 1) 100, Lacey/Dailey, 5 points; 2) Quick¬ step II, Richard Pearce, 9; 3) Prophet, Jim Hennefer, k 13. (6 boats) J/24 — 1) Snow Job, Brian Goeprich, 6 points; 2) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 8; 3) Air, Duffy/Gregory, 13; 4) Electra.A. Tuthill, 20; 5) Blue J, Brian Mullen, 21. (12 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 7 points; 2) Sea Monster, John Oldham, 10; 3) Mary Don't Surf, Eastham/Williams, 11; 4) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord, 14; 5) Not the Family Buick, Shawn Bennett, 26. (14 boats) KNARR — 1) Sophia, Tom Reed, 12 points; 2) Snaps III, Knud Wibroe, 12; 3) Whistler, Craig McCabe, 20; 4) Benino, Terry Anderlini, 22; 5) Nordlys, Joel Kudler, 24; 6) Peerless, Larry Drew, 25; 7) Huldra, Jim Skaar, 27. (21 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Hot Chocolate, Don Oliver, 6 points; 2) Harry, Dick Aronoff, 10. (5 boats) CAL 29 — 1) Boog-A-Loo, Nancy Rogers, 6
points. (1 boat) LEVEL 198 — 1) Splash, Cal 2-27, Don Walder. (1 boat) RANGER 23 — 1) Impossible, Gary Kneeland, 6 points. (3 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Soliton; Mark Lowry, 8 points; 2) Tackful, Frank Lawler, 9; 3) Riff Raff, Colin Gilboy^11. (7 boats) CAL 20 — 1) Orange Crate, Mike Schaumburg, 4 points; 2) Tension II, John Nooteboom, 9; 3) Ya Think?, Rogers/Brice, 14. (9 boats)
HIGH SCHOOL PCCs fSFYC: April 18-19:27 races): 1) Newport Harbor, 56 points; 2) Point Loma, 95; 3) Torrey Pines, 113; 4) Marin Academy, 138; 5) Univ. of San Diego HS, 157; 6) Corona Del Mar, 162; 7) Redwood, 193; 8) Marin Catholic, 202; 9) Soquel, 203; 10) Salinas, 220; 11) Chaminade, 228; 12) Foothill, 232; 13) Stevenson, 251; 14) Harbor, 280. (14 teams)
ANO NUEVO RACE (MPYC: April 25: 56.5 miles): CLASS A (under 140) — 1) RoseBud, SC 52, Roger Sturgeon; 2) Revelry, SC’Mo, Jim Winterbothom. (5 boats; 3 DNF) CLASS B (over 140) — 1) Carnival, Santana 35, Bill Keller; 2) Gandalf, Santana 35, Carl Quitzau; 3) Bustin' Loose, Santana 30/30, Jeff Pulford; 4) Scar¬ let Begonia, Wilderness 30, Leonard Hewitt. (6 boats; 2 DNF) CLASS C (under 140, 39:2 mile course) — 1) Wild Thing, Express 27, Phil Myers; 2) Free Fall, Moore
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Race Notes Sale boats of the month: Pat Nolan has put his J/42 Je TAime up for sale to make room for a new J/125, the latest sportboat offering from the J/Boat empire. He'll be getting hull #3 of this hot new 40-foot design sometime later in the sum¬ mer. The boat will debut at the Big Boat Series. . . Oakland sailor Gene Rooney just bought a two-year-old J/105 from Illinois rather than get in a rather long line to buy a new one. This brings the lo¬ cal fleet up to "either 22 or 23 boats." Sev¬ eral other 105 deals are in the works, and the class appears to be on track to field 16-17 boats at the BBS. . .Tom Beecher recently bought the SC 33 Paladin with intentions of some cruising and the occa¬ sional race. . . . Tiburon sailor Dennis Rowedder has sold his ll:Metre Blitz¬ krieg to Hans Streuli of Zurich, Switzer¬ land. Rowedder won four Citibank Cups with the boat, but is now happy to move
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on — "I'm leaning towards a used Melges 24, but I'm in no hurry." Streuli will keep the boat on the Bay for awhile, certainly’ through the ll:Metre Worlds in mid-Oc¬ tober. That StFYC-hosted extravaganza should attact 30-35 boats. Thinking small: Alameda naval archi¬ tect Carl Schumacher would like to see a local dinghy class get organized in the Estuary. ''I've been thinking about it for
Express 27s at the well-attended Resin Regatta. See 'box scores' for results.
years," explained Carl. "I envision a lowtech, two-person boat that's cheap — say under $2,000. Something like a Lehman 12 or a Penguin, nothing fancy. Stranger things have happened — just look at the (Columbia) 5.5 revival! We’d do quick collegiate style races after work, maybe 5 or
6 a night, and then head back to the club for a barbeque. Clubs in Southern Cali¬ fornia have been doing this for years. In the winter, maybe we get together to frost¬ bite once month, weather permitting. There’s a bit of a scene already starting on the Estuary — Mike Rettie has been promoting an informal CBS ("centerboard sailing") series on alternate Thursday nights. We also hear that Svendsen's has sold eight Vanguard 15s lately, which is good news for the local dinghy scene. Call Schumacher at (510) 523-2580 if you have any input on the subject. Sad news: Italian globetrotter Gio¬ vanni Soldini's near-record dash across the Atlantic Ocean came to a tragic end last month when his Open Class 60 Fila, a near-sistership of the recent Gold Race winner Aquitaine Innovations, flipped 350 miles short of England. The boat was sail¬ ing under bare poles in winds between 65-85 knots when it turned turtle with two of the five-man crew on deck. When the now-dismasted boat was righted 15 minutes later (by cranking the canting keel over to its maximum 55° angle), one of the crew, Andrea Romanelli, was miss¬ ing. The subsequent air and sea search
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THE RACING by the British Coast Guard revealed no traces of Soldini’s good friend. Before the accident, Fila was on target to break the west-to-east TransAtlantic 11-day mono¬ hull record by an almost unbelievable four days. Fila could have still set a new record by sailing into England under jury rig, but the distraught crew elected to limp into Lorient, France, instead. Soldini, an in¬ tense and emotional man, has retreated back to Italy to recover from the freak accident — and reconsider his plans to compete in September's Around Alone Race. Fast is fun: The newest boat in the WD Schock line-up is the One Design Schock 40, formerly known as the DynaFlyer 40. The prototype, Red Hornet, has been on the road for the last half year, turning heads at regattas on the Great Lakes, Florida, Southern California and on the Bay (they were third in a PHRF 'hodge¬ podge' class at the Big Boat Series). The boat's back in town for Sail Expo, after which it is expected to compete in the Vallejo Parade. Thanks to its unique "cant¬ ing ballast, twin foil" (CBTF) technology, the 7,000-pound boat is probably the fastest 40-foot monohull keelboat on the
'Red Hornet' at last year's BBS. Tom Schock would love to build you a sistership.
planet — and we'd be surprised if it isn't the first boat to tie up in Vallejo. The first production versions 6f this Matt Brown/ Bill Burns-designed ’giant killer' will be available from Schock in late summer or
early fall. To learn more about the new Schock 40, or to arrange a testsail on the Hornet, call Alfonso Cordero at (415) 3316912. People in the news: Three more legend¬ ary sailors were recently inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame, which is operated by the Hereshoff Marine Musuem in Bristol, RI. The trio, all of whom received the honor posthumously, were Baron Michel Bich (four-time French Cup contender), George Steers (designed and built the schooner America), and Joseph Burr Bartram (NYYC commodore credited with reviving Cup racing in 1957 and leading it into the 12 Meter era). . . Dr. Alberto Cald¬ eron, one of the leading mathematicians of the last half centuiy, passed away last month in his hometown of Chicago at age 77. Calderon was known in sailing circles for his contributions to Tom Blackaller's radical front-ruddered 12 Meter USA, as well as designing the ill-fated Twin Flyer 38 Green Hornet. . . Navigator Andrew Cape quit Toshiba when that boat pulled
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into Annapolis, citing 'personal reasons'. If they gave a trophy for the 'unhappiest boat in the Whitbread', Toshiba would win hands-down. Random race results: White Light¬ ning, Harvey Shlasky’s J/29, won ,the OYRA Spring Shorthanded Race on March 28. The windy 20.5-mile ocean bash saw 10 boats start, but only six finish. . . The Andrews 53 Karakoa (ex-Persuasion), now under Philippine ownership, recently won the Philippine President's Cup in Subic Bay (north of Manila) over a 28boat CHS class. Designer Alan Andrews and sailmaker Steve Benjamin were flown in to beef up the afterguard, and they de¬ livered the goods with a 1,1,2,1,1 series. 'There's actually a big Asian sailing cir¬ cuit," noted Andrews. "In addition to a fair number of new boats like Sydney 46s, they have a lot of our old boats, including the Mumm 36 'Suicide Blonde and the original Pyewacket, a N/M 68 now sail¬ ing out of Hong Kong as Free Fire." . . . Best of the best: Annapolis YC, led by '97 Rolex winner Chris Larson, won the
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With reports this month from Blue Banana in Mexico on the trick to catching dorado; from Azure on life after the Pacific Puddle Jump; from Coyote in the Marshall Islands; from Sundancer on new fees in La Paz; from Sundowner on surviving going on a reef; from Continium Pleasure on Port Captain problems in Costa Rica; from Slipaway on Indonesia and Thailand; from Unicom on the Banderas Bay Regatta in Mexico; and Cruise Notes.
Blue Banana — Gulfstar 50 Sam & Bill Fleetwood Sea of Cortez (Monterey) We are not fishermen, we're sailors. But having heard all the fish stories from other cruisers, we went out and bought all the necessary gear prior to the start of the 97 Ha-Ha. Using a variety of lures, we had equal success during each of the three legs. When we pulled our line back in on the way from San Diego to Turtle Bay, the lure was gone. The same thing happened when we tried it from Turtle Bay to Bahia Santa Maria and Bahia Santa Maria to Cabo. After 750 miles of nothing but losing lures, my co-captain Bill suggested we start trading our lures for fish. That way, he said, at least we'd get something for the money we spent. We're proud to say that's all changed Not everyone on the last Ha-Ha had trouble catching fish and/or identifying dorado. Rolf Croker of 'Hana Ho' hoists the 'catch of the day'.
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now, and we catch dorado while sailing without losing any lures. It all happened when we learned the technique in a La Paz bar during that awful football game when the 49ers didn't show up to play the Packers. The worse the game got, the more the conversation drifted to other subjects. What we learned from our new friends aboard Mystic is that we didn’t need to spend a bunch of money on fancy lures. They took the straws out of our rum & cokes, cut them in half, and handed them to us. "Run these down the line and over the shank of a treble hook and trail the whole thing behind the boat on a hand line," they told us. The first time we tried it we caught a small skipjack. The second time I got a dorado. (Here's how much we know about fishing: we had to look the dorado up in our fish books to know it was a dorado!) Apparently the water coming through the straw causes enough turbulence to attract the fish. We really don't know how it works, just that it does — and it's the best new thing we've learned about cruis¬ ing in a long time. — sam and bill 4/10/98 Readers — The Fleetwoods are a ter¬ rific story as told through their Ha-Ha en¬ try: "We met in '96 at a Latitude Cruising Crew List Party. A month later we bought a Catalina 36 through the Classy Classi¬ fieds. Three months later we were mar¬ ried." They've since moved up to a Gulfstar 50 and have taken off cruising. "We may never come back!" they say.
Azure — Jeanneau 36 Jane & Rodney Pimentel Post Puddle Jump (Alameda) What ever happened to the latte drink¬ ers aboard the vessel Azure? Well, after > cruising the coast of Mexico and being § part of Latitude's 'Puddle Jump' to the S Marquesas, we continued on to taste the a coffees of Rangiroa, Tahiti, Moorea; Bora b Bora, Niue and Tonga. And now we re in ^New Zealand for the antipodean summer.
22-day sail across the Pacific; landfall at the rugged Marquesas; diving in the blue lagoons of Rangiroa; and anchoring in the sheltered coves of Cooks Bay, Moorea — just as Capt. Cook had done more than 200 years before. Niue was a favorite spot for the hospitality that comes when an island gets few visitors. And Tonga had much to offer; snorkeling, caving, shell¬ ing and socializing. The biggest unexpected pleasure of cruising has been the incredible people we’ve met from around the world. From natives to fellow sailors, we've enjoyed meeting all kinds of characters. As for the 'cruising community', it’s the most sup¬ portive and fun ’neighborhood1 we’ve ever lived in. The most momentous event of our trip, however, was the romantic celebration we had to celebrate the end of ’Puddle Jump' and our arrival in the Marquesas. For nine months later we were rewarded with the birth of a son, Rodney James! R.J. was born in Whangarei. New Zealand, on Februaiy 5, and it's only fitting that he's an
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Spread; After a 22-day crossing, Jane enjoys a paddle in the Marquesas. Insets; Rodney and Jane in Mexico; the couple's Tongan friends.
Aquarius. We've been extremely happy with the Kiwi medical care and are look¬ ing forward to cruising with R.J. in Fiji this season. But where are we going to put all his toys? A combination of El Nino and the preg¬ nancy made some of the passages a little tough. The sail from Tonga to New Zealand is often a rough one. so Jane wisely opted to fly so as not to put any strain on the baby. So I was lucky to find great crew—Mike and Lorie Poole — while in Tonga. What a luxury to have three people to do watches! We were also fortu¬ nate to have a TNC hooked up to the Ham radio, which allowed us to e-mail updates to Jane each day. Here are some of the excerpts: 10/1: Today we had a 143-mile,day; the wind was great all night long and the seas were gentle. We’ve had wind on the port quarter all day and have been flying a poled out drifter. Mike and Lorie are working out great. Our watches are two
hours on and four hours off. Passages are so much easier with three people! 10/2: We hit a big wave. I slipped and hit my head. 10/3: It was a rough night with strong southeasterly winds and an 8-foot swell. We took a lot of water over the deck which somehow managed to work its way inside. 10/4: The weatherfax shows a veiy nasty low and cold front building over New Zealand's North Island, and we're still 600 miles away from a cold Steinlager. We saw our first ship last night, and it passed within a mile of us. It's pretty scaiy when you consider that you basically have 15 minutes to spot the ship and avoid a col¬ lision. Lorie is a master with a pressure cooker, so we've been eating well: chili, fried rice, chicken pot pie, and tuna cas¬ serole. I think I'm gaining weight on this passage. 10/5: It was calm last night — so calm that we had a two beer and cigar happy hour. The days are getting cooler and the barometer is falling as we approach the winter storm and front off of New Zealand. 10/6: The shit has hit the fan! We're getting 30 knot headwinds with 10 foot seas — most of which are breaking over
the bow. We've had to tack all day and all night in order to make any headway. Try¬ ing to type while heeled over 30° and bash¬ ing into a pounding sea is almost impos¬ sible. 10/7: It's so depressing, as the wind has been blowing between 25 and 30 knots for three days and we haven't been able to make any headway. I've been try¬ ing to read to pass the time, but I can't focus for long without starting to feel sick. And when I go out on deck, there's al¬ ways a big wave with my name on it! 10/8: It's amazing how quickly things can change out here. We were able to motor into a high pressure system that is moving north of us. Life has become good again. 10/9: We've had to motor all day and all night because there hasn't been any wind. Well, there's been four knots from the northeast, but that only gives us two knots. In the old days two knots would have been fine with me, but after the blow of the last couple of days, we want to move toward land as fast as we cam! 10/10: We're only 140 miles from New Zealand and having a great sail. It's blow¬ ing 20 knots from the north and we're headed southeast. What fun! It's also great to be able to finish on a positive note. On the negative side, the Autohelm 6000 went out today. Oh well, it gave us 8,000 miles without a problem. Today’s achieve¬ ment? I showered and shaved for Jane’s birthday tomorrow. 10/11: We’ve made it to Opua in the Bay of Islands, having completed the When you get to New Zealand, you discover how much the Kiwis love sailing. 'New Zealand' — the 'big boat' — remains on permanent display.
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1,250-mile journey in 11 days. We put 102 hours on the diesel. Checking in with Customs was fun, as the two guys were nice. They made lots of jokes about the French. They still must be sore about the time the French sank the Greenpeace ship in Auckland Harbor. Opua is a wonderful town with about 2,000 people spread out over a large wooded area. It reminds us of Sausalito — but without so many people. We've now been in New Zealand for four months. We’ve done major work on the boat, had a baby, and have managed to travel a bit, too. It's great. Thanks to friends visiting other boats, we’ve been able to enjoy recent issues of Latitude in places such as Moorea, Bora Bora, and Tonga. It's really great when somebody brings them down. — rodney, jane & rj. 3/15/98 Coyote — Pearson 30 William Green & Helen Attridge Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands (Kappa’s Marina, Sausalito) Here we sit, hanging on 125 feet of chain and a 35-lb anchor in 20 feet of water. The water is a lovely turquoise color, and as you look astern to where the bottom drops off to 150 feet — the average depth of the lagoon — the water darkens to a midnight blue. Pigeeyato, the island we’re closest to, is only a quarter mile long and 100 yards wide. It used to house the generators that provided power forTaroa, where the Japa¬ nese had an air base during World War II. The Americans started bombing in ’44, and the Japanese were here until '45. It must have been pretty bad here during the raids, as both Pigeeyato and Taroa are small and flat with no places to hide. The land remains pockmarked with bomb cra¬ ters, and what's left of the buildings and wrecked aircraft are riddled with holes from bullets and shrapneL Eveiy square foot of every building bears testament to the intensity of war. The violence is a thing of the past, how¬ ever, as the islands are now about as peaceful as can be. The residents are mostly self-sufficient, as there are plenty of pandanus and coconut trees along the shore, as well as coconut crabs. The local waters provide plenty of fish, lobster, squid and octopus. A few essentials are brought in by supply ships; rice tops the list, closely followed by kerosene for lights and cooking. Sometimes it’s too wet out¬
side to build a fire. The culture is certainly different from the Western world. Almost everybody is related on some level, so the village has a very open and comfortable feel. When the first settlers arrived from Asia, they were literally 'in the same boat’, and that atti¬ tude continues to this day. So if some¬ body needs something they don't have, they just borrow it from somebody who does. Everybody borrows everything. If a child has missed dinner at his or her house because they were playing, it's no problem, he or she just drops in at a neighbor's. Similarly, the same clothes will turn up on different children on dif¬ ferent days; The flip side of the sharing is that when somebody runs out of something, pretty soon everybody is going to run out. Usu¬ ally the first things to go are cigarettes, then gasoline. Semi-luxuries like flash¬ light batteries are next and more basic items like 30-lb. fishing line are near the
Spread; All the palms prove that 'Azure' isn't in Alameda anymore. Inset; Rodney caught noth¬ ing but sharks on the way to Rangiroa.
bottom of the list. (We always carry a few thousand feet of 30-lb. line because it makes a great gift.) There isn’t much al¬ cohol around, and fortunately the locals don't crave it. We're on our way to Australia. Having already been to Central America on deliv¬ eries, we didn't feel the need to do the southern Milk Run. Our route has taken us to Hawaii and the Marshalls, and we'll soon be on our way to Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji and New Caledonia. We need to be in Brisbane before the cyclone season be¬ gins again. We've often read that Hawaii isn't veiy user-friendly to visitors with boats. None¬ theless, we had a good time working and cruising the Islands. There aren't very many sailors in Hawaii, but the ones we met were very friendly and helpful. As for the Marshall Islands, we think they're a fine cruising ground. We d like to say 'hi' to all our friends
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— plus 10% tax. The fees are due when you check in. Also on April 6, a new 'Anchoring Fee' was instituted. This fee is 5 pesos per day — plus 10% tax. The exchange rate is cur¬ rently about eight pesos to the dollar, so five pesos is about 80 cents. The procedure Sundancer II followed for checking in is as follows: First, we vis¬ ited the Port Captain's office with copies of our last checkout papers. (If coming from a different port jurisdiction, we would have had to first visit the Immigra¬ tion office). These papers were then stamped 'Checked In'. We then proceeded to the API office next to the municipal pier to present the check-in papers and pay the Port Fee. We were asked how many days we expected to stay, and were charged 5 pesos for each day. If we ended up staying for a shorter or longer period, we were told that we'd either get a partial refund or have to pay extra. < 7 Before anyone can check out of La Paz, they must present the Port Captain's of¬ fice with a new Crew List and receipts for both the Port Fee and the Anchoring Fee. We've been told that the Anchoring Fee applies only to boats anchored out. If a vessel is kept in a marina, the fee does not apply. — ray & pauline 4/98
back in the Bay Area. To anybody with one foot on shore and the other on their cruising boat — and wondering which way to lean — we offer the first line from a fellow countryman's great book as one that best describes our experience: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." As for the 'secret' of enjoying the cruis¬ ing life, Gil Roden, the well-travelled gent aboard Kochab, advises that you: "Dis¬ cover how little you need to be happy, and develop patience." We believe he's right. — william & Helen 3/15/98 Sundancer II — N/A Ray & Pauline Taylor Anchoring Fees In La Paz (N/A) Any cruisers planning on visiting La Paz will be interested to learn that offi¬ cials have raised one fee and instituted a second. As of April 6, the 'Port Fee' — which is based on tonnage — was raised to 84 centavos per ton with a 30 peso minimum
Ray & Pauline — As opposed to previ¬ ous attempts to impose fees on cruisers, this time it sounds like officials are seri¬ ous. We've heard reports that other Mexi¬ can ports have been assessing Port Fees also, but haven't been able to get a com¬ prehensive list. Can anybody in Mexico help? Sundowner — Joshua Steel Ketch Sandy Fontwit Driving Onto Reefs (Hobart, Tasmania) The October '97 issue of Latitude had an article describing the unfortunate loss of Camelot on a reef in Fiji. We also put our boat on a reef in Fiji, but were lucky enough to save her. The reef we hit wasn't far from Malololailai, which is just off the west coast of Veti Levu, Fiji’s main island. Malololailai is home to Dick's Place, site of the famous Musket Cove Regatta and start of the Fiji to Port Vila Race. Long after the Port Vila fleet had de¬ parted for Vanuatu — we don't travel in
crowds — we motored off in a flat calm for a nearby island to visit a Fijian vil¬ lage. Suddenly, due to a lapse of atten¬ tion on my part, I ran our 40 foot, full keel steel ketch bow first onto a reefl As had been the case with Camelot, had we only been 50 to 100 feet further north, we would have missed it completely. One of the reasons I hadn't seen the reef was the glare of the sun. In any event, almost all of Sundowner’s six foot deep keel was on the flat reef. And not only was the tide falling, it was going to drop another 4.5 feet. Our first plan of action was to try to heel the boat over and back her off. So, we set one anchor off the beam and secured it to a halyard from the top of the mast. Then, after setting another anchor off the stern, we floored the 80 hp engine in reverse. Our ketch didn't budge: she was hard aground. Rather than allow Sundowner to fall on her side, we set another 45-pound CQR about 150 feet off to the other side. Now we had anchors on each side wedged in coral, with short chain leads to lines to the top of the mast and down to the hal¬ yard winches. At this point, our 14-ton ketch was heeling over about 30° to port. By grinding our two-speed Lewmar 44 halyard winches, it was actually quite easy to winch the boat upright and pull both anchor lines tight. As it was, she rested flat on the bottom of her 10-inch (maximum) wide keel. While there wasn't much wave action, I'm convinced she would have stayed put even if there had been four-foot waves. At low tide there was only about one Despite all the modern navigation aids, boats still find themselves helpless on reefs. John Neal spotted this new one on Rangiroa last year.
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foot of water on the reef, and her hull was entirely out of the water. When the tide came back in, Sundowner simply floated off the reef. She suffered no damage other than scrapes to her antifouling paint. The merits of steel hulls notwithstanding, I think it was criti¬ cal that we kept our boat upright and didn't allow her to come to rest on her side. Once any boat gets on her side, we think it's the end. Keeping a boat like ours upright isn't that difficult because a 55-foot mast on a 40-foot boat makes for an amazingly pow¬ erful lever when connected to two wellset anchors a couple hundred feet out from each side of the boat. We attached two large snatch blocks to our main and spinnaker halyards and used these to raise the anchor lines to the top of the mast. It's a bit scary having your boat sit¬ ting upright on a reef like that, but it's sure better than having her get pounded to death. I know it’s easy to pontificate, but I just want others to know there is another way to deal with going up on a reef. I won't bother with telling everyone how groovy Tasmania is because most cruis¬ ers are hung up on the sun and boozing in the tropics, and besides are too chicken to go south of 25°. That's fine with us as it leaves more room. — sandy 2/15/98 Readers — Of all the places irtthe world we've sailed, the reef-strewn waters of Fiji seem to have been the most challenging for safe navigation. Continuum Pleasure — N/A Rev. David Rice Port Captain Problems (San Clemente) If you're looking for a safe haven in the Golfito region of Costa Rica, the American managed Ba¬ nana Marina is your best best.
