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Sails That Are Out of this World Liz Baylis and Todd Hedin did not name E.T. their Antrim 27 - after a homesick extra terrestrial. Nor does E.T. stand for Elizabeth and Todd E.T. is a display of a parent's appreciation: it is short for Eric's Tuition. Skillfully sailed by just Liz, Todd and Jim Antrim, the boat's designer, E.T. won division D in this year's Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Kaneohe, Hawaii. Racing a 27-foot sport boat with a crew of three across 2000 miles of open ocean presents some special demands — of the people, the boat and the sails — and provides some extra thrills. The asymmetric spinnakers especially must be fast, but also easily trimmed and well behaved. It was the fullsized Pineapple sail that sped the Antrim over the most miles per day. And the smaller, flatter Pineapple reacher that was the sail of choice when the wind came up, allowing two crew to sleep with only a driver on deck. Liz and Todd understand the importance of quality sails. Sails that are Extra Terrific! Pineapple Sails!

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MARTIN EDEN 50' NUNES BROS. KETCH 1956 Asking $190,000. Recently refitted, professionally maintained classic. Truly bristol throughout. A+. Listing Agent Rick.

43' SAGA, '97 (sister ship) Long range cruiser, loaded and ready to go. Shows like new. Asking $275,000.

48' AMEL, 1985 (sister ship) Ketch rigged luxurious cruiser with all the bells & whistles. Asking $189,000. Listing agent Jill.

40' GANLEY, 1985 New Zealand's finest production all steel racer/ cruiser. Asking $119,000. Listing agent Jill.

47' JEANNEAU SUN-KISS One owner, never chartered. Immaculate. Skipper maintained. Great buy. Asking $135,000. Listing agent Jill.

46' SEA STAR, 1982 Stiu-dy pilothouse cutter. Well equipped. Asking $155,000. Listing agent Jill.

30' ISLANDER, 1974 Exceptionally well maintained. Asking $20,000.

46' ERICSON, 1973 Excellent performance cruiser. Great liveaboard, many upgrades. Asking $75,000.

61' WAUQUIEZ, 1994 This Centuriqn 61S is truly a fast luxury yacht to enjoy cruising & racing in comfort Asking $625/100. Listing agent Jill.

49' CENTURION, 1991 Superb cruiser. Excellent condition. Asking $250,000. Listing agent Jill.

36' CENTURION (S DESIGN), 1994 Newest version of the famous Pretorian Asking $135,000. Listing agent Jill, (sister ship)

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Ed and Lisa Bakers on their Ariel Pathfinderback for a full set of sails. And so far two starts two bullets! Cruising Sails • High Tech Sails New Covers • Repairs Recuts • Used Sails

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Nonrace Nov. 4 — Islander 36 Fall Meeting at SFYC, 11 a.m. Tim or Rhonda Shea, (707) 265-8669. Nov. 11 — Baja Ha-Ha VII officially ends with the awards presentation at Cabo Marina, unleashing approximately 137 cruising boats in the general vicinity of mainland Mexico. Nov. 11 — Admire the full moon. Nov. 11 — "Introduction to Celestial Navigation," a free semi¬ nar at Stockdale Marine Theatre (Sacramento), 10:15. Info, (916) 332-0775. Nov. 11-12 — Open Boat Weekend at Marina Village and Ballena Isle Marina, weather permitting. Call any broker in ei¬ ther complex for info, or call the harbormasters: Marina Vil¬ lage, (510) 521-0905, or Ballena Isle Marina, (510) 523-5528. Nov. 23 — Thanksgiving Day. Eat turkey, go sailing. Nov. 29 — YRA Trophy Ceremony at Encinal YC, 7 p.m. All winners and their crews are invited to come accept dally and season awards. This is the only such party this ye8ir, as HDA and OYRA are no longer hosting additional celebrations. YRA, 771-9500. Dec. 1 — Annual Lighted Boat Contest at BaUena Isle Ma¬ rina. Info, (510) 523-5528. Dec. 2 — Sail-A-Small-Boat Day at Richmond Yacht Club, 11 a.m to 4 p.m., co-sponsored by SBRA and RYC. Come expe¬ rience some fast and fun dinghy saiillng — absolutely free! Rep¬ resentatives from 15 or more classes will be on hand to get you out sailing Lasers, JY-15s, International 14s, Bytes, Finns, Thistles and a lot more. Bring a lifejacket and spare clothes. Gail Yando, (510) 232-6310. Dec. 2 — Lighted Boat Parade in Santa Cruz. Deck the hulls! SCYC, (831) 425-0690. Dec. 2 — 24th Annued Lighted Yacht Parade on the Oak¬ land Estuary, hosted by the Port of Oakland and EYC. Over 100 boats, usually participate. Jack London Square events hotline, (510) 814-6000. Dec. 2 — Vallejo Lighted Boat Parade. Twenty-three shop¬ ping days 'til Christmas. Vallejo Marina, (707) 648-4370. Dec. 6, 1980 — It was Twenty Years Ago Today, from an article by Lou Kruk titled Maximum Maxi: During the middle '70s, 58-year-old Jim Kilroy of Los Ange¬ les was arguably America's most active and successful ocean racer. He campaigned Kialoa, his S&S-designed 79-foot ketch (later converted to a sloop), wherever in the world he could find top competition and courses. His quest led him to numerous SORCs, Fastnets, TransPacs, TransAtlantics, Big Boat Series, a Southern Cross, and countless other competitions along both coasts of the United States. As conservative in design as her owner is in approach, Kialoa was built to win in all conditions — and under Kilroy's leader¬ ship she did just that. Her victories and course records are strewn across most of the world's oceans, and she eventually took the World Ocean Racing Championship, a cumulative com¬ petition spanning two years and many top international events. Apparently there is some prestige to being the world's most successful maxi-man, for an all-time high number of gentle¬ men have recently anted up (or are in the process of anteing up) the million or more for new maxis to take a shot at Kilroy's crown. Huey Long, for example, is having a new Ondine built; Bob Bell a new Condor of Bermuda to replace the one driven on a South Seas reef; and Jack Rooklyn a new Ballyhoo, albeit a mini-maxi at only 65 feet. In addition, there's a pack of large Frers designs either recently in the water or about to be launched: the 80-ft. Bumblebee 4, the 79-ft. Palmer-Johnson built Xargo, and the Kiwi-built, Hong Kong-owned Mamoucht Then there's the Peterson-designed 80-ft. Ocean Greyhound; the 79-ft. Peter Stale Swiss boat and a number of large Fan-

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Spectacular 2000 Lighted Yacht Parade & Landlubber's Party Hosted by the Port of Oakland & Encinal Yacht Club

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designs. All are either gunning for Kilroy or are likely to cross Kilroy's path in the coming years. Anyone, however, thinking PQlroy is about to abdicate his position should have been in St. Petersburg, Florida, on De¬ cember 6. It was at that time and space that Jim Kilroy doublebumped the pot in the maxi racing game. Not only did he chris¬ ten his own new 80-ft. maxi, but simultaneously launched ocean racing's first America's Cup type quest for sailing excellence. The entire effort began to materialize on Kialoalll during the 1979 TransAtlantic Race (See Latitude 38, Volume 33). It was apparently then that Ron Holland convinced Kilroy that he, Holland, and not Dave Pedrick (who as an underling at Sparkman & Stephens had virtually drawn Kialoa III and later supervised her underbody modifications) should get the design commission for the new boat. And that the new boat need not be so conservative. A lighter boat built of exotic materials, Hol¬ land contended, could be the weatherly equivalent of the old Kialoa and at the same time be vastly superior on reaches and off the wind. It was a challenge for Kilroy, and he took it. Dec. 9 — 12th Annual Sausalito Lighted Boat Parade, 6 p.m. Saukalito YC, 332-7400. Dec. 9 — Holiday Lighted Boat Parade in the Petaluma River Turning Basin, 6:30 p.m. Petaluma YC; Ken Warren, (707) 7656750. Dec. 10 — "Brighten the Harbor," a lighted boat parade off Monterey. MPYC, (831) 645-1980. Dec. 16 — Lighted Boat Parade in San Leandro, 6 p.m. Info, San Leandro Marina, (800) 559-SAIL.

Cruz? SCYC, (831) 425-0690. Nov. 4-5 — Perry Cup Series begins for Mercuries. Monterey Peninsula YC, (831) 372-9686. Nov. 4-11 — Pro-Am Regatta at the Bitter End YC (Virgin Gorda, BVI). This year's all-star guest list combines current rockstars as well as masters, including Paul Cayard, Russell Coutts, Ken Read, JJ Isler, Keith Musto, Lowell North, Butch Ulmer, Tom Leweck and Rod Johnstone. John Glynn, (203) 656-' 0799. Nov. 5 — Hot Rum Series begins in San Diego (continues on 11/19 and 12/3). San Diego YC, (619) 758-6310. Nov. 8-11 — Fourth Annual Mumm 30 World Champion¬ ship, hosted by the Storm Trysail Club in Miami. About 38 of the 170 Mumm 30s built are expected to attend the nine-race series. Farr International, (410) 268-1001. Nov. 10-11, 1990 — Ten Years After, from a Sightings piece called 'Forever 40': Acid flashback: Cal 40s racing in 10 to 12 knots of breeze off Los Angeles. Long, white-hulled sloops with short rigs and rock and roll music coming from onboard speakers. Ah, the good old days of Southern Callfomia in the '60s. But wait, this was for real — it was the 25th anniversary of the Cad 40 National Cham¬ pionships on November 10 and 11. Before Bill Lee, George Olson and Ron Moore put Santa Cruz on the sailing map with the development of ultralight boats in the 70s, Southern California's C. William Lapworlh hit upon the notion of lengthening the waterline and keeping the con¬ struction weight down to create a faster boat. The idea repre¬ sented a distillation of concepts that had started with the 'L' class yachts (Lapworth 24, 36, 40 and 50) and continued through Lapworth's association with Jensen Marine. The Cal 20, 28 and 30 preceded the Cal 40, the first of which was built for George Griffith of the Los Angeles YC in 1963. Robert Allen won the first 40 Nationals in 1965 with his Holi¬ day Too. By the time 1970 rolled around, the design had won

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the TransPac twice, the SORC once and the Bermuda Race once. Fifteen years later, the modified Cal 40 Montgomery Street shocked the sailing world by winning the TransPac once again. All those memories and more were present at the CabriUo Beach YC for the Silver Jubilee. Sixteen yachts, many of them in excellent coridltion, showed up for the event, as did Bill Lapworth. The designer, who looked pretty fit himself, was re¬ turning from a vacation in Cabo San Lucas to his home in Vir¬ ginia. He stopped over to address the crowd at the Saturday night dinner. The Cal 40s still race as a one design fleet in Southern Cali¬ fornia, with a large concentration of boats berthing at Cabrillo and Los Angeles YCs. Members of the latter, in fact, have em¬ barked on vigorous restoration programs, such as Kevin Fitzpatrick emd Finn Beven on their Radiant [ex-Holiday Too). Also present was a Cal 37, Ron Watts' Pacifier, built in 1970. (The 37, of which eight were made, came out of the Cal 40 mold, but had three feet of the stem lopped off and a bowsprit added.) John Woodhull's Peresphone (CBYC) took home the winning silver at the three-race anniversary regatta, followed by Bob Young's Restless (CBYC) and Ken Frost's WilUwaw (NHYC). We took home the notion that, damn — the '60s sure were fun. Nov. 18— Lake Washington SC's 14th Annual Turkey Shoot, an SBRA event at the Port of Sacramento. All trallerable din¬ ghies weleome. Fred Turner, (916) 737-8966. Nov. 26 — Wild Turkey Race at Tiburon YC. Free and open to adll For an entry form or info, call Lon Woodmm, 332-5970. Nov. 30-Dec. 4 — U.S. Admiral's Cup Trials begin for the Farr 40 slot, hosted by the Storm Trysail Club in Miami. Can anyone beat John Kllroy and Dee Smith on Samba Pa Tt? Farr InternatlonEd, (410) 268-1001. Jan. 15-19—14th Annual Key West Race Week: five days of buoy racing in Florida for offshore one designs, IMS and PHRF classes. Last year, 261 boats representing 12 na¬ tions and 30 different states sailed in this outstanding event. Pe¬ ter Craig, (781) 6399545. Feb. 2 — 25th Pine¬ apple Cup, aka the 'Mo Bay Race'. Pyewacket, Magnitude, Zephyrus, Grins and other big

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OWNERS:

Steve Pugh and Jeff Littfin

Wind Dance was fast 'right out of the box'.

The J/105 Wind Deuice was delivered to her new owners one week before Big Boat Series and took first in the 33 boat class! New owners, Steve Pugh and Jeff Littfin, couldn't be happier. When they decided to move up, they were looking for a large, growing and competitive fleet. They found it in the J/105. They also found that the J/105 raced as delivered by Sail California was ready for the winner's circle. A credit to Peter Cameron who commissions all of Sail California's new J/Boats! They attribute their win to a combination of factors good starts, good racing fundamentals and some beginner's luck! Since they had only sailed the boat for a couple of hours before the first gun, they had no inclination to change anything in her 'set up'. They didn't have time to analyze the boat and simply sailed her as she was delivered. The J/105 fleet was also attractive for the limited number of crew required (less sandwiches), sail limita¬ tions, ease of handling and the quality inherent in all J/boats. If your'e looking for a competitive fleet and a boat that's delivered ready to win, call Sail California today.

Midwinter Race Series ALAMEDA YC — Estuaiy Midwinters: 11/12, 12/10, 1/14,

2/11, 3/18. M.L. Higgins. (510) 748-0289. BENICIA YC — Fall Series: 11/11, 12/2, 12/16. Jerry Martin, (707) 745-3731. BERKELEY YC — Chowder Races: Every Sunday starting Oct. 8, except during BYC/MYCO midAvlnters. Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968. BERKELEY/MYCO — Berkeley Circle: 11/11-12, 12/9-10, 1/13-14, 2/10-11. BobbiTosse, (925) 939-9885. CORINTHIAN YC — Midwinters 2001: 1/19-20; 2/16-17. CYC, 435-4771. ENCINAL YC —'3-2-1' Midwinter Series: 11/18, 1/20, 2/17. Mark Brunelle, 291-6111 (days). GOLDEN GATE YC —Seaweed Soup Series: 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/3. GGYC, 346-BOAT. LAKE MERRITT SC — Robinson Memorial Midwinters: 12/9, 1/14, 2/10, 3/10. Duncan Carter. (925) 945-6223. OAKLAND YC — Brunch Series: 1/7, 1/21,2/4, 2/18, 3/4. Bot^ Donovan, (925) 934-7848. RICHMOND YC — Small Boat Midwinters: 12/2, 1/7, 2/4, 3/4. RYC, (510) 237-2821. SAN FRANCISCO YC — Pre-Holiday Regatta on Nov. 18-19 only. SFYC, 789-5647. SANTA CRUZ YC — Midwinters: 11/18, 12/16, rest of the schedule TBD. Larry Weaver, (831) 423-8111. SAUSALITO YC — Midwinters: 11/5, 12/3, 1/7, 2/4, 3/4. Andy Eggler, 332-1267. SHORELINE U^ER SERIES — 11/21, 12/17, 1/28, 2/25, 3/25. Tracy Usher. (650) 926-3253. SOUTH BAY YRA — Winter Series: 11/18, 12/16, 1/6, 2/10, 3/10. Bob Carlen, (831) 336-2672. ST. FRANCIS YC —Winter Dinghy Races/Clinics: 11/18, 12/16, l/i3, 1/27, 2/24, 3/10. StFYC, 563-6363. Please send your calendar items by the 10th of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), 15 Locust Avenue. MUl Valley, CA, 94941. Better yet, fax them to us at (415) 383-5816 or emailthem to us at editorial@latitude38.com. But please, no phoneins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are ei¬ ther free or don’t cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.

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SHORTHANDED PERFORMANCE SAILOR'S DREAM

LETTERS tfliTURTLES .AND MARLBOROS

I'm responding to the letter concerning turtles eating ciga¬ rette butts. I have found this to be true. In fact, turtles addicted to eigarettes may be found on many South Sea islands bum¬ ming smokes from the yachties. It is not a pretty sight to see them with their crudely printed signs that read, "Will give turtle rides for Marlboros." I hope this clears up the mysteiy. Holy Man Gone Bad Cyberspace INIbay pollution

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"That's all I can stand, I can't stands no more!" to quote a famous sailor. Letters from boaters reprimanding guests for tossing a cigar butt into the Bay. Claims of seaweed encrusted cigarettes killing turtles. How naive and gullible can some people be?, I know, I know, their hearts are in the right place, but they chastise guests on boats for insignificant acts while millions of gallons of waste and pollution flow into the Bay and under their keels daily — and they never raise a voice in protest. As proof, I would invite them to visit a spot in the South Bay located at 37°39.9' N, 122°21.8' W. This is the location of the discharge pipe from the local sewage treatment plant and it's well noted on the charts. It's also easy to find because of the huge upwelling of 'water' that flows almost constantly. The pipe opening lies in 15 feet of water and is less than a mile from the entrance to a very popular marina — which has a public beach. I've lived aboard my motorsailer at that marina for years amd have had an office on my boat. When it was time for lunch, I would often grab a sandwich, soda and fishing rod, then jump into the dinghy and spend an hour trying to catch 'the big one'. I bring this up because the discharge pipe is usually one of the local fishing hot spots — as long as you practice 'catch and release'. For the effluent from this pipe is often a 'soup' of solids containing everything that landlubbers place into their toilets, garbage disposers and drains. This includes 'guano', plastics and yes, cigar and cigarette butts. These supposedly 'treated' solids usually attract the wildlife — including fishermen. I say 'usually', because on occasion the discharge has a dis¬ tinct black color along with a particularly odious smell. At those‘ times, it is so disgusting and putrid that even seagulls won't land or swim in it. Folks familiar with seagulls can appreciate the implications of this statement. I don't mean to single out this location, as I suppose all sewage treatment plants share in this habit. But I do resent having to carry my own 'discharge' around like it was nuclear waste, while entire municipalities freely dump theirs into our Bay. In this day and age, I consider this practice a slap in the face. By comparison, a cigar butt constitutes less pollution than a fart in a hurricane. The tragedy is that our government — with the 'environmen¬ tal' Vice President — is the greatest polluter. From MTBE poi¬ soning our groundwater and heavy metals at Hunter's Point to beach closures from sewage spills — ever hear of a beach clo¬ sure due to cigar butts? — our 'Republicrats' turn a blind eye to the real causes of pollution. Instead, they criminalize our activities and restrict our freedoms as a smokescreen. Sadly, most of the population buys into this smokescreen with no sense of logic. Even those charged with pollution control — such as BayKeeper, Clean Bay, and the Coast Guard, who fly over the site dally — ignore these sources. I applaud Latitude's efforts to get municipalities to be more responsive to boaters' needs. But mooring buoys and dinghy docks are only the tip of the iceberg. These governments need to be held accountable for their share of our environmental prob¬ lems. Perhaps we need a forum in your fine magazine to alert the public to these sources of obvious pollution. How about a Classy Sludge or Loose Sphincter section? Once these things

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was very impressed by the professionalism and coordination shown by his crew. At approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 13, two HH-60 rescue helicopters arrived on scene and hoisted the patient and two pgireu-escuemen off the ship. They were flown safely to a hospital in Portland, Oregon, where the patient was admitted into the intensive care unit. If not for the valiant efforts of Capt. Toledo, the Chevron Washington, and her entire crew, the injured man would not have survived. We could not have performed our medical or rescue efforts on the sailboat. Our most sincere thanks to: Capt. Gary Toledo, 1st Mate Robert Carr, 2nd Mate Charlie Cutter, 3rd Mate Joe Campos, Chief Engineer Tom Morris, 1st Engi¬ neer Earl White, 2nd Engineer Jim Dyer, 3rd Engineer Kevin Bardwell, Engineer Cadet Jason Marin, Bosun John McNeill, A. B. Dimos Frantzesko, A. B. Roily Mendoza, A. B. Ray Mo¬ rales, A. B. Mike Nielsen, A. B. Anton Seravasely, A. B. Gabe Sipln, Steward Krista Bjelde, Messman Arturo Pacana, Utility Doug Ensminger. The letter was signed by David S. Armstrong of U.S. Air Force Reserves 304th Rescue Squadron, 939th Rescue Wing. David McMurry Chevron Public Affairs Readers — As Latitude readers probably know, the rescue effort was initiated as a result of an irijury a crewman suffered when the Santa Cruz 52 Kokopelll^ was dismasted on the way back to California after the end of the Pacific Cup. The crew¬ man was Daniel Garr, who at last word was paralyzed from the waist down. There are a lot of sailors thinking about you and pulling for you, Daniel This brUliant rescue was pulled off by both Chevron employ¬ ees and members of the U.S. military. There’s a long history of merchant shaping and the military coming the aid of mariners in distress', often times at considerable risk to their own sctfety and at great cost. We salute all of them. As might be expected, lawsuits have already been filed as a result of the KokopeUl^ accident. Because of the way the Ameri¬ can legal system works, it wouldn't be unusual for every indi¬ vidual and business that might have ever seen the boat to be named as a defendant. So while this is obviously a terrible time for Daniel, its also a difficult time emotionally and financially for some other sailors and marine businesses — who may ultimately be absolved of aU. responsibility. On their behalf, we remind ev¬ eryone that defendants are innocent until proven negligent — and when it comes to personal injury litigation, even the inno¬ cent are found responsible because its prohibitively expensive to defend themselves. Our heart goes out to you folks, too.

IfUCERTIFIABLY INSANE In the Ha-Ha profiles, you wrote that I ". . . worked on an Alaskan ferry during the winter and taught scuba in the tropics during the summer." Wow, just call me certlfiably insane! Lynne Stevens Wild Flower Lynne — We apologize for getting our seasons crossed. The only evidence we have that might suggest you're insane is that you're going on another Ha-Ha.

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Peter & Nancy — We weren't there at the time, so we can't comment on the specific situation. But we will say that we think the Pedro Miguel BC — which is landlocked inside the Canal on Mirqflores Lake—is one of the coolest and most communal places in the world of cruising. Because the club is isolated and because cruisers share Just about everything from workshops to refrigerator space to picnic tables with views of the Pedro Miguel Locks, its, about as anti-aristocratic an environment as we can imagine. On the other hand, when we read the nickname 'Cape Cod Dining Society', we couldn't help but laugh a little in recognition. For while cruising in the Caribbean and New England, we've come across a couple of boats from the Northeast where the prim and proper members of the owners' parties seemed as though they were wandering around in a cloud of assumed superiority. But given that ifsa world Jidl of fun and fascinating people, it wasn't something that bothered us.

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LETTERS Sailir^ Association (ASA) certtfications at various levels. So you're

on the right track. There are a number of different clubs tn The City where you can meet other young sailors. For starters, we suggest you stop by the South Beach YC. which is located near you and Spinna¬ ker Sailing at the South Beach Marina. Visit some Friday evening or weekend afternoon, and tell the club manager that Latitude said they would be delighted if you came by to check out their facilities. Trust us, they'll be happy to show you around and tell you about their club. You can do the same thing at the Golden Gate YC over in the Marina, and even the St. Francis YC — which admittedly might be a little more intimidating. What should you say if somebody asks you if you have your own boat? Tell them the truth. That you recently moved here, that you're very interested in sailing and are currently taking lessons, and that you're looking forward to crewing for other people. We suppose its natural for someone not familiar with yacht clubs to fear that some people might look down on them because they don't have a boat, but in reality nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, yacht clubs lust at the prospect of hgving young folks like you become members — not that you \ have to do anything of the sort. Furthermore, only a complete loser would look down on anybody because they didn't own a

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boat. Each of the three big clubs tn San Francisco has something different to offer. One of the neat things about the South Beach YC is that they host a terrific Friday night 'beer can' racing series on summer nights that is popular with a lot of younger sailors. The Golden Gate YC hosts a big midwinter racing series that starts on November 4. And the St. Francis YC has the big¬ gest sailing schedule of all. Please don't be put off by the word I 'racing'. The beer can and midwinter races are for fun and so- \ ckdiztng more than they're for winning pickle dishes. Nonethe- r less, these 'fun races' are ideal opportunities to improve your r sailing skills and meet other sailors. i There are tons of midwinter and beer can races. Look in each [ month's Latitude for a complete listing. It's a time-honored tradition at most of these events that anybody who shows up with f a six-pack and a smile gets a nde. Sure, it takes a little guts, \ but Just walk the docks near the host club or go into the host t club and ask for assistance. Don't be put off by those 'Members Only' signs out front as an Alcoholic Beverage Commission formality makes them put them up. After sailing tn an event, make ;■ sure to return to the host club to support them by buying a drink or two and maybe a meal This is when everybody networks ; and sets up future rides. Within Just a couple of weeks, you'll tl know lots of people with boats, most of whom are at least occasionaUy in need of crew or know somebody else who does. And tfll thats not enough, each March Latitude puts out a Crew List andt then throws a big Crew List Party at the Corinthian YC in T iburon. I Assuming that the two of you are reasonably friendly audji helpful and willing to make a little effort to get rides at the vari-ious midwinters for the next several months, you could spend^ all next year racing and cruising on all kinds of different boats, all over the Bay and Delta, and walking in and out of all the ; major clubs. And like rhost folks, you'll neither own a boat orj belong to a yacht club. So welcome to sailing on San Francisco 3 Bay, which Just happens to be one of the top five metropolitan' places tn the world for pure sailing fun.

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the airticle. However, the tone of the article against the so-called "petro devil" Theodorus IV and its captain and crew, and the very bi¬ ased comment referring to the 'World Wreaking Federation of Tankermania" was found offensive by this ex-tankerman. The very righteous opinion that every problem was the fault of the tanker, its captain, crew, home office and lawyers is ridiculous. I suppose that the problems on Augusto's boat — the faulty rigging, the crapped-out engine, not having bolt cutters aboard needed to cut the largest stay, the lack of a radar with a prox¬ imity alarm, the lack of a standby VHF — are also their fault. 1 must also assume that his lack of insurance — so he can rely : on our kindness — must be the problem of every one of us out j there who does have insurance. i I would recommend that all go to 72 COLREGS with special j attention to; ■ ’Rule 2 (a) and (b) — Responsibility. (This is the old Rule 27 ! and 29 of the International Rules of the Road that all of us at ; the 'schoolshlp' had to memorize). Rule 5 — Lookout. Rule 18 (a)(lv) and (b)(ii) — The first gives privilege to vessels under sail which everyone who has spent over an hour on a j sailboat Ccm almost quote verbatim. But hardly anyone can quote | the second section, which counters that sailing vessels must I keep out of the way of power vessels that have a restricted abil- j ity to maneuver. Contrary to popular belief, this rule is not re- : stricted to narrows, traffic lanes or harbors. ; The item about being up all night watching his GPS hit 10 j knots — but never lookirrg outside — reminds me of a story : when 1 was breaking in a new third mate while doing the Ha- | waiian interisland trip on an old tanker named the M.E. ■ LombardL As we were approaching Hilo Harbor, the new Third . was running back and forth from the azimuth to the chart room i plotting his bearings. After watching for a short time, 1 asked ■ him what'he was doing, for we were heading right for the break- ’ water. He said that 1 was wrong if 1 thought we were headed for ' the breakwater, and wanted to know if 1 wanted to inspect his | work in the chart room. 1 told him that 1 didn't have the time, ; and suggested he "look out the f—king window instead!" In 'pampas grass' — a sea condition and related sea clutter j on a radar — it is far easier for the mouse, a smadl boat, to see 1; the elephant, a ship, than vice versa. And in the second impact ' — taking into consideration visibility and maneuverability — ! what fact establishes who hit whom? Augusto's statement that it allegedly took the 'petro-demon' approximately two hours to turn around should give a reasonable person some idea how I difficult it is to mcmuever such large vessels. ! Singlehanded SEiiling offshore has always been a mystery to | me, especially as it relates to Rule 5. 1 certainly respect such ; sailors for their strength, fortitude and conviction. However, as ; has been pointed out for years, there is no way anyone can f singlehand for very long and not be in violation of the require-1 ment that all vessels must maintain a watch at all times. Steve ^ and Linda Dashew put it best on page 375 of their Offshore | Cruising Encyclopedia when they wrote, "So . . . [singlehanders] \ are taking a chance with their own safety (which is okay as long | as they assume responsibility for any problems that arise). How- [ ever, they are also taking a chance with the safety of other yachts) around them, which I find a bit disconcerting. . . " | , P.S. I have enjoyed Latitude 38 since you guys steirted. I am j amazed that somehow you get better with each volume. 1 have f also been curious as to the layout of Sightings — which 1 guess [ is supposed to be a speed bump for readers. Stuart G. Sail Red Rover, Hans Christian 34 Tiburon

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UJlGOOD FOR WRESTLING NAKED Our cruising dream is getting closer. Four years ago we pur chased an Allied Mistress 39, and have been working on her ever since. She's tested our budget, our patience and even our bond as a couple. But with the completion of every project we become more confident in both ourselves and our love for one another. Although it's been a long road, we're still far from having the boat ready. When we get a little discouraged, 1 pull out a Lati¬ tude and read some of the letters or articles to Peggy. No matter if they are about cruisers having good times or cruisers having some troubles, they always cheer us up. Peggy, who is by far the most beautiful thing I've ever seen besides our boat, likes me to read to her. She is an earth sign and 1 am a fire sign. Add ' water to the two of us and you get hot mud — which is good for i wrestling naked. But you have to watch for the bums. Keeping our cruising dream alive has been a constant stmggle, but we know we have to take the good with the bad. We're a little down right now as we've just got done put¬ ting in a new en¬ gine — and it was a lot of work. But writing this letter A little mudwrestling between boat projects nevert seems to help. 1 hurt anyone. hope you'll find space for it in your magazine, as I'd love to read it to Peggy at! bedtime. Looking forward to next year's Baja Ha-Ha also cheers): us up. Marcus, Peggy and Rory Cataniat Cantatmya, Allied Mistress Newport Beachi

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tfllTHE lO-KNOT AVERAGE Our 84-foot Beowulf is ensconced in a spiderweb of lines at Atlantic Yacht Basin on the ICW near Norfolk while we return to the office and catch up on a few things before heading back to do the West Marine Caribbean 1500 in early November. As to the May issue debate between the Wanderer and Dona de Mallorca about whether or not the Swan 651 she helped deliver could average 10 knots across the Atlantic, I'd have to agree with her. While I'm not a big fan of Swan types, 1 must admit that it shouldn't be that difficult for a 651 to average 10 knots across the pond; all they need is a little breeze. 1 realize that your experience base — heavy lead mines and now cruis¬ ing cats — probably doesn’t allow for anything like a 10-knot average, but a couple of owners of our Deerfoot designs in the S£«ne size range have made the trip in 12 days and change. One of these was done in the ARC with, much to our embarrass¬ ment, a Swan 57 just six hours behind. We're also familiar with Wakaroa, a 72-foot very short rigged ketch — like ours — that regularly averages 10 knots between her home in New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. Our Beowulf is 12 feet longer, of course, but we hardly ever | average anything as slow as 240 miles a day. In fact, in 29,000 i miles of sailing, the only time this has happened was during j our dead uphill trip from Panama to Curasao. Yuck! Otherwise t we seem to be able to do a pretty steady 270 to 300 depending j on conditions. And before you throw sled performance at us, , remember that we did the 42-mile Guadaloupe to Antigua Race j in three hours and one minute. The Santa Cruz 70 in the race [ finished 37 minutes back. j We've also done Marina del Rey to the Marquesas in 12 days, j 11 hours, and Tedohae to San Diego in 12 days, 3 hours —i which is about 2,900 miles. Heck, we even made the 630 miles from Bermuda to Newport in 60 hours, but then Linda and I j were racing the 140' Frers ketch Rebecca at the time, so we; were paying more attention to sail trim in the continuously fron- > tal and changing weather. By the way, we beat Rebecca by 5.5 j hours. I So Senor Wanderer, it is possible to average 10 knots or bet- i ter — you just need the right conditions and/or the right boat. I Steve Dashew \

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Steve — We'd like nothing better than to believe Doha de \ Mallorca} s claim that she and some other folks delivered a Swan j 651 some 2,700 miles across the Atlantic at an average of 10 t knots. And to believe your claim that a 10-knot average isn’t so > difficult. But documented sailing times and ocean crossing \ records leave us no choice but to be extremely dubious. You back your claim by saying that one of the Deerfoot 65s f did the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers in "12 days and change". But I if anything, that only supports our contention. In order to do'i the 2,700-mile ARC at 10 knots, a boat would have to do it in i 270 hours — or 11.25 days. Assuming that "12 days plust change" means the Deerfoot did it in 12.25 days, she only aver-i aged 9.1 knots — well off the 10 knot pace. Furthermore, basedt on ARC iriformation two paragraphs down, we suspect she was { only able to do that with a substantial amount of motoring i through the light stuff. The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers is a perfect yardstick for this argument because its almost identical to the course de Mallorca

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include several of the inevitable lighter days found on any long passage. We did the ARC rally in '95 with Big O. It was the tenth running and said to have had the strongest and most consistent fair winds of any ARC. So its informative to see the kind of times that were recorded. Of the 176 boats that did the '95 ARC, the four fastest elapsed times were 13.5 days, 14 days, 14.5 days, and almpst 15 days. We can't remember what kind of boats the first two were, but the third and fourth boats were 80foot Whitbread veterans. In other words, the best average speed the Whitbread boats could make in the best conditions the event enjoyed was 8.3 knots — two full days ^hort of a 10 knot aver¬ age. So how are we supposed to believe that a Swan 651 — which displaces a whopping 80,000 pounds, can't surf and is 15 feet shorter than the Whitbread boats — could have sailed the same course 20% faster? We can't. , If we look back at many of the sailing records as they ap¬ peared in the August '98 Latitude, it becomes clear that a 10 knot average is actually very difficult to achieve — even for the fastest racing boats with the best crews, sails and gear. At the time, the Annapolis to Bermuda record was an 8.8 average; the Sydney to Hobart was 10.1; the Cape Town to Rio was 10.1; the west to east Transatlantic 10.5; the Newport to Ensenada 10.5; the Long Beach to Cabo 10.5; the Santa Barbara to King Har¬ bor 9.1; the San FYancisco to Tahiti 8.1; the Los Angeles to Tahiti 10; and the Victoria to Maui 9.1. Many of these records i have been eclipsed in the last two years, so we're working on a i new list. Nonetheless, if the fastest times in the history by the ' fastest boats in history on some of the fastest courses in his¬ tory are barely 10 knots, we're not buying that anyone could do : 10 knots for that long on a delivery. In fact, anytime somebody i from a non-racing boat starts telling us they averaged 10 knots ; for much more than 100 miles, our mind sUps into a state of ) suspended belief. We don't doubt the passage times you've cited for Beowulf. since you've already told us that she's capable of motoring at i 15 knots. If you motor at 15 knots for half a passage, you only i have to sail at five knots during the other half to average 10 ) knots for the whole thing. So we'd need more information tor know whether or not to be impressed by such claims. If you . want to stake a speed claim, there's only one way to do it: race in an organized event against several boats of similar length. For the record we don't want anybody to get the idea we have anything disparaging to say about the Frers designed Swan. 651. This is a superb design that was a mayor tmprovementi upon the original S&S designed Swan 65 — which itself was a i legendary yacht.

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hauling the boat at the yard where I work for a bottom job. He i told me 1 could better inspect her then. j Everything seemed to suggest that this would be the bestj boat at the price to suit my needs, so we took the next step, which was listing the boat we then owned with a broker — as well as taking out a Classy Classified. At that point, the deal r was that we would sell our boat to create the down payment for the larger boat. The owner said he was willing to keep us at the top of the list until January — three months away — to give us time to sell our boat. When January came and went without our boat selling, we called the seller and informed him that we needed more time to i sell our boat. If he got a better offer, we told him to take it and I there wouldn't be any hard feelings. By early July, neither our boat nor the other guy’s boat had sold. Then 1 got a call from :i him sweetening the deal slightly. He said that if I lowered the i selling price of my boat so that it would sell more quickly, he ■ would lower the s^e price of his boat to us by the same amount. 1 immediately got on the phone with my broker and told him to ) start collecting offers. An offer soon came in that was approxi¬ mately 20% lower than the lowest price 1 felt was reasonable, , but with the new deal 1 wouldn't be losing anything, right? 11 called the owner to make sure that our deal was still on, and i that 1 wanted to mail him the check and take ownership on i August 1. It was here that 1 screwed up, as 1 didn't get any of it in i writing. Operating on the assumption the deal was still on, 11 called my broker and instemtly my faithful old boat was sold. 11 was slightly nervous not having a boat to call my own, so 11 called the owner of the boat 1 was to buy and left a message fort him to Ccill me, and that 1 would be mailing the down pa5mient t to him on July 25. 1 didn't hear from him for three days, and when he did CEiU, it I was one pf the worst calls I'd gotten in my life. The owner in¬ formed me that he felt bad about things, but that 1 would have ? to wait several months until the new Classified ads he'd taken .i out kicked in. So now 1 was out of both my boat and the cash 11 would have made had 1 waited to sell. I'm a trusting person, but t 1 should have gotten the deal in writing. I'll certainly do it next .t time. So take my warning and be smarter than I was. This is only; my side of the stoiy, of course, so I'm leaving out the incrimi¬ nating information as well as my name. Name Withheld 1 Northern California i N.W. — Your advice to get deals in writing is excellentjor two reasons. FVst, if properly written it spells out the deal clearly so there isn't confiision. Second, it's a good tool for helping people remember their promises.

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I would like to praise Galley Marine of Seattle for going feiri beyond the realm of normal customer service. In Febmary oft 1999, I had them install an Entec 4.2 KW generator on myf Hardin 45 Freyja. That September I left Seattle for warmer wa-| ters, and San Diego for Cabo as part of the '99 Ha-Ha. After at season of cmising Mexico, I decided that I would leave Freyja ini Puerto Vallarta and fly home for the summer. But before I left, I| discovered the shore power at the dock was temporarily out, soi I started my tmsty Entec. Unfortunately, it soon stopped. Afterj numerous attempts to diagnose what seemed like a fuel prob¬ lem, I obtained some excellent assistance from Greg of Vallarta! Adventures, who found that the piston, rings and cylinder had been extensively damaged. It was then May of 2000, months beyond the one-year factor warranty. I had a total of 186 hours on the generator.

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ITHfIRES and legally chartering in MEXICO As was reported in Latitude, we did have a fire aboard our charter boat Marco Polo. We were on our way from Marina de La Paz in Baja to pick Up passengers at La Concha. The fire — which started in an electrical bundle over one of the engines because a 32-volt water pump shorted and didn't trip the breaker — broke out while we were passing Marina Palmira. Three of the boat's five fire extinguishers failed. Including the Halon sys¬ tem in the engine compartment. All had been tested within the previous 12 months. Fortunately, we have a great crew that was able to put the fire out with the boat's other extinguishers. In addition, the crew got help from Marina Palmira and the Mexican Navy. The fire had been so hot that the water boiled out of one of the engines. The damage was repaired within three weeks, and now all the breakers also have In-line fuses. More Americans than ever seem interested in putting their boats into the charter business in Mexico, so maybe I can ex¬ plain a little of what's involved in doing this legally. It never was a requirement that the boat had to be owned by a Mexican citizen, and boats can be temporarily imported for the purpose of chartering. After NAFTA was passed, Mexican corporations could be 100% foreign owned. We, for example, have our own corporation and accountant. However, it's not cheap to start a corporation in Mexico and it can often be frustrating as we're often surprised with new Interpretations of the same laws. For¬ tunately, my partner does a great job of dealing with the bu¬ reaucracy. Any company in Mexico has to pay corporate taxes as well as rVA on all corporate income. Mexican taxes aren't outra¬ geously high. While having a Mexican pairtner and Mexican em¬ ployees aren't essential, it helps show that you are serious about contributing to the Mexican economy. And if you're not going to contribute to the Mexican economy, they understandably aren't veiy interested in you starting a business. The owner has to

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LETTERS have a FM3 permit, and if you don't hire Mexican employees, it can be difficult to get a work permit. Naturally, you have to pay personal income taxes on any money you earn. In addition to having to start a corporation, quite a few per¬ mits are required. These aren't cheap. In order for a foreign owner to captain his foreign boat, she must be temporarily Im¬ ported. But It's a special kind of temporary importation. If the boat is fully Imported, she must have a Mexican captain. In addition, the boat must be based out of a marina, and the boat has to be registered with the city and port captain of the juris¬ diction where you want to charter. Different permits are re¬ quired if you plan to go from one jurisdiction to another. No¬ body is permitted to charter without Insuremce for all the crew and passengers. If someone were to come down to Mexico for the first time and try to set up a charter business on their own, it might take them as much as stx months. It can take much less time If you hire someone who knows the system. By the way, it makes no difference if your passengers came down from the States with you or not. If they're paying for being on your boat, you have to have a legal Mexican corporation and all the permits. Jim Hughes Irish Mist/Marco Polo

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llllMORE ON MORDIDA Hard to believe, but I was reading the September issue of Latitude m mid-September. Good news travels fast in Mexico! After reading Mr. LaChapeUes’ letter about mordida in that is¬ sue, I feel compelled to share my own experiences. After our recent trip home to the States, and then during the return trip from Tucson to San Carlos, Mexico, our bus was stopped just after crossing the border. This was the normal stop, where everybody has to get their baggage and take their chances pushing the traffic light button to see if they have to have their bags searched. After we, the only gringos on the bus, unloaded our stx bags with over 300 pounds of stuff, the offi¬ cial at the light asked if everything in the bags was clothes. We didn't want to deceive anyone, so we told him that it consisted of lots of clothes but also of many parts for my boat. He then had us move to another area, where he asked for our boat's Temporary Import Permit — which we showed him. He then asked for receipts for all the stuff we were bringing in. We, of course, had conveniently 'lost' these long before getting to Mexico. When he asked for the value of the stuff, I came up with $400 — which I must confess was a ridiculous underesti¬ mate! He then asked if I had a letter from a marina showing which parts I had either destroyed or had taken out of Mexico. I didn’t have one of those either. The official then began punching the buttons on his wristwatch/ calculator — and said I would have to pay $60 and go over to another office and fill out some forms. While this was going on, the alternate bus driver said something in Spanish to the effect that he had a bus full of people and wasn’t waiting for me to do an hour's worth of paperwork. He was loading our bags back onto the bus as he said this. The customs official then asked if I had $30. As I quickly reached for my wallet, he stopped me from being so obvious and told me to put the money in my carry-on bag. After guiding him to where the $30 was located, he asked my wife to go over and push the button on the traffic light — which naturally turned green. I have always believed there is nothing random about those lights! The alter-

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tlliCLIPPER MARINE Do you have any information or anecdotal references on Clip¬ per Marine boats designed by William Crealock? I’ve started my personal website about my sailing activities and about my sec¬ ond boat, a Clipper Marine 21. My first boat was a model of PT109. Anyway, my website is http://home.sc.rr.com/foecox If anyone could remember cmy Eirticles — positive or nega¬ tive — about the boats, company or designer. I’d be most ap¬ preciative. By the way, in today's Internet of eye candy and other crap. Latitude's site is simple, direct and informative. Please don't learn more about web design and spoil what you've already done. Joe Cox Columbia, South Carolina Thanks for the kind words. Criticizing a man's boat is right up their with criticizing his lady. Nonetheless, we'd be negligent f we didn't have to tell you that we don't believe Clip¬ per Marine boats were designed, built or rigged for anything but sailing in protected waters. Yes, one fellow singlehanded a Clipper Marine 32 from San Diego to the Marquesas, but its not something we'd recommend. In addition, there is a guy who frequently sails a blue on blue Clipper Marine 26 or 30 on the Bay. It certainly wouldn't be the boat we’d want to be sailing tn The Slot on an ebb in the middle of summer, but this guy seems to trim and reef his sails well, so maybe he knows somethina we don't.

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ItllTHE BEST tTNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES I was disappointed that Don Bryden took such a strong stance after reading a short article on the collision my crew and I had in the waters off the coast of Nicaragua/Honduras. I’m reminded of the sa)dng about walking a mile in another's shoes. Given the circumstances — a black night, a boat with no lights, in the middle of the drug-smuggling highway — 1 believe we made the most prudent decision possible. That fact that there had been 'pirate problems' in the area did weigh heavily on our decision. So did the fact that we'd been warned that darkened fishing boats wait offshore loaded with drums of fuel awaiting the smuggling boats heading north. Following the collision, we watched and monitored the other vessel for at least 30 minutes. Nobody on the other vessel made any attempt to contact us. It was only when we got out of sight that we began looking after our own problems — including tak¬ ing water on through the bow. The incident never would have occurred had the other vessel shown any lights — as we did — or maintained a lookout. The vessel didn't show up on radar either. If someone wants to denigrate the chciracter of my crew and me, it might interest them to know that we helped build houses in Chacala, worked on sewers on a Rotaiy International project, provided food and clothing to families in Baja, mainland Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala. We have also helped the sick in Guatemala and El Salvador. We're not the "uncaring gringos" that the one reader accused us of being. I mentioned the inci¬ dent to warn others making the passage of potential naviga¬ tional hazards. Joe LaRive Modesto tlliDIANE BEESTON Before skippering Dave Oliver's Olson 30, I spent many of my early years saibng a Rhodes 19. The noted marine photog¬ rapher Diane Beeston took some pictures of us in the early '70s — when we raced against current Olympians Jeff Madrigali and Russ Silvestii, who at the time were still pre-puberty. Is Diane still around and are her files still available? Paul Bancel Noiihern C2difornla Paul From 1960 through 1988, Diane Beeston was the pre¬ miere yacht photographer on San Francisco Bay — and perhaps the country. Severed books oj her photographs were published, and they are familiar to edlBay sailors of that era. She was a big help to us at Latitude, too. Having had her fill of photography in the late '80s, Beeston moved to Astoria, Oregon — where she'd like her friends to know that she was able to purchase "a spec¬ tacular, rhodern 3,000 sq.ft home with a four-car garage and a million dollar view of the Columbia River and bar for — sit down — $ J 45,000. You'd have to pay $300,000for it now, but if it was in Tiburon it would bring $2 million." Anyway, she's got an art gallery downtown, is busy painting, and recently did 16 small murals on Astoria buildings. She's healthy and wants to say 'hi' to all her old friends from the Bay Area. As for Dianes photographs, R.C. Keefe bought many of the early ones of big boats, but Diane donated the rest to the San Francisco YC where she was made a lifetime member. "The club did a better Job of organizing them that I ever did," she

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ttliEIJBCTRIC WORKED ON MY BOAT Don't sell electric motors short! MultihuUs magazine had a review on a unij that had a prop that would reverse its pitch and charge the batteries at one-third the amps it used while running. It had a pretty good range too. Heck, if you have a monohull you're going to need some lead ballast anyway, so why not make the lead do double work? 1 even built a 26-passenger catamaran using 2,214-pound thrust D.C. electric outboards. Unfortunately, the Coast Guard was not willing to sign them off on an ocean route, so 1 switched back to gas to get my Certificate of Inspection. It sure was fun when it was electric, though. Lloyd Reeves Morro Bay Charters Lloyd — And we thought the government was tn favor of redusing the number of internal combustion engines.

ItlfCATS IN THE PACIFIC Thanks for the mag — and in particular, opening up the subject of cruising multihulls. A significant number of we monohull cruisers who sailed across from Mexico to the South Pacific this year have become very interested in multihulls. For a lot of us, they would offer the advantage of being able to re¬ turn to California each year — as Blair and Joan Grinoles have been doing with their 46-foot Capricorn Cat. They've sailed to Mexico three times, Hawaii once, and the South Pacific twice, sailing back to California at the end of each season, then taking off for the tropics again a few months later at the start of win¬ ter. We have read Chris White’s The Cruising MuMudl, and foimd it to be packed with great information. Based with this infor¬ mation. several of us went and looked at the charter cats — there are lots of them — In the Ralatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora area. We also talked to private owners of production cats. Nonethe-' less, we re not completely satisfied and feel we're missing some important information*— such as the name of a company that makes a real cruising cat in the 36 to 42-foot range. All the ones we've seen are three and four bedroom jobs with bridgedeck layouts that make space conscious cruisers cringe. I'm 6'5", so I wonder how hard it would be to raise the roof of the bridgedeck a bit? And even vdth my veiy long arms, I still couldn't reach toe bottom of the veggie bin on one charter cat. A normal-sized human would have had to crawl onto toe counter top to get toe last pampelmous. Doreen and Mark on Imani are friends of ours who took us through all of their experience building their cat in the Bay Area. I keep forgetting what the length their boat was — maybe only 34 feet — but they and their children Maya and Tristan and their cat live aboard very comfortably. And they still sail their buns off. I was amazed at how much room there is on their boat.

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and this is important — self-tacking jib. Having sailed with such a scheme for three years now, the idea of touching a line or picking up a winch handle in order to tack seems positively primi¬ tive. Deciding between daggerboards or keels is kind of like de¬ ciding between dogs and cats, as each have their pros and cons. Daggerboards dUow you to point much higher and can be raised to perhaps aUow a cat to surf sideways in a storm. On the nega¬ tive side, daggerboards and daggerboard cases are relatively fragile. Blair had trouble with his efter hitting a coral head in Polynesia. The beauty of keels is that you can haul out on any calm beach where there's a good tide, they are cheaper to build, and they won't break. But pointing ability suffers significantly. So its sinyjly a matter of picking which attributes you like best. Yes, its possible to retrofit a catamaran with daggerboards — but only in the sense that you can do anything to a boat if you're wUling to spend enough money. In our highly personal opinion, the least important cat quality is a luxurious interior, because it dramatically increases the cost and the weight, and the latter is devastating to catamaran perforhiance. When we settled on a budget for a cat, we found that we could either afford a 44-footer with a beautiful and luxurious interior, or 63-footer with simple accommodations for 12. We're glad we went for the latter because we're more interested in speed — which as everyone warned, is addictive — and space than we are comfort and luxury. Many other sailors — possibly a majority — would have the reverse priorities. There's abso¬ lutely nothing wrong with that, especially for living aboard and/ or gunkholtng in places like Mexico, for which purpose such boats would be ideal. Headroom in the salon of a 35-footer for a guy who is 6'5"? Its not going to happen. Figure that you need three feet for bridgedeck clearance and a total of sevenfeetfor headroom and structure ih the main salon — which means the top of the house has to be 10 feet off the surface of the water. Try sketching a cat thals one third as tall as she is long — and doesn't look ridicu¬ lous or have a horrible amount of windage. This is not to say that you couldn't cut out the overhead of a 35-foot cat and tnstaR^ a cabriolet top for when it rains. Its been don^, but not often. The problem with oceangoing cats of any size is that they're not cheap. In fact, for a given amount of money, you could prob¬ ably Jtnd used monohulls that would be faster, better built and better appointed. The lowest priced cats are white elephants that only you see the beauty in; daycharter cats adapted for cruis¬ ing; smaller retired term charter cats, even though you have to live with the fact they were designed more for maximum berths than for performance; and even smaller cats which may not be as safe or cornfortable in rough ocean conditions. In many cases, the best value in a cat might be something you pay more for in the beginning, really eryoy while you own, and ultimately sell for a good price. But only you can make a decision based on a combination of your desires and your budget. Good luck. lUiKICKED OUT BECAUSE THEY DmN'T SAIL ENOUGH Last week we sailed out of the Berkeley Marina ahead of a guy with a 42-ft wood boat. Evidently, the owner hadn't kept up his end of the slip rental agreement, which required him to sail the boat regularly or lose his slip. It seemed a waste to have to move this boat to Sausalito and anchor out in Richardson Bay. I believe the guy had been a liveaboard, and since he hadn't sailed in the required 90 days, he was responsible for not pump¬ ing his boat out, too. If that was the case, I partly agree with them having to move out. Are there really that many people who manage their sailing schedule so poorly that the harbormaster can kick them out? It seems that many people Just own boats and don't sail them. If

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LETTERS and would therefore have made a much greater effort to resolve the situation in a less adversarial manner. And thats not talk, as we've been in the same situations before infore^n countries and had our faith in others Justified. In any event, based on what we've heard — and we've gotten a bunch of other reports on the event— here's why it seems to us that the S.A.M. owners wildly overreacted: 1) Shit is going to happen when you cruise, no matter if it's a boat T-boning yours by accident in broad daylight or two boats on the hook swinging into each other during a midnight wtndshlfi. If a person can't accept that there will be some unpleasantness while cruising, they'd be better off staying home. And it's how a person reacts to unfortunate incidents — and this was rather minor — that define their character. 2} If the folks on Day By Day showed any signs of being irre¬ sponsible — such as having a trashed boat, not having any in¬ surance, or not having a reservation at a marina in Panama — we could have seen a reason for the S.A.M. to be paranoid. As this wasn't the case, we think the Days were entitled to at least a little benefit of the doubt. 3) If we'd been the Days, we would have cancelled our Canal transit, but the assertion that they were trying to "escape" by going through the Canal strikes us as being ridiculous. By going through the Canal they turn their boat over to somebody else, they are trapped inside the Canal, and everybody knows where they are. If they wanted to run out on their responsibility, all they had to do was wait until dark, slip behind an outbound ship, and in a matter of minutes they'd be on the open Pacific free to head to Ecuador, Costa Rica or the Galapagos. 4) What really leaves us totally unimpressed is the S.A.M. folks seem to have flipped out and immediately hired a lawyer — thus ensuring that a mountain be made out of a relatively minor problem. It's noteworthy that they ultimately settled with the Days' insurance company for 40% of the amount they had originally demanded. We're not saying there is an absolute right way or wrong way to handle unfortunate situations such as this, but it seems like there was plenty of room for improvement in this instance. ' ,

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HUright side of brain female It takes the same amount of water for any size vessel to tran- ‘ sit the Pemama Canal. Here’s the final explanation from a certi- i fled non-technical, right side of the brain type female — who h4s to think twice about the difference between a square root amd a root canal. Think of the water in the lock as a frozen ice cube. Think of the tanker and the El Toro as two bugs caught' in the ice. Now think of replacing the ice cube. You need a new ice cube of exactly the same size to fill the empty space — that is, to push the transiting vessel up to the next level — whether the bug is a gnat or a big fat cockroach. I’m so low tech that I can’t trim sails according to curve and twist, so I just t£ilk to ' them amd make sure they're happy. Mabelle Lernoud Monterey i Mabelle — Right answer, wrong explanation — at least as best we dan understand it. Nothing gets replaced, but rather a lock-shaped 85-foot tall block of water is added to float the ves¬ sels 85 feet higher than when they entered the lock.