Since September I have been crewing' — rated Captain, Master, Navigator, Quartermaster, Mate, and Toilet Swab¬ ber — on a boat delivery from Seattle to Miami via the Panama Canal. You can tell we’ve been farting around the whole way because we're still not there and it's been — sheesh — six months! Anyhow, I thought I’d mention the 'delightful' Port Captain I encountered in Golfito, Costa Rica. We wished to exit Costa Rica at first light on Saturday, so I went to the Port Captain on Friday afternoon about around 2:40 pm and begged for permis¬ sion to leave. Before I got to his office, however, I'd been warned by the people at Customs, the people at Immigration, the local marina owner and a guy named Peter whom I'd hired to drive me around town, that the Port Captain could be “dif¬ ficult, greedy, and simmering with hate and malice.” Hmmmm. Sounds like the perfect ex-wife. Anyhow, I’m not such a babe-in-the-woods kind of guy, so I thought I could handle him. When I presented the Port Captain with my papers, he did his best to stall me. As it was late Friday, he wanted to put me off until Saturday so that I would have to pay for his overtime. His stalling meth¬ ods lasted for more than an hour as he sent me on errands such as redoing the Immigration Crew List, getting a more readable Customs stamp, photocopying everything and such. It was make-work, but I had no choice but to humor him. When I arrived back at his office 15 min¬ utes before closing time, though, he wasn't smiling. We then did the paperwork shuffle that one goes through when entering and clearing out. The Port Captain insisted on looking at every paper I had, studying them, and finally pushing them around on his desk like a find-the-pea-under-thecup game. It was such a mess, I didn’t notice him taking the crew list and not returning it! Finally I gathered up what I thought were all my papers and left. Fortunately, the missing document was immediately noticed as missing by the boat’s owner when I met him outside. The entire crew stomped back upstairs and asked for the Crew List back, a document we couldn't have entered Panama without. When the Port Captain handed it to the boat’s owner, who turned to leave, I said, "Wait a minute, is it signed and
stamped?" It wasn’t! The Port Captain would have been quite happy to have had us leave, get to Balboa, Panama, and dis¬ cover the mistake, and make us come back to Golfito for the stamp. With much grumbling — but with only a little outward malice as we now outnum¬ bered him — the Port Captain signed and stamped the crew list. When I mentioned the incident to the marina owner, he told me the Port Cap¬ tain had done this before! It seems that this Port Captain is being replaced in a few months, and wasn't happy about los¬ ing his job. I realize that if disaster had befallen us — we'd shipped out to Panama with¬ out a Crew List — it would have been en¬ tirely my fault. It had been my responsi¬ bility to get the paperwork done, and I should have been paying attention. I would not have blamed my crew for hang¬ ing me from the bowsprit by my toes, head underwater, for such a mistake. As such, I have some recommendations for cruis¬ ers headed to Costa Rica: 1) When entering at Playa del Coco, I was told that since I was the captain, I
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Technically, we should have cleared out a second time for Mazatlan, but operating on the Mexican philosophy that it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission, we didn't bother. When we got to Mazatlan, the officials asked us what we were doing in Mazatlan when our papers said we'd cleared Cabo for San Diego. We explained, in broken Spanish accompanied by lots of wild gestures and big smiles, that it was too cold up in San Diego and we wanted to enjoy the sun of wonderful Mexico. It made perfect sense to him, and all was well. , Would we have returned to Golfito if we arrived in Balboa without a Crew List? Ab¬ solutely not. While Latin American bureau¬ cracies are completely inconsistent, their rules are also just starting points for nego¬ tiations. If you've got plenty of time, a little money, and don't lose your cool, there's al¬ ways a solution.
A sextant is no longer an antique — not since hackers have found a way to access the soft¬ ware that controls GPS satellites._
only needed to take a photocopy of my passport to Immigration, Customs, and the Port Captain. But when leaving, I was told they needed copies of passports for the whole crew. Therefore, I suggest that cruisers make 20 or 30 copies of every passport before they take off. By the way, the Port Captain, Customs, and Immigra¬ tion officers at Playa del Coco were the most polite, professional, and friendly of¬ ficials I’d met since leaving Seattle. 2) Don't tiy to leave Mexico or Costa Rica late on Friday. We wanted to leave Cabo on a Friday evening, but the Port Captain refused to do any work after 1:00 pm. Also in line with me was a woman who does entry and exit work for cruisers for a living. She went behind the Port Captain s desk, got his stamp, and 'stamped out’ a half dozen boats herself! 3) The Customs office at GolfitP has been moved to the Free Trade Zone five kilometers up the road. The Port Captain and Immigration are in the same twostory building, on the top floor. Do Immi¬
gration first, then Customs, then the Port Captain. If I were to do it over again, I’d enter and leave Costa Rica at Playa del Coco and skip Golfito entirely. 4) Don’t leave your boat unattended at Balboa, Panama. We all went ashore at noon and came back an hour later to find the 75-lb CQR gone. The shackles had been moused and the anchor had been seized to the windlass — but that didn't stop the thieves. — david 2/15/98 Readers — You never know what you’re going to get with Port Captains and other officials in Latin American countries — or any where else in the world, for that mat¬ ter. Even the same ones have entirely dif¬ ferent rules — and reactions — on differ¬ ent days. And the rules aren't the same for cruisers doing their own paperwork as opposed to a service that was paid to do it. Late last year, for example, we paid a service their regular rate to clear us out of Cabo on a Saturday. It was, as they say, "no problemo". It wouldn’t have been pos¬ sible on Sunday, however. As it was, we'd cleared out for San Di¬ ego but decided to sail to Mazatlan instead.
Slipaway — Hardin 45 Sanford Evans & Shirley Foley Australia To Thailand (Tucson, Arizona) We undid the docklines at Cullen Bay Marina in Darwin last August, floated through the locks, and set sail for Indo¬ nesia. The wind was good for a few hours before we encountered the predominate weather characteristic of Indonesia and Malaysia — little or no wind. Four days of motoring brought us to Kupang, West Timor. Earlier we'd decided to skip Kupang because of the alleged difficulties and ex¬ pense of clearing into Indonesia there. We had obtained our Indonesian cruising per¬ mit (CAIT) through the Dinah Beach Cruising Club in Darwin, which assured us they had an agreement with Jimmy Shirley and Sanford have sailed halfway around the world since this photo was taken in San Di¬ ego in '91. They're enjoying themselves.
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Rahmin, a local agent in Kupang. When Jimmy tried to charge us nearly double the price we'd been told, we went back to Plan A, which was to check in at Bali. It was a smart move because it was easy, pleasant — and free — to check in at beautiful Bali! After two days of mostly motoring away from Kupang, we arrived at Nusa Koda on the south side of Rinca Island where we hoped to see the giant monitor lizards *— better known as 'Komodo dragons’. In the early morning, you see monkeys and the occasional deer roaming the beaches because the dragons are sluggish. But once they leave their lairs and warm up in the sun for a bit, they take control with as many as five of them patrolling the sand at once. Rinca was delightful, as the west side has caves, blowholes, arches and beauti¬ ful sandy beaches — each with its resi¬ dent dragon. The Rinca Island National Park Ranger Station is located next to a well-protected anchorage on the north side, where guided tours were offered. Our guide was just back on the job after a cobra had spit in his eye! He nonetheless showed us a brown snake — also poison¬ ous — deer, more dragons, buffalo — in¬ cluding one carcass picked clean — and wild horses. Skipping Komodo Island, we anchored at Gilli Banta, a beautiful place with great snorkeling. We hadn't snorkled since Liz¬ ard Island near Cairns because of the murky water, saltwater crocodiles, and box jellyfish. By the way, don’t believe that there is a 'season' for box jellyfish. In July, during the Australian winter, a middleaged man was hit by one. Had it not been for the immediate help from his compan¬ ion and readily available medical care, the man wouldn't have survived. Taking the route less traveled, we went along the south side of Sumbawa Island, stopping at the popular surfing destina¬ tion at Chempi Bay. The Admiralty charts had everything about 2.2 miles east of the GPS positions here and elsewhere along this coast, so be careful! Teluk Blongas offered a perfect anchorage: smooth as a pond and safe from everything — except the local people. Never before or since have we encountered such aggressive begging. The locals would follow us until we dropped the hook, then come alongside and hop aboard without asking permis¬ sion. We gave them small items such as Page 220 • Lrfifcwfe?? • May. 1998
paper, pencils, magazines, music tapes and T-shirts — but they always wanted more. If they could see something — be it binoculars, face masks, a GPS — they'd ask for it. They even went through the garbage bags we'd stashed along the aft rail. We were bothered by this behavior, and ended up 'trapped' down below like pris¬ oners while they paddled around the boat crying, "Hey Mister!" While it certainly was annoying, we had to feel for these people, most of whom are fishermen who net a few fingerling fish a day in what’s prob¬ ably a dwindling resource being chased by a growing population. One of the highlights of Bali was Ubud, where they do marvelous wood carving — some of it on a grand scale. One such sculpture is the centerpiece of a new shop¬ ping center in Langkawi, Malaysia. A short plane ride to Yogjakarta, the cultural cen¬ ter of Java, enabled us to see the Ramayana ballet outdoors under the full moon. It’s a classical Hindu story involv¬ ing a princess, some bad guys, good monkeys. bad monkeys, an eagle — all these
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animals — and trial by fire. A long train and bus ride brought us back to Denpasar through rice paddies, mountains, and a generally beautiful country. We encountered the infamous haze' just south of Kalimantan (Borneo), where the visibility was down to 100 meters or less. Try to imagine the worst smoggy day in L. A. over an area the size of the west¬ ern United States and you'll begin to get the idea. The haze was at least partially responsible for the crash of an airliner, boat collisions, and hundreds of other health-related deaths. Had it not been for radar, we would have been involved in a boat collision ourselves. The principal cause of the haze seems to be the 'slash and bum' method of clear¬ ing land for agricultural purposes and the leftovers of irresponsible forestry opera¬ tions. And both of these apparently have been exacerbated by the effects of El Nino. The orangutans at the Leakey Rehabili¬ tation Camp near Kumai were also af¬ fected, both by the smoke and the loss of habitat. The orangutans, by the way, are
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extremely intelligent animals: they walked with us, sometimes wanted to be carried by us, showed off, used tools — and oc¬ casionally acted all too much like hu¬ mans. Visiting the orangutans has been another highlight of our voyage. While anchored in the Lingga Group near the equator, we took a dingy ride with a handheld GPS to the exact 'line' that divides the northern and southern hemi¬ spheres. After paying our alcoholic re¬ spects to Neptune, we swam across the equator and entered the northern hemi¬ sphere for the first time in four years. What fun! Nongsa Point Marina on Batam Island is a new first-class facility only 10 miles across the strait from Singapore. It offers an economical alternative to the high cost of lodging in Singapore. I thought I'd been out in the sun to long when I looked up to see an inflatable dinghy — with a hqngglider wing attached — flying 100 feet overhead! In retrospect a flying dinghy is a great idea — if we j ust had space to store one. Singapore doesn't offer much in the way of sailing, but has just about everything else. After all, the whole island-
state-country is for and about business. If the Perkins dealer doesn’t have an oil filter for your M4-236, there is surely some little guy somewhere that has a warehouse stuffed to the rafters with fil¬ ters of every kind — and for less money, too. Singapore is veiy clean and every¬ thing works well. Despite some lack of say in government, the populace seems rather satisfied with their lives. One thing that wasn’t working so well was the transportation of oil. Two tank¬ ers collided in the west Singapore Chan¬ nel and spilled an enormous amount of crude. Meanwhile, there was another spill in Malaysia, and we ran through the stuff for some 15 miles just south of Port Klang. The smell, the stillness of the ocean, and the lack of any sea or bird life amidst the blanket of oil offered a vision of what the end of the earth might be like. We still haven't got it all off our hull and dolphinstriker. While at Port Klang, we joined the Raja Muda Rally and Boat Race. It was well organized and we had a good time — even though we finished dead last in the slow¬ est division. But what would you expect from a floating condo? There was a lot to eat, free beer, free moorings or marinas, and a lot of prizes. The only bad thing about the Raja Muda was that all the races up the coast involved overnight sailing or making land¬ falls in the middle of the night. The pur¬ pose of this schedule seemed to be to get the best of the available wind, but it left us to deal with two intense thunderstorms while among fishing boats, tugs with barges in tow, and Ashing nets. One en¬ try became tangled in a fish net, so the fishermen rafted up with them and dove down — at midnight — to cut it loose. After being around cruisers for so long, it was strange for us to see the crews of racing boats tie up and then head off to hotels! A Filipino boat, Subic Centen¬ nial, was the big Raja Muda winner while several Malaysian boats also did well. Langkawi Island is the last port in Ma¬ laysia heading north, and being duty-free, it’s a great place to stock up. We got a top-brand TV and VCR combo for just $300, and were able to purchase essen¬ tials such as beer for $8/case. As part of the Raja Muda, we got a free week at Rebak Marina on the west side of the is¬ land. The facility had just opened and it
was totally protected and first class. The only problem is that you have to take a boat to the main island and then take a long taxi ride to town. Thailand is a beautiful countiy, and the people are friendly and helpful. We flew to Bangkok first, however, which is just another crowded city with horrific traffic jams. Later we made a bus trip to southeast Thailand to see the annual El¬ ephant Round-Up in Surin. This is a spec¬ tacle not to be missed. The Asian currency collapse was even more evident in Thailand than it had been in Malaysia. It was good for those of us with U.S. dollars, but hard on the locals. The tendency of the government officials was to blame the crisis on currency specu¬ lators and the more developed countries — anything but on themselves. Quantum Marine Services in Ao Chalong, Phuket, no longer exists, but the Phuket Boating Association is handling mail sent to them as well as offering free moorings. They also have telephone and e-mail service, and just about everything else a cruiser might need. About three ki¬ lometers away on the road to the airport is Roily Tasker’s new sail loft, a big mod¬ ern computerized operation that turns out hundreds of sets of sails for shipment all over the world. We'd bought a new main in Australia, but could have got it for 30% less in Thailand. We did have a whole new Shirley Foley is just one of many cruisers who will tell you not to miss the Leahey Orangutan Park if you're lucky enough to cruise Borneo.
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boat sunshade made for just over $250. Ao Phang Nga bay, northeast of Phuket, is not to be missed. The limestone islands have caves, cliffs, and hongs’, which are spectacular tunnels with chim-1 neys. Sunsail has a charter operation there based at the Boat Lagoon Marina, and it’s very popular with Europeans. Unfortunately, the water is murky and there are lots of shallow areas. The west coast of Phuket has most of the good beaches and tourists. Areas like Patong Bay look a great deal like Daytona Beach — right down to the McDonalds and KFC. Our stay in Thailand is to be too short, as the favorable time to get to the Red Sea is rapidly approaching. Our next stop will be Sri Lanka — despite the bad pub¬ licity. The officials, the mandatory agents for check-in and the related costs, and the bombing of the Galle Harbor during the night to deter Tamil scuba bombers, have caused many cruisers to give the, place a pass this year. Not us. The way we see it, we've gotten this far without any trauma we couldn't handle, so we ll be all right. — sanford & shirley 3/15/98 Banderas Bay Regatta Unicorn — Morgan Out-Island 41 Lew Jennings (Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico) Thirty-two boats in PHRF, cruising, and multihull classes competed casually in the Sixth Annual Banderas Bky Regatta March 18-22. In addition, hundreds of other sailors participated in the social activities and entertainment. The event was based at the fabulous Paradise Vil¬ lage Resort at Nuevo Vallarta, which has opened its arms wide to welcome cruis¬ ers. Banderas Bay is known for having the most reliable afternoon winds in all of Mexico, and they came through magnifi¬ cently. The 20 knots of breeze on each of the three race days combined with bright sunshine to make for ideal sailing condi¬ tions. . "Afternoon sailing on Banderas Bay is heaven," admitted Barry Grant, crew aboard the Hunter 36 Pure Joye. "With winds to 25 knots it’s like San Francisco Bay — except that the air temperature was in the 80s and the water temperatue in the 70s!" The regatta included activities for nearly eveiyone, be they racer or non¬ racer," explained Race Committee Chair¬ Page 222 • UtUiJtZQ • May, 1998
man Jim Ketler. "In addition to three days of racing and a family fun day, we had entertainment each night — including the wonderful Nayarit Ballet Folklorico, which performed on Saturday night." Race headquarters and site of all so¬ cial activities was Paradise Village Resort’s 500-seat outdoor amphitheater. The en¬ try fee of $50/person included free use of all the resort's facilities, including the swimming pools, showers, hospitality cen¬ ter — as well as an open bar and enter¬ tainment each evening." The Paradise Village Resort is a worldclass operation and was the perfect set¬ ting for the regatta," said Ketler. The Banderas Bay International Re¬ gatta is organized by Regatas y Deportes Maritimos — Bahia de Banderas, which is a non-profit association of Mexican, American and Canadian sailors whose intent is to encourage interest in sailing activites in and around Banderas Bay. With each passing year, the event has at¬ tracted more participating boats and sponsors.
Clockwise from above; 'Samatas', with a big crew; 'Archangel' and friends hit the start; 'Pure Joye' having fun; the Columbia 50 'Querida'.
This year's regatta was sponsored by over 50 local businesses, including A.W. Lloyds investment bank, McDonalds, and Hooters. "We're expecting as many as 100 participating boats and even more spon¬ sors next year," said Terrance O'Rouke, association director. The event kicked off with a racing semi¬ nar, skippers' meeting, and opening cer¬ emonies on Thursday. There was racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with free entertainment, food and drink each evening. Family Fun Day on Sunday in¬ cluded hilarious dinghy races and beach games. The event concluded Sunday evening with the awards banquet and Paradise Village's famous buffet dinner. With each racer getting one throw-out, the results were as follows: PHRF Spinnaker— 1) Samatas, Evans 45, Marie Gavin; 2) Querida, Columbia 50, Jim CoffmAn; 3) Nereus, Tartan 33. Gene Menzie; 4) Vivace; New York 36, Robert Shinn: 5) Delfin, Yankee 26, Lou Pollen; 6) Joliness, Hunter 35, Margo Davidson;
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Fantasy 27, Mark Damiels. (Five boats.) Multihulls — Capricorn Cat, Custom 45 catamaran, Blair Grinoles. (Three boats.) Next year’s event is not only slated for Mairch 19 to 22, they've already got the entry forms printed up. The dates make it ideal for cruisers working north to Sea of Cortez for Sailing Week and the sum¬ mer. Also works for folks willing to leave a little late for the South Pacific. — lew jennings, unicorn, 2/30/98
7) Seawind, Cheoy Lee 36, Jorge Medina. (Seven boats.) PHRF Non-Spinnaker— 1) Spondylus, Catalina 27, Jose Luis Rivera; 2) Phase II, Columbia 28, Julio Freyre; Windig, C&C 38, Harold Lott; 4) Tshak, Hunter 32, David Martinez; 5) MaggieII, Newport 33, Lew Ellmore; 6) Snow Goose, Jeanneau 39, Larry Mosher; 7) Archangel, Freedom 39, James Alexander. (Eight boats.) Cruiser, Spinnaker— 1) Cricket, Cal 43, Patrick Appleby, Jr; 2) PureJoye, Hunter 36, Bob Porterfield; 3) Desperado, Staratt 45, Kyle Quast; 4) American Flyer, Standfast 40, Fred Bowman; 5) SeaTern, Cape Dory 36, Herman Ford, 6) Slow Dance, Brooks 65, Sandra Nathan Levanson; 7) Star Song, Morgan Out-Is¬ land 41, Steve Odehnal; 8) Sandpiper, Tom Magil; 9) Laughing Buddha, Hams Christian 41, James Hegland. (Nine boats.) Cruiser, Non-Spinnaker — 1) Illusions BFB, Freedom 45, Dick Switzer; 2) Orion, Gib Sea 40, Arn Strand; 3) Toshal, Tripp 46, Alan & Susan Burg; 4) Doing It, Amel Maramu, Jay Schmidt; 5) Vully, Jeanneau
Cruise Notes: "Happy Easter!" e-mails George Bacchus of the Sausalito-based Deerfoot 68 Moonshadow. "While you've been out looking for Easter eggs, we've been blast¬ ing across the South Pacific like a freight train — except we’re rolling 20° in the beam swell. The trades have come in spades, blowing up to 25 knots. As a re¬ sult, we’re broad reaching up to 13 knots — which means we should be at anchor in Bale de Vierge, Fatu Hiva, by mid-day tomorrow. Wait ‘—L fish on! I'm back, and we've just boarded a six foot spearfish, a good-tasting catch related to the sword¬ fish. He tried to spear me in the leg and left a little bruise. Anyway, the pork loin has been put back in the freezer and we re having sushi and fresh fish for dinner. Yum yum. MaiTai the cat is in a food coma from the scraps." The following afternoon, 16 1/2 days out of Acapulco, Moonshadow dropped her hook at Fatu Hiva. "As we approached the anchorage, we were in awe of the steep cliffs plunging to the sea, the numerous spires jutting out — with goats on them — and greenery everywhere," reports Bacchus. "Somebody should have been singing Bali Hai. It's the most beautiful anchorage I've ever set my eye§ on." We ll have more on Moonshadow's crossing in the next issue. "We're hoping that one of Latitude's readers has experience cruising Panama with a dog," write Michael and Layne Goldbeat of the Santa Cruz-based Miki G. "Our plan is to do the Baja Ha-Ha V, continue down to the Canal, and then sail across to the Caribbean. The problem is that we share our catamaran with two dogs. Of all the Central American coun¬ tries we plan to visit, only Panama im¬ poses a quarantine — and it's 40 days. Bypassing Nicaragua or Honduras
wouldn't be that big a problem, but how are we supposed to get through Panama without driving our dogs — and therefore us — crazy? If we'd known that we were going to want to go cruising, we might not have gotten the dogs. But-we're as at¬ tached to the dogs as though they were our kids, so it's too late now. "Knowing that rules and laws aren't al¬ ways taken very seriously in Latin America," the couple continue, "we're wondering if this applies to dog quaran¬ tines. Thus our need for firsthand advice. Oddly enough, the Zydler’s cruising guide to Panama says nothing about pets on¬ board." Based on the Wanderer's experience in Panama, it would seem impossible for Panama to enforce such a quarantine. But hopefully we cam get some firsthand in¬ formation. "As we're about to leave Mexico for the Marquesas," write Buddy and Ruth of the Hans Christian 48 Annapurna, "we'd like Despite being robbed at gunpoint while an¬ chored at Bufadero, Blair Grinoles, seen at the Banderas Bay Regatta, loves Mexico.