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HUlT'S DIFFERENT WHEN THE VESSELS ARE LOWERED^ The concept that most of your readers seem to miss when considering how much water it takes to raise a ship or a small boat in a Panama Canal lock is that both ship and yacht must enter and leave the lock. The water each displaces entering the lock is replaced by an equal amount as the vessels leave. Thus the total weight of fresh water used to raise either the ship or the El Toro would be the same, but this is not the case when vessels are lowered back to sea level. In this instance, the fresh water displaced as the vessel enters the lock is replaced by sea¬ water as it leaves. Therefore, the total weight of fresh water used to transit the ship from Atlantic to Pacific is less than for the yacht. Jim Wagner Ukiah

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LETTERS lilF IT ENTERED THE LOCK ON RAILS Thank you, thank you, editor, for being so stubborn in the ongoing controversy about the amount of water required to get small boats and large ships through the Panama Canal. I’ve been quietly sitting by. reading the multitude of letters from the well-educated readers who assert that a large ship will require far less water, ^yaiting for you to finally see the light and admit that you were wrong. But now I realize that you were right. All the other readers and I would have been right if the vessels entered the lock going up or left the lock going down on rails, depending on the water in the lock to 'launch' them. But the key point you made last month — that the vessels are already floating when they enter the locks — makes all the difference. For once the gates of the locks close, the amount of water re¬ quired to lift vessels will be exactly the same no matter what size the vessel. I stand corrected — and humbled. Ted Miller An Engineer In Los Gatos

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Northern California rescuers recognized. Several Northern California sailors have been recognized by US Sailing in the past 12 months for their part in rescuing others who got in trouble on the water. Each skipper was awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal, which US Sail¬ ing instituted 12 years ago to recognize such heroism in our sport. The first recipients were four sailors on two different boats who participated in a rescue during the 1999 Doublehandedi Farallones ^ce. Regular readers may recall that one sailor died! during that windy event. They may ^so recall that Gary Helms j and Casey Cadwell got in big trouble when their trimaran | Boogteman overturned in the surfline at Southeast Farallon Is¬ land. In a bold move, Ryle Radke and Jonathan Yelda made a inad dash through the surf (under power) aboard Radke’s J/351 Friday Harbor to pull Cadwell aboaird and Helms to the tempo-1 raiy safety of deeper water. Helms, too cold and exhausted toi climb on the J, was eventually pulled aboard the open transom! erf Azzura by skipper Bruce Schwab and his crew, Joakim! Jonsson. Both rescuers and rescuees were present for the pre-i sentation of the Hanson medals last fall after the Vallejo 1-2. | Just last month, Craig and Nora Te Struth were presented! the Hanson Rescue Medal for a rescue that was also recounted! on these pages. On July 16, while aboard their Hunter 336! Irish Mist, they spotted an overturned sailboat near the entrance) to the Oakland Estuary. As they motored over, they discovered! no fewer than seven people swimming around Tom Wickman'ss capsized MacGregor 26X Morphzilla. The Te Struths wasted not time in calling the Coast Guard and starting to pull people out! of the water — which was made easier by the deployment of the: boat’s transom-mounted swim ladder. The mildly h5^othermic: — and extremely grateful — victims were each hustled below,, wrapped in blankets and given warm drinks and diy clothing. When everyone was safely aboard. Norawarmed them even more: with the comment, “I just love it when people drop by!” The Te Struths credit their US Sailing Certified Keelboat! Training at Club Nautique for much of the knowledge they used! during the rescue. Besides recognizing acts of exemplary seamanship, the: Hanson Award and the award process is also used by USE Sailing’s Safety At Sea Committee to gain more knowledge about! rescues at sea. The data and stories of award nominees ares studied carefully for the common practices that contribute to,,: or deter from, the success of a rescue operation. More informa-: tion about the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal and all its re-! cipients on both coasts can be found at http://www.ussailing.[ org/safety/Rescues/hansonstories.htm. The main website forp US Sailing is www.ussailtng.org. i

The True is out there. Dawn Riley’s San Francisco-based America True S3mdicatei( announced in early October that it had agreed to sell USA-51 toj; Craig McCaw’s Seattle-based One World Challenge. Design team^ members Phil Kaiko, Heiner Meldner and Kurt Jordan, as well as several other team members, have also signed on. America True also announced that it will not mount a chal¬ lenge for the 2003 America’s Cup, but will return in 2006. Pro¬ ceeds from the sale of the ‘banana boat’ (51’s paint scherne is: mostly bright yellow) will go toward expanding its True Youth’ : program and supporting other professional sailing programs. “Our mission has always been to win professional sailing) events with co-ed teams while giving back to society through our work with at-risk kids and promoting sailing at a grassroots; level,” says Riley, who we probably don’t have to remind most

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SIGHTINGS Olympic wrap up The United States Ol3Tnpic Sailing Team earned four medals in Sydney, tying with host coimtry Australia for second m the medal coimt. The big winners were Great Britain with five, tncludlng three golds and two silvers. It was the biggest win for the Brits since 1908, when they won four. o Sbdy-eight coun^ tries competed in g the sailing portion S of the 2000 Games; y 15 of them divided < up the 33 available z medals in 11 < f classes. Several of z those were real sur^ prises — Austria The Midas' touch — Olympic Gold Medalists Mark Reynolds won its first ever and Magnus LiiiedahL sailing gold'in the Tornado class, and got another gold m the Men’s Mistral sailboards. Finland won its first sailing gold medal m 20 years in the 49er class. In the Olympics’ oldest class, the Stars, it was USA in a last-minute, come-from-behmd victory that’s still the buzz of yacht club bars. San Diego’s Mark Reynolds made history by just showing up in Sydney. A veteran of a record four consecutive Olympic Star campaigns, he brought the prestige of a Gold Medal in ‘96, a Silver in ‘88, and two World Championships to the Games in what is arguably the most competi¬ tive one design class in the world. He also brought Magnus Liljedahl as crew. Liljedahl is a veteran of four Ol5mipic trials (two for his native Sweden). ‘The Viking”, who now lives In Florida, was also voted the U.S. Sailing Team Captain. Going into the last race of the Star series on September 30 — in-' deed, the last race of the Olympic sailing competition — Rejmolds and Liljedahl trailed Star leaders Torben Grael and crew Marcello Ferreira by five points. The two boats both hit the line early. Realizing the error, Reynolds jibed around the pin boat and came in on port behind the rest of the fleet, which were all taking the left side of the course. Grael apparently didn’t realize the individual recall flag was fi5dng for him, and was later disqualified, along with three other boats. Reynolds and Liljedahl, still headed right, stayed on course and found a 10-degree windshift that sealed their victory. ‘‘We figured left was the way to go,” said Liljedahl. “But we had no choice. We were lucky that the right side paid off.” Great Britain took Silver in the 16-boat fleet; Grael pulled out a Bronze for Brazil. (Don‘t be surprised to see Reynolds sporting a new Rolex come February. We’re told by those in the know he’s a sure thing for Yachtsman of the Year.) Team USA’s Silvers were in the Mens’ and Women’s 470 class where, interestingly, both Golds were won by Australia. First up were the women. On September 28, in the last of the 11-race series, San Diego’s JJ Isler and crew Pease Glaser moved from ninth to sixth. The subtle move was enough to move them from no medal to Silver in the 19-boat fleet. Ukraine took Bronze. ^ Over on the Men’s side, Texan Paul Foerster and crew Bob Merrick won the last race, the fourth bullet they had taken in the 29-boat, 11race, two-throwout series. This amazing performance fell just four points shy of the more consistent (despite only two wins) Australians. It al¬ most went the other way when the Australians, Tom King and Mark Turnbull, rounded the first mark in 10th. Showing the mettle of this team, they fought their way back to second. Argentina took the Bronze. Seattle brothers Jonathan and Chaidie McKee also posted four bul¬ lets in their 16 race battle for Bronze against 16 other boats in the 49er class. 2000 marked the first appearance of this high-performance din¬ ghy in the Oljmipics, and high performance was definitely the name of continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS Olympics — cont’d the game all through the September series. This is the McKees’ first medal as a team, although both have won Ol5rmpic events separately — Jonathan struck Gold in Flying Dutchmans in ‘84 and Charlie took Bronze in the Men’s 470 in ‘88. For the past 25 years, however, Charlie (who drives) and Jonathan are best known as a dynamic duo — sailing’s equivalent to the charismatic 'Williams sisters in tennis. Although they fought hard sometimes right to the end. Team USA was out of the running in the other seven classes. They stacked up this way (all classes 11 races, two throwouts except as noted): Europe Din¬ ghies (27 boats): Great Britain won Gold, USA’s Courtenay BeckerDay got fourth: Finn (25 boats: Great Britain won Gold, USA’s Russ Sylvestri was sixth; Laser (43 boats): Great Britain won Gold, USA’s John M5Tdal ended up 12th: Men’s Mistral (30 boards): Austria won Gold, USA’s Mike Gebhardt was llth; Women’s Mistral (29 boards);

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SIGHTINGS Olympics — cont’d Italy won Gold; USA’s Lanee Butler took fourth; Soling (16 boats, round robin, then match racing): Norway won Gold, USA’s JefFMadrigall (with crew Craig Healy and Hartwell Jordan) was fourth; Tornado (16 boats): Austria won Gold; USA’s John Lovell and crew Charlie Ogletree were seventh. ' ' In the big picture, the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team has won more medals — 56 — than any other country since Olympic Yachting de¬ buted in 1896. We first participated in 1900, and first medaled in 1932 — which was also the year the Stair debuted. With the lone exception of the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980, we have been to every Olym¬ pics since. As the 20ho Games fade into history and the assessments and analy¬ ses are played out, there will doubtless be questions of why Team US didn’t win nine medals (out of 10 classes) like they did at Barcelona in 1992. The quick answer is that sailing is growing just about, every¬ where, and the teams that make it to the Olympics are getting better every time. Two prime examples of this are the other big wirmers, Great Britain and Australia. The former team was able to train in Sydney for the last two years thanks to proceeds (for all sports) from their na¬ tional lottery. It was the first time the British sailing team had reason¬ able support. The Aussies, who hadn’t won sailing gold since 1972, turned their program around thanks to substantial government fund¬ ing (again to all sports), and specifically in the 470 class by hiring Ukranian ‘medal maker’ Victor Kovalenko. He coached the Men’s and Women’s Ukranian 470 team to gold in ‘96, and proved his methods work just as well doAvn under. “He’s the reason we’re here,” said 470 skipper Tom King of Coach Kovalenko, who has since become an Aus¬ tralian citizen. To use another Olympic analogy, there’s no doubt the bar has been raised — or that the entire U.S. Team put in a stellar performance against the toughest Olympic competition yet. Our hats are off to them all.

the race — 60 days and dounting Unless you have been living in a cave or are completely new to sail¬ ing, you will know that an unprecedented event in sailing — and all •sports — is only two months away from its midnight, December 31 start. The event is simply called The Race, and the object is to get a sailboat around the world nonstop faster than anyone else. . . ever. But much has changed since this event was first announced two years ago. For one, the field has shrunk from as many as 40 possible participants to, at this writing, seven possibles. They are; PlayStation (USA, skipper: Steve Fossett, 125 feet, qualified) — . PlayStation was the first of the new breed of maxi-cats launched. She will also soon be the largest. Twenty feet is being added to the LOA to keep her bows from driving under like they did during a trans-Atlantic record attempt earlier this year. Stan Honey will navigate on the roimdthe-world sprint. Team Phillips (GBR, skipper Pete Goss, 120 feet, not qualified) — Easily the most radical player in the game, the bright blue Team Phillips has paid a heavy price for her innovations. In March, 45 feet of her port bow parted company with the rest of the boat. She emerged from the building shed stronger and heavier in September, only to have the base of one of her twin* hull-mounted ‘windsurfer’ rigs fail. Ever the optimist, Goss labels the problem “minor” and vows the boat will be back sailing by mid-November. Club Med (NZ, skipper Grant Dalton, 110 feet, qualified) — Launched in May, Club Med set two new records right out of the blocks. She obliterated the 24-hour record (held until then by PlayStation] and the trans-Atlantic time from France to San Salvador. The former — 625 miles noon-to-noon, an average of 26.07 knots — remains the current 24-hour record. Club Med suffered structural problems in August when continued on outside coiumn of next sightings page

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beware the Bermuda’s triangle may be more fa¬ mous, but some pretty weird stuff hap¬ pens off our own coast from time to time. Take the guy a dozen or so years ago who got tired of crashing around in the ocean off Jenner, so he sailed his fully-equipped Westsail 32 onto the beach and walked away. The way we heard it, he sold It to the first people he ran into — ranchers who lived in the area — for $10. The ‘triangle’ apparently claimed an¬ other sailor last month. This tale starts in Sausalito where Jef¬ frey Lane, described as in his early 30s, bought an unnamed Pearson 35 from Edgewater Yachts in Sausalito. Lane, who said he hailed from Irving, Texas, didn’t need to tell people that he didn’t know how to sail. But he did tell them he was going to take lessons. Mean¬ while, he took the boat out for a few spins. Then one day he took off and didn’t come

SIGHTINGS bodega triangle back. A day or two later, Lane arrived in Bolinas on a fishing boat. The fisherman said he (Lane) had flagged him down out on the water, anchored the Pearson in deep water and climbed aboard. “He struck me as someone who was clearly in shock,” said the fisherman. The boat of course wound up on the beach. Fortunately, it grounded on soft sand and was relatively easy to tow off with little damage. Lane ‘slipped his moor¬ ing’, too. He picked up his car from in front of Edgewater and hasn’t been heard from since. He’s not in Irving, Texas. Someone heard he was going to Seattle, but that seems to be a dead end, too. There was ’break in the case’ Just be¬ fore presstime. A Source who asked not to be identified told us, “We finally heard from his parents. He’s in a hospital — in Australia!”

the race — cont. the sacrificial portion of her bow broke off. Relaunched (with much fuller bows) at the end of September, she is actively training in the Atlantic. Code One (FRA, skipper Loick Peyion, 110 feet, not qualified) — With time running out and no buyers in the offing, just last July, event organizer Bruno Peyron arranged for his youhger brother (and worldclass multihull sailor) Loick to charter Code One, a sister to Club Med. for The Race. Code One was launched October 12 and should be sail¬ ing J)y the time you read this. Co-skipper is American Skip Novak. Team

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Above, Chez Hogg — Peter Hogg stands before a container full of prepared meals that will sustain the 1 12-man ‘PlayStation’ crew on their global dash. He ‘ has even authored the ‘PlayStation’ cookbook. Below, ‘Club Med’ on seatrials soon after her launch. Inset left, the wild and crazy ‘Team Philips. ’

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SIGHTINGS the race — cont’d launch date has been pushed back. At the hoiir this was written, it was ‘early November.’ Despite work by a huge crew 24/7, it will be a minor miracle if this sistership to Club Med and Code One makes it to Barcelona by the cutoff date of December 13. continued on outside coiumn of next sightings page

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digital photos We’ve entered a new era of technology here at Latitude. By next issue, we’ll have made an almost complete switchover from film to digital photography. For us, this means quicker turnaround

SIGHTINGS on the way and improved photo quality. For readers, the news is even better. See a photo you like? Just let us know and we can arrange to send you a copy almost immediately. We’ll have more on this tn future issues.

the race — cont. Millennium Challenge (GBR, skipper: Tony Bullimore, 100 feet, not qualified) — Millennium Challenge is the latest in a long line of reincarnations for a catamaran that started life back in the ‘80s as the 75-ft Nigel Irons-designed Formula Tag. She is perhaps best known as Enza. the boat that broke the Jules Verne record m 1994. Bullimore is perhaps best known as the tough-as-nails solo sailor who was found hanging onto the rudder of his boat after it capsized in the ‘96 Vendee Globe Race. Polpharma-Warta (POL, skipper: Roman Paszke, 90 feet, qualified) — This boat, the small¬ est in the fleet, is another stretched veteran. Origi¬ nally built as Jet Services V, she is best known as the 85-ft Explorer, the boat on which Bruno PejTon set the first Jules Verne record m 1993. In a wise move, Paske and crew set about qualifying for the race before they made substantial changes to the boat. (To qualify for The Race, a boat must com¬ plete a trans-ocean crossing within 125% of the best time for that route as of January, 1999.) So who’s really going to make it? Good ques¬ tion. The news at presstime was changing almost hourly. Here’s the situation as we understand it in late October, based on endless reading of the Internet, press releases, faxes — and the invaluable knowledge and insights of Mill Valley’s Peter Hogg, who is part of the PlayStation crew. • Bruno Peyron has been asked to postpone the start of the race by one or more syndicates who need the time. He will not postpone be¬ cause he has obligations to his sponsors. • For similar reasons. Club Med will definitely maike it to Barcelona as will Code One. The former because Club Med, the organization, is now the title sponsor since Euro Disney went away. The former be¬ cause Code One skipper, Loick Pe5a-on, is Bruno’s brother. And like we say, Bruno has obligations. • PlayStation will also make it to Barcelona, but owner/skipper Steve Fossett is on record as stating he may not start if fewer than five boats show up. If PlayStation does not start The Race, she will go on almost immediate standby for a Jules Verne (fastest sailboat around the world, depart whenever you want) attempt. • The only other boat Hogg feels has a fair chance of making it to the start is the Polish entry Polpharma-Warta. Our personal opinion (not shared) is that Team Philips wUl also get there. Neither Hogg nor we think that Cam Lewis has the time to make it there with Team Adven¬ ture. Neither does Tony Bullimore with Millenium Challenge. We will have more on the race in the next issue in as much of a preview as the remaining field of boats will allow. Stay tuned.

how not to spectate — part II A couple of months ago, we gave an illustrated lesson on how not to spectate the Big Boat Series — or any race, for that ipatter — from the water. Apparently, some of you missed that issue. Or perhaps our phraseology was open to a broader interpretation than we intended. At any rate, the fellow in the double ender in the photo sequence at left (who shall remain anon3mious) could hardly be doing more things wrong if he were shooting at the other boats. In the top two insets, the two ID 35s sailing in the prestigious San Francisco Challenge Cup on October 8 are sparring upwind when the errant boat, on starboard, sails right in front of them. Granted, starboard has the right of way in most crossing situations — but most sailors who are paying attention avoid race boats out of common courtesy. Not this guy. Although loud halls cause him to luff up, the leading race boat had to duck his trancontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS Spectating — cont’d som. In the large photo, the boats have rounded the windward mark and taken off downwind when who do they spy right in front of them? You guessed it. If you don’t want to be involved in the nautical version of caught-ln-a-revolving-door (and possibly suffer the humllitatlon and embarassment of your own photo spread), pay attention out there and give racing boats a wide berth.

too good to be true As we went to press on October 25, Greg Jampolsky of Lager Yachts in Sausalito was to be arraigned by the U.S. Attorney General's Office in San Francisco for one count of conspiracy and eight counts of aid¬ ing the preparation of false tax returns. The charges were added to a January indictment against former Northern California marine sur¬ veyor Stan Wild, who was slated to go on trial for similar charges on October 30. According to the government, between 1993 and 1995, Jampolsky and Wild conspired to overvalue eight expensive yachts — most of them large Swans and Baltics. These were then donated to the California Maritime Academy Foundation in Vallejo, and later sold at belo^ mar¬ ket values. "The purpose of this scheme was to obtain large tax deduc¬ tions for the owners of the vessels, large commissions for the defen¬ dant Gregory Jampolsky, and continuing business for the defendant Stanley Wild," said the release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Jampolsky strongly denied the accusations to the press, suggesting that the only crimes committed were by the I.R.S. Chris Cannon, Jampolsky's San Francisco attorney, told Latitude, ’Tve defended a lot of clients, but I've never seen a case where the government had less evidence. All of the appraisals were within BUC book (a 'blue book' for boats) parameters. In addition, the appraisals were subsequently in¬ dependently confirmed by Henry Mustln, an East Coast surveyor and author of a boat on marine surveying." Cannon further stated that when all the boats were reappraised a final time, the values mutually agreed upon by the former owners and the I.R.S. were closer to the initial ones made by Wild than those by the I.R.S. The owners who donated the yachts have all recalculated their taxes and paid the additional amounts owed. None of them have been charged with any wrongdoing. Neither has the California Maritime Academy Foimdation, nor any of the subsequent buyers of the yachts. Both Jampolsky and Wild are well-known figures m the Northern California marine industry. Lager Yachts has been a regular advertiser In Latitude 38. Wild surveyed at least one photoboat for Latitude, al¬ though it was not for the purpose of insurance as opposed to a dona¬ tion. The case first exploded Into the public eye five years ago after the Lager offices were raided by the government. The raid was the direct result of a disgruntled former partner of Jampolsky's having gone to the I.R.S. and accused Jampolsky of masterminding overvalued boat donations. It's unclear why the case has dragged on for so many years, but the statute of limitations was about to run out on several aspects of it. Some have speculated that the government indicted Jampolsky merely to justify the time and expense they've invested in the case. For several high-end boat brokers, the indictment couldn't have come soon enough. It's no secret that some of Jampolsky's competi¬ tors believe that his allegedly illegal schemes pro\dded him with an enormous business advantage over those who feel they were conduct¬ ing business within the law. We're not familiar with any of the deals for which Jampolsky and Wild have been charged, but in general, a fraudulent donation is not easy to pull off. Such deals invariably require a number of people and/ or organizations: the boatowner, preferably in the 50% tax bracket; an appraiser who is willing to risk prosecution by grossly overvaluing a boat's true value; a non-profit orgcinization; a presumably unscrupu¬ lous broker; and ideally a bargain-hunting boat buyer. In almost all continued on outside column of next sightings page

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revival of S Half a centuiy ago, an enthusiastic | member of the Corinthian YC suggested holding an armual swim from the club to Angel Island. The idea went over like a lead wetsuit and the event was held only once or twice. Until 1999, that is, when swimmer and Tiburon resident Bob Placak unknowingly revived the idea (he didn’t know about the CYC histoiy until after the fact). “I just woke up one day, looked out my window at Raccoon Strait and decided this event was going to hap- i pen,” he says. And the Tiburon Mile was j born — or, well, reborn. i One hundred eighty-eight swimmers who obviously also thought it was a good idea jumped into the waters of Ayala Cove that first year, including several Olympic swimmers. This year, the word was out and 547 crazy, er, brave souls took the : plunge into the 63° water (weirmest of the : year — the main reason the event is held 1 in October). Title sponsors for the event ; were Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Tiburon and 1 RCP Events, Inc. Fittingly, the CYC do¬ nated space ashore for the finish line. Winners of the $5,000 top purse this fe year were Rhy Neethling in the Mens’ side ;

new looki When Pelican Harbor in Sausalito was jfirst built in the mid-'70s, it was put to-lgether with little regard for permits. Or; so the legend goes. These days, things are ‘

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the fitness and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (and ‘99 Tiburon Mile defending champ) Brooke Bennett on the 'Womens’. Their times were 25:58 and 26; 10, respectively. The event also raised $30,000 for Spe¬ cial Ol3nnpics. Obviously an event whose time has come — Placak expects more than 800 participants next year — the Tiburon Mile is practially a Bay Area tradition already. And there are a few tie-ins to sailing, tenu¬ ous as they may be. For one thing, the Tiburon Mile is a nautical mile. Okay, okay, we’ll think of another. Just give us a second. Seriously, Placak would like to get more boaters involved. People do need to be helped from the water now and then and a fleet of ‘mother ships’ (similar to those who escort the Bullship Race El Toros across the Golden Gdte every April) would be perfect for the task. If you might be Interested in taking part — hot cocoa making is about the only prerequisite — contact the Tiburon Mile hotline at (415) 721-9990. For more information on the event itself, check out the website at WWW. rcptiburonmile. com.

for pelican different. Even for renovations, a whole gaggle of agencies must give the go-ahead before the first piling is driven. continued middle of next sightings page

too good — cont. cases, the earmark of a fraudulent donation is that it offers a 'too good to be true' deal to everyone involved. In theory, a fraudulent donation might go down like this; The owner of a boat with a true market value of $500,000 is frustrated because his boat has been on the market for months without a bite. An unscru¬ pulous broker might approach him and explain that when — and if— he sells his boat, he's only going to get $450,000 — which is the true value of the boat minus a broker's 10% commission. The buyer is then asked if he'd be interested in donating the boat to a non-profit for an appraised veilue of $1,000,000. This would allow the owner to immedi¬ ately get rid of the boat and net $500,000 — not Just $450,000 he'd get if the boat sold — in the form of a tax deduction. It's a tempting propo¬ sition — presumably one that a wealfriy person would nm by both his lawyer and accountant. The broker is eager to put the deal together because he almost cer¬ tainly has a non-profit lined up that would be willing to pay him a $50,000 commission. It's no secret that non-profits of every sort don't just accept donations, but in many cases actively shop for them. The non-profit may or may not know the true value of the boat, but be¬ cause it's a substantial amount of free money, most aren't overly eager to look the gift horse in the mouth. The key person tn the whole pro¬ cess is the supposedly reputable surveyor/appraiser, who is willing to appraise the boat at double its fair market value. Since he's also the most vulnerable to prosecution, it's unclear why he'd do this for a normal fee. More cjmical types suspect that in order to take the risk of grossly overinflating the value of a boat, a dishonest surveyor/appraiser might want a cut of the action from others in on the deal. Such a deal is good for all parties mentioned above, but not perfect. The problem is that it's illegal for a non-profit to sell a donated asset for less than its appraised value before two years have passed. So if the broker is really clever, he already has a buyer for the donated boat, perhaps a bargain hunter who more than an3dhing wants a $500,000 boat for just $300,000. In some cases, it's suspected that brokers al¬ ready have a discount buyer for boats before they even approach the boat's owner or the non-profit with a proposal. In any event, once the boat has been donated, the broker arranges for Mr. Bargain Buyer to continued on outside coiumn of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS too good — cont’d take a lease-option that allows him to buy the boat outright two years later for a mere $300,000. He has to make the normal 20% downpayment — most of which the non-profit turns over to the broker in the form of a second commission — and lease pajmients for two years. But he'd have had to do fhe same thing if he'd bought the same boat for $500,000 — in which case both the downpayment and monthly payments would have been substantially higher. What a great deal for everyone! The seller moves his boat right away, and comes out $50,000 better off than if he had waited until it sold. The non-profit doesn't have to put out any money or even maintain the boat, and knows it almost certainly wiU net $270,000 in two years. The appraiser gelb^ two fees — and perhaps a pile of money under the table. The broker gets a $50,000 commission for getting the boat donated, plus a $30,000 commission for selling the $300,000 lease option. The buyer gets a $500,000 boat for $300,000. In two years he could turn around and seU the boat for a big profit — or maybe donate it to a non¬ profit for an even bigger net benefit. continued on outside coiumn of next sightings page

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pelican So it is that the makeover for Pelican was conceived four years ago but started only this September. The work involves renovation and up¬ dating of the popular harbor's 90 slips — with an eye toward aesthetics. 'We'U still have wood-topped docks," says Harbor¬ master Tony Marchante. "People like step¬ ping onto wood better than steel or con¬ crete." The new construction also dovetails nicely into the 'old construction' that is homeported in much of Pelican Hctrbor. "The original owner buUt this place for classic wood sailboats only," says Tony. No such restrictions can exist in this day of political correctness, but a walk through the place reveals that the tradi-

SIGHTINGS makeover — cont’d tion lives largely on — there is little fiber¬ glass evident and powerboats look strangely out of place. The first half of the $1.5 million reno¬ vation win hopefully be done by year’s end. At that point, the boats on the other dock will be moved to the new one and the work will start there. The whole project, includ¬ ing new parking lots, should be open for business by next spring, when all the dis¬ placed tenants can move back m. But don't expect to find a spot for any new arrivals there any time soon. Even with increased berth rates (to $11 or $12 per foot), there is a long waiting list. "I could fill two Pelican Harbors easily," smiles Marchante.

too good — cont’d Yes, it's a great deal for everyone — except: 1) The U.S. Treasury, and by extension, American taxpayers, who are burdened with a greater tax load; 2) Honest brokers, who can't fairly compete with a broker who gets two commissions on boats he'll ultimately sell for a huge discount of their true Vcdue; and 3) Honest buyers, who pay fair prices for boats while others buy sisterships at deep discounts. Obviously, we’re not suggesting that any of the above happened in any of the donations in which Jampolsky and Wild were involved, and we have no idea if either one is guilty of anything. The crux of the matter, of course, will be the fair market value of the eight boats that were donated. If the government can convince a judge or jury that the valuations were outrageously high, they might be able to get a convic¬ tion on some or all of the charges. If, however, the defense can prove that the boats were valued fairly, the government has no case whatso¬ ever. If convicted, Jampolsky and/or Wild could face a maximum of five years in prison for conspiracy, and up to $100,000 fines for each count of tax fraud. Lest anyone think that fraudulent donations might be unique to the boating industry, nothing could be further from the truth. Anytime anything is donated for a tax deduction — from the used underwear President Clinton used to deduct at 50-cents per, to vehicles, to mil¬ lion dollar art, to the multimillion dollar coastal property Barbara Streisemd donated to some non-profit conservancy — there is the pos¬ sibility of fraud. There is also, of course, the opportunity for the honest difference of opinion of appraised value. In any event, we taxpayers rely on the government to identify and prosecute such abuses. More than other cases, the members of the marine industry will be closely watching the outcome of the cases against Wild and Jampolsky.

worth the wait When the beautiful 32-ft Lyle Hess designed Bristol Channel cutter Apster was launched at Sausalito Yacht Harbor on October 7, it was

hard to imagine that the same boat had been a smoldering wreck 14 years before. It started when a fire swept through a Sem Rafael-based boat build¬ ing school/shop in 1986, and Apster was one of the victims. There wasn’t much more than top grade firewood left when the smoke cleared. Although the boat had been framed, partially planked, had all the deck beams and a newly laid teak deck, most of the existing structure was damaged by the fire, some of it irreparably. The boat may have ended up in the dumpster, or keeping someone warm during the winter. But when one of the several shipwrights in¬ volved in the boat's construction assessed the damage, he thought he could save her. It took 14 years and approximately 4,000 hours, but Dan Jones did just that. The little cutter was originally commissioned by an Alaskan owner to be built at Robert Darr’s Wooden Boatbuilding School in San Rafael. (The school has since moved to Sausalito.) As a student from the class of ‘82, Jones was an independent shipwright associated with the Boatbuilders Guild — ‘grad school’ for boatbuilders, as it were. Despite the extensive damage, Jones decided to purchase the charred remains from the insurance company “for the price of a used Laser.” Having been involved in the building oT the boat from the start, he felt confident he could bring her back. What he didn’t count on was even¬ tually having to replace over half the wood in the boat. Luckily for Jones, the previous 10 years had been spent sailing, building and repairing wooden boats. It began in 1977, when the 22year old San Diego-born Jones left a construction job and took off to sea. In this case, the vessel was a leaky wooden 46-ft gaff yawl. Jones helped to keep the derelict afloat as they sailed from New Zealand to Los Angeles over all/2 year period continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS worth the wait — cont’d After his sailing adventure, his affinity for wooden boats continued. Eventually, when he noticed an ad in WoodenBoat magazine for a San Rafael-based course in boat building, Dan decided it was time to go

Long time coming (i to r above) — ‘Apster’ in her eiement for the first time, the boat’s namesake (with heip from Dad) does christening honors; it was a happy day for Dan Jones; the boat in charcoai mode. Spread, the iaunching was attended by many friends, family and feiiow wooden boat owners and builders. back to school. Jones’ first visit to the Bay Area was to attend the school as an apprentice. He spent 14 months under the capable tute¬ lage of master boatbuilder and teacher Robert Darr. After graduation, Jones went on to work as an independent Marin-based shipwright, building up an impressive resume over the years that included a stint helping the renowned Babe Lamerdin plank his lovely schooner Eliza¬ beth Muir. This experience was to come in handy during the years that Jones rebuilt Apster. After the fire, Dan trucked the remains of the boat to his house in Santa Venetia, near the Marin Civic Center. Although assuming at the time he had a lot to work with, reality told a different story. Even the ribands — the strips of wood along the hull used as templates for planking — disintegrated as he touched them. The entire sheer had been lost, and Jones had to literally guesstimate his way through, ty¬ ing lines from bow to stem in an attempt to reproduce the right shape. The rebuild was a long process, which Jones took one tiny step at a time. Between raising three kids and putting them through college, coaching baseball and making a living as a shipwright, Jones slowly plodded away. Often he awoke at 6 a.m. to work on the boat for two hours, then went to his ‘real’ work another eight hours. For years, Saturday became synon5mious with ‘boat day.’ That’s when he’d tackle the big tasks he had spent the week preparing for. Using this time management system, the spars alone took an entire summer to build. A lesser man might have given up, but Jones worked methodically, and slowly the boat took shape againWith the exterior replanked, a new deck laid and the cabin finished, Dan moved inside to complete the interior, plumbing and electrical. He traded shipwright work to a local mechanic for a new Perkins diesel engine. And slowly it came together — “four inches at a time,” he says. Good things do in fact come to those who wait. The proverbial ‘end of the tunnel’ is a beautiful and stoutly built cutter, 32 feet on deck, with a 10-ft beam and 4 1/2-ft draft. She weighs m at 16,500 lbs. Apster is planked with Douglas fir copper-fastened to locust frames, and all her fittings are custom bronze, with the casts made by Dan himself. She is truly a phoenix risen from the ashes. continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS worth the wait — cont’d The boat was named after and christened by Albert Peter Streitmann, Jr., the 5-year-old son of Jones’ closest friend. Apster will remain moored in Sausalito while Jones puts on the sails and the finishing touches. He hopes to have the boat sailing by late spring and plans some local cruising in the near future before considering any ambitious voyages. After 14 years, the 45-year old Jones claims that he and Apster are in no hurry at all. —John skoriak

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SIGHTINGS sea scouts race the nationals Marin County has a Sea Scout group that has been racing the Santana 35 Spirit of Gilwell (ex-Tinsley Light] for several years now. Early in 2000, the crew of 14-20 year olds set the goal of participating in the Santana 35 Nationals, which this year was part of the Schock Invita¬ tional Regatta hosted by San Francisco YC on October 6-8. Through hard work and lots of sading — in the Tiburon YC’s (their spon¬ sors) Friday Night Series, GGYC Midwin¬ ters, SRYC rac¬ ing series and Riding the raii on ‘Spirit of Giiweii’ during the ‘Tuna 35 Nats. several events at Corinthian YC — they made that goal. “Each and everyone’s seamanship is astound¬ ing,” wrote race captain David Mai the week before the event in one of his regular email dispatches to the crew. “Keep it up!” Spirit of Gilwell — named for Gilwell Park in England, the ‘spiritual center’ where Scout training courses have been held since the 1920s — came into the competition at a disadvantage. For one thing, they had only seven crew, which made Spirit completely underweight against boats with 10-12 adults, some of which were industry pros. For an¬ other, their sails were showing their age. The latter problem was helped. by the loan of a racing main from Ice Nine. The former was ‘equalized’ by fine work from the well-practiced crew. How practiced? During the last race on Sunday, Spirit touched a mark and had to do a penalty turn. “We set the half-ounce chute but neglected to recognize the continually-building wind,” says Mai. “Not being able to sustain the Kleenex in 18 knots, we doused halfway down the run, rounded the leeward mark and still managed to beat three boats.” Spirit ended up 10th in the 13-boat fleet (see The Racing Sheet for complete race coverage and results). “We’ve come a long way and 1 couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out,” said Mai. Along with the accomplishment and exposure to high-level racing, the crew ‘won’ the donation of a year-old main from Santa Cruz Sails. The Nationals crew were David Mai, 20, on bow, Joshua KennedyGrant, 16, at the mast; his sister Nicole Kennedy-Grant, 17, and Jes¬ sica Krenicki, 16, as jib and guy trimmers; Heather Harrington, 17, on spinnaker trim; Thea Cox, 16, on backstays, Mark Alan, 22, on mainsheet, Johannes Neuendorf as tactician and Llanore (both adult supervisors) on the helm. This group was formed in the summer of 1997 when Nick Tarlson was asked by the Sea Scout Council to start a group in Marin. Nick got the group going as “Ship 1 of Gilwell” (aka “Marin Ship One”). The first boatswain, George Roland (who is now at the Naval Academy) had a strong passion for racing so that group has always had the backbone of a racing crew. With the generous donation of the Santana 35 Tinsley Light by longtime racer Hank Grandin, the group had the right mix of means, interest, opportunity and determination. “I’d like to thank the crew for their hard work and the adults for their unwavering support for the youth’s activities; you are always appreciated,” said Mai after the Nationals. “Everyone in the fleet was very supportive of our effort. Now let’s start looking toward the hori¬ zon. It only gets better.” Page 102 • biiWt 3? • November, 2000

pacific sail expo Pacific Sail Expo, held at Jack Lxmdon Square in April, has made huge strides toward becoming a world class sailboatonly show in only four years of existence. But the mantle of ‘Largest Sailboat Show in the U.S.” still goes to the United States Sailboat Show held in Annapolis, Mary¬ land each October over the Columbus Day weekend. In operation for 31 years, the U.S. Sail¬ boat Show — more commonly known as the ‘Annapolis Boat Show’ — has become an institution for sailors and the indus¬ try. The entire town and waterfront of Armapolis is overrun with boat shov/ ac-

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the presence of greatness Paul Elvstrom sailed his final boat race on Saturday, October 21, on San Francisco Bay. At least, he said it was his last race. He said it more than once, and he sounded serious. Ever wonder what it would have been like to hear Sinatra sing his final song? Or watch Mickey Mantle swing a bat for the last time? Well, 1 can tell you. It's like watching Paul Elvstrom sail his last boat race. It's not the four gold medals in four straight Olympics. It's not the world championships in the Snipe, FD, 5.5 Meter, Finn, Half-Ton, Star, 505 and Soling. It's not the total of 14 world championships in all. It's not even that Elvstrom redefined the game by redefining the sailor as an athlete, making the game more mental and more physical at the same time and giving us the sport of dinghy racing as we know it. What it is about Paul Elvstrom is the quiet grace with which he dominated sailboat racing in the second half of the 20th century.

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tivitles, and the harbor is filled with the latest creations of sailboat manufactur¬ ers from around the world. Ever been to a show and seen boats from Etap, Oyster, Super Maramu, Gib Sea, Turner, Hinkley or Alden? These Eire just a few of the numerous lines on dis¬ play that have yet to make it to a West Coast show. Pacific Sail Expo, created to help remedy the imbalance, was modeled to become the ‘Annapolis of the West.’ A couple reasons for Annapolis’ success are its early start, and a terrific location cen¬ tral to the area’s population of sailors and

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greatness — cont’d Denmark's name-brand sailor won his first gold medal at the London Games of 1948. He was 18 at the time, with 13 years of sailing behind him. He won gold again in 1952, 1956 and 1960 — a run of success matched by only one other ath¬ lete in any sport, U.S. discus thrower A1 Oerter (1956-1968). But the way Elvstrom did it made it matter even more. Al¬ ways driven to be in front, but never to make a show of it, he drove reporters crazy by his way of explaining that he won races, "because the others sailed more slowly." He was known for be¬ lieving and acting on his belief that, "You haven't won tile race, if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competi¬ tors." He was tireless, unfail¬ ingly generous, and he was known for his sheer love of the game. Paul Elvstrom probably did not seriously expect to win a medal in the Tornado catama¬ ran class at the 1988 Olympic Games in Pusan, South Korea. He finished 15th. But he aced the 60-Year-Olds-Sailing-WithPaul Elvstrom. Their-Daughters division. Now Elvstrom is 72. You couldn't pick him out of a crowd as the guy who decades ago built a hiking bench for his living room so he could read the morning paper while hardening his body for the race. But he did , that, and soon he could grind down his competitors on the upwind legs, and sailors around the world were spending a lot more time at the gym. His life hasn't been all sweetness and light. Elvstrom's early gener¬ osity and insatiable curiosity were mixed with an intense, driven singlemindedness that led to a nervous breakdown soon after the 1960 Olym¬ pics. It was a different Paul Elvstrom who returned to the game several years on. Less driven. More willing to take time away from sailing for other pursuits. Only one thing had not changed, the tendency of his competitors to sail more slowly. Elvstrom had visited San Francisco before. The first occasion was the inaugural Elvstrom Regatta in Lasers. The St. Francis YC has a historic photograph of the starting line of the first race. The guy win¬ ning the start at the pin end of a strange line in a strange boat was — you know the answer. In 2000 he came to San Francisco to sail the International Masters Regatta and placed 3-3-16 to finish 7th out of 19. But that's not what his fellow competitors, champions all, were honoring when they gave Paul Elvstrom a unanimous standing ova¬ tion. — kimball livingston

death in the afternoon We read about plane crashes, we don’t witness them. At least not until last month. Now death in the afternoon’ will no longer remind me of Ernest Hemingway’s book on bull fighting. It now represents a hur¬ tling small aircraft that augured into Monterey Bay. It was Sunday, October 15, 2000. It was foggy. 1 got to my sailboat Yemanja, a Catalina 27, at the Monterey Marina at 11 a.m. For the continued on outside column of next sightings page

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expo east boat manufacturers. Pacific Sail Expo cer¬ tainly shares the latter advantage for left coasters. The hub of the sailing industiy remains on the Atlantic shores. With most of the world’s sailboats built on the East Coast or Europe, it’s easy to see why there are far more boats available for display in the East than West. The growth of the multihull market is also more apparent in the East, with over 35 large multihulls on display at the show. Nonetheless, Pacific Sail Expo and the West continue to make gains in the sail¬ ing world. (Witness the Just-completed

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SIGHTINGS — cont’d Olympics, where three of the four medal¬ winning skippers are from the West Coast.) Also, new boats need to find new money. With this in mind, many of the world’s sailboat manufacturers are bring¬ ing new boats, previously seen only in An¬ napolis, to Pacific Sail Expo to find own¬ ers amongst the new wealth generated m the West. If a new sailboat is in your future and a boat show will help you find it, the two shows to consider are the Annapolis, the 'Pacific Sail Expo of the east’ — or Pacific Sail Expo, the ‘Annapolis of the West.’ —John arndt

afternoon — cont’d next half hour, my crew and 1 were busy readying the boat for the afternoon PHRF race. We left the dock at about 11:35 and headed out into the bay. We did the routine things that sailors do before a race: checking wind direction and velocity, adjusting the car positions for the genoa, flying and dousing the spinnaker and working out the du¬ ties of each crew member for that day. The race committee boat set up at about 12:30 near Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club Buoy No. 7, which is directly off the Monterey Beach Hotel. At around 12:40, while working to straighten out lines in the cockpit, I heard the roar of an airplane engine, an expletive from Ron Baxter — who was at the helm, and the noise of a forceful impact. I immediately looked up to see water welling up at a point about 100 yards away where a small plane had made its nose-first entry into the bay. continued on outside column of next sightings page

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afternoon — cont’d It was a surreal moment. The splash somehow reminded me of the minute waves caused by the Olympic divers I had been watching a few weeks ago, an odd Juxtaposition. I dashed below to radio the Coast Guard, but Cam Lewis, skipper of Tinseltown Rebellion, was already reporting the accident. The plane had disappeared Instantly beneath the water. Small bits of the aircraft came immediately to the surface: insulation, scraps of plastic and paper, the nose wheel and the two seats whose cushions apparently floated them to the surface with their occupants still belted in, Betty Alair and Shirley Lehr were two experienced pilots from Sac¬ ramento. Our creviQ^ the aforementioned Ron Baxter, Bob Jaques, Carlos Forte and Sean Coleman, were quiet. We began to sail toward the crash site with other boats that were in the vicinity: Shazam, Santy Anno, Joss, Sugaree, Toucan, Tinseltown Rebellion, Travieso and the race com¬ mittee boat. The large and expanding oil slick clearly marked the im¬ pact area. We hoped to be able to render assistance to anyone who might have miraculously survived the impact. We got there in just a couple of mmut'es. It was eerie, none of us having been this close to the scene of such a dramatid accident. ^ We began to talk about it. Who saw it? Who didn’t? Carlos said he saw the whole thing. “I saw the plane come out over the bay and turn as if it were going to go back to the airport. It was probably about 100 feet above us when suddenly it went straight up as if the pilot wanted to do a loop. I was enjoying it at that point thinking that the pilot was going to do some stunts for us. But I knew when it started down that the plane was much too low to complete the loop, and there was no way it was going to make it.” The Coast Guard got to the scene within five minutes. A few min¬ utes later the divers arrived. All of us backed off to stay out of the way, silently observing the debris-laden surface and watching the divers pull the two bodies out of the bay. The race committee canceled the race and the boats headed back in, some directly, others after sailing about a bit to have lunch and reflect on what they had just witnessed. Two emotions surfaced in all of us: tremendous grief for the victims and their loved ones and grateful thanks to the Almighty that none of us had been hit by the errant aircraft. We had been in double jeopardy — first, when the plane made its low pass just above our fleet and second, when the plane slid into its mortal plunge. My wife and I have sailed in places where plane crashes occurred within days of our passing (Including the Alaska Airlines crash off Anacapa). Sunday, I was there, as were all the members of our fleet. We had gone out on the bay to compete and have a great time, as we always have in the past. Instead we experienced shock and disbelief, returning to the dock somber and reflective rather than exuberant. As we pulled into our slip, the sun came out. Gulls and pelicans flew above and the seals engaged in their incessant barking around the harbor. The sun warmed us. The sky was Monterey gorgeous. Life went on — for us. — paul brocchini

coast watch X From mid-September to mid-October, Coast Guard Group San Fran¬ cisco responded to 207 Search & Rescue Incidents. As we are at the end of our fiscal year, I have a few other notable statistics to add. Since October 1, 1999, we responded to 2,844 cases (more on these in a minute). One hundred fifty of those were what we call "uncorrelated distress calls" — or potential hoaxes. These can range from people Ccdling for help on the radio to “just hying out” those old, expired red flares. This continues to be a dangerous and increasing trend for which I ask your help. Not only is this a veiy expensive proposition for all of us as taxpayers, but more importantly it’s dangerous both to Coast continued on outside column of next sightings page

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My hardy crew of neophyte buoy-rac¬ ers set off at 6 p.m. on September 16 to participate in the last of the SYC beer can races. Bliss, my shoal-draft Hunter 40.5, was hardly a thoroughbred, but I figured that just learning how to cross the start¬ ing line in the right class would signify a major milestone. I had been warned not to race my boat, but having failed to line up a Sausalito-based ride, I had decided "What the hell, what could go wrong?" I had six people on board, with Michael Rossi (years and yecirs of racing experi¬ ence) at the helm. The rest of the crew had really limited racing experience, and I had only raced about a dozen times. The wind was blowing 18-22 knots, especially through the GG channel as we discovered when we did some practice tacks out there. Given the size of the crew, we felt we could race without reefing any sails since the majority of the course seemed to be in slightly less breeze. We managed to cross the starting line within a minute or so of our class, which was actually one of my more promising starts. We reached up to YeUow Bluff buoy solidly in the pack. We were still doing well as we rounded the mark, but were slowly settling into the back of the 10boat pack. Our next mark was Harding Rock. We came out of the wind shadow from the headlands and picked up speed on the run. We were looking pretty sharp as the crew set up for the jibe around Harding. With no spinnaker to complicate things, this seemed like no big deal. We executed the jibe, a boat length or so from the buoy, when suddenly, Michael started screaming to ease the mainsheet. This is the point were time suddenly slowed. I was behind the helm and could only watch in horror as Bliss started rounding up due to all the pressure on the main. Unfortunately, my mainsheet trimmer didn't react to Michael's desper¬ ate plea. Michael tried steering high, re¬ alized he would never make it, and then boldly pointed the bow dead square at the buoy. I think we had about five seconds to react as we came out of our jibe. I only had time to realize how god-a^^ul big the buoy was before there was a sickening crunch of fiberglass shattering as 10 tons of boat tried to pass through a buoy that probably wouldn't notice 100 tons strik¬ ing it. After the initial blow, the buoy had plenty of time to bounce off Bliss’s port side as wind and current carried us on. I rushed forward to survey the dam¬ age. The bow pulpit and anchor had a whole new upward rake and my bow was now fairly-shredded. Luckily, the damage was all above the waterline as I dlscov-

SIGHTINGS at harding rock

ered when I went below. We doused the sails and motored home, heads hanging low. Michael couldn't believe he was at the helm during such a disaster, but there was nothing he could do in such a shal¬ low-draft boat, with full sails in a stiff wind, with a poorly trained crew who didn't understand the significance of depowering the main. It was clearly my fault for not putting more experience at that critical position in those conditions. I'll no longer be quite the passive by¬ stander when racing my boat. — kenneth pimentel

coast watch — cont’d Guardsmen and boaters in real distress. We have limited resources and can only respond to so many cases at a time. If you or your chil¬ dren make a mistake on the radio or with flares please let us know! In addition to keeping busy on search emd rescue. Group San Fran¬ cisco units also provided safety and security for Fleet Week activities here on the main Bay, as well as for ‘Boardstock’, which was held in the Delta the following weekend. Both events attracted thousands of boaters to our waters, and although there were many minor cases need¬ ing our attention, there were no serious incidents at either event. Be¬ ing the new guy on the block, I was very impressed by the respect and professionalism of 99% of the boaters out on the water for these huge events. With very few exceptions, they seemed to have a genuinely great time while not interfering with some veiy specific FAA-mandated safety rules. As I mentioned last month, we at the Coast Guard can only be successful through partnering with boaters, and at these two events, San Francisco's marine interests certainly did their part. I sa¬ lute and thank you all for your outstanding cooperation. Now to the significant search and rescue cases. October 6 — Our 11th District Operations Center received a Telex message from the motor vessel Sea Baisi, positioned 885 miles west of San Francisco, that one of their crew was suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage. The patient was paralyzed on one side of his body and had lost consciousness. A CG flight surgeon recommended an imme¬ diate medevac. The 129th Air National Guard Para-Rescue squadron launched one of their C-130 aircraft and an Air Force HH-60 helicop¬ ter capable of in-flight refueling to conduct the offshore evacuation. They were backed up by a Marine Corps C-130 aircraft for refueling. By refueling the helicopter in flight (a very risky operation) they even¬ tually were able to safely get the patient ashore and to Stanford Medi¬ cal Center. The Coast Guard does not have the long range search and rescue capability offered by aerial in-flight refueling. This case typifies how the umbrella of state, local and federal resources can be cooperatively used to partner rescues on a daily basis. October 7 — Coast Guard Station Monterey received a call at al¬ most 6 p.m. from Santa Cruz 911 reporting that a 41-year-old man had gone into the water at about 2 p.m. and had not been seen coming out. Friends had searched the beach area with no luck prior to calling 911. A station boat as well as helicopter were immediately dispatched to the scene and commenced searc)iing. They searched past dark us¬ ing night vision goggles, and continued the search the next morning. Unfortunately, the man was never found. The lesson to be learned in this tragic case is that possibly with earlier notification we may have been able to find the missing swimmer. We prefer early notification and risking an unnecessary launch of rescue assets rather than later with the consequences potentially being much worse. October 8 — A fishing vessel reported to the Coast Guard that they had lost steering and were adrift approximately 70 miles west of Point Piedras Blancas. They were experiencing 9-11 foot seas but were in no immediate danger. The San Francisco-based, 82-ft cutter Point Brower was recalled from her readiness status, and was underway m about two hours. It was a relatively routine case (as much as any high seas tow can be routine!), with the cutter eventually believed of the tow by a 47-ft motor lifeboat. The day aftei; the fishing boat called, they were moored safely in Monterey. Despite the CG motto Semper Paratus — “always ready” — depend¬ ing on the location and situation, it can take several hours before we get on scene. In this situation, the fishing vessel had to wait about 12 hours in rough conditions before we could get there. Mariners should ensure they have the proper lifesaving equipment on board and be trained to use it should situations like this take an unexpected turn for the worse. Sail safe out there and Partner for Protection! — captain tim sulUvan, uscg

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back in the saddle again Even though it seems like the America's Cup was just over, Paul Cayard was back on the Hauraki Gulf in early October at the helm of USA-61, the first boat preparing for the 2003 Cup. But how things

After two weeks of searching, two sur¬ vivors from a missing fishing boat were found alive on Isla Angel de la Guardia — the largest island in the Sea of Cortez — in mid-October. A third man died. The two survivors were Joseph Rangel of Pedly, California (near Riverside), and Luis Ramos Garcia, of San Felipe, homeport of the fishing expedition from which they went missing. The dead man was identi ¬ fied as Lorenzo Madrid of Malibu. Madrid and Rangel, both 50, were childhood friends who got together a couple of times a year for a fishing trips in the Sea of Cortez. Details are sketchy at this writing as to exactly what happened. It’s known that the fishing party departed San Felipe in early October. The ‘mother ship’ Celia

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(D cn o 00 The shards are gone but the face Is the same—Paul Cayard Is back In New Zealand sailing USA-6i. have changedi USA-61 no longer sails for Cayard's AmericaOne S3mdicate, but rather Larry Ellison’s Oracle Racing. Gone is the gray patnt Job with green shards, as the stylish Ellison likes all his boats white. And while Cayard was driving yesterday, he's going to be the campaign manager, and Ellison's long time skipper. Kiwi Chris Dickson, will be the helmsman. Dickson was busy racing in Bermuda. USA-49, the original AmericaOne, was also purchased by Ellison, is painted white, ' and will soon be testing against USA-61. Ellison has the two Hawaiian boats from the Aloha syndicate in Richmond, so it's likely they'll be sparring on San Francisco Bay next year. While Ellison, said to be the world's second richest person, report¬ edly wants to keep a low profile, it's going to be hard. The Oracle Rac¬ ing team has an apartment house In Auckland with an American flag on top. And if the plentiful dockside rumors are true, wait until Ellison arrives in Auckland aboard the 400-foot motoryacht — perhaps ship is more accurate — he's currently having built. While the 2003 Cup is going to be very different without Dawn Riley's America True, without the Japanese and French, without the Spanish and the Hawalians, it's still going to be very healthy. All 11 slots in the Viaduct Basin have been taken, and it looks like there will be serious contenders from the defending Kiwis; Oracle Racing: Italy's Prada syn¬ dicate: an unnamed but well-known German syndicate; Seattle's OneWorld syndicate; two Swiss syndicates!!); the Swedish Victory syn¬ dicate; Dennis Conner's New York YC syndicate; and a mysterious Eu¬ ropean syndicate. And there may be more. Unless the world economy collapses, it's going to be a really, really big show.