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Because greater size results in greater stability, most multihull voyaging has been done in boats over 35 feet.
their son — thank God — has recovered nicely, and that their cat is on the hard somewhere in the South Pacific. If you’re turned in, Mihaly and Judy, we and many others would love to hear about your ob-
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viously exciting adventures. In that same January/February issue. Multihulls reports that Rory McDougall recently completed what's believed to be the smallest multihull circumnavigation. Inspired by two Frenchmen who sailed the Atlantic aboard a Hobie Cat, McDougall built a Wharram Tiki 21 that he chris¬ tened Cooking Fat. It took him nine months and cost $10,000. Then, starting from England in '91, it took McDougall one year and $2,475 to reach New Zealand. The last leg to the "land of the long white cloud" was the biggest chal- * lenge of his life, as he was confronted by three gales of Force 7-9 without storm sails. It didn't help that he lost his cook¬ ing fuel and for the last days had to sur¬ vive on rice and pasta soaked in cold wa¬ ter. Having no gloves or sea boots to pro¬ tect his body, which had been acclima¬ tized to the tropics, he suffered terribly from the cold. After four years in New Zealand, McDougall sailed back to En¬ gland to complete the circumnavigation. Wharram designs aren't meant for speed, particularly when loaded. Cooking Fat av¬ eraged less than 100 miles a day in the
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Baja. "It's freeware since it's based on U.S. government tide data. We’ve checked it here in La Paz where the tides are a bit tricky, and it's been right on the money. This is the same program-that a lot of web
servers such as Yahoo! use to predict tides for the world. The program is wxtide32.exe. and is available for download at: http://www.geocities.com/ SiliconValley/Horizon/1195/ It’s a veiy Vslow download site, but there are some mirror sites listed. It's about 900KB and just came out in February. Based on our experience, Gary Cunningham’s tides are off a little in La Paz and some of the other navigation software programs aren't even close." 'We're the owners of the Newport 30 Bahala Na, one of the eight boats that went ashore at Puerto Escondido during an unexpectedly hard blow on February 3," write Dave and Merry Wallace, and Ed and Lucy Grisetti. "We want to extend our . sincerest gratitude to the numerous cruis¬ ers who refloated her in our absence. Bahala Na is our periodic escape vehicle, allowing us to get away from the bustle of life and relax in the Baja sunshine and solitude. Because we have limited time aboard her, we usually spend very little time in port, just jumping aboard and heading out to the islands. The downside to this is that we haven’t had the oppor-
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long time for them to sell their boat. But sell her they did, to a guy who plans to sail her to South Africa. As for themselves, they've moved to Newport Beach and well . . . are sort of interested in sailing again. "What do you know about catamarans coming out of charter service in the Car¬ ibbean?" they ask. 'We’re Jay and Betty Schmidt," write Jay and Betty Schmidt. 'We're the mem¬ bers of Ha-Ha IV who had the Frenchbuilt boat that nobody knew anything about, the Amel 48 Doing It. Like so many other cruisers, our plans changed and we’ve decided to spend 18 months cruis¬ ing Mexico rather than rush off to the Car¬ ibbean. "When we entered the Ha-Ha," the couple continued, "we knew very little about the cruising lifestyle and almost nothing about Mexico. We'd read lots of books and received tons of information from other cruisers; unfortunately, not all of it was accurate. We've been chronicling our voyage on a web site that we main¬ tain to communicate with friends and relatives. But anyone planning on doing the Ha-Ha this year might find the infor-
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INFORMATION - RESERVATIONS BAJA NAVAL S.A. de C.V. ENSENADA B.C., MEXICO TEL. 011-526-1740020 FAX 011-526-1740028
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mation useful. Our address is: www.geocities.com/the tropics/9649. We hope your readers check it out — and we hope to meet them here in Mexico next winter, because we're still Doing It'. The Third Annual Loreto Fest, to be
American citizens, Cuban citizens, dolphins — they can all get along. So how come the Cuban and American governments can't?
held at Puerto Escondido, Baja, will be May 14-18 this year. Last year 175 cruisers participated in the fun and games
sponsored by the Hidden Port YC. It's all free, and includes everything from Ham license upgrades, bay clean-up efforts, potluck parties, live music, a dinghy pa¬ rade, a hike up Tripui Canyon — all kinds of good stuff. So reports Commodore Norm Sundholm. Havana Daydreaming. Jose Esriche, Commodore of Club Nautico at Heming¬ way Marina outside of Havana, wants all Latitude readers to be aware that they'll be hosting an international conference on cruising, yachting and other nautical sports. "With this event," says Esriche, "we're aiming to raise the awareness of the need for joint action for the steady development of nautical tourism in Cuba and the Caribbean." Having cruised the northeast coast of Cuba for two weeks with Big O a few years ago, we can tell you that when the mostly unspoiled waters of Cuba ultimately open wide to cruising, it's going to be really special. As one of "38 personalities" from around the world invited to the confer¬ ence, the Wanderer will do his best to at¬ tend the conference, slam down a few Cuba Libres, and report back.
Your Boatyard in Paradise... EX PA NOS • 25-Ton Capacity Travel-Lift Marine Railway
Haids multihulls and vessels up to 120 tons!
Expanded Dry Storage Area • Sail Loft
• Shower & Laundry • Expert repair, mechanical, FIG, wood, aluminum, steel & stainless
Large, fenced, secure dry storage area.
• Refrigeration
Foreign Flag vessels can stay on dry storage in our yard for an unlimited duration with maximum of 6 months sailing/year.
• Tool Rentals • Do-it-yourselfers welcome • Fill U.S. gas cylinders
• Materials, spares • Reasonable rates • Electricity
Professional boatyard in the heart of Paradise.
Raiatea Carenage will make sure paradise is everything you expected. Call, ivrite, or sail in ... we're here to serve you. A Subsidiary: from. The Moorings Yacht Charter, Ltd. Page228 • UXcUMli • May, 1998
B.P. 165 Uturoa Raiatea ~ Polynesie Fran^aise Tel: (689) 66 • 22* 96 ~ (689) 66 • 35 • 93 ~ Fax: (689) 66*20*94
r MAZATLAN MARINE^ CENTER Selling & Servicing Watermakers in the same location for 25 years
Marina Mazatlan Mexico
NOW IN MEXICO
DAILY MARINE • 400
The Ultimate in Simplicity, Low Maintenance & Ease of Operation
Full Brokerage Service If you're looking to go cruising, the boat you're wanting may already be in Mexico. Why buy a boat that you most likely will have to start outfitting? The boats at Mazatlan Marine Center are proven cruisers, already outfitted and ready to go. Marina Mazatlan is owned and operated by cruisers for cruisers. Financial transactions are conducted as offshore sales in the U.S.
MODEL DM-400 18GPH WATERMAKER
OUR FEATURED BOATS OF THE MONTH
• Assembled with the finest quality components available. • Easy to service, all components accessible. • 18, 35 and 50 gallons per hour (GPH) capacity available. • 120/240 VAC, 12 VDC engine driven models available. • Each unit designed to meet the requirements of your machinery space. No large boxes to locate.
Rainbow Connection. Outstanding quality. Yanmar F/W cooled, windvane, Ham radio, watermaker, pressure H/C water, GPS, radar, heater, separate shower, immaculate ocean going vessel. $114,500.
OCEAN MARINE AIR CONDITIONERS Now available at Daily Marine • Stainless steel construction • High efficiency reciprocating compressor • Deep stainless steel evaporator coil drain pan • Electric resistance or optional reverse cycle heat
619-2224613 FAX 619-222-3215 e-mail: Dailymar@aol.com 2608 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106
Kia Ora. 1,000 sq. ft. of living space. This boat is loaded with equipment, from a hot tub to the galley. She's ready to go cruising. $239,000.
ADDITIONAL BROKERAGE 60' 48' 48' 40'
CRUISING TRI..'$239,000 MAPLE LEAF.$195,000 MARINER KETCH . $149,000 CHALLENGER.$65,000
38' 37' 33' 30'
CATALINA.SOLD $55,000 TAYANA.$82,500 HANS CHRISTIAN. $114,500 NONSUCH.$65,000
FAX: 011 52 (69) 16-3614 • email: Soulcoax(« aol.com Paseo de la Isla S/N, Interior Desarrollo Marina Mazatlan, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico May, 1998 • UtzUiM • Page 229
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DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS AND ROWBOATS WEST MARINE 2.85 INFLATABLE roll-up, 8 hp Nissan & all accessories. Excellent condition. $1,250. Call (707)546-2954. 12-FT HOBIE MONO-CAT, 1973. White hull, yel¬ low deck, comes with two sails, One sail blue/ white, other sail yellow/white, $150 obo. Dave Ginsburg. Hayward. (510) 732-6268, leave mes¬ sage, I’ll call back. LASER lls. 2 1984 Laser Ms. Both complete & in good condition. Sails OK. $1,200 & $1,400 re¬ spectively or both for $2,350. Funds to support Monterey Bay Youth Sailing. Contact Cam at (408) 594-6780. We will deliver. KAYAK OR SAIL. 2 beautifully crafted wood/ epoxy kayaks converted to trimarans complete with bah log sails, masts, leeboards, etc. 2 com¬ plete units on custom trailer. Like new, $6,000 obo. Richard at (707) 745-5322. 8.5-FT ZODIAC, model C260XS, 4 man hard bottom, 4 hp Mercury outboard, fuel tank, oars, high volume foot pump. All $800 obo. Please call (925) 682-6610.
Attn: Classified Dept. 15 Locust Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 For recorded directions, call (415) 383-8200, then press 2-1 Remember... no ads accepted over the phone or fax. Cash or checks only — No credit cards!
JY-15, LATE 1995 MODEL, LIKENEW! Caulkins trailer. A great boat for racing & family. $4,500 obo. Jim, (510) 843-4902 or (510) 848-2815.
13- FT CYCLONE CAPRI WITH TRAILER, mast rack. Very good condition. $1,100obo. Pleasecall (209) 772-2487 or (707) 544-8732.
14-FT HOBIE ONE WITH TRAILER. Roller furl¬ ing, kick-up daggerboard & rudder, Caulkins trailer, current registration. Moving, must sell. $1,500 obo. (408) 425-5614 or email: mholcomb@cruzio.com
14- FT SNIPE SAILBOAT, 1981. McLaughlin hull, race equipped, excellent condition, a proven win¬ ner, Cobra II mast, compass. Lots of extras, heavy duty trailer, top & bottom covers. Owner highly motivated to sell. Reduced to $1,900 obo. Call (510) 335-9594,
14-FT LIDO, 1959, HULL #184. Stored 30 yrs, excellent condition, new sails, tilt rudder, trailer has new wheels, bearings, tires, paint &spare tire. $2,000. (530) 887-8462, Iv message. BANSHEE WITH TRAILER. 13 ft cat rigged din¬ ghy, similar to Laser but better. $1,000. Dufour Wing sailboard. $150. Both in excellent condition & ready to sail. (510) 814-8296. ACHILLES INFLATABLE BOAT. 10 ft Achilles with wood floor, excellent condition, includes an¬ chor, oars & 2 sets of paddles. $600. Call Brian (510) 582-9574. SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN. Newer sails, an¬ chor, compass, etc. Trailer & 2 hp motor. $1,800. (707) 823-0959.
AEOLUS BOATWORKS BOATS: 15 ft Grand Banks dory with trailer, sound boat, needs some TLC. $600. Jiffy Skiff yacht lender, good condi¬ tion, stylish. $400. (707) 433-1916.
24 FEET & UNDER 24-FT FUCKA NORTHSTAR, 1980. Cruise ready in San Carlos. Dodger, cushions, awning. DS, VHF, GPS, AP, stereo. 8 hp Evinrude. 2 batteries w/charger, 2 solar panels. Epoxy barrier coat. 5 headsaiis, main new '95. 3 anchors, propane stove and more. $24,000 obo. Please contact (805) 528-4438 or motumanl ©aol.com
17-FT O’DAY DAYSAILER, with Highlander trailer & brand new 2 hp Yamaha. $2,200. Please call (925) 932-4453,
SANTANA2023A,waterballast 23 ft sloop, trailer. Launches in 18" water, roller furled main & jib, mast handled by one person. Head, sleeps 4, small galley, 5 hp Mercury w/remote tank, gel battery. Extra clean, can deliver. $8,900. Please call (209) 438-9564.
CORONADO 15, 1979. 15 ft daysailer with tilt trailer. Good condition, rigged for racing, flip up rudder, adjustable centerboard, 2 full sets sails (main & jib). $1,000 obo. Please call after May 15. (650) 345-0102 or email: renee@uponair.com
FIBERGLASS EL TORO, complete, with flotation & in good condition. $450. Fiberglass 9-1/2 ft sailing/rowing dinghy with cover, aluminum mast & flotation. Good condition, $450. (408) 365-1303 dys or (408) 377-0716 eves.
CAL 20. Great Bay cruiser! 2 sets of sails, motor, good condition, anchor, sail cover, potty, com¬ pass, preservers. $2,000 obo. Please call Pete, (916) 482-6164.
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LIFE RAFTS, YES THAT’S PLURAL 4 man Avon, ready to go with current certification, $1,600. Winslow 8-10 man, stored indoors since '94 Pa¬ cific Cup, $1,000. Both compact & in hard cases. (650) 726-9263.
Jack Mackinnon, 510-276-4351 800-501-8527
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BEAR BOAT23, HULL #34, SILVER BEAR. Built 1947. A classic woody in great condition. Anchor, lights, compass, VHF, DS, 2 mains, 2 jibs, 2 spinnakers. 6 hp longshaft Seagull. Berthed Moss Landing. $3,800. (805) 348-0129. CATALINA 22 MKII, 1996. Commissioned Oct '96, launched Dec'96. Fixed wing keel, boomkicker (eliminates topping lift). Vang, Cunningham, roller furling jib, single line main reefing, all led tocockpit with cabin top rope clutches. Lazy jacks. VHF radio in cabin, masthead antenna & windex. Inter¬ national Rules lighting. 2nd reef in main. 8 hp Honda. Stainless ladder, pulpits. Lifelines. Galley, potti, v-berth curtains. Bottom paint. Sail, motor, tiller covers. Fortress anchor. Stainless anchor roller. Fenders, safety gear. Well maintained. Trailer. Bad back forces move to ERD. $16,000 complete, obo. (650) 493-7626. VENTURE 21,1974, by MacGregor. Swing keel, with trailer, 6 hp Evinrude. Ready to sail. Original owner. Can be viewed at Loch Lomond Marina, San Rafael, slot #162 in fenced area opposite launch ramp (near comer gate by marine shop). $1,600 obo. (415) 479-1268. SAN JUAN 24,1977. Proven racer, 2 time Mexico vet. 8 bags of sails, 2 outboards, all lines led aft. New bottom, cushions, lifelines. Tandem axle trailer. $9,500. Eric, (702) 588-0351. MacGREGOR 19-FT POWERSAILER, 1993. With trailer, 40 hp o/b & sails. Water-ski or sail any¬ where, sleeps 4. Always fresh water sailed. Tow¬ ing weight 1,600 lbs, sailing weight 2,050 lbs water ballast. Like new, excellent condition. Sac¬ rifice $7,900. Call (510) 228-7348 or page me at (510) 279-8367.
SEAL'S SPARS & RIGGING For 28 yrs specializing in Quality replacement Aluminum Masts & Booms for 20 ft to 35 ft. "Plastic Classics'. We stock aluminum extrusions and parts that are available nowhwere else. STEVE SEAL (Rigger at Cal Boats 1964-1969) (510)521-7730 • www.tenthmuse.com/seals/c20.html
APPRAISER (member, SAMS) Fax:510-276-9237 e-mail: surveyjack@aol.com
CURTAINS LOSING TEETH? CUSHIONS SAGGING? jy/' IT lv\
We can give your boat a 90's interior featuring new marine fabrics of Sunbrella, Olefin, etc. at affordable prices. 100% satisfaction guaranteed/no deposit Call Bobbi at (415) 331-5919 for free estimate.
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SANTANA 22,1972 WITH TRAILER. Arguably
TANZER 22. Fun pocket cruiser built to sail. Nice
J/24,1978. 8 hp Mercury longshaft, stored on
the best in California, you won’t believe this boat! Dry sailed &'fully covered most of its life. Racing sails with 1 season, new upholstery, faired bot¬ tom, 5 hp o/b. $6,400 obo. (510) 236-1933.
interior w/sink, stove. Sleeps 4. 6 hp Johnson, new battery, fresh bottom, main, jib & genoa. Anchor & rode. 1st $2,450 takes it. Call Dave, (415)543-7333.
trailer since it was built, new dual axle trailer purchased in '92,6 North sails, 1 Pineapple spin¬ naker, new paint in '93, fast & fun boat in good condition. $7,900 obo. (916) 485-3034,
MacGREGOR 23,1983. Swing keel with pop-top.
CATALINA 22. Fixed keel, trailerable, 5 hp Mer¬
C ATALIN A22,1971. New 8 hp Yamaha. 2 mains,
V-berth/settee sleeps 4. Sink. Main, jib & staysail. New lines, VHF radio/antenna & cockpit cushions. Mosquito netting, Porta-Potti, etc. Trailer. Good condition. $2,999 obo. Please call before 9pm, (707) 429-0848.
cury, genoa & main w/reef, spinnaker rigged, tabernacled, cushions inside/out, Porta-Potti, dock box. Other new items. Fortman, Alameda berth. Great shape, must sell. $4,000 obo. Please call (408) 335-7253 anytime.
2 jibs. Swing keel, Low Boy roller trailer, loads of extras, all in great condition. Plus 8 ft Zodiac inflatable. $3,000 obo. (707) 937-4464.
24-FT WYLIE WABBIT with galv trailer, hull #18,
CAL 20, 1963, HULL #259. Good condition.
9 sails, outboard mount, new rear hatch opens from outside. Brand new soft hatch, mast mounted compass, trapeze, 2 harnesses. Will deliver to Bay Area. $4,800. (208) 773-8166.
Knotmeter, depthsounder, good battery with charger, VHF, 6 hp Evinrude o/b, trailer. $2,200. (510) 758-9144orMycoast@aol.com
ROLLO, Master Mariner registered. 23 feet long. Hogin main & full boat cover. Original 2 stroke inboard gas engine. Good shape. Great sailing boat. 2nd baby due in June. $3,500 obo. (510) 524-5008. 1938 SPIDSGATTER,
49ER, 1996 RACE READY. Australian hull. Good
sails & chute. Includes 1 custom trailer & 1 launch dolly. 2 trapeze harnesses, 4 tiller extensions. Olympic trials are coming. $11,500 obo. Please contact (415) 751 -7040. No calls after 8 pm please.
24-FT YANKEE DOLPHIN, Sparkman & TWOJ/24’S FOR SALE. 1980 main, 100%, 150%,
spinnaker. New halyards, new running rigging, new winches, new o/b bracket, mast painted, deck painted, 5 hp o/b. Good condition. $4,000. 1980 with main, 100%, 150%, spinnaker, 6 hp motor, nice interior. Good condition. $4,500. Must make room for new boats. Please call Rich at (415) 363-1390. 24-FT DOLPHIN SLOOP. Keel/centerboard.
Massive glass hull by O'Day, 1962. Giass over wood topsides. Refit 1980. Many custom fea¬ tures. 4 sails. Decent condition, Baja veteran. Custom 2 axle trailer. Dry stored in Marin. $5,000. (415) 383-5813 or www.galland.com/sail HOBIE/HOLDER DAYSAILER. 14 ft monohull with trailer. Sloop rigged, can be raced or sailed for fun. Holds up to 4 adults. Excellent condition. $1,500.(510)792-1539. 22-FT GALION. British cruiser. Displaces 3,400
lbs, 1,700 lb fin keel, four 6’6" berths. 2 mains, jenny, jib, storm jib, depthfinder, radio, stove, sink, dinghy, liferaft, 5 hp Seagull. $4,000 obo. Contact (707) 939-7506 or email: dwight@vom.com
Stephens, compact cruiser. Full keel & centerboard, 4 sails, VHF, Loran, depth & knotmeters, full galley, head, dodger, 2 new batteries, charger, solar, 8 hp Tohatsu, anchors & lines, fenders, docklines, selftailing winches, all lines led aft, new bottom paint. $10,000. (530) 887-8462. BRISTOL 22. Modified full keel, perfect for the
Bay. Needs some TLC. $1,495. Will consider 4-5 hp outboard as part trade. Berthed in Alameda. First $$ offer takes it. Must sell. Please call Rob, (209) 527-1572. CATALINA 22,1981, with trailer. 10 hp Honda,
propane stove, sink, Porta-Potti, 2 jibs. Must sell. $2,300 obo. Jeff, (510) 522-7338.
130%, 170% jibs, spinnaker & gear, low hrs on mainsail, sleeps 5, Berkeley berth, all lines led aft, 5 winches. Nice boat in nice condition. $4,500 as is. (415) 291-1536, Iv msg. . SANTANA 20. Has all one-design class legal
modifications. Faired. Nice sails. Trailer and out¬ board. Located Eureka. $4,000. Please contact (707) 443-1258 dys or (707) 445-2285 eves.
COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24, HULL #53,1963.
6 hp outboard. Somewhat fair condition. Extra jib, extra main, VHF. Bottom painted mid '97. Great Bay toy with minimal work. Loch Lomond Marina, H47. $2,000 obo. Please contact Bill Jones at (707) 577-4902 dys or (707) 528-2737 eves.
needs TLC. Has mast, boom, main & jib. Needs deck hardware, rudder & interior work. Comes with great trailer modified for 20-25 ft. $1,000 obo. Call Chuck, (510)481-8784. DUFOUR 24. French built, roomy, fast cruiser.
Quality construction, VHF, DF, compass. Volvo i/ b diesel, 4 berths, complete sails, toilet system, stove. See in Alameda. $7,000 obo. Please call (510)658-1309.
by little old man. One owner, low miles, all options 6 upgrades, Sailcomp, cover, 3 sets of sails. Offers over $25,000. (650) 854-0770.
race or cruise. 7 sails, Barient winches, VHF, DS, KM, 6 hp Evinrude, battery charger. $4,500. Call (925)376-1081. MELGES 24, #38. New Norths, shts, halyards,
forestay & bow sprit. '95 new spars, blades & rigging with one seasons use. Lots of extras. Nissan 3.5, trailer & Nexxus instr. $28,500. Con¬ tact (360) 212-6335 or webs.linkport.com/ -mccormack/rentaLcar.htm
stereo, new sail cover, cushions inside & out, recent wood reflnishing. Good Bay boat. $2,600 obo. Dave, (510) 651-0557.
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20-FT FLICKA, 1981. Pacific Seacraft. New
dodger, canvas, lifelines, standing & running rig¬ ging. Navico TP300 autopilot, GPS, Force 10 propane cabin heater. 90%, 100%, 150%, cruis¬ ing spinnaker. Yanmar diesel 1GM. Boat is in beautiful condition. $28,500. (714)448-3054. PEARSON 22. Fixed keel, very sturdy, good sails,
new paint, compass, sink & water tank, 12 hrs on 11 hp Evinrude, 2 gas tanks, lots of storage, trailer & more. 14 yrs in storage, good condition. $2,500 obo. (650) 347-4817. MacGREGOR 22,1984. Very good condition, dry
sailed, light use, main, jib, genoa, spinnaker, all in great condition! Pop-top with cover, Porta-Potti, sink, VHF, 8 hp longshaft w/generator, trailer & safety gear. Great Bay &,Lake sailer. $3,800. (510) 6(J0-2661 or kdesvem@george.com
Trust™ boats needing new sailing owners. Clas¬ sic, #30, $1,400. Puff, #59, refastened, new stand¬ ing rigging, $3,900. Information available on other boats for safe in the fleet. (415) 256-1122 email: jelliffe@pacbell.net
Heatwave. In need of a good home. Excellent condition. Mylar#1,2,3, UKTapeDrive main, 3/4 oz spinnaker, Mariner o/b, on trailer. Ready to race or just have fun. $10,500. ■ (510)855-1535.
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SANTANA 25,1/4 TON. Tandem wheel trailer w/
surge brakes, Y spinnaker & equipment, 3 headsails, main, o/b, new hull & bottom paint, knotmeter, depth gauge, extras. Sailed freshwa¬ ter. $7,000ortradeforBeneteau 23.5. Brandon or Nanci, (916)283-1361. ERICSON 28,1988. Beautiful condition, teakinte-
rior, sleeps 6, wheel, Universal diesel, VHF, radio, stereo, compass, depthfinder, wing keel, head, shower, galley. At Stockton Sailing Club. $28,000. (209) 951-0796. NOR'SEA 27. Bristol condition. Yanmar, VHF,
depth, Avon inflatable, CQR, Danforth. SCG-SSB & HAM. Propane, Groko-K, singlehanders pack¬ age, ST Barients, autopilot, cruising 12v and more & more. Rock bottom price. (408) 744-0498. 26-FT MacGREGOR, 1982.15 hp Johnson, re¬
built with electric starter. Main, jib, genoa, poptop, anchor, VHF radio, Porta-Potti. Fair condi¬ tion. $3,900 obo. Marilyn, (510) 828-7690. PEARSON 28, 1986. Excellent Bay & coastal
boat. Yanmar diesel w/500 hrs. Dodger & all sails & equip in great shape. Best layout in a boat of this size. $29,500. (530) 265-2070. 26-FT PEARSON. Clean, solid, sate boat. Sleeps
4.2nd owner. Benicia berth. Johnson 9.9 motor. Enclosed head, VHF radio, depthfinder, alcohol stove, sink, BBQ, inflatable dinghy, 12 gal gas tank, 4 headsails. $5,000. Please call Gunard, (707) 647-3765.
MONTGOMERY 17, 1991. 155%, 110%, 80%,
main/reef points, spinnaker & gear, Johnson OBI LS, KM, DS, compass, anchor gear, Autohelm/ remote, VHF, shore power equipment, Loran, Harken gear throughout, trailer w/built-in mast support, keel guides, electric winch on trailer and a lot more. Excellent condition. $11,500. Call (916) 962-1573 orjgtown@ix.netcom.com
colorful history, affordable fun. A great Bay boat for over 66 years. The S.F. Bear Boat Association can put you in touch with a few good Bears. Marty Zwick (415) 289-0303.
CAL 2-27,1975.9 new sails (2 mains), 7 winches,
spinnaker rigged, 9 hp outboard. Knotmeter, depthmeter, legal head with holding tank, lifesling, horseshoe, 2 anchors. Clean, roomy interior. Fast, fun cruiser/racer. Berkeley berth. $10,000. Steve, (510) 526-3542. BALBOA 27 WITH TRAILER. Extensive cruising inventory, diesel inboard. SF Bay, Tahoe, San Juans, Can. Gulf Islands, Catalina, Mexico, Florida, Bahamas. Take me back. You don't have to be stuck in the Bay! $13,900 after Bay. Worth a call at (530) 268-9311.
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top. Hull excellent, never painted. Interior cush¬ ions, carpet and table as new. New sails and spares. 8 hp Johnson longshaft o/b. EZ-Loader roller-typetrailer. $6,500. George (408) 47S-9630.