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short sightings ON THE HIGH SEAS — Don’t try to convince the Coast Guard that we’re losing the war on drugs. As of September, they had already set a new record for maritime seizures of cocaine — 125,904 pounds. And there were three more months of 2000 left to go! The record betters the 1999 amount, also a new record, of 111,689 pounds. As of September, the amount of marijuana seized was just over 50,000 pounds, about 10,000 short of the ’99 mark. Interestingly, the number of drug intercontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS Angelina tows six smaller boats, drops anchor near the fishing grounds and the fishermen disperse for the day - two fish¬ ermen and one guide to each 22-ft open boat. On October 4, the boat carrying Rangel and Madrid did not return. Ironically, despite a massive search by Mexican authorities and family and friends of the missing men, the two sur¬ vivors were found by the Celia Angelina — ashore on the northern part of Isla Angel de la Guarda. Rangel and Garcia survived by eating what little they could — and trying to conserve the store of wa¬ ter and beer that had been aboard the small boat. “I’m so glad he’s alive,” said Rangel’s daughter, Loretta Dolter, who added, “He’s never going fishing again.”

shorts — cont’d diction cases was down from 118 to only 89 in the first nine months of ‘00. The value of the seized drugs so far this year? $4.1 billion. Admiral James Loy, who is both Coast Guard Commandant and the U.S. Interdiction Coordinator, attributed this success to increased sur¬ veillance, new techniques and increased cooperation between the Coast Guard and other U.S. and international organizations. PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA— Hundreds of dead sharks started wash¬ ing up on Gulf of Mexico beaches in mid-October, and scientists are so far baffled as to why. Estimates at mid-week were that 200 to 300 of the predators, mostly black tips, had died on Florida panhandle beaches alone. There is some evidence that an infection might be to blame. LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS — Scientists from University Col¬ lege in London have issued warnings that a huge chunk of La Palma — the most volcanically active island in the Canaries — has become un¬ stable. If it collapses, it could generate a tsunami (tidal wave) as high as 160 feet, traveling “at the speed of a jetliner,” which could inundate coastlines in the Caribbean and U.S. East Coast. The mass in question comprises about 500 billion tons of rock that is gradually becoming detached as volcanic activity forces magma to the surface.

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MASTERS REGATTA 2000

Jt3etween October 20-22, the St. Francis YC was the Mount Olympus of sailing, attracting 19 sailing gods to sail in the 22nd International Masters Re¬ gatta. Zeus himself — legendary Danish sailor Paul Elvstrom — was present and weU accounted for, as were dozens of other sailing deities. Between eating grapes, throwing thunderbolts and performing other immortal duties, the gods squeezed in an abbreviated three-race J/105 series — which was the original excuse for this armual reunion/lovefest. Consider first who was crewmg. Among the 'junior' titans (all over 45 years old) pulling the strings for the Masters (over 55) were Vince Brun,' Dave Ullman, Dee Smith, Dave Perry, Keith Lorefice, Hans Fogh, Magnus Olsson, Mark Rudiger, and Jim Crane. There were designers (Russell Bowler, Carl Schumacher, Jim Antrim), industiy giants (Ben Hall, John Rousmaniere), U.S. Sailing poobahs (Dave Irish, Mason Chrisman) and dozens of aging Bay Area local heroes (Ron Ander¬ son, Steve Taft, Chris Boome, Doug Holm, Bill Bairton, Ed Bennett and Jim Coggan, to name a few). The list goes on and on, even including ten sailing goddesses — among them Bea North, Trice Bouzaid and Susie Snyder — who helped round out the 825-pound weight limit on half the crews. This stellar roster pales, however, when held up next to the actual Masters: In addition to The Great Dane (see Sightings for more on Elvstrom), this year's truly special line-up featured Chris Bouzaid (Kiwi satlmg legend). Bill Buchan (Star and Soling world champ/Olympic med¬ alist), Malin Burnham (Star world champ/ America's Cup campaigner), Dick Deaver (multiple big boat champ/01}mipic med¬ alist), Roy Dickson (Kiwi legend/father of Chris), Hank Easom (versatile local icon), Lany Harvey (offshore vet), Dooie Isdale (commodore of NYYC), John Jennings (Florida rocks tar). Bob Johnstone (J/Boat co-founder), Bruce Kirby (Laser designer/

Pelle Petterson (two world championships in Stars and Soltngs), Don 'The Godfather' Trask (past Masters champ/host extraordinaire), and BrianTrubovich (Kiwi match racer). Between them, the Masters and their

"tt has been nice to sail against all of you young people. Tomorrow will be the last race of my life." journalist), Tom 'The Curmudgeon' Leweck (Mexican racer/bon vivant), Kim McDell (Kiwi boat-builder), Bruce Munro (defending Masters champ/StFYC com¬ modore), Lowell 'The Pope' North (multiple Star World champ/two Olympic medals). Page 110*

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crews accounted for something like 55 world championships and 12 Olympic medals, six of them gold. National cham¬ pionships were simply too numerous to count. "This was a sensational weekend, easily the best field of Masters ever as¬

sembled," noted Bruce Munro, veteran of ten of these skirmishes. "1 don't know how Don (Trask) does it, but this regatta just keeps getting better and better each year."

T_Jnfortunately, Mother Nature ap¬ peared oblivious to this distinguished ; gathering of sailing gods. She disrespect¬ fully served up two days of light and shifty winds, complete with drizzle on Friday. It was classic midwinter sailing, a frustrat¬ ing game of nautical musical chairs which saw huge gains and losses made on each leg as the westerly and northerly took turns taunting the fleet. Then, as if to ■ atone for her early fickleness, Ms. Nature overcompensated -with a 30-35 knot gearbuster on Sunday — too much wind to risk the borrowed J/ 105s, so the last two

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Masters of the Sailing Universe, class of2000. Front row, left to right — Bob Johnstone, Tom Leweck, Larry Harvey, Brian Trubovich, Kim Dell, Chris Bouzaid, Roy Dickson, and Dick Deaver. Back row, also from left — Lowell North, Pelle Petterson, Don Trask, Paul EIvstrdm, Bruce Kirby, Hank Easom, John Jennings, Malin Burnham, Dooie Isdale, Bruce Munro, and Bill Buchan. races were wisely abandoned. The regatta was scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday with two cityfront races. Due to a postponement and sub¬ sequent light wind, only one race was sailed. It served as a harbinger of things to come, with Alamitos Bay YC sailor Lany Harvey — past big boat campaigner (Brooke Ann, Crazy Horse, Babe Ruthless, Abba-Zabba-Dad) and current Etchells and J/120 sailor — solving the brainteaser with plenty of breathing room. Crewing for Larry were Dave Ullman, 'Big Mike' Howard, and Tim L3mch. Second and third on Friday went to the two 'old guys' — Malin Burnham and Paul

Elvstrom, both 72 years old. Burnham, a retired San Diego businessman emd past Star World champion who sails infre¬ quently now, was joined by his neighbors Vince Brun, Bradd Elander and Jerry Ladow. Elvstrom brought along Bent Gerloff from Denmark ("so 1 could have someone to talk with on the plane"), as well as another Danish legend, Hans Fogh (who now lives in Canada), and locals Jim Cascino and Gaiy Sadamori. With only one race completed, it was still anyone's regatta when the fleet re¬ convened on Saturday. Faced with a de¬ teriorating weather forecast, regatta chairman Pax Davis and race manager

John Craig got the 'gray eagles' out early in hopes of getting off three races. After hanging around the cityfront for an hour waiting for the westerly, Craig moved the venue over to the Berkeley Circle for the first of two more double windward/ leewards. The second r^ce went to Burnham, with Bob Johnstone nipping at his heels. Johnstone, who owns a J/105 in his hometown of Charleston, SC, sailed with rules guru Dave Perry, Dave Irish and Mason Chrisman. Third went to Elvstrom again, followed by Brian Trubovich (with Dee Smith calling the shots) and Larry Harvey. The third and ultimately final race be¬ gan in a faltering breeze. Dick Deaver, who won the Masters in '98, got launched early and held on to win — while behind him. November, 2000 •

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eveiyone else went on an emotional roller coaster ride as the wind wheezed and sputtered randomly. Bruce Munro and Hank Easom finished second and third, respectively. They were followed by Harvey, Trubovich and Burnham, Re¬ markably, Johnstone pulled himself from last at the first weather mark back to an eighth place finish in the fluky going — a comeback that would put him on the podium the next day. Elvstrom. in a rare mortal moment, fell to 16th in the fluky race. At the end of Page 112

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Upper left: Jerry LaDow, Bradd Blander, Vince Brun, and Malln Burnham. Lower right: Mike Howard, Dave Ullman, Larry Harvey, Tim Lynch.

the day, the leaderboard showed Burn¬ ham at 9 points, Harvey with 10, and Johnstone and Trubovich tied with 17 each. Burnham was also leading last year's Masters Regatta after Saturday, but choked on Sunday — a memory he un¬ doubtedly wished to erase before this weekend ended.

V^aturday evening's blue blazer din¬ ner was held upstairs in the StFYC's main dining room for the first time. As always, it was the social highlight of the threeday regatta. Tom Leweck was the master of ceremonies again (a function he also ably performed at the previous Wednes¬ day night's interesting 'Evening With The Masters' forum). Each skipper was invited up to the podium, and asked to Introduce his crew and tell a story or two. Everyone was thanked profusely, notably the J /105

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owners for generously leriding their boats to the event for the third time. Regatta founder Don Trask, who has thrown his abundant energy into organizing the Mas¬ ters weekend 22 times now, was also ac¬ knowledged with a standing ovation. The only other standing ovation that evening — a thunderous one — went to Elvstrom, who Trask coaxed out of a 10year retirement from racing for this won¬ derful event. In his introduction of the Great One, Leweck jokingly mentioned what a thrill it had been in his otherwise

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'Team Johnstone' took the bronze on the tie¬ breaker. From left—Dave Perry, Dave Irish, Bob Johnstone, and Mason Chrlsman. lousy regatta to tack directly on Elvstrom (and subsequently beat him) in the final moments of the third race. In halting En¬ glish, the soft-spoken Dane countered with," Many years ago, 1 stopped racing on purpose. Today, in the last race, I re¬ membered why." Then, in a bittersweet moment that took everyone by surprise, he announced, "It has been nice to sail against all of you young people. Tomor¬

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row will be the last race of my life." 'Tomorrow' never came, as northerly winds up to 70 knots buffeted the Bay Area as the sun rose. The winds were down to about 30 by show time, and the race committee signalled a shoreside post¬ ponement. The Masters spent the time watching the 49ers on TV, as well as an awesome America's Cup highlight tape that Dick Deaver provided. No one — with the exception of the random mad Kiwi — really wanted to go out into the maelstrom. Most of the Masters and 100% of the J/ November, 2000 •

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MASTERS REGATTA 2000 105 owners breathed a collective sigh of relief when the racing was finally can¬ celled at noon. At the awards ceremony, Burnham, ever the gentleman, saiid, "I only race one weekend a year now, and this is it. I'm basically just the chairman of the board on my boat, and my wonderful crew does all the real work and deserves all the credit. Accordingly, I've commissioned St. Francis YC to reproduce this first place trophy (a beautiful costal bowl) three more times, so that each of my crew can have their own." It was a classy way to end a classy weekend.

I^aimors are already swirling gbout next year. Will the regatta become a bien¬ nial event? Will New York YC tiy to emu¬ late the regatta on the East Coast? Will Category 3 racers be banned? Will the age limits finally be raised to 50 for crew and 60 for the skippers? Will the regatta move forward on the calendar in search of more reliable wind? Will a golf tournament or a wine country tour be added to the social

The last waltz—Jim Cascino, the legendary Paul EIvstrdm, Hans Fogh, Bent Gerloff and Gary Sadamorl. ^ schedule next time? A couple of those changes are appar¬ ently under consideration, notably the idea of moving the regatta back to the begin¬ ning of October or even mid-September. But on the whole, the regatta ain't broke — so why 'fix' it? Other than the weather.

this year's Masters Regatta was about as perfect as any event we can remember. Elven the guys at the bottom of this year's heap came away smiling. ■ "I've never done so poorly in a regatta, yet enjoyed it so much," claimed Leweck. "I got to sail against the greatest sailor of all time, and even beat him in a race. What an incredible thrill!" — latitude/rkm

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HOMEWARD BOUND A

jlV total of 96 race boats descended on various Hawaiian ports from the West Coast this past July. They were partici¬ pants in the Singlehanded TransPac, the Victoria to Maui Race, and of course, the West Marine Pacific Cup. With the excep¬

eral highs. A happy outcome of the odd conditions is that, for once, boats did not disperse

"Every time the sun came up, we'd go, 'Oh, we ^e going in the right direction!"' X

tion of a few boats that remained in the like they have in previous years. In the islands, and a few more that continued past, it has not been unusual for delivery on in cruising mode, all those craft (and crews to depart the day alter a finish, for many cruising boats, as well) had to get example. It has also been common for home somehow. An option chosen by many Pac Cup boats go over to peaceful some owners was to shiip their boatp home Han^ei Bay or other places for a little R&R, on the decks of freighters. The rest came before returning home. \ home on their own bottoms. The 'traditional' way home from Ha¬ waii in the summer Is to leave the Islands ot so much this year. In fact, with close hauled on starboard tack, headed Hurricane Daniel on a collision course almost due north, gradually get lifted with the islands, most Pacific Cup boats more and more east for about a week, tack battened down hatches and set big an¬ onto port about 40-43°N, motorsall chors to ride out the blow in harbor. (As through the light, shifty air at the top of it turned out, Daniel was barely a tropi¬ the Pacific High for about another week, cal storm when it reached Hawaii aind the then hold on for dear life when the north¬ wind never blew harder than about 30.) westerly fills in That set the stage during the final few for a huge, simul¬ days of the trip. taneous departure The last few — and one of the years, however, largest and best have been anything organized delivery but normal. That skippers' meetings was especially true in memory. of this year, when So it was that a huge, meander¬ a whole armada of ing low played boats aU deparJed havoc with the Pa¬ Hawaii on August cific Cup, turning it 2 or 3, one or two into one of the days after Daniel. slowest and most All kept in contact attrition-plagued with check-ins via Hawaii races in Single Sideband years. Throw in a (see sidebar). dying hurricane Yet, while all which crossed the passages right over the is¬ shared similari¬ lands near race's ties, as we con¬ end and. well, tra¬ ducted the followdition pretty much ^ _ ing random mlnigoes out the pro¬ S interviews, we reverbial window. X m alized how really Although the hur¬ I unique each voyricane didn't harm ' “ age was, from the any of the fleet, it tragic dismasting did sort of 'sweep' Patrick and Annie of 'Spirit' with the catch of the day. of KokopelW, the area clean of Many boats caught their 'iimit' of giass fioats. where a crewman the usual pressure gradients. They took was severely injured (see KokopelUs Sad awhile to reform, causing returning boats Return in the September issue) to exhila¬ to report going over, under, around and rating, downwind, warm-wind sailing through the high — or in some cases, sevstraight toward San Francisco. Delivery

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crews this year saw it all. One more thing struck us, and that's how many of these folks claimed that the trip home was at least as good as — emd many said better than — the race over. "If you think racing to Hawaii is fun," said one, "try bringing a boat back sometime!"

ohn Jourdane of Long Beach may be the king of Hawaii delivery skippers. He's made 19 racing trips to the Islands and delivered 23 boats back. His first de¬ livery was in 1976 and he's done up to three crossings almost every year except for a year or two early last decade when he was racing around the world in the Whitbread. Jourdane's quickest passage home was a delivery of the original sled, the classic Spencer 62 Ragtime. "We stcirted on New Year's Day, 1988," says Jourdane, "caught a southerly storm and beam reached along the great circle all the way back to Long Beach in 20 to 35-knot winds." The 10 1/2 day passage may be the west-east

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record — we’ve sure never heard of it be¬ ing done faster. Ironically, Jourdane's slowest trip home was 17 days aboard the same boat. "That time we had to beat all the way home, as there was no high," he recalls. This year, Jourdane brought home the Olson 40 Elite. While many skippers were busy buying out the large anchor inven¬ tory of Kauai's West Marine in prepara¬ tion for riding out the hurricane. Elite and several of the 70s and 52s took off July 29, two days after the Pac Cup awards party. For an experienced navigator like Jourdane, the weather window was per¬ fect. "I knew the hurricane wasn't going to be a problem. In fact, I knew it could help us, and it did. It brought the wind around to the southeast and we were able to steer 045 for several days." The big glitch this year was the Pacific High, which was much more west and north than normal. "1 kept hoping it would come down, but it never did," says John. Still, Jourdane and his two crew — Jeff

Cavorting dolphins are only one of the treats on any delivery home from Hawaii. More than a few sailors prefer this trip to racing over. Druc^ and Jeff Pilby (two sailing students on 'final exam') — were able to sail almost all the way back. Unfortunately, in the last day or so, the wind went from a mild 5-12 knots to 35-40, accompanied by 1820-ft seas. Unable to lay San Francisco {Elite is homeported in Brisbane), the tired sailors cracked off and ran with the waves under double-reefed main into Santa Cruz to end the 15-day trip. The boat was fi¬ nally brought home a of couple days later when the weather moderated. Skip Allan is another experienced sailor and navigator who has not only sailed back from Hawaii seven times, he's done it four times solo aboard his Wylie 27 cutter Wildjlower — the boat he also recently returned from cruising through the South Seas. The reason for his late departure this year — August 19 — was. simple: "2 1/2 delightful weeks anchored at Hanalei Bay."

Wildjlower had to make some tracks to gert over the high, which was once again receding north. "The usual northeast trades blew me north and slightly west for 11 days on starboard tack, most of it close-reaching in 15-25 knot winds," says Allan. "I had to reach latitude 43° 13' N before being able to turn east. This was the farthest north I had been on any of my deliveries, and was about the latitude of Coos Bay, Oregon — 400 miles north of my destination." The good news was, he only had to motor for 24 hou^s on the southern edge of the Pacific High before resuming sailing/>east on port tack. Winds for the re¬ mainder of the trip stayed around 15-20 knots, though they grew progressively cooler as he went east. After a week or so of blissful sailing on the sou1hern(!) fringe of a strong Pacific High, "my barometer went as high as 1037 millibars before beginning to fall," says Skip. "This indicated a veiy strong wind gradient between my position and a trough of low pressure along the West November, 2000 •

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HOMEWARD BOUND Coast." Confirming the coming blow, the words "developing gale" appeared on the 96-hour weather forecast. The gale itself showed on the 48 and 24-hour maps. When it hit, Allan had Wild/lomer bat¬ tened down and everything well lashed in

case of a knockdown. The boat and the storm met one another on September 5, 400 miles from the coast. The first day's 25-30 knot winds were followed on the 6th with 35-40 knots and 12-22 foot seas. Allan broad reached at 5-7 knots under a 70% jib, occasionally getting slapped by breaking seas but thankfully avoiding any calamities. He entered Santa Cruz Har¬ bor on September 8, 20 days out of Hanalei. "I'd sailed 2,796 miles — 31% greater than the Great Circle distance — but I'd used only 6 gallons of fuel (of 30 aboard), 10 gallons of water (31 aboard), had no breakage or unexpected excitement and averaged 140 miles a day — not bad for a mostly nose-to-the-wind passage!" 'You get the wind so it's agreeable," says Warwick ’Commodore’ Tompkins, who recalls at least 18 trips delivering boats from Hawaii to the mainland. "That means you set up the boat for a comfort¬ able close reach — 55 or 60 degrees to the true wind. Then you sail until you can't sail any more, usually 5 days or a week. Then, in a normal year, you motor across the northwest corner of the high, the wind gets light, and for a while, things get Just heavenly. The sunsets are sensa¬ tional." Commodore delivered two boats back this year: the Catalina 36 Leilani Too and his own boat, the custom Wylie 39 Flashgirl, on which he raced the Pacific Cup. He began the Leilani Too trip on August 4. The Flashgirl trip is in progress as this issue goes to press. This year, as mentioned, there was no way to get over the top of the High, so like almost everyone else, Tompkins and his crew, Andrew Minwitz, went under it. And like many, he enjoyed minimal motoring and good downwind sailing for several days with 12-18 knots of wind on the port Page 118 •

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quarter. Commodore likes to be fairly far north — up around Point Reyes — when the

ing' in behind the storm system. Which is pretty much what happened. After a day of almost windless motoring. Spirit Lesson, Kelbert's Express 34, was blasted by 25-knot trades. The winds gradually lightened and lifted them in a nice curve over the top of the high. At least that high. "There were actually three highs we had to contend with, as well as the lows, which were really dominating this year. That's the beauty of having weather faxes — and some real experts out there advising boats when to turn. John Jourdane's synopses — 'stay below the high this year' was one — were all right on and very useful." Right in the middle of the show, Kelbert and Hancock had three solid days of downwind sailing, chute up, autopilot driving and the boat headed DDW at 812 knots toward its homeport of Santa Cruz. "It was so nice every time the sun came up we'd go, 'Oh, we are going in the right direction!'" A week or so later, 300-400 miles out, the boat slipped into a trough of 35-40 knot breeze that they rode under reefed main only all the way down the coast — which they rarely saw for all the fog. In one particular Kodak moment, "we heard a wave coming," says Tim. It broke right on the boat, making Kelbert glad he had his harness hooked up. The trip, Tim's second back from the Islands, took 20 days. He says he enjoyed it so much that "we were Eilmost ready to turn around and do it again. All the fun

Bumps in the night—Steve Lewis and the 'Spirit' crew spotted this overturned whaieboat in midPacific. Another boat reported a huge, 40-ft tank. Keep a good iookout out there! northwesterlies finally fill in. And fill in they did, to 30-35 knots. Leilani Too fin¬ ished her homeward sprint reaching and running in these conditions for the last day or so. Plans to go over the north bar were scrapped when it was found to be breaking: so he motored around it and made the final approach into the Golden Gate down the shipping channel. Tompkins grew up on sailing ships and has literally forgotten more than most of us will ever know about sailing. Yet two things he never forgets about (and never misses a chance to remind others of) is caution and preparation. "The trip back from the islands can be harsher than most people are ready for," he says. "People who make this trip with no sea anchor, no storms sails or no staysail are asking for trouble," he notes. He advises anyone wishing to make the trip to do it the first time with an experi¬ enced crew — and to prepare the boat for the worst conditions. What is 'worst?' "I once had to heave to for several hours in 50 knots," he says. While this is generally one of the more Jjenign and enjoyable ocean crossings you're ever liable to make, "if you go ex¬ pecting it to be easy, it's easy to get into distress." The other bit of advice he gives is "keep your eyes open. The nuances you're looking for are smaller than you think." Tim Kelbert and last-minute crewman Jim Hancock took off on August 1, the day after Hurricane Daniel had passed over Kaneohe Bay. From past experience, Tim knew there would be a light period likely followed by a lot of breeze 'vacuum-

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of racing without the pressure!" Randy Paulling started his fourth return trip from the Islands aboard his Saber 38-2 Alicante, on August 3. After "the usual head butting against the Trades", the wind started petering out around 36°N. Paulling and his crew, son John Paulling and friend Dale Parshall, motorsailed northeast for a day or so be¬ fore turning right at around latitude 38 — a decision based on watching the high (centered about 35°N at that time), lis¬ tening to the boats ahead, "and by force of habit," says Randy. "From there, it was a matter of some of the most beautiful sailing I’ve ever done," he says. "Most of the time, winds were 10-12 knots, nearly abeam, and we were reaching along at 6 or 7 on a smooth sea — under spinnaker on several occa¬ sions. It was just magnificent sailing." Alicante, which won her Pacific Cup division, also seems to have 'won' the glass ball competition, with a record three re¬ covered. They also had a special show off Cordell Bank where a humpback breeched, coming completely out of the water ("I was below," says Randy, "but I heard all about it.") Unlike many other boats, their last day or so was spent in relatively benign con¬ ditions — unusually warm 25-knot northwesterUes and 8-10 foot seas. They passed 'La Diana' had a great race over, winning her class. The trip back was something eise again. Inset, Fred Huffman.

under the Golden Gate at 1:30 a.m. on August 22, for an 18-day passage. "In terms of fun, this was the best one

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direction and strength and Spirit went back hard on starboard until they crossed just north of 38°N about 500 miles east of the islands. There they finally tacked onto port and enjoyed — well, maybe en¬ dured is a better word — lots of variation

started on New Year's Day and beam reached all the way back to Long Beach..."

ever," says Paulling. For Steve Lewis, 2000 marked the first time racing to Hawaii — and the first time sailing back. A longtime sailor, Steve did his homework, gleaning a lot of valuable information from Jim and Sue Corenman’s excellent Pacific Cup Handbook, which they put together after the 1992 Pac Cup. With a clear understanding of the theory in mind. Spirit, a famous local S&S 33-footer, waited out Hurricane Daniel and departed Kaneohe Bay on Au¬ gust 2, hard on the wind on starboard tack. Aboard were Steve, wife Ann, and sons Patrick, 18, and Michael, 11. All but Mikey had crewed on the race, as well. About the third day. Spirit started to get lifted, and lifted and lifted... "Pretty soon, we were almost on a layline for San Francisco," says Lewis. And for a while, it just kept getting better by the hour. During one 18-hour period, the boat was rurming almost dead downwind in 15 knots of breeze, headed directly for the Golden Gate. FmaUy, a week or so out, the wind settled into a more traditional

m breeze from really light to 40 knots true. Spirit motored through the really light stuff (which included much of their last night at sea), but only used the iron jenny for about 40 hours total, much of that elective in light breeze when the batteries needed charging. In suitable form. Spirit crossed under the Golden Gate under spinnaker at noon on August 22. The trip took exactly 20 days. While the return voyage didn't get the juices flowing like competition, Steve said it had many other rewards, including catching a mahi-mahi "that we ate for three days" and enjoying many beautiful sunsets and sunrises. It also showed up many leaks in the boat that were not there during the race. "Bring along duct tape and trash bags," he advises. On the downside, Lewis notes a dis¬ tressing abundsmce of trash — including a capsized whaleboat spotted in mid¬ ocean! He wonders if the Instigation of an 'Eco Cup' for returning boats might offer both fun and relief — boats are issued king size trash bags in Hawaii, gather what they can with 1 boat hooks on the way home and then meet a month or so later to review what they picked up. Awards could go to the boats * with the most poundage of trash, prettiest piece, largest piece, etc. Sounds like a great idea to us!

]NI ot everyone went with the crowd. The earliest departure of our survey group was July 20. That was made by Tim Murison, who brought Ed English's Beneteau 42s7 Orange Blossom Special back home sif¬ ter its participation in UaXoM'i? • Page 119

HOMEWARD BOUND the Singlehanded TransPac. But things were no less unusual weatherwise even then. "The weatherfax was like checking a lava lamp!" laughs Tim, who has done two previous Hawaii deliveries. "It was a barometric minefield out there!" Crew for the trip were Emmy Newbould and Tree Champagne. The latter also par¬ ticipated (on her own boat) in the Singlehanded TransPac. "It was pretty normal the first few days, except for lots of ram," says Muiison. Not quite five days into the trip, the wind shut down, which is when the 'lava lamp' as¬ pect came in — every time a weatherfax came out of the machine, the highs were in different places. One day, there were no highs showing anywhere. A southerly filled in for a day or so, but then the high seemed to reappear in its nofrti'al posi¬ tion, which meant putting Orange Blos¬ som back on a northerly beat again for three more days. They finally tacked to port at about

A My cvp( rii’iif c as roll call nei control for this \'oar's f’.-u ific (.?iip Nelurn Fled began with a phone t all frorn'l’lin Kclberl. My own summer sailing pl.ms had fallen through, and 1 was quick to accept Tim's invilalion In .sail b.u k with him on Sfiirit Ij'SSO}!. his I'AJ^reS--' 3-1, Tim had dotic- an excellcnl job ol'oiit filling his boat belore the nui'. including insrnlling an Icorn M 710 SSH radio. By the time ilicy reached Hawaii. Sp/r/t U‘s son had alreatiy earn<-d a repulniion for being a jiremif r c ommunie.'ition.s boat, wiih nrnigaior Brl.m St.mini ninning the dally roll fall and fonvarding email for other bo.ils in ihc fleet. Perh.aps enjoying ihc popularity of be¬ ing the f outer of comniunif'ation. Tim was quick to volunteer Bpihi U sson as the roll call boat during the July 28 delivf-iy skip¬ pers' itieciing .It Kaneohe. I didni ihink much ol it. figuring ihai if he wanted to spend ,tll that time at the r.iclio. that was his business. Howe\ er. before tlving liack to Calilornia. Brian gave mt a rutuiown of the radio and eni.iil l.ieilliies .iboard. W.'is 1 being set up here'.’ Tim and 1 were among the first to ItMve Kaneohe B.iy on tin- aliernoiin of August ) aftci Ihirric.nie Daniel had passeil, Whili se\'eral ol the bigger ,uul faster boats bad left earlier, iiio-.l of the ileei h.ifl chosen the option of waiting for the storm to pass w'hile af am hor in K.ineohe B.iy. At 0900 our first morning out, 'I im ami 1 were bu.sy lucking in a second ret f in '2n Page 120 • brfttwg 3? • November, 2000

'Spirit Lesson'in racing mode during the Pacific Cup. Note pushpit spinnakers...oh, sorry... uni: breUasaft.They took fifth in class with this rig.

35°N and enjoyed motorsailing through light breeze in the middle part of the trip — "spectacular clouds this time, " notes

DIFFERENT KIND OF LESSON knol« of wiiul aiul we completely mis.setl the roll call schedule. Otir second morn ing tail on AugusI 3 was a little belter, but Tim wasn'i feeling well and asked if] wanted to run the roll call. Although I had never done .inything like ii before, 1 was interested in gf tting more rarlio expei'iejii'e aufi .igrecfl .Xud so tny job began. W'e were eolleeting ve.sscls' position, course .uid speed, wind direction and speed, barometric pressure and sea state. This liatl all been agreed ujton at the skip¬ pers' rneeling. Also from ihe meeting was n list of 3:i bo.Us whose skip[iers had signed up for the roll call. At aboul 0830. I booictl up ilii’ com¬ puter. m.ule a fresh copy of our Excel spre.ulsheet. turned iher.ulio lo-l l-lUklfz and Waited. I starteri to hetir the skippers on Rage, Oclavia. lYoMoiion and the other boats that h.id left earlier doing Iheir own informal roil call. Some of them had liccn out five or .sL\ days by now and liad :ilre.'uly i-stablished their own w ay' of doing 'things. 1 felt like a Johnny Come hatelv as 1 waitcfl for U900 to roll around. At about 0855 I jiressed th<- button on tile microphone. "This is Sjiinl L<'ssori. \Vt’Z71 1-1.'llie I’.u ilie i.'up return Ilc< 1 roll 1 .'ill will begin .11 OitOO.' The daily roll <’.ill lasted .'jf) to 50 miniitt's with a tot.il of 10 boats ii.arlicijiaiing o\cr .1 three wi ek perifjti (at least fi\c non race bo.its called to ask if they I'ould join ihe mil call; we alw.iys said yesj. with a peak single-d.iy pariii ipalion of ;12 bo.its on August 10.

What many of the jiarticipanfs may not have rcali/eil is that the process on SjArii lA'sson ai tually' began with preparations tW'O hours in adv.ince of the roll call and didn't end until I h.id emailed everything in I’C.Vr .ibout -15 minutes after the roll ('<ill. making the whole process span from .'ibout 0700 Hi aboul 1015. The ideal roll call began with a greeting and slaUoii identification, then a call for any cmergciiey, medical or jtriorlty com¬ munications. This was followed bv the actual roll call. We then gathercii forecasts from boats that h.ul weather faxes, fol¬ lowed by I tearing the frequency for email relays. Other facets of the roll call evolved as lime progressed. In the l.ist week, I adtied a fl.iily bragging sc..,sion so people could bo,1st aboul how rn.any glass fioats' they’d relrieied (22 total] or fish they’d caught {.5ii in all). I also started speeifilally calling for early bird check- ins as a ’ convenience fiir boats that might not w-anl to w.iit ihmugh a 30-niinutc call. '■ On balance. 1 think the roll call w-a.s' veiy successful. More than a lhous.ind Jiiilcs trom land we were .ill vulnerable, and it was rca.ssiiring to know where each other wus in ease there were any prob¬ lems. And iheie were problems, k’nrg-lost a j)rf>pc]lt r blade X Dream lost a shrt'ud and subscijiK'iitly broke iheir mast .ibove till’ siireadcr. Tiger Beetles single side¬ band rmlio l.nlcfl. Ami then there was what 1 I all 'The tlay ot c.irnage.' On Au¬ gust 11. Afiy.s/i'r reported a broken turn-

FROM HAWAII weren't as pronounced as usual. "We got here with 3/4 of a tank of fuel still left," he notes. Tim. The last day of the 17-day trip was spent broad reaching into San Francisco in 18-23 knot breeze. At this writing, Tim was heading back to Hawaii to prepare another boat for ship¬ ping home. "This owner motored out of Hawaii, couldn't find wind, ran out of fuel and spent a week sailing back. I'm going over to box the boat up and ship it back for him." The latest departure was that of deliv¬ ery skipper and rigger Steve Mann, who departed Hanalei Bay on August 28 on his sixth delivery home from the Islands. Aboard Steve's Tawodi. a customized Wylie 39 that he raced to Kauai in the Singlehanded TransPac, was fellow singlehander Bill Stettiner, who had ear¬ lier shipped his Olson 25 Tainted Love home on a container ship. Mann lingered m Kauai more than a

: buckle on their forestay. Thanks Larry, a non-race boat, reported a tom main, and that evening we learned that KokopelW had dismasted. We had not heard from KokopeUf m a couple of days. It was not unusual for a boat to miss one roil call, two in a row was a little more rare. That afternoon, ^duitog the Informal radio schedule, our ■ usual exchange of email and chit chat was Interrupted by an unfamiliar voice on the ; radio. "Break, break, break. Pacific Cup return fleet, this is the tanker Chevron i Washington,,. One of your vessels. Kokcpetlf, is disabled with one man down. We have ewicuated the injured crew mem¬ ber. Four crew members remain aboard." I jumped to the nav station and started writing down coordinates and other In¬ formation. Kokopellff we were told, was still busy clearing their rig from the wa¬ ter (they had disinastcil lhal morning: il WJis apparently just coincidence that they didn't ciiil in on August 10). so w<; set a radio sc-hedule to talk again at 2000. 'niu.s began a week of work to get Kokopelli^ safely home. Our first job was to reassure skipper Marvin Burke and the crew of KokopelliL a Santa Cruz 52. that they weren’t alone and to offer what assistance we could, ITie crew were able to preserve the boat's in sulated backstay and propped it np to act as a transmitting antenna so we could talk. Their signal was often weak and tended to trail off, but it was enough to

month after the rest of the fleet dispersed, biking and trekking all over the Garden Isle. Unlike most of the boats that had gone before, Mann and Stettiner had a more 'traditional' ride home: a week of close reaching on starboard, a tack to port at about latitude 39, motoring through the light air of the high and finally, after 15 1/2 days, riding a perfect 15-18 knot northwesterly into San Francisco. "Noth¬ ing unusual," reports Steve, whose homeport is San Diego. Even the motoring part was pleasantly short; the high, which was originally to the east, moved quickly west during their traverse, so the 'doldrums'

j/\s we said, this was an unusual year for most returnees. But probably nowhere more unusual than aboard the Contessa 35 La Diana, which was sailed home by owner Fred Huffman and a father/son team that, for reasons you'll soon under¬ stand, we'll simply call Carl and Don, which are not their real names. Fred, a longtime, well-respected rigger in Marina del Rey, raced the Pacific Cup doublehanded with his son, Brendan. In fact, with a brilliant move of sailing south early in the race, they absolutely smoked the compettion and won their class. The Pacific Cup marked Fred's 10th Hawaii race and the return trip was his fifth. It all started off well enough with Carl and Don. The latter was a young man who had been helping Fred out with rig

Barbara Ann and KokopeVd\o a success¬ ful rendezvous was going lf> he onr Job. It worked out that I would get updates fmm KokopellF, send them via email to June and ',.\ni, and they would relay them to Barbara Atm via satellite phone. Confir¬ mations were made ii\ re\ erse onlcr, with each communication taking up to half a X si day or more to complete. It w'asri't until ca -j Barbara Ann and Kokopelli-'wrtt within tu v; 43 miles of each other on August 16 that they w'cro able to establish direct contact. From that point on. w-c wen; pretty much Jim Hancock ran this year's Delivery Net from out of the loop. 'Spirit Lesson." _ _ _ What happened to Dan Carr, and the subsequent ordeal of the rest of the make com.t< l. and !■« <hi* ncxi sev-en davs Kokupellf crew. was extremely unfortu¬ 1 With KokofKdV? at least twice a day. nate. However, from where 1 sal I felt The day after dll ilisuKi-stiMg. HaitUa privelcged to he part of a community on White Eagle gave n.i- email addrcssi i whose willingness lo help one another is foi June Luiidstrom aud I,aiilSpund. the almost unseen elsewhere in today's W'orld. owners of Kokopcllv. HariJfy and 1 then I don't think there was a vessel in onr fleet began a series of communkiattona to co¬ that w'asn't tiecply concerned for the ordinate the assistance that .June and safety and well-being of all of the Lani were curanging from shore. Mean Kokopcllv crew, dn thiseount, speeial recwhile, the Chevron Washington was 'ogpition .should he given to the enw of steaming for A.storia with injured Chevron Washington. White Engle. Spirit Kokopellv'irew member Dan Garr aboard. of Joy and Tiger Beetle. On Augu.st 12, June Lundstrom called 0\'crail. running the roll call was a very to say they iiad arranged for the lishing enriching experience for me. 1 became a vessel Barbara Ann to meet, refuel and true believer in the v.iluc and importance escort KokopeUf in. (There were boats in ol single sidehand radio when .sailine otfthe fleet that had extra fuel, but Kokopellf shore, ajid a huge Ian oi SailMail. Speeial was several hundred miles away from us.) thanks to '1 ini Kelhert for giving me such Sim;e Barbara Arm's SSB transmissions <1 great opportunity. were difficult for most of our boats to pick • —Jim Hancock , up, it soon became evident that getting November, 2000 •

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HOMEWARD BOUND gingjobs, while Carl, Don's father, seemed amiable and enthusiastic — at least at first. Both seemed to be competent sail¬

what was up, Carl unleashed a tirade which he says included the phrase "this is three weeks of hell, not a vacation!"

e wouldn't be surprised if many readers of this article come away sur-‘ prised by both the details of the trip and the enthusiasm expressed by the inter¬ viewees. (Huffman's experience aside, he still waxed eloquent about the trip itself.) It's understandable. Before now, most of the reports you've read in these pages about bringing boats back from Hawaii have most Ukely been of the 'hard news' variety — Kokopellfs dismasting, Terremoto's '98 roll and dismasting. Pandemon¬ ium's '89 capsize and loss — going all the way back to Sorcery's infamous pitchpole in the North Pacific in the 1970s. Hope¬ fully, the more benign adventures of our featured boats and crews will shed a more accurate light on things. On that note, we'll end by pointing out that this is only a small cross-section of returnees. If you did a deliveiy this past summer and had a particularly lovely time of it, we'd be Interested in hearing about that voyage, too. If you didn't — but now want to — start making plans: TransPac 2001 isn't that far away. — latitude/Jr

'The weqiherfex was like checking' a lava iampf ors: neither had done an ocean crossing before. They left Hanalei Bay on August 5 and had a great first week, sailing about 030 in 15-20 knots. This was followed by al¬ most 1,000 miles of motorsailing through the high, where La Diana made a respect¬ able 125 miles a day, sometimes more. About 600 miles from California, Huffman noticed Don had become quiet and unenthusiastic. He started to com¬ plain that not enough food had been brought. The next day he left Huffman a long note (consisting of 'Post-Its' strung together), but threw it away before Huff¬ man could read it. He also started talk¬ ing secretively with Carl. When Huffman, concerned at keeping peace aboard, asked

"I can't begin to describe the tension," says Huffman. "Here we were on this beautiful sail — the moon and stars were just spectacular — and this was happen¬ ing." Happily (for Huffman, anyway) the voy¬ age ended in Monterey after 17 1/2 days at sea. Fred supplied his crew money for airline tickets, and they departed the boat in the presence of police officers. He has since been 'billed' by Don for a large sum of money. "It was one of the most magnificent, yet horrendous, trips I've ever done. "I'm glad to be home, and I'm trying to put it behind me."

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he next stop on what we are call¬ ing Pyewacket’s Europe 2000 trip was the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2000 at Porto Cervo, Sardinia. After sailing in the Ford Cork Race Week in July (see Pyewackets Irish Ad¬ venture in the September, 2000, Latitude 38), Gregg Hedrick and the deliveiy crew sailed down from Cork. Ireland, across the Bay of Biscay in a hooting norther, aver¬ aging over 15 knots with a reefed delivery main and small deliveiy jib. It was a lovely downwind run aU thVway to the Strait of Gibraltar, where they were greeted by a Sirocco blowing up off the Sahara Desert. When the wind hit 50 knots on the nose, they found shelter in, of all places, Cadiz, Spain, where the first Pyewacket (the SC-70 version) had sailed from in the 1992 Route of Discovery race. Grfegg re¬ ports that nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed in Cadiz since then. One of the waiters in a waterfront cafe where we used to eat was even still wearing a muchfaded Pyewacket cap! After some work at a yard in Saint Tropez, we met the boat at the famed Yacht Club Costa Smerelda, built in 1971 by the Aga Khan. It's a really fabulous place made more so by the Swan Worlds, which were in progress. As for the Maxi Rolex fleet, it con¬ sisted of about 25 boats divided basically into two groups: the Wallys and the rest of us. If you’ve not heard of the Wallys, they are a group of custom sail¬ ing yachts, most in the Med, each one different but sharing a good deal of custom technology — flush teak decks with all sheets and winches led below, 'garage doors' in the transom for the dinghy, anchors that drop out from below the waterline so no an¬ Page 124

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choring gear is visible, and on and on. The smallest Wally is about 90 feet, and they range up to 110 or so. Another thing they share is really big wind shadows. 1. and they started six minutes ahead of us. We, of course, were one of the 'others,' a sort of catchall group of seven, racing under IMS — the International Mystery System. Our plan was to arrive on Friday, de-jet-lag on Saturday, practice and at¬ tend the skipper’s meeting Sunday, and start the first of five races on Monday. What actually happened is that a Mistral came up Sunday and continued to blow 25-35 knots all day Monday — so no sail¬ ing, much less racing. T^e Swans were all stuck in the harbor by the weather, too, so we couldn’t even move to our as¬ signed Med-style moorings across the bay. We finally went racing on Tuesday, in a 6-knot westerly — their normal wind direction this time of the year — and learned firsthand about those 'Wally wind shad¬ ows.' The course Was a two- rnile up¬ wind leg, fol¬ lowed by a circuitous 20-mile route in and around sev¬ eral islands and back. It wasn't par¬ ticularly fast, but the scen¬ ery was be¬ autiful. As for the Wallys, once you catch one of these mon¬ sters, what next? . You can’t sail through their lee, and if you tiy to go over them, they take you up • toward the rocks. We were sixth out of seven. Day two, same breeze, same course more or less, and one simple strategy: stay away from the Wallysl We did, and wound up first. By one second. Ahead of a R/P 78 called Rose Selavy which finished 43

minutes behind us. Go figure. But at least we were back in the hunt, tied for third overall. On day three, the Mistral came back (local knowledge says it always blows for three days), blowing somewhere between 25-35 knots, depending on whose windspeed meter you believe. We started with the #3 and one reef, which was fine until the breeze built even more as we sailed between the first two islands into a big bay. Pyewacket wasn’t conceived to go upwind in 30 knots, but she held her own quite well, we thought. We lost some time by being on the wrong side of the first bay, and some more when the main sheet turning block came adrift and made trimming the main impossible for a while. It was seven or eight miles to the upwind mark, a little rocky island, where we set the big chute. . . and simply took off The speedo never went under 20, and topped out at 27.2. We averaged some¬ thing like 22-23 knots aU the way home, passing all but three boats on the way, with speedboats and a helicopter following. We were told later we looked like a huge planing dinghy. We went by Rrose Selavy so fast that they spun the boat out watching us. Unfortunately, we only corrected to fourth. The next day the wind went 90 degrees right and blew all day at 40-50 knots, straight into the little bay where we were all Med-tied, beams to the wind and the building seas. The boats on either side of

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us pretty well bashed in our stem rails before we could get the boat to a safer part of the marina. Masts were smashing together all along the line of huge boats, not a pretty sight, and a lot of damage. About two thirds of the fleet raced on Saturday, but not Pyewacket We licked our wounds, took a DNC, and wound up fifth in the fleet. It was quite an experi¬ ence, one 1 doubt anyone in the crew will forget.

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id so on to Saint Tropez! Not, un¬ fortunately, to see Brigitte Bardot, even though she is the most famous inhabit¬ ant of this marvellous little Provencal/ Mediterranean town. Les Voiles de Saint Tropez is the season-ending regatta in the Med. It’s al¬ ways the first week in October, as the tem¬ peratures fall and the leaves begin to turn. It was called La Nioulargue for many years until a local 6-Meter tried to starboard tack one of the really big yachts and in the resulting collision the skipper of the smaller boat was dragged under the big boat and killed. His estate sued the race committee (yet another reason not to be on race committees), the whole regatta was cancelled, and it has just resurfaced this year under a new name and new sponsorship — as well as a few quirks in

the mles designed to prevent further car¬ nage. The racing started on Monday, Octo¬ ber 2, and the whole Pyewacket crew (pretty much the same group as in Sardinia, and with the addition of Stan Honey, who got away from PlayStation long enough to join us) arrived in time to get in some practice on Sunday. We went out and found ourselves in the middle of an arriving race of classic yachts, coming from Monaco, some 35 miles away. Among them was the newly restored 130-ft J-Class Vel^heda — which turned out to be in our class — along with countless schooners, ketches and cutters from 120 feet on down. You never saw so many

Waiting for Godot — and the wind — off Saint Tropez. A whole fleet of classic yachts came over from Monaco to take part.

wooden masts in one place in your life. The Mistral came up again on Mon¬ day. Tempered somewhat by the land, it maxed out at about 20-25 knots. Being one of the smaller and more maneuver¬

able boats in our class, we got off to a good start 15 minutes behind the Wallys. Velsheda and the other monster in the group, Mari-Cha III, a 150-ft ketch, both decided on Vanderbilt-type timed starts — sailing four or five minutes away from the line, then turning and coming in on starboard at full chat. Thank God they were both a bit late. The other really big boat in the group was Leopard, a new 90-foot Reichel-Pugh sloop that looks a lot like a huge Pyewacket. We had some really good, close racing with them. Mari-Cha and Leopard, of course gave us some time, but we had to give some to Velsheda. Can you imagine — we were giving time to a J-Class!! What's the world coming to? The course — as courses did all week — took us in and out of the little bay of St. Tropez and then 12 or so miles along the coast and back. In all that wind Pye¬ wacket was really happy reaching around the course and picking off Wallys all af¬ ternoon — and we wound up first on cor¬ rected time. Great! Two days of very light winds then went by with no racing. It was an odd circum¬ stance: the sea breeze was nice all day, maybe 7-9 knots, but it couldn’t get to the starting area. We floated around both days till they abandoned the racing. We found solace admiring all the classics in that fleet and shooting endless photos. They finally got us off again in veiy light air on Thursday, and we did the unfor¬ givable. The first leg was a two-mile run followed by a beat out of the harbor. We were first to the mark by a huge margin, doused the chute, started back upwind — ^nd went hard aground. No excuse, just a little late in tacking. We watched the whole fleet sail by while we struggled to get free. It took 10 — count 'em, 10 — guys on the boom and a backed jib to get us off. We thought we did a terrific job of

playing catchup, but seventh was all we got for the effort. The next two days were pretty much carbon copies of each other. We started in a light offshore breeze, sailed out to the mark, maybe 10 or 12 miles, led by a healthy margin over the small boats (and were right there with the big ones) — then November, 2000 •

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the onshore breeze came in and created a giant hole. All the small boats sailed right up to us, and there would be a re¬ start. Maddening! Two niore sevenths put us in fourth overall in the regattS.

X robably the best moment of the week, though, came on Friday, after the restart out at sea. We sailed down to the leeward mark in close company with Mari-Cha, Leopard, and the two fastest of the Wallys (which had started 15 minutes

For two days, the sea breeze blew all day—Just not in the starting area. The delay allowed every¬ one to get lots of pictures of other boats. ahead of us). We were fifth of the five, but there was probably less than a minute separating all of us. The really big boats didn’t want to gybe any more than they had to, and we were happy to gybe around them. The net result was that all five of us ended up bunched up in a big hole in the wind at the leeward mark, with two miles upwind back to the finish. This is when light and maneuverable really works

to your advantage. We literally sailed through all of them, got into the new wind, and beat them all in! Great stuff for this little California sled! There was a small group of spectator boats following along with us, cheering and whistling, almost like in a stadium. We took home a lot of wonderful memo¬ ries of Pyewackets European summer. . . Cork, Porto Cervo, Saint Tropez. If you ever get the chance to do any of them, ■ take my advice and go for it!

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you the guy with the catama¬ ran?" 'Cap'n Ron' asked as he leaned over the rickety table with beer breath and an

The Beattie family - - Michael, Layne, Emma and Dobbs. intense look on his whiskeiy face. 1 hesi¬ tated to admit anything to this character, but San Juan del Sur is a very small town on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua, so I knew that he'd quickly find out if 1 lied to him.

miles of it are covered in water. About half of the wateiy distance is on Lake Nicara¬ gua, which is 110 miles by 36 miles, apd dominates the southern part of the coimtry. The lake's overflow creates the Rio San Juan, which runs 112 miles east to the tiny village of San Juan del Norte on the Caribbean Sea. We weren't sure if the Rio San Juan was navigable now, but we knew it had been in the past. In fact, 17th century English pirates in the Caribbean used to harass Nicaragua's Spanish administra¬ tors by sailing all the way up the Rio San Juan and across Lake Nicaragua to withtn 12 miles of the Pacific. The Spamiards eventually built a fortess^on the river at El Castillo to stop these transcontinental nautical raids, but at times there were na¬ val battles on the river itself. Furthermore, after gold was discovered in Cahfomia in 1848, some of those in the Eastern United States who had caught the fever took a ship to the east coast of Nica¬ ragua, a boat up the Rio San Juan to the western shore of Lake Nica¬ ragua, then a stagecoach the last 12 miles to the Pacific Coast, when they caught another sailing ship to San Francisco. This was known as 'the Vanderbilt Road' because it was owned by American tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt — and was considered a much healthier and less dangerous way of getting to California than crossing the ma¬ larial swamps of Panama or sailing around Cape Horn.

"How much does she draw?" he then asked, taking one of the chairs without an invite and banging down a nearly empty bottle of Victoria Beer. When 1 told him that our boat drew 18 Inches, he got a faraway look in his eyes. "Have you thought about taking her down the Rio San Juan to the Caribbean?" he asked. Actually, my wife _— Layne and 1 had been discussing just that. We were in the pro¬ cess of sailing our Gemini 34 Miki G from California to Florida via the Panama Canal, and being the busy map-reader that 1 am, it had already oc¬ Concepcion, the larger of two volcanos that curred to me that a form Ometepe Island, is still active. trip across Nicaragua might be possible. As you look at a map of Central America, it will be as obvious to you as it was to the empire builders of the 17th and 18th centuries that southern Nica¬ ragua is a relatively narrow strip of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Carib¬ bean Sea. And of the 150 miles between the Pacific and Caribbean, all but a dozen Page 128 • UiUtUt ?? • November, 2000

hen the U.S. was considering building a canal be¬ tween the Caribbean and the Pacific, it was originally supposed to go across southern Nicaragua and take advantage of both Rio San Juan and Lake Nicaragua. But thanks to some politi¬ cal shenanigans by several U.S. senators, the U.S. ended up buying the French ca¬ nal concession in Panama. Incidentally, this exciting stoiy is beautifully told in David McCullough's book The Path Be¬ tween The Seas. Interestingly enough, thanks to the Biyan-Chamorro Treaty of 1916, the U.S. continues to own the exclusive right to build a canal across Nica

ragua. In any event, it was just a few years ago that the ex-pat character we met in the San Juan del Sur bar — and nicknamed 'Cap'n Ron' after the eccentric delivety skipper in the movie of the same name — literally washed up on a Nicara¬ guan beach. This happened as a result of his desperate effort to save another stranded boat with his Wharram catama¬ ran — which he lost in the process. Ship¬ wrecked in Nicaragua, he discovered that he liked the countiy and decided to stay. He eventually scraped enough money to¬ gether to have a doiy built on the Carib¬ bean shore, then piloted this boat up the Rio San Juan, across Lake Nicargua, and onto a trailer for the 12-mile trip to the Pacific. These days Cap'n Ron makes a living by using his humble doiy for dive trips. As we sat and drank in Ricardo's Bar, Cap'n Ron convinced me that I could get our cat up to Lake Nicaragua and down

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the Rio San Juan to the Cciribbean. The funny thing was that even after the ef¬ fects of the Victoria Beer wore off, I was still keen to give it a shot. Being the me¬ thodical character that I am, I started my investigation by hying to figure out how we could get Miki G out of the water and up to the lake. 1 was shocked when I dis¬ covered that this was actually feasible! The Port Authority at San Juan del Sur • maintains a couple of cranes on the com¬ mercial dock that are regularly used to haul fishing boats and the occasional yacht. A Canadian trucking company of¬ fered me the use of a flatbed to haul our boat from there to an abandoned launch raimp on a river at Sapoa on the southern edge of Lake Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government, in an effort to increase tour¬ ism, had built a little park at Sapoa with picnic tables, tiki huts and an excellent launch ramp. The park was closed when we visited, but the rangers and a couple of other bored Nicarguans were delighted at the prospect of helping a gringo launch his yacht from their facility. Thanks to a nearby road bridge, we figured we could even rig the mast once we got the boat back into the water. We took a quick ride in the ranger’s launch to check river depths to the lake. There was no less than six feet of water along the serpentine mile

Spread, the shores of the Rio San Juan. Inset left, Michael doing a depth survey. Inset above, the rapids at El Castillo. Leave the log to star¬ board going downstream. of river, A«lth trees along the sides, to the lake. Things were looking promising!