WEDDING CERVMO'Hj'ES mm WpS.
Low shop rates for repairs or new construction. We do spars, rigging, woodwork deck^ refinishing & refastening.
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Cal 20, $1,500; 1982 Hobiecat 18’ w/catbox, trailer, $1,800; Prindle 16' w/trailer, $1,800; 1967 Hobiecat 16’ w/trailer, $1,200; MacGregor 14’ catamaran w/trailer, needs work, $500; Luger 15' daysailerw/ trailer $500; sloop-rigged dinghy $500. Please call (415) 956-5700 x140.
CATALINA 22,1987. #13788. Swing keel. Pop-
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PARCAMAR 22,1970. Swedish sloop, $1,500;
WAVELENGTH 24.
SAIL A BEAR. One design racing, camaraderie, CATALINA 22. Fixed keel, outboard engine, VHF,
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head, holding tank, water, sink, GPS ready Loran, VHF, Bruce, Danforth, digital knot & depth. No blisters, new Sterling topsides, newly rebuilt mast w/new standing & running rigging & new appli¬ ances. New thru hulls & seacocks, 4 sails w/new genoa & main w/3 reef pts. New main & jib sheet tracks & cars. $6,000. Dave at (805) 965-1253, please Iv message.
MELGES24, #44. Driven occasionally on Sunday
RANGER 23, 1976. Great condition. Ready to SANTANA 22 WITH TRAILER. Project boat,
RANGER 23,1970. Nissan 5 hp outboard motor, 3 yrs old. Knotmeter, 4 sails, including spinnaker & spinnaker rigging. Recent in water survey found boat in good condition! $4,400 obo. Located in Alameda. Call (510) 523-1778.
COLUMBIA24,1964. S&S design. Propane stove,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY BEAR BOAT Charitable SAN JUAN 24,1977. Beige, 5 hp outboard, 90%,
LOUIE-LOUIE. Good condition. Great SF Marina Green slip. Recent survey, standing rigging, 4 hp Yamaha outboards cover. North sails & spinnaker. Good speed. $3,500. (650) 366-3263.
23-FT BEAR BOAT, #55,
SAN JOSE SAILING CLUB
For trailerable & cruising sailboats & dinghies. Bay, lake, Delta & Ocean outings. Improve sailing & racing skills. Learn boating safety. Learn to maintain & upgrade your boat & equipment. Low dues. (800) 484-6333, code 7572 or http://mindspring.com/-mdweir/SJSC.html
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CATALINA 27,1976. Shallow draft. Diesel rebuilt
76, new batteries, solar charger. Updated: chain plates, traveler, boom vang, chain locker. VHF, depth, compass, boarding ladder. Main, 4 jibs. Custom outfit for cruising. Marshall, Tomales Bay. $10,000 obo. Bob Evans, (415) 663-1156 or http:/ /www.usedboatsonline.com full keel, true pocket cruiser. Hawaii vet, all lines aft, Yanmar diesel, dodger, biminl. All the right stuff, very clean. $18,700. Will consider later model car as part trade. Alameda berth. Call Robert, (209) 527-1572.
VANCOUVER 25,
CATALINA 27. Sails & rigging almost new, roller furling by Harken & lazy jacks, Petter diesel, all made for easy, safe sailing but needs TLC, espe¬ cially cushions & cosmetics. Owner really wants to sell now. $4,500 obo. (510) 559-8942.
In great condition & ready to sail. Full inventory, 2 sets of sails (1 never used), 3 spinna¬ kers, 2 engines, complete rigging & safety equip¬ ment. One of the fastest boats on the Bay, a blast to sail & sturdy enough to stand up to local conditions. Do what I did, put it in a charter fleetto generate income when you’re not sailing. $25,000. Call (650) 571-8242.
ERICSON 27,1975.3sails (North main),
EZ jacks (not installed), autotiller, 15 hp gas inboard, stan¬ dard equipment & layout sleeps 5. Sturdy Bay boat, local fleet. Illness forces sale. Needs TLC. Upwind Richmond Marina. Must sell. $8,500 obo. (510) 235-4860 or (510) 387-1173.
CATALINA 27,1975.
Rebuilt Atomic 4 with 10 hrs, dodger, furling jib, full batten main, lines lead aft, new mast with larger shrouds, additional SS keel bolts, double lifelines, 2 burner stove with oven, swim ladder, much more. $8,250. Howard, (510) 233-4954.
Excellent condition, one owner, only lake sailed. Fixed keel, 110% and 150% jibs, spinnaker, double reef main, pop-top with cover, porta-potti, bath sink, galley sink and stove, stereo, BBQ, swim ladder, more. $9,500 includes trailer. (209) 431-5822.
EXPRESS 27, SWEET PEA. Sailed to National Championship by John Kostecki (yrs ago) & still fast! Competitive sails built by Santa Cruz sails. Trailer, motor, Sailcomp, knotmeter, depthsounder. See at Richmond Yacht Club. $18,000 obo. Call Karl, (510) 939-5852 dys or (510) 939-6515 eves.
CATALINA 27, 1971. Dinette interior, propane stove, head, 3 permanent & 1 convertible bunk, lots of storage, 6 sail inventory, 6 winches, spinna¬ ker pole, double jib lead tracks, '89 Johnson 9.9 electric Sailmaster outboard, 2 six gal tanks. $4,299. (510) 838-0214.
PEARSON 27 RENEGADE, 1969. Bluewater cruiser. Atomic 4 inboard, 6 new bombproof sails, Hassler windvane, 35 lb CQR, 2 Danforths, new sail cover, propane stove/oven, wood burning heater, depthsounder, compass, windspeed/direction, porta-potti. $6,900. (415) 339-8817.
CONTEST 27. Classic fiberglass half tonner, solid
Swing keel, main, 75% jib, 150% genoa, new dodger, new bottom paint, VHF, Porta-Potti, sink, alcohol stove, 5-1/2 LS Johnson, trailer, sleeps 4-5. Great Bay sailer. $3,500 obo. (408) 265-3854.
CORONADO 25. Great boattostart sailing: roomy,
fast & cheap! New Pineapple main, roller furling jib, Nissan 8 hp, safety gear, stuff. Berthed Gashouse Cove. $4,000. (650) 726-7437 or Murphymuss@AOL.com
& fast. Mahogany, teak & holly below. 5 good sails, newly serviced outboard, documented ves¬ sel. Loran, Porta-Potti, stove. Everything you need to sail the Bay in style & speed. $6,900 obo. Fred, (707) 965-9165.
J-80,1993.
CLASSIC 1964PEARSONTRITON 28. Sausalito
hull #528. Rebuilt Atomic 4. Good standard, 150% genoa & working jib. New mast & cruising rigging. Lots of original equipment. All records. Must sell. A steal at $7,500. Ben, (818) 765-2073 ext 107.
4 sails, new rigging in ‘94,15 hp Evinrude, 2 batteries, solar charger, 2 anchors, Porta-Potti, new VHF, depthfinder & more. Bottom in excellent condition. Trinidad paint included. Tomales Bay. $11,000. (707) 878-2076. 27-FT CATALINA, 1980.
new main with dub foot, 4 jibs, VHF & radio, dinette style, wheel steering, rigged to cockpit, new boom, many accessories, blisters done! Pleasecall Mark, (650) 878-5888. Inboard diesel. Kevlar sails, spinnaker, knotmeter, depthfinder, VHF, alcohol stove, icebox, curtains. New bottom paint. $9,495 obo. (415)420-0754.
water boat. Pineapple full batten, self furling main, Pineapple club jib on forestay mounted boom, singlehanded sailing. Atomic 2 diesel, VHF, ste¬ reo, alcohol stove & heater, inflatable dinghy, extras. $12,000. (209) 477-0853.
Sparkman & Stephens fiber¬ glass design. Bluewater cruiser,, singlehanded sailing, Autohelm, feathering prop, 2 batteries & charger, rollerfurling. Spinnaker, extra sails, VHF, Loran, solar panel, Kenwood stereo, microwave, propane stove, new carpet. $10,500. Please call (209)928-1814. Cruise ready. Replace¬ ment Volvo diesel, 220 hrs. Aft cabin, all roller furling, great sail inventory, some new. Cruising dodger. Ham, VHF, AP, GPS. CQR, Danforth, refrigeration, custom hatches, stove with oven, v kerosene heater. San Diego. $37,500. Please contact (619) 277-0950 or SellNorSea@aol.com
PEARSON TRITON 28.5. Perfect running, over¬ hauled Atomic 4 w/new 90 amp alt, tiller pilot, lazy jacks, BBQ, 6 winches, primaries are ST Lewmar 30’s, new standing rigging, new interior with cush¬ ions, new Delta canvas. All sail controls led to cockpit for safety, VHF, Loran, depth, knotmeter, 2 new batteries, Lectra-San legal head w/no hold¬ ing tank! 2 spinnakers, 3 jibs, main, new boom w/ upgraded gooseneck, lifelinenettingforward. Must see, best deal on the Bay! See at Marina Bay, Richmond. $6,900. Please call (916) 933-9723 or (916) 282-4485 pager.
27-FT NOR’SEA, 1977.
MacGREGOR 26X. Water ballast, with trailer, sleeps 6, alcohol stove, enclosed head, 9.9 Evinrude, cockpit cushions, Interior curtains & cushions. Cockpit mounted compass, complete set of sails. Lifejackets, radio, etc. $10,000 obo. (650) 366-1950.
Clean with 2 jibs, new bottom job, blister job 3 yrs old. Atomic bomb runs OK. I have a good diesel (Ferryman) and will install for extra money. $5,400 sailaway. Please call (415) 457-8616.
NONSUCH 26 ULTRA, 1989. LOA 26 ft, excellent condition, 420 sq Sail 2 reef points. 3 cyl 23 hp diesel, new bottom paint 2/98, all new lines (11/ 97) lead to cockpit. Dodger, bimini, screens for all openings, h/c pressure water, Datamarine knot/ log, fathometer, VHF, AM/FM/CD, 4 speakers, 2 group 27 batteries 6/97.25 lb plow, about 150 line. $49,000. (510) 530-0460 or email: robteri@ix.netcom.com COLUMBIA 28 WITH A 35-FT San Francisco slip
in the Marina area. Very desirable location. New sails, rigging, diesel. Enclosed head. Recent bot¬ tom job. $16,000. (415) 331-5067.
NEWPORT 27, 1976.
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with great SF Marina berth. Fine condition. 1994 haulout, faired, epoxy sealed, painted. Enclosed head with new valves. Sink w/ hot running water. Cute, comfortable interior. Canvas tent, screened privacy rails. Great house¬ boat! $7,500 or b/o. (510) 526-5986. COLUMBIA 26
Great condition. 4 jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker, strong Atomic 4, KM, DS, wind/ speed indicator, 2 compasses, Loran, VHF, AM/ FM cassette, battery charger, Porta-Potti. Bottom painted 4/97. $11,000 obo. Please call Dan at (415) 479-8907.
MacGREGOR 26,1988. Water ballast, trailers easy, fun to sail. Loaded with the right stuff. Electric start o/b, new roller furling genoa, new main, canvas. Call for spec sheet and list of additions. $8,000 or b/o. (510) 827-0759.
28.6 PEARSON TRITON. Classic full keel cruiser.
OLSON 25
Atomic 4 inboard, 2 burner alcohol stove, 2 Danforths, main, jib, genoa, spinnaker, all lines to cockpit. Depthsounder, compass, VHF, Loran, no toilet. Bottom cleaned professionally quarterly. Needs TLC. $5,700. (510) 233-3328.
CAL 25,1970.
6 hp Evinrude, pop-top, stove, Porta-Potti. Good condition, needs cushions. Tough little cruiser. $1,900. (510) 521-5905. CAL 25, 1968.
Cheoy Lee Folkboat. Easy sailer, bristol condition, with too many extras to list here. A sound investment & a must see! $10,495 obo. (415) 924-0554.
and trailer. 4 hp motor, new Harken furler, Unit 0. New rigging, new bottom job. Epoxy barrier, 3-coats; 2 coats of bottom paint. $18,750. Bob (530) 272-6909. Equipped to race. New double reef main, new 120% & 80% jib, 150% jib, spinnaker, pole & reaching strut, 9.9 Johnson electric start, anchors, boat cover, teak interior, "good bottle of whiskey. Located Eureka, delivery possible. $5,500. (707) 786-9292.
26- FT LOA PACIFIC CLIPPER,
hp Honda, trailer, solar panel, furling jib, enclosed head, butane stove, carpet, cushions. 5 yr warranty on hull, anchor, PFD’s, sleeps 4+, freshwater boat, pop-top. Ex¬ cellent condition. Extras. Folsom Lake. $18,950. (702) 746-1367.
A well maintained second owner boat. Fixed keel. 90 and 150 jibs. 7 hp BMW diesel. Epoxy bottom. Fortman Marina, Alameda. Call Larry (510)938-7749. CATALINA 25,1980.
CATALINA 250,1995.8
CAL 25,1979. Yanmar diesel (runs well), Edson wheel steering, 3 jibs & main, all good condition. VHF, DF, KM, legal head. Roomy cabin with nice features make it like a bigger boat. For quick sale, $4,500 obo. (510)559-8942.
28 SLOOP. F/G. New diesel engine. Like new, fully battened mainsail. 1 gennaker, teak decks, 2 anchors, 3 props. $8,500 obo. 26 ft cedar on oak sloop. 7.5 Evinrude. 3 sails. $2,450 obo. Call (510) 251-9536. CAL
LUGER 26,1978 T radewinds sloop w/sails. 1990 mariner 15 hp o/b engine, all electric, VHF, AudiovoxAM/FM/CDstereo,wArailer$8,000; 1972 Cal 27 w/sails, $5,000; Ericson 26, $2,500; 1961 Okamota Flare Blue 25’ wooden sloop w/sails, incl. spinnaker, $1,500. (415) 956-5700 x 140.
OLSON 25, HULL #44, BUILT 1984. Lightly used
Volvo MD1 diesel, VHF, depth, Avon inflatable & more. Great coastal & Bay boat. $8,800. Please call Eric at (707) 268-0428. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27,1968.
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ERICSON 27,1975 with SF marina berth (Gashouse Cove). F/G sloop, gasoline inboard, mainsail, jib, radio, manual bilge pump. Cabin sleeps 5, vberth, separate head, folding center table, sink, 2burner alcohol stove. Priced reduced to sell! $11,000 or b/o. (415)386-1093.
CATALINA 27,1980.
hp diesel, batt charger, dock power, 2 burner stove, 2 man inflatable, radio, adj backstay, boarding ladder, double life¬ lines, Lifesling, main, 130% furling genoa. Holding tank, Y valve, auto bilge pump, Tillermaster, tradi¬ tional interior, tiller steering. $12,500. Please call (408) 778-0047.
O’DAY 27,1978.
YANKEE 26,1974.
Classic racing & cruising boat. Comfortable interior. Kept mostly in sweet water. Good sails, new dodger, VHF radio & new win¬ dows. Excellent ground tackle. Active local & national fleets. Many extras. $8,000. Please con¬ tact (916) 334-8597.
MacGREGOR 25.
28-FT TRITON. 0’DAY28,1980. Excellent, well maintained fresh
CATALINA 27,1984.11
CATALINA27,1976. Rebuilt Atomic 4,
Great condition. Sleeps 4, head, stove, 6 sails, spinnaker, fast boat. 1990 Evinrude 9 hp. Must sell. $3,000 obo. Please call (925) 754-6343.
25- FT CAL, 1968.
CATALINA 25, 1980.
0-25 from So. Cal, currently dry stored in Sausalito. Many upgrades, 6 sails (no spinnaker), lots of electronic, good trailer. Excellent shape, sail away for only $13,750. Rob, (415) 383-8200 ext 109.
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Rebuilt Atomic 4, roller furling, cruising spinnaker, lines led aft, GPS, tiller pilot, legal head. $9,000 firm. '81 Sunfish & trailer. $500 obo. (707) 427-1956 or Turkey9186@aol.com CAL 29, 1972.
29 TO 31 FEET CAT ALINA 30,1976. Tiller, Atomic 4, refer, stove,
pressure water, stereo w/inte rior & exterior speak¬ ers, dodger, VHF, knot, depth, BBQ, cushions, privacy screen. New bottom paint, very good condition. $14,900. (530) 432-0570. Marina Vil¬ lage, gate 8. Popular cnjiser/racer. Ex¬ cellent condition. Atomic 4 engine. Set of 12 sails range from racing to cruise quality. Stereo. Fully rigged, all gear goes with boat. $14,000 obo. Please call (510) 841-1196 or (510) 525-2598.
ETCHELLS DRISCOLL, HULL#448,1978. Race
ready. Reconditioned/repainted '96 with Awlgrip. New Harken hardware, Ronstan turnbuckles, new Ontario rudder. Australian boom. Great sail inven¬ tory. Open '98 sail card. Single axle trailer. $11,000 obo. (415) 751-7040. No calls after 8 pm.
NEWPORT 30,1976.
J/29, WITH ALL THE GOODIES. Inboard Yanmar
diesel, fractional rig, Spectra halyards & sheets, Spinlock, QuickVang, faired hull, good inventory. Fast & immaculately maintained. Excellent value at $24,500. (510)845-3565.
Diesel, wheel, rollerfuriing, h/c pressurized water, stove, VHF, stereo, depthmeter, knotmeter. $21,500. (415) 296-0396 or (510) 835-8960 eves.
CATALINA 30,1980.
ERICSON 29,1981. Very clean.
Universal diesel. Roller furling, Autohelm, GPS, wind, knot, depth, h/c pressure water. Battery charger, VHF, pro¬ pane grill. Very roomy, 6T headroom w/10’6” beam. Current liveaboard. Great Bay & coastal cruiser. $21,000. Sausalito. Jack, (415) 331 -1926.
OLSON 30, MOUSTACHE. 3 time national cham¬
Pilothouse, double ender, Perkins 4-107 diesel, excellent condition. New cushion covers, CNG stove, h/c pressure water, new fuel tank. $29,950 obo. Call weekends only. (408) 426-6943.
pion while on coast. Bottom faired. New Quantum racing main, genoa, spinnaker plus many more sails. New outboard. Electronics include VHF, Loran, Signet System 6000, solar panel, etc. Excellent condition. (801) 298-8838.
WILLARD 30-FT MOTORSAILER.
cutter rigged sloop. Circumnavigated 1984-93 (see Latitude article 9/95). Recommissioned '97.7 sails, 4 an¬ chors, Maxwell-Nilsson windlass, Yanmar diesel (major overhaul 11/97), hull refastened '95, epoxied bottom, Goiot portholes. Mast steps, VHF, DS, AP, 6 winches, custom hard dodger, Edson ■wheel steering (upgraded ‘95), refrig, propane stove. Mahogany interior, newer Irish upholstery. Well maintained, clean. Able passagemaker. Liveaboard slip available, Winchester Bay, OR. Growing family & completion of new boat decree sale. $28,000. Please contact (541) 271-2566 or quell@harborside.com
CAL 29,1971.
30-FT CUSTOM FIBERGLASS
Dodger & cockpit canvas, tiller, Atomic 4, CNG stove, shcrepower, set up for liveaboard. We lived aboard for 5 yrs, now have bigger boat. Oyster Cove liveaboard slip avail¬ able. $23,000. Call after 6 pm. (650) 589-2248. CATALINA 30,1978.
Raced YRA 20 seasons. Atomic 4, roller furling 133% jib, 2 spinnakers, 6 winches, 2 anchors, VHF, wind & speed indicators. Clean hull, no blisters. $12,000. (925) 284-2220. RAWSON 30. They’ve circled the globe, rounded Cape Horn. They're hell for stout! A custom dog¬ house that blends perfectly. (Looks like a Gulf 32). New LPU sprayed paint on the hull. Pisces diesel, wheel steering, bridge deck, Aries windvane, Harken roller reefing, lots of extra sails, spinnaker, poles. New SS propane stove/oven, new head, fresh interior paint, teak veneer bulkheads, cus¬ tom interior mahogany trim, pullout chart table, 4 ABI bronze opening ports w/screens. Modern main windows, new teak pandrqits, new fuel tank, swim ladder. I've spent 3 yrs completely restoring this boat. Project 95% complete. $24,900. All offers considered! Ph: (510) 522-3,957. Whether you plan to cruise the Bay, or the World, you must see this boat.
CATALINA 30,1989. Excellent condition in & out.
Diesel Universal 25 hp, new dodger, sun cover, autopilot, radio phone Raytheon 33, in mast furl, main, Harken jib roller, GE AM/FM radio, laid teak cabin sole, Loran and much more. $45,000 obo. (408)356-4200. ' Lying San Carlos, Sonora. Documented, diesel, Pro-Furl genoa, GPS, windvane, wind generator. 48w solar panel, inflat¬ able w/6 hp, AC/DC frig, tiller pilot, HAM/SSB, new rig, 3 anchors, bottom paint Jan ‘98. A turnkey pocket cruiser. $24,000. (970) 884-9128 for mes¬ sage or 110512,1110 compuserve.com
30-FTCLIPPER MARINE, 1975. Tabernacle mast,
sails, Yanmar diesel, heat exchanger, electric barnacle remover, 6 ft cabin. Pressure water system, depthfinder, special keel, head, refrig, stove. San Leandro Marina. Greatforliveaboards. $14,950 obo. (408) 335-4081.
YANKEE 30, #32.
Ferryman i/b diesel auxiliary, wheel, binnacle, roller furling jib. New upholstery, new carpets, stereo. June '97 haulout, survey & bottom paint. Seilers may help with financing. $15,500. Call George, (925) 820-0240. CAL 2-29, 1975.
Great sail inventory. MKII. Excellent cushions. $8,000. (415) 673-5356.
ISLANDER 30,1972.
Fast boat, fully commis¬ sioned, ready to sail. All lines to cockpit. Roller furling jib, full batten main, wheel. Yanmar diesel, dodger, lazy jack, 3 batteries, battery charger, marine stereo w/4 speakers, VHF, GPS, 16 mile Raytheon radar. Raychart/Seatalk/C-Map, AP, wind, knot & depth. Refrig, 2 burner propane with oven. Teak interior, h/c pressure water. Other extras. $56,700. (541) 469-6812. HUNTER 29.5,1996.
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C&C 29, 1986. New standing rigging, 2 jibs, , Profurl, wheel mounted instruments, h/c pres¬ sure, recent survey, new bottom paint, Yanmar. Quality construction. Well maintained. Excellent performance with amenities. $29,500. Please call (707) 829-8370 eves or leave message.
PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31,1980. Cutter
rig, excellent condition, Yanmar 22, windvane, Autohelm GPS, Tridata, autopilot, refer, propane heater, stove/oven, TV/VCR, CD stereo, watermaker, pressure water, new standing & run¬ ning rigging, overhead & cushions. $59,000. Con¬ tact (318) 497-0751 or denandoyon@aol.com CORONADO 30,1972. Just hauled, new bottom,
set-up for cruising or living. 10T beam, draws 5'3”, Palmer M60 gas inboard, VHF, Loran, knotmeter, depthsounder, tape, AM/FM, tillersteer¬ ing & trim tab, primary anchor 35 lb CQR, 170 ft 5/ 16 in chain, windlass, 50 gal water, 20 gal gas, 6 gal electric water heater, head, galley w/2 burner stove & oven, Force 10 cabin heater. Located at South Beach, SF, slip F51. $9,500 obo. Michael at (415) 826-8299.
Double spreader. Dual axle trailer. Nissan o/b. Lots of sails. Pacific Cup vet. $11,500. (408) 458-0269.
OLSON 30.
Fast, beautiful and com¬ fortable 30-ft racer/cruiser. Well cared for. Diesel. Tiller. New bottom and keel faired 3/97. Full gal¬ ley. Enclosed head. Dodger. $40,000 firm. Call (510) 525-5881 voice or (510) 525-7704 fax. OLSON 911SE, 1990.
COLUMBIA 29,1968.4,000.
(415) 337-5559.
32 TO 35 FEET New bottom Fall 1997. New thru hulls, knot/depth/compass. AM/FM CD changer. Bose speakers. Reliable Atomic 4. New head. 5 sails. Very clean. Sturdy, roomy, family boat. $28,000. (650) 688-3446.
CAL 34,1972.
Great boat in great shape. Large sail inventory. Large 2 speed primary winches, Atomic 4, enclosed head with holding tank, new sail cover, propane stove, anchor, VHF, stereo, Loran. Must sell. $19,000 obo. Please call (510) 634-1623 eves or (510) 294-2654 w. TARTAN 30,1974.
30-FT WILLIAM GARDEN DOUBLE ENDED
sloop built 1959, lllwaco, WA. Cedar on oak. Universal utility four, 3 sails, full boat cover, depth, knot, Danforth anchor, original boat plans, custom built for Alaska passage. Asking $9,000 obo/ trade. (707)258-0671. Best on the Bay. 198321 hpdiesel. All these newin'96: mast, rigging, roller furling fdll battened main, stan¬ chions, bow pulpit, adjustable genoa track cars, Autohelm 4000, engine control harness, cellA/HF/ HAM antennae, triple reefing, all lines led aft, spinnaker pole on mast track. Full dodger/bimini & grabrails (p/s & aft). 3 bladed prop, 135% jib foam luff Sunbrella & spinnaker. New cushions/covers cockpit & cabin. Butt-kicker lounge cushion. Cus¬ tom foldable table, racks galley, v-berth, hanging locker. Loran, stereo, marine VHF, extra engine driven bilge pump. Microwave, wheel steering, MOB pole, 22 lb Bruce/bow roller set-up, BBQ. (propane), and more! $28,000 firm. Just bought a new C-42! Tom, (510) 658-1705 or email: Tomcharron@aol.com CATALINA 30, INTERLUDE, #3239.
Palmer 4 cyl, runningf well. Solid, strong, no blister hull, teak interior, 2 jibs, VHF, DF, KM. Stove, frig, currently hauled, want a fast sale. $7,500 obo. Call (301) 972-8366 or (510) 559-8942. ISLANDER 30,1973.
Excellent condition. Sur¬ veyed Jan '97, bottom painted & blister job July '97, Atomic 4 rebuilt, Harken oversized furling, 2 main sails. Autotiller, depth/knotmeter, solar pan¬ els, new VHF, CD player. $18,700 obo. Please call (415) 898-7585. CATALINA 30,1978.
B-32, SPORTBOAT OF 1996. Pristine, race ready,
9 nearly new sails, o/b, KVH Quadro. Good bot¬ tom, faired keel & rudder, many extras. Asking $79,500. (310) 373-4455. 32- FT GAFF RIGGED SAILBOAT. 9'6” beam, 5’ draft. Reasonably fitted out. Hull & deck very sound. Ferro-cement hull. In Sausalito. $9,000. PI ease write or email: R. Northrop, 14 Sheepwood Rd, Henbury, Bristol, England BS10 7BS or Susan.Grundy@BTInternet.com TURNKEYCRUISER,CORONADO 35. Equipped
to sail Mexico & beyond in comfort & safety. Priced to sell now! For complete details and 11 page equipment list, fax: Jade at Marina de La Paz, 011-52-112-5-59-00. Above average construc¬ tion says Practical Sailor. Big teak interior, new upholstery, 5/8” rode, Newport stainless fireplace. Rebuilt mast, 22 hp i/b, Constellation compass, Edson chrome steering, 7 sails, '92 Zodiac. Stain¬ less Hillerrange stove/oven, refrig, h/c pressure water in galley, shower. Sausalito slip. $16,000 obo. (415) 383-0684. COLUMBIA 34,1971.
USCG docu¬ mented, Mexico veteran. Heavily built (5,500 lb keel). Oversized rigging, rollerfuriing, RIB dinghy w/8 hp outboard. Recent upgrades too numerous to list includes rebuilt Atomic 4, all lines led aft to cockpit. Cruise ready, call for spec sheet. $32,500. (619) 294-6852, message (619) 840-7977. 33- FT MORGAN SLOOP, 1969.
32-FT CHALLENGER, 1976. Large & roomy inte¬
rior. Great liveaboard with loads of equipment like below deck autopilot, electric windlass, radar. This list goes on & on. $32,000. (510) 769-9350.
RAWSON 30. Strong ocean cruiser. Rebuilt Volvo,
dodger, windlass, autopilot, GPS, fishfinder & more. Needs some cosmetics & TLC. $12,500. Lv message at (408) 303-5728.
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Beautiful plastic classic Canadian built full keel sloop. Documented. Very solid with no blisters. Engine out of boat. Great boat for Bay, coastal or ocean cruising & has a terrific reputa¬ tion. $9,500 firm. (510) 521-1142.
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Schumacher ultra-light 1982. Never in water. New full batten main and jib. New, complete, Ballenger rig. Needs completion. $8,000 or b/0. (510) 836-4396.
ISLANDER 32,1976 Great condition, clean, rebuilt Atomic 41997, wheel, spinnaker, roller furling, new dodger & covers, teak cabin, microwave, CD with interior & exterior speakers, frig. Sails great, well balanced, must see! $26,900. (408)395-8394
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35'6” x 10’ x 5', Robb design-English, Albin diesel, roller furling main (2), furling jib (2), spinnaker (1), full cover. Immaculate condition inside & out. Best of its type on Bay, many extras, an eye catcher, must see. Call (415) 435-4454. CLASSIC WOOD (TEAK) SLOOP.
ERICSON 35,1970.3 yrs rebuilding, 2 yrs cruis¬ ing. New sails, rigging, spars, canvas, interior, radar, GPS Chartplotter, bottom scanner, Heart Interface, refrig/freezer, Autohelm, Capehorn windvane. Rebuilt motor, 3 blade prop, 100 gal water, 60 gal fuel & much more. $30,000.1 will fax or email spec sheet/pics. (805) 985-4T25.
Proven ocean cruiser. Monitor vane, SSB, VHF. Radar, Trimble GPS, much more. Must see. Owner anxious. $74,900. Please call (206) 633-5521.
WESTSAIL 32. Major refit in '97. New Yanmar 51 , hp, new water& fuel tanks, new charger, 12v/110v panels & wiring. New boom & vang. Beautiful varnished interior (must see). Rebuilt marine head & holding tank. H/c pressure water, shower, frig w/ ice maker, VHF, depth, log, AP, vane, dodger w/ awning. Documented, current survey & more. $49,500. Call (916) 966-7007.
PACIFIC ROSE IS FOR SAILING! A beautiful plastic classic Columbia Sabre in excellent shape. Extensively equipped. May be seen at Oyster Point Marina, pier 12, slip 16. $9,950. Contact (408) 735-1110 or (408) 735-1558 voice & fax or email: jfox@amercstm.com
JASON 35,1991.
Unfinished but livable. Includes diesel, Aquadrive, ballast, rigging, an¬ chors, winches, chain, sheets, mast & much more. View month of May, South Park Marina, Seattle. $18,000 obo. For appt or info sheet, please call (707) 569-7435. 35-FT GAFF CUTTER.
Passagemaker, ready to sail to Hawaii, cutter rig, diesel, custom interior, gallows, spinnaker, windlass, CQR, Aries windvane, wheel pilot, solar panels, propane shipmate & heater. Pressure water, Wohler hot water, refrig, dodgers, tropical awning, more. Original owner. $33,000. (707) 374-6364. ERICSON 35.
Racer/cruiser, many sails, i/b diesel, full electronics. 2 double berths, 4 single berths, head, 11’11” beam. Great Bay boat. Berthed in Alameda. Must see this beauty! Backdraft. $28,995. Please call (408) 379-9189 or (408) 723-2926.
BALTIC 35, 1986. Performance racer/cruiser. Great aft cabin. Light use, many upgrades. 85%, 95%, 150%, 135% R/F headsails. 1.5 oz chute. Teak cockpit & bridge way. For sale at $85,000. Call (408) 544-5757.
Factory finished cutter, excellent condition. Fully equipped from bowsprit to pushpit & ready for cruising. $49,900. Partial trades considered. For details & complete equip¬ ment list call (253) 472-4664 or email: westsail@juno.com 32- FT WESTSAIL, 1975.
Roller furling genoa, selftailing winches, dodger, rail covers, autopilot, Loran, windspeed, windpoint, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, h/c pressurized water, shower, LPU paint, Volvo diesel engine, etc. Well main¬ tained cruiser. $39,750. (650) 593-0170.
Offshore cutter. Mexico, Hawaii, Marquesas & Alaska vet. 7 sails, new 30 hp Perkins, Monitor windvane, 11 ’2” beam, two chine heavy displacement full keel. Insulated with sprayed foam, USCG documented. $36,000. Call (503) 234-6791. 33- FT STEEL, 1988.
Diesel, 35 lb CQR anchor & chain with windlass & bow roller. Sails: 2 mains, Hood furler 90%, 120%, 180% drifter & 3/4 oz spinna-'' ker. VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, Loran, EZ jacks, Tillermaster & more. Bluewater cruiser for $24,500. (650)365-1611. ALBERG 35.
ferro cement hull. Jay R. Benford design. Includes plans, bal¬ last, bulkheads & steel cradle. Presently located in Oakland, CA. Must sell. $1,500 obo. Call Frank eves at (510) 758-2431, Iv message. 35-FT DOUBLE ENDED CUTTER,
BOAT IN PARADISE. Own a 35-ft Beneteau Oceanis 352. Is 4 yrs old & in great condition. Coming out of Moorings fleet, BVI. Put if in a charier operation & let it pay for itself, whileyou get to use it in the Caribbean with terrific tax advan¬ tages. This boat is completely equipped. 30 hp Perkins diesel recently overhauled & low hrs. Refrig, stereo/CD/tape, Autohelm Instalments, full galley & all accessories, VHF, anchors (Bruce & CQR), chain rodes, Lofrans windlass. Call for further info. (702)825-3914.
Rigged as cutler. Many modifications for cruising, interior customized. Yanmar, Monitor, Force 10, windlass, all opening ports, refrig, diesel heat, radar, 10 ft inflatable w/ 8 hp Nissan. $42,000. Serious only. Please call (415) 289-7089. SAN JUAN 34, 1982.
32-FT STEEL CUTTER, 1990. Stove, head, VHF,
windlass, water heater, 20 hp diesel. Needs main & winches. Potential cruiser. Documented. $18,000 or trade (truck?). (415) 956-2528.
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extended cruising. Most ‘96- 97. 2 autopilots, 2 watermakers, solar panels, wind generator, ra¬ dar/arch, CARD, liferaft, EPIRB, full canvas, Zodiacw/outboard, much more! San Diego. $59,900. Jim, (619)224-3277. 34-FT BRUCE ROBERTS FIBERGLASS HULL/
deck with building plans. Great project boat. Some misc extras: Stratus diesel marine engine in boat, toilet, 2 winches, 4,500 lbs lead in keel, 2 fuel tanks. $3,000 obo. Call Lisa, (209) 299-3253. Fresno. ERICSON 35,1975. Diesel, wheel, pressure wa¬ ter, refrig, swim ladder, main, 90%, 110%, 150% & spinnaker. Radio, instruments, stereo w/cabin & cockpit speakers, refurbished, excellent condi¬ tion. Cprinthian Yacht Club, B-3. $26,000. Con¬ tact Joe, (415) 824-0466 or (415) 456-6969.
36 TO 39 FEET UNION 36,1983. Located Kusadasi Turkey. Avail¬ able June ‘98. Perkins 4-108, Monitor vane, AP, Avon raft, HAM, radar, propane stove, 3 anchors, 180 chain, Profurl, aluminum bottom inflatable, outboard, many spares. $80,000. Please contact (503) 368-7077 or write: Dan, Box 41, Manzanita, OR. 97130. PEARSON 36 SLOOP, 1973, HULL #140. Fin
keel, 11 winches racer/cruiser. ‘93-’94 cruised to Mexico & Sea of Cortez. Brand new Perkins diesel, '93 new rigging & upgraded electrics. $40,000 obo. Retiring tothe Caribbean. Havenew boat in Cartagena. I love this boat! Please call (707) 765-4890. HUNTER 36, 1980. Excellent condition, roller furling, ICOM VHF, Loran, h/c pressure water, shower, depthsounder, knotmeter. Yanmar diesel with 850 hrs, 30 gal fuel, 90 gal water. Very clean. $36,000. Please call Jeff, (510) 328-3250 dys or (707) 746-1680 eves.
Brookes & Gatehouse instru¬ ments, Loran, #1 & #3 headsails, 1/2 & 3/4 oz spinnakers, double headfoil, hydradlic backstay, rod rigging, Harken traveler & mainsheet. Faired keel/rudder, propane stove, head & shower, hot water heater. Ready to caiise or race. $84,500. (619)426-3136. 38-FT C&C, 1986.
past. 1963 5.5 meter racing sloop rebuilt & refin¬ ished '96-'97. New LPU paint & structure rebuild. Vessel's in top condition. Active racing class in East Bay. Ready to go now. $12,800. Please call (510)653-1724. AT EASE. Racer/cruiser, well maintained, well equipped, diesel, forced air heating, water heater, Loran, hydraulics, dodger, full instruments. Marina Village berth. $33,950. (510) 769-1201.
FG. In Oakland. Fully equipped world cruising, 24 persons. Due to heart & glaucoma, bargain: $45,000. Consider all offers/trades. Serious seller. (408) 476-8537.
HUNTER 33.5,1980. Excellent condition. Low hrs
37- FT HUNTER, 1979.
SANTANA 35,1981,
Denmark built singlehanded racer/weekender. Micron-epoxy bottom. New sail inventory & running rigging. Loaded with electronic navigation, safety gear, ground tackle. Volvo diesel. Avon 4 man liferaft. Pt Richmond, CA berth. Reduced to $19,500. Call (425) 290-8580 after 4 pm. 33-FT APHRODITE 101.
WESTSAIL 32,1974. Factory finished, well main¬
tained & loved. Volvo 35 hp, VHF, depthsounder, rigged for singlehandling, all lines lead aft to cockpit. Good sails, great liveaboard. Diesel cabin heater. $44,000. Call Naf, (415) 636-9324 or email: nfurman@jps.net
35-FT SPENCER, 1964. Completely equipped for
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35-FT SANTANA, 1982.
PEARSON 323, 1979.
One owner purchased new in 71, rebuiltAtomic4, VHF, depthsounder, holding tank, replaced standing rigging, Speedo, cockpit cush¬ ions, 2 jibs, spinnaker, bottom painted, new zincs 8/97. Professionally maintained. $28,000. A great sailer. Call Wes before 7 pm. (510) 235-0184. C&C 35 MKI.
dieselYanmar.Hot water shower and wheel steer¬ ing and VHF. BBQ gas, Avon and engine recent haulout. New paint. GPS map. $29,500, will help w/financing. (707) 887-8250.
36- FT CUTTER RIGGED, FIN KEEL, balsa core,
Excellent shape. New: rigging, Harken rollerfurting, main, jib, upholstery. $36,000. Please call Bob at (415) 492-1634 or (800) 544-2068 x310.
Aft cabin, V-berth, bunks, separate head/shower. Pressure water system, galley alcohol stove. Bot¬ tom paint '97, engine rebuilt '96. All the gear, safe and easy to sail. $28,500, call for details. Call (510) 552-5969.
36-FT CATALINA, 1985. New interior cushions & countertops, Furuno 1621 radar* Garmin GPS, VHF, Heart battery condition meter, TV, VCR, stereo w/IOdisc CD changer, full canvas, Autohelm 3000, windlass, Horizon wind direction, speed and depth gauges. $46,000. (619) 316-3194 pgr. (619)989-0912.
ERICSON 35. Excellent boat, strong, tall rigging. Big winches, 2 genoas, 2 spinnakers, electric windlass, mahogany & teak interior & more. Priced for quick sale. Prime Sausalito berth. $31,000 obo. Michel, (415) 332-7447, for pictures: http.www.greendolphin.com/boats.html
39 ft LOA. Mahogany on teak, total refit ‘96-’97, all new systems, full sail inventory & ground tackle. 35 hp diesel, new electronics, propane stove, classic lines, teak decks, all bronze fittings. $25,000. (415) 674-9385.
C0R0NAD035. Great cruising boat, lots of space.
WILLIAM GARDEN STAYSAIL KETCH,
HOBIE 33, KIWI. Fast & fun, fastest Hobie around with trophies to prove it. Full Signet instrumenta¬ tion, new upholstery. Greatsail inventory: 3 mains, 4 headsails, 2 spinnakers. Excellent condition. $19,750. (805) 647-4557.
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TARTAN 37,1978. Fixed keel, offshore ready, excellent condition. Custom teak interior. Lightly used, cruised once. Most systems replaced '93. Perkins diesel, Monitor vane, Autohelm, AdlerBarbour 12v refrig, Raritan hot water. Force 10 propane stove w/sniffer alarm. GPS, CARD radar detector, 406 EPIRB, DDS-99 depthsounder w/ repeater, wind point, speed, knotmeter. Line drive downwind pole. Good 160%, fair 120%, excellent Hood 90%, new Hood main. Custom boat cover. Avon Redcrest, 3-1/2 hp outboard. $65,000. Email: alexb21@ibm.net. 38-FT INGRID, BLUEWATER BOATS hull & deck, ballast in, tanks in, interior partly roughed in, have chain plates, spruce mast & wood for other spars. Yanmar diesel also available. Please call (415)868-2401.
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38-FT FARALLONE CLIPPER #2, MISTRESS, is for sale. The classic Bay boat. Incomparable history. Comes complete w/8 sails, an extra engine, too much else to list. Recent extensive refit. Check her out at http://home.pacbell.net/ericm, then contact me at ericm@pacbell.net or leave msg at (415) 648-6062.
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CATALINA36,1982.Liveaboard/cruiserspecial. Full cockpit dodger-bimini enclosure combination with standing headroom & side panels for sailing in comfort on foul weather days, furling jib, diesel fireplace, autopilot, electric windlass & 100 ft chain ground tackle, refrig, selftailing oversized i winches, Loran, solar panels, extra battery, VHF, : stereo, pressure water, shower, inverter, battery charger, cockpit table. Standing rigging new '93. Located in Sausalito, CA. Offered at $52,000. (415) 956-7260 wk or (415) 332-0935 hm.
CAVALIER 39,1984. Exquisite example of kiwi craftsmanship. Moderate displacement, modern underbody, equipped forcruising makes this sloop an ideal, go anywhere vessel. Sistership winner LA to Tokyo Pan Pacific race '94. Equipment list if available. $107,000. Call (415) 487-1964 dys or I (415)454-1901 eves.
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CATALINA 38,1983. Health forces a great sav‘ ings sale. Boat is in great shape, a cruising vetit eran with all the best gear. Over $25,000 in new i equipment & improvements in the last 2 yrs. Boat sale will include a slip in Monterey, CA. Boat is in fresh water at Pedro Miguel, Panama. Call or fax for list of equipment & improvements. $40,000 0! obo with slip. Telephone: (507) 232-4509 or fax: ;fi (507)272-8105.
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CATALINA 36,1994. 2 reefs, spinnaker, 150%, 115%, inverter, GPS interfaced w/Autohelm. Batt 400 amps 50 amps charger, walk thru transom, ■ betterthan new! Just back from Mexico. Too many goodies to list. $98,000. Please call for list. Phone: (702) 588-8957 or fax: (702) 588-0149. ISLANDER 36,1980. 50 hp Pathfinder, rebuilt 1997. Immaculate teak interior fully refinished '97. New furler ‘98, new lifelines '97. Rerig, inverter, Autohelm, VHF, DS, KM, wind, h/c pressure wa¬ ter, 130%, 110%, gennaker. Beautiful, roomy, fast and seaworthy. $49,900 or b/o. (415) 661-4852.
40 TO 50 FEET 45-FT EXPLORER cutter ketch. Excellent bluewater cruising boat. Almost ready, needs you. Goes to broker if not sold by June 1, then price will go up. Asking $90,000. Please call owner (925) 229-4608 or pager (510) 677-6701. 1982 MULL 45, located in South East Asia ready to go. For sale or will trade for racer/cruiser/one design on West Coast USA. Moving to SF, no time to sail it. Email: kjm@pc.jaring.my or phone/fax: (60) 3-248-2036. VENUS 42,1990, Paul Johnson gaff rigged ketch, Colin Archer, GRP/Airex, epoxied. Fully equipped for world cruising. Currently in New Zealand hav¬ ing sailed from England. Overhauled & ready to continue circumnavigation. $95,000 US, nego¬ tiable because of location. Telephone/fax num¬ ber: 00-44-1206-385048. CT 41 KETCH. Fiberglass hull, teak house & interior, Perkins diesel, radar, inverter, solar, AP, windvane, fireplace, many extras. Beautiful, strong world cruiser atvery low price. $59,000. Now lying S.F. Bay Area. Fax: D.W. Content,' c/o Kinkos, (510) 644-9704. GANLEY STEEL 40.-Custom made in New Zealand. Very fair hull, experienced cruiser, fin keel, AP. Sails well in all conditions. Lots of equipment including 3 spinnakers & scuba com¬ pressor. Call for a complete list. $139,000. Lying San Carlos. Cal! (415) 948-6424. CHEOY LEE 40,1969. Rhodes design, bluewater cruiser, radar, Plastimo raft, GPS, dinghy, out¬ board, windlass, heavy ground tackle, autopilot, watermaker, windvane. Insulated backstay, heater, Hooka, roller furling, USCG documented, liveaboard. $59,000. Phil, (602) 821 -0896oremail: michaeldesper® msn.com 43-FT HANS CHRISTIAN CUTTER, 1988. Telstar, lead keel, Espar, Alpha pilot, Force 10 with broiler, Yanmar turbo, full cover, dodger, Adler Barbour, tri-cabin. $175,000. (360) 379-4818 or email: avsupply@olypen.com
CAMPER-NICHOLSON(ILLINGWORTH)49’7”,
(cold-molded) laminated Makore cutter, perfor¬ mance cruiser. Built Lloyd's A-1 Maltese Cross, 1967, Chichester era. Santa Cruz 50 rig. Newer Volvo diesel, 10 kts average, Axel Hoyst, PHRF 96, cruising interior. $65,000/trade. Please call (415) 332-5461 am or (415) 907-9803 pgr. 40- FT BLUEWATER CRUISER, CHEOY LEE, 1970. Yawl rig, 8 sails, new thru hull fittings & valves, tri-cab ladder to galley on port side, 49 hp Perkins, teak wood deck, OK. $53,000. Please call (707) 826-7448 or (317) 329-9719. 1984 NORSEMAN CENTER COCKPIT. Exten¬ sive refit 1997-98. $220,000. For details & video call (714) 740-7730 dys or (714) 273-1529. Bro¬ kers protected. KETTENBERG 41. Glass hull. Extensive work done. Complete exterior LPU, ceramic tile, oak sole, new AC/DC wiring, refrig/freezer & AC. New cushions, custom bookshelves & storage. Truly a beautiful boat. $59,500. Serious offers consid¬ ered. Annapolis, MD. Jennifer, (410) 263-0008. HUNTER LEGEND 43,1991. One owner, never chartered, must sell, moving overseas. $10,000 extras, including bimini, full cockpit enclosure, TV, VCR, microwave, 10 ft inflatable, new upholstery, low engine hrs. In slip in Monterey, CA. Sacrifice at $117,000. (408) 647-0920 or rphajqk@nps.navy.mil 41- FT MORGAN CLASSIC, 1989. Liveaboard. 33,000 BTU central heat, sat. TV, VCR, Bose/ Denon/Sony stereo, HAM/SSB/email, dual VHF’s, GPS, Loran, Autohelm ST-50’s, ST-7000 AP, dodger, furling jib/main, Yanmar w/200 hrs, 215 miles on log. $139,900. See her at http:// www.anacapa.net/-mtryon/ or call (805) 642-0808. COLUMBIA 4$, 1973. Fiberglass designed liveaboard, best galley,Jarge aft cabin, separate enclosed shower, new upholstery. Excellent 50 hp Perkins diesel (rebuilt 250 hrs), roller furling jib & main, more. Spouse's health forces sale. $58,000. Located San Rafael. (707) 374-4775. HANS CHRISTIAN 43,1988, CHRISTINA. Cutter rig, teak decks, fully loaded & ready for cruising. 2 staterooms, 2 heads. Italian marble countertops, teak staving throughout, Northern Lights 5 kw generator, MicroLogicGPS, Robertson AP, ICOM VHF, Datalink System, Raytheon radar, SCG SSB, Probe sonar, Trace inverter, saltwater wash down system, dinghy davits, Muir electric wind¬ lass, Adler-Barbour refrig, microwave, 3 burner propane stove/oven. Extensive canvas, full cock¬ pit enclosure w/screen & Eisenglass, plus full boat awning, spacious cockpit w/3” cushions, Yanmar diesel 55 hp Turbo engine, 25 gal per hr watermaker, washer/dryer. 4 hanging lockers, lots of storage space & built-ins. 6'2” headroom throughout. Dark green veloursettees. One owner, well maintained. $265,000. Jerry, (415) 454-5725, wkdays.