The next step in our investigation was p day trip to Ometepe, the largest is¬ land oh Lake Nicairagua, which is named after the larger of the two volcanoes that formed it. The Caribbean easterly

was whetted even more when we took a puddle-jumper from the Managua airport to sleepy San Carlos, a decrepit market town that is where the overflow of Lake Nicaragua forms the Ftio San Juan. Our flight over the lake exposed a maze of de¬ licious, uninhabited islands, miles of empty water, and enough gunkholing op¬ portunities to keep an average sailor happy for months. San Carlos is the terminal for planes, boats, and buses arriving from the capi¬ tal of Managua. Since the bus ride from

One of the quickest ways to the gold fields in 1849 was across Lake Nicaragua and Vanderbilt Road.' tradewinds tend to sweep across the isth¬ mus of Nicaragua, assisted by the broad expanse of open water. According to the locals, this wind, like those in the rest of the Caribbean, can really howl during the winter. It was pretty windy when we were there, too, and we saw some impressive rollers crash on the shore around Rivas. Although there are no formal boating facilities on the lake, it was clear there were plenty of anchorages in the lee of the islands. Our appetite for adventure

Managua is said to be a 12-hour night'mstf-e through lots of mud, and the ferry is an all-day affair, we gladly opted for the 45-minute plane flight and bumpy landing on the grass airstrip. The ferry terminal at San Carlos, however, is a splendid concrete wharf located on the river side of the town and therefore pro¬ tected in all weather. 1 tried to picture our delicate fiberglass yacht swinging to her anchor among the reeds on the opposite riverbank. 1 knew Emma and Dobbs, our November, 2000 •

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LAKE NICARAGUA dogs, would enjoy the casual chaos of the streets of San Carlos. While reconnoitering the river, however, we left the dogs back at San Juan del Sur with a landbound friend. Once we got to San Carlos, we paid $170 for a guide and a day on the river. As we sped away from San Carlos, 1 leaned over the side and took soundings with our portable depthsounder. 1 was surprised to find that the channel between the lake and the feny termib^ was 12 feet deep and clearly marked by a series of buoys. The river itself carried mostly 15 to 25 feet of water, dipping occasionally to eight. The river was also wide, from about 50 yards to as much as 100 yards. From time to time we spotted a branch or clump of hyacinths bobbing out of the water. It didn't seem too serious. As we continued on, we saw trees cascading over the banks of the river and into the water. And eveiy now and then there would be openings to long prairie vistas or fields dotted with trees and cows and a few thatched huts. It was all very pastoral and beautiful, a far cry from the active waters and huge expanses of the Pacific.

*ur first bit of bad news came about five miles southeast of San Carlos when we passed under a set of electrical wires. Our guide told us they were built to ser¬ vice a new hacienda on the south side of the river. Whoever owned the farm obvi¬ ously had tons of cash, as the roads on

either bank were accessible by a floating platform designed as a car ferry and pro¬ pelled by an outboard motor. This isn't the sort of convenience afforded most Nicaraguans by their government! Before leaving San Juan del Sur, I had questioned 'Cap'n Ron' about overhead obstructions. But like his movie name¬ sake, he airily brushed aside my con¬ Page 130 •

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cerns. "Don't Honduras worry," he'd said. 'We'll put someone up the mast with a stick and they can raise the wires for us." That plan soimded a bit dubious to me, as the wires looked sub¬ stantial, and way too low for our 45-foot tall mast. 1 got a sinking feeling about our trip at this point, but we pressed on to El Cas¬ tillo, as we al¬ ready had paid for the whole day. About 15 miles further on — at least by my very rough calcula¬ tions — we came to our first set of rapids near a village called Sabalos. The water was flowing at a couple of knots, and as we went through the shallow parts, it speeded up and flowed in fast moving waves. I measured the depth around three feet. Our guide told us the most bravo (fierce) rapids in the river were at El Castillo which was a little further along the way. When I later saw them, I agreed that the rapids we saw at Sabalos were nothing by comparison. After a turn in the river, we soon saw traces of 'civilization' again. The first sign of human habitation was more wires hanging over the river. It was hard to judge how high they were, but they came down from a hill on one side of the river to a pole 15 feet high on the other side of the river. The wire was much higher on the other side of the river, but the wa¬ ter was shallower over there. The wire wasn't as low as the previous one had been at the hacienda, but things were beginning to look complicated.

El Castillo is located on the south side of the river, which is why the wires cross the water. The main street along the wa¬ ter is a concrete path and transportation is by horseback. There were no roads and no vehicles. Locals do use outboards, however, so gas — which is expensive — can be purchased there. There is a mag¬ nificent view from the walls of the castle.

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and if you want a vacation that's really away from it all, there is a small hotel — which also has one of the six telephones in town. While the phones were out when we were there, there was electricity to nm the fans to cool the rooms so you could watch Costa Rican television. As our guide had promised, the rapids were definitely bravo. However, he told us, the level of the river rises in October, which is the end of the rainy season, and the rapids smooth out. There is a natural spillway across three quarters of the river’s width at El Castillo, and it's so shal¬ low that it can't be crossed even with the local canoes. The opening in the spillway is against the north bank and about 50 feet wide. Once you're in the opening of the spillway, you are committed! I found about three feet of water there, although the current was so turbulent that my depthsounder didn't work and 1 had to resort to poling. 1 could feel hard smooth rocks underneath the water. Any soft mud would be swept downriver by the force of the current. In order to better protect his prop, our guide hired a local man to sit in the bow so the stem of the panga would rise. So this is obviously not a place where you’d want to hit bottom. The rapids are about 100 feet long and empty into a 15-foot deep pool. The river then makes a sharp right turn and the water splUs down an¬ Puerto Asese, southeast of Managua, is one of several places you can rent small boats.

other series of less violent and somewhat deeper rapids before reaching a pool of calm water at the bottom of the village. This would make a fine anchorage if you were coming up the river from the Carib¬ bean coast. Going up the rapids would be a Tristan Jones adventure 1 could well

day trip. Besides, it already seemed that heading down the river would be like go¬ ing down a one-way rabbit hole. As much fun as it might be to claim to be the first to have taken a yacht across Nicaragua, a grounding on the rapids or having to wait five months for the water level to rise were too awful to contemplate. We're just not Tristan Jones. Although that was the extent of our

The original U.S. plan for a canal between the Caribbean and Pacific went through Lake Nicaragua. do without. Alas, it now seemed the en¬ tire notion of floating our boat across Nica¬ ragua was a bit too Tristan Jones-ish for our tastes. When 1 mention the late, great Jones, I refer to his epic journey through Bolivia, where he hauled his Sea Dart through the jungle on rollers. Layne and I look like your average middle-aged couple — because that's exactly what we are. We aren’t the types to put our $100,000 floating home at risk on a mad¬ cap journey down an uncharted river. There is a weekly ferry — actually, a 30-ft panga with a surrey on top — from San Carlos to San Juan del Norte. Each way is said to take all day. The feny goes downriver on Tuesdays and back up the river on Thursdays. To our everlasting regret, we didn't take advantage of the opportunity to ride the length of the river. In our defense, our cmising budget is $800 a month, and we'd spent almost half of that month's budget on our crazy four-

exploration of the river, I did manage to glean more information about the Carib¬ bean end of the river from our reliable river guide. He told us there are no more wires that cross beyond El Castillo be¬ cause the river forms the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The Costa Ricans claim the right to travel the river, though Nicaragua claims the river entirely

UNIQUE IN THE WORLD Lake Nicaramia — or Cocibolca.' as some nafives still refer to it— is the larg¬ est lake in Central America. At 3,100 square miles, it is approximately twice the area of Utah's Great Salt Lake and more than 15 limes the si/e offtake Tahoe. More than 40 rivers <lrain into the i^ke (and its neighboring smaller sibling. Lake Managua) and some 370 islands dot its surface. The largest orthe.so is Omeiepe, whiijJi at 100 square miles is llie same size'as Antigua. 'Ometepe' means "two peaks" and refers to the twin volcanos which formed the island. Even more Interesting tlian its geologj." i.s the lake's biologj'. l.ake Nicaragua is thouglti to have once been a large Bay off the Pacific Ocean. It was cut off thoussmds of years ago from the sea by volcmiic eixtptions. Tlte switch from salt to fresh water was so gradual lltal the fish were able to adapt. Laltc Nicaragua is therefore Uie onlv place on earth where you can find freshwater tuna. Awordfisli — and sharks! for Itself. "El Rio es Nica" posters had been everywhere in San Carlos. The guide says Costa Rican border guards allow boats to pause in the villages on their side of the river for Nicaraguans to do some shop¬ ping if they wish, which apparently they do, as the Costa Rican fruit we found im¬ ported to San Carlos was of the best qual¬ ity we'd seen since leaving California. As for the notion of entering the Rio November, 2000 • UMmUI? • Page 131

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left. Furthermore, our guide told us the entrance to the Rio San Juan from the Caribbean is a maze of sandbars. True, it's crossed by trading vessels, but it's I unmarked, and there is no way a stranger | could make it without a guide. And how would they contact a guide from offshore? If, despite all these warnings, you feel the pulse of Tristan pounding in your ; senseless skull, I would suggest perhaps | staging at Great Corn island and taking : a boat — assuming the locals have water- | borne contact with the mainland — and ! inspecting the latest situation at San Juan del Norte yourself. Costeba Airlines flies i several times a week between Managua i and Great Corn, but 1 never saw any , flights listed for San Juan del Norte. So | good luck trying to fly there. But if you ‘ aren't in a huny, speak fluent Spanish, and are supremely self-confident, it would be quite an adventure. 1 look forward to ; reading all about it — hopefully while I'm lounging in a snug Bahcimian anchorage sipping a sundowner after walking the | dogs. My type of cruisingl ■

San Juan from t±ie Caribbean at San Juan del Norte, we were given some awful warn¬ ings. First of all, Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast is a low lying swamp fronted by shifting sand bars and reefs, and onto these blow the eternal trades and waves of the Caribbean Sea. We had heard great things about the Corn Islands off the coast

The castle at El Castillo, conquered by a lone gringo after all these years. of Nicaragua, but a quick check of the Pi¬ lot Charts showed they were impossibly far downwind — even further so than Colombia's delightful Isla San Andres. So you could get there, but it would then be a long slog back to anywhere when you

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EYE ON THE BAY'

he beauties of Indian Summer in the Bay Area are beyond mere words, so for a change we're not going to use many. It's a time of falling leaves, ciystal nights, warm weather, a sense of well¬ being and goodwill — and, oh yes, the best sailing of the year. Yeah, sure, for the pure adrenalin, nothing can beat a day of hardball summer sailing. But for the reaffirmation of life, nothing comes close to sailing during Indian summer. We hope you enjoyed this short interlude before winter along with the boats and sailors captured on these pages. Isn't it lovely? (clockwise from spread) — Shirts and shoes optional on 'Al¬ mond Joy': surfing Stars aiong the City front; Yamaha cornin' at ya: warm sun is a halimark of indian Summer: oops — that iooks iike a leftover Master Mariner's photo!

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J/FEST SOUTH

In the old days of the Wild West, long before Burning Man, mountain men would descend from the hills at the end of the hunting season to gather on the Great Plains for a phenomenon known as 'rendezvous'. They would reacquaint themselves with old friends, swap infor¬ mation and tall tales, engage in athletic contests by day, and generally party way too much at night^s The fourth annual Southern Califor¬ nia J/Fest, held October 14-15 at Bahia Corinthian YC (Newport Beach), had a similar tribal feeling. "It's basically an end of the summer celebration, a chance for us to give something back to the sailing community," said Newport Beach J/Boat dealer Jeff Trask, who along with his San Diego counterpart, Jeff Brown, organized the gathering. This year, 65 J/Boats from as far away as Santa Barbara and San Diego took the bait, undaunted by the fact that registra¬ tion took place on Friday the 13th, under a full moon no less. They were spread out over five one design classes, a PHRF hodge-podge, and even a mysterious cruising class. By our completely unoffi¬ cial estimate, that makes this event the fifth biggest 'big boat' regatta In SoCal this year, behind only North Sails Race Week (170 boats). Yachting Cup (123), Cal Race Week (78) and Long Beach Race Week (75). The five-race, no throwout series un¬ folded in slow motion, with winds peak¬ ing — for about 10 minutes on Sunday — at 9 knots. "Typical Newport Beach conditions, only worse," was how some¬ one put it. The light winds tested eveiyone's patience, but in the end the usual suspects won their classes. Head¬ lining the weekend show were the J/ 120s, which fielded 16 boats, one of their best turnouts ever. LBYC sailor Scott Blmberg, sailing Indigo with a Farr 40-level crew including tactician Dave Ullman, topped that class with a 2,5,1,3,1 showing. Dave Janes' J/Bird, which we had the pleasure of saiUng on, stumbled on the second day, ending up a distant second place to In¬ digo while holding off the late-charging Hot Tamale. Meanwhile, veteran Ventura campaign¬ ers Deke Klatt and Bill Robertson took the 21-boat J/24 class with Zoni, winning their 2000 Road Series m the process. San Diego J/World owner Rip Carruthers teamed up with local sailmaker Harry Pattison to top the rapidly-expanding J/ 105 class with Clouseau. Dana Point sailor Lance McCabe dominated the PHRF class with straight bullets In his J/130 Braveheart, helped by brother Craig Page 138 • LctcWfc?? • November, 2000

Above, Pete Heck trims the kite on 'J/Bird'. Beiow, Biii Lawhorn, Lance and Craig McCabe of ‘Braveh

McCabe and Bill Lawhom (who both also sail Knarrs on San Francisco Bay). Mike Leaiy, with 8-year-old son Hunter trim¬ ming the main, took the small J/30 class in Pangea. Dave and Amanda Hammett of Huntington Beach won the J/80 class In their cleverly named DMA, assisted on

tactics by Buddy, their dog. The cruising class —two J/42s and three J/32s —j didn't seem to be keeping score. | On a somber note. Long Beach sailor Mickey McDiarmid —who was crewing with his brother on the J/24 Speedy Blue — suffered a fatal heart attack between:

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the first and second races on Saturday. Despite the quick response of all con¬ cerned, McDiarmid unfortunately passed away. "It was his time to go, and at least he was doing something he enjoyed," said Jeff Brown. "Our sincere condolences to his family."

Th. shoreside activities surrounding the regatta, including a Sunday breakfast seminar on 'The Value of One Design', couldn't have been more fun. Each time the crowd assembled, the 'Two Jeffs', along with new J/Concierge 'hostess' Karen Hall, raffled off (or just threw into the crowd)

lavish amounts of product, much of it sporting the ubiquitous J/Boat logo. Ev¬ eryone went home with something, be it a T-shirt, a hat, a seabag, a bottle of Mount Gay, or even a handheld radio or GPS. "Competition at the hat throw was probably fiercer than on the race course!" November, 2000 • UtiWe??* Page 139

J/FEST SOUTH laughed Hall. Aside from Sail California, J/Boats and BCYC, numerous sponsors contributed to the success of the weekend. Among them were Ullman Sails, North Sails, Shelter Island Boat Yard, Newport Harbor Ship Yard, Mount Gay Rum, J/World (which gave the bottom boat in each of the six classes a free week at their San Diego school!) and Pedigree Marine/Chris Craft, which provided Trask with his stylin' nauticsil wheels all weekend. 'This is my favorite regatta of the year," claimed Trask, naturally enough. "I loved seeing everyone, and am already looking forward to next year." Judging by the smiles we saw as the clan broke camp on Sunday night, everyone else enjoyed the rendezvous, too. • ' rkm

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the capacity for dry storage is ever-in¬ creasing. While some of the newer marinas have been incorporated into elaborate mega¬ resorts in outlying areas, like Mazatlan's Marina El Cid, Manzanillo's Marina Las Hadas and Puerto Vallarta's Marina Para¬ dise Village, others are located closer to the action of their city's center. Marina Cabo San Lucas, for example is a just a stone's throw from Planet Hollywood and the town's wildest bar. Squid Roe. Along with the increasing numbers of both sail¬ boats and motoryachts pljdng Mexican waters has come a wide variety of marine service businesses, such as canvas shops, engine repair outfits, and chandleries. The down side is that it's increasingly more difficult to get a slip during the peak sea¬ son (November to March) in many popu¬ lar areas. While the cost of food, basic supplies and labor in Mexico is an incredible barIn La Paz, Marina Palmira is home to The Moor¬ ings’ bareboat charter fleet.

fees are more or less on par with Califor¬ nia — roughly $7 to $10 per foot per month. Still, we're constantly told by cruisers enjoying their retirement that in popular spots like La Paz and Puerto Vallarta they can live aboard for much less money than they could at home. When they first set sail from the States, nearly every would-be cruiser seems to have ambitious notions of blue-water voy¬ aging and roughing it Robinson Crusoestyle, in idyllic, secluded anchorages. But many apparently discover that they're not quite as adventurous as they thought they were, and end up more or less perma¬ nently based in one marina or another — especially after they make friends with townspeople and local expats in residence. In such places, the de¬ mand for slips is everincreasing. La Paz and P.V. are both famous as cruiser havens, and both have seen dra¬ matic increases in fa¬ cilities in recent years. Marina de La Paz added slips last year and a new facility

nearby, called Mairina Santa Cruz Bay, is slowly taking shape. At this writing pil¬ ings are in place and the first 40 slips should be ready for occupancy by Febru¬ ary. The marina's complete compliment of 300 slips should be in place within a year and a half. Marina Paradise Village, which lies adjacent to a vast resort com¬ plex a few miles north of Puerto Vallarta, is also in expansion mode. Construction of new slips is ongoing and an elaborate clubhouse for marina tenants is in the planning stages. The place that really seems to need more marinas, though, is Cabo San Lucas. While Almar's Marina Cabo San Lucas is an excellent facility, it is filled year-round to near capacity, primarily with gleaming poweryachts and sportfishermen. We're told many SoCal motoryachts pay annual slip fees there just to maintain the option of berthing in Cabo at their whim. A new, smaller facility called Servicios Maritimos was built near the harbor en¬ trance two years ago, but still, there are never enough slips to meet the demand in the peak season. There's been talk of a possible future marina at nearby San Jose del Cabo, but to our knowledge no plans have been finalized. As more and more folks bail out of the

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MEXICAN MARINAS mainstream and head for the southern latitudes, the de¬ mand for dry storage has also increased dramatically. A typi¬ cal scenario is one where a couple will cruise for a year or two. then need to go home and work to replenish their cruis¬ ing kitty. Since their intention is to continue cruising as soon as they can, it makes^ense to store their boat on the hard rather than bashing all the way back up the Baja peninsula. San Carlos, halfway up the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez, has become a dry stor¬ age mecca in recent years. Both the longestablished Marina San Carlos (whose dry storage branch is called Marina S,eca), and the smaller, but newly-refurbished Marina Real, offer dry storage a comfortable dis¬ tance from the water's edge (should nasty weather arise). Cost is about $3 per foot per month. Coupled with this store-now-sail-later plan, is the option of trucking your boat home from San Carlos if your future cruis¬ ing plans change, or if you've simply had your fill. As you have read earlier in these

Choosing to avoid the 'Baja Bash' back up the coast, more and more skippers are opting to haul their boats at San Carios and truck them home. pages, the Grossman family pioneered the current system of hauling boats north to Tucson on specially-outfitted flatbed trucks. (Owners need not be in atten¬ dance.) There, boats are transfered to any of a great number of cdmmercial boat haulers who will deliver your special pack¬ age virtually anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. Depending on the mileage, it will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,500 to haul a moderate-sized boat back to the Bay Area. Many skippers feel it's a sound investment when they con¬ sider the wear and tear that their boats would incur by slamming up the coast on

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XXdecade ago, when Mexico's marina construction boom was in full swing, salty old-style cruisers used to scratch their heads in astonishment, wondering, "Who's gonna fill all those slips?" Little did they know that the annual cruiser mi¬ gration would gain the seemingly unstop¬ pable momentum it has today. ;

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MAX EBB The line of cars extended all the way to the end of the block, around the cor¬ ner, and up a side street. But it would still be worth it, even if 1 had to wait tn line for 15 minutes to get my two riders for the carpool lane. 1 don’t have to drive my car to work very often, but when 1 do. I’ll do whatever it takes to avoid the monstrous traffic jam at the bridge. "With tliree in the car, 1 can use the HOV lane &pd breeze past thou¬ sands of poor souls stuck in that mess. The protocol is well established: Drive up to the bus stop in front of the BART station. If you barely make eye contact with the commuters waiting there, that’s enough to induce two perfect strangers to open the doors of your car ^d pile in. It’s assumed that you’ll let them off near the bus terminal in the City, that you won’t talk continuously, won’t ask them for gas money, and if the radio is on it will be tuned to something Innocuous like NPR. But today it was a sellers’ market, with cars lined up around the comer and com¬ muters being shanghaied as fast as they arrived at the bus stop. The line was slower than usual. Five minutes just to get to the comer, and nearly another five before it was finally my turn. A woman in a business suit walked toward the car, looked at me for half a second, 1 nodded, and she got in the front seat. Then the back door opened as an¬ other woman climbed into the back, fol¬ lowed by a man. Normally, with more cars than riders, it’s only two pick-up crew per car. But this gentleman seemed to have a preference for my back seat over the one in the car immediately behind me.

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i.VAax!” came Lee Helm’s unmis¬ takable voice from Immediately behind my head. “Like, you never recognize me in my business drag.” Lee Helm, a graduate student at the university, was supposed to be finishing her naval architecture degree this semes¬ ter. “1 barely saw you,” I said, “coming up from behind like that. And besides, 1 thought you were on campus this semes¬ ter.” ‘They talked me into working a couple of days a week at the ship design firm,” she explained. “But don’t wony. I’ll wrap up the thesis soon.” Looking back over my shoulder to make sure the lane was clear as 1 pulled out into traffic, 1 saw that Lee was indeed dressed for the corporate world, complete with raincoat and umbrella. Soothed by the NPR morning theme Page 146 • UMMWiS • November, 2000

music, I turned right to avoid waiting at the first red light, then left, past Shimon’s house, and then another right-on-red onto ; the main arterial road to the freeway. The radio said clear skies today, no rain likely ‘til at least tomorrow. “Why the raincoat and broUie?” 1 asked. “Cause the next low is arriving earlier than the weather service thought when they made the forecast last night,” she answered. “1 mean, when you look at the sky and the barometer, you can almost always beat the official short-term fore¬ cast made hours earlier. And also, the sixday rule says rain today.” ‘The six-day rule?” 1 turned down the radio to hear her better. “Siire. Weather patterns usually repeat at six-day intervals in the winter. At least, the interval is more likely to be about six days than any other inteiwal. So like, to guess the weather for a race on Satur¬ day, all you have to do is look at the weather on the previous Sunday.” “Really! I’ve never heard that one be¬ fore. What do the meteorologists say about that theory?” ‘They say it’s total bunk, but there’s no doubt that weather is periodic, and 1 think if you collect the right data set and do a Fourier analysis, you’ll find that the six-day period falls out as dominant. But like, 1 haven’t found the right data set to analyze yet.” “How does it work in practice, though?” “1 think 1 can beat the National Weather Service three times out of five, if 1 have to call the weather for Saturday on Wednes¬ day or earlier. That time frame is useful when I’m put in charge of lining up crew. But on Thursday and Friday, like, the near-term data become more important, and the 6-day rule shouldn’t be used. 1 mean, it has its limitations, just like other rhythm methods.” “Sounds like you race sailboats,” said the man in the back seat. “1 have a boat too, a 35-foot Bayllner.”

had been observing the body lan¬ guage of the two back seat passengers with some amusement through the rear¬ view mirror. The man on the right, the one who had broken protocol to share the back seat with Lee, was in an expansive pose, one arm stretched out along the seat back, torso turned towards the inside of the car. Lee, on the other hand, was sit¬ ting straight up, arms at her sides, hard against the left-hand door. ‘This will be Interesting,” 1 thought to

myself. “A stinkpotter!” But to my total astonishment, Lee opened up immediately, turning towards him with a smile and shifting her position to the right a little. “"Where is it berthed?” she asked. “Right here tn the marina,” he said as he gestured proudly in the direction of the Bay. We were on the freeway on-ramp, and the masts of the boats in the marina were visible over the trees. “And did 1 understand correctly that you’re studying naval architecture?” he continued. “I’m thinking of repowering, and have to decide which engines to go with. How fast do you think it will go with the twin turbo big blocks? Using the formula, where speed in knots is 160 times the square root of horsepower over displacement tn pounds, 1 get over 40 knots.” ‘That’s just a rule of thumb,” Lee said, dismissing his results. “Sometimes it’s called Crouch’s formula, and I’ve heard people claim the factor can be as high as 185. But like, you’re probably overesti¬ mating delivered power and underesti¬ mating weight, if you’re using published values. And it doesn’t take length into account at all.”

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ALL THUMBS 1.6878 to convert from feet per second to knots.” “But it’s still just an approximation, right?" “No, it has physical significance — the speed of a deep-water wave of wavelength L is square root of g L over two pi. Noth¬ ing arbitrary about it.” “In the real world, though,” I suggested, “even heavy boats aren’t limited to exactly theoretical hull speed.” “For sure,” Lee answered. “But like, the point is, it’s not an arbitrary number made up to fit observed reality. In the real world it’s an approximation, but it’s not a rule of thumb.”

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Morning rush hour—not a place you'd normally think a lot of boating issues would get discussed. Then again, there's a little-known rule of thumb that states "the number of possible topics in an HOV lane is directly proportional to the number of passengers, when Tj= time in lane and..." “Yes, but the boat dealer said...” “I like this formula,” Lee continued without letting the guy get in a word edge¬ wise. "As long as we’re talking ROTs. This is for upper-bound performcmce for an optimized planing hull installation: Speed in knots =1.8 times LWL to the 1 /4 power, times square root of the ratio of installed SHP over displacement in long tons.” “Let me write that down...” While Lee repeated it she worked the buttons on her calculator watch, and an¬ nounced that the boat would be lucky to hit the high 30s with the proposed power option. “What about the props?” the passen¬ ger asked as I worked my way across five lanes of freeway to the HOV lane all the way on the left. “The rule of thumb is a half inch for every foot of LOA. Works surprisingly well for powerboats over a wide range of speed and power.”

“That’s close to what I have,” he said. “But like, we have much better tools than rules of thumb for doing propeller selection and power and speed estimates. Rules of thumb are like, much more valu¬ able for estimating things involving more variables and human engineering. Here’s one of my favorites, and I actually use this at work with good results: the total per¬ son-hours to design a ship equals the number of drawings required times the length of the ship in feet.” “That is a strange one,” I said, finally able to pay attention to the conversation now that we were in the HOV lane and moving fast again, while the freeway to our right looked more like a huge park¬ ing lot. “It works for an 8-ft dinghy that only needs three simple drawings, and it works for a big ship that needs a thousand draw¬ ings,” Lee asserted.

X hen there’s the rule of thumb for hull speed,” said the powerboater. What is it, 1.3 times the waterline length?” “1.3407, actually,” corrected Lee. “Square root of g over two pi, divided by

then 1 guess you won’t call ‘red right returning’ a rule of thumb ei¬ ther,” 1 said. “Or that ditty about lights that ends with ‘red over red, the captain is dead.’” “Just a mnemonic device,” said Lee. How about ‘red sky at night, sailor’s delight,'” offered the woman riding in the front seat. “Red suede at night, sailor’s delight,” said the powerboater. “Red scarf in the morning, sailors take warning.” ‘Those are what 1 call valuable rules of thumb,” 1 said. Now we were on the HOV overpass, fly¬ ing over thousands of cars waiting to get to the toll booth. With three in the car, we didn’t even have to stop to pay. Definitely the best part of the commute. “What about the ‘rule of 60,’” 1 asked. “They teach that in Power Squadron boating classes,” said the back-seat pas¬ senger. “How does it work again? — if the bearing changes by one degree when you go one mile, then you’re 60 miles off. Or something like that.” “It’s just a way of remembering that one radicin is 57.3 degrees,” said Lee. “Again, a mnemonic, not an ROT. Or just a shortcut method for doing a calculation. Like, there’s one I use eveiy time I’m in a protest hearing: one knot is almost ex¬ actly 100 feet per second. So if you have to do a quick^time/speed/dlstance cal¬ culation on the fly, you can just think ‘six knots is 600 feet per minute so in fifteen seconds, or one-quarter minute, we must have gone 150 feet or five boat lengths.’ It’s critical when you’re up against one of those protest committees that likes to catch witnesses being inconsistent.” “Well, there must be some more good sailing rules of thumb,” I said. “What about that rule for jibe angles follovring the apparent wind?” “Yes, that’s a good one. For a lot of boat types in light to medium wind, the boat November, 2000 •

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MAX EBB speed on a deep reach or run is not too different from the apparent wind speed. So the vector diagram is an isosceles tri¬ angle, and after jibing you’ll be steering in exactly the direction the windex was pointing before the jibe. “And then there are the cost rules of thumb,” 1 said. “They say it should cost about 10% of the new replacement cost of a boat every year, just for berthing and basic maintenance.” “That’s for local cruising and daysailing,” said Lee. “It’s like, more like 20% for a race boat. And also remember that cost scales with length to the fourth power, so like when you double size all the costs go up by a factor of sixteen.” “So when 1 trade up to that 60-footer,” said the powerboater, "it’s going to cost. . well, quite a bundle.” “At least your berth fees will only go up linearly,” noted Lee. “Even though the space taken up in the marina goes up by the square. In fact there’s a rule of thumb — actually a state guideline — for ma¬ rina design that enforces that: clear dis¬ tance between rows of berths should be at least 1.75 times the length of the berth, and width should be 40% of berth length.”

l\f ow we were past the toll plaza, past the metering lights, and onto the bridge, where we had to mix it up with noncarpool traffic. The party was over, and we slowed down to a crawl. “Boatbuilders can usually estimate the cost of a bare hull and deck by the pound, ” continued Lee. “$3 per pound is one num¬ ber I’ve heard for unfinished low-tech glass work, just labor and materials. An¬ other good one is a weight estimating tech¬ nique for small boats built of quarter-inch plywood: 22 pounds per sheet for a fin¬ ished boat. They also say that tooling will cost as much as 10 boats, for a typical production run.” “What about oar length?” asked the powerboater. “1 have a dinghy with no oars. Is that a black art, or is there a rule for it?” “1 know that one,” said the woman in the front seat. ‘Take half the span be- \ tween the oarlocks, add 2 inches, multi¬ ply by 25 and divide by 7.” “That sounds right,” confirmed Lee. “What about rating conversions?” I asked.” This comes up every time some¬ one wants to sail a dinghy in one of our Firday night races.” “ROTs for sure. Some people say you can convert from a Portsmouth number, which is a time-on-time rating used mostly for dinghies, to PHRF, by using PHRF = (DPN-55) x 6, and back again with Page 148 •

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DPN = PHRF/6 -I- 55. But like, the boats are really too different for a good race anyway. Another good one: actual ^eed around a course, if you only know the PHRF rating, can be estimated if you as¬ sume seconds/mile = PHRF-(-660. For a race to Hawaii, it works out to more like PHRF-(-400 seconds per mile.” 9 m fascinated by sailboat racing,” said the powerboater.’(But from where 1 sat it sounded like the first moves of an attempt to get Lee into his forepeak.) “Great!” said Lee. “And let me get your email. They like, desperately need more powerboat owners in the yacht club to be Race Committee boats.” “1 thought that was mostly a snooty sailors’ club,” he said with some surprise, revealing his true feelings about sailors at the same time. “Nah, you could hardly call that crowd snooty. And they love powerboaters who do RC. It’s like, the one thing they can do that sailors really appreciate.” “Ring the doorbell some time,” 1 sug¬ gested, “and tell them you have a boat in the marina and are thinking of joining.” “But first let’s schedule you for a race date,” Lee insisted. “You don’t have to be a member for that.” They both took out their Palm Pilots, and when the electrons settled his boat was on the RC roster for two Sunday races next month. “Does the club pick up the fuel tab?” he asked. “No way!” said Lee. “But the starting line is close in. “How much do those en¬ gines guzzle. cm5nvay?” “I’ve never measured it Ccirefully, but the rule 1 used to use for outboards is 10% of horsepower per hour.” “You mean fuel consumption in gallons per hour,” asked Lee, “is 10 per cent of the rated power?” ‘That’s right. My 150s would each bum 15 gallons an hour wide open. At idle it goes down to 1%, or 1.5 GPH. And they say that Mercs bum 20% more than OMC, but that’s just because their HP rating is supposed to be more conservative.” “What rule do you use for fourstrokes?” 1 asked. “They say an inboard/outboard will burn 75% of what an outboard uses at cmise, and less than half what an out¬ board uses at idle. A diesel only needs one-third of what an outboard burns, or half of what an I/O bums." “Hokey,” said Lee, “but I guess it works, if you don’t know the actual fuel rate.”

“1 always heard it as 9% of power foi 4-strokes, and 11% of power for 2strokes,” 1 added. “And I’ll bet they’re completely differ¬ ent in metric,” Lee surmised. “Where ev¬ erything gets rounded off differently, sci the results aren’t always going to be thej same.”

vee and the powerboater discussec( engine ratings and transmission losses aa 1 fought the traffic. Eventually the con-i versation turned back to sailboats wheri Lee cited a mle for sizing engines for me dium-dlsplacement sailboats: “For every horsepower installed per tor of displacement, the boat will go one kno into a 20-knot headwind. As long as it’s below hull speed. But like. I’d rather sail an underpowered boat with good light arl performance. There's even a mle of thumll for heavy cmisers — sail eirea should b^ at least 2.5 times wetted surface. ALI though, like, 1 think that particular RO? stretches the meaning of‘performance’ In light air.” We were finally nearing the freeway exit on the other side of the bridge, and Let threw in some more mles relating t« standing and mnning rigging: Initial elont gation of 1x19 wire can be as much sa 0.5 to 1.0% after loading to 25% of breaki ing strength. After that, elastic stretch ii more like 0.23% as 25% of breaking loacj And as we pulled up to the drop-ofc point near the bus terminal, the womaj|i in the front seat added one more: “Accorci ing to Steel’s Elements of Mastmakir^ from 1794, you get the length of thi mainmast by adding the length of the shit on the gundeck and the extreme breadth! 'and dividing by two. All the other mag sizes were calculated from that dimert Sion.” With that, 1 rolled to a stop and thr doors opened.

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time do you get off work's] the man in the back asked Lee hopefulH as he stood in front of the car door, tially blocking Lee’s exit. “Late,” she said flatly as she poked hln away with the umbrella. “And like, yoi should know that 1 have one more mle a thumb.” j “What’s that?” he asked. “Never go out with anyone whose a^i In years is greater than their boat lengt in feet.” ;

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART you read this, the Baja Ha-Ha 2000 fleet is already en route from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. With any luck, they are now breezing along under clear skies, with steady winds and following seas — and are shedding layers of warm clothing with every passing day. For most, the excitement of finally get¬ ting offshore is intoxicating after months — amd in many cases, years — of antici¬ pation. According m many Ha-Ha vets, one of the best things about the eyent is that it gives dreamers a concrete dead¬ line to shoot for, by which time all prepa¬ ration and procrastination must come to an end. With this third afid final installment of Ha-Ha profiles, we introduce you to the

Tim and Pam of 'Adagio' are ready for a change of scenery.^ remainder of this year's fleet, who've earned the envious distinction of being members of the Ha-Ha Class of 2000'. Active Light — Cape George 36 Neil & Nancy Sirman, Poulsbo, WA Don't mess with the Sirmans! In addi¬ tion to being a retired musician, college professor and engineer/software devel¬ oper, Neil is a black belt student of Shorin Ryu karate. And Nancy, a retired school teacher and musician, is also a black belt in Shorin Ryn. But you actually have little to fear, as Neil "loves kids, dogs, his wife, dark beer, jazz, classical, reggae, salsa, C&W, rock 'n roll and rhythm and blues." And Nancy is also into cooking and gar¬ dening as well as arts and crafts. The proud mother of Ron and Shawna Gillespie, her favorite quote is, "Hey kids, now it's my turn for adventure!" The Sirmans love their Cape George cutter. "All boats are a compromise of speed, comfort and seaworthiness, and Active Light has few compromises in sea¬ worthiness and many in the area of crea¬ ture comforts!" The previous owner took the boat on a circumnavigation, and the Sirmans hope to do the same. Page 150 •

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Adagio — Pacific Seacraft 34 • Tim & Pam Burke, West Linn, Oft "Our metamorphosis has begun," say Tim, a physician, and Pam, a veterinar¬ ian. "We're entering the Ha-Ha to have some fun before life passes us by." After the event, the couple plans to sail to Mazatlan, then Hawaii, Alaska, British Columbia, then Portland. "Adagio’s original owner sailed her from Portland to Alaska," the couple reports. "We bought her there eind brought her back to Portland." Altair— C^l 35 P. Baker & S. Connolly — Seattle There are two Cal 35s in the Ha-Ha this year, and both of them have already circumnavigated under previous owners. Altair went around as Counterpoint, then was sailed in the '98 Ha-Ha by the Dunkelman family. "She is very eager to head offshore again," say Paul and Suzette. Paul started sailing at age six, when he spent stx months in the Galapagos and Panama while his dad was working for the Panama Canal Company. In '84 he helped deliver a Cayman Island schooner back to the Ca5mians — and had a wonderful year of adventures and misadventures, including making a pirate movie with the boat outside of Z-town. A native of San Francisco, Suzette moved to Seattle for graduate school and took sailing lessons in '89. She met Paul the same year when he was looking for crew for his Sonoma 30. Suzette learned about island life during six months of liv¬ ing aboard in the Caribbean in '93. Although the couple have enjoyed rac¬ ing in events such as the Swiftsure, Kenwood Cup and Big Boat Series, they have also enjoyed cruising. After the HaHa, they intend to spend three months in Mexico before heading to Panama, the Galapagos and across the Pacific to New Zealand. They may continue on around the world. Andiamo — Islander t^eeport 36 Keith Foster, Elk Grove

A retired administrator with the State Department of Rehabilitation, Keith started sailing 35 years ago and has had five boats. "The Freeport 36 is a great boat for coastal cruising," he says. "I've com¬ pletely updated it with aU the goodies. . "My motto for the trip amd for life is Live eveiy day as though it were your last.'" Keith will leave the boat in Mexico and return later for additional cruising.

Bogus! — Searunner Trimaran George Phillips, Hidden Harbor "Saltwater runs in my veins," writes George, "but not because extraordinary feats of seamamship are part of my an¬ cestral histoiy. No, my eairly childhood memories conjure sagas of maritime di¬ saster rather than triumph, as my family's encounters with the sea tended to be both brief and wet. There was the time, for exaimple, that dozens of my aunts, uncles, cousins, parents and grandparents

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crowded at the railing of the Redondo Pier to witness the launching of our family's first vessel, a six-foot pram built by my 10-year-old cousins. I can stiU recall the excitement on their faces as they sat in the boat, wait¬ ing to be ceremoniously lowered into the water. Un¬ fortunately, the little pram continued its descent after touching the water, and my cousins were forced to swim for safety. "Not long after, my non¬ sailing father took me for my first sail in a small and muddy lagoon in Venice, Cali¬ fornia. Amidst the flapping of sails, the banging of the boom and the sound of oaths, we immediately careened into the nearest mudbank. Eventually we rowed back to the rental dock. "I've had careers in photography, graphics, public relations, strategic plan¬ ning and instructional design. Through it all, my interest in boats grew to an obssession. I built a cedar-strip canoe and a small nesting dinghy — both float — and refit a couple of boats. After 20 years of sailing on weekends and vacations sto¬

len from girlfriends and a family that's no longer my own, my last dream, the dream of cruising, is about to begin." Bogus means wonderful' in Balinese.

Hong Kong, and he loved being on the Pa¬ cific. In the early '70s, he went overland through Turkey, Iran and Afganistan on his way to India, so he's got that curiosity so common to cruisers. A musician and music producer, Philo recently sold his studio at Comptche near

Belladonna — Cal 35 Mike Wilmot, San Francisco A television director, Mike says, "We did the '98 Ha-Ha and had a great time, and I have a couple of new crew who are re¬ ally excited to do it." Mike learned to sail in his teens, but got away from it until the '80s. While the skipper has sailed to Hawaii, Belladonna already has a circum¬ navigation to her credit.

Blue Tango — Valiant 42 Walt Schrick, San Diego A retired systems programmer, Walt has owned Blue Tango for five years. "I'm Joining the Ha-Ha to get the boat off the dock and start on 'the way around'." Af¬ ter the Ha-Ha, Walt plans to do the 'Puddle Jump' across the Pacific.

Cherokee Spirit — Cal 36 Philo Hayward, Comptche, CA "I have circumnavigated in my mind at least 50 times," says Philo, "now, God willing, m do it for real." His longest trip was in the Navy, from South Carolina to

Doing the Ha-Ha Is a family affair for the 'Deliv¬ erance' crew. Mendocino, and has been doing a major refit on the Cal 36 that he's owned for the last six years. Philo's most recent CD is called Kid Heart, and it's good. Ha-Ha par¬ ticipants should be hearing lots of it live on their way to Cabo.

Deliverance — Endeavour 40 A.J. Stuermer, San Diego Here's a cruising story that's really a family effort. A. J. started sailing as a teen¬ ager when she helped her dad bring a new boat to the Chesapeake from Florida, and then sailed the Bay with him for many years. Having raised two kids on her own, A.J. bought an old Ericson 35 in '90 and lived aboard with daughter Kris In San Diego for two years. They ran a yacht maintenance company and delivered boats In Southern California. Meanwhile, A.J.'s son Bill was in the Navy. Then they all decided they wanted to go cruising to¬ gether, and figuried all they needed was some money and a bigger boat. So A. J. moved to Michigan to work for Ford doing CAD designing, Kris got a job and degrees in psychology, business and nursing, and Bill finished up his enlist¬ ment while going around the Horn and to the Mid East on the carrier Constellation. After four years emd much misery, in '96 A.J. sold her house and joyously spent the profits on Deliverance, an Endeavour 40 she found in Annapolis. The boat was in great shape but had no cruising gear and therefore needed work. When Bill got November, 20CK) • UtiUM'ii • Page 151

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Denali — Mason 44 The Kubina Family, Valdez, AK >

The 'Denali' crew, (L to R) Dona, Kaelani and Gene, are getting back to their saiiing roots. leave, he would meet A.J. and Kris In Miehigan, and they would all drive 600 miles to update systems on the boat. On two such trips, they were lucky enough to be aboard the boat when hurricanes came through, which pinpointed all the leaks. Being so far from the boat was unbear¬ able, so when Bill got out of the Navy he became a partner in the boat and the threesome decided to base her in a port city where they could all find work. Se¬ attle won the roll of the dice. "Never again! Seattle is a beautiful place," they agree, "but boy does it rain!" A.J. got a Job at Boeing, while Bill worked for bunde Marine Electronics. That lasted until the winter of '97 when they woke up one morning and found six inches of snow on the deck! Boeing was laying off work¬ ers but companies were hiring in San Di¬ ego, so they headed south, with Dave, a dear friend, along for the ride. It blew 60 knots and drove them well offshore, and Dave was hit by a truck while laying over in Eureka, but other than that they fully recovered. Once in San Diego, A.J. was forced — by the Job market — to return kicking and v screaming to Michigan. Bill worked, did some deliveries, and sailed in the '98 HaHa. While working at Ford, A.J. was di¬ agnosed with breast cancer, and needed surgery and chemo. Kris, now an R.N. in Michigan, was instrumental in helping A.J. slog through it all. A.J. I'eturned to the boat in San Diego in May, Kris Joined her in June, and Bill worked hard to earn more money. By this writing, all should have quit their Jobs andjoined the Ha-Ha as a family.

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"Live deep and suck all the mar¬ row [out] of life," said Henry David Thoreau. The Kubinas — Gene, Dona, and 10-year-old daughter Kaelani — plan to do Just that. They had a sailboat in Guam in 1977 that was destroyed in Typhoon Pamela, so they came to Alaska expecting to make big bucks to buy another sailboat and return to Guam. They became teach¬ ers, then Gene became a state legislator and before long 22 years had passed in Valdez. They suddenly goPa wake-up call in '98 when an aide Gene hoped would re¬ place him not only lost by 11 votes, but shortly thereafter died of cancer. "It re¬ minded us that life is short and we need to do whatever we must while we can." So in May of this year, they sold every¬ thing they couldn't fit in a five- by eightfoot trailer, and headed to California to buy a boat. "It was really fun and liberat¬ ing selling and/or discarding all our ma¬ terial possessions," they say. Once they got to California, they purchased the Mason 44 Denali from Steve arid Jill Geaiy

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— who will be Joining them for the Haij Ha. After a year in the Sea of Cortez, thej Kubinas plan to continue through theJ Canal and to Florida.

Dream Dancer — Sabre 34 Ayn Woodruff, Reno, NV

After learning to sail at the Americar* Red Cross Boating Safety Clinic on Sebaggt Lake in Maine many years ago, Ayn was "so smitten that I almost flunked out oij my first year of medical school." She even | tually became a diagnostic radiologist;! which has been both a blessing and at curse, as it's supported her sailing habi|| but has also always gotten in the way of j sailing. Nonetheless, she's managed to d(jl| five West Marine Pacific Cups, two Santi j; Barbara races, and numerous other loca i

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events. Now she's moving on to cruising. "We appreciate the opportunity to begin cruis¬ ing in the company of others seeking the same lifestyle. After the Ha-Ha, we ll con¬ tinue to explore Mexico through the holi¬ days and then secure a berth for the boat. I hav'e to fly to New Zealand to read xrays for six months before 1 can return to my dream cruise."

Elysium — Andrews/Perry 72 The Folvigs, San Diego "The stoiy of our Ha-Ha began four years ago, ” says John Folvig 111, ""when my mother and father were building a busi¬ ness in Florida and 1 was doing the same in the Czech Republic, Poland and Rus¬ sia. During the long winter months in Moscow, 1 dreamed of getting back to San Diego and doing some cruising. As such, much of my free time was spent surfing the net looking for a suitable cruising boat. Since my background was racing, I was looking for a low-priced older lOR 50footer that could be converted to a cruiser. So 1 called my dad and asked if he'd be interested in such a boat. It turns out tfiat he'd been dreaming of getting away and doing some cruising, too. Strange that lots of work can do that to you! So he was in. "To make a long story short, we fig¬ ured what we really wanted was a new performance cruis¬ ing boat which would be comfort¬ able for the three of us — my father, John Sr., mother, Marilyri, and I, that is — plus any family and guests would might want to Join us. Thus was born Elysium, which means a place of perfect happiness'." She's a 72-ft Andrews hull and keel built by Dencho Marine of Long Beach, with a deck and interior de¬ signed by Robert Perry and built by various craftsmen around San Diego. As anyone who'

Kelli and Ben of 'Fishwife'are "temporarily trans¬ planted Australians." builds a custom boat will tell you, noth¬ ing goes according to plan. "Although the project took twice as long as expected and more than three times the original bud¬ get, we couldn't be happier with the re¬ sults. In addition, due to the extra time involved, all of us have been able to free ourselves up from our business commit¬ ments to spend some cruising time to¬ gether. After the Ha-Ha and Mexico, who knows where we ll go?"

Fishwife — Westerly Corsair B. Fisher & K. Flanders, San Ramon "We are temporarily transplanted Aus¬ tralians from Fremantle," explain Ben and Kelli, both of whom are on the sunny side of 35. For many years, Kelli enjoyed sail¬ ing on Perth's Swan River during sum¬ mer twilights, always with a glass of wine — except when putting the sail cover back on. Now she has two years of windy San Francisco Bay sailing behind her and is a confirmed warm weather person. Ben is generally responsible for disrupting Kelli's life, but he promises that the idea of cruis¬ ing Mexico is merely a first step in head¬ ing back to Perth and starting a normal life. "Just to confirm our inability to stick to a plan, we were ready to leave a year ago, but took a one year job in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the former Soviet Union. Thanks to Mike Creasy, our boat is now in San Diego waiting for us. We re still in Azerbaijan hoping we can make the start."

been into adventure, biat sailing has taken over my life — since I don't like planes, buses, cars or railroads. I'm fluent in Spanish because my mother is from El Salvador — in fact, I lived there for eight years. While in California, I did some cruising aboard the tall ship Californian, during which time I learned to navigate. I'm not into racing, but laid back cruis¬ ing. My philosophy toward the Ha Ha is this: Live life to the fullest, which means doing it now as opposed to reading about it in school." Phil Hendrix says, "I got inspired to do the Ha-Ha by watching the old guy come close to winning on Survi¬ vor. So 1 said, 'What the hell?' I grew up sailing flatties around Stearn s Wharf in Santa Barbara, then did some cruising to Santa Rosa and Anacapa Islands, where 1 learned to drink and appreci¬ ate bahes. I revived the Columhia Chal¬ lenger fleet at the Stockton Sailing Club, and now the A Dock is full of those plas¬ tic classics." Christian and Phil have amhitious cruising plans. Stockton to San Diego is I^eg one. The Ha-Ha is Leg Two. Cabo to P.V. is Leg Three. P.V. to El Salvador is Leg Four. El Salvador to Colon. Panama, i^ Leg Five. And the trip to Fort Launderdale is Leg Six."

Lookjar—Formosa 46 Rod & Jill Hearne, Seattle Rod, a real estate appraiser, and Jill, a

La Paz — Herreshoff H-28 Christian Hess, Stockton At just 19 years of age, Christian is the youngest owner in the Ha-Ha, while his boatmate, 66-year old Phil Hendrix, is one of the oldest — Phil is officially the cap'n. La Paz is relatively unique, too, as it's both wooden and about 50 years old. "I've been sailing since I was six," says Christian, "which is when my dad and I cruised a Beneteau 29 around Spain and the Balaeric Island of Mallorca. I^ter I did some cruising in the Bahamas. I've always

After 40 years of cruising Northwest waters, Rod and Jilt of 'Lookfar' are eager for sunshine. K-12 teacher, and now adjunct professor, are "cold water sailors looking for warm water. We have spent nearly 40 years cruising the waters of Puget Sound, the November, 2000 • UliUM 39 • Page 153

BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III San Juan Islands and the Inland Pas¬ sage of British Columbia. In the pro¬ cess, we've enjoyed a variety of boats, from a 35-footer to a 106-footer. It was our recent sailing in the Med that con¬ vinced us that warm is indeed good! So our current plans call for us to con¬ tinue to spend time in Seattle while cruising in a new country about four months of each year. Our sons, who grew up cruising wit^ us, will join us from time to time. "Our boat's name comes from LeGuin's Earthsea Trilogy, as Lookfar was the boat of the wizard Ged. She was special because she sailed by herself and came when he called."

Luna Sea n — Challenger 32 Robert Magallanes, Chula Vista "Capt. Magallanes was brought upon this earth in East L.A. in the year 1964 for only one reason, to sail in the Year 2000 Baja Ha-Ha. Growing up, his father only let him play with toy boats in the bathtub, so he imagined the shower head to be San Diego and the faucet Cabo San Lucas. To further prepare for the 2000 Ha-Ha, he joined the Navy in '85, but af-

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Magic — Ericson 38 Pete & Jan Grossnlckle, San Diego

What can we say? The 'Luna Sea II' crew seemed to be living up to their name. ter four years realized they have no sail¬ boats. In '95 he moved aboard the patheti¬ cally named Sea Otter, but four years later realized that it wasn't up to making the trip. So six months ago he bought Luna Sea II, and has spent the last six months hiding beer around the boat in places the crew hopefully won't be able to find it." It's probably not necessary to say that Robert is well under 40, as are crew Scott Thomas, his girlfriend Kelli Van Gordon, and Kelli's four-year-old daughter. After the Ha-Ha, Robert — who does mainte-

"I am a retired electronics engi¬ neer and Jan is retiring from a career as a home health nurse. We have been regular crew on the Ericson 46 Rev¬ elry and other boats for 15 years, and I have also worked as a charter cap¬ tain — 100 Ton Master — for the last five years. Having gotten the kids through school, we were finally able to buy our first 'big boat'. She was for¬ merly known as Proteus, and completed two Ha-Ha's. We rechristened her Magic in honor of our daughter Ellen, who we think of as 'little miss magic'. "After the Ha-Ha, we'll sail as far south as Acapulco, then sail back up to San Carlos where we'll leave the boat for the summer. The Ha-Ha will be the start of our longtime dream. Dan Gravatt, our crew, did the '99 Ha-Ha."

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SOUTHBOUND SOJOURN ist would send a whopping bio, but we got almost nothing from Larry. Based on his entry form, we know that he's owned Moondance, his sixth boat, for three years, and that this will be his first long trip. He decided to join the Ha-Ha because it gave him a definite departure date. Ed Redman and Chuck Rolfe will be along as crew. Af¬ ter the Ha-Ha, the threesome will 'bash' the boat back to California.

Moonshadow — Ranger 33 Richard 'Slade* Ogletree, Richmond "Before moving to the Bay Area from Colorado, 1 worked in various aspects of the ski industry for 17 yeau-s. Since ski¬ ing is a seasonal business, 1 was able to take time off in the summer for sailing. Thus 1 was able to participate in one-de¬ sign racing as well as take several one- to two-week cruises. In '92,1 trailered a 25footer one way from Colorado to Guaymas, a 38-hour, trip. Moonshadow is my 10th boat, and I'm ready go, and will continue cruising past Mexico. My diverse crew will include friends from Colorado, Minnesota

tired VP of sales and marketing. "In fact, we had a group of 22 family members and friends at the dock in Cabo welcoming us in! "After that Ha-Ha we had a dilemma of a 44-foot trawler and a 36-foot sailboat," says Nancy. "Bill made it clear that he pre¬ ferred sailing, while 1 didn't want to give up the powerboat. But after retiring, 1 got to sail more and real¬ ized we could go further cn a sailboat. So we sold both boats and bought our Beneteau — which had spent seven years as an entertainment center for three Mexi¬ cans in Acapulco. The sails were in per¬ fect shape! Having owned two relatively large vessels for so long, it's a pleasure to only have to maintain one. "We'll be doing the Ha-Ha with a total of eight. Later, we'll cruise the Mexican Riviera."

Bill and Nancy of 'Nan Sea May' have the right Idea — they'll have a Ha-Ha crew of eight. and the Czech Republic." Richard's crew will include Pete Blumenauer, a chiropractor whom he met while taking charter sailing classes on the Bay, and Scott Stilley, an audio techni¬ cian who will continue cruising for a short time before returning to the 'real world' for a career in computer animation.

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Sara and Michael of 'Natasha' met through a Lati¬ tude 38 ‘Classy Classified'. new to each other to go cruising. So we've spent the last two years shaking down the boat and the relationship. We've put over 3,000 local miles on the boat and got married last year, so we're now ready to seek adventures together. Like a lot of sailors, I used to be looking for crew, but now Diana and 1 sail as co-captains and share our experiences." Gary, by the way, has already done an 8,500 mile cruise from Oxnard to Hobart, Tasmania. "I've always enjoyed sailing except for the times I've gotten sick," says Diana, a retired mortgage, securities and real es¬ tate broker. "But even after getting sick, I

Navigator ~-Benctea.u 461 Gary & Diana Cook, Ventura "Two years ago I attempted to start the Ha-Ha," says Gary, who is retired from law enforcement, "with a new boat and a new ladyfriend — Diana — as crew. But the day before the start, we realized that the boat wasn't ready and we were too

found myself cutting out pictures of tropi¬ cal islands, blue water and sailboats and putting them into my Time Planner to vi¬ sualize my future. When Gary invited me on the '98 Ha-Ha with his new boat, it sounded exciting, but I bailed because the boat wasn't ready. But Gary is persistent and passionate about his dream — and making sure it included me. So here we are, ready to try it again, but this time married, co-captains of the boat, and ready to start with all land ties severed." The couple just opened a fortune cookie that read: 'You wlU take a pleas¬ ant journey to a place far away." That place is New Zealand. !

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Orient Star— Cheoy Lee Alden 50 Ernie & Pauline Copp, Long Beach "I’m a semi-retired engineering (highway and heavy) contractor, and more recently a retired mirseiy tree farmer," says Ernie. "I've been sailing half of my 74 years. My first boat was an Angleman Sea Witch ketch that I owned for nine years. My second is Orient Star, which I've had for 28 years — which is longer than most marriages. When I first sailed to Cabo in '72, there was no harbor. We spent Christ¬ mas Day as the only boat at Pichilingue Bay just outside of La Paz. There were about 10 boats in La Paz. I made addi¬ tional trips to Mexico and Hawaii, and af¬ ter marrying Pauline in '82 we sailed to New Zealand. "Standing the long night watches ag¬ gravated a knee injury, so I decided I needed to do more walking in a cooler cli¬ mate. So I parked the boat and started a 30,000-tree farm in northern Idaho. ENen

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"I serendipitously crewed aboard a cold-molded racing sloop in the Co¬ lumbia River in '77," says David, "and I was bom again. That experience has driven most of my decisions since then." Between the rebirth and the Ha-Ha, David has found time to be the owner of a travel agency, an EPA con¬ tractor, a Forest Service Mounted Ranger, as well as several other jobs. Sandra was raised on Topsail Island, North Carolina, and claims to have "salt, diesel and dead fish" in her veins. She began work on a charter fishing boat at age 11, then did shrimping every sum¬ mer between 15 and 20 with an all-woman crew off Louisiana. She slowly moved west during the next several decades until she ended up in Newport, Oregon, where she is now ready to "sail away with my cap-

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III tain, the asshole that so boldy and ma¬ jestically sailed into my life — and my slip." Here's the story: "I'd been out tuna fishing for six days on a 50-footer, and we'd had an electrical short and lost all our lights and electron¬ ics. And even though the seas were really rough, I stuck it out another two days because the fishing was so astonishingly good. We finally made it in at 0100 — and lo and behold there wk§ a gorgeous sail¬ boat in our slip! I went off. I tracked David down at the local fisherman's bar and chewed him a good one. We've been to¬ gether ever since."

Pelagian — Hans Christian 38 Bill & Sharon Jensen, Seattle Prior to meeting in '89, Bill and Sharon had both owned their own boats and had been sailing for several years. From '89 to '93, they logged 172 days on the water at 67 anchorages in the Northwest aboard their Newport 30. In '93 they purchased their Hans Christian, and have lived aboard since '95 in either Seattle or San Diego. Based out of San Diego since '96, they've done many open-water cruises up and down the coast — including 12 an-

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Mathew, an "inactive attorney," and Lana, a vice president of regional finances, have been sailing for more than 25 years and Pooh Bear is their fourth boat. The Ha-Ha will be their longest voyage to date, as previously they had taken the Colum¬ bia 30 to Southern California and back. After the Ha-Ha, the couple wlU leave the boat in Mexico and return for cruises in March and April.

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their sons, Jackson, 8, and Tristan, 4. "Hopefully the Ha-Ha will be a way for our kids to meet other cruising kids they'll keep bumping into for the next several years." For the Petty family, the whole sail¬ ing business started 35 years ago when Tom was 15 and used sailing as a means of getting out of Nebraska. Lynn followed, albeit just 15 years ago, "kicking and screaming all the way." This is Tom's third boat, having started with a Moore 24 and Morgan 50 before moving up to the custom Wylie 60 with the unique 'convertible top'. Roxanne was one year in design, three years In build¬ ing, amd three yeairs in shakedown. The latter included the '96 P.V. race, the '98 Pacific Cup, and cruising to Southern California and back. "And yes. I'd go through the whole process again," says Tom.

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III together, as we did lots of traveling and sailing. One day it got rough out there and my wife didn't want to sail anymore. So Royal Treat and I sailed down to San Di¬ ego, where I read about the '99 Ha-Ha. It sounded like a blast, so I can't wait to quit my job and cruise Mexico for six months."

Sayula — Cal 40 Charles Grassia, Seattle "All we know is, we'r;e headed for palm trees, warm sand and warm water," says Charlie of his post-Ha-Ha game plan. Hav¬ ing begun sailing at age 12, he's decided to take a extended break from his career in architecture. After making the trip south from Neah Bay in '99, he and Cloe the cat have spent almost a year in Alameda and are ready to move on. Crewing on the trip south will be ex¬ software engineer Peter Lavoie who toured the South Pacific in the '80s, and 4-time Ha-Ha vet Bob Soleway, who eiIso earns his living as an architect.

Shadow Rose — Beneteau 37.5 Hans & Debbie Bulk, Sidney, BC The owners of a rose garden that wholesales cut roses for flower shops.

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Sun Po — Pearson 35 Dennis Biby, Sausalito "After trying careers as an officer in the Navy, an electronics engineer, a salesman and an entrepreneur. I'm now going to tiy cruising as a civilized way of life. At 51, I'm no dpt.com millionaire, but I put away enough to enjoy a couple of years of cruis¬ ing before having to return to work. "I learned to sail 25 “years ago on Monterey Bay on a series of small boats, and then had to move back east. I pur¬ chased my Pearson in early January one year and naively gave notice on my apart¬ ment. Within a week, the temperature in the marina near Baltimore was in the teens. Brrrrrrrr. During the next four years I sailed out of, and lived in, mari¬ nas between Annapolis and Baltimore. I returned to San Francisco Bay in '91, and

Better late than never: 'Sayula' was this year's final entry. (L to R) Bob, Peter and Cap'n Charles. my boat arrived a few days later — and there was still snow in the cockpit! Since then I've lived aboard from Redwood City to Sausalito. I always thought my next boat would be my cruising boat, but I can't wait any longer. Since this is a bio, I should mention that there have been a couple of wives, a couple of kids, a ham¬ ster and several girlfriends."

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SOUTHBOUND SOJOURN history. She was built in Panama's Canal Zone between '48 and '52, then sailed to the Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands. "1 plan to retrace her wake to both places," says Robin. "There's no telling about to¬ morrow," says the contractor, "so I'm go¬ ing now!"

Uhuru — Pearson Vanguard 32 Michael Miller, Ventura Sajong that "you can't put a price tag on a good time," Michael gave up his job as the national sales manager for a major outdoor apparel manufacturer and plans to go cruising for three to five years on his 45-year old sailboat — complete with a couple of surfboards. Interestingly enough, Tranquilo, the other Vanguaird in the fleet, belongs to a couple who are also enthusiastic surfers. While Michael did some sailing as a child on the Great Lakes, he only started again a few years ago. This is his first boat, one that did a TransPac many years ago.

Utopia — Cabo Rico 45 Peter Nasca, Bethesda, MD "1 had so much fun on the Ha-Ha last year that I delayed my Caribbean plans

to do it all again," says Peter. "I'm origi¬ nally from Baton Rouge and attended LSU while majoring in plant pathology. I started sailing Hobie Cats while in col¬ lege, then did some sailing around Ja¬ maica. When the oil industry and many other business dried up in Louisiana in '87, I moved to the Bay Area and have been in computer consulting ever since. "The most amazing thing about my boat is that it was built up in the moun¬ tains of Costa Rica. In order to get the boat to the coast for shipment to Fort Lauderdale, they hired guys with long sticks to ride on the boat while it was be¬ ing trsdlered and lift telephone and elec¬ trical wires that hang over the roads. "I had a job in Seattle last summer, so 1 had the boat trucked to Anacortes. While there, I had the chamce to sail the San Juan Islands as well as back to Alameda. I'm very much looking forward to my sec¬ ond Ha-Ha, and during my eight-month cruise I'll continue on to mainland Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and the Caribbean."

Vantage Point — Catalina 42 Jim Phillips, San Diego A director of process development, Jim

has a sense of humor. "1 joined the Navy at 17 to ride the Waves, but after dating a few, decided that it wasn't such a good idea. So 1 spent the next several years on large metal ships that tossed heavy ob¬ jects at people who didn't believe in our form of government. Later I went to col¬ lege, got married, became a father, and bought a 20-ft sailboat. After a few years, it was either my wife or the boat. 1 kept the boat and child. "After some sailing on the Columbia River and Monterey and San Francisco Bays, I did a week charter in the BVI. That did it, as I couldn't wait to retire and start the cruising life. I bought a 44-ft ketch this spring, but rem her aground on the way to Ensenada. My major mistake was trusting someone else to do the naviga¬ tion after dark; but it was my fault be¬ cause I had become complacent. 1 lost the ketch when the surf broke some portholes and water poured in. So two months ago I took possession of my Catalina 42. She's much easier to handle, and now nobody gets aboard unless they have proven navi¬ gation skills or look really good in a bi¬ kini. After the Ha-Ha, I'll be staying in the Sea of Cortez for the winter."

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III Velella — WyUe 31 G. Wilcox & W. Hinman, Pt. Ludlow, WA Garth Wilcox, a naval architect, has already circumnavigated the world, while Wendy, a web page editor, has circum¬ navigated Vancouver Island. Both have been sailing the majority of their 40-andunder lives, but have decided that "we're going small and simple and we're going now. We'll stay out as long as we have fun." Their cold-molded boat was buUt by a boatbuilder to escapfe to the South Pa¬ cific, and now it's Garth and Wendy's chance. They tried to do the Ha-Ha last year, but it just didn't happen.

Victoria — Beneteau 510 Jim Van Patten, Tustin "My sailing experience is all seff-faught from books and experience," advises, Jim, a mortgage broker. "For example, the only sailing I'd ever done was a four-hour sea trial before I bought my first boat, a 38-ft cutter. That weekend, I attempted to singlehand the boat to Hawaii. Fortu¬ nately, once I got a couple of days out, I couldn't see any airplanes. You see, this was long before the days of GPS, and while I had a sextant, it was mostly a beautiful

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bulkhead decoration becailse I didn't have a clue how to use it. My plan was to fol¬ low the vapor trails of the jets flying from LAX to Hawaii, and I had fully prepared myself by putting together,,a complete list of the departure times. It all got pretty interesting, but nine days later I was back in California. I later did some coastal trips and managed to sneak away to Costa Rica and back to my then homeport of Sacra¬ mento. "My current boat is a Beneteau 510 that I live aboard in Long Beach. She's named after my daughter Victoria, who did her first Ha-Ha with me on a previous

boat when she was only two. I bought the Beneteau three years ago in St. Martin as ssilvage in the Caribbean. After spending three months with a crew of five in a boatyard in St. Martin, the boat was ready to sail. I recruited five people from vari¬ ous countries after the Heineken Regatta to be crew. The boat did fine during the 10,000-mlle sea trial. "I was hoping that the Ha-Ha would be the start of a circumnavigation, but my choice of stocks seems to have put some clouds over this dream. So unless the market smiles on my investments, I may end up spending next winter in Costa Rica. During the last Ha-Ha I met a lot of great people, and expect to do the same this time. We'll have a crew of eight this year. Although I'm 51, the average age of our crew will only be 33."

Viva — Islander 37 Bob Willmann, Carlsbad Bob worked in New York and Denver advertising agencies before starting a computer distribution business. He sold that to become a developer, but instead — "maybe because" — bought the Gold Coin Saloon, a bar and restaurant in a

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Viva — Saga 43 Scott Harkey & Debra Cutting, Seattle Scott, an architect, and Debra, a school teacher — both in their 40s — claim they are entering the Ha-Ha because they think the event "might make them more inter¬ esting." Ho, ho, ho. Scott cut his sailing teeth on the coast of California before be¬ coming a liveaboard on his 36-ft Seafarer in Seattle. Debra was bom in Nebraska

and raised in the grasslands of South Dakota and Montana — which, for those of you without maps, is a long way from the sea. After lots of skiing and horsing around in Arizona, she moved to Seattle to teach elementary school where she also "found bliss and happiness in Captain Scott's cockpit and thus gave up her landloving ways." Having graduated from John Neal's Offshore Cruising Seminars and having seen the kids move on, Scott, Debra and dog Smokey are ready for cmising Mexico.

Wanderlust — Hunter 340 Mike Harker, Channel Islands The producer of the 'Just for Fun' tele¬ vision show for German network televi¬ sion, Mike taught sailing at a Club Med way back in '72 and subsequently owned a 21-foot ski boat and a Balboa 26 trallerable sailboat. "But 1 purchased my Hunter specifically to have a good boat for the Ha-Ha, then to keep in Mexico until April of 2001."

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III port 47, their ' retirement condo." Retire¬ ment is still a few years off, but they've had a great time sailing her along the coast and enjoying the five multi-week September stays at Catalina. John and Sharon say the Ha-Ha will be their prac¬ tice vacation cruise, and they're sure they won t want to come back. Unfortunately, they only have a couple of weeks, and will have friends bring the boat back early next year. \

West of the Moon — Hunter Passage 45 Robert Wadsworth, Phoenix After spending most of his life working and sailing on the East Coast, Robert, the owner of a securities company, moved to the sunny southwest. "My probjem," he says, "is that I'm not retired. But since I have to fly to my boat in Marina del Rey, during the winter I figure it would make more sense to fly to it in sunny Mexico." Tom wants to make the trip south, but due to business concerns, isn't 100% sure he'll be able to go on his own boat. So the skipper will be Tom Dameron, who used to own a building materials manufactur¬ ing company in the southwest. A sailor most of his life who still keeps a boat in

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gal reasons, can't be described in greater detail. "Based on the friendship that devel¬ oped between Tom, Chris and Bruce com¬ ing down the coast, it was decided they would do the Ha-Ha together. Connie, who has mostly forgotten the Seattle trip, has also signed on because we promised her the weather would be benign. She also has a special 'island girl' hairdo for the occasion. "After Mexico, plans call for the boat to cruise Mexico, the Caribbean, compete in Antigua Sailing Week, then continue to the Med. Tom and Chris will be the mainstays, Connie and Bruce will join when they want and are able to."

Wild Type — J/44 Tom & Connie Innerarity, Lafayette Tom has just retired from a career as a research scientist at UCSF where he used genetically altered mice to study why some people are born with high cholesterol levels. In medical research, transgenic mice in which a gene has been added or removed from a mouse line have proven invaluable in understanding the function of the gene. The normal, control mice without any genetic alterations are known as wild type mice' — thus the name of the boat. 'Tom bought the boat in Nova Scotia and had it shipped to Portland. Chris Gullikson, a sailing gypsy who has spent

For Gail and Mike of 'Wild Rover', the Ha-Ha Is part of a 10-year retirement cruise. more time on the water than most fish, helped sail the boat to Seattle. Connie, Tom's wife, was one of the others along for the tilp who remember it as the worst experience of tlieir lives.' For the trip down the coast, Connie was replaced with Bruce Padgett, a young but experienced sailor from Portland. The trip down to San Fran¬ cisco was punctuated with fish, vodka and several stops at small ports which, for le¬

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BAJA HA-HA 2000 PREVIEW, PART III Windriver — Catalina 42 MK n T. Williams & M. Morikawa, Alameda Tony, a 30-year old electronics engi¬ neer, met Mitsuyo in a snow-hole during a winter storm in '99 and instantly fell in love. After trips on Tony's Catalina 42 to the Farallones, Drakes Bay and Half Moon Bay began to lose their novelty, the young duo decided to get rid of all their landlubberly possessions and sail off into the sunset. Mark TCv^n provided their inspiration: "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things that you did not do than by the things that you did. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Once the couple.gets to Panama, they'll decide to go either east or west. Among their crew will be Roger Goodswell and Dinah Goodswell — who work at the Catalina dealership and sold them the boat!

Ziitfandel — Hershlne 37 Trawler Charlie & Gloria Bennett. St. Helena Charlie, a retired engineer, and Gloria, have had five sailboats in 40 years of sail¬ ing. In '92, after taking an early retire¬

If this snapshot is any indication, the 'WiidType' crew is a wacky, fun-toving group. ment, they planned to cruise for five years, "but for various reasons cut it short after three years" and soldv their boat in Cartagena. "Now that we've had a spell back home with jobs and such, we are more than ready to get back out there, this time with a trawler and no time re¬ strictions," says Charlie Gloria adds, "one of the more interest¬ ing stories from our past cruising was los¬ ing Charlie for 20 hours off the coast of Costa Rica. We were anchored about a mile offshore at Punta Burica one blus¬

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SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat" — Teddy Roosevelt

those immortal words, let's dive yet again into our annual threepart salute to San Francisco Bay’s summer sailing champions. In this first installment, we'll introduce the PHRF winners of both the Bay (Handi¬ cap Divisions Association) and ocean series (Ocean Yacht Racing Asso-' ciation). While we were profiling big boat owners, we decided to throw in the winner of the newly organized West Coast Farr 40 class for the first time as well. Next month, we'll nieet the one design winners and in January's grand finale we'll get “around to the dinghies, woodies, kld^ and an3fihing else that comes to mind. Happily, we don't have the time, space or Inclination to delve into the complete state of affairs in HDA, OYRA and the Farr 40s. The facts are these: In 2000, HDA had 95 boats entered and 42 qualified (i.e. sailed in at least half of the 12 scheduled races). Last year, 102 boats entered and 41 qualified, so things are basically 'status quo'. Next year, the multihulls have been dropped from the dance card and a BVBC-hosted South Bay race will be added to the HDA schedule. The situation in OYRA is basically the same: 93 boats entered the ocean series this summer, yet only 33 managed to qualify (i.e., sail in half of the 11 races). That's actually up from 10 qualifiers (out of 87 entries) in '99, so at least the trend appears to be creeping in the right direction. Interestingly, aU the progress being made in OYRA is fri the PHRO divisions (boats over 31 feet) — meanwhile, MORA (31 feet and under) and SHS (shorthanded) are dying on the vine. As in HDA, multihulls were read their last rites and will not be invited back next year. On a brighter note, the three new races added to OYRA this sum¬ mer — Monterey Spinnsiker, Lightship 11, Windjammers — were all wellattended and will remain on the 2001 schedule. The local Farr 40 class is doing fine, thank you. Fifteen boats sailed in the inaugural West Coast Championship, an eight-regatta series that began in Southern California in the early summer and ended on the Bay in September. Several more new Farr 40s are due to arrive here soon, and this class should continue to be the premiere showcase for big boat sailing talent in the foreseeable future. On with the show! Turn the page and meet our first batch of season champions, many of whom should be familiar to local racers and regular readers. Congratulations to all winners, especially those listed below who didn't get the 'full treatment' this year. To the rest of you, continue to "dare mighty things" — and, who Imows, maybe your mug shot and bio will appear in these pages someday. — latitude/rfcm HDA:

DIV. G (multihulls) — Indigo, Dragon Fly, Mike Taylor, StFYC. (1 entered; no qualifiers) Div. L— 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, BYC; 2) Strike Slip, Merit 25, Max Crittenden, SSS; 3) Mission Impossible, Merit 25, David Hamilton, BYC. (17 entered; 5 qualified) SPORTBOATS — 1) Abracadabra II, Antrim 27, Dennis Surtees, RYC; 2) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami, SSS; 3) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney, BYC. (12 entered; 7 quali¬ fied) OYRA:

MORA-II — 1) Andiamo, SC 27, Mike Warren, CSC; 2) Starbuck, Black Soo, Greg Nelson, SSS; 3) Micro Brew, Ranger 26, Mark Neumann, CPYC. (7 entered; 3 qualified) SSS — 1) Saltshaker, Peterson 39, Steve Hanson, SSS; 2) Traveler, Express 34, Pete Peters, SSS; 3) Pegasus, Celestial 32, Robert Maddison, DSC. (13 entered; 2 qualified) Varsity competition in the Farr 40 class — 'Endurance' chases 'Shadow' in SFYC's Summer Keelboat Invitational. Photo 'latitude'/rob. Page 170 • itsMtJU, 3? • November, 2000

HDA, OYRA & FARR 40

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I HDA-G N/M 39 JackRabbit

Dave & Jackie Liggett Richmond YC "After missing the Vallejo Race, we didn't think we had a chance to win the season," claimed Dave Liggett, who re¬ cently came out of retirement to work at an Oakland-based marine/civil engineer¬ ing and construction firm. "But this turned out to be a year where the big boats all had different agendas, either heading south, or to Hawaii, or not racing. We did have some some fun racing with Mr. Magoo, but that was about it." Dave and Jackie have owned this JackRabbit since May '95 (previously they had a blue-sailed Islander/Peterson 40 of the same name). They took delivery of their Carroll-built, Nelson-designed 39footer back East, where they raced it for six months. In '96. the Liggetts raced both the Pac Cup (fourth) and the Kenwood Cup (third), and they've also done the Long Beach circuit a few times. This year, however, they stayed close to home. The JackRabbit gang included "bow babes" Kari Sheperd and Cindy Loye, and Bill Colombo, Chris Sheperd, Mike Buch¬ anan, Eric Rhen, Brian Richards, Mark Vis, Derek Mauer and Steve Dellaratta. This was probably the last season for JackRabbit, as the Liggetts have recently bought a J/105, Bald Eagle, in partner¬ ship with J/35 owner Randy Paul. Both parties intend to eventually sell their big boats and concentrate on 105 racing. "We're looking forward to the one design fray next summer," claimed Dave. "Hope¬ fully we've already purged most of the rookie mistakes from our system!"

HDA-H J/40 China Cloud

HDA-J Catalina 38 Harp

Leigh Brite Richmond YC

Mike Mannix SSS

Leigh Brite is the energizer bunny' of HDA— he just keeps going, and going and going. This was the fourth time that Brite has won Division H, which as usual was the largest and arguably toughest class in HDA. "Our continued success is a.tribute to outstanding teamwork and great chemistiy," claimed Brite, a retired elec¬ tronics engineer from Pt. Richmond. "The nucleus of my crew has been together since 1986, and we're still having fun!" A member of the ICYRA Hall of Fame (MIT, Class of '46) and a 25-year veteran of the l-14s wars, Brite won a bunch of season championships in Santana 22s, Cal 2-27s and Express 37s {Ringmaster) before moving up to his J/40 in 1994. His righthand man for years was attorney Cliff Wilson, who recently cashed out and moved to the Bahamas to live on his new Lagoon 47. 'We miss Cliff a lot, but he left the China Cloud program in great shape," said Leigh, who jokingly claimed it took two people to replace Wilson. Those replacements — driver Les Raos, a former Santana 35 champ, and tacti¬ cian Chris Plona — were joined by Leigh's wife Marilyn, Rich Bennallack, Bobby Vil¬ lareal, John Duys, Marty Burks, the Loughrans (Tom, Chris and Matt), Ann Hoffman, Steve Dahl, Richard Shadd, Dwayne Newton and Taro Tokano. "My thanks to everyone," said Lee, "as well as to Norman Davant and Quantum Sails." Brite and his China-men also distin¬ guished themselves offshore this summer, winning the agonizingly slow Coastal Cup.

Oakland resident Mike Mannix, a re¬ tired planner for the Navy, has been a fix¬ ture on the Bay with his '83 Catalina 38 Harp for about 15 years. He bought the boat — his first and so far only one — in 1985 through a classified ad in Latitude. Mike renamed her Harp (a reference to the Irish flag), and hit the race course. "Naturally, we did lousy at first," recalls Mannix, "but we eventually improved and even managed to win HDA-J in 1989." Eleven years later, after a string of sec¬ onds and thirds. Harp finally has resur¬ faced in the HDA winner's circle. After coming out of the starting blocks slowly (3,5 at Vallejo), Mannix fired off seven bullets and two deuces to run away with the division title. Newcomer Goldilocks. which commuted from Benicia for the races, was a distant second. 1 d like to thank Gerry Brown for buy¬ ing a bigger boat and moving up to HDAH," laughed Mike. "I'd also like to thank and congratulate my crew. Some of them have been with me since the beginning, while others are relatively new to sailing. It's really satisifying to come together as a team and then go on to win a season championship." The Harpists included Mike's signifi¬ cant other Linda Farabee, tactician Jim Bailey, Jeanette Daroosh. Denis Marriott, Theresa Kreuger, Bill Hessman, Dennis Mlnnick, Chris Pawsey, Jennifer Lynch and Mike Hickey. "We'll be back!" said Mannix. 'We'lfdo a few midwinters, and then give HDA another shot next year."

HDA, OYRA & FARR 40 Farr 40 NZL40

HDA-K Islander 36

HDA-30 Footers Olson 911-S

Windwalker

Ixxis

Shoenhair/Gilliom Los Gatos YC

Ed Durbin Richmond YC

Boat partners Rich Shoenhalr (above) and Greg Gilliom, who met back when they were both working at Hewlett Packard, won three Islander 36 ODCA titles prior to switching over to HDA last summer. "The class was getting a bit thin, so we went off in search of new chal¬ lenges," explained Rich. After getting sec¬ ond last year to the B-25 Zilla (which was moved to the Sportboat Division this year), Windmalfcer topped HDA-K this summer. Generally, Rich steers most of the races while Greg and Tom Shoenhalr, Rich's 28year-old son, take turns doing tactics. "Tom's been racing on Windwalker since he was 13 and brings a lot of experience to the crew," claimed Greg. "Basically, the three of us rotate around the boat doing whatever is required to win.” Also crewing were Rose Clark, Philippe Lamy, Jon Yolles, Gale Emerson, Dean Borton, Curt Theisen, Chris Justi, Brian Hall, Bill DeMeuleneare, Adam Kersgard, Michael McGrath and Jon Lxjtter. The season got off to a slow start as Windwalker missed three races in a row due to the hectic schedules of Rich, Greg and Tom, all of whom toil for hi-tech start¬ up companies. They were also deprived of a certain win in race six when the in¬ flatable mark was inadvertently yanked Just after they had gone around it. An¬ other memorable moment was blowing up a kite as they jibed to avoid a freighter. "We're up in the air about next sum¬ mer." confessed Rich. "In fact, we re con¬ sidering going back into ODCA."

Ed Durbin, a Richmond YC staff com¬ modore and one of the driving forces be¬ hind the SF Bay 30 Fleet, has now won the 30-footer title all three years it has been offered. Ixxis (which is '911-S' in Roman numerals) won HDA-J in 1997, the year before the 30-footer group was created, so this is Durbin's fourth con¬ secutive trip to the podium. He also com¬ piled the best record of any skipper in HDA this season, finishing with just 11 points (seven bullets and two deuces). "The competition is getting better ev¬ ery year," claimed Durbin. "We had to work hard for the title this summer." The 'we' on Ixxis were Lucie 'The Queen' Van Bfeen, Aaron Lee, Eric Lewis, David Lewis, Nick Mason, and Mark Salmon. Alternates included Chad Bookidis, Bob Ferro, Mark Howe, Bob Jehle and others. Durbin, an aerospace/electronics ex¬ ecutive, has been sailing almost 50 years. He's owned a Lightning, a Rhodes 19, a Coronado 25 and a Catalina 27. Ed cam¬ paigned the latter. Catalyst, for 17 years before it was destroyed in a fire, prompt¬ ing him to move up to his Schumacherdesigned Olson 911-S in 1995. "It's my favorite boat ever!" claimed Durbin, who won the Yankee Cup with Ixxis in 1997. The SF Bay 30 Fleet came about three years ago to promote competition among like-sized displacement boats with PHRF ratings between 117-141. Most of the boats — i.e., Olson 91TS, Olson 91TE, and Tartan Tens — rate between 126 and 132, so the racing is virtually level.

Kiwi ex-pat David Thomson, a private investor from Woodside, won the inaugu¬ ral Farr 40 West Coast Championship even before the Big Boat Series, the eighth and final race on the new circuit. 'Win¬ ning at Long Beach Race Week for the second year in a row was a highlight," claimed Thomson. "That occurred on my birthday, so we had a double celebration!" The San Francisco NOOD Regatta was memorable for other reasons: Peregrine hit a sandbar near Crissy Field and had to be towed off, taking a DNF. "We also had a bizarre incident happen while we were practicing before that regatta when a race official rammed us in an inflatable, punching a hole through the hull," said David. "Other than that, it was a great season. The class is growing, and there's great camaraderie among the fleet." Peregrine's talented crew included tac¬ tician John Cutler, Moose Sanderson,. Kevin McCarthy, Rich Bowen, Steve Gruver, Kim Desenberg, Jeff Otis, Rob Snyder, Mark Sims, and Dick Meacham. Cameo appearances were put in by Doug McLean, Shawn Bennrtt, John Sweeney, Harry Dodson, Bill Erkelens, Eric Arndt, and others. "Special thanks to my boatman. Will I'Anson," noted Thomson. 'Will did a miraculous job preparing and maintain¬ ing the boat. He just left to start a new career outside sailing, and we'll miss him." Peregrine is already back in Florida, propping for the winter wars. Next sum¬ mer, Thomson will sail his Farr 40 in the Admiral's Cup on the New Zealand team.

2) Sorcerer, C&C Half Ton, Greg Cody, SSS; 3) Nighthawk, Contessa 33, P. DeVries, SFYC. (15/5)

2) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, Henry King, BYC; 3) Enigma, Capo 30 oust., Bob Hultman, EYC. (12/9)

2) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, StFYC; 3) Pegasus (ex-Orion), Philippe Kahn, WYC. (19 boats)

David Thomson St. Francis YC

November, 2000 • lxiU<-^Z9 • Page 173

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART I PHRO — I Express 37

PHRO — II Farr 36

MORA — I Antrim 27

Eclipse

Mark Dowdy San Francisco YC "The Express 37 Is a great all-around boat, and it does really well against its rating tn the ocean," claimed Mark Dowdy, who manages IBM's web-hosting sales team for the western U.S. "We had an unusual number of light air races this year, but our crew is great at coaxing maximum speed out of the boat at all times. We made some good tactical calls, too — but the real secret to our success was being powered by Mother’s 'Pink and White' Animal Cookies!" Dowdy also gave full credit to the people eating the cookies, including Craig Page, Gaiy Sadamori, Ruth Suzuki, Rusty Canada, Rhim Fleishman, Bryan Moore, Suzie Lahey, Travis Vetter, Dave Parker, Chris Dowdy and Pat Donovan. Many of the same crew helped Dowdy 'eclipse' the competition at the Big Boat Series (aka the Nationals) for the third year in a row. 'We sail with seven or eight tn the ocean, as opposed to ten in the Bay," said Mark. "It's not as intense as Bay racing, and most of the crew gets to drive. They even let me on the foredeck now and then!" Eclipse also sailed the ODCA season, missing that title by a whisker on the last day. 'We're the busiest Express 37 on the Bay these days," claimed Mark, a lifelong sailor who began his career on the Great Lakes. Prior to Eclipse, Dowdy sailed for many years on all of Rolfe Croker's off¬ shore campaigns, as well as winning the ODCA season in '95 on his Islander 36 Moonshadow. "I'd like to do the TransPac again," said Mark, "though not on the 37!" 2) Enchante, Ben. 42, Jacoby/Barton, MBYC; 3) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller, SSS. (29 ent.; Ilqual.)

Keith Buck Corinthian YC Like Eclipse and just a handful of other boats, Keith Buck's Petard competes in both the ocean and the Bay — a tough schedule. "I enjoy both venues equally," claimed Buck, an engineer who develops medical devices for a Pleasanton com¬ pany. This year. Buck came in third in HDA-H in addition to winning PHRO-II. "Petard sails fast in most conditions with seven or eight crew on the rail," ex¬ plained Keith. 'We have a large crew pool, which we break down into three catego¬ ries: old-timers (nephew Andy Newell, Mark Schieble, Chuck Warren, and Jorge Morales), the new regulars (Bill Sisler, Shirley Vaughan, Andy Biddle, Mike Her¬ bert, Elenore Benefacio, and Seanne Rob¬ inson), and the guest experts (Paul Alt¬ man, Ian Nadel, and Rich Bennallack). Petard was built of cold-molded kauri wood tn New Zealand in 1976 and debuted at the '77 Clipper Cup (as Lovelace). Buck, who previously owned a Santana 22 and a 210, bought the boat in 1982. He's been racing her hard ever since (including five Pac Cups and a Tahiti Race), accumulat¬ ing over 100 trophies. "She's best in the big breeze, such as this year's Southern Cross Race," claimed Keith. Originally an lOR boat. Petard has since raced IMS and nowjust PHRF. "Two big things have helped keep her competi¬ tive," explained Buck. "In '92, we put on a new Bob Smith rudder, and in '94, we Installed Sweet Okole’s old (and taller) mast. And I don't even want to think about all the sails I've bought over the years!" 2) Wide Load, Tuna 35, B. Wilcox, BYC; 3) Dance Away, Tuna 35, Doug Storkovich, MPYC; (28/13)

John Liebenberg Richmond YC "It is always fun to win, but the turn¬ out thus year for MORA was disappoint¬ ing," said John Liebenberg, a mechanical engineer at Sandia Labs tn Livermore. 'We had moderate, even ideal conditions, this summer — but hardly any boats." Liebenberg has been sailing in MORA seemingly forever, starting in 1966 with four seasons on his IB-24 Gilded Lily. In the '80s and '90s, John sailed 16 seasons with great success on his Express 27 Fri¬ day. This year, he decided to do the full ocean season on his Antrim 27 Always Friday. "I've covered the whole spectrum," he claims, "And, yes, 'Faster is Funner'!" The highlight of his season was the Spinnaker Cup Race to Monterey. "We fin¬ ished second overall by only two minutes behind a SC 50," he recalled. "It was a great way to spend my 60th birthday!" The low point came 30 seconds after finish¬ ing the Southern Cross Race. 'We were discussing lowering the kite when it came down by itself, along with the mast. Many thanks to Rich Ray for lending me his spare mast so I could sail the Drakes Bay Race and finish the season." Liebenberg had 20 different crew this summer, but only two regulars — Steve Lefczik and Rudy Salazar. "Everyone who sailed was great, said John. "Also, spe¬ cial thanks to Liz Baylis and Todd Hedin (of the sistership E.T.) for filling in for me when I couldn't make the Duxship Race. They used the race as a tune-up for their upcoming Pac Cup run, and did a superb job in both events!" 2) Run Wild, Olson 30, Dale Irving, StFYC; 3) Extosea, Express 27, Wm. Wheatley, PYC. (15/4)

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THE RACING

W^ilh reports this moiWi about San Diego boatbuilder Carl Eichenlaub's latest honor; the San Francisco Challenge Cup heads south again; the windy Vallejo 1-2; the Northern California Schock Regatta; the SFYC hosied Fall One Design Regatta and Wabbit Na¬ tionals; the ODCA Champion of Champions and the HDA Yankee Cup; the Wells Fargo Fall Cup Regatta; the final summer beer can series results; and the usual batch of box scores and random race notes at the end.

Eichenlaub Honored In mid-October at US Sailing s Annual General Meeting in New Orleans, San Di¬ ego boatbuilder Carl Eichenlaub was named the recipient of that organization's 2000 Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy. The award, US Sailing's most prestigious honor, is bestowed annually to a person who has made an outstanding contribu¬ tion to the sport of sailing. The following tribute to Eichenlaub is lifted straight from US Sailing's press release (we couldn't have said it any better); "Eichenlaub has been a mainstay of the U.S. Olympic Sailing program for over

"Go ahead, make my day!"... Carl Eichenlaub earned US Sailing's highest honor last month. twenty years. In 1979, he accompanied the team attending the Pan Am Games as the official boatwright, a position he has held with five subsequent Pan Am Games teams, two Goodwill Games teams, and six Olympic teams. With an ability to fix boats that has become legendary. Page 176 •

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Eichenlaub now travels to, each event with a specially-outfitted 40-foot container that holds, among other things, a swedging machine, drill press, compressors, as well as a microwave for curing resin. The 70year-young Eichenlaub, who seldom sits around with nothing to do, is frequently approached by foreign atfiletes with dam¬ aged equipment and seldom refuses a re¬ quest for assistance once the work of the U.S. team is complete. "His dedication to our sailors Is unfail¬ ing and never more apparent than now — Eichenlaub suffered a broken hip at tlie Athlete's Village during the Olympic Games, yet maintained his duties while on crutches. Following a week of R&R at home, he will return to Australia to as¬ sist the 2000 Paralympic Sailing Team during their competition scheduled for October 20-27 in Sydney. The owner/op¬ erator of Eichenlaub Marine can be found pla}ang in a local symphony when not messing about with boats." SF Challenge Cup Peter Isler and a talented San Diego YC squad defeated San Francisco YC in a one race, winner-take-edl match race for the 94th San Francisco Challenge Cup on October 8. The event, which dates back to 1895 and is the oldest sailing trophy on the West Coast, was sailed in lD-35s on the Berkeley Circle. Winds hovered be¬ tween 15-20 knots — a perfect day to test boathandling and match racing skills. Unfortunately for Jeff Madrigali and the home team, the race was essentially over before it began. Despite entering from the favored starboard side, Madro lost control of the match in the final approach to the starting line and, in trying to es¬ cape Isler's grip, the stern of SFYC's boat — Bob Hughes' Heartbreaker — clipped the bow of John Wylie's Tabasco. The ensuing penalty flag meant that SFYC

owed the challengers a 270-degree pen¬ alty turn at some point in the race. "At that point, we knew we just had to stay near them for the rest of the race," said Isler, who went on to win the 10.5inile triple windward/leeward contest anyway. San Diego, showing superior upwind speed, rounded the first mark 11 seconds ahead of SFYC, but tlien lost their lead downwind. Madro and crew (Bob Hughes, Wally Cross, Greg Felton, Craig Healy, John Jansheski, Chris Perkins, Keith Stahnke) rounded the leeward mark six seconds ahead, only to be passed up¬ wind again by Tabasco. From there on, Isler and his gang (John Wylie, Chris Busch, Chris Doolittle, Jim MacLeod, Rick Merriman, Matt Smith, Larry rurneij extended their lead — 18 seconds at the next windward mark, 21 at the leewaid mark, 49 at the last weather mark, and 1 minute, 37 seconds at the finish (after SFYC completed their penalty iurr>). It was a day of sweet re¬ venge for SDYC, which lost the Challenge Cup last year in San Diego when Alex

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turn race was either a whole lot of fun or petrifying, depending on who you talked to. In northeasterly winds that gusted up to 35-40 knots (enough to cancel all other races that day), 43 boats reached down river and held on for a "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" trip home. The race committee barely had time to pack up and drive to Richmond before the first boats — Helms' F-31 and the Express 27 Salty Hotel — came bombing across the finish line. Elapsed times ranged between two and two and a half hours on the windy race track, with Greg Nelson's Black Soo Starbuck correcting out overall. The breeze took its toll on the fleet, with prominent solo sailors managing to break booms on their borrowed WylieCat 30s — Brad Van Liew (Katzenjammefl and Bruce Schwab (Sea Sam). At least one person fell over, Jason Crowson of the Express 27 Opus, but he was quickly picked up by crew Huw Roberts and the duo went on to finish second in class. Only the brav¬ est skippers set chutes, and boats were wiping out right and left under just work¬ ing sails. "It was officially windy!" claimed J/22 sailor Gary Albright. "We hit 13.7 knots with a reefed main and a little jib — faster than we've ever gone, even with the kite up!"

Challenge Cup action— Tabasco' leads 'Heartbreaker' into the weather mark. Right: John Wy¬ lie, Peter Isler, Jeff Madrigal!, and Bob Hughes. Carnet and John Wylie put Tabasco up against Madrigali and KTs Choice. "It's always fun to sail against Madro and the San Francisco YC," claimed Isler. "There a lot of camaraderie between our two clubs, and we look forward to host¬ ing a rematch in San Diego next year."

Vallejo 1-2 Last year, "someone forgot to pay the wind bill" at the Singlehanded Sailing Society. At this year's event, held on the sunny and windy weekend of October 2122, someone must have overpaid. "It was a wild weekend, the fastest Vallejo race in each direction that anyone can remem¬ ber," claimed SSS official Terry McKelVey. A total of 48 boats started the gener¬ ally mellow weekend of shorthanded rac¬ ing. The 19.5-mile trip up to Vallejo be¬ gan with a beat from Buoy G (on the Circle) to the Brothers, followed by a tight headsaii r each across San Pablo Bay. As

the fleet began the grueling one mile beat up the Napa River to the finish, the wind really piped up to 25+ knots. Tliree or four boats ran agrormd in the river, and at least one collision [Tailchaser and Sea Saw) was reported earlier in the day. Not surprisingly, Gary Helms' new Corsair F-31 Gary's Boat (which he just sold) took line honors on the way up, also correcting out first overall by 40 minutes. The tired skippers turned in early, though * it was apparently tough to sleep aboard that night as high winds buffeted the marina. Sunday's 17.5-mile doublehanded re-

"The main theme of the day," said McKelvey, "was that people got wet, beat up, worn out, broke gear, saw bigger num¬ bers than they'd ever seen on their instruttiepts, and still came out grinning like fools!" LEG ONE (Oct 21: sinalehanded to Vallelo):

DIV. I (multihull) — 1) Gary's Boat, Corsair F31, Gary Helms. (2 boats) DIV. II (129 and under) — 1) Lone Wolf, Hobie 33, Mark Halman; 2) Defiance, SC 40, Steve Pringle; 3) Plan B, Olson 29, John Kerslake; 4) Lanikai, Catalina 42, Doug McClaflin; 5) Avalon, Centurion 49, Fred Hess. (14 boats) DIV. Ill (130-168)— 1) Constellation, Wylie 33, November, 2000 •

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Tom Krase; 2) Starbuck, Black Soo, Greg Nelson; 3) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 4) Tailchaser, Moore 24, Bob Hogin; 5) Moorigami, Moore 24, John Siegel. (17 boats) DlV. IV (169-up) — 1) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel; 2) Shazam!, Santana 22, Bud Sandkulla. (5 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker) — 1) Tiger Beetle, N/M 45, Rob Macfarlane; 2) Regardless, Tartan 41, Tony Trutner. (6 boats) WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Silkye, John Skinner; 2) Uno, Steve Wonner. (4 boats) Page 178

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LEG TWO (Oct. 22: doublehanded to Rfr.hmnnii)DiV. 1 — 1) Jabberwock, Bucaneer 35, Randy Chapman. (2 boats) DIV. II — 1) Lone Wolf; 2) Opus, Express 27, Jason Crowson; 3) Dianne, Express 27, Stephen Hodges; 4) Gwendolyn, Express 27, Larry Fisher; 5) Culebra, Olson 34, Craig Riley. (13 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Starbuck; 2) Salty Hotel, Express 27, David Rasmussen; 3) Moorigami; 4) Half Off, Moore 24, Andy Hall; 5) Mirage, Black Soo, Beri Mewes. (17 boats)

DIV. IV — 1) Talisman Banana, J/22, Gary Albright; 2) Shazam!. (3 boats) DIV. V — 1) Jaded Lover, Express 27, Richard Bryant; 2) Goose II, Nordic Folkboat, Bud Cohen. (5 boats) WYLIECAT 30—1) Uno; 2) Silkye. (3 boats)

NorCal Schock Regatta San FfaTicisco YC's second annual Northern California Schock Regatta on October 7-8 attracted 40 boats, down from

Schock value — Scenes from the NorCal Schock Regatta, featuring Tuna 35s, 22s and 20s often rounding the marks together. Middle left: Host Tom Schock flanked by his 'Still Wet' crew. Upper right: The 'Blue Fin' crew, with owner Mark Sloane second from right. All photos 'latitude'/rob. 64 last year. "Too bad more boats couldn’t make it," mentioned regatta sponsor Tom Schock, who runs the Costa Mesa boatbuilding company which created all the boats that weekend. "As opposed to last year (when just three light air races were held), we had great weather and got

in five really fun races." The Schock 40s and Wavelength 24s declined their invitation, but the other classes in attendance enjoyed a nice week¬ end on the Berkeley Circle. Stealing the show were the 13 Santana 35s, who used the event as their Nationals. This was the

most Tuna 35s in one place in at least a half dozen years, and it appears this class is coming back from the graveyard. "Four boats have changed hands in the last six months," reported Joel Davis of Spellbinder. "The going rate for a used boat is around 30k, making this a terrific Bay Area bargain." The revitalized class has caught the at¬ tention of the pros, as the top boats were November, 2000 • UMuM. J? • Page 179

THE RACING all staffed with sallmakers. Mark Sloane and his Bluejin crew dominated the re¬ gatta again, amassing just five points in four races and thereby earning the luxmy of skipping the final race. Sloane and crew

Mark and Suzanne Sloane won the Santana 35 Nationals again with 'Bluefin'. (wife Suzanne, tactician BUI Colombo, Art Puett, Mike Buchanan, Tony Schaffer, Kevin Clark, Mike Faber and Dominick Marshal) also won the ODCA season ear¬ lier this year. The 12-boat Santana 20 class was also entertaining to watch, especially when they intermingled with the 35s at mark roundings. Tom Schock topped the Fol¬ som Lake freshwater mafia, which took places two through four. Meanwhile, Bud Sandkulla doublehanded his Santana 22 Shazam! with wife Lynn Williams to win the Gary Mull Cappuccino Cup over a small fleet. Sandkulla is familiar with the trophy — one of Mull's several beloved cappuccino machines mounted on a wooden base — as he buUt the thing many years ago. Despite the lighter-than-hoped-for turnout, Schock was optimistic about the regatta's future. "This was great fun!" he enthused. 'We'll definitely host the regatta again next year." SANTANA 35 (Nationals) — 1) Bluefin, Mark Sloane/Bill Colombo, EYC, 5 points; 2) Spellbinder, Joel Davis/Jeff Thorpe, SBYC, 8; 3) Flexible Flyer, Tim Merrill/Seadon Wijsen, BenYC, 13; 4) Carnaval, Bill Keller, MPYC, 13; 5) Gandalf, Ric Diola, SCYC, 14; 6) Ice Nine, Brendan Busch, StFYC, 21; 7) Breakout, Lloyd Ritchey, SeqYC, 26; 8) Northern Light, Rod Neathery, SBYC, 29; 9) Wide Load, Bruce Wilcox, BYC, 31; 10) Spirit of Bombay, Reid/ Kennedy, GGYC, 39. (13 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Shazam!, Bud Sandkulla, Page 180 •

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Morro Bay sailor Tom Jenkins won the Lido 14 racing in Richardson Bay.

Tuna 22 winner Bud Sandkuiia and wife Lynn Wiiliams with the Gary Muii Cappuccino Cup.

SSS, 4 points; 2) Santa Maria, Chris Giovacchini, NoYC, 8. (4 boats) SANTANA 20 — 1) Still Wet, Tom Schock, NHYC, 5 points; 2) 20/20, Charles Witcher, FLYC, 8; 3) Sea Bear, Lance Purdy, StkSC, 10; 4) Moon, Ken Cardwell, FLYC, 20; 5) Hot Rod, Mark Fortier, Eu¬ gene YC, 23; 6) Circus Circus, Charles Fuller, Eu¬ gene YC, 23. (12 boats) LIDO 14 — 1) Snafu, Tom Jenkins, Morro Bay YC, 7 points; 2) Ooublewave, John Papadopoulos, Balboa YC, 13; 3) Fifty-Fifty, Don Lockwood, Morro Bay YC, 15; 4) #6131, Stephen Orsini, Anacortes YC, 26. (9 boats) ^ PHRF — 1) Lady Luck, Harbor 20, Stuart Wakeman, FLYC, 5 points. (2 boats)

we thought we were moving back to the Bay Area for good," explained Bill. "Jack is an extra-special boat — it used to be Tom Wylie's personal boat — and we were looking forward to racing it a lot. Of course, everything has changed since then."