42-FT ALDEN KETCH. Lots of sails, 271 Detroit diesel. Boat completely rebuilt 4 yrs ago. 1-7/16 planking, everything new except cabin top, decks, cockpit, mast & booms, rigging new when rebuilt. Documented. Located Alameda. $45,000. Call (941)766-7108. 40-FT WOODEN KETCH. 5 sails, gaff rig, built 1977. Mahogany/oak. 4 cyl diesel, hydraulicsteering. $20,000. (510) 864-0334. CORONADO 41. Great liveaboard & good sailer. Sexy interior with king size berth aft. Has office so you can telecommute from home aboard. Biggest boat for the buck. Buy now for summer! $55,000. (510)522-7471 or (510) 429-6873. DOWNEASTER 41,1981. 2 staterooms, 65 hp diesel, 300 gal fuel, radar, roller furling, B&G equipment, powerwindlass,VHFLoran,coldplate frig, propane stove/oven, h/c pressurewater. Must see! $59,000. Call (530) 477-8677. KINGS LEGEND 41, 1985. Flush deck, pilot¬ house, cutter. 44 hp Yanmar, 110 gal water, 120 gal diesel. Fwd & aft cabins w/head & shower in each. H & C pressure water. Edson davits, Vetus elec windlass, Heart inverter, Autohelm 4000, Furuno 16 mile radar, Horizon VHF, Sony AM/FM . cassette. 3 burner stove & oven, cold plate refer, cable steering outside, hydraulic inside & emer¬ gency tiller, Standard brand wind, knotmeter & depth instruments, 9 ft inflatable dinghy. Located Marina Village, Alameda. $107,500. Please call (602)610-8706or email: kokomo@Sprintmail.com 44 LAFITTE, 1983. Immaculate, cruise ready cutter. Perry design 61 HP Lehman, 3.5 kilowatt generator, full set of sails. 3 air conditioning unit/ heaters, Freedom 25 inverter, 20 gph watermaker, MaxProp, Sitex GPS, chart plotter, SGC 2000 HAM/SSB, Loran, Autohelm electronics, 2 AP’s, AB11 ft fiberglass bottom dinghy, 9.9 Suzuki, 2.5 Tohatsu, Avon liferaft, teak decks, 2 heads. Step down main salon, nav station, microwave, 3 burner stove, cockpit shower, windlass, 300 ft chain, 150 ft rode, 3 anchors. $147,500. (818) 702-0333 or (818) 353-7847, after 6 pm. 40-FT BENETEAU FIRST 38,1982. Spacious tri¬ cabin performance cruiser. 50 hp diesel, radar, DataMarine instruments & more. $57,900 obo. See http://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/ 5471/first38.html or call (415) 282-3041, eves. YORKTOWN 41,1985. Center cockpit fiberglass sloop, roomy interior greatfor liveaboard/cruising. Easy to sail. 35 hp diesel, dodger, h/c water, shower, refrig, microwave. Hull, mast & engine in great shape. $39,000/offer. (510) 523-4503 or http://www.jetware.com/yorktown GULFSTAR 47 SAILMASTER KETCH, 1980. Extraordinarily well found. Superb liveaboard or cruiser. May be seen at Schoonmaker Marina, Sausalito. $175,000. Please call Byron Fox at (415)445-6515.
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HARDIN 44, 1979. Cruising sailboat. Excellent condition. One owner 15 years. Documented by USCG. Specifications, accommodations and lay¬ out, galley, electronics and navigation equipment, electrical system, deck and hull, sails and rigging, mechanical equipment and engine details too indepth to list under 80 words. Asking $135,000 or consider trade plus my cash foryour 40-ft or larger power boat. (I have recently moved from Marin to Napa and require a boat with less draft for the river.) Call (707) 255-4600. 40’ SCHOONER, 1998. New, wooden..Wm. Gar¬
den design. Highest yacht standards. Old growth yellow cedar planking, oak frames, teak decks. Interior hand-crafted yellow cedar w/mahogany. 70 hp GMC diesel w/PTO hydraulics. Modem amenities. Buyer can specify finishing. Call, write or see for yourself-on Vancouver Island, an easy one-hour drive from Victoria or a 10 min. flight from Vancouver. US$ 240,000. Lake Cowichan, B.C., Canada. (250) 749-3616 or email: gmbarrow@islandnet.com ALDEN 46 KETCH. Cold molded hull, F/G deck,
cabin and cockpit. 6 bags of new sails. New Force 10 oven, Force 10 heater, Lewmar electric wind¬ lass and Apelco VHF. Icom single sideband, Schaefer traveler, 75 lb CQR, two 55 lb Danforths, 200-ft chain, Barient 28 ST winches, 1 lOv refrig, Garmin 45 GPS. Needs fiberglass work and paint¬ ing, interiorwork. $40,000 or b/o. (510) 535-2134.
HUDSON FORCE FIFTY KETCH (51-ft LOD, 60 ft LOA). World cruiser/liveaboard. Pilothouse, all furling, 3 staterooms, double salon, heavy glass hull & decks. Watermaker, generator, SSB, radar, inverter, cold plates, etc. Many extra sails, up¬ grades & spares. Some trades (property or boat) or financing considered. Sausalito berth. Asking $126,000.(415)331-5251.
KIALOA II, 73-FT WELL KNOWN aluminum ocean racing yacht. A prestige yacht in excellent condition. Presently in New Zealand, will deliver anywhere. $275,000. Info at www.kialoa2.com or call Tom Corkett, (714) 642-9584.
$100,000 in upgrades, from dinghy on davits to washer/dryer. Perfect for local, long range or liveaboard. 200 hpturbo charged Volvo. 9 knots at approximately 2 gal per hr. 800 gal fuel. 12-1/2 & 6 kw generators. Roller furled genoa & main. Singlehandable. Remote controlled centerboard, stainless rigging, air-conditioned, gourmet galley, ice maker, wet bar, 3 showers, bath tub, full electronics. Located Marin County. Reduced to $199,000.(415) 453-6127. 52-FT COLVIN SCHOONER, 1986. Ready for
cruising, full galley, refrig, aft cabin, 85 hp Perkins diesel. 150 gal fuel, 200 gal water. Great liveaboard. Great bargain at $89,900. Call for spec sheet, (541)689-8210. 58-FT EDSON SCHOCK CLASSIC CUTTER.
Originally built 1935 Long Beach for actor Dana Andrews. Extensively restored to new in '91. Worldwide, only one. She’s beautiful, fast, strong & rich in history. Her sleek, eye catching lines made her a successful race & boat show winner. Full electronics & nav equipped. Her 13 ft beam, 7’6" draft, 20 tons make her a seaworthy world cruiser. Charter/Iiveaboard ready. Rich mahogany interior S brightwork. Sleeps 7+ in her 3 private double berths. 2 heads w/showers, large galley, all extras. Meticulously maintained. In Alameda, by owner. Illness forces dramatic reduction to $■199,000 must sell, make offer. (510) 522-8231.
Sparkman & Stephens design, Dutch built, Corten steel. New rigging, wiring, teak decks. Extensive update. Circumnavigation ready. Best offer, trade. Information package, $10. Include your phone. Jim Friedlander, 3389 Sheridan #471, Hollywood, FL 33021. GULFSTAR 52,1976. Cutter rigged ketch. Cen¬ ter cockpit. Cruise ready. 135 hp Perkins, 300 gal water, 400 gal diesel, 20 gph watermaker, h/c pressure water, fully enclosed dodger, wind, knot, depth, radar, GPS, autopilot, Profurt, selftailing <, winches, Bose and much more. $129,000. Call (408) 399-0511.
kicker, 4 sails, new rigging & paint. Solid construc¬ tion & well tested. Perfect Bay boat or coastal cruiser. First $15,000. Please call for details. (916) 241-4758 eves, Iv message.
1937 SUNSET CLASS CUTTER, HULL #1.34 ft,
40-FT TRIMARAN Piver, 100 hrs of use since it
excellent lines, very original condition, close planked hull, mahogany over oak, bronze fas¬ tened, bronze knees. Built in Oakland, have his¬ tory, old photos. 6 sails, Atomic 4, needs work. Must sell, will sacrifice. $3,495 obo. Call John at (510) 505-9815.
was built. Sails are like new. 27 hp Isuzu diesel. NACA foil keel. Bottom painted 12/97. $24,900. Reynolds 21 catamaran similarto Stiletto 27.20+ kts. With trailer. $7,900. Call (408) 294-8158.
ration project. $6,000 obo. Gary, (415) 474-6593. 38-FT KETTENBERG CLASSIC SLOOP, 1950.
New diesel, solid boat. $8,500 obo. Call Gary, (415) 474-6593.
MULTIHULLS X
36-FT CUSTOM NEWICK TRIMARAN, 1986.
island queen, forward cabin v-berth, 2 heads & showers. 44 hp Yanmar diesel 4 cylinder less than 400 hrs. Runs great! Main, 150% & 110%, veiy good condition. New batteries. Many extras. $63,000 obo. (415) 602-3406.
IRVING JOHNSON’S LAST YANKEE. 65 ft LOA.
31-FT PIVER TRI. In SF Bay, ready to sail! 7.5 hp
Master Mariner and Lyle Gateway Cup winner. Beautiful and fast. Fantail stem, new genoa, new rudder. Win this year’s Master Mariners! $4,500 or b/0. (415)332-7501.
40-FT RHODES CLASSIC SLOOP, 1948. Resto¬ 55-FT VALEO. Genoa ketch motorsailer. Over
40-FT HUNTER, 1986, SLOOP. Owners cabin aft
51 FEET & OVER
24-FT GAFF CUTTER, ADELAIDE. Built in 1880s,
Faster, roomier than Farriers! Beautiful N-36with 26 ft beam, sleeps 6, enclosed head, galley, huge cockpit, furier, full batten main, screecher, speedo/ depth, GPS, solar panels, 15 hp Honda & much more. Fo> photo of boat see ad index under “MultiSail’. $69,500 or $79,500 w/mooring. Please call (714) 631-4434 wrk or (714) 723-0279 hm or www.multisail.com HOBIE20,1995. Ultimate racing catamaran. Great
in the Bay, in a lake or off the beach! Beautiful sails. Great condition. Caulkins trailer, Cat box, beach wheels & harnesses all included. $8,000 negotiable. Call Richard at (650) 481-4544. 38-FT TRIMARAN, #2. Boat out of mold, in kit
HUNTER’S CHILD. Singlehand offshore racer. Finished 2nd in last BOC Challenge. Excel¬ lent condition and stored at St. Augustine, Florida. $325,000. Ph:(904) 462-3077,fax: (904) 462-4077, email: huntermarine @ worldnet.att.net.
CLASSICS ROLLO, Master Mariner registered. 23 feet long. Hogin main & full boat cover. Original 2 stroke inboard gas engine. Good shape. Great sailing boat. 2nd baby due in June. $3,500 obo. (510) 524-5008. 1938 SPIDSGATTER,
33- FT RHODES DESIGNED
WINDWARD, BUILT
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to help care for, support & sail this elegant wood classic. Hauled '95. Surveyed & insured this year. $3,500 for 112 equity. Call John at (415) 337-6400.
& built by English yacht designer Sebastian Fitzmaurice. A truly unique, proven offshore cruis¬ ing ketch, fully equipped & ready to go. A short list of the many amenities: fiberglass foam core hull, Burmese teak decks, Honduras mahogany inte¬ rior, Bomar hatches, Crosby refrig with 300 lb freezer, Lewmar winches, Nilsson electric wind¬ lass, Yanmar main engine, Yanmar generator, radar, GPS, 400 gpd watermaker, AP, etc. 3 double staterooms with large master aft cabin, 4 heads, 2 quarter berths. In San Diego. $155,000 U.S. (250) 851-0972. PRINDLE16 CATAMARAN, 1979. Excellent con¬ dition. New rigging & trampoline. Trailer included. $900. (916) 791-5277. PRINDLE 18-2 CATAMARAN WITH TRAILER.
Buda diesel, fishfinder, large comfortable v-berth & head, waterheater. $6,500. (510) 704-0332.
Very good cond. Free roller furling, cat box & boat cover. Ready to sail. $2,195. (541) 479-6241.
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beam, glass hull, 10 hrs on fully rebuilt FWC 318 Chrysler ($10,000, receipts). Swim platform, wind¬ lass, bow pulpit, new VHF, GPS, FF. Sleeps 4, spacious teak cabin/galley. Fish, cruise, liveaboard. $24,750. (415) 332-2962. GOLDEN STAR 38,1985, Sun Deck motcryacht.
Twin Perkins diesels (360 hrs), Dickinson Antarc¬ tic heater in main salon, Cozy cabin heater in aft stateroom. Norcold AC/DC refrigerator new '97, electric head. Excellent liveaboard. $89,995. Call (510) 865-9788.
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partners to share 30-33' cat on S.F. Bay/Delta, berthed in Sausalito. Cat to provide comfy accom¬ modations foryour family or 2 couples. Call Russ at (415) 924-9402.
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HOBIE 16. VG condition. Have many extras: 2 sets sails, tramps and Harkens. Garaged since ‘84. $1,750 or b/o. Will trade for VG laptop com¬ puter. (650) 363-0440.
POWER & HOUSEBOATS
34- FT KNEASS BROTHERS TRAWLER, 1929.
wheel diameter
Leather Wheel Cover
BROWN OFFSOUNDINGS 38 TRIMARAN. Good hull, ketch rig over-built, rollerfuriing genoa. Mexico vet sleeps 6, aft cabin/center cockpit, shoal keel. Diesel. Needs tankage, wiring & minor work to complete. Surveyed at $35,000, asking $20,000. Call & ask for Renny at (650) 697-8006 x125 or (650) 369-9050 hm.
FITZMAURICE47.5TRIMARAN, 1988. Designed
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PROUT SNOWGOOSE 37, 1978. Solid, fiber¬ glass production catamaran. Sleek, fast, world renown cruiser, gorgeous teak interior, 3 private staterooms & queen size berth, many upgrades. Comfortable, easily handled, cozy cockpit, Yanmar diesel, wind generator, AP, windlass, GPS, VHF, etc. $99,500.(415) 331-8858.
form. Hull, bulkheads, deck all attached. Engine in & Edson steering in. Ready to take & finish. $67,000 firm. (707)464-1276.
1949. Needs a third partner who is willing & able 60-FT
CATAMARAN 37’6”. Fast, cruise ready. Double sink, stove, heads, sleeps 6-8. All sails, 2 elec start o/b & more! Richmond. $88,000/offer. Herb, (707) 664-1065.
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Spinnaker Boat Repair Woodwork • Engine Maint. • Elect. • Haulouts Located at South Beach Harbor, S.F. (415)543-7333
25-FT BOSTON WHALER, 1985, with cuddy
ROUGHWATER 35 SEDAN CRUISER, 1979.
cabin. New 5.8 liter V-8 engine installed in '90that has only 117 hrs of running time. Boat hauled out of water for engine & bottom maintenance every 120 dys. Equipment includes: ICOM VHF radio installed '96, Standard 75 ship to shore telephone, Sea Haw 40 CB radio, SI-TEX 100 radar, depthsounders (2 each), knotmeter, full canvas cover for dry storage, canvas enclosure for helm station & 2 axle trailer w/hydraulic brakes. Trailer rebuilt & painted in '97. Asking $35,000 obo. For details or appt for viewing call (510) 313-3044.
Sailors’ powerboat. Low CG. Sweet Monk, Sr design. Economical turbo 185 hp Perkins, cruise 9.5 kts, sleeps 6, refer, range, h/c water, shower, fireplace, 100 gal water, 200 diesel. Great salmon, sea boat, liveaboard. $44,900. (415) 331 -5882 or SOLSTICE99@aol.com
SACRIFICE! 43-FT NAVY PLUMB STEM motor
16-FT CLASSIC RUNABOUT. Mahogany & teak
launch, GMC 671 w/200 hrs since rebuild. Furuno radar, depth, Loran, AP, commercial salmon per¬ mit. Major hull & electrical restoration. $10,000 obo. Family illness. (510) 232-5800.
lapstrake. 1958 built in Japan. Gorgeous. 40 hp Johnson. $3,500 obo. Michel, (415) 332-7447 or for pics: http:www.greendolphin.com/boats.html
GRAND BANKS 36,1968. New diesels, paint, varnish & bottom. Completely serviced & ready for cruising or liveaboard. $63,000 obo. Please call (510) 522-2705.
30-FT FIBERGLASS FLYBRIDGE powerboat,
Cargile cutter. Great roomy liveaboard, shower, stove, refrig, etc. Volvo gas V-8 I/O needs work, but you will be rewarded because BUC value is $15,000 & I want a quick sale at $2,000 obo. Please call (510) 559-8942. UNIFLITE 38,1979. Coastal cruiser. Twin Volvo
TMD40A diesels 2,000 hrs, 7.5 kw Onan, F/B, Raytheon 24 radar, Micrologic Loran, Furuno fishfinder, Robertson AP, VHF, hailer, full galley, ice maker, down riggers, etc. Great liveaboard. $70,000. Call David (408) 980-9052.
PARTNERSHIPS
condition. One owner 15 years. Documented by USCG. Specifications, accommodations and lay¬ out, galley, electronics and navigation equipment, electrical system, deck and hull, sails and rigging, mechanical equipment and engine details too indepth to list under 80 words. Asking $135,000 or consider trade plus my cash foryour 40-ft or larger power boat. (I have recently moved from Marin to Napa and require a boat with less draft for the river.) Call (707) 255-4600.
A GREAT DEAL! CAL 20 FOR $400! 33% equity
WANT TO PURCHASE SOUND, CRUISE ready,
share in Cal 20 valued at $1,200.1963 hull #38. Good condition. Main, 2 jibs, new rigging. Berthed at Richmond Yacht Club. Please call Alyce at (415) 441-8447 or Susan, (510) 482-2971.
F/G, full keel, diesel auxiliary sloop/cutter. Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer, Pearson Triton or similar. Jim, La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Fax: 011-52-112-20095. WANTED: USED TRAILER FOR CATALINA 22
34-FT TOLLYCRAFT, 1976. Twin 350 Merc’s,
28-FT ISLANDER, 1976. Moored at Jack London
tion, fast, dry. Harken furler, full batten main, Dutchman, autopilot, 28hpYanmardiesel, dodger, bimini, extras. Very light use, no racing. Entertain¬ ment ready at Schoonmaker berth, Sausalito. 1/2 equity $8,000; $475/month. (707) 257-7450.
6.5 kw generator, radar, Loran, windlass, flybridge, large deck area, BBQ, satellite TV, VCR, microwave, full bathroom with nice shower, new fishing gear. Must see! $40,000 obo. Please call Todd at (707) 481-6657.
Square. New standing rigging, 2 sails, diesel inboard. 1 /3 partnership available for $4,000/$110 approx/month. Please contact (415) 283-3035 or (408)495-1449. '
UNIQUE CUSTOM FLOATING HOME. 16' x 33’,
clean cat. New rig, sails, diesel; berthed at South Beach Marina, S.F. $300/mo. (415) 731-4956.
CUSTOM BUILT 40-FT YACHT. Twin diesel, very low hrs, great liveaboard, slip in Moss Land¬ ing, many extras. Everything goes: electronics, fishing gear & California commercial salmon li¬ cense. Ready for fishing or pleasure. $28,000. (408) 455-0101.
HARDIN 44,1979. Cruising sailboat. Excellent
WANTED
boat. V-drive, twin screws, Chrysler-Nissan die¬ sel, low hrs. Spacious liveaboard, separate bed¬ room, lots of closets, h/c water, shower/tub. Refrig, gas stove w/oven, VHF, depth, propane heater, twin nav stations. Great condition. $33,000. Call eves, (415) 460-0349.
yacht. Beautifully renovated interior, built-in mi¬ cro, shower, great galley, lots of storage & cabi¬ nets, hanging locker, dining w/3602 views & Pier 39 berth. 671 diesel. Needs some work. $18,000. Financing available. (510) 338-0864.
ment, turn key operation, with living quarters. $170,000 value, located Westwood, Northern California, 4 miles from Lake Almanor. For cruis¬ ing sailboat, Cat preferred or mono, minimum 38 ft. John, (530) 256-3498.
ship, very well equipped. $2,000 in, $225 per month. Call & I’ll fax or mail boat equipment inventory & intentions. Robert, (408) 265-5133.
HUNTER LEGEND 35.5,1991. Excellent condi¬
40-FT LIVEABOARD. 1948 Monk design motor
TRADE FULL SERVICE CAFE. All new equip¬
ERICSON 35. South Beach Harbor, 1/3 owner¬
CRUISE-A-HOME. 40-FT FIBERGLASS motor-
1978. All built-ins, new shake roof, pot belly stove, wood interior, galley, head w/shower, decks fore & aft. Great liveaboard/office space. Survey, haulout docks, in secure Delta marina. $22,000. (415) 456-7312.
SAVE $$. NEW LEE SAILS, main 44’6” x 21’ x
TRADE
with swing keel. Call (707) 762-5110. RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL WOULD LIKE
to rent or lease a 35 ft+ liveaboard boat in East Bay or Peninsula for 6 months to 1 year. Nonsmoker, petless & financially responsible. Will keep your boat in excellent condition. Call (510) 797-0202. I WANT VOUR BABY. Looking for a late model
Sundancer (or similar). Very responsible & trust¬ worthy. I’ll keep it pristine. Desire a lease to fulfill my dream of living on the water for 10 months. Finders fee. Rick, (510) 604-0444.
CATALINA 30. One third flexible timeshare in
CRUISING CAT PARTNERSHIP. Seeking 1-4
partners to share 30-33' cat on S.F. Bay/Delta, berthed in Sausalito. Cat to provide comfy accom¬ modations for your family or 2 couples. Call Russ at (415) 924-9402.
WANTED: LASER II in good condition with all the
bells & whistles, including a trailer. Please contact (530) 478-0430 dys or (530) 478-0481 eves or olelaw@oro.net (I only check email infrequently, though).
TWO HONDA OUTBOARDS. 7.5 hp & 5 hp, both
engines good condition. Longshaft. Includes tanks. 7.5 hp, $950.5.5 hp, $700. (510) 232-7999. PERKINS 4108 DIESEL FOR SALE. Good shape. $2,500. Hugh Owens, (208) 232-7236. MARTEC 2 BLADE FOLDING PROP. 1.5” shaft,
right hand, 20”, 13 pitch, excellent condition. $350. Fixed 3 blade prop, right hand, 20”, 11 pitch. $150. (415) 331-4537. COMPLETE SET OF CUSHIONS for Catalina 34.
Never used. Pattern: Somerset. Color: buff. Will deliver. $495. Please call (805) 686-0012 or fax (805) 686-0809. WANTED: YOUR USED SAILING equipment.
Convert your overflowing dock box into cash. Heck, I’ll even buy the box. Sold your boat? Still have those extras laying around? Inflatables, an¬ chors, winches, windlasses, electronics, sextants, outboards. Please call (916) 487-1481 or jchalais@ns.net 150% GENOA FOR CATALINA 25. Good condi¬
tion, made by Catalina Co. $225. (916) 722-4467. MAINSAIL FOR OLSON 25 by Larsen sails.
Excellent condition, hardly used. $350 obo. Jim, (707) 226-2714 or (800) 955-6666 X1061. HOOD STOWAWAY MAINSAIL MAST #1225
with electric furling. Height can be adjusted from 44” to 68". Complete. No boom. $60,000 new, $7,000 used. (415) 457-8616. 1/2 OZ SPINNAKER, 31.7 LUFF x 16.3, $250.
150% genoa, J/24, hanks, $200. Heavy construc¬ tion Mylar genoa, 57 luff x 27 foot, $400. Edson Super Simplex steering gear to 36 ft, $400. Hydrovane windvane to 36 ft, $700. Please call (510)2354911. ICOM M-600 SSB & MATCHING ICOM AT-120
tuner. Less than 2 years old & never been used. $995 obo. Call David at (415) 897-5706 or fax (415)897-0817. EDSON DAVITS. Like new, heavy duty units with
USED GEAR
KNARR. Classic 30-ft popular one-design class
racer. Just completely overhauled. Built in Nor¬ way in 1955. Great S.F. Marina Green berth. (Gashouse Cove berth 430). Sole owner seeking 3 equity partners. 1 /4 share $2,000. Race or social sail. Call (415) 331-8561.
48'6”. Main 37’ x 14' x 39'. Jib 52' x 18' X 42’. Staysail 41 ’6” x 14’ x 36’. All or part. Call for price, (760) 731-2907.
bases. Previous owner of our boat paid $1,876 for these units in '95 according to invoice. We’ll take $1,185 obo cash. Contact Dave at (650) 869-5095 or email dave@optimalsolutions.com
J/105 SAILS, or fits 1=40.5, J=13.4, P=41.4,
E=14.5.5 mains: 4 Dacron, 1 Kevlar. 3 jibs: 2 roller furling Mylar, 1 Kevlar. 4 symmetrical spinnakers: 1/2 & 3/4 oz North & Marion. $200 - $700. Please call (415) 435-6285. ‘98 YAMAHA OUTBOARD. 9.9 hp 4 stroke, high thrust, XL shaft. Manual start, unused, in box. $1,900.(510) 215-6666.