Fall One Design and Wylie Wabbit Nationals The busy San Francisco YC hosted the Wylie Wabbit Nationals in conjunction with their Fall One Design Regatta on October 7-8. The 10-boat Wabbit fleet also sailed on Friday, October 6, making it a three-day, eight-race, one-throwout se¬ ries. The other three invited one design classes did a two-day, five-race, onethrowout regatta. Two other fleets, the J/ 29s and 1 l:Metres, couldn't field the req¬ uisite five boats and dropped out before the weekend. Bill and Melinda Erkelens, saiUng-with Melinda's sister Liza Groen, returned to the Wabbit 'hutch' in style, blitzing the Nationals with straight bullets and a deuce in Sunday's zig-zag Bay Tour. The Erkelens, who both work for Larry El¬ lison s Sayonara/Oracle Racing program, won the title for the "third or fourth" time. Melinda handled the driving and Bill did tactics from the wire, obviously a winning allocation of resources. 'We were fast, and occasionally smart, too," claimed Bill. The Erkelens bought their latest Wab¬ bit, Jack, last Christmas. "We got it when

What's changed is that BUI is now the COO of Oracle Racing, and Melinda is the general counsel. At the end of October, they and their family — Josh, age 3, and Ashley, age 1 — moved down to Auckland, where Oracle Racing's America’s Cup campalgn is already gearing up. "Sayonara is basically on hold now," said Bill. 'We'll do Antigua in April and Sardinia in Septem¬ ber, but that's it. The America's Cup pro¬ gram is full-time from now on." Erkelens vrill store Jack at his father's ranch until he can race it again. "The

Bay View Boat Club Monday Night Madness 1/ Tiger Beetle. Newport 33, Arjan Bok; 2) Chewink. Golden Gate. Tim Donnelly, 3) Piscean, Coronado 15. Peter McCooI (15 boats) (second half only — 5 races 1 throwout) Berkeley YC Friday Nights DIV. I (210 and up) — 1) La Bruja. Nightingale 24. Dan Coleman. 12 wins; 2) Fore Sail M. Cat 20, Matt Lessin, 4. 3) Roseannadanna. Cal 20. Pete Dennis.'Hatton Clifton 3. (20 boats) piV. 11 (faster than 210 and shorter LWL than 24 5 feet) i} Rail to Rail, J/24, Thom Henneberger. 7 wins, 2) (he) Honcho II, Santana 27, Paul Rosenthal, and Casual Contact. J.‘24, Edward Walker, 3 (27 boats) DIV. Ill (faster than 210. and longer LWL than 24.5 feet) — 1) Boogie Woogie Ranger 33. Michaet Yovmo-Young. 13 wins: 2) Jeanette. Tartan Ten Henry King, 7: 3) (tie) Suki ill, Ericson 30+, Toni

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Nationals was a nice regatta to leave on," he claimed. "The sailing conditions were perfect, and San Francisco YC did a great job both on the water and off.” Actually, Saturday afternoon was a bit too windy on the Berkeley Circle for some boats, as the wind touched over 20 knots against a fierce ebb chop. Two J/24s — Crackerjack and Levitation — dropped their rigs, and about a dozen boats dropped out of the third and last race that day. Full results can be found at www.sfyc.org. WYLIE WABBITS (Nationals) — 1) Jack, Bill & Melinda Erkelens, 8 points; 2) Harry Angstrom, Andy Hamilton, 15; 3) Mr. McGregor, Kim Desenberg, 21; 4) Furrari, Pete & Angie Rowland, 30; 5) Kwazy, Colin Moore, 34; 6) HipHop, Karin King, 44; 7) Haretic, Jerry Keefe, 46; 8) Wet Buns, Will Paxton, 49; 9) Hare 'Em, Scare 'Em, Zane Working, 57; 10) TUI, Gerry Gorski, 65. (10 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Opus, J. Crowson/H. Rob¬ erts, 8 points; 2) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 10; 3) Archimedes, Dick Swanson, 13; 4) Mirage, Terry Cobb, 19; 5) True Grits, Jay Montgomery, 22. (11 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Dynamo Hum, Jeff Littfin, 6 points; 2) SUV, David Wadbrook, 9; 3) High Octane, Tim Duffy, 12. (7 boats) J/24 — 1) Air, R. McLaughlin, 4 points; 2) Ca¬ sual Contact, Ned Walker, 8; 3) Jam Jam, Neal Ruxton, 11. (8 boats)

ODCA Champion of Champions and Yankee Cup "I’m not sure what it proved, but it was a nice way to end the season," remarked Yankee Cup winner Gerry Brown, who sailed his 1979 Farr 38 Mintaka 4 to a 3,2,2 record in winning his first Yankee

Cup. Hosted by Golden Gate YC on Octo¬ ber 14, the three-race championship se¬ ries attracted nine players this year. Con¬ ditions ran the gamut, and the races got progressively longer as the wind filled in. The last race was a 10.4-mile race in 15 knot winds, and the Antrim 27 Abraca¬ dabra II used the reaching legs to and from H.iidmii lo crush ilu- lied. ' II

about everything on the boat now," said Brown, who sails for Berkeley YC. "She's light (10,600 pounds) and fast, and we re getting in tune with her." While the Yankee Cup remains a PHRF contest between dissimilar types of boats over too wide a rating band, the ODCA ampion of Champions was contested for the second time in DeWitt Din¬

They know 'Jack' — Wabbit national champs Liza Groen, Billy Erkelens and Melinda Erkelens.

ghies. Held on October 7 at Richmond YC, the low-key event pitted nine of the 15 eligible ODCA class champs against each other in a five-race series. Ely Gilliam, skipper of the Triton Bolero, and his crew Judy Yamaguchi won the regatta on a sixth-level tiebreaker over Jim and son Woody Robinson, who normally sail the Islander 36 Pilot. The C-of-C format called for the skip¬ pers to sail races 1,3 and 5, while their crew* sailed races 2,4. Defending cham¬ pion Vaughn Seifers, skipper of the

there had been two races like that instead of one, Dennis (Surtees) would have won overall," claimed Geny. Crewing for Brown that day were Tom Ranweiler, Bruno Carnovale, Joe 'Rocky' Rockmore, Jon Hunter, Henery Meline and Mike Maloney. This was the gang's first season with Mintaka 4, and they ended up second overall in HDA-H behind the J/40 China Cloud. "We've replaced just

BEER CAN WRAP-UPS Gardner, and Starkite, Catalina 30, Laurie Milter, and Wells Fargo/eitlbSnk, 11 :Metre. Dinkel/AcWand, 1. (25 boats) > (26 races—‘horse style’scoring, i.e,. only first place counts)

J/35, Bob Bioom, 60.25; 4) Q63. Tartan Ten. Tom Perot, 46; 6) True North, C&C 37, Jeff Dunnavant, 43. (34 entries) OIVJV(186-up)—1}BlgWow.Rhodes19,Tom Royatl, 29.5 points; 2) 20, Daniel Perrin, 22.75, 3) Perezoso. Excalibur 26. Oavis/Nehms/

Michelson. 13; 31 Noble Prize, Newport 30, Robert Mott-Smith, 21. <8 boats) DtV. C (183 and up) — 1) New Directions, Cal 25, Paul R)^a, 7 points-2) Spieizueg Catalina 30, Bob Dubois, 11. (6 boats) (24 races: 6 throwouts)

Corinthian YC Friday Nights Sargent. 17 (9 entries) DIV. I (0-119) — 1) Navigatbr, 'Soverel 33, The DIV. V (non-spinnaker, 186 & up) — l) Tension Encinal YC Twilight Series Meibostads, 57 points; 2) Tigger, J/33, Fennel!/ II, Cal 20, John Nooti^om. 42.25 points: 2) Peer (Friday Nights on the Estuary) Fridell, 50; 3) Blue Chip, Farr 40, Walt Logan, 47.75;',' ' Gynt V. Knarr, Jim Skaar, 30.25; 3) Wet Hen, Santana PHRF-A — 1) Stray Cat Blues, J;-35. Bill Parks. 4) Out of Options. J/105, Doug Berman, 46.5; 5) 22, Frank Brooks, 23; 4) ttsazoo, Sprinta Sport 23,,, 16 pointe; 2) 20^0, J/105, Phil Gardner, 17; 3) ChiSalls Call, J/105, Ian Charles, 41,6. (29 entries) „ Allan Wldenhofer, 19,(16 €«iWes) ' mera. Little Harbor 47. Grant Miller, 17. (6 boatsi V ‘ DIV. I! (120-185) — 1) Trigger Happy X, Star, (Second half only — 11 races, 1 throwout) PHRF-B— 1) Frog in French, Express 27. Kame Vrygve Liljestrand, 52.25 points; 2) Abigail Morgan, Richards 6 points. 2) Wile E. Coyote. Express 27. Express 27, Ron Kell, 49.75; 3) J Without a Match, Benicia YC Thursday Nights Dan Pruzan 10: 3) Bewithced. Merit 25, Loraine J/24, Curtis Press, 44; 4) Silkye, WylieCai 30, Larry - ,DIV, A (69-150) — 1) Goldilocks, Morgan 36. Salmon. 14; 4) Wet Bunns. Wylie Wabbit, Bill & Phil Riley 36.5; 5) Jimmy Riddle, Moore 24, Rich Noble Griswold, 11 points; 2) Warwhoop, Contessa ' Gardner, 22; 5) Tortuga, Santana 30/30, Steve Korman 34 (28 entries) " '33, Chuck Hooper, 13; 3) Flexible Flyer, Santana Hutchison. 23 (13 boats) OlV, ill (non-spinnaker, 0-185) — 1) Sockeye, ^ 35,Tim Merrill, 14. (7boats) COLUMBIA5 5-1) Drummer. Weaver.'Sadeg/ J/24, Dave Holscher/Steve Etheridge, 71.5 points: ' OlV, B (153-i 80) — 1) Illusions, Merit 25, Chris Sankey. 5 points; 2) Jaguar. Chris Corlett, 9; 3) 2) Quickstep II, lOD, Mel Pearce, 65.6:3) Jarlen, Tringali, 10 points; 2) Sunset Strait, J/24, Eric . .Wings, Mike Jackson, 12. (7 boats) November, 2000 • UnWt??* Page 181

RACING SHEET Hawkfarm Predator, compiled the best individual record (1,2,2), but his crew Tim Wheeler was too heavy to make the DeWitt plane in the 8-12 knot breezes. Woody Robinson, a lightweight, had the best crew record (1,2). "The objectives of the regatta were met," claimed ODCA president Pat Benedict. 'We had good competitive rac¬ ing and everyone had fun. Where else is the Champion of Champions of keel boats decided in dinghies?" Just a thought; Why doesn't the Yan¬ kee Cup combine with the Champion of Champions in some capacity? The DeWitt Dinghy format looks like the way to go, and if nothing else, would be something new and entertaining for the HDA crowd. Complete results of each regatta follow: C of C —1) Ely Gilliam/Judy YamagucVii, Triton, 10 points: 2) Jim Robinson/Woody Robinson, Islander 36, 10; 3) Vaughn Seifers/Tim Wheeler, Hawkfarm, 18; 4) Charlie Brochard/Robert Hurliman, Olson 25, 18; 5) Andy Macfie/Rick Russell, Olson 30, 31; 6) Simon James/Jim Burns, Level 198, 33; 7) Charles Barthrop/Holland Hodges. Cal 29, 33; 8) Michael Kastrob/no crew, Catalina 30, 39; 9) Don Morrison/ Jim Chamberlain, Ariel, 43. (9 entries) YANKEE CUP — 1) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown, 6 points; 2) Abracadabra II, Antrim 27, Den¬ nis Surtees, 7; 3) JackRabbit, N/M 39, Dave Liggett, 8; 4) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, 11;5) Jeannette, Tartan Ten, 15; 6) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix, 19; 7) Goldilocks, Morgan 36, Noble Griswold, 20; 8) Windwalker, Islander 36, Richard Schoenhair, 22; 9) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami, 30. (9 boats)

Wells Fargo Fall Cup Regatta Quantum SctQs rep Seadon Wijsen and his UltraNectar team won the Wells Fargo Fall Cup Regatta on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, tak¬ ing home $5,000 of the $ 10,000 purse for their efforts. The fast-paced 10-race

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The ups and downs of racing 11 Metres in the Wells Fargo Fall Cup Regatta at Pier 39. Shawn Bennett (bow). Seamus Wilmot replaced Bennett for Sunday's street fight, but probably wished he hadn't — he was hit in the face by the spirmaker pole in the first race of the day, requiring 12 stitches between his lip and chin. "Seamus is tough," said Wysen. "He just shook it off and kept sailing." "The regatta was pretty good, although the competition was a little thin this time," noted Seadon. 'We outsailed everyone by

BEER CAN WRAP-UPS PHRF-D — 1) Snow Goose Santana 30, Ted Mattson. 6 points; 2) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emite Carles, 7. (4 boats) PHRF-E — 1j Audacious. J/29, Mr. Hamilton. 10 points: 2) Amigos. Cal 20. Walt Vance 10. 3) Oazrler, FolKboat. Paul Mueller, 10. (8 boats) (Second half only; 5 races, 1 throwout) 40th Folkboat Wednesday Nights (at Golden Gate YC) FOLKBOAT— 1) Polpero, Peter Jeal, 13 points; 2) Little Svendle, Lome Chambers. 18, 3; Petite SIrene, David Boyo 21. (11 boats entered, average starters = 8} KNARR — 1) Sophie, Russ Williams & Mickey Waldear, 11 points: 2) Trouble, Chris Perkins, 18; 3) Snaps 111, Knud Wibroe, 21. (16 entered, average starters*! 12) 100 — 1) Hecate. Dennis Jermaine, 10 points: 2) Icfigin, Jeff Lawson. 15.3) Xarifa, Paul Manning 20. (5 entered average starters = 3) Page 182 •

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(11 races: 3 throwouts) Golden Gate YC Friday Nights 1) Just in Time, Beneteau 42.5, Fiank McNear, 11 points, 2) Banana, Coronado 29, Wayne Cartey, 23; 3) Catfish 'n Cornbread. Bristol 23, Tom Enaerle,’ 23: 4) Cohiba, Catalina 25, Jeremy/Colby. 25; 5) Beverly J, Ranger 29, Bill Cerigioli, 37. (9 boats') (10 races, 2 throwouts) Oakland YC Sweet 16 Series (Wednesday Nights) Fleet A (150 and under) — 1j Logical Switch (*). Express 37. Fred Joyce. 4.S points. 2) Tortuga. Santana 30/30, Stephen Hutchison, 13.75. (5 boats) Fleet B (168 raters) — 1) Bewitched (*). Merit 25. Laraine Salmon, 5 75 points; 2) Half Fast, Merit 25 Roy Conger, 14. (5 boats) Fleet C (Cctumbia 5 5s) — l) Drummer t'*). Weavef'Sankey/Sadeg. 8 points. 2) Wings. Mike Jackson, 13 3) Jaguar ChiisCorlett. 13 5 (7 boats)

Fleet D (151-189) — 1) Lelo Too Tartan 30, Emile Carles. 7 85 points, 2) Snow Goose (*), Santana 30. Ted Mattson, 8! (6 boats) (Second half only — 8 races. 2 throwouts' * ss combined first and second half series winners) island YC Friday Nights D!V I (0-150) ~ 1) Saint Anne. Otson 30, Bruce Heckman. 10 points. 2) Wet Buns, Wylie Wabbit, Bifl Gardner 16, 3) Mudshark. Express 37, David Fullerton, 16. 4) Wile E. Coyote, Express 27, Dan Pruzan, 19,5) Crazy Rhythm SC 27, John Simpson, 20. (14 boats) DIV. II (15l-up) — 1) (tie) Oulefnea Kilter Wliate 25. Pritchard/Mathiasen, and Redhawk, Hawkfarm, Dan Newland, 11.5 points. 3) Bewitched, Merit Laraine Salmon 12; 4) Popeye A i. Cat 9.2, Rui Luis, 13,5;HalfF8St,Ment25, Ron Conger. 14 (19boats) SANTANA 22 f 1) Dominatrlx, Heidi Schmidt, 4 '5, irl-, /i Pink Tutu Di\o r i v ,i' J Albacore. Mark Playsted. 9 5 (7 boats)

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Box Scores The regular racing season is finally over, but there was still plenty of racing in October. Following are results of vari¬ ous regattas which occurred last month, as wen as some summer-long series that recently ended. BARTH (CPYC/SeaYC. 9/30-10/1. 2 races): DIV. I (singlehanded) —1) Far Better Thing, Ericson 30+, Charles McArthur, 2 points. (2 boats) DIV. II (spinnaker) — 1) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen, 3 points; 2) New Horizons, Cal 33-2, Mike Garl, 5; 3) Spectre, Columbia 45, Hal Wright, 6; 4) Zodiac, K-40, Frank Ballentine, 8; 5) Antares, Ericson 34, D. Lockwood, 8. (10 boats) DIV. Ill (non-spinnaker) — 1) Chabiis IV, Cal 25, Dave Few, 2 points; 2) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe, 4; 3) Moonshine, O'Day 34, Laurelyn Turner, 7. (7 boats)

2) Windrower, Schock 28, T. Barrola; 3) Super Gnat, Schock 35, C. Thompson. (8 boats) PHRF-III — 1) Starfire, Peterson 49, C. & J. Guild; 2) Masquerade, Choate 40, T. Coker; 3) Ratso, C&C 40, D. Christensen; 4) Novia Del Mar, Beneteau 40, M. Busch. (14 boats) PHRF-IV — 1) Jezebel, Ranger 33, M. Roach; 2) Bolero, Ranger 33, R. Mumma; 3) Sea Maiden, Ericson 35, C. Sherman. (7 boats) PHRF-V —1) Masquerade, Santana 30, L. Emerson; 2) Claddagh, Pearson 26, K. Henehan; 3) Done Deal, Ranger 32, M. McGee. (7 boats) SWHF — 1) Tinman, C&C 38, J. Sinclair; 2) Shockwave, Schock 35, N. Rudenberg. (4 boats) ANCMAR — 1) Flirt, 44' yawl, T. Fore; 2) Lone Fox, 64' ketch, G. Kimsjo; 3) Alsumar, 70' yawl, T. Davis. (6 boats) CRUZ-N — 1) Mariah, O'Day 34, J. Brinker; 2) Valhalla III, Olson 34, P. Landsom; 3) Rippin', 36' sloop, T. Smith. (10 boats) First to finish — Taxi Dancer, R/P 70, Don Hughes (6:16:03 elapsed time) First overall — Muddy Waters.

being conservative and smart, as well as by better boathandling. This was the same crew we had in the Spring Cup, which we won based on the first day's scores (due to no wind on the second day). Our crew went into the Fall Cup feeling like we stiU had something to prove."

1) UltraNectar.com, Seadon Wijsen, 23 points ($5,000); 2) Wells Fargo, Howie Schiebler, 25 ($2,500); 3) Salesforce.com, Chris Perkins, 28 ($1,250); 4) Jamba Juice, Scott Sellers, 40 ($750); 5) Mindspring.com, John Torgenson, 41 ($250); 6) ESPN.com, Carisa Adamson, 60; 7) RUF, Hans Strueli, 71; 8) Jaws, Bob McComb, 80. (8 boats)

LITTLE ENSENADA (SWYC. Oct. 6. 62 miles): PHRF-I — 1) Muddy Waters, Melges 30, John¬ son/Means; 2) Locomotion, Andrews 45, W. Lin¬ coln; 3) Cita, Schock 40, C. Lift; 4) Yassou, Schock 40. J. Demetriades; 5) Cantata, Andrews 53, R. Kuntz. (16 boats) PHRF-II — 1) Magic Light, Hobie 33, R. Francis;

BEER CAN WRAP-UPS St. Francis YC Friday Night Windsurfing Series h Rob Hartman. 21 p^rnts 2) Bill Wier 22, 3, Jean Rathlu. 44. 4) Vlad Moioz, 53. 51 Chenda Herstus. 66. 6) John Rcrtowski. 80. 7i Ch'is Radowski 93 8j Bill Russc-i' 110 9) J-jmes KiriaKis no. 10} Al Mirel. 123 (22 hoards) (12 race, 1 throwcui) SausBlIto YC Sunset Series (Tuesday Nights) DfV. I (big spinrtaker) — 1) Jose Cuervo. JtiOS, Sam Hock, 17 po nts, 2) Gammon. Tarian Ten Jef* Mutter, 17. (Stwats) „ DfV 11 (tittle spinnaker) — 1) Souladtitde. J/24. Dan Thatcher. 16 points. 2’, Umpqua, Moore 24 JP Plumley, 21. (4boate) DIV I'l ib'g non-spirnpkp'l — 1) Tenacious Is¬ lander 36. Roger Miliiy.a i, 17 points. 2) Lanlkal, Catalina 42, Mr. McClaflin. 17. (6 boats) DIV. IV {little non-spmnaker) — l) Roaboat,

Catalina 30. Rod Decker, 15 points: 2) Frisky. Tar¬ tan 30. Mr Woodhutl. 17, 3) Tackful, Santana 22, Cathy Stierhoff, 26; 4) Amanda. Newport 30, Pat Broderick, 28; 5) Alexandra, Catalina 30, Lee Rob¬ erts. 45. (15 boats) (10 races, 2 throwouls) DIV A (0*199) — 1) X-Ta-C, Olson 29. Bill Sweitzer, 14.5 points: 2) Summer Wind. O Day 27, Jim Nuss, 31 75,3) Faraway. O'Oay 27. Jim Mueller, 37.5. (11 boats) DIV B (200-up) — 1) Oe'gage Ranger 23, Jeff Ruszler, 12 points; 2) Latent image Dufour Quarter Ton, Gary & Marsha Slack. 32:3) Risky Business, Santana 22. Ed Barrel!, 45. (7 boats) DIV C (non-spinnaker) — 1) Reality Cheque. Beneteau 35.5, Anja Hyde. 26.5 points: 2) Shoji Cal 36. Russ Taft. 29.25, 3) Steeper. O'Day 27. Gary Cicerello. 38 5 (10 boats) (21 races; 5 throwouts)

WOMEN SKIPPER'S CUP IBYC: 10/7:11.95miles): DIV. A (30-150) — 1) Bodacious, Farr One Ton, Bobbi Tosse; 2) Harp, Catalina 38, Linda Farabee; 3) Jeanette, Tartan Ten, Ellie Burne. (5 boats) DIV. B (151-up) —1) Eyrie, Hawkfarm, Sylvia Sdaberg: 2) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Laura Boytz; 3) Bewitched, Merit 25, Laraine Salmon; 4) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt. (7 boats) OVERALL — 1) Bodacious; 2) Harp; 3) Jean¬ nette. (12 boats) CLASSIC/HARD CHINE (RYC: Seot. 23-24): LIGHTNING — 1) Michael Molina, RYC, 4 points; 2) Fred Chandler, RYC, 7. (4 boats) SNIPE — 1) Robin Gales, MBYC, 5 points; 2) Michael Mack, RYC, 8; 3) Andy Pontious, RYC, 15. (9 boats) THISTLE — 1) Jim Moyer, lYC, 4 points; 2) Dale Hinman, NoYC, 9, j4 boats) VIPER — 1) Ray Sanchez-Pescadero, RYC, 4 points. (2 boats) MERCURY — 1) David West, RYC, 4 points; 2) Stephen Mason, SFYC, 7. (5 boats) (5 races; 1 throwout) WALLACE CUP (CYC: Oct. 7: 7.2 miles): 1) Logical Switch, Express 37, Fred Joyce, OYC; 2) Abracadabra II, Antrim 21, Dennis Surtees, RYC; 3) Always Friday, Antrim 27, John Liebenberg, RYC; 4) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Ed Durbin, RYC; 5) LeloToo, Tartan 30, Emile Carles, OYC; 6) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommel, AYC; 7) Elan, Express 37, Bill November, 2CKX) •

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THE RACING Riess, EYC; 8) Joanna, Irwin 30, Martin Jemo, PtsYC. (8 boats)

Mathiasen, lYC; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan Ten, Emile Carles, OYC. (9 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Star Fire, Catalina 34, Bob Engelhart, OYC; 2) Knotty Sweetie, C&C 32, Gerry Johnson, AYC; 3) Peddler, Catalina 27, Norm Rehm, EYC. (13 boats) (6 races; 1 throwout)

OYRA/GGYCJR. WATERHOUSEH0/14: U miles): PHRO-I — 1) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 2) Emily Carr, SC 50, Ray Minehan; 3) Friday Har¬ bor, J/35, Ryle Radke; 4) Enchante, Beneteau 42, Jacoby/Barton. (9 boats) PHRO-II — 1) Stop Making Sense, Soverel 33, Dean Briggs; 2) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck; 3) Breakout, Santana 35, Lloyd Ritchey. (6 boats) MORA-I — 1) Beat to Quarters, Olson 30, Ri¬ chard Calabrese. (1 boat) MORA-II — 1) Andiamo, SC 27, Mike Warren. (3 boats) SHS — 1) Saltshaker, Peterson 39, Steve Hanson. (3 boats) V

ISAF MATCH RACE RANKINGS (Oct 10): OPEN — 1) Bertrand Pace, FRA; 2) Dean B'arker, NZL; 3) Sten Mohr, DEN; 4) Magnus Holmberg, SWE; 5) Jesper Bank, DEN; 6) Peter Gilmour, AUS; 7) Jes Gram-Hansen, DEN; 8) Jesper Radich Johansen, DEN; 9) James Spithill, AUS; 10) Roy Heiner, NED. WOMEN — 1) Dorte O. Jensen, DEN; 2) Betsy Alison, USA; 3) KlaartjeZuiderbaan, NED; 4) Cordelia Eglin, GBR; 5) Milin Kallstrom, SWE.

INTERCLUB SERIES /overall): MULTIHULL (w/ spinnaker) — 1) Pegasus, F27, Andrew Pitcairn, EYC; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, BAMA; 3) Sea Bird, F-27, Rich Holden, OYC. (10 boats) MULTIHULL (non-spinnaker) —1) Defiance, Cross 46, M. & C. Ropers/Caldwell, EYC; 2) Aiready There, F-27, Jim Brown, OYC; 3) Donnybrook, F28R, John Brady, BAMA. (7 boats) PHRF-I (0-168) — 1) Mistral, Conquibin 38, Bob Becker, OYC; 2) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommell, AYC; 3) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34, Dave Davis, SBYC. (9 boats) PHRF-II (169-up) —1) Annie, Cal 29, Steve Zevanove, OYC; 2) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mike

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Klemmedson. (3 boats) DIV. II — 1) Stroma of Mey, Freeman Bermudi 37-ft ketch. Dee Dee Lozier; 2) Little Packet, Lestes Stone, Dick Wrenn/Barbara Widmer; 3) Irolita, S&J Loki 40, Michael Freinberg. (5 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Makani Kai, Angelman 40, Thd Inouyes; 2) Brlgadoon, Herreshoff 65, Terry Klausl: (3 boats) DIV. IV (Farallon Clippers) — 1) Credit, Bi( Belmont; 2) Ouessant, Frank Buck. (3 boats)

51st EL TORO STAMPEDE (RYC: Oct. 14-15): ; SENIOR (over 21) — 1) Jim Warfield; 2) Bruce Bradfute; 3) John Amen; 4) Tom Burden; 5) Johrt Gilmour; 6) John Liebenberg; 7) Chris Straub; 8) Mik^ Hokin; 9) Kit Stycket; 10) Gail Yando. (20 boats) INTERMEDIATE (15-20)— 1) Tim Armstrong, (t boat) JUNIOR (under 15) — 1) JV Gilmour; 2) Brooks Reed; 3) Travis Kool; 4) George Granelli; 5) Sear Kelly; 6) Jesse Wedler; 7) Woody Robinson; 8) Mylea Gutenkunst; 9) Mark Andors; 10) Natalie Denning, (26 boats) FLY WEIGHT (under 99 pounds) — Sean Kelly.. LIGHT WEIGHT (100-149) — JV Gilmour. MIDDLE WEIGHT (150-200) — Jim Warfield. HEAVY WEIGHT (200-up) — John Gilmour. BULL THROWER — John Gilmour. TENDER TROT (junior novice) — Samantha Aucella. I

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SHEET Strattons, 91; 4) Koinonia, Doug Ament, 118; 5) Center of Gravity, Rick Johnson/AI Lehman, 135; 6) Rigel, Don Payan, 148; 7) Zsa Zsa, Biil Wright, 151; 8) Kaizen, The Howes, 177; 9) Jacaibon, John Musa, 211. (9 boats; 45 races over 8 regattas) FALL SCORE/DH OVERALL (SCYC: 3 races): DIV. A— 1) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco, 4 points; 2) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth, 9. (4 boats) DIV. B — 1) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike Gross, 5 points; 2) Capital Affair, J. Buchanan, 6; 3) Sirena, J. Martinelli, 13; 4) Spirit, Olson 30, Raabe/Rota, 14. (10 boats) DIV. C— 1) Magna, SC 27, J. Case, 3 points; 2) Big Dog, SC 27, G. Smith/M. Bruington, 6. (5 boats) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) California Zephyr, SC 27, Peter Dalton, 7.5 points; 2) Mercedes, Moore 24, Joel Verutti, 9; 3) Moorgasm, Moore 24, Dave Josselyn, 10. (7 boats) Best of the best — Gerry Brown won the Yan¬ kee Cup with his Farr 38 'Mintaka 4‘.

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Thing, Kara Zyistra, 19; 3) KT's Choice, Bud & Ja¬ son Stratton, 25; 4) Tabasco, John & Stephanie Wylie, 27; 5) Zsa 2^a, Bill Wright, 29. (8 boats; 6

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THE RACING Queen's; 8) Charleston; 9) St. Mary's; 10) Hobart/ Wm. Smith; 11) UC Santa Barbara; 12) Kings Point; 13) Stanford; 14) Navy; 15) USC; 16) Hawaii; 17) Vermont; 18) Univ. of Washington; 19) Texas; 20) Rhode Island. WOMEN —1) Dartmouth; 2) St. Mary's; 3) Harvard; 4) Connecticut College; 5) Stanford; 6) Old Dominion; 7) Boston Univ.; 8) Tufts; 9) Navy; 10) Georgetown; 11) Charleston; 12) Boston College; 13) Hobart/Wm. Smith; 14) Rhode Island; 15) Eckerd.

Race Notes Cervesa circuit: Del Rey YC’s biennial Puerto Vallarta Race — dubbed 'PV 2001: A Race Odyssey' — is shaping up to be a big one this year. About 70 boats have requested race information — "more than usual," according to longtime race official Tom Redler. So far, however, only ten boats — including Dale Williams' ILC 46 Wasabi — have paiid up for the midFebruary event. Among the bigger boats expected to compete are Bob McNulty's new R/P 78 Chance and the venerable Lee 68 Merlin, which now is owned by A1 Micallef of Cal YC and berthed in Marina del Rey. Micallef has renamed the legend¬ ary sled Merlin’s Reata (he owns a res¬ taurant chain called Reata) and will treat her to a deck with contemporary hard¬

ware, as well as all new sails. Philippe Kahn's new R/P 78 is under construction at McConaghy's in Australia, but prob¬ ably won't be quite ready for the PV Race. See www.dryc.org for the preliminary en¬ try list and other info. Outer limits: The fourth quadrennial Vendee Globe begins from Les Sables d'Olonne, France, on November 5. Twenty-four solo sailors are signed up, all eager to test their mettle m what is prob¬ ably the toughest yacht race on the planet — a 22,600-mile, 100+ day, non-stop cir¬ cumnavigation. The race record is held by Christophe Augin, who sailed Geodis around the globe in the '96-97 race in 105 days, 20 hours, 31 minutes. That race was a bloodbath — Gerry Roufs was lost at sea, and three more sailors had to be res¬ cued in dramatic fashion. (Derek Lundy's book on this race. The Godforsaken Sea, is one of the best sea stories we've ever read.) Only six boats of the 15 starters (plus one unofficial entrant) finished that race — in fact, only 20 of the 42 starters in all three of the previous races have

managed to finish. This year's 24-boat fleet wiU be the larg est ever if everyone actually starts. Pre race favorites in the 60-foot class includ a trio of Frenchmen— Michel Desjoyeauji Yves Parlier and Marc ThierceUn — and; pair of resolute Brits, Mike Golding am 24-year-old sensation Ellen MacArthu (Kingfisher). Check the website, www.uen deeglobe.com, for the full entry list (hit thi British flag for the English version). Make your vote count! No, we're no talking about the grim choices you faci on November 7. Rather, Encincal YC would like to hear from any ocean racers interested in the timing of their faltering Coastal Cup (277 miles to Santa Bar bara). Should this downwind race remair in the week before July 4th, or should i be moved forward to early June to double as a feeder to Long Beach Race Week anc Bruce Golison's North Sails Race Week"; Majority wins, we think — visit www.en cincd.org to vote. Pay-to-play racing: Leg Two of Chajj Blyth's BT Global Challenge 2000-01 gol underway in Boston Harbor in light all on October 15. The twelve 72-footers, al sailed by amateur paying crews, are

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oound for Buenos Aires, Argentina — a ;t)umpy five-week, 5,840-mile trip against ;the Gulf Stream and through the Dol¬ drums. The first leg was won by Quadrstone, skippered by Alex Phillips. For more |:han anyone could possibly want to know j about this tough 'backwards' circumnavifgation, check out www.btchallenge.com. ; Random notes: Ron Byrne and family failed their Laser 28 Takeoff to victory in

the recent Estuary Cup, one of Encinal YC's championship club races. Ron, who just retired, is one of the good guys over on the East Bay sailing scene. . . North Sails won the seventh annual DuPont Sailmaker Challenge, held October 6-8 in conjunction with the Annapolis Boat Show. The 21-race Melges 24 series is organized annually by Sailing World, and is a showcase for introducing new sail designs. Final results: 1) North Sails (Scott Nixon): 2) Ullman Sails (Max Skelly); 3) Quamtum Sails (Geoff E>wenson): 4) UK

Eleven months and counting: The 2001-02 'Volvo Ocean Race is coming up fast now, and 34 teams (including 13 anonymous ones) are officially registered. "Realistically, 1 expect about ten boats to be on the line at Southampton on Sep¬ tember 23," said illbruck Challenge skip¬ per John Kostecki. "I think the two Swed¬ ish and Kiwi teams will be good, as will the Tyco team down in Florida (which hasn't formally announced) and the new Murdoch team." See www.volvooceanrace.org for the complete entry list. By any standard, Kosteckl's program is the current favorite to win the Volvo Race — though you'll never get John to admit it. The Ulbruck Challenge group has been two-boat practicing off the coast of Spain for months now, and just recently moved their Camp down to Fremantle to begin high wind, cold water training in

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THE RACING SHEET the Southern Ocean. They've split up their training platforms, Paul Cayard's former EF Language boats, with one boat going Down Under and the other going to Ham¬ burg for 'dog and pony' shows. The var¬ sity crew — among them watch captains Mark Christensen (NZ) and Stu Bannatyne (NZ), Ross Halcrow (NZ), Juan Villa (Spain), Ian Moore (UK), Ray Davies (NZ) and Dirk de Ridder (Holland) — will train with Kostecki for two months, culminat¬ ing with late December's Sydney-Hobart Race. Kostecki's new Volvo 60, designed by Farr and being built in-house in Ger¬ many, will be ready in March. The 29th Triton Nationals were held on Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Corinthian YC. Six competitors sailed in the five-race, nothrowout, round-robin series. Reigning Triton season champion Ely Gilliam (Bo¬ lero), who also just won the ODCA Cham¬ pion of Champions Regatta in DeWitt Din¬ ghies, took top honors by one point. Sail¬ ing with Gilliam was tactician Judy Yamaguchi, Abigail Baxley, Jason Scott and Adolpho Martinez. David Hoyt, a former Triton national champ from Chesapeake Bay, was second and local sailor Larry Suter {Dogstar) was third.

Debacle of the month; The US Sailing Offshore Championship (aka the Phoe¬ nix Trophy), held on Oct. 5-8 at Long Beach YC in Catalina 37s, was marred by controversy. Local sailor Keith Ives won the otherwise excellent regatta on the water, but a protest for sailing over the 1,400-pound weight limit in three of the races knocked him down to third. Marblehead sailor Gordon Hall, ostensi¬ bly the runner-up, was promoted to the top spot after Ives was assessed a 20% penalty in the three questionable races. No one seemed happy with the way the race committee (headed by Keith's father Pete Ives) and the jury (headed by Ken Morrison) handled this unfortunate mat¬ ter. There's a lot more to the story than we care to publish, so we'll direct anyone interested to www.lbgCiOrg for final re¬ sults and official explanations. Grand prlx circuit: Brad Read (Mid¬ dleton, RI) dominated the 20th J/24 Worlds, held in his backyard of Newport, RI. Seventy-four boats sailed in the eightrace event, with '99 world champ Vasco

Vascotto of Italy ending up the brides maid. This was Brad's first J/24 work title, a feat which older brother Ken has accomplished five times!... Ed Baird woi the 19th Knickerbocker Cup 2-0 in th( finals over rising Aussie star James Spithill. Twelve teams competed in th( early October J/105 match racing seriec in Port Washington, NY. Andy Greene (UK' was third and Ken Read fourth. . . Th<i Colorcraft Gold Cup, the final event o this year's Swedish Match Grand Pru. Sailing Tour, is underway in lODs in Ber muda as we go to press. See www.ben mudagoldcup.com to find out who won. Hold the press! Bob McNeil's San Fran i cisco-based R/P 75 Zephyrus IV — which has had the dubious distinction o dismasting three times in its short life: (TransPac, Pac Cup, Key West-Baltimore ^ — kept her stick up during the 620-mlk Middle Seas Race. In fact, McNeil, Johr Bertrand, Keith Kilpatrick and the rest oi the crew knocked eight hours off the pre-l vious course record, lowering the bench-ii mark to 64 hours, 49 minutes! The rac^ starts and ends in Malta, using the isf land of Sicily as a turning mark. Tune Ini next month for details. . •

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With a reports this month on New Years 2000 charters, a charterer's views on How Attitude Affects Travel Experiences, a Bay sailofs First Time Charter in Mexico, plus our monthly Charter Notes.

Last Chance for 'Real Millennium' Charters Last year at this time vacation plan¬ ners were going bonkers with last minute requests for New Years charters. Millen¬ nium h}q)e in virtually every form of me¬ dia — from print to television to the Internet — had worked peqple into a fren2y of angst over where and how they would usher tn the new millennium. Vir¬ tually eveiy bareboat in the world was booked months in advance; luxury crewed yachts were charging double their nor¬ mal rates and most charterers were happy to pay them. It seemed as though people were desperate not to be left out of the action on what they perceived to be the most important night of their lives. All this madness transpired, mind you, with most folks realizing full well that, in fact, the new millermium would not re¬ ally arrive imtll the end of the year 2000. If you're not clear on the concept, let us remind you that the Gregorian calendar which we use in the West began with Year One, not Year Zero. At the completion of the first 365 days, our ancient ancestors entered Year Two. So we won't get to the

end of the second thousand-year period until midnight of December 31, 2000. Got it? Despite the fact that, columnists, sci¬ entists and educators pleaded with . . . well, whomever would listen, to save their enthusiasm for New Years Eve 2000, no one really wanted to hear about it. Every¬ body seemed quite happy to follow the hjqre, regardless of its illogical arithmetic. \Adiy? Who knows? Maybe it's Prince's fault for planting the seed years earlier with his rock n roll anthem called 1999 ("We're gonna party like it's 1999").

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est times of the year in the charter indus¬ try, but this year no one is price gouging or demanding extraordinary additional fees. So it occurs to us that booking a New Years charter this year might be a real coup. Think about it. Years from now,

when someone asks, "So where were you at the turn of the millennium?" you can answer smuggly, 'Well, if you're talking about the r-e-a-l new millennium, 1 was sailing a beautiful yacht in . . ." wherever. Heck, you could be scoring points at cocktail parties for decades. Shortly before going to press (in the frnal days of October), we have just checked in with all the biggest bareboat firms, some of the smaller ones and several crewed yacht charter outfits to see if boats are still available for the holidays. Here's the scoop. Generally speaking, there is still a good variety of crewed yachts and a smartering of bareboats available in many prime midwinter destinations such as the Car¬ ibbean, Australia and New Zealand. But before we go into specifics, we should warn you that finding air flights will be at least as challenging as finding a boat. Still, persistence can 3neld amazing results. When searching for both boats and flights, it's worth remembering that cancellations do occur. Sd it's a good idea to keep check-

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Where will you be when the 'real' new millen¬ nium arrives? Sailing over clear tropical waters like these will guarantee warm memories.

ing back even if you are unsuccessful the first time. Be aware also, that bareboat firms sometimes bring new boats into their fleets that are not pre-booked. In other words, don't give up too easily. Most companies we checked with that operate more than one charter base do still have some boats for hire, but they tend to be smaller monohulls, like 35footers. (It's fair to say that, at any time of year, there is generally more demand for larger, four-cabin boats.) Knowing this actually might make your planning process simpler. You'll be able to finalize a deal a lot faster if you don't have to waste a lot of time trying to re¬ cruit a boatful of family or Mends to share costs. And besides, taking a New Years charter with Just your significant other, is a whole lot more romantic than bring¬ ing along your in-laws or the gang from the office. At this writing The Moorings (888-952-

8420) still has boats in Australia's Whitsunday Islands and in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, as well as a couple of boats in Tahiti. Their Caribbean fleet is similar: only a few boats left at their huge base in Tortdla, BVI, and a few in St. Lucia and Grenada. Their Vava'u, Tonga, and La Paz, Mexico, bases (both of which have rela¬ tively small fleets) are fully booked. Sunsail (800-327-2276) reports the availability of smaller boats in Tortola, St. Maarten and St. Vincent, while big boats and cats are fully booked. Again, though, they have huge fleets in the Caribbean, so it's worth checking back periodically. Sunsail's fleets in Tonga, Thailand and the Seychelles are fully booked. Stardust (877-772-3502), the other giant international bareboat firm (which recently absorbed Sun Yacht Charters) also reports minimal availability in Tortola, yet a variety of boats available at their 'down island' bases in the Wind¬ wards and Leewards. Stardust does have boats available in Cuba, where they have recently expanded their fleet, but — Catch 22 — you can't book them through the U.S. office. Don't tell anyone we told you.

but if you call Stardust's Paris office di¬ rectly you can book a boat there. Better yet. Invite Canadian Mends to book it and go along for the ride. Americans can't le¬ gally book Cuban charters or they will be violating regulations against "trading with the enemy." VPM (800-445-2479) would be another good bet for Caribbean charters. This large French firm has huge fleets in the islands but began reaching out to the U.S. market only recently. Their largest bases — where they have dozens of cats — are at Martinique and Guadeloupe. Sadly, TMM's fleet in Belize was hurt badly by Hurricane Keith last month, but damaged boats will be replaced as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, Belize has been enormously popular ever since the com¬ pany opened its base there several years ago, so reservations must always be made well in advance. TMM does still have cata¬ marans for New Years in the Grenadines. If you find that flights are hard to get, you might try the creative routing we once used, via Caracas. Another good source of catamarans is California-based Go Cats (800-592-1254), a firm that has its own boats and also represents other charter outfits that are not widely marketed in the U.S. They still have one cat available in Tahiti, for ex¬ ample, several in Australia and a few in the lower Caribbean. When it's winter here, it's summer Down Under. Seen here are two Sunsail yachts in Sydney Harbour, near the famous Opera House.

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Another option, especially in the Car¬ ibbean, is booking a crewed charter yacht, particularly if you have a large group of like-minded friends. True, it's generally a more expensive way to go, but many char¬ terers consider the exquisitely-appointed accommodations an,d pampering service to be well worth the price of admission. Expect to pay $2,000 to $4,000 per per¬ son per week (or more) for a luxury sail¬ ing yacht with three or four cabins. Those figures include all meals, however, and on¬ board cuisine is typically gourmet qual¬ ity. (Bar items and tip are extra.) Nicholson Yacht Charters (800-6626066), with bases in Antigua and New England, reports that a wide variety of boats Eire still open. Be advised, however, that crewed yachts often require a 10-day or two-week minimum during the holi¬ days. These days most of us find it increas¬ ingly difficult to commit to vacation plans way in advance, but as we've said a mil¬ lion times in these pages, booking 6 to 12 months ahead is the best way to assure a full choice of boats. Christmas and New Years charters are often reserved a full year in advance. If you are lucky enough to be able to commit with certainty well In advance, it's worth noting that some bareboat firms will take bookings several years ahead of sailing dates — unlike air¬ lines which can only take flight reserva¬ tions a year, or less, m advance. True, the charter firm gets to hold your deposit (gen¬ erally about 25% of the total), but you get to lock in the price with most firms. In any case, if you are able to get away

And rest assured, this time it's the real deal, so you can take comfort in knowing that for once your timing was perfect, while everybody else Jumped the gun. — latitude / aet

It's All About Attitude: Nice Guys Finish First After reading World of Chartering in the July 2000 issue of Latitude where read¬ ers shared their chartering tips, I have an important tip to add: respect and adapt to the local scene — especially regarding If you like lush, green Islands and easy cultural 'island time'. transitions, New Zealand should be high on your list of winter charter destinations. Most of us come from fairly fast-paced societies, and when start¬ ing a charter can only think of getting underway as soon as possible. Therefore, we may become frustrated with locals who operate on 'island time'. A group of friends and I set up a bareboat charter with Sun Yacht Chsirters in M Tortola, BVI, last November and arrived on the end of o Hurricane Jose. Our 50' -luunohuH was not ready to some exotic destination for the holidays and we were asked to wait. We milled this year, we encourage you to get on the around the marina for several hours and phone and ferret out a great boat in some dreamy destination before it's'too late.

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occasionally poked our heads into the charter office asking for an update. We tried our best to be as polite and under¬ standing as possible, but several other groups who were also waiting were vis¬ ibly upset ctfid became veiy vocal. Finally, my friends and I were led down to a brand new Norseman 43 catamaran. Although we'd booked a smaller boat, the charter staff said this beauty was to be ours for our two-week charter, and to en¬ joy it at no extra cost. I can't be positive that we were given the upgrade, and were attended to first because we did our best to adapt to is¬ land time' — making no demands and patiently waiting. But it felt great to know that being the nice guys didn't make us last! Our advice to others is to understand that you are in a different environment and try to relax. Make your wishes known in a nice manner and be patient. It can really pay off. — randy j. ross ocean beach

positive attitude and showing ernpathy^or tourism employees in difficult situations will win out every time — especially on Caribbean Islands and in developing coun¬ tries. Some American travelers have to

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in and barked, "My name's Johnson. IJust had a long flight from L.A. and my boat sure as hell better be ready!"

Clockwise from the top: A dreamy South Pacific sailing destination; sailing vacations have some¬ thing to offer every member of the family; with¬ out a doubt, the coolest place to be on New Years is St. Barts, in the French West Indies.

Longtime Sailor, First-time Charterer I lived on the East Coast all my life and was a Long Island sailor since 1 was a kid. Unfortunately, 1 sold my boat (a solid old Columbia 28) when 1 went to grad school, and really regretted doing so after mov¬ ing out to the Bay in '97. Once 1 discov¬ ered Latitude and started learning more about sailing the Bay smd cruising all over the world, I really missed not having a boat. 1 have very little vacation time, and even less money, so it wasn't practical for me to commit to any extended crewing situations, but 1 did manage to find some rides on Beer Can races. Then finally, last November, I managed to get enough friends together to organize a charter with The Moorings out of La Paz, Mexico. We had a great time and it was way cool to finally be seeing some of those spectacular anchorages that 1 had been reading about in Latitude for the past couple of years. West Indians are wonderful, friendly people, but like anybody else, they don't appreciate rude, aggressive attitudes.

encing a small part of what it would be like to be out there cruising around the world. In terms of tips for others. I'm really glad that 1 did my first real foreign char¬ ter in relatively benign Mexico. It was great to practice sailing skills in that environ¬ ment. I did spend a couple of somewhat sleepless nights wondering if I had set the anchor correctly when the wind clocked around 180° and turned us toward a lee shore. But fortunately all was well. Anyway, I wanted to thank Latitude for giving me the idea, and the courage to act on it. I look forward to reading and learn¬ ing more and then going out and doing it! — peter kacandes Peter — Thanks for the kudos. "There's no better way to sample the cruising Ifestyle than by chartering bareboats in a variety of sailing destinations around the world. In addition to having hands-on op¬ portunities to fine-tune your anchoring and sailing skills, the experience will probably reinforce your dreams of getting 'out there' full time someday. We're glad you took the time to write us about your trip and are sending you an official Latitude T-shirt as a token of our appreciation.

Charter Notes Being 'creative types' ourselves, we naturally appreciate a creative marketing effort when we see one. One such effort recently was Sunsall's "Why I Love Sail¬ ing" writing contest for kids. As we men

learn that lesson the hard way, and oth¬ ers Just never get it at all. Having lived in the Caribbean for ten years, this writer can confirm that the best way to get really horrible service — or none at all — is to come barging in with a New York attitude, making demands and talk¬ ing down to the locals. By contrast, the most fundamental secret in getting good, prompt service from Caribbean islanders couldn't be simpler: When you enter a place of business, before you say anything else, ojffer a sincere, "Good day. How are you?" and you'll be off on the right foot. Its sim¬ ply a matter of showing respect and civil¬

Savvy marketers at Sunsail know that if you fos¬ ter a love of sailing in youngsters, their parents will surely follow.

ity. With tourism being virtually a one-crop economy on such islands, most locals work in that industry. But that doesn't mean they like the role of servitude — in fact, many black West Indians are extremely sensitive about that connotation given the legacy of slavery. Economic necessity forces them to share their tiny islands with foreign vacationers, virtually all of whom are 'wealthy' by island standards. Given that background, imagine how you'd feel if some sweaty, scowling stranger stomped

I'm now trying to organize another group of friends for another charter trip. Emboldened by our success in Mexico, we re hoping to head to either Tonga or Tahiti. 1 think the best thing about bareboat chartering is being free to explore on your own and to really feel as if you are experi¬

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tioned in the pages in recent months, the contest challenged young scribes to pen a 300-word essay describing their passion for sailing, with the promise of extrava¬ gant prizes to winners in each of three age categories. We're happy to report that the Grand Prize winner was a Bay Area sailor, Aaron Dombrand-Lo, 13, of Berkeley, who sails out of the Encinal YC. Young Aaron won himself a brand new29er (14-ft) sailboat valued at $8,000. The first place winners in each age group won — are you ready for this — a week's vacation for four at Sunsail's Club Colonna Resort in Antigua (which was profiled in our Februaiy 2000 issue). Forty two other kids received Dou¬ glas Gill garments or gift certificates. Here are Aaron's winning thoughts on our favorite subject, titled How I Got My Sailing Grin:

"My parents aren’t sailors. My mom thinks the mainsheet is a sail, and my dad thinks heeling means running like mad. But they both recognize my sailing grin, which erupts when you put water, a boat, and me in the same place. I think

Sunsail has a long tradition with youth sailing programs, especially at their 'Club' resorts in the Med and Caribbean.

the grin first appeared In my second sum¬ mer of sailing. On the last day of the ses¬ sion there was a long r^ce in which we sailed from one checkpoint to another, following clues leading to a stash of candy. We were paired in Lasers or else in three¬ somes in Fl3dng Juniors. I was in a Laser with a more experienced sailor. On the second to last leg, we had to sail back¬ wards a fair distance. When we found the final clue to the candy, the rest of the fleet was so far behind we thought we had

missed a checkpoint. We waited for about! twenty minutes for the others to catch up| and tell us our mistake. Finally, after leav-| ing a note to prove we had been there, we: headed in to the finish (and the candy).I There we learned that we had indeed been! to all the checkpoints. We finished thirty! minutes before everyone else, which was! a surprise and a thrill. In fact it was morei exciting than some larger regattas I’ve: sailed in since then. I don’t always wim races and there isn’t candy at the end ofl every sail, but there are always surprises.! I love using my brain — not just the thinkihg part, but the instincts I’ve developed t — to speed over the water. Sometimes li don’t even feel the water, and it’s almost; like flying. It’s just the boat and me — noi engine — working with nature. It’s a great .! experience every time, and I grin justii thinking about it." We send our hearty congratulations tot Aaron. We wouldn't be surprised if hisb name appears again in Latitude — per-1 haps in The Racing Sheet. And our hats e are off to Sunsail for inspiring, and re-warding, these young sailors.

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CHANCES With reports this month from Mahina Tiare UI on a six-month cruise from Seattle to Sweden; from Sailors Run on great summer cruising in the Sea of Cortez: from Velella on a circumnavigation of Vancouver Island; from Annapurna on the last half of a cruise in the Louisiades Archipelago of P.N.G.; from Saga on getting FM3 permits in Mexico: from Tucumcari on a slow and somewhat unpleasant crossing from Mexico to the Marquesas: and lots and lots of Cruise Notes.

Mahina Tiare — Hallberg-Rassy 46 John Neal & Amanda Swan-Neal Seattle To Sweden In Six Months (Friday Harbor, Washington] Is it crazy to think you could comfort¬ ably cruise 11,000 miles from British Columbia to Sweden — with stops at eight other countries — in six months? That's the question we put to John Neal, who along with Amanda Swan-Neal, did ex¬ actly that between March and September of this year. It was part of Jflhn's 12th year of Offshore Sail Training Seminars. "Six months is a quicker pace than some cruisers might want to travel," said John, "but it's not too far to go in a sea¬ son. For instance, we took a week off be¬ tween each of our eight sessions, plus another two weeks in the Azores." If some¬ one only wanted to sail from San Fran¬ cisco to the Med, it would be significantly shorter and easier. John and Amanda's March start was dictated by avoiding the summer hurri¬ canes seasons in Mexico and the Atlan¬ tic, as well as winter in the North Atlan¬ tic. Even then, we wondered how the weather was on the long voyage over long expanses of open water. "Awesome!" says John. "In terms of rain, we only had two days during the whole six months. We had great wind, too, except for a couple of minor exceptions. During our 4.5 day sail from Victoria to John and Amanda, still smiling after 11,000 miles. They're seen here back at the Hallberg Rassy yard In Sweden.

San Francisco, we had up to 45 knots of wind, but since it was from aft it gave us a chance to practice heavy weather gybes. From San Francisco to Panama was pretty mellow, with a few gusts over 30 just south of San Diego and lots of motoring between Costa Rica's Cocos Island and the Canal. From Panamk to Puerto Rico, it was the expected rough slog almost dead upwind in an average of about 25 knots. It was rough, but that's what the students on that leg had, come for. "We started our transatlantic from Foxy's at Jost van Dyke in the British Vir¬ gins," John continues. "Our goal was the Azores, and we made use of David Jones' Caribbean weather forecasts and routing. He was great. We had a very fast trip, cov¬ ering the 2,300 miles to Flores in the Azores in 15 days. We had fair winds and it was warm, too. We had great wind from Grassiosa to Ireland also, which allowed us to cover the 1,250 miles in Just days, once again with nothing but fair winds. The surprising thing is that it was warm all the way to Ireland, too. In fact, we'd hove to each day to go swimming, and it was 83° when we arrived in Kinsale. Most people don't realize it, but the Gulfstream brings warm water all the way across the Atlantic. Not everyone was as lucky with their crossing, however. Boats that started and continued to the north of us got hit with some pretty bad weather. "While in Kinsale, we got pinned to the dock with 45 knots of wind. When we fi¬ nally got off, we had a blast surfing past famous Fastnet Rock in 40 knots of breeze. But once we'd sailed around to the west coast of Ireland, we were back in the Gulfstream and warm weather and water predominated. When most people think of Ireland, they don't think of white sand beaches, palm trees and sirrfers, but we've got pictures to prove it!" Except for one 45-kjiot low, John and Amanda had more gorgeous weather sail¬ ing up the west coast of Ireland. Having gotten a good forecast, they sailed to some uninhabited offshore islamds between Ire¬ land and Scotland. Had there been bad weather, there would have been plenty of places to tuck in for shelter. They then crossed the Scottish Highlands using the Loch Ness and the Caledonia Canal, which is really something special. After coming out at Inverness and stopping at

the Orkney Islands, they made the 350mile crossing across the heavily trafficked and shallow North Sea. It was their first consistent dose of nasty weather, and it was almost on the nose. For their final leg down Norway and across to Sweden, it was even worse, as they faced strong .winds nearly on the nose and adverse currents. This was hardly unexpected, as it was so late in the season they only saw one other boat and many of the docks had been taken in. But John and Amanda have sailed around Cape Horn five times or more, so this wasn't anything they or their boat wasn't up to. "In addition to almost all great weather, we visited wonderful.places," says John. "We'd really like to spend some more time in the Azores. And Ireland and Scotland were really special. Eveiybody was very ftiendly, and they all love Americans. The yacht clubs aren't stuffy at all, and ev¬ erybody is welcome. "When we tried to clear Customs in Kinsale, the folks at the yacht club wouldn't hear of it. 'We'll fill out the forms and give them to Customs the next time they come around,' they told us. The Irish just love to have fun and

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Spread; Normally boats should be kept off the beach, but Jeff & Debbie grounded theirs on purpose. Inset; Careful around cactus!

aren't very serious at all. Scotland was terrific, too, as you'd see castles every¬ where you went. And when we stopped at night, there was always a bar with live music nearby. We loved it." We ll have more on John and Amanda's adventures in the next issue. Their cruise for next year starts in Sweden, goes as far north as Spitsbergen, which is as close to the North Pole as you can get, and ends in Kona, Hawaii, nine months later. Sail¬ boats are intrinsically pretty slow, but as John and Amanda have proved, if you keep moving, you can really cover a lot of ground. For lots of great photos and text, visit www.mahina.com. — latitude 38 1011512000 Sailors Run — Baba 40 Ketch Jeff & Debbie Hartjoy Wonders Of The Sea Of Cortez (Seattle) Debbie and I depairted Mazatlan right on the heels of Hurricane Camilla, and enjoyed a great sail into the Sea of Cortez.

We eventually dropped the hook at the south anchorage of Isla San Jose, which is about 20 miles north of La Paz. Wliat we found was an abundance of stark beauty — and fishing unlike any we'd ex¬ perienced elsewhere in Mexico. However, we have to admit that visitors need to heed the warnings about no-see-ums. They show up from time to time — and when they do, they'll eat you alive if you're not careful to use screens and products such as OFF! We were also astounded by the fieiy sunsets that we saw on about half the evenings during the six months we spent in the Sea. An infinite number of shades of purples and oranges. In addi¬ tion, the sailing was superb! When we sailed north, the southeasterlies domi¬ nated. When it came time to start head¬ ing south again in mid-September, the northerlles started blowing. Nothing like always having the wind from behind. Debbie, who is much better looking than most Mexican fishermen, does the fishing for us and has become quite pro¬ ficient. The largest fish she landed was a 43-inch dorado, but she hooked and lost a five-foot male dorado. He was the most beautiful blue you can imagine! Debbie lost him right at the boat when he made

a final leap and snapped our 40-lb line. The reports of high temperatures in the Sea of Cortez are not exaggerations. Dur¬ ing the month of July, we had several days where it hit 120°. It dropped to 90° at night, but the Sea was 93° day and night. Since the only relief was the water, we spent two to four hours a day it in. Cooler temperatures in August brought some relief, and we also found cooler water in the northern part of the Sea near Bahia de Los Angeles. Hiking proved to be one of our best out¬ lets for cabin fever and one of the best ways to get in some conditioning. While hiking with the crews of Maluhia and Gemini at San Fransquito, we hiked in and around some caves and cliffs. At one point I got a little too close to a cactus and took a cactus needle in the head — and I don’t mean the head on top of my shoulders! Feeling pretty embarrassed, 1 didn’t let on that anything was wrong, but having been pricked in that sensitive spot, the spirit of adventure had gone right out of me. It wasn't long before we were back aboard Sailors Run and I was stripped down and gingerly investigating my problem. Wow! I found out you can’t just pull those things out! It had barbs, and the only way to get it out was to push it all the way through, clip the barbs, and pull it back out. With¬ out a doubt, it was the strangest Injury of our trip. We kept moving further north into the Sea looking for a good hurricane hole if we needed to take shelter. Based on our looking around, Puerto Don Juan would Debbie might be small In stature, but she's got the big heart and endless energy necessary to keep reeling In the big ones.

CHANCES probably offer the best holding and pro¬ tection. Puerto Don Juan is also a great place to careen your boat and paint the bottom. Having decided to paint the boat, we made several careful preparations. Since the boat might heel as much as 50°, we were careful to close all the through hulls and made sure the fuel and water vents were sealed off against the sea. By the time our boat was heeled 40°, it had become a completely alien place belowdecks, and doing anything became a gymnastic feat. So it was good that we had gathered all our painting materials beforehand. We'd also cleaned the bottom. During the day, we carefully checked out the anchorage on radar so it would look familiar when we went ashore at night. At 0230, just before the tide was all the way out, we raised the apchor and switched on the running lights. A panga was going by at that time, and stopped to try to figure out what we were doing. He then watched in bewilderment as we pow¬ ered the boat straight to the beach! After flashing their light at us a few times, they realized it had been an intentional grounding. In our case, going straight onto the beach at a previously scouted area was as easy as falling off a log. We had previ¬ ously trimmed our boat to heel about five degrees so she would lay down on the side we wanted. The miracle of tidal hydrau¬ lics laid Sailors Run down so softly that we didn't even feel the contact between the hull and sand. With six hours to dry and paint one side, there seemed like an abundance of time to Scotch-Pad the hull and get her painted. Debbie and 1 had been apprehensive at first, but were quite confident the next day when we careened our Baba 40 on her other side. With a freshly painted bottom, we con¬ tinued north and visited many fine an¬ chorages. We made it as far north as San Felipe — which isn't all that far from San Diego — and were impressed with the

There are few shots in nature as exciting as a dorado making a speed run for the bait. Or as sad as watching them change coior as they die

friendliness of the locals and the relative prosperity of the town. While there, we had our electric windlass rebuilt and were given a spare set of brushes — all for $35. The only downside was a 430 peso fee — about $50 U.S. — for checking in and out. The Port Captain would not accept the normal despacho for checking out, and made us use a ship's agent for checking in and out. This was very different than our experience at every other port in Mexico. We only encountered one good blow during our season in the Sea of Cortez, and that was during our 120-mile trip from San Felipe to Refugio on Angel de La Guardia Island. It blew 25 to 40 knots from the southeast for 14 hours, and the seas built to about eight feet. This had been the hardest we had been hit in over a year, and was a great opportunity to find a few of those leaks and weak spots. We seemed to have plenty of leaks, and dis¬ covered that we definitely needed to se¬ cure the chain locker if we didn't want the chain ending up on our vee-berth. The Sea of Cortez fed us well and opened our eyes to many new discover¬ ies. We truly enjoyed our time in the Sea, although we believe it would take several season to see all the wonders. Although

Spread; Debbie atop isla Patos with 'Saiiors Run' in the background. Inset; Another view of the Baba 40 ketch while careened. we must now say good-bye to the Sea and then to mainland Mexico in March when' we leave for the Marquesas, we'll be headed to more adventures in another part of paradise. —jejj& debbie 10115 J2000 Velella — Wylie 31 Garth Wilcox & Wendy Hinman Vancouver Island, B.C. (Seattle) Prior to heading down the west coast of the United States to Mexico and be¬ yond, we decided to do an approximately 1,000-mile circumnavigation of Van¬ couver Island. We’re really glad we did, since it provided an excellent opportunity to shake out the cobwebs and test our cruising systems before leaving the con¬ venience of local stores and repair facili¬ ties — as well as the comfort of family and friends. It's not as though we're new to sailing. We've raced for years, but that often draws upon a different set of skills. And, though we’ve owned our boat for two years and have been living aboard for a

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year, a cruise such as the one we took provided a more accurate idea of how we’ll really use the boat before we re actually put to the test. Going farther afield than normal, where there were ocean swells and the weather can be more dicey, has gotten us to stretch a little — and shake some bad habits we’ve developed from sailing on the relatively calm waters around Seattle. Setting things on the counter and expecting them to stay, for example, or not doing a proper job of stow¬ ing things. Although we worked right up until the day before we were scheduled to leave, we managed to get away pretty much as planned. ’When we got to 'Victoria, Cana¬ dian customs wanted to do a thorough search to find all our liquor. But after tak¬ ing a look at all the stuff we had stacked high in the vee-berth, the two officers just looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. It was kind of amusing. 1 think customs wanted to search our boat be¬ cause we'd declared that we had no beer aboard — something they apparently found hard to believe. But we'd decided to drink hard liquor instead of beer be¬ cause the latter is so heavy and takes up

so much fridge space. We later learned that if we’d called customs, they probably wouldn't have even bothered to search our boat. One good outcome of their declin¬ ing to search our boat is that we realized that we had too much stuff aboard. We did our prorisioning just north of Victoria at Nanaimo, which has excellent stores and reasonable prices. On our way north, we detoured over to the mainland to visit famous Princess Louisa Inlet, a mecca for mariners that we have wanted to see since we first ar¬ rived in this beautiful region. We had an ideal sail 40 miles up a narrow fiord, and were awed by our surroundings along the way — and even more so vipon arrival. What a photographer’s paradise! The rainforest next to Chatterbox Falls, which is at the head of the inlet, was so green and lush with moss that it literally dripped off the trees. And the mile-high granite mountains dropped almost vertically to the water, with dramatic falls and torrents of water all around. We tied up to a free float next to the falls for a couple of days, then moved to a free mooring buoy for a different perspective. We were there in early June and the place was nearly de¬ serted. We saw only a few boats arriring and departing Malibu Rapids, which are a few miles shy of the falls and guard the entrance to the cathedral-like setting. Princess Louisa Provincial Park is com¬ pletely natural, so there are no facilities — but there is beauty to spare. We meandered our way north through Desolation Sound on our way to the top of Vancouver Island, stopping to enjoy some of the many nice anchorages along the way. We stopped in Melanie Cove, mentioned in the book Curve of Time, and tried/to locate the old apple orchard. We motored close to the falls at Teakarne Arm, and rowed around the lagoon at Squirrel Cove. Tlie guidebooks kept warn¬ ing us how crowded it would be in Deso¬

lation Sound, but we saw relatively few other boats. High season apparently doesn’t start until July, so the local stores weren't even fully stocked. The June weather was pretty nice, however. During one long day heading north¬ west, we passed through a set of five rap¬ ids, timing our progress carefully so we could take each one at relatively slack water. Checking the tide tables and sched¬ uling our passages accordingly was mandatoiy. The weather service had posted gale warnings for Johnstone Strait since the start of our trip, but local knowledge suggested that we make the passage in the morning before the wind came up. Taking that advice, we had a nice sail in an area where it can get ugly if the wmd turns against the tide. North of Johnstone Strait we found several good spots to an¬ chor and — despite some clear cutting — some great scenery. Mild conditions and a tight schedule forced us to push on de¬ spite our interest in the pretty little islets along the eastern side of Queen Charlotte Strait. Port Hardy, at the northwest corner of Vancouver Island, turned out to be a fine port for provisioning and a good jumping off point for rounding Cape Scott. Leav¬ ing early in the morning with the tide, we were able to motor past Nahwltti Bar and around the Cape — a potentially hazard¬ ous area with tide rips, particularly in windy conditions — in calm conditions and flat seas. The first place to stop after the rounding was Sea Otter Cove, which is quite dramatic but has a rather dicey entrance. Between the tight quarters and gusts of wind, it's a difficult place to an¬ chor. We enjoyed hiking out to see the Pacific waves crashing against the rocks outside the entrance. Along the Pacific side of Vancouver Is¬ land, there are four sizeable sounds and A typical sailing vista In the Pacific Northwest features green hillsides and rocky shores. Nor¬ mally, however, there aren't so many boats.

CHANGES some other smaller inlets to explore. The northernmost, Quatsino Sound, is little visited but peaceful, and there are sev¬ eral nice anchorages. To our surprise, we found a rock in Smith Cove, so wouldn't suggest a visit there, except at low tide. In Kyuquot Sound, the next one to the south, we found several places to enjoy: Bunsby Islands, on the north side; Dixie Cove, an almost landlocked bay smelling of evergreen; and Rugged Point, a delight¬ ful sandy beach on both the sound and Pacific sides of the point that is connected by a boardwalk through the woods. I used a roll and a half of film here alone! Nootka Sound is steeped in history, features picturesque beaches on two sides of a point, and has a lighthouse at Friendly Cove. As we continued south from here, sportfishing boats became more numerous since the ared is acces¬ sible by road. South of Nootka Sound is Clayquot Sound, which is much more shallow and has vivid blue water on the west side, and Tofino, a charming little town, on the east side. Hot Springs Cove, on the north side of Clayquot Sound, is another incredibly beautiful spot that is also a mecca for cruisers. A two-mile boardwalk hike through the rainforest leads to the springs, and the boardwalk cdone is worth the visit. The views are ter¬ rific, and many boardwalk planks are carved with the names of people and boats that have been there before. The springs at the end of the trail are quite a treat, as there are natural high stone walls on either side, a waterfall at Finding out the truth requires a ieap of faith, but the water reaiiy does get pretty warm up in Desoiation Sound.

the head, and a series of cascading pools that lead toward the sea. The springs are pretty hot, and after a short time warm you to the core. Tour boats bring tourists from Tofino during the middle of the day, but during the morning and evenings it's not crowded. Sometimes we had the springs aU to ourselves, sometimes we met other boaters who seemed to appear out of the forest. It was fun chatting with folks from boats we’d already seen along the way. Barclay Sound, the southernmost sound, is the most popular sound on the west side of Vancouver Island, with many kayakers and every type of boat. There is a sprinkling of islands to explore in the sound, many of which are part of a ma¬ rine park. There aren't man}^, facilities on Vancouver Island, particularly on the western coast. It's not easy, for example, to find places to provision or to bathe. Even pay phones are somewhat scarce. The proper disposal of garbage presented a continual challenge, so we tried to gen¬ erate as little as possible by eating a mini¬ mum of packaged foods. Various parts of Vancouver Island have been subjected to clear-cutting, which is ugly because the peaks look as though they'd gotten really bad haircuts. Despite this, we saw many lovely spots — even in the clear-cut ar¬ eas. We also saw wildlife not usually found at our backyard feeder: seals, sea otters, eagles and many other birds. We also saw whales breeching, and someone from an¬ other boat told us that they'd seen a bear munch on shellfish some 40 yards from the float at Princess Louisa Inlet. We were sleeping at the time. We also enjoyed hik¬ ing onshore, and paddling around in the dinghy to explore sea caves and tidal pools. When our detour to Princess Louisa is included, we estimate we covered about 1,000 miles from Seattle. We had good weather in the mornings for rounding the capes and points, but there was still a bit of slop where the Pacific swell meets the land. We didn’t see much fog until midJuly, at which time we also saw more cruisers and fishing boats. Adverse weather could be an issue around Vancouver Island, but we were pretty lucky and spent extremely little time wait¬ ing for conditions to improve. We motored more during the trip than we'd have liked because there was often little wind, be¬ cause it's usually right on the nose in the narrow, and because we were frequently rushing to time our arrival at one or more rapids. Although our eight weeks is almost double the time many cruisers take

for the circumnavigation, it hardly seemed like enough. We definitely need to return someday. — wendy & garth 10/15/2000

Annapurna — Hans Christian 48 Buddy & Ruth Ellison The Louisiades Archipelago, P.N.G. (Sausalito) {Cont'dfrom last month.] Further east in the chain, at Hessessi Bay on Pana Tinani, the people were very different from those in the Calvados group. We didn't feel put upon every time an outrigger came out to our boat or when we went ashore to visit. They still needed things, of course, so we willingly gave up supplies that we could replenish when we returned to Oz. But it was a delight to be able to go ashore and just 'tell lies' — the Aussie term for shooting the breeze — with everyone. One day I went ashore and played the guitar while another cruiser played the mandolin. The locals genuinely seemed interested in us and the music. From then on the weather improved. So Buddy and John Martin, who lived in

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No matter If it's in the Old World, New World, or Third World, the death of a loved one hurts. The locals wanted an elder's funeral filmed. one of the villages, went on several lobstering trips. The local fishing gear is primitive, so Buddy let John use his triplebanded spear gun. You'd have thought John had died and gone to heaven! He wanted to know if we could bring him one. All in all. Buddy has had good luck lob¬ ster hunting, with nice size bugs. He's also caught a record breaking three fish, two of them on the way into Hessessi. He gave both to the locals and we were immedi¬ ately their new best friends. After about a month in the Louisiades, we ran out of everything fresh, including eggs and veggies. So we started trading in earnest for lobsters, mud crabs, shells, paw-paw, bananas, eggs, yams and po¬ tatoes. Yes, we went native. Luckily we still had a freezer full of meat. It's hard to believe that it's possible to get tired of eating lobster and crab, but it happened to us. They're Just everywhere, and we ate it fried, boiled, broiled, barbecued — you name it!

Before leaving Hessessi, one of the el¬ ders passed away. We were asked to come to the funeral, film it, and send the film back to them. It turned out to be both gruesome and very interesting, and we took photos of the unfortunate soul in the coffin and all the mourners. We were hon¬ ored with a •gift of two baggi, which are shell necklaces that have been used throughout the area for barter and gifts. They start with the shell, cut it up into small pieces, grind them into tiny little circles, drill a hole in the middle, shine them, and then string them into a neck¬ lace. The process took them about three days. Apparently it is very special to be given one, and ^ter seeing how they are made, we quite understand. After that finale, we continued to move east through the Louisiades chain, trav¬ elling in company with David and Carol on Darsi, and John and Sandra on True Blue. We all flew our American flags and wherever we went kept Joking that 'the Yanks are coming'! Around the corner from Hessessi on the same island is Hata Lawl, a beautiful bay with no villages. So we had a week of quiet. Unfortunately, Buddy slipped on

some coral while walking around a small island at low tide, and scratched his feet and knees. Coral cuts are nasty if not taken care of right away. We thought we cleaned the cuts correctly, but Buddy got in the water the next day, which is a nono. The cuts started getting infected. Ev¬ eryone we spoke to on the radio had a remedy, of course. Put the wound in as hot water as you cam stand for 20 min¬ utes; clean with soap and water; apply vinegar, isopropyl alcohol, Betadine, hy¬ drogen peroxide or camphophenique; open a tetracycline capsule and put the powder on the wound; elevate the wounds above the heart, amputate; pour diesel on the wound; set the foot afire; blah, blah, blah. With the cuts infected, it was already too late. Buddy started getting pains up his leg, red circles around the nasty buggers, and a swollen foot. So we put him on antibiotics and 1 forbade him from getting into the water until they healed — which wasn't until we left the islands! That kind of put a damper on the water festivi¬ ties, such as diving for lobster. We spent the rest of our time visiting the villages, reading, and playing Mexican dominoes with our buddyboating friends. Around the middle of August, we parted company with our friends and headed for Tagula, the southeasternmost island, and waited for a weather window to sail back to Townsville. We stopped at two anchorages on Tagula, Lyin and Lijiliji. The cruising guide said that Lijlliji is an ideal anchorage for departure through the pass, but to stay well offshore because of the crocs. We didn't see any crocs while we were there, but we didn't get'off the hoat to visit the beautiful sandy beach, either! Because of the threat of crocs and the fact that the weather had become overcast and rainy, we only stayed Living the simple life in a complex world. This young mother in the Louisiades has one In her arms and another on the way.

CHANCES four days before heading back to Oz. A number of things during our visit to the Louisiades made us abnormally aware of our vulnerability and dependency on one another: we ran out of all our fresh food and most of our other food; Buddy couldn't go into the water the last 2.5 weeks because of his infections, and we would have had trouble if the rode had gotten wrapped aroimd a coral head; nei¬ ther of us got any exercise the last week because of the fear of crocs on the beach; we attended one funeral, and heard that another five locals perished when a ca¬ noe flipped and threw nine of them into the water. It may sound silly, but it made us realize even more how precious life is and what's really important. Some little things that used to bother us now don't seem like much. We also thought about all the stuff we brought to trade; how it didn't amount to a hill of beans to us, but how important it was to the wonderful and very gentle islanders. Especially the 25 or so who are able to see again because of the used eyeglasses we were able to give away. Enough of the emotional stuff! Our plans now are to go get our car in Brisbane and drive to the center of Australia for a few months. We ll fly back to the States early next year, then return to Oz in March. After boat guests In March and April, we'll head up the East Coast to Darwin, then set sail for Indonesia. — buddy & ruth 8/2000

Saga — Alberg 35 Jann Hedrick & Nancy Birnbaum Mexican Visas (Oakland) Before we started cruising, we were told that Mexico had some of the best cruis¬ ing grounds in the world. After more than a year down here, we'd have to agree. It also has a great community of cruisers who are different and wonderful — and The long ride from La Paz to San Diego takes you up the Baja peninsula, which Is mostly desert. One of the few exceptions Is San Ignacio.

have different opinions on how to handle things, such as the issue of visas. Many cruisers who haven’t completely severed their docklines return to the States every six months or so and auto¬ matically get new fresh visas when they return to Mexico. Others opt to go through the bureaucracy rat's nest and get their 'FM3'. which allows them to travel back and forth to the States within a year with¬ out a new visa. This can also be renewed annually. The cost of an FM3 varies, al¬ though we were told it ranges from $200 to $500 a person. The difficulty of the process varies also, depending on where you apply for the permit and/or if you pay a service to do it for you. For example, one friend got the Crew’s Quarters in Banderas Bay to get him a 180-day visa, which is the maximum, for an unknown price. Here in La Paz, we've been told that it’s virtually impossible to get an exten¬ sion on a 180-day visa, and if you do, it would only be good for another 30 days. We re also told it's easier to get one in Cabo, where officials are more tolerant of long-term tourists. After weighing the various options, we decided to rent a cheap car — with airconditioning, of course — and drive up to San Diego and get new visas. It also turned out to be a good opportunity to help our fellow cruisers, as we got on the La Paz Net and announced that ^^e could pick up mail and stuff from Downwind Marine in San Diego. And that if people wanted, they could donate a few pesos to our gas fund. So along with another cruiser, we piled into the rental car emd started the nearly 24 hour drive. Despite the stern warnings from everyone, we drove straight through the night. Al¬ though we encountered many cows and a few horses by the side of the road, we fortunately didn’t hit any. Five times the Federales stopped us at designated check points, each time probing under the wheel wells, presumably looking for guns or drugs. They were cdways very nice. We used these opportunities as rest stops to stretch a little and get some drinks. When we asked the Federales where the bath¬ rooms were, they always laughed and pointed to the dark scrub along the side of the road. It's a long drive from La Paz to San Diego, but the views are incred¬ ible, and we also enjoyed a nice dinner stop at Santa Rosalia. We arrived in San Diego mid-moming the following day and went straight to the consulate to get our new visas. It was easy. Our next stop was Downwind Ma¬ rine, and they were thrilled to give us mail to deliver and a few bits of gear folks in

La Paz had ordered. Naturally we bought some stuff we needed, too. After all the shopping was done, we visited old friends at Sun Harbor Marina, which had been, our home for three months while waiting for hurricane season to end last year. Fi¬ nally, we got a room and a very restful night's sleep. With our truck loaded to capacity, we headed back to the border and La Paz the next day. Our border crossing was easy, as we declared the stuff we had picked up cuid were sent on our way in a short time. 1 think we enjoyed the scenery on the return trip even more than on the way up. We saw the huge peirk that spans al¬ most the entire middle of the Baja Cali¬ fornia del Norte. It was a surreal sight, with miles and miles of huge rocks emd boulders, interlaced with tall cacti that sprout new blossoms in the spring. Each part of Baja offers different desert scapes. The northern part is green and hilly, the middle is rocky and otherworldly, and the lower part has fantastic views of the Sea. The total cost, including rental car, came to less than $150 per person. It seemed a long way to go for a day, but we were

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Scenes from 'Mahina Tiare's'summer cruise from Victoria to Sweden, clockwise from top left: Cocos Island, Costa Rica; Kuna women, San Bias Islands, Panama; Portobello, Panama; Horta, Azores; Dingle Peninsula, Ireland; John and Amanda in Sweden near the fWIben^Rassy factory. thrilled by the scenery and glad that we had made the trip to see some of inland Baja. —Jann & nancy 7115/2000 Jann & Nancy — Two hundred to $500 for FM3 permits ?! If anybody has paid that kind of money, they've gotten screwed. We suggest our readers check out Mike and Anne Kelty's report in the October Letters —find it at www.latitude38.com — on how they got their FM3 at the consulate in San Diego for just $80. It would be muy loco to pay $500for a FM3. On the other hand, far be it for us to discourage anyone from making the drive up and down the Baja Peninsula, which is a trip on any number of levels. About 10 years ago we bought a Cal 25 and singlehanded the boat on a trailer from Marin County to Pueito Escondido in 34 hours, including a rest stop at Guerro Ne¬ gro. It was a spectacular drive, the'two highlights of which were pulling into the oasis at San Ignacio and dropping out of

the brown desert mountains to the glis¬ tening blue Sea of Cortez Just north of Santa Rosalia. After we threw the boat in the water, we singlehanded back in Just 29 hours, much of it at night. Like you, we'd been told not to diive at night be¬ cause of the danger of cattle sleeping on the warm pavement. The good part of driv¬ ing at night is that you have the road al¬ most to yourself and you can usually see oncoming traffic from miles away.

Tucumcari — 33-ft Custom Sloop Bob Starr & Cyn Terra-Starr Cyn's Puddle Jump Review (Toledo, Oregon) Bob and 1 have different versions of our crossing from Mexico to the Marquesas this spring. This isn't surprising, since he built the boat and had already sailed her from the West Coast to Australia and back. Meanwhile, I feel that o(;eans are slightly malevolent and that boats are mere toothpicks that only manage to stay afloat thanks to the help of electronics and other unreliable gear. There, I've confessed to my polio del mar status once again. I'm

not ashamed — except that I really should be farther along in my personal 'therapy' to gain confidence in being on the water. Confronting a 2,700-mile passage to a tiny speck in the middle of the ocean certainly provided plenty of opportunity for con¬ quering my fears, but they still exist. But I am getting better at ignoring and hiding them. We had a grueling, seemingly intermi¬ nable passage that I only occasionally found exhilarating. I sort of felt as though we were confined to a motorhome cross¬ ing America, one that dipped, rocked and lurched while we tried to cook, eat and wash up. All at the breakneck speed of five knots. And we could never get off. I found it nerve wracking. Our trip had an inauspicious begin¬ ning, as we had to bum precious fuel to get out of normally windy Banderas Bay. Ideal conditions on the ocean are 15 knots and flat seas — but we rarely saw them. You have to sail with the wind you get, and we mostly had fluky stuff. After a few days of frustrating winds, we realized that we’d forgotten to toast Mr. Neptune. So we poured the rest of our mm — which we only use for such occasions — into the ocean. We only covered 20 miles during the next 24 hours, so I'm not sure how much it helped. The upside of that dismal pace was that bobbing about on a glassy surface was surreal. And the horizon dished up scenes finer than a Disneyland surrounda-view attraction, with dolphins plapng at the bow, and our being able to more closely inspect the actual blue color of the ocean. Actually, they need a better name for the color of the ocean, as it was mes¬ merizing. Perhaps my problem is that I started the trip with excessive expectations. I ex¬ pected to zip merrily across to the Marquesas in three weeks, pushed along by steady trades and only having to moSome people feel being alone on the ocean Is a chance for freedom and tranquility, others see It as a source of fear and anxiety.

CHANGES tor to cross the doldrums. The goal of three weeks was based on the fact that Bob had made the same crossing in the same boat in that time some 15 years before. But on this trip, we unfortunately had maddening winds and the area of dol¬ drums was poorly defined. So we degen¬ erated into sub-humans. Our crossing took 28 days — or nearly a month of what the Eagles would have described as a "prison of our own device". Naturally, I'd made lofty plans for the free time enroute: 1 would study French eveiy day, bone up on celestial naviga¬ tion, enjoy contemplative moments under stany skies, and become at one with the elements. Yeah, sure. First of all, 1 never got more than three hours of urjdisturbed sleep — and usually much less — for weeks on end. The lack of sleep turned both of us into lurching zombies. It was like we were new parents — except that we had to stay up and be semi-alert be¬ fore getting our reward of going back to bed. Some reward! A bed in which 1 had to prop pillows around my sweaty body m order to not be tossed against the hull. A bed In which I had to endure the sound of constant banging in the rigging or the slatting of sails. I think sleep deprivation was the primary cause of my descent into a cranky, listless, raw existence. Secondly, 1 lost my appetites. Who cared about food? Sex? You've got to be kidding! Pleasures of conversation or reading? Whatever. The main impediment was lack of REM time, but other things contributed to it — such as the difficulty of just moving around and/or executing any task aboard a rocking vessel. Bob and 1 ended up wearing the same clothes day after day. All right, we did change under¬ wear — when we realized that one day had turned into the next. But our rou¬ tines got messed up. 1 couldn't remember if 1 had just brushed my teeth or merely dreamed it. We didn't take many showers because it took too much energy to gather everything together and struggle to the foredeck to sit under a wildly SMdnglng Sun Shower nozzle for a couple of min¬ utes. Although I managed to avoid the worst consequences of mol de mer, 1 none¬ theless felt slightly ill whenever we had the kind of seas that accompany the kind of wind necessary for fast sailing. Why hadn't Mother Nature seen to it that you could have good wind and flat seas at the Scime time? 1 popped a Bonfire every once in a while, but it seemed a useless ges¬ ture. What 1 needed were gimbaled legs. Finally, 1 always felt a little anxious, and that wore me down. It's never com¬ fortable aboard a moving boat, and the 24-hour-a-day effort to keep The going as Page 206 •

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fast as possible in the right direction had me mentally and physically tense. Al¬ though we didn’t have any major break¬ downs, there were always little mechani¬ cal chores for Bob to attend to. Plus the windvane seemed to require lots of tweak¬ ing. And 1 always worried that a hangnail might become a life-threatening infection, that our appendices might simulta¬ neously burst, or. . . well, see how crazed you can get when you're 1,000 miles from nowhere? So, other than figuring out what sail combo would perform best given the ex¬ isting wind conditions, what else was in¬ teresting? Drop dead sunsets and sun¬ rises. Spectacular opportunities to be an integral part of all the natural surround¬ ings. Boat baths for The. A break from the pressures of communicating with family and friends. A month of going braless and shoeless. Not spending any money for nearly a month. The pride of accomplish¬ ment for undertaking and completing such a trip. And a perfect chance to prac¬ tice cognitive therapy to work on my fears. What distinguished the days from one another — besides plotting our position on the charts — were our radio skeds. What a comfort to know that there were 20 or 30 other boats all plunging through the same ocean to reach the veiy same dot as us. We checked into two nets — an Informal one which we set up with other cruisers before leaving P.V., and a more formal one for hamsters only. The latter, called the Pacific Seafarer's Net, recorded

map — a great service for those who wanted to track our passage on the Internet. The radio was our lifeline. Hold on a minute! This is Bob, and Cyn has been rambling on about the passage ad-nauseam, so she finally fell asleep over on the port settee. So now it's my turn to speak up. As she mentioned, this trip took a week longer than the last one, so we'd set ourselves up for disappointment. That, combined with the frustration of con¬ stantly looking for nonexistent wind, made this the worst passage I've ever been on. And I spent four years cruising this boat in the South Pacific. My sentiment about the poor saUing conditions was ech¬ oed by a few other sailing vets who did the passage at the same time we did. Cyn and I both had our ups and downs dur¬ ing the trip, but the bottom line is that we made it, we re In fine shape, and so is Tucumcart We're now having a great time in the Marquesas eating more fruit than you can imagine, seeing lots of wonderful scenery, and meeting lots of both Marquesans and other cruisers. This is Cyn, and I'm back. Bob and I had our differences during the trip, the most irksome for him being that he felt I was always wanting to slow the boat down for more comfort. Despite these counterpurposes, true love conquers all. I had imagined our landfall would be on a brilliant day with the island of Hiva

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It's a long way from Mexico to the Marquesas, and there is no guarantee that the winds won't be too strong — or too light — for some foiks. Oa majestically rising from a speck to a miracle of verdant green. Landblrds would be soaring around us. Reality was once again different — although dramatic in its own way. We arrived too early in the morning due to 35-knot winds, so we had to heave-to until first light. Hiva Oa's jagged mountains appeared in the gray mist when we were about 10 miles off, the wind decreased to a decent range, and we sailed into the harbor triumphant — although depleted. The Marquesas are a chain of six in¬ habited islands and several other unin¬ habited ones. I'd never heard of this part of French Polynesia before meeting Bob, figuring that Tahiti and Fiji were all that were down here in the South Pacific. Any¬ way, we’re now having a super time visit¬ ing the villages and downing a multitude of fruit — which is so plentiful that it lit¬ erally falls into our waiting bags from the trees. The stores sell no friiit and only a veggie or two — onions, maybe a potato and sometimes tomatoes — so obviously the natives all have community gardens. They also have trees laden with guavas, papayas, grapefruit, limes, oranges, soursop, avocados, bananas and others fruits which are new to us. The villages exude a sheen of prosperity that is so different from the Mexican towns. Everything is

green and manicured, and there aren't any plastic bags blowing in the wind. It must be the abundance of flowering trees and bushes, plus expanses of mown grass, that changes the perspective of poverty, because the people here are prob¬ ably only a bit 'richer' than the typical Mexican. Or maybe I don't know squat and all the locals are on the dole from the French. Prices are definitely on the high side, but it doesn't make any difference because we have lots leftover from Mexico. We join with other cruisers for a restauranf meal when there is a restaurant, oth¬ erwise we have the usual potlucks and cockpit get-togethers. The water has been warm so far, but too murky for snorkeling. That's the spe¬ ciality of our next stop, the Tuamotus, Muiege, a coot oasis on the Sea of Cortez—and the site of a battie between a U.S. warship and the tocats Mexicans.

which are exclusively coral atolls teem¬ ing with fish. Thus far, the notorious nosee-ums have only been present on Nuku Hiva, so I have only collected a dozen or so maddening bites. I think these guys are immune to bug sprays! Quite enough for now, n'est-ce pas? — cyn& bob 811512000 Readers — Don't let anybody fool you: 1) Long passages are not for everyone — and the 2.700 miles from Mexico to the Marquesas is one of the longest in cruis¬ ing. 2) Small boats tend to be slower, bumpier and generally less comfortable than larger boats. 3) If there are only two crew, the lack of sleep is almost sure to be a problem. As such, nobody embarking on a 2,700mile doublehanded voyage on a 33-foot boat should be looking forward to a plea¬ sure cruise. Such a trip would be a blast for a couple of young bucks who are to¬ tally corrfortable on the ocean, love tweak¬ ing a boat, and get their rocks off trying to carry a chute in 35 knot squalls. But for someone who doesn’t understand the workings of a boat, who fears the ocean, and who can't get into the Zen of sailing, it's likely to be a month of misery. And for what? It seems to us there are many cases in which everyone would be a lot happier if the skipper — usually a guy — were to find another enthusiastic ocean voyager or two for the long ocean passage, and have the relucant person, often the woman, fly over to meet the boat.

pruise Notes: "Muiege (moo-la-hay) is a great place to leave your boat in the Sea of Cortez if you need to go north for a few days or a few months," reports Garth Jones de Camacho and Kayanne Tate of the Alberg 37 Inclination. "You Med-tie to a stone wharf below the office of Miguel, the Port Captain, who will keep a close eye on your boat. The fee is $3/day at the current rate of exchange. Crossing the bar from the Sea of Cortez into the river requires some

CHANGES local knowledge or prior checking out in a dinghy. Our Alberg draws 6'1", and I can get in and out at least once a day al¬ most all of the time. The longest period 1 can't cross the bar is about 10 days, but that only happens twice a year. There is a rock in the middle of the channel that only shows on minus tides. I'm on the Sonrisa and Chubasco nets many mornings from October thru May, so people can call me for assistance. Channel 22 is the local hailing channel. Gringo, who is actually a Mexican who runs the outboard repair concession on the starboard side up the river, can bring you in if I'm not around. The best anchorage in the area during the winter is behind the hotel at Punta St. Inez or down in Bahia Concepcion., I pre¬ fer Hornitos, improperly listed as Santa Domingo on recent charts, because there's excellent diving there and because my Mexican grandpa has a fish camp there. I was blown into Mulege during a nasty Norther way back in '88 when I was pretty broke. The Mexican divers took me home, fed me, bathed me sind kept me. Now I teach lots of cruisers to dive and fish — and not be afraid of the

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Wet T-shirt contests are alive^nd well at events such as Fiji's Regatta Week, in fact, sponsors even provide speciai 'uniforms". Mexicans. In addition to my Alberg 37 in Mulege, I keep a Catalina 22, also named Inclination, set up for cruising in Friday Harbor, Washington, and a panga that's usually out on shares to the family. Hope

to see everyone in Mulege sometime.” i We haven't been there in about 10;i years, but we remember Mulege as a neat I little oasis on the sea with a population 'i of about 3,500. Most cruisers ignore it because of the greater number of attrac-: tions at nearby Bahia Concepcion. Mulege !■ is perhaps most famous for the old prison i with no doors' that is now a museum, and |1 for a long-running feud between landowners and ejido members over land |l rights to the most popular tourist areas. i "Another hugely successful Fiji Re¬ gatta Week was held September 8-16 at | the Musket Cove YC at Malolo Lailal Is¬ land, Fiji," reports Don Mundell of New f Zealand. Sixty boats and their crews were on hand to enjoy a week of fun activities . and yacht racing. Sixteen Kiwi boats and I 11 Aussie boats provided the basis of the fleet, while boats from the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Northern Europe added a broader international flavor. The first event after the welcoming party was the 10-mile cruising race to Dan and Annette Costello's Beachcomber Island for Pirate's Day. Light winds and calm seas

IN LATITUDES jtnade the conditions ideal for a first event. .Cats were favored, and Kiwi Tony Lugg's [jCiystal Harmony, a Ron Givens 50■cfooter, took line honors. The next day proJ/ided a chance for doublehanders to demgonstrate their skills in the Hobie 16 Chalrlenge, a two-day match racing event Daround a triangular course. Thirty-two iiteams hotly contested for the title, and a îarge crowd was on hand later in the week ; to watch the finals. Bradley and Scott jEFarrand of the the Kiwi cruiser Irene beat ^Thomas Howell of the U.S. based Farr 55 imagine by a score of 2-0. Anne lAylesworth of the American boat Ferric BStar was third. Monday's race to Namotu Îsland — sponsored by Oram's Marine — pprovided another great day of racing fun ând shoreside excitement. American Jim [tMaloney won the race, which was held in fjthe morning, with Hijacker. The afterjimoon activities included a buffet lunch p,and the famous wet T-shirt and hadry Lchest competitions around the pool. [tMakerta, a Musket Cove staffmember, jiwon the wet T-shirt, while Roy of the Kiwi feboat Barnstorm had the hairiest chest.

Jim Maloney's American yacht 'Hijacker' was one of the outstanding performers at FIJI Regatta Week. She won the Namotu Island Race. Tuesday was a day of sports and absurd beachside games for both young and old. These included coconut throwing, petanque, and the tossing of the palm trunk — which sort of resembles the Scot¬

tish caber. The more serious Ansett Airlines Around Madolo Race was held the next day. All boats got off to a good start, with Hyacker taking a flyer. A few boats laid through on the wind to the top of the is¬ land, but many paid a price for poor point¬ ing ability — especially the cats. With light running conditions through the back of Malolo, big spinneikers insured that it

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CHANGES would be a race for the monohuUs. Jim and Loretta Maloney's Lidgard 44 Hyacker from the U.S. took first, Andrew Stranski's Adeims 43 Long Nose from Australia was second, and Keith McKenzie's Crowther 48 cat What’s Up Doc from Canada was third. The race was for the Sir Ian and Lady McFarlgme Trophy, and the winners got major prizes from Musket Cove Re¬ sort and BP Oil. The list of previous win¬ ners is quite impressive: Kiwi Ross Carpenter's Outward Bound in '84; Kiwi Richard Olsen's Blizzard in '88; Ameri¬ cans Jim and Sue Corenman with Heart of Gold in '95; and Kiwi Graeme Woodroffe's Emotional Rescue in '97, '98 and '99. The final two days of the regatta included the previously mentioned finals of the Hobie Cat Challenge: the' Best Dressed Yacht Contest, which brought the bay and marina ablaze with color; the Live Figurehead Contest, which resulted in nu¬ merous creative, imaginative — and in some cases, scantily-clad — entries; and a traditional Fijian meke with a pig on the spit. Friday was the massive cocktail party, dinner, and prizegiving. It was an¬ other great week of sailing competiton and

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Aeventyr. The cruising is very easy and ; warm, and all the people we've met have been friendly and helpful. After being on the mainland, we've just finished a terrific summer in the Sea of Cortez, where the fishing, diving and sea life were all fantastic. We re surprised that there were so few cruisers in the Sea, but it made a nice change from the busy mainland. We will be in San Carlos for a month or so, hauling Aeventyr to paint the bottom. When the work is done, we'll travel in¬ land to visit the Copper Canyon, do an¬ other month of cruising on the Baja side, then sail down to Mazatlan for Christmas. After a brief visit home, we'll return to Mexico, then depart the Mazanillo area a couple of months later for the Galapagos, South Pacific and New Zealand." For those without a worldwide perspec¬ tive, Mexico is truly one of the great cruis¬ ing grounds of the world, particularly for those who prefer it wsirm, easy and inex¬ pensive. We're not sure what we Ameri¬ cans did to be so lucky. Were also de¬ lighted to report that we're getting many

'Crystal Harmony', a Givens ip-foot catamaran from New Zealand, took honors In the fun race to Beachcomber Island for Pirate's Day. family fun!" It's also amazing that it came off at all, what with the coup just a few months earlier. What's it like cruising Mexico? We’ve had a ball down here!" report Matt and

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CHANGES 'Lectronic Latitude shortly after the start of the year. Just so everyone is clear on the concept, Latitude and Marina Para¬ dise ciren't organizing group meetings, the list of the boats that are going, the radio skeds or anything like that, we re just throwing a party and trying to help facili¬ tate the group effort. As for leaving your boat in French Polynesia, new customs rules allow foreign boats to be left there forever — although the owners are only allowed to cruise six months a year. We don't have the information to evaluate the yard in Papeete versus the ones in Raiatea, but Raiatea Carenage has his¬ torically been the most popular. For lots of excellent information, visit their website at http://raiatea.com/sailing/carenage. By the way, when we emailed our re¬ sponse to the Kotas, we noted that it’s also possible to leave a boat at one of the ma¬ rinas in Fiji — although they are subject to more tropical cyclones. This was their response: "We re familiar with the situa¬ tion in Fiji from our previous trip to the South Pacific in '92-’94 with our Golden Gate 30 Cassiopeia. We started that trip from Hawaii, so this is our first visit to Mexico, and will be our first chance to see

Thanks to a change in Tahitian custonis iaw, your boat can stay in French Poiynesia forever, but you can't stay more than six months. the Marquesas and Tuamotus. We can't wait." "We're hoping to leave for Mexico on November 1, then depart Mexico on March

15 for the South Pacific," writes Al| Wheatman of the Marina del Rey-based ; Ericson 35 Sea Dancer. "My crew will be i Chris Nielsen and Mike. It will be the first time for me, and I'm wondering if you have ' any advice or comments." j Our biggest advice would be to keep your priorities straight. Number one is making sure that your boat's basic sys- ' terns — rigging, rudder, sails, and engine — are in good shape. After all, you can have a great Puddle Jump without luxu¬ ries such as a freezer, but it's hard to have fun if you lose an essential such as your rig, rudder or mainsail. Not having an engine isn't the end of the world, but it’s ' nice if that works, too. Secondly, in order to have a more enjoyable passage, make sure that you and your crew have your sailing skills up to snuff. For example, if | you've reefed your boat enough times ' during high winds and rough seas in the middle of the night, you won't get overly ! stressed if you have to do it in the middle of the Pacific. Finally, try to become part of the informal Puddle Jump Class of '01, ! as there is additional comfort and safety in numbers and radio skeds.

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”We just wanted to let you know that after we left Huatulco, Mexico, the Port Captain straightened out, ” report Sid and Manuela Olshefski of the Ericson Cruis¬ ing 36 Paradise, currently in Colon, Panama. "All the cruisers now get charged the right amount and pay it directly to the bank instead of the port captain — as is required by law. We just completed our Canal transit after spending a month at the beautifully rustic Pedro Miguel Boat Club on Miraflores Lake inside the Canal. While at the Pedro Miguel, 1 learned some great ways to call home for free. So, cruisers might want to check out the following websites:www.dialpad.com; www.msn.messanger, which actually works better and faster than Dialpad: and www.hottelephone.com, which you can use to call 30 different countries. If your computer doesn't have a built-in speaker and microphone, you'll need a headset and microphone to be able to make calls. But all of the Internet cafes here in Panama have the headsets, and they're included in the rental fee of about $2 hour. That's not bad, considering it allows you to make all the free phone calls you want.

I couldn't believe my eyes when this red school bus with "Super 99" written all over it pulled up to get me. Two kids greeted me and escorted me around the store. When checking out at the register, one of the kids gave me his discount card so that I'd save money. He made big points there! Then they drove me back and carried aU the groceries to the boat! Just call them at 449-3460 or 449-3461. Life aboard Paradise is like being in paradise." "Panama has several fine new improve¬ ments for those wanting to leave their boats here for a few days or a few months," report John and Karen of the San Francisco-based Vagabond 47 Windsong. The Balboa YC on the Pacific side has re¬ opened the swimming pool and restau¬ rant, but they still haven't replaced the clubhouse that burned down. The taxi drivers that work out of the club wUl take you through check-in for $10/hour. The Pedro Miguel Boat Club inside the Canal can hold 20 or so boats and has room on the hard. And now for something entirely new: Marina Cardiner and the Bocas YC up at the Boca de Toros region, which is 140 miles north of the Canal on the Car¬ ibbean side. Cardiner has room for 30

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CHANGES boats in the water and more on the hard. You have to reserve and pay for space 90 days in advance. The Bocas YC has 100 boats on a combination of great docks, some Med-moorings, and some fingers. Boca is the safest little backwater town we've ever been to, and has 15 restau¬ rants and bars and two Internet cafes. We re now at San Andreas, a great place with a safe harbor and new navigation lights for the entrance. It's a large town Avith movies and lots of parts available. But if you need to have parts shipped in, FedEx them to San JoSe, Costa Rica, then pay $100 for a round trip flight to pick them up. If you wait for them to be sent to San Andreas, figure on two months for them to clear in Bogata. Although near Costa Rica and Nicaragua, San Andreas belongs to Colombia." Having never been to the Boca de Toros region of Panama, we asked Craig Owings, who is stepping down after 13 years as the commodore of the Pedro Miguel Boat Club, about Marina Cardiner and the Boca YC. "Both businesses are off to a good start, as I've yet to hear a bad report from cruisers who have been there. The businesses are apparently working closely

with the cruisers to insure there are no rip-offs by government officials — which had been my reason for not liking it as recently as '97. Boca de Toros is a charm¬ ing little area with good gunkholing — although the fishing is not as good as other parts of Panama. Visitors should^e careful to drink bottled water as much of the ground water was contaminated by fertilizer from banana farm runoff. The stuff is high in organic phosphorus and not good to drink. When we did medical readiness exercises a few years back with the U.S. Army in the Boca area, we found indications of low levels of mental retar¬ dation from the contaminated water. Sup¬ posedly there is a new water system being installed, but I would ship a sample back to the States before I'd trust it. A small quantity would probably not bother you, but chronic exposure is not good." If you're looking for an undiscovered cruising place, Boca de Toros is worth a try. We've not been there, but traveller guides give good marks to the town of 2,500 that is mostly populated by English¬

speaking blacks from the Antilles. It's also a great base for exploring the pristine is¬ lands of the Archipelago de Bocas del Toro and Parque Nacional Bastimentos, the latter being Panama's first — and excel- i lent — maritime park. If you're looking for great white sand beaches lined by co-' conut palms, with terrific reef diving and tons of wildlife, this may be the place. If someone would like to provide us with a more detailed report and some photo¬ graphs, we'd be most appreciative. Want your friends and family to be able to watch you transit the Panama Ca¬ nal? Thanks to the Internet, it's just a matter of a couple of clicks on a computer. Simply go to www.pancanal.com, and you'll see that a relatively high resolution camera is directed from the Miraflores Lock toward the Pedro Miguel Locks and the Pedro Miguel Boat Club — although it sometimes zooms in on the Miraflores Locks. We know cam shots have been around forever in Internet terms, but for some reason this one boggles our mind Walter and Joyce Birkenheier of the Salem, Oregon-based Cal 40 Just Do It : report they spent a little over two years in i

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IN LATITUDES Guam working to build up the cruising kitty. "Joyce, who has more sense than I, then flew to Japan, while 1 sailed there singlehanded," says Walter, who is cur¬ rently in Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. "Any¬ one who wants more information regard¬ ing Japan or any of the other places we've cruised — which include Mexico, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Is¬ lands, Pohnpei and Guam — should email us at: cruisingsaflfgyahoo.com. If I find any requests too obnoxious. I'll just block those addresses." The 2000 cruising season for the San Francisco-based MacGregor 65 Final Frontier was a short one," report Steven and Aleta Hansen. We only sailed 2,800 miles while continuing our journey west¬ ward from Fiji to Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Austradia. We had intended to visit the Solomon Islands — which has excel¬ lent dive sites — but armed militants took over the government so there was too much civil unrest. The highlights of our season were getting caught in the center of Tropical Depression 23F — this is just below hurricane/cyclone force — between

Fiji and Vanuatu, which did in our faith in weather forecasts and weather rout¬ ers; diving on the luxury liner S.S. Coolidge, which was sunk by U.S. Navy mines during World War II at Santo Is¬ land; enjoying the restaurants in the Latin Quarter of Noumea, New Caledonia, where three-course gourmet meals go for just $15. Our favorite was La Chaumiere. We're currently at Southport, Gold Coast, Australia. Anyone wanting to check out our photo album should visit http:// www.zing.com/album/. "I'm on the threshold of bringing a Union Polaris 36 back to San Francisco from La Paz," writes John Greenman. "Any suggestions are welcome as I want to leEim all I can about this trip." The good news is that November is traditionally the best time to head north, as the northwesterlies and accompanying seas are very light eompared to the spring and summer. If you have a little patience, you can prob¬ ably motor all the way north in mostly flat conditions. While fueling up in Cabo, visit Jim Elfers at Coast Chandlery, who

literally wrote the book on the 'Baja Bash'. Hello? Quite a few people headed to Mexico this f£dl have equipped their boats with Qualcomm phones fliat can also use the Globalstar satellite system. The only fly in the ointment was that they could only receive text but not voice in Mexico. It was a political rather than technical problem. Anyway, just 10 days before the start of the Ha-Ha — for which Qualcomm and Globalstar are the official communi¬ cations suppliers — the problem was solved and now Qualcomm-Globalstar phone owners can now call out of Mexico and receive cedis in Mexico. "We expect to make it to Z-town by Christmas," report Lionel and Patricia Botting of the Cambell River, British Co¬ lumbia-based Folkes 39 cutter Ankle Deep. "When we do, we'll be crossing the outbound track we started in 1995, and therefore will have completed our circum¬ navigation." As of September, the couple were still in Panama. 'We have to be careful what we say," report Rick and Liz Strand of the Sonomabased Ericson 38 Sarah Elizabeth, "be¬ cause the old-timers around here — meaning those who have been here two

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CHANGES or more summers — blame the influx of cruisers in the Puerto Escondido area of Baja on the glowing Changes Liz wrote about the area earlier this year. Nonethe¬ less, we want to put in a good word for the Hidden Port YC here, which really does a great job for cruisers. The club main¬ tains a lighted dinghy dock, provides trash disposal, helps keep the great tasting water flowing free, and supplies free video checkouts. The club also puts on the Loreto Fest each MayKwhich is not only fun, but features the annual beach clean¬ up. We haven't had a chance to attend one of the club's Sunday potluck brunches, but we hear that they are a big hit. True, nobody has to pay $10 for an annual membership, but we hope to make everyone who uses their facilities but doesn't join feel guilty! So please join and fly your burgee! For those who didn't know, Rick amd Liz were the King and Queen of Sea of Cortez Sailing Week — an annual cruiser event since the early '80s that almost didn't happen this year because of the same kind of La Paz cruiser politics that have repeatedly almost done in the event

since its inception. According to the website of the sponsoring Club Cruceros de La Paz — www.clubcruceros.org — Carolyn Scott of Wind Dancer, who is the current commodore of Club Cruceros, took over the reins of Sailing Week with just two weeks to go and, with the help of many volunteers, managed to attract 55 boats and put on an enjoyable event. If the La Paz cruisers and former cruisers can keep from each others' throats, there should be another Sailing Week about the third week in April. If you're going to La Paz and have any questions about: staying longer than six months; importing goods: port clearances: port and harbor fees: mall service; cars; mordida; money: medical and dental ser¬ vices: and language, visiAthe FAQ sec¬ tion of the Club Cruceros web page. The answers were written by Maiy Shroyer of Marina de La Paz—who knows what she's talking about. Most answers apply to all of Mexico, not just La Paz. Another 650 slips for the Sea of

Cortez? Gary Rigdon of San Diego writes, "1 am a principal in Bahia Kino Resorts at Bahia Kino on the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez. This resort was started in the late 70's and halted in '82 with the fall of the Mexican economy. We will be restarting it soon, and have a presiden¬ tial decree for at least 650 slips. Ours will be the most northerly recreational boat marina in the Sea of Cortez. In addition to being sheltered by the bay, it will be out of the hurricane zone and have tides similar to San Diego Bay. One of our associates, Paul Cote, well-known to West Coast cruisers and one of the founders of Greenpeace, did a study about the need for future marinas from Cabo up to Kino, and we know the demand is great. Nonetheless, we'd still like input from Latitude readers. They can contact me at gkrigdon@aol.com." Bahia Kino is about 80 miles north of Santa Rosalia and about 80 miles east of Bahia de Los Angeles. Kino is on the mainland side of Baja, of course, while Rosalia and B.L.A. are both on the Baja side. It's November 1, let the Mexican cruis¬ ing season begin! Bon voyage, everyone.

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maran rowboat. Ideal tender for sailboat. Easy tp tow and very light. Comes with trailer. Great shape. Currently registered. Can take a 7.5 hp or wired for eiectric trolling motor. $550/obo. Please call (510) 864-2023 or email: mhmanes@msn.com.

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LIFERAFT. RFD Revere. Seasava plus. APEX7'3“ HYPALON DINGHY. Hard floor. Good condition. $700. Forespar outboard with removeable hoist. $150. Call (707) 280-9043 or (707) 429-9679. Ask for Paul.

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1998 QUICKSILVER. Air-deck Inflatable. 10'9''. Excellent condition. Many extras. Rated to 15 hp. $800. Or trade for 12-13 ft. aluminum boat. Call (510) 524-1299.

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num mast. Two sails. Trailer. $1.100/obo. Call Mark (415) 518-7718.

49er FOR SALE. Ideal first boat. Very solid. 3 (yes, 3) masts. Each ready to go. 2 mains. Jib. 2 kites. Sietech dolly. Lots of extras. Well rigged. Ready to sail right now. Fastest fieet around. $7,000. Please call Chad (510) 384-3088 (cell).

LASER, 1995. Beautiful condition. Used 10 times. Never raced. White deck with dark blue hull. Sail. Mast. Boom. All lines. Beach trailer. See at www.convergant.com/ laser.htm. $2,995/obo. Bay Area. Call (408) 353-2916oremail: scott@convergant.com.

DUTCH CENTEROBARO SLOOP. 14-ft. 8-FT DINGHY/TENDER. Made by Classic Marine, Richmond, CA. This boat is in above average condition. Sturdy fiberglass con¬ struction. Mahogany trim. Can be powered by oars (2 included) or a small outboard (not included). $500/obo. Call (510) 383-1970.

Van de Stadt, Tern design with Dutch-built trailer. Positive flotation 3 hp E vinrude. Seats either side of c/b. Trunk runs fore and aft Wood spars, deck. Beautifully crafted. Strong, pretty and fast. $1,200/obo. Call (415) 331-6677.

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Excellent condition with trailer. Motor mount. 1.5x windspeed to 40 mph. Fly smoothly above the waves. Exciting high speed gybes like a Disney ride. Asking $7,400. Please call Chris or Linda (505) 829-3787 or email: sportnut@swcp.com.

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15-FT ROWING SKIFF. Launched October 2000. Beautiful round-bottom skiff with three rowing stations for one ortwo rowers. Fiber¬ glass over cedar strip. Epoxy/carbon bot¬ tom. One pair custom spoon oars. Calkins trailer. $4,750. Call John (510) 366-1476.

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MacGREGOR 19,1994. Powersailer with trailer. Sail, ski, fish with this unique boat, Showroom clean. Loaded. 50 hp o/b. 3 sails. Porta-potti. AM/FM/Cass/VHF. Bimini top. Custom stainless railing and swim ladder. Sleeps 4. Water ballast for easy trailering. Lots of extras. Fits in garage, Reno. $12,000. Please call (775) 626-9399.

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HARTLEY TS16. 16-ft. sailer with trailer and 3 hp motor. Plus extra parts and stuff. Clark Craft design. $1,200/obo. Call (925) 462-6246 or email: hinzi @ llnl.gov. RHODES 19. In the water at Lake Tahoe. Ready to sail. Main. Jib. Spinnaker. $1,000 or trade for inflatable dinghy with 7.5 fourstroke outboard. Call (209) 267-5605 or email: shumes@volcano.net.

MOORE 24,1978. Hull#30. Needs racing. $7,000. Call (415) 332-3217. J/24, 1981. Dry sailed. Completely refur¬ bished bow to stern. New standing rigging. New running rigging and lines. New 4 hp Johnson o/b. New winches and hardware. 3 mains. 2 spinnakers. 3 headsails. Trailer. Ready to sail. $6,500. RYC#99. Please call (925) 447-8165.

SANTANA 2023R, 1995.23-ft. race model. Harken furler. 3 sails. Trailer. Sail covers. CD player. Porta-Potti. Hoist sling. Asym¬ metric spinnaker. Swing keel. Dry sailed. Currently in So. Cal. $12,000. Please call (775) 588-4949.

CAL 20,1961. Fixed keel. Good condition. Well equipped. New bottom 8/00. Ready to go. $1,000 without motor. $1,200 with 4 hp Johnson. Call (510) 232-5869.

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COMPAC 23/3, 1993. Bristol condition. Dodger. Bimini. Stern enclosure. Cockpit cushions, all Sunbrella. 9.9 electric start Suzuki. VHF. Stereo. B&G depth. New storm jib. Galvanized tandem trailer. 6 bronze ports. Teak interior. Bruce/Danforth anchors with rode. Arizona. $15,000. Please call (520) 779-3877.