MAIL...and MUCH MORE Port-of-Call mail & parcel forwarding services. We hold your mail until you reach your next port, then send it to you, worldwide, from your virtual mailbox. This service includes digital toll-free voice mail/answering. Call (408) 774-0226 or Fax: (408) 774-0106 or visit our Web page: www.mailandmuchmore.com
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NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING
CHART SAVINGS OF 70% & MORE! Current Edition Charts reproduced on the Heaviest-Weight Paper in the Industry! So Pac Mex NZ Aust USA, Carib., Med.,-Worldwide. Free Index. Sample Chart $2. DMA & NOS Originals @ 20% Off! (25 chart min.) 22 Years Quality Service Bellingham Chart Printers Division, TIDES END LTD. P_0. ^°x 1728L' ^rlday WA 98250 Phone (800) 643-3900 • Fax (360) 468-3939»Web: www.tidesend.com_
Magneuto™ System Exclusively 1. Boat Remains in Berth 2. Eliminates Deviation Authorized Compass Repair - All Major Brands Hal McCormack *01*100(1118
at GRAND MARINA, Alameda -- (510)523-6011
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Divin9'0ec,rical 1 Installations & Repairs Hull Maintenance • Rigging • Surveys • Systems Installations • Fine Woodworking
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Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engine. -on experience adjusting valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system, gnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays, nore information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 332-7544 May, 1998
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J SURVIVAL SUITS. 4 top quality adult survival suits, as new, never used (thank God!). Fits adults up to 300 lbs. $235 each or $800 for the lot. Mini B EPIRB, $75. Please call (707) 255-3368 eves.
TRAILERS TRAILER FOR SALE FOR 3,000 LB fixed keel
GENNAKER, NORTH SAILS, 1 -1/2 oz with sock.
boat. Brakes, tongue extender. $1,500. Please call (510) 232-7999.
1=47’+, J=14.4'+, low use. Red, orange, yellow, $1,250. Sheets, tack line, shackles, 4 blocks, $250. Islander 36 tall rig, Ericson 38, etc. Call (925) 295-1650 ext 243 or (510) 773-0852, ask for Peter.
OCSC SAILING CLUB CREDITS DISCOUNTED. SINGLE AXLE TRAILER, 1985. Had a MacGregor
sailboat on it. Manufactured by MacGregor. $1,200. SF, (415) 285-6735.
NEW GEAR: (these items are brand new, never
DUAL AXLE SAILBOAT TRAILER, in excellent condition. 8 adjustable pads, newtires, new brakes. Current registration, lights work. $1,950. Please call (510)236-1933.
used & still in the original box) Davis MK-15 sextant, $75. 2 Lewmar aluminum opening portlights, $150each. Force 10bulkhead mounted propane heater, $250. 2 Bayley survival suits, $300each. Used gear: Mercury 9.9 outboard, low hrs, exc condition, $595. 2 Bridgestone folding bikes, high quality, like new, $275 each. Miyata 21 speed road bike, lots of extras, under 500 miles, $400. Mainsail, 45.2 x 12.2 x 8 oz, decent, $400. Call (408)289-9751.
MISCELLANEOUS Would the owners of Hallberg-Rassys please contact Suzann at West Coast Yachts for informa¬ tion regarding an up-and-coming rendezvous, and a formal association to plan fun events and news¬ letters for the owners of Hallberg-Rassys. Call (206) 298-3724 or email: wcy@seanet.com
RH, $150. Wire/rope halyard 3/16” stainless 60 ft & 7/16” braid 56 ft, $50. Lewmar heavy duty 4 part tackles with integral cleat suitable for running backstays, etc. $40 each. Ph: (415) 435-1707. MERCEDES-BENZ OM 636 marine diesel en¬
ORIGINAL CHARTS $4.00 (not photocopies).
gine with gear box. 42 hp, 4 cyl. $5,500. Call Frank, evenings only. (510) 758-2431, leave mes¬ sage.
Large selection: USA east, west & Gulf, Canada east & west, Europe, Med, Japan, Korea. Some Africa, Australia, Indonesia, P.l. & Red Sea. Email: lonnie.king@kuentos.guam.net or internet: http:// www.frii.com/-jdware/charts or P.O. Box 8044, Agat, Guam 96928.
TWO 18 HP NISSAN LONGSHAFT outboards with remote control, electric start & accessories. Excellent condition. $2,200 both or $1,200 each. (510) 653-4579. Please leave message. Owner moved to Texas, will consider trade for scuba gear.
LIEN SALE/AUCTION. Approximately 10 sail &
power boats. Interested? Leave name & number at Coyote Point Marina. (650) 573-2594.
JOHNSON 9.9 LONGSHAFT, 1982. $800 obo. Johnson 30 hp longshaft, 1986. $1,100 obo. Please call (510) 763-8600.
NAVY WORK BARGE, 14 x 20 heavy platform over 3 F/G pontoons. $1,150. In water, Novato. (415) 892-6844. THE SAUSALITO BOATBUILDERS’ co-opera¬ tive has moved to San Rafael & we’re looking for new members. If you have a boatbuilding or repair project & need a shop, join us! Please call Peter at (415) 332-1582 between 9 am & 8 pm.
inspected and measured by Quantum, 51.9' luff, 29.5' girth, very good condition. Asking $900. (415) 453-2439.
good cond., $500. VHF antenna & powerboat mount, unused, $35. Vintage Primus two-burner stove in metal lined wood box, brass tanks, $200. British Seagull o/b, longshaft. Trade for same w/ shortshaft. (707)433-1916. OLSON 25 SAILS. Kev-Dac #1, $400. Lt #1,
$350. #3, $400. Kev main (needs recut), $300 Pete 332-5327.
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CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS
SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE.
All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510),464-4617. IRS TAX DEDUCTION. WE NEED YOUR HELP.
By donating your boat in any condition, you help homeless children and their families. Get full book value. Running or not. Call now for more info. (800) 414-HAUL (4285). BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational opportu¬ nities on San Francisco Bay for the physically disabled sailors & able-bodied volunteers. No sailing experience necessary, adaptive equip¬ ment available. Cash & othertax deductible dona¬ tions welcomed. (415) 281-0212.
BERTHS & SLIPS PIER 39 SF SLIPS! Two 50’ x 18' A dock slips, $40,000 each. One 36’ x 13’ B dock slip, $26,500. Will consider cash, trade for real property equity, financing & best offers! (510) 522-5896.
Pillar Point Harbor. Danforth anchor300 lbs. Lease or rent $60 per month to 30 feet, $2 per ft over. Immediately available. Please call Bill Andersen, (408) 733-6300.
25-FT SF MARINA BERTH TO SUBLET. Avail¬
bership. New price is $3,050. Will sell to best cash offer. Act fast. Great opportunity for huge dis¬ count. (530) 241-6487.
able from May thru October. Located across from the GGYC. In the West basin. $130/month. Call (510) 713-4406.
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PACIFIC YACHT DELIVERY USCG Licensed Master - 100 Tons - Sail or Power - Experienced - Reliable - Careful Reasonable - Refs - Owners and Brokers Welcome Also available for Bay and Delta deliveries Capt. Gary Jimmink - Phone (707) 762-1899 or (800) 825-9215 - Pager (707) 973-1400
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Masts, booms, sails, winches, cleats, blocks, anchors, chain, line, outboard , 9^' he.at exchangers, thru-hulls, exhaust manifolds/mufflers, electronics, Ef P5?' swi"] Pj??orn5'stoves’ sinks, portholes, dsl heaters, much morel
CANVAS REPAIR
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CUSTOM CUSHIONS
Canvas repair and restitching (Goretex thread) of sail, boat, bimini coverstents, tontos, replacing of zippers. Make them last another season. ’ Interior & exterior cushions. Dependable, quality work. Ref.
PRIME 35-FT SAN FRANCISCO SLIP. Marina side. Very desirable location. Includes 28 ft diesel auxiliary sloop. Good condition. $16,000. Please call (415) 331-5067. 50’ X 18’ SLIP FOR SALE, PIER 39, San Fran¬ cisco. Please call for details. (415) 474-3425.
CREW LATITUDE LOST MY CREW LISTING...BUT I
PIER 39 SLIP FOR RENT. 45 ft double finger on “E” dock located on the East side away from seals, etc. This slip comes with a garage pass & is close to (boat owners only) individual bathrooms & ice machine. $350 per month. Please Call Gary at (415) 282-8245.
MARINE RECYCLE HAS USED BOAT STUFF!
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Use as your won or rent out for income. Presently rented with positive cash flow, $13,000. Please call (800) 224-9717, leave message.
Buy my unlimited membership for $2,300 and learn to sail, get your ASA'certification and other membership benefits (yacht club, rental discounts, social events). Call Bill (415) 331-5934.
Oceanic Crew Group invites skippers, crew & apprentices to join one of SF Bay's most active sailing groups. Participate in service, skill-improve¬ ment sails & fun sails. For more info please call (415) 979-4866.
SAIL-SERVICE-SOCIALIZE. San Francisco Bay
36-FT SLIP FOR SALE, PIER 39, San Francisco.
CLUB NAUTIQUE MEMBERSHIP. Save $600.
HALF MOON BAY MOORING. Good location
PACIFIC CUP? Hood tri-radial spinnaker, 1.5 oz,
MERCURY OUTBOARD. 50 hp, tanks & remote,*'
Transferable OCSC sailing credits for both rentals and instruction for sale at 25% off OCSC price. Call Lorin at (925) 463-2221 or (510) 482-4731.
ATTENTION HALLBERG-RASSY OWNERS!
MARTEC FOLDING PROP, 15 x 12 x 1” shaft,
MONITOR WINDVANE. Rebuilt wheel adapter, $2,100. Adler-Barbour super cold machine near new but went swimming, easily repairable, $350. Two 5-gal horizontal aluminum propane tank, $150 both. Asymmetrical chute, 33' hoist, $300. Wilcox skipper head, $300. Dan (415) 924-2225
SINGLE SAILORS. Skippers, mates, crew (ad¬ vance or novice). Group sails, raft-ups. Join us at our social and meeting held at the Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda on the second Thursday every month. Social starts at 7 p.m. For details call Single Sailors Assoc. (SSA) (510) 273-9763.
still wanna cruise! Able bodied (w/dangerous curves!) SJF (40), mature, independent, enthusi¬ astic, multi-talented & adventurous sailor desires fun n' sun cruising.touring thru Mex, SoPac, Med? May consider LTR w/SWM skipper 35-50. You: no heavy drink/smoke/drugs. Easy going, very expe¬ rienced skipper. Willing to teach some. Prefer over 35 ft sailboat. Me: healthy, considerate, inter¬ esting professional who loves music, massage, fun, water & island hopping. Been sailing both SF & Chesapeake Bays for over 20 yrs, no bluewater, yet! Limited funds. Ideal situation would be to meet & sail the Bay this summer, then sail off into the sunset come Autumn. Perhaps end up in New Zealand for Cup in 2000! Please call Nancy at (415) 256-0243 or (800) wellness or email: nbirnbaum@marinternet.com SEEKING LADY CREW/COMPANION to share extended leisurely cruising on refit Shannon 38. I'm retired professional, 62, NS with excellent sailing, mechanical, navigation, culinary skills. Plan to cruise New England Spring/Summer '98, then Bahamas, Caribbean & beyond. RicTauson, 88005 Overseas Hwy, Suite 9-468, Isla Morada, FL 33036 or email: rictauson @ juno.com or voice mail: (732) 747-8234. SEEKING VERY ATTRACTIVE SF who enjoys
sailing in the San Diego Area. Exceptionally hand¬ some, SWM, 42, athletic, polite, well traveled. Let’s exchange letter and photo. Alex 8642-1 Villa La Jolla Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037. (619) 558-6343. CREW WANTED. BAHAMAS, CUBA. Cruise 60 ft luxury catamaran. Share expenses, $25/day/ person. No experience required. Minimum stay is 30 days. Send note with interests, skills, time available, photo to: Dream Time, 1126 SE 6th Ave #500, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316.
SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper Reg. price: $180/gal. Our price $50/gal. Also black vinyl and other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal. Pnmer & other epoxies. $10-$15/gal. Polyurethane. $20/gal. (650) 588-4678
JC REFRIGERATION MARINE REFRIGERATION - Refrigerator Disposal - Installation & Service (510) 337-1804
VOLPAR.Inc. (408)986-0848/(800)258-4545
Parts and Service - Penta Only
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CHEW WANTED. Fit SWM 44 yrs N/S is seeking
PROPERTY SALE/RENT
fit N/S female crew 30-45 yrs for Mexico cruise. Leaving Oct-Nov '98 for Sea of Cortez & the Mexican Riviera. Send photo & letter to: South¬ bound Adventure, 214 Yacht Club Wy, P.O. Box #2, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.
COSTA RICA. Two 5 acre view lots in Bahia
Ballena on the Nicoya Peninsula. Bahia Ballena is a beautiful anchorage with easy access to great fishing, snorkeling & hiking. Our lots, where you can watch your boat at anchor, are a nature lovers paradise: howler monkeys, parrots, toucans & rain forest trails along the river. Prices range from $35,000 to $50,000. Please call (408) 659-4538 or write: P.O. Box 1277, Carmel Valley, CA 93924.
SAILING PARTNER WANTED FOR Melboume-
Osaka race. Experienced &seasoned sailor would like to sail with a single female sailor in the Melbourne -Osaka doublehanded yacht race that starts April ‘99. Itinerary: San Diego, Melbourne, Osaka, Florida. Depart San Diego Dec '98. Share food costs & boat work, NS/ND. Freshly refit 39 ft cutter. Please contact Craig Johnson (agent), (360) 394-1856 or email: pacrim@telebyte.net or snail mail: 15146 Salt Air Dr, Poulsbo, WA 98370.
GOOD INVESTMENT, 4 WATERFRONT docks,
2 houses, 2 more buildable lots, 15 minutes from the ocean. $90,000 & up. 15% down. Private party. Located Eureka. Call (707) 445-3011.
SWM SKIPPER. 6’01", 200 lbs, N/S, light drinker, NORTHWEST WATERFRONT PROPERTY, 40
easy going, loves sailing the Bay, BBQs, music, movies. Seeks slim, SWF, 38-48, N/S, light drinker fro sailing, good times, romance. Possible com¬ mitment. Call Chuck at (510) 532-1629, leave message.
x 16 deep water dock, picturesque Gig Harbor, WA bay. Cozy 2+ bdrm, 2 bath, 1,650 sq ft, new decks face beautiful sunsets, best bgy $299,000. Adjacent 3 bdrm 1,825 sq ft, updated kitchen, new paint, carpets, fixed pier, protected moorage, su¬ perb value $339,000. Combine two, build new on expansive western exposure site. Quality NW life in friendly community, good schools, popular Puget Sound boating destination. (360) 697-1491 or email: jsprouse@soundcom.net
CREW WANTED. My boat, a 32 ft Mariner Ketch,
is down in Mazatlan & I need a few mates to help me sail it back to the Bay in late May. Part/whole trip. Interested? Let’s talk. Rob, (510) 653-1142.
ous man looking for enthusiastic, energetic N/S lady as co-captain to share companionship, rig¬ ors, rewards of visiting pristine, remote places as well as big ports on ongoing world cruise aboard 46 ft Kelly Peterson cutter. Now in Phuket Thai¬ land & departing for Chagos, Red Sea, Mediterra¬ nean in few months. If you love snorkeling, scuba, exploring, hiking, passagemaking, gunk holing & are lusting for the journey of a lifetime, please call (310)452-4016.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH EXCELLENT
ADVENTUROUS, BEAUTIFUL, bluewater expe¬
CAPTAIN FOR HIRE, (888) 680-CAPT. Learn to
rienced, scuba licensed, Bay Area professional who loves sailing and clear water seeks a fun, fit and emotionally available cruising skipper, 52-62 with varied interests who desires a land as well as a sea base. Please no replies unless financially secure and development of a long term relation¬ ship is as important as sailing. (650) 498-7080 (w), please leave msg.
travel for free.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREW leisurely around
the world on a 45-ft sloop with other easy going, joyful, experienced people? You must be able, experienced, positive, committed and share ex¬ penses. Leave May, first leg, New Zealand. David (650) 589-4509or Nancyjai@aol.com ;
SAILOR LOOKING FOR ADVENTUROUS lady
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mate. Help sail 26-ft sloop. Bay and ocean. Pos¬ sible voyage to Mexico later in year. Please call Leon (415) 437-5558. WOMAN SAILING PARTNER, FRIEND, mate,
captain needed for man with 38 ft boat. I would like to cruise/travel. Also have motorhome. Call for more info. Herb, (707) 664-1065.
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business opportunity, trailerable boat repair shop. 3 work bays, covered boat storage & office space, includes tools & parts. The only boat repair in Napa. $250,000. Call Sandie at (707) 258-0100.
JOBS WANTED
JOB OPPORTUNITIES MARINE SERVICE MANAGER. Nationally rec¬
ognized North Texas boatyard & marina, is seek¬ ing a Service Manager with 5 years experience marine management. Applicant would be over¬ seeing a department with an excellent reputation & a well established clientele. Year round posi¬ tion, long term commitment, excellent pay & full benefits for the right person. Are you that person? Send or fax resume to Cedar Mills Marina, attn: Kris, Rt. #1 Box 37, Gordonville, TX 76245, fax: (903) 523-4077. OCSC IS HIRING semi-skilled & skilled mainte¬
nance personnel for the summer sailing season. Great environment with free sailing benefits. Come work & learn with S.F. Bay’s top sailing school. Pay $7-$10/hr. Call Barrett at (510) 843-4200.
Boat Washing • Below. Deck Cleaning • - • Bottom cleaning • • Weekly/Monthly Maintenance • Ocean Safe Products
14151 713-2824
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MARINE ENGINE CO. Complete Engine Services • Gas & Diesel 30 Years Experience • Reasonable Rates Tune-Ups • Oil Changes • Engine Rebuilding, etc. (415) 332-0455
as
fice assistant. Spinnaker Sailing of San Francisco is now hiring. Responsibilities include customer service, updating data base, maintenance sched¬ uling & can include crewing aboard our certified fleet. Excellent wages/benefits including boat use & lessons. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Charles Barnard at (415) 543-7333.
SAILING INSTRUCTORS. We are looking for
qualified sailing instructors who would like to teach in the best all round teaching atmosphere in the Bay. We are the oldest sailing school in California and are located in Pt. Richmond, right next to the Richmond Yacht Club where no foul weather gear is needed for sailing. We offer top pay for teaching , very liberal boat usage program and tropical sailing for our instructors. If you love sailing, have good teaching skills and would like to teach sailing either full or part time in the best sailing area in the Bay, call Kirk. (510) 232-8251. SALESPERSON NEEDED. Active, well located
East Bay yacht brokerage needs salesperson. Contact Tom, (510) 658-9491.
CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. Ren¬
dezvous Charters is hiring ships crew & licensed masters to sail our fleet of certified vessels. Part time or full time. Excellent wages/benefits. Join this rapidly growing company! Please fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or telephone Pam Power at(415) 543-7333. SALES. Independent rep for advertising sales.
New project for Mariners World Publishing Co, Inc. 20 year publishers of the Marine Directory. Two positions open for N. Calif. Knowledge of marine industry necessary. Please call Chris, (310) 833-6960 am/pm to 1900 hrs. CASTAWAY YACHT CHARTERS, ALAMEDA.
YACHT SALESPERSON WANTED FOR
Alameda brokerage. Preferably an experienced offshore sailor with enthusiasm for sales. Phone Jill, (510) 534-4317.
for the '98 season. Full-time & part-time, wekends, eves. Prior teaching experience a must. Pay based on experience & certification. Please call Rich at (415) 363-1390 or (415) 965-7474. SAILING INSTRUCTORS WANTED for the '98
sailingseason. Part-time, flexible schedules. Good pay & liberal boat usage. Call Bob at Spinnaker Sailing School, Redwood City, (415) 363-1390. SANTA CRUZ YACHTS IS LOOKING for an
SAUSALITO YACHT CARE •
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION. Of¬
for windsurfing & sailing instructors for our youth summer classes. The position is part-time sum¬ mer employment only. The sailing instructors will teach basic through advanced sailing to individu¬ als ages 10 to 18 yrs. Call Ferdinand Sioteco at (510)444-3807.
SMALL BOAT SAILING INSTRUCTORS wanted
THAILAND TO MED. Mature, active, adventur¬
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LAKE MERRITT BOATING CENTER is looking
experienced /deck hardware installer. Must have extensive experience yvith installing complex sail¬ boat hardware in a yacht-like fashion. Qualified applicant is capable of working in a production atmosphere, can read blueprints, pays close at¬ tention to detail, is a self starter & has a positive attitude. Full-time, medical benefits & vacation. Salary commensurate w/experience. Please con¬ tact Santa Cruz Yachts in Soquel: (408) 475-9627 or fax resume to: (408) 475-0867.
The Bay's newest dinner cruise company is now hiring licensed captains, chefs, servers & sales¬ people. Please call David at 1-888-MR-YACHT for an interview. PROFESSIONALSAILING & TRAWLER instruc¬ tors. If you have well rounded sailing skills, com¬ municate effectively & want to pass along your passion for the sport, you’ll want to teach for Club Nautique. We have the newest & largest fleet on the Bay plus we offer 2 locations. The flow of our program guarantees our students to pass US Sailingstandards.Ourcomprehensivesailing pro¬ grams includes basic keelboat through coastal passagemaking, coastal & celestial navigation/ extracurricular courses in spinnaker, catamaran & racing. Great club atmosphere w/events year round that include diesel, crew overboard & an¬ choring seminars +. All of our instructors are CG licensed (average tenure or 5+ years). Come join our professional staff while enhancing your sailing skills. Call Beth at (510) 8654700.
CRUISE THE WORLD. See the world, a month at
a time. Full-time cook, host/hostess, maintenance person, boatsitter. 80 ft sailing yacht. Salary plus room/board. Mall resume: Ventura Assets, 3790 El Camino Real #172, Palo Alto, CA 94306. 6-PAK CAPTAINS & SAILING INSTRUCTORS.
Spinnaker Sailing, in San Francisco, is hiring sail¬ ing instructors & captains for part time or full time work in the City aboard our fleet of 22-44 ft sail¬ ing yachts. Excellent wages & benefits. Fax re¬ sume to (415) 543-7405 or call Dave Peterman at (415) 543-7333.
In Harbor Electric Installation, Service of Boating Equ ipment Batteries, Charging Systems, Custom Design
510 236 5419 Alt. Phone 510 684 2965
PRIVATE SAILING LESSONS (or Skippering) You, your family or companions. Your boat or My boat/s. Power or Sail 30’ to 65' ♦ Basic thru Ocean Navigator • 100s of references • ASA or USSA Optional • U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain/Instructor since 1973, Cal DeYoung (510) 522-7403
BOAT REPAIR
JOHN TUMA BOATBUILDER
Renew your brlghtwork & decks. Build-in seats, bunks & cabinets. Experienced
Custom small craft for rowing, paddling and sailing
woodworker will restore your boat to like-new condition
(510) 366-1476
or remodel it to suit your cruising lifestyle. Call John Shinnick at (415) 824-1278
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EXPERIENCED SAILMAKERS WANTED. Morn¬ ing and evening shifts. Experience preferred, will train. Call (510) 234-4334. INSTRUCTORS. The Modem Sailing Academy of Sausalito'seeks professional teachers for ASA certified classes on 30’-45’ sailboats. Great staff, boats, location, students and best pay. All applica¬ tions confidential. Call Carol @ (415) 331-8250. RETAIL STORE MANAGER for America True, the coed America’s Cup Team. Must have expe¬ rience in retail, inventory control, computers, cus¬ tomer service, promotions and mgt. Fax resume (415)433-9910. .
seamanship skills, we would like to talk to you. We will help with Coast Guard licensing and US Sail¬ ing Instructor Certification. Please call Eamon at (510) 843-4200.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE: MARINE CANVAS & SAIL REPAIR
business located in Morro Bay, CA. Good oppor¬ tunity for right person. Please call (800) 979-5129. business partner to build steel and aluminum yachts in the San Francisco or San Diego area. I have 28 years experience. Please call or fax your interest to Jake, ph: (604) 826-0025, fax: (604) 820-0904.
QUEST 7 BOAT GRAPHICS
COLUMBIA 29. Classic Sparkman & Stevens design. Comfortable, "forgiving boat for Bay & coastal cruising. New main, new large interior. 6 ft headroom, VHF, DM, KM. Must sell. $6,900/offer. (408) 738-2948.
Santa Cruz built to Lloyd's approved hull & deck requirements, resulting in a well built, strong racer/cruiser. Excellent condition and sail inventory, all lines leading aft to 6selftailing Harkens, VHF, windspeed, point, depth; adjust¬ able sheet car from the cockpit, running backs, hydraulic backstay, 40 inch factory installed wheel steering. Bottom has been faired and epoxied. Bottom paint 11/97. Asking $57,000. For informa¬ tion call (408) 476-2039 or (408) 458-0193. EXPRESS 34,1986.
CLASSIFIED RATES: PERSOMA1 ADQ: 1 - 40 Wofds: $20 4-1 - ?0 Words: $50 ffl -120 Words: $75 BUSINESS AD2: $55 FOR 40 Words Maximum.
Used Boat Equipment From Anchors to Zincs Admiralty Marine, Seattle (206)781-9030 httpV/www.admiraltymarine.com
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STEVE'S MARINE Small Craft Repair .. • * El Toros and Paris , Moving t0 Sch°°n™ker Point, Sausalito (415)
for the right person. Cail for a photo portfolio & detail sheet. $29,000. (910) 793-9208.
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High quality vinyl boat names, graphics, striping, reg. #s & home ports. More than a decade of marine experience. We also do installations with no trip charge to most locations. (800) 982-7779 for more information or free brochure!
Y Custom Woodwork Interior/Design
NEW 27-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION. A great buy
HORIZON STEEL YACHTS, LTD is looking for a
Join our team of 27 professionals at OCSC, S.F. Bay. Best teach¬ ing and sailing location on the Olympic Circle; large and extremely well maintained fleet; flexible schedule, well organized syllabuses and curricu¬ lum, great shoreside facility. There are only three students per class and certification standards that make you proud to be an instructor. It’s exciting work with motivated students and a great team atmosphere with top pay and liberal boat use and privileges. If you have great communication skills, an interest in teaching and excellent sailing and MEN AND WOMEN SAILORS!
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Toak Decks Repair
332-2500
Are You THE BEST? Keefe Kaplan Maritime, Inc., continues to grow, and in that process we are looking to hire the best people we can find. We have several positions available within the office and in our yard.
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JOHN HALLANDER, P.E. - Sail and Power - Fiberglass, wood, metal - 40 years experience - Free phone consultation - No travel charge - 24-hr service available Pt. Richmond (510) 237-8412 Bethel Island (510) 664-3454
GIVE YOUR BOAT A HOME WITH THE SCOUTS
We have an immediate opening for an office manager. This position involves a great deal of customer contact both in person and on the phone. A part time weekend position is also open in the office. We are looking to bring aboard more craftsmen, with particular need for woodworkers, electricians and mechanics. If you offer these skills and do it extraordinarily well, we would love to hear from you. At KKMI we offer far more than just a great work environment; our crew earns top wages plus a complete benefits package including a pro it sharing plan, 401K, health, paid holidays and even a Christmas bonus - four times a year! Prospective crew members are asked to call for an application, an vvN4ttment Wil1 bC made and a11 inciuiries wil1 remain confidential. KKMI operates a safe work environment for its crew and custom¬ ers, therefore all applicants must pass a drug screening test prior to employment. So, if you have great talents, nautical or otherwise, give us a call - you’ll have a ball (hey, that rhymes).
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(510) 235-5564 fax (510) 235-4664
For more than 60 years we have provided the educational instruction of seamanship and the fun of sailing and motorboating to thousands of Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts during our programs. In order to maintain our programs, additional boats are always needed! If you live in the Northern California area and would like to give your sail or power boat a new home, contact:
Bob Dillard at 1-800-231-7963 San Francisco Bay Area Council • Boy Scouts of America
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FAST SPINNAKERS ALL SAIL REPAIRS INCLUDING BOARDSAILS CANVAS WORK Dealer for: Maslo Weather Gear • ATN Spinnaker Sock
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650-858-1544 • FAX 856-1638
PACIFIC MARINE ENGINEERING Mechanical Electrical-Equipment A
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Universal Motors CONCORDE AGM BATTERIES Service Available at Our Dock 35 LIBERTYSHIP WAY SAUSALITO, CA
■ Engine service - all makes > Charging systems for cruising sailboats »Algae-X fuel conditioner • Performance Vang ► Spar Replacement
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Join a great and competitive one design fleet on San Francisco Bay. This quality built boat from the Alsberg Brothers of Santa Cruz will allow you to sail around the buoys in closely matched one design racing, go offshore safely and comfortably in the ocean series, cruise with family and friends or join the fleet on the starting line in the next Big Boat Series. You can enter the winner's circle with Sleeper: Winner of the 1998 San Francisco Cup First in the 1998 Golden Gate Midwinters Express 37 Division Second in the 1997 Big Boat Series She is exceptionally well equipped: All North 1997 sail inventory including 3DL headsails Modern and efficient deck layout, conforming to one design rules, by Easom Marine New racing bottom in October, 1997 All high tech line running rigging and sheets B&G electronics; Sail Comp Quick Vang Second headstay with Harken roller furler Many more extras! Start the 1998 season now. Call for further information:
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'85 CHEOY LEE 35 By Robert Perry. Performance cruiser, new canvas dodger, diesel. Loaded with equipment. Highly sought after. $55,000.
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30’ Catalina, '81. All new In '97. H/C water pressure, inverter, shower, AB refrigeration. Good sails and a clean boat. Asking $29,500.
34' Columbia, '75/’96. New radar, In verter. Interior cushions, H/C pressure water. Super clean and a great liveaboard. Asking $31,000.
' Catalina, '90. Universal diesel 18 i, enclosed dodger, wheel, AP. furl3, fresh water boat. Asking $27,000.
34' Olson, '88. Tall rig, diesel, H/C water pressure, new North main & jib, spin nakers. Asking $55,000.
30' Columbia, '72. Radar. GPS. dodger Zodiac. Bring Offers.
38' Hans Christian Mkll, '81. Pathfinder 50, cutter rig, ST winches, AP, 2 S/Rs. dinghy w/englne. Asking $97,500
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C&C4O,1081 , r. This C&C is a fine example of Canada's quality boalbuilders. Mahogany interior shows like new. Teak and holly sole, large V-berth, bright and airy galley great nav station. Harken roller furli g. Navtec rod rigging, oversize winches, all lines led aft, autopilot, MOB gear and dinghy. Asking only $74,900/ofTers • Tom Gilson
“iHNCKLEY 35 PILOT sistmlup One of the most admired classics afloat and heavily built of fiberglass by Maine's most irespected builder. New diesel engine, new rigging many sails, Same caring and knowledgeable owner last 25 years. Pnc«J under $69,000, this rare ottering is an ideal family cruising heirloom. • Scott Carman_
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58' ALDEN. Built in 1975 this Boothbayyawl has always been kept in yacht condition. Recent upgrades includesails and electronics. A true bluewater world class yacht.
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49' TASWELL, '92. Commissioned in 1992, this quality pert, cruiser is in excellent condition w/3 S/Rs, 2 heads, spacious salon, extensive electronics. Priced well below market. -r-•-?---—-
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47' WAUQUIEZ. Built in 1984, this is an outstanding example of this quality lerformance cruiser. 3 staterooms including 2 doubles, many recent updates.
47' SWAN, '78. Launched in 1979, this popular S&S design features refurbished decks, full race & cruise inventories, 12 sails, complete electronics. Very aggressively priced.
SWAN 441. Built in 1979, this popular Ron Holland design is equipped to race/cruise with AP, radar and roller furling. New diesel with only 3 hours. New Espar & new inverter.
52'TAYANA. Builtin 1983, this popularRobert Perry design features a factory built custom interior, aft stateroom converted to beautiful, functional nav station. Extra storage areas. v
46' BREWER. Commissioned in 1983, this Brewer 46 has an enclosed PH and full keel with keel attached rudder. Dual steering stations and lovely teak/mahogany interior.
KIALOAII This well known 73' Sparkman and Stephens design was built of aluminum in 1964. Originally built as a competitive ocean racer, KIALOA II won and set many racing records during her ocean racing career. For the past 15 to 20 years, KIALOA II has been cruising successfully worldwide. The interior is very spacious and nicely finished with varnished teak. Master stateroom has double berth with enclosed head and stall shower. Additional sleeping berths for eight, with two additional heads. KIALOA II has a complete inventory of cruising sails and electronics. A very strong, comfortable bluewater cruising yacht with all the amenities. Major upgrades in 1997. Realistically priced at $275,000. Please contact Tom Corkett at (714) 642-5735.
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40' PASSPORT. Built in '86, this well respected bluewater cruiser features an exceptional interior &overalldesign, reflecting Robert Penysexpertise in efficient & sea-kindly passage makers. sist<*snP
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ANGELMAN SEA WITCH RETCH 36 on deck, 50' overall. Newly refurbished interior and exte¬ rior! New paint, varnish, tile in galley, seat cushions, curtains, carpeting, sail covers, dory, hatch, skylight, wheel covers, etc., etc. Must see to appreciate! This boat is in bristol condition and would be a great cruiser or liveaboard! Hot and cold water pressure, shower, Loran, 3 anchors, 4 sails (excellent condi¬ tion), television, stereo, sleeps 6, headroom 6'3", holding tank (Electro-San), electric heaters (2), bilge pumps (3), lifejackets (6), USCG emergency gear (I Class at EPIRB), engine (Isuzu 4 cyl. diesel), built-in shore powet/charger. $59,000.
Contact Ed at (530) 274-1624
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SEEKING QUALITY LISTINGS 37' Tayana cutter '84.$85,000 40' Hinckley sloop, '84.$199,900 44' Peterson cutter, 78.$112,500 46' Kelly/Peterson cutter. '86.$195,000
50' Columbia cutter, '68.$145,000 50' Gulfstar ketch, 79.$149,000 51' Avatar cutter, '90. $385,000 51' Endeavour sloop, '89.$199,000
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MASON 43 1979
SEA CASTLE $145,000
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VOLCANO 64’ Frers cruising sloop
707*XW801I Compare Our Prices! Open & Covered Berths • Covered berths to 45' • Haulouts, railways or Travelift • Trimaran haulouts • Do-it-yourselfers welcome • Fuel dock, gas, diesel, pump out • Dry storage • Chandlery, groceries, beer, wine • Yacht brokerage • Family owned since 1957
Designed by German Frers and built of aluminum by Derecktor, New York, Volcano is beautiful, fast and strong.
Trimaran Haulouts and Storage_
A large center cockpit makes it easy for a couple to steei and trim. Incredibly roomy, Volcano's beautiful teak interior has a spacious main salon and three, large double state¬ rooms, plus pilot and forward berths. The owner’s state¬ room has a private companionway and aft cockpit. With a centerboard updraft pi 7.5’, Volcano s cruising range is
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.Make Offer .$ 5,900 Reduced $ 6,500! .$17,500 .$17,500 . $30,000 .Make Offer . $35,000
widfe. Yet she is a real sailor’s boat that flies to windward and easily reels off 200-mile days. Well-conceived by an experienced offshore sailor and a veteran of many suc¬ cessful voyages, Volcano is ready for more adventure.
$349,000 Contact Brad Avery, 714.645.9412 May, 1998 • UUXUiW • Page 249
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39' WESTSAIL. Perry design. Beau¬ tiful custom interior, long list of quality gear including: IV Avon w/OB, dodger, Aries vane, ham radio. Cruise/livebrd. $115,000.
35' HINCKLEY PILOT Sparkman & Stephens classic in fiberglass, Per¬ kins diesel. Loaded w/gear & well maintained. Asking $65,000.
33' NANTUCKET Alan Gurney design, built in Holland. Per¬ formance cruiser. Dsl, Avon, full cover. Our docks. $25,000.
40' CLASSIC KETCH. signed, built in Seattle By Blanchard. Well maintained, diesel aux, auto¬ pilot, furling jib. Join the Master Mariners fleet. Asking $29,000.
43' STAN HOLDER, '51. Strong wood const., full keel, generator, solar panels, sat nav, AP, radar, GPS w/plotter, new rig '96, 7 sails. TV/ stereo/CD cabinet, lead stain glass, cedar lined hanging lockers. Must seel $69,000.
43' CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE, '87.2 S/Rs, tub & shower. llOhp dsl, radar, GPS, sat nav, weather screen/fax w/backup systems. Din¬ ghy w/davits. 6 North sails, s/t winches, bow thruster, inside steering/nav station. $215,000.
41' CT, '75. Factory central AC/heat, electric head w/shwr, radar, AP, new int., more. Exc. cond., well maintained, cruise ready. $69,500. 29' Lancer, '85,Greatforweekends. $18,500. 27' Lancer M/S, '85. 14-23kts.$14,000.
master w/queen walk around, head, shower. Washer/dryer under V-berth, lots of storage. 85hp dsl, T race inverter. Roller furl, s/t winches, dodger, canvas enclosed cockpit. $89,000.
37' NANTUCKET ISLANDER, '84. 2 S/Rs, solid teak/holly sole. Major refit '97 incl. new teak deck, new head, new Corian counters, new stove w/convect oven, new washer/dryer. S/t winches, lotsof sails. Exc. livabrd. $94,000.
37' HUNTER, '85. Cutter rig, 710 sq. ft. of sail, roller furl, club foot staysail, s/t winches. Teak & holly sole, large private aft master S/R, head w/separate shower, vanity. Roomy salon, nav station. Light use, well maintained. $59,000.
FAST 345, '84. Ron Holland de¬ signed performance cruiser built to Camper Nicholson's specs. 2 boat owner. Asking $39,000/offers.
30' CATALINA, '81 Dodger, auto¬ pilot, roller furling, diesel. Real clean. Asking $24,500.
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33' PETERSON, '82 High perfor¬ mance racing/cruising sloop, low hrs on Yanmar. Loaded w/sails & new gear all in exclient condition. Asking $28,500.
PEARSON 303, '85 Good family coastal cruiser, dodger, furling jib, excellent condition.
27' CATALINA, '90 Autopilot, dodger, roller furling jib, 8' skiff, well equipped and real clean.
Asking $32,500.
Asking $27,000. --32' CARVER, '89. Express cruiser, two double berths, low hours on twin 454 V8s. 6.5 genset. Loaded, in excellent cond. Asking $64,500.
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MORGAN 38,1979. Greot cruising boot. Excellent ' soil inventory. Autopilot. Yonmor diesel. Asking $69,000.:
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44' NAUTIC SAINTONGE, 78. Perkins 1-54. Major refit in i 990. Greet occommodotions down below. Excel¬ lent bluewater performance cruiser. Asking$l 14,500.
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LOD BUILDER_YR PRICE 60’ OCEAN.'81 $375,000 52' TAYANA.. '83 !$185,000 51' PASSPORT.'84 1$275,000 50' CAMPER NICOLSON '67 $62,000 50' FORCE.73!$129,000 48' MAPLE LEAF S Cal 72 !$133,000 45' COLUMBIA $59,950 42' GARDEN.'67 $75,000 41' CSC.84 $115,000 41' MORGAN. $61,500 41' RHODES. 60 $56,000 40' GREBE.38 $39,000 40' SLOOP WOODIE.'90 $100,000 39' WESTSAIL. $115,000 38' TAHITI.76 $22,500 38 CATALINA.79 $38,000 38' MORGAN.L. 79 $69,000 38' CATALINA (2).79780 Inquire 37' ESPRIT...:78 $84,000 37' ENDEAVOUR.......79 $55,000 37 IRWIN CC..80 $56,000 37 HUNTER.82 $45,900 37 HUNTER LEGEND ....’88 Inquire 36' ISLANDER.77 $38,000 36' S211 METER.85 $62,000 35' NIAGARA.81 $67,000 35' ERICSON.72 $31,000 35' MORGAN 72 $16,900
LOD BUILDER... YR 35' ERICSON...'69 34' ERICSON.WA89 34' CSC. . '80 34' HUNTER. .86 33' TARTAN TEN. 79 33' BRISTOL. 69 33' GURNEY HUISMAN .'68 33' PETERSON... 33' CHEOY LEE clipper. .75 32' WESTSAIL (3). .74 32' CONTESSA. .81 32' ERICSON. .70 32' WESTSAIL. . 75 32' WESTSAIL. .75 32' WESTSAIL. .74 32' SLOOP WOODIE. .'58 30' HUNTER . .'93 30' BABA. . 83 30' CAPE DORY M/S. .87 30' PEARSON. .70 29.5'HUNTER, loaded. '96 29' CAL. 70 29' ERICSON 77 29' RANGER, nice. 72 28' HERESHOFF . '66 28' NEWPORT. 28' ERICSON. 81 27' CATALINA.
30’ HUNTER, 1993/29' HUNTER, 1996. Both exceptionally nice boats Both advertised in the low $60,000s.
PRICE $34,000 $69,000 $41,000 $39,800 $19,500 $26,500 $35,000 $35,000 $35,COO $45,900 $29,900 $18,999 $45,000 $49,500 $45,995 $20,000 $60,000 $59,000 $89,000 $17,000 $64,000 $10,000 $14,000 $22,000 $13,000 $9,999 $24,000 $11,500
LOD BUILDER. ... YR 27' MORGAN. .. 71 27’ NORSEA. ... '90 HAIDA 'fiq 25' PACIFIC SEACRAFT 78 POWER 49' HYUNDAI. 88 42' HATTERAS. .. 80 42' MATTHEWS. ..'56 42' CHRIS CRAFT. ..'69 40' MARINE TRADER... .. 79 36' CROWN CUSTOM .. ..'80 34' SEA RAY. ..'85 33' CARVER. ..76 33' SEA RAY. .. '97 31' TUNG HWA Trawler .. 81 30' TOLLYCRAFT. ..72 29' BAYLINER . .80 28' FIBREFORM. .79 28' BAYLINER. . 84 27' REGAL. .. 93 27' SEA RAY. ..'88 270/290 SEA RAY...'90 24' FOUR WINNS. '88 24' SEA RAY. ..'86 24' BAYLINER...'88 22' BAYLINER. .93 19 FOUR WINNS. 95 19' BOSTON WHALER .. .89
PRICE $13,777 $49,900 $11 <Kfl $26]500 $210,000 $155,900 $65,000 $60,000 40' MARINE TRADER, 79. Dbl cobin w/ occom¬ $80,000 modotions for 6. Exceplionolly deon. Mony new up¬ $48,500 grades in the lost six months. Single Lehmon. $82,000.! i $52,000 $42,000 $154,900 $45,000 $26,000 $19,995 $14,000 $26,500 $53,000 $38,000 mmm $42,900 $17,000 $13,500 $19,500 ERICSON 35, ’69. Greot boot for the Boy. New $15,000 listing. Recent houlout, custom interior, (sistership) $15,000 $17,850 $34,000.
.. ENDEAVOUR, 79. Perkins 4-108, liferoft, CATALINA 36, 1983. Complete dodger ond endododger, windvone, solor ponels, SSB, Horn, CB, oulopisure. Electric windloss. Roller furling. ST winches. Autolot, rodor, +++. Asking $55,000. p ,i pilot. 2 seporole staterooms. Asking $55,000.
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32' WESTSAIL, 74. Factory finish with custom interior. Seller moved out of stole. $45,995 ; THREE WESTSAIL 3?s Suiseeker, 1974. Volvo engine, custom interior w/dinette , , , $46,000 Solstrand, 1975. Yonmor, low hours, SSB, roller furling. $45,000 Christa, 1975. Yonmor, low hours, windvone, new looks. , Bestlooking interior of onyWestsoil! $49,500 Page 254 •
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GARY MULL 45, 1981 Cruiser or PHRF rocer with comfort SF-Howoii 12 's go again! Asking $127,000.
-illSilllsinr mm PEARSON 365 KETCH, 78. Recent houlout ond engine survey, Weslerbeke diesel, comfortable cruiser ond liveoboord, roller furling. Reduced to $44,000
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147' AIDEN OCEAN CRUISING CUTTER KETCH. Dsl L 1 just rigged, many recent upgrades. Design #777-E. Loslof | 1 the Male.*... SAIL 92'STEEL, '96, stysl M/S letch.. 1.75mil 62' MTRSAIL, Gardener, dsl. 225,000 53' CHAS. MOWER YWL, dassical beauty in exc. cond. 60' L0A.42,000 50' CAMPER NICHOLSON perl, cruiser, outstanding condition ... Ask 65,000 41'CORONADO, dr cockpit. 32,500/ofr 40' PH CUSTOM CTR, dsl, '91 .. 100,000 40' CALKINS, dsl, loaded cruiser 22,500 38' CHANNEL CUTTER sip, dsl. 22,500 38' KETTENBERG.2 starting <@ 9,500 36'CHEOY LEE ROBB sip, dsl. 49,500 36' 0HLS0N, inboard, Master Mariner. winner. 18,500/ofr 35'3* CAMPER NICHOLSON, sip . 59,500 35' GARDEN ktch, whl, dsl, roflr 20,500 35' 585 CANOE STERN sip, dsl ...39,500 35'MARINER, dsl, new soils. 28,000 34'HANS CHRISTIAN HANSA. 69,500 34' COLUMBIA sip, dsl, clean!. 27,000 33'5tNT'L ONE DESIGN Sip.12,500 33' TRAOEWINDS MA, teak, dsl AK/Hawoii vet.Try 11,500 32.5 GLASLAM 5.5M racing sip.. 12,800 32' ROYAL Cruiser, l/B, classic.... 8,500 32' WESTSA1L, dsl, dinghy, +. 39,500 32'LOO MCINTOSH Clr, loaded . 15,500 32'ATKINS SCHOONER, dsl.. Only 7,000 31' COLUMBIA, swing keel, l/B... 5,900
31'CHEOY LEE, luders, dsl, sip .48,000 30' CSTM RAWS0N PH clr, best.. 59,000 30' ISLANDER MKII l/B, loaded 12,500 30' BIRO sip, rebuilt classic race.. 8,500 30' SEABIRD Yawl.7,500 30' GARDEN classic dbl-end sip.. 10,500 30' KNUDS0N PH Sip, l/B.12,000 29'CAL 229, very clean.15,500 28' FELLOWS & STEWART Gaff ktch 20k 28' HERRESHOFf R02INANTE.... 23,000 27'CATALINA, dsl, loaded.10,500 27'CATALINA, 9.9 hp oA, perfect starter boot...7,000 27' NEWPORT 5, l/B.12,500 27' CHEOY LEE LUDDERS sip.18,000 26' MERLE OAVIS sip VIM, l/B... 12,750 26' TARTAN sip, dsl, well eguipd . 8,500 26' EXCALIBUR sip, 0/8, nice.6,800 26'PEARSON COMMANDER, nice. 6,500 25'CHEOY LEE PAC. CUPPER.7,250 25'ALBINMA, ds, drekpt Ask 15,000 23'HERRESHOFF sip, dsl. 5,000/ofr 20’ CAL sloop.Priced to sell! 700 POWER 65'CHARTER YACHT..... 275,000/olr 65' WHEELER MA, '31. 95,000/ofr 52'STEPHENS, Iwn dsl MY. 34,500/ofr 43'STEPHENS,'31, raised deck, tri-cabin, plumb bow, perfect, twins .. Ask 65,000 43' MATTHEWS F/B. 35,000/ofr
32' 100 PHIL RHODES dbl ended cruising ketch. F/1 I Gw/teok trim/inter/decks. Beautiful inside/out. Radar, I etc. Spinnaker, dinghy, dsl, much more! Ask $38,000.
40' SALMON Trwlr a giveaway at 2 400 39'MEDITERRANEAN SF,'92, twin dsl,. as new.Asking 185,000 38'CHRIS SdnOlx, perfect. 39,000 38'CHRIS CRAFT SplFsh, twins. 16,000 35'DRAGON LADY Sdn, leak.23,500 34'STRIKER, steel, Iwn w/commercial crab/safmon license.Ask 60,000 34'JEFFRIES EXPRESS, twins. 32,500 33'CRUISERS Inc., Iwn, Ik new.. 48,500 33 D0NZI, twin 454s. 64,500 32'STEPHENS,'47,sed.cruise. 15,000 31'RICHARDSON, cruiser, dean 18,000 30' TOLLYCRAFT F/B, twins, fg . 24,000 30' MORS! COM'LTWLR w/gear, various lie's available..17,500 30’CHRIS CAVALIER, exc cond... 12,750 28' OWENS cruiser, V8, sharp.6,500 28'HUNTER Sdn, nice.6,500 27'REGAL Classic 233 w/lrlr. 45,000 27' CHRIS Sed Skiff, V8, nice.12,500 26'REGAL 255 XL. 18,000/ofr 24'MARI AH CUDDY, 1976, i/o. 28,500 23'CHINOOK PH, Irlr, I/O, rdr. 29,500 22'FORMULA 3LS, l/O.15,000 20'SKIPJACK, V8, I/O, Irlr.13,250 19'COBALT, '85, V8, I/O, Irlr ...11,500
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I 47' O.D. GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH. Rare oft stateroom model. Dsl, oil leak, fireploce. Good cruiser | with seakindly charm. $57,500/ offers.
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CATFISHER by Fisher Marine of England THIS IS A GREAT CRUISING BOAT! Compact outside and very roomy on deck and down below. 1 3'5" beam x 28' LOD. Glass, Mercedes diesel, radar, full elect, H&C pressure water and shower, inside and outside helms and much more. Stable catamaran passagemaker. A must see!
Asking $59,500. 43'STEEL DUTCH-BUILT PH Icetch. Duol helm, rt ] dsl, just replated & re-rigged; now finishing int. Strong world cruiser by Volentin-Zonen. Asking $79,000.
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