RHODES 22,1978. With trailer. Knotmeter. Depthfinder. 150 genoa on Hood roller furl¬ ing system. Porta-Potti. VHP radio. New compass. V-berth. Pop-top. Swing keel. $4.000/obO. Call (408) 243-7222. 15-FTCLASSICSAIUNGCATBOAT. 1-ft. hard chine bottom. 5-ft. steel centerboard. Wood with gelcoat. Fully restored. New mast, tabernacle, cockpit, paint. Custom trailer. Cover. Nissan 3.5 engine. Great Bay boat. Ready to sail. $5,000. Call Alice at (415) 457-8997.

MacGREGOR 26, 1998. Excellent condi¬ tion. Sailed three times. Trailer. Yamaha 50 hp. Two 9-gallon fuel tanks. Asking $14,500/ obo. Please call (510) 632-2370 (days) or (510) 508-2509 (eves).

RANGER 26,1973. Pineapple sails. Honda 9.9 hp. Saturn compass. Horizon radio. Depthsounder. Knotmeter. Extra setofsails and storm jib. Excellent inside. $4,300/obo. Call (408) 554-9575.

CORSAIR F-27. #164. Fully equipped for both racing and cruising. Dry boat with no corrosion. Always stored inland on trailer. $45,000. Please call (831) 320-0193 (days) or (831) 449-2214 (eves).

NORDIC FOLKBOAT, US 25. Thomas Lind built, Denmark 1951. Hull is solid and dry. Needs decking, housework, and re-rigging. Owner newly married and moving to East Coast. Sadly, must sell quickly. All offers considered. Call Brad (510) 663-4645.

CAL 2-27. New wiring. New interior. New gauges. Atomic 4. Loads of extras. Mint condition. Must see. $10,000. Please call (650) 726-3722.

PELICAN #433. Good condition. Ready to sail. Full canvas cover. Trailer. $1,095/obo. Call (415) 472-6639. BAY LADY, 1963. "A Classic" - Latitude 38. 20-foot Japan-built mahogany and teak MORC boat. Good condition. Full set of sails. 15 hp o/b (1994). VHF. Many extras. $3,600. Call Ken (925) 827-3373 or email: kenm@slip.net.

16-FTINT. CONTENDER. By M&W. F/G. Australian built. Proctor spars. Trapeze completely redone. Trailer has new lights, tires, bearings and wheel rims. Ready to go any distance. Located Stockton Sailing Club. $1,550. Call Ray (209) 772-9695.

PRECISION 21,2000. Brand new. Never in water. Mast/boom still wrapped, etc. Jim Taylor keel-centerboard design. Sleeps 4. Stove, etc. Galvanized trailer. Save thou¬ sands. $16,940. Southern Oregon. Call (541)535-1326.

24-FT DOLPHIN. S&S design. Trailerlaunched ocean pocket cruiser. Solid. Baja vet. Sleeps 4. Fiberglass construction. Cen¬ terboard keel. Recent sails. Upgrades. New paint. Outboard. Dual axle trailer. $5,600/ obo. Also, 2 extra stainless diesel Dickinson cookstoves and heater. Please call (415) 331-7576.

CATALINA 22, 1985. Pop top. Kitchen. Potti. Swing keel. Curtains. Cushions in and out. No trailer or o/b. Can deliver. Located Eureka. Dry and in good shape. Must make room so will sell for less than value. $2,500 firm. Call (707) 825-7715.

J/24,1978. In Las Vegas. See above. Told wife about the Latitude 38 ad. She said "sell it now" and "I don't care." Now only $5,500. You have been wanting to go to Vegas anyhow, haven't you? Call (702) 293-1464 or email: appwest@ix.netcom.com.

J/24. #2372. $8,800. Please call for details. (415)441-9719. CAPE DORY 22, 1986. Nice one-owner boat. Many custom big boat features. Double rails and lifelines. 4 bunks, head. New 5 hp motor. 5 sails (main, jib, genoa, red/gold gennaker, storm jib). Compass, knotmeter, more. $9,800. (650) 359-6874 (eves). 21-FT WOODEN KETCH. Gaff rig. Looking for a new owner. She was especially made in 1975 and maintained by wooden boat instructor in Bath, Maine. She has a 3.5 Betters diesel and a small cabin. She now resides at Emeryville. Call (510) 206-0505. J/24,1978. Freshwater East Coast boat in Las Vegas. Full refit 1992-93 with Allis hatch. Harken winches, etc. Oversized dual axle Trail Rite trailer. Newer mast. 2000 North genoa. Dry sailed by same owner for 12 years. $6,500. Call (702) 293-1464. O'DAY 240,1988. Excellent conditon with new galvanized trailer. Wing keel. Roller furler. ISOMAT spars. 8.8 hp outboard. Autohelm tiller pilot. AM/FM cassette ste¬ reo. $14,000. Please call (530) 677-6229.

25 TO 28 FEET 26-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT, 1950. #US88. Excellent daysailer. Not in race condition. Protected slip in Berkeley marina. Exterior varnish new. Topsides painted last year. $1,500/obo or trade for 15-ft. dinghy with jib (FJ, Lido, etc). Call Chris (510) 594-0263. C&C 25,1974. Napa Valley Marina. Needs some work, i.e. rigging, lifelines, watertank, deck paint. Has VHF, fishfinder, compass. 3 sails in fair condition. Anchor. All naviga¬ tional lights. 1999 Yamaha 6 hp long shaft. $3,200/obo. Call Tim (707) 525-7603 (wk) or (707) 935-0189 (hm). ALOHA 28,1985. Harken furling. Dodger. New Pineapple main. Epo^ bottom. New Mercury 10 hp with electric start. Lots of gear. Very good condition. Freshwater boat. Please call (925) 672-9408. NOR'SEA 27,1979. Aft cabin. Extensive cruising inventory. Good shape. Please call (510) 234-6587. EXCALIBUR 26. Needs work. Plus a 4-axle trailer with adjustable jacks. Please call (916) 687-8350 (eves).

BAYLINER BUCCANEER 27,1980. Great Nissan o/b. Teak interior. Dinette. Stove. Pump water. VHF. New battery and charger. Sails in good condition. Lifelines. Enclosed potty. Excellent throughout. Moved. Inspect by appt. Allowance for bottom paint. No trailer. $4,400 Please call (661) 873-7729 or email: kentlittle@yahoo.com. TARTAN 27, 1974. 10,000 lb. capacity trailer. USCG documented. Fast and strong Sparkman & Stephens racer/cruiser. Reli¬ able Atomic 4 plus spare. 3 new headsails, never set. Headroom. Galley. Enclosed head. Needs fuel tank, other work. Drydock $49/month. $10,750/obo. Please call (408) 266-0116. SKOOKUM 28,1977. Rare find. Overbuilt double ender. Tiller aft. Singlehander. 20GM20 saildrive Yanmar. New prop. Fresh epoxy coating with Petit Trinidad bottom paint. Roller furling genoa forward and main, reefs in seconds. All ball bearing blocks. High-side pull traveler. Hot Blade for fall sailing. Hand rubbed teak interior. Rebuilt head with Lectra San. New 100 amp. smart alternator. Sail SF Bay and beyond in a boat with character. $20,000. Please call (510) 614-8281 or email: artbear @ ix.netcom .com. LUGER 26. Swing keel. Trailerable. Good boat for Delta. 9.9 hp Johnson, electric start. Pulpits and lifelines. Sleeps four. Shore power. 3 sails and spinnaker. Microwave. VHF. Stereo. Battery charger. New battery. Compass. Electric head and holding tank. Electric sink and bilge pump. New bottom paint. Anchor, line and bow roller. At Loch Lomond. Traileravailable. $4,250. Call (415) 606-4034 (days) or (415) 897-4034 (eves). CHEOY LEE 25 PACIFIC CLIPPER. Teak hull. Farymann diesel. VHF. Bulkhead com¬ pass. Main. Jib. New cushions. New cover. New halyards. SS sink. Water. Anchor with chain.3eautiful condition. In Alameda. See at www.ewebtunes.com/cheoylee.htm. $8,900. Call (510)215-7258. CAL 2-27. Fully restored. New standing rigging, running rigging, interior walls and cushions. Equipped with seven sails plus spinnaker. Ready for racing or cruising. $8,500/obo. Must sell. For more informa¬ tion call (415) 517-5560.

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NOR'SEA 27, 1979. In great condition. Roller furling. Aft cockpit. Dodger. Auto¬ helm. Trailer. Yanmar engine, low hours. Hot/cold preassurized water. Force 10 stove/ oven. Completely remodeled interior. Loran. VHF. Good storage. $34,500. Call (707) 935-6292 or (707) 794-4457 (work). SANTA CRUZ 27,1978. Hull #110. Spec¬ tra and Technora halyards. Harken hard¬ ware. 8 bags of sails. 4.5 hp o/b. KM. DS. VHF. AM/FM cassette. Near-new tandem axle trailer. $8,800. Call (925) 284-7392. 27-FT H-BOAT, 1980. Four sails. 3.5 hp Nissan o/b. Loran. VHF. Depthsounder. Porta-Potti. New standing rigging and bot¬ tom (9/99). Many extras. $4,950/obo. Call (925) 426-9547 (eves). MacGREGOR 26X, 1995. Trailer with brakes. 9.9 hp electric-start Evinrude fourstroke o/b. Electronic flux-gate compass. Depthsounder. Main with jiffy reefing and two jibs. Anchorand rode. Dock lines. Fend¬ ers. PFDs. Great singlehander. $13,500. Call (408) 926-1162. CATALINA27,1977. Fully equipped racer/ cruiser. 3 jibs. 2 mains. Spinnaker. 2 spin¬ naker halyards. Tuff Luff. Autohelm. Di¬ nette. Stove. Head. Cushions. Will deliver SF to SD. $9,500. Call Paul (831) 624-1414 or email: paulnel@carmelabodes.com for info, and pictures.

ALBIN VEGA 27,1975. Very good condi¬ tion. Repowered with Volvo MD6B and trans¬ mission. Replaced standing rigging, 2 sets of sails, spinnaker, 150 and 95. Lines led aft. V-berth and all cushions replaced. $11,500/obo. Call (510) 865-4238 (day and msgs eves). CATALINA 27,1975. Total refit 1998: rig¬ ging, electronics, inside, redcrest, sailcovers. Has been cruised since. Every¬ thing works. Very clean. Can go anywhere: Hawaii, Florida. Now on mooring in San Carlos, Mexico for $85 per month. Turnkey boat. $10,800. See pictures. Email: microcruising27@yahoo.com. FLEUR BLEUE. 26-ft. classic Japanese wood racing sloop. Teak and mahogany. Full set of sails. New standard rigging. Outboard. Radio. In fine condition. $3,800/ obo. Please call (510) 845-5421.

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CATALINA 27,1981.11 hp diesel. Alcohol stove and electric sink. CG approved head. New VHF, compass, fishfinder. 100% jib. Main. Spinnaker with pole. Recent bottom job (12/99). Reduced for immediate sale. $11,900/obo. Call (408) 872-1597 or email: dwdevaul@aol.com. CATALINA 25,1978. Fin keel. Fully bat¬ tened main with three reef points. Roller furling foresails, 110 and 150. 1996 Mer¬ cury 15 with electric start and charge. Sea of Cortez vet. Selling to get larger boat. $6,20b. Call (530) 677-5395 or email aomac @ excite .com. RANGER 26,1972. Good condition. New 15 hp 4-stroke Evinrude. New Pineapple main and jib racing sails. Good working sails plus 80% jib. 2 speed winches. All lines led aft. VHF plus all safety equipment. $6.200/obo. Call (916) 482-9901. CATALINA 25, 1978. Fixed keel. 9.9 Johnson o/b. Sleeps 5. Porta-Potti. Galley/ bottom paint 10/00. 3 sails. 2 anchors. Good condition. All lines led aft. Must sell. Located Santa Cruz. $5,250/obo. Call Julie (831) 462-0834. 25-FT WOOD FOLKBOAT.This mid-1960s classic is ideal for the Bay. New wood mast. Freshly painted hull. Good sails. Outboard. $1,100/obo. Call Paul (510) 528-8849 or David (415) 282-4461. CATALINA 25,1977. Mint condition. Fully equipped. Rarely sailed. Trailer. Main. Jib. Custom self-tending jib and genoa. Stain¬ less steel winches. Vang. Backstay adjust¬ ers. Whisker pole. 2 anchors. Sail cover. Evinrude o/b. Stereo. Shore power. Board¬ ing ladder. Pottie. $5,700. Please call (209) 523-1389. CLIPPER SLOOP 26,1973. Heavy ballast. Swing keel. Pedestal wheel steering. Good rigs. Split back/double forestay. Sails. Cus¬ tom cabin. Sleeps 6. Dinette. Newer cush¬ ions. Stove. Sink. Water. Refrig. Microwave. Stereo. Shore power. Tandem trailer. San Juan? Baja? Equipped and ready. $4,200/obo. Call (530) 673-0394.

CATALINA 27,1979. Excelent condition. Outboard 9.9 motor. Main. 2 jibs, 100%, 150%. Lines to cockpit. Depth. Speed. Com¬ pass. VHS radio. Stereo. Alcohol stove. Sink. Jib pole. Head. Battery charger. Very clean. Great Bay cruiser. In Sausalito. Please call Gerry (415) 990-4024. PEARSON 26. Good solid Bay boat. New redesigned rudder. Mast rigging replaced. 4 good sails: main, 90% blade, genoa, 80% jib. Autopilot. VHF. Knotmeter. Depth. Com¬ pass. Anchor. 10 hp o/b. $4,000/obo. Call (415)457-7136 or email: rgrnwd@aol.com.

29-31 FEET CAL 30,1966. Partially refurbished/modi¬ fied. Yanmar 2gm20 diesel. 27 gal. fuel. 14 gal. water. Removable inner stay. Five sails. Many extras. Excellent pocket cruiser. $16,000. Call Michael (415) 721-2240 (days) or (510) 525-0069 (eves). BABA 30,1982. LOA: 34. LOD: 30. Beam: 10.5. Draft: 4.8. Disp: 12,5000 lbs. Ballast: 5,000 lbs. Cutter rigged. Fiberglass hull. Teak decks. Bristol. Profurl titanium furling on headsail and staysail. Windvane. AdlerBarbour refrigeration. Propane heater. Wood stove. H/C pressure water. Solar panels. Storm trysail. Drifter. Ample ground tackle with manual windlass. Radar. Heavy duty alternator. Many spares and extras. Prime Sausalito slip. $76,000. Call (415) 289-0103 or email: hjearl@cellmart.net. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 31,1990. Excellent condition. Autohelm autopilot. Garmen GPS. Standard VHF. Datamarine KM/DS/ Windspeed Link 5100 with repeater at the binnacle. Quad Cycle battery monitor sys¬ tem. Adler-Barbour refrigeration. Espar heater. AM/FM/CD player. Dodger. Docksider cockpit cushions. New inside cushions. Inflatable dinghy and outboard motor. $98,900. Please call (541) 479-6241. LANCER 30,1978. Rebuilt Yanmar diesel. Wheel steering. Great liveaboard cruiser. Sleeps 5. Standing headroom. Nearly new dodger, main and jib covers. Cockpit cush¬ ions. Very dry boat. Enclosed head. Many extras. $11.500/obo. Call (510) 635-0350' or email: tfinn66475@aol.com. CATALINA 30,1985. Excellent condition. 25 hp diesel. Mast tabernacle. Upper Santa Cruz slip. New standing rigging. Dodger. Full electronics on Edson binnacle. Jib furler. Autohelm. Davits. Inside beautiful. Propane heater. Hot/cold pressure. Refrigerator. Microwave. Etc. $34,000. Please call (831) 465-9550. NEWPORT 30. Georgie Girl. Everything works but needs work. Many sails. Good bottom, $8,000. Call Greg (650) 854-3085.

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30. Rascal. Solid boat. Large cockpit. Full cushions down below with great race record. Trailer. Nissan out¬ board. 8 sails. Electronics. New spinna¬ kers. Ready and complete to sail today. Price reduced to $16,000. Will consider trade for SUV or Honda Accord of equal value. Call (209) 838-3285 or email: f iresail @ qwestinternet. net.

ERICSON 30+. 1984. Universal diesel. Wheel steering. Fully battened main, one year old. 100% jib. Water heater. New an¬ chor and rode. Good condition. $23,000. Call Rich (650) 363-1390.

RANGER 29, 1971. Atomic 4 completely rebuilt. New 155% jib. Many spinnakers. Rigged for singlehanded sailing. Autotiller. Freshly painted topsides. Solid boat. Needs cosmetics. $8,000. Lying Dana Point, Or¬ ange County. Call (949) 369-9815.

CAL-29,1972. Race, cruise. Main, spinna¬ ker, new mylar/kevlar all purpose #1. Re¬ built atomic 4. New cushions. New bottom paint. Holding tank. Martec folding prop. Clean boat. $13,500/obo. Please call (562) 434-2789.

HUNTER 30,1978. 12 hp Yanmar diesel. Wheel steering. Hot/cold pressure water. New roller furling jib and spinnaker sail, cushions and side ports. Recent bottom paint. Located in Alameda. $14,500/obo. Call (408) 729-7849. OLSON 30.1981. Trailer. Great condition and ready to race. Autopilot. New com¬ passes. Very clean. Looking for a good home. Located Newport Beach, CA. $15,500. Please call (949) 548-7697 or email: poe@brainyard.com.

OLSON 30, #66. Well maintained boat with many upgrades. Double spreader rig. Jock strap. New Honda 4-stroke o/b. Epoxy bot¬ tom. Year old headfoil and running rigging. GPS. Loran. KVH compass. $16,500. Call (415)334-8015.

CATALINA 30,1978. Yanmar diesel. Race rigged. 10 bags of sails. New main, boom, autopilot, GPS. Oversized rig. 9 winches. Wood interior. Excellent condition. $21,500. Call (510) 540-1254.

ERICSON 30-t-, 1981. Diesel. Wheel steer¬ ing. Roller furling headsails, 90,110,140. Good main. 2 reef points. Located San Carlos, Mexico. Great boat. Great location. Selling for larger boat. Call (530) 677-5395 or email: aomac@excite.com.

CATALINA 30,1982. Standard rig. Excel¬ lent condition. Gas Atomic 4 has never failed us. Main and 3 jibs. Nice interior and cockpit cushions. Propane stove. AC refrig¬ erator replaces oven. Basic gear included. Very comfortable cruiser. Berthed Brick¬ yard Cove. $19,550. Call (209) 951-6017.

32 TO 35 FEET Please call (503) 407-5966 (cell) or (503) 653-1510 (hm).

J/105. Very clean tiller boat with extensive electronics. New sails. Upgrades. Great boat. Please call (408) 548-6516 or (408) 888-4766.

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Excellent condition. Washington-Mexico cruise tested. US documented. Recently completely equipped for extended cruising. New bottom paint. Price adjustable for equip¬ ment not desired. Located San Carlos (no tax). $77,500. Call (360) 299-9177 or email: bjcylwik@pocketmail.com.

sic design. Needs an Atomic 4. Has a mast but needs to be raised. Extra sails. Located Pier 39. $5,000. Call (415) 845-1087 or (415) 576-0426.

CASCADE 29,1975. Sloop. Singlehanded setup. 7 bags of sails. New interior hard¬ ware and lines. Refit near completion. Must sell. Bring your offers. Boat will be shown 11/11/00 and 11/12/00. Please call Jim (415) 970-0544 (eves only).

KNARR. Wanted. Salvageable. Must meet IKC Deed of Trust specifications. Strong bottom/keel bolts a plus. SF Marina Green berth, ten pluses. Call Knarriy Paul 24/7. (415) 333-1848 (Iv. msg.).

RHODES 33,1946. Classic racing sloop.

draulic backstay. Vang Master. New Pine¬ apple sails. Harken RF. ST winches. KN. Windspeed/direction. Depth. Pressurized hot/cold water. Lectra San head. AdlerBarbour refer. New interior. Bottom March 2000. No blisters. Extremely clean. $29,800. Call (510) 525-9024.

#29 out of 42 built. Mahogany on oak. Recent bottom and topsides painted. Re¬ fastened, recaulked, ribs, floors. Evinrude6 hp o/b. 2 spreaders need to be replaced. Needs minor cosmetics. $4,000/obo. Call (925) 671-7153.

HUNTER 336,1996. Great family cruiser or Golfito, Costa Rica. Yanmar 3-cylinder die¬ sel, low hours. VHF radio. Knotmeter sum log. Depthsounder. Richie compass. Web¬ site: http://caribbee.tripod.com. $18,500. Telefax: 011 -506-775-1614.

liveaboard. GPS. VHF. H/C pressure. Ste¬ reo with 12 disc CD changer. Zodiac with 5 hp Nissan. Located Marina del Rey. $73,000. Assumption avail @ 7.75% to qualified persons. Please call George (707) 255-4371 or email: makosando@aol.com.

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by only owner. Completely cruise equipped. New figging and chainplates. Provision and go. Lying Honolulu. $125,000. Photos and inventory: home.hawaii.rr.com/nisku. Please call (808) 947-1612 or email: nisku@hawaii.rr.com.

FWC Yanmar. 9 sails, all very good to excellent. Full cruising interior with enclosed head. Huge V-berth and large dinette table. Teak ceilings. Wheel steering. H/C pres¬ sure water. Force 10 propane. Northstar GPS/Loran. KVH integrated electronics with SailComp maxi. Harken furler. Templated foils. Re-awigripped mast. This is not a beater boat. Check it out. You aren't likely to find a nicer J/35. $72,000. Can email pho¬ tos. Call Tom (425) 337-0304 or email: bblosten @ seanet.com.

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ERICSON 32,1985. Illness prompts sale. Sleeping accomodations for up to six. Hot/ cold pressurized water. Head with sink/ shower. Galley with stove/oven. GPS. VHF radio. Datamarine instruments. Roller furl¬ ing. Four headsails. Eight winches. Excel¬ lent condition. $47,900. Please call (707) 584-6835.

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COLUMBIA 5.5,1962. #37. New sails ten races old. Five yrs or newer small and large chutes, mast, boom, faired bottom, carbon pole, self-tend jib, rigid vang, custom Harken running rigging. Too much to list. Ready to race now. $7,500/obo. Call (916) 777-6140. / * ERICSON 34, 19B9. Andromeda. Great shape. Universal diesel. Martecfoldingprop. 3 jibs. 2 spinnakers. Harken furling. Full batten main with dutchman furling. WD. WS. DS. KT. VHF. Autohelm 3000. CD player. Microwave. Battery charger. Bruce anchor. CSC bottom. $65,000. Please call (415) 665-6204.

5 year circumnavigation (1995-2000). Com¬ prehensive pre-cruising rebuild/refit ('94'95). Yanmar 2GM20F diesel ('95). Full set of sails, plus storm, gennaker and roller furling. Monitor windvane. 2 Navico autopi¬ lots. 4-person liferaft. 406 EPIRB. Aban¬ don-ship bag. Series drogue. 2 watermakers. Radar. GPS. Sextant. Charts galore. CQR 45 + 200 ft. chain. Bruce 33. 2 Danforths + 600 ft. chain/rode. Simpson Lawrence windlass. Quicksilver 260 with 8 hp Johnson ('97). Siemens solar panel. New spoxy bottom ('98). Topsides, britework, deck and bottom re-done in July. Very spacious cabin thanks to flush-deck design. Vessel in beautiful condition and virtually ready to go again. Berthed in Ber¬ keley. $22,500/obo. Call (510) 967-7611.

ERICSON 35,1982. Yanmar 3GM30F with 350 hours. Electric Simpson Lawrence wind¬ lass. Furuno 1731 radar with hydraulic self¬ levelling backstay mount. Autohelm 4000. Harken furling. Refrigerator. Dodger. Bimini. New gel batteries. Recent survey. First $40,000 or over takes it. Sausqlito. Call (707) 996-8175. PETERSON 33. Fast, strong coastal/club racer with upgraded custom rigging. 5 head¬ sails, including spinnaker. Beautiful teak interior with galley and CNG stove. Berths for seven. Yanmar diesel. Over-sized Barient winches. New prop, VHF and autohelm. $26,000. Call (408) 776-4675.

CAL 34,1976. Diesel. Wheel. Epoxy bot¬ tom. Furling. Dodger. Hydraulic backstay. $25,000 or trade for trailerable Skipjack 25 or Searay 27. Call (925) 372-6540.

RANGER 33, 1977. Excellent condition. Fully equipped and ready for cruising. Brand new 75w solar panel, Raytheon autopilot, GPS and anchor line. Wheel steering. 5 sails: main, 150,130,110, spin. Additional extras include: VHF, depth, speed, pro¬ pane and AM/FM stereo with four new speakers. New canvas. Atomic 4. Many other extras. Must see. Can deliver. $27,000. Call (310) 927-25J0.

SPARKMAN & STEVENS 32. Round bilge steel flushdeck sloop. Just back from Mexico. Holland built ini 960. Beautiful. Roomy interior. Full keel. 50 hp Perkins. Fatty Knees sailing dinghy on davits. Achil¬ les. Windvane. HAM. Refrigerator. Fire¬ place. Lots of cruising gear. $45,000. Call '(510) 769-6594.

ERICSON 32, 1987. Autopilot. Universal 21 hp diesel. Refrigeration. Full canvas. GPS. Loran. 2 mains. Roller furling. Depth/ speed indicator. Self-tailing winches. Whis¬ ker pole. Pressure water. Shower. Head. Stove. AM/FM/Cassette stereo. VHF. Cock¬ pit cushions. Very clean. $50,000. Please call (510) 658-5519.

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HUNTER 34, 1983. Sheet Faced. Bristol condition sloop with 2 staterooms, full gal¬ ley, dinette and enclosed head with shower. New bottom paint (5/00). Harken roller furl¬ ing with adjustable backstay. North fiber¬ glass main. New North radial cut Norlam 135% roller furling genoa. North 110% jib. Tri-radial spinnaker with all gear. Autohelm 4000 autopilot. New Raytheon ST60 depth and speed. New Ritchie compass. Garmin 45XL GPS. Yanmar 3GM30 diesel with Maxprop 3-bladed feathering prop. Twoburner CNG stove with oven. Hot/cold pres¬ sure water. WC-20 smart battery charger. Jensen AM/FM cassette player. New Al¬ pine CHM-S655RF 6-disc CD player with remote. Bose 151 speakers in salon. Bose 131 speakers in cockpit. a6/DC color TV/ VCR. Dodger with side grab rails. $45,500/ obo. Call (707) 746-1128.

36 TO 39 FEET ALAJUELA 38. Classic, swift, well-main¬ tained Bay Area yacht for sale in Sitka, Alaska. Enjoy cruising her home down the Inside Passage. Loaded with gear and ex¬ tras. Complete 1999 refit. New Yanmar diesel with 550 hours. $125,000. Please contact Kent (510) 531-8400 or email: romanoff@pacbell.net. MARINER 36, 1978. All fiberglass ketch. $5,800 on topsides just completed. Roller furling. New main/mizzen. SSB radio. 300 hours on rebuilt Perkins diesel. New 3/4 cover. AP. DS. Microwave. TV/VCR. New hot water tank. Great liveaboard. $48,500. Please call (707) 449-8522 or email: batson@jps.net.

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ISLANDER 36,1971. Divorce forces sale. Hit by ship. Needs work. Survey upon re¬ quest. See at Richmond Municipal Marina, D Dock, #82. Peleka. Best offer. Call Bob (530) 272-4762.

MORGAN 33,1973. 4108 Perkins diesel. • New prop, shaft, thru-hulls, seacocks. Fresh bottom. Hauled in April. Propane galley. GPS. $30,000. Ken (775) 847-7777 or (775) 772-4862^(cell). PEARSON VANGUARD 32. Fully restored fiberglass sloop. Beautiful lines by Philip Rhodes. Swift but very sturdy affordable cruiser with recent bottom job and survey. All rigging, mast and Atomic 4 engine re¬ done in 1995. 6'3" headroom, solar panel. Windvane steering. Autotiller. Dodger. Cus¬ tom V-berth mattress. Windlass. Electric head. Paraffin oven and heater. Four headsails and a spare main. Beautiful mahogany and teak inside and out. $20,000. Please call (415) 331-1057. VAN DE STADT 34. Performance cruiser. Steel. Yanmar. Wheel steering. Isomat spars. 4 sails. Reefer. Propane. Stereo/CD deck. Diesel cabin heater. Excellent sailing. Needs light carpentry and cosmetics. Moti¬ vated. Reduced. Let's make a deal. $38,000. Please call (510) 522-5447 or email: metalfab @ pacbell. net.

CATALINA 320, 2000. Diesel. Upgraded equipment. Double reef main. Roller furl genoa. All halyards/reef lines led aft. Over¬ sized bow/stern ground tackle. Speed. Depth. GPS. VHP. AM/FM. BBQ. Walk-thru transom. $82,000. Call (805) 570-9821 or email: randy@sbguide.com.

ENDURANCE 36. Solid fiberglass flushdeck pilothouse bluewater cruising cutter. Dual steering. Old world character interior with laminated light/dark wood deck beams and oval doors. Triple sized anchor locker. Big 48 hp diesel. 3/4 full keel. Watermaker. Liferaft. Radar. ComNav hydraulic autopi¬ lot. Autohelm windvane. Inverter. 5 bags of sails. Roller furling. EPIRB. Shaft lock. SSB radio. Windlass. Diesel heater. Force 10 propane stove. DC refrigeration. 4 com¬ passes and more. Ready for cruising and Bristol. Just reduced to $59,900. Please call (619) 543-1054. CREALOCK 37,1993. This classic design is cruise-ready. Extensively outfitted for long distance sailing. Impeccably maintained and in Britol condition. Located in San Diego, $189,000. Full specs available upon re¬ quest. Call (619) 758-9125 or email: YACHTFCRSAIL@aol.com.

DOWNEAST 38,1977. Ketch rigged. Well maintained. Autopilot. Loran. Low hours on rebuilt Farymann diesel. Full complement of sails. Ready to cruise. Port Angeles, WA. $52,000. Call (360) 683-6967 or Ben at (425) 401-9545.

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***1910*** 37-ft. Stone Yawl. Exceptional classic. Solid throughout. New transmis¬ sion. Monitor vane. V-drive. Dodger. 480-ft. mainsail. 40 hp diesel. 120 gal. fuel. 100 gal. water. Radar. GPS. Sonar. Loran. Many sails. Newport Beach. Offers over $40,000. Please call (949) 722-0456. TAYANA 37 CUTTER, 1978. Perkins 4108 diesel. $79,000. Please call Terry at (650) 368-2666. FORMOSA 36,1975. All fiberglass ketch. Teak wood interior. Good liveaboard. 3cylinder Yanmar. Aluminum spars. 9 bags sails. Aries vane. Solar panels. Generator. Windlass. 4 anchors. Lying in tropical Guam. Free mooring. Only $15,000. Call Bill (530) 596-4769.

PANDA 38,1983. Solid cruiser with exten¬ sive offshore equipment. For sale by origi¬ nal owner who kept boat in Bristol shape. Beautiful warm teak and spruce interior. Lishaped dinette. Full separate shower. Wrap¬ around galley. 140 gal. water. 80 gal. fuel. 44 hp Universal diesel with low hours (<4,000). AC 10 hp generator (<3,000 hours). 20 gal/hr watermaker. Dual retrig, systems. 2 autopilots. Headsail furling. Cruising spinnaker. Full batten main. Staylok fittings. GPS. VHF. Radar. All sailing instru¬ ments. 5 anchors. 300 ft. 5/16 high test chain plus 800 ft. 5/8 line. 406 EPIRB. Givens 6 person liferaft. Parachute anchor. Drogue and much more. Boat is currently in San Carlos, Mexico. $147,500. Call (805) 376-2291 or email: restless6@hotmail.com. 37-FT CENTER COCKPIT. Roberts de¬ sign. Heavily built cruiser with tots of gear. Very roomy with plenty of headroom. Tough as a hurricane. Roller furling. Autopilot. Anchors. Etc. Currently in Mazatlan. Go cruising now. Sacrifice for $17,500. Call (209) 605-1442. HUNTER 38, 1959. Beautiful mahogany cabin cruiser with large flybridge. Twin Mercury 255s run perfectly. Full-sized bed. Shower. Nice fridge. Good storage. Lots of extras. Weekend retreat. Cruise the Bay or head up the Delta. Needs minor cosmetics. Please call (510) 558-0181 or email: mltilden@earthlink.net. LAPWORTH 36, 1958. Hull #21. Second owner for 9 years. Fully restored and cruise ready. Mexico and Hawaii 1994-96. Haulout July 2000. 36 hp diesel. Full details of mechanical upgrades, equipment list and photos are available on website: www.signaltransfer.com/sunrise.htm. $25,000. Please call (408) 847-7608.

MORGAN 38,1993. New design. Spacious and airy. Center cockpit cruising boat. Show¬ room condition. Fully outfitted. Just returned from Caribbean cruise and ready to go again. Berthed St. Petersburg, FL. Island queen berth in large aft cabin with walk-thru head and shower. V-berth with head. Walkthru galley with stove. Frig/freezer. Microwave. Watermaker. Full cruising instruments with autopilot. Radar. GPS. EPIRB. Wing keel. Dodger/bimini. Liferaft. Solar panels. Wind generators. Portable air conditioner. Stereo/CD. TV/VCR. Dinghy. $160,000. For detailed list, questions, pictures please call (415) 948-8822 or (727) 454-0687 or email:bobwrigley@ aol.com. PALMER JOHNSON STANDFAST 36. Flush deck sloop. lOR racer. Fast. Handles like dinghy. Beautiful lines. Roomy teakand white oak interior with full galley and headroom throughout. Owned and raced by Mark Spitz. 13 bags of sails. $44,000. Please call (510) 469-6899. PEARSON INVICTA I 38, 1963. Experi¬ enced cutter rig sloop. Sistership Mollymawk featured in “Cruising World", Sept. 2000. Cover and writeup by Tom Zydier. True ciassic plastic by Bill Tripp. Many upgrades. Lying Mazatlan. $37,000/obo. Please call (360) 457-4542.

FORCE 50 KETCH, 1983. Venice model with pilothouse, raised cockpit and kingsized bed. Loaded with cruising equipment. Located Roche Harbor, WA. $195,000. For complete specs call (360) 378-8975 or email: dosjers@interisland.net. KELLY PETERSON44,1980. Center cock¬ pit cutter. Perkins diesel 4154,52 hp. Auto¬ pilot. Windvane. Radar. GPS. HAM radio. Liferaft. Inflatable with 8 hp Yamaha. Forceair furnace. Currently in Mexico. $125,000. Email: johnluttrell@hotmail.com.

40 TO 50 FEET CC CHEOY LEE, 44. Robert Perry design. Cutter rigged. Full sails including an asym¬ metrical drifter with sock. Teak over fiber¬ glass decks. King-sized bunk in the aft master stateroom. Head with separate shower. Double-V berth in forward state¬ room with own head and shower. Full array of electronics. SSB. VHF. Radar. Autopilot. Etc. Perkins 4-108. Reefer/freezer. Microwave. Watermaker and more. Yana is poised and ready to go in San Carlos, Mexico. $145,000. Call (360) 582-0973 or email: gcsmith@olypen.com. 42-FT IRWIN RACE SAILBOAT. Custom. Kevlar/carbon fiber hull and deck. Interior is partially new. Rod rjgging. Perkins engine. B&G electronics. Forced sale. Motivated sellers. Will consider cash/trade/offer. Was asking $49,000. Just reduced to $42,000. Please call (360) 437-1067 or email: katyandjan@waypoint.com. 44-FT FERRO. 15 hrs. on rebuilt 471. Steel pilothouse. Recent bottom paint. Great liveaboard. Inside is unfinished. Current tags. $15,000 or trade. Can be seen at Bradford Island, CA. Call (775) 577-4071.

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MORGAN 41 CLASSIC, 1987. Shoal draft fin keel sloop. 700 hrs. on Yanmar 50 hp. Wind. Depth. Speed. Radar. GPS. VHF. Diesel heat. Auxiliary diesel tank. Watermaker. Inverter with 650 AH batteries. 150A alternator. 250-ft. chain on electric wind¬ lass. Three anchors. EpOxy bottom. 150% genoa on furler. Triple reef main. Rigid vang. Whisker pole. 15 hp Avon RIB on davits. 3-burner propane stove. Spares. USCG documented. Much more. Photos: http://www.sv-eridani.com. Offered at $114,900. Call Tim (360) 574-5989 or email: tim@sv-eridani,com. PUVIEUX 47,1980. Center cockpit ketch. This beautiful magazine covergirl was for¬ merly owned by Sylvester Stallone. Tradi¬ tional clipper look with modern underbody. Galleon-style aft master stateroom. Fullsized guest berth. These hard-to-find ves¬ sels are perfect for cruising or legal liveaboard. Proven bluewater cruiser. Loaded with gear and ready to go. Call for extensive equipment list and specs. Insan¬ ity forces sale. $169,000. Please call (415) 455-8000.

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MAUDE I. JONES FOR SALE. 46-ft. fully equipped custom cutter. Currently cruising Australia. All systems maintained in top condition. We've sailed to 40°N and down to 50°S as husband/wife team only. World charts. Watermaker. Generator. Full elec¬ tronics. Washing machine. Roller furling head sails. Tons of spares and much more. This is a tough, dry, comfortable boat. Ready to cruise. Current survey available. See Latitude 38 April “Changes in Latitudes" for some history. Specs and photos at website: www.cruisingcutter.com. Please call Rob and Mary at 61-4-0101-4620 (mobile) or email: maudelj@hotmail.com. OLSON 40. Spellbound. Lying Tiburon. Just hauled, painted, waxed and varnished. Rod rigging. Nautec hydraulics. Sobstad main and headsails. Spinnakers. Poles. Leica GPS. Etc. One-time Latitude 38 cover girl. Turns heads. $82,500. Call (415) 252-5555 or email: rowens@tdcsf.com. SEQUIN 46, 1982. Windwalker. S&S de¬ sign and Maine built by LymanMorse. Ex¬ tensive refit at LM in fall of 1999 updated all major systems, including new Westerbeke 63 hp diesel, refrigeration, electronics and more. Accommodates seven. Offers Corian countertops and integral sinks in galley and two heads. Large navigation station with latest electronics. A true gentlemen's yacht with beautifully crafted teak and holly cabinetry. Always the most beautiful boat at anchor. Easily sailed by two. Regularly re¬ cording 160+ miles per day. Currently com¬ pleting very successful South Pacific cruise. 100% ready to keep on sailing. Available for purchase in November 2000 in New Zealand. US$299,000. See listing descrip¬ tion and photos on Windwalker's website: www.augustdesign.com/windwalker. Inter¬ ested parties should email the owners. Alan Worden and Nicole Bousquet at WCZ5384@ sailmail.com.

DOUG PETERSON 43, 1982. Victory. World-class crusing sloop. Documented. Built by the Dennis Choate Factory, CA. Kevlar/fiberglass hull. Washer. Two refrig¬ erators. Watermaker. Radar. Sonar. Solar. GPS. Autopilot. And much more. New re¬ built engine. New sails. Sleeps eight. Com¬ pletely refitted 1998. $79,900. Email: chlorfre@sol.racsa.co.cr.

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MARINER 40, 1967. William Garden de¬ sign ketch. Excellent condition. Recently extensively restored/refit. Offshore equipped. Loaded. Apiton hull. Perkins 4236 diesel, completely rebuilt 10/00. See pics, and 12 pgs. of specs, at www.thinkswapmeet.com. Just reduced to $114,000/obo. Wanna really good wood boat? Call (360) 379-8736 or email seann@olypen.com.

AMEL SHARKIE 41, 1987. One of the world's finest offshore sailboats. Safe, solid, practical, easy to sail. Three watertight col¬ lision bulkheads. Hard dodger, weather pro¬ tected helm station. One-piece (no hull to deck joint) fiberglass construction. Two staterooms. Extremely efficient freezer/ fridge. Isolated engine room. Perkins 4108, recenttotal rebuild. Unsurpassed stor¬ age. Rich African mahogany. Recent up¬ holstery. Serious ground tackle. Diesel-fired forced^ir heating. Fully equipped for cruis¬ ing. Wind generator. Windlass. BBQ. Din¬ ghy. Outboard. SSB. Radar. Autopilot. GPS. B&G instruments. Stereo. Liferaft. Galley supplies. Bring personal stuff, food and move aboard. This quality boat is loaded. Excellent condition. Ready to go cruising now. Priced to sell. Only $159,000. Serious buyers call (510) 928-0243 or email: Questerfm@aol.com.

40-FT CENTER COCKPIT KETCH. Cus¬ tom. 50-ft. LOA. Cruise-ready to go. 3-year veteran bluewater cruiser in excellent con¬ dition. Cold-molded/fiberglass. 85 hp Ford Lehman. Yanmar generator. Inverter. SSB/ HAM. VHF. GPS. EPIRB. New roller furling. Full complement sails. Cockpit washdown. Spacious decks. Davits. Fully equipped galley. Shipmate propane stove. 12v refrig. Head with shower. New upholstery. Beau¬ tiful interior with koa, mahogany, rosewood, teak, holly, marble, stained glass. Tremen¬ dous storage. Much more. Sleeps six com¬ fortably. $75,000. Call (619) 440-0064 or (619) 338-0820.

FREEDOM 40, 1976. Cat ketch. Swing keel. Center cockpit. Easy singlehander. 1992 refit. Cruised Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska. GPS. Refrigeration. Radar. Autopilot. In¬ verter. Watermaker. Reduced to $72,000. $5,000 under low BUC. Please call (360) 856-0100.

HUDSON FORCE 50 PILOTHOUSE. Ketch. 1986. Venice style. Three cabins incl. huge aft cabin with queen bed. Lots of room and storage. World cruiser/liveaboard. Many upgrades in 1999; Electrical, freezer, plumbing and more. See at WWW.peaspod.com/southerncross. Moti¬ vated. $198,500. Call (818) 348-3451.

PASSPORT40,1982. Proven world cruiser. Weatherfax. SSB/HAM. Radar. EPIRB. VHF. Benmar autopilot. Nielsen Windlass. 300-tt. new chain. New Schaefer furling. MaxProp. 900 amp battery. New dodger. Yanmar 55 hp diesel, 900 hours. Marina del Rey. $105,000. Call (702) 361-6565.

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SWAN 41, 1976. S&S design. Timeless and sexy. Excellent condition. Visitwww.geocities.com/swan41038 for photos. Email: sassetoo@hotmail.com for specifi¬ cations. $128,000. For the really adventur¬ ous, 1999 cruising equipment also avail¬ able.

ERICSON 41, 1969. Hard-to-find plastic classic. Great liveaboard or cruiser. 55 hp Perkins 4-108. Benmar autopilot. Givens liferaft. $52,000. Call for more info. (510) 233-5475.

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CHRIS CRAFT 42, 1970. S&S designed ocean cruiser/racer. Fiberglass bulletproof construction. Fast. Classic lines. Many up¬ grades. Mast and rigging newly replaced. New Profurl. Recent jib and main. Up¬ graded cruising anchor gear. New dodger, interior, wiring, plumbing, topside paint, exhaust, batteries. Reliable Perkins 4-107. $64,500/obo. Call (415) 331-7576. CATALINA 42,1999.3 staterooms. Excel¬ lent condition. Raytheon speed. Depth. GPS. 24 mi. radar. Jensen CD/AM/FM player. 2 reef main with dutchman. 300-ft. chain on bow with electric windlass. Over¬ sized stern ground tackle.BBQ. $179,000. Please call (805) 570-9821 or email: randy@sbguide.com. BLUEWATER VAGABOND47,1984. Safely cruise anywhere or liveaboard in style. Larg¬ est boat in her size range. Well maintained. Romantic and traditionally styled voyager. $210,000. In SF. Specs and photos avail¬ able. Call (408) 527-5913 or email: pmartson @ hotmail.com. 46-FT STEEL KETCH. U.S. professionally built world cruiser or great liveaboard in Sausalito. Has beautiful wood interior. Safe and comfortable. Easy to sail. Structurally sound. Cosmetically needs some work. Many unique practical features. Great in¬ vestment. Fix it up to own or sell. $42,000, Call (415) 331-2522.

51 FEET & OVER TAYANA 52,1991. Center cockpit. Just a stunning performer and a great looker. Your actual bluewater boat. More custom extras than any. Baby or boat must go. So $295,000. No offerers or boatknockers please. And we'll keep the kid. Please call Leilani at (904) 261-3900 or email: f reebird @ poslmaster.com. CREALOCK 53. Steel pilothouse ketch. WIB Crealock custom designed world cruiser. Fully equipped for safe, comfort¬ able world cruising. Amazing walk-in en¬ gine room. 3 bedrooms. 2 full heads. In¬ credible galley. This ketch isagreatcruiser. $285,000. Call (760) 943-7511 or email: edzat @ hotmail .com. HERRESHOFF 56. A modified motor sailer. Steel construction. Double ender. Wish¬ bone rig. Twin 85 hp Perkins; only 100 hours. Feathering props. VHF. Hydraulic anchor winch. Radar. Autopilot. Presently in Sydney, Australia. Asking US$140,000. Please call Peter 61-02-95-21-4955 or email: Lisabk@ozemail.com.au. 60-FT SCHOCK. Staysail schooner. West Coast built, 1935. 471 GMC diesel. 8kw Onan. Past TransPac winner. Teak decks and cockpit. Large and spacious interior. A beautiful classic. Must see vessel. Well maintained. Price reduced. $125,000. Call (805) 641-3385 or (805) 662-2269.

45-FT APACHE CATAMARAN. $20,000 price reduction. Ha-Ha/Mexico vet. Docu¬ mented. 3 staterooms. 2 heads. New LPU topside. Completely rewired. Elec/propane refrig. Refurbed water and propane sys¬ tems. Solar panels. Microwave, Yanmar diesel. Caribe inflatable. Windlass, $119,900. Please call (480) 722-1916 or email: lsailcals@aol.com. GAFF-RIGGED PINKY SCHOONER. Attu. LOA 68-ft, 54-ft LCD. Professionally built 1985 and totally refit 1996 through 1998. New wiring, ample power electric system, 800-amp hour gel-cell batteries, 1500 watt inverter. 6 cyl Isuzu engine and Hurth trans¬ mission. New sails, square yard and stand¬ ing rigging. Robertson autopilot, Kobell hydraulic steering. New windlass and ground tackle. Force 10 oven. 200 gallons each water and diesel. Furuno radar. Six-man liferaft. 406 EPIRB. Vessel lying New Zealand and ready to sail. View on website: www.edensaw.com/attu.htm. Please call (360) 385-7878. 64-FT GAFF SCHOONER. Pro ferro. Sur¬ veyed. Documented. Insured. New rebuilt 353 Detroit diesel. Onan 3 kw generator. South Pacific vet. Reduced price. Must sell now. $9,750. Call Mike (510) 508-4667 or Mark (510) 508-1208.

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GEMIN1105,2000. Launched 12/99. W/S/ D. Radar. Chart plotter. dGPS. Autopilot. CD. Inverter with 4 batteries and monitor. Asymmetrical. 95%. Spin pole. Rigid vang. Custom canvas. New bottom paint 9/00. $148,000. Please call (408) 294-0737 or email: cnoe@aol.com. HARRIS 27 CATAMARAN. Fast, sexy cruiser. Custom foam-sandwich fiberglass hulls, daggerboards, rudders. Extruded alu¬ minum mast. Two I-beams. Fully battened main. 150% genoa. Jib. Glorious spinna¬ ker. Drifter. Nissan 9.9. VHF. Icebox. Alco¬ hol stove. Quite unique. Details at www.sirius.com/-ganymede/boat/ index.hlm. $7,500/obo. Call (510) 339-8236 or email: Ganymede@sirius.com. CROWTHER CAT. 38.5-ft. cutter. Perkins 4-108. Twin screw. Spencer hydraulic drive. Airexglass hulls. Daggerboards. T ransommounted rudders. 2 double, 2 single berths. Located Guaymas, Mexico. Must sell. $68,000/obo. Call (520) 690-5766.

MULTIHULLS MARPLES CC 44 TRIMARAN, 1985. Ex¬ cellent working condition. 24 Universal. Many sails. Roller furling. New nets. Cov¬ ered center cockpit. Inverter. 4 batteries. Hot water. 85 gallons water, 44 gallons fuel. Sleeps 8. Solid ocean cruiser, Portland, OR. Please call (503) 357-4786 or email: sailormn @ pacifier.com. OLYMPIC CLASS TORNADOS. Two boats. Tandem trailer. Lots of sails. Many extras. $3,500/obo. Call for more info. (831) 465-9490 (after 6pm).

MARPLES CC 35 TRIMARAN. Good shape. Ready to go cruising. Roller furling genoa plus four smaller head sails. Storm jib. Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock. Full batten main. Harken cars. Isuzu 15 hp diesel. Max prop. Gel batteries. Solar panel. WA. $39,000. Call (360) 479-2354 or email: llowrybk @ home .com, BROWN 31 SEARUNNER. A-frame trima¬ ran. Cutter rig. Excellentsails. 15 hp Johnson outboard. Autohelm. GPS. VHF. COR an¬ chor. Excellent working condition. Go sail¬ ing right now. Asking $14,000. Please call (831) 418-0021 (voice mail) or email: Zigniczagian@aol.com.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS RANGER 250CC, 1997. Ocean-going, 25ft. Center console. 8-1/2-ft. beam. 220 hours on twin 1997 200 hp Yamahas. Trailer optional. Tackle available. Gold penns. Al¬ ways stored. Like new. $33,900. Call (530) 949-2277 or email: tjmauto@aol.com.

NUNES HURRICANE 30,1947. Fir on oak. Gray Marine 25 hp inboard. Refastened 1992. Professional deck and cabin recon¬ struction 1997. Multiple sails. Move forces sale. Boat needs TLC and a good home. Please call (253) 381-6172 or email: kentcraford @ hotmail.com. FELLOWS & STEWART 44,1946. Island Clipper. Cedar on oak. Currently under renovation at Berkeley Marine Center. Sistership a consistent winner in ocean class. $12,000. Call (415) 518-3914.

N ACRA 5.2. New 6:1 mainsheet. 2 year-old tramp. 2 jibs. 1 main. Trailer. Cracked left hull but looks fixable. $900. Call (510) 7498226 or email: pbutler@basdesign.com.

BROWN SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. 25ft. 1979. Rollerfurling main and jib. Winches. 6 hp outboard. Tandem axle trailer. $6,000. 38-ft. Brown OFF Sounding Trimaran, as seen in October Latitude 38. $19,500. 35ft. Piver Lodestar Trimaran. $7,000. 18-ft. Hobie cat and trailer. $800. Please call (510) 539-8153 (pgr). CUSTOM FOLDING TRIMARAN. 30 x 24 unfolded. 8-ft. wide on trailer. 3,000 lbs. Similarto Corsair F-31, butaffordable. Foam epoxy glass. Center cockpit. Aftcajpin. Full interior. Sleeps 3. Boat in LA. Can deliver. $45,000/obO. Call (310) 827-6317. 31-FT TRIMARAN KIT, 1978. Demount¬ able. Molded fiberglass. Includes trailer, mast, winches, etc. Great boat for winter project. Boat in Marina del Rey. Can de¬ liver. $14,000/obo. Call (310) 827-6317. 31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Jim Brown "A-frame" design. Newer mainsail. Cutter rig with aluminum mast. Spinnaker. Ground tackle. Stereo. Largest sailboat on Clear Lake, CA. Charter potential. $7,900/ obo. Please call (707) 994-3042 or (707) 265-7665.

PT 38 EUROPA SEDAN. Great liveaboard/ cruiser. Twin diesels, low hours. One state¬ room. Centerline berth. Large main salon. Propane stove/oven. Teak decks. Large flybridge. New LP/gel coat. New bottom job. Recent haulout and survey. No blisters. Must see. Please call (415) 380-8818. 28-FT. PENN YANCRUISER. Twin 225hp inboard gas engines. Tunnel drive. Flybridge seats 6. Newly decorated cabin. Sleeps 6. Full kitchen, fridge, microwave, $34,500. Mill Valley. Call (415) 380-9409.

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house or boat for living quarters. Resource¬ ful, responsible female with experience in boat and house repairs, gardening, admin¬ istration, computers, Internet, clerical, caregiving, caretaking, sailing, etc. Mas¬ sage therapist. References available. Cur¬ rently working in SF. Looking to move to north. Please call (707) 778-1797 or email: lyna_su@hotmail.com.

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1975 Bayliner. Flybridge. Fiberglass. Twin engine. Depthsounder. VHS. Solar panels. Propane stove. Heater. Shower. Windlass. Excellent condition. Trade for 30-45 ft. fi¬ berglass sailboat. San Diego. Please call (619)787-7300.

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DIVE COMPRESSER.Third lung. Gas pow¬ ered. Surface compresser. 2 divers to 70 feet. 2 years old. Completely mobile. Floats on surface. Includes belts, 3 regulators, hoses, spares, emergency pony tank, 2 spear guns. New $3,000. Now $1,000. Call (510) 682 3476.

WANTED

USED GEAR

POWER LIVEABOARD WANTED. 35-40 foot. Aft cabin a must. Good condition. Prefer diesel, fiberglass. SF Bay/Delta area. Under $40,000. Please call (415) 331 -9548.

PUR 80 WATERMAKER. Just serviced by

LOOKING FOR NORMAN NERDAHL.

ARIES TILT UP WINDVANE. $1,200.148

He's an old friend of mine. 1 have lost track of him over the years. I would really like to find him again. Last 1 heard he was living on a 54-ft. three masted wooden schooner (?) in the San Francisco Bay Area ten or eleven years ago. He always got this magazine when we picked up bait at the shop. Please give him my address: Lisa Nixon, PO Box 2132, Paradise, CA, 95967 or email: Lnixon<@c-zone.net.

charts. So. Pac. to Australia. $500. Wind trolling generator. Needs new motor. $200. 2.2 oz. spinnaker, 46-ft. luff. $250. Spinna¬ ker dowser. $50. 45 lb. CQR-type anchor. $75.25-lb. Bruce. $50. Call (949) 493-6752 or email: jackrobertsi @home.com.

RAYTHEON RAYCHART 611. Cmap for V850 fishfinder. New. $250. Apelco 365 depthsounder. Bronze thruhull transducer. New. $150. Apelco axl 1500 autodirection finder. Complete $100. Poly tank 64 x 22 x 9. New $50. SSI deck shower kit. $50. Please call (707) 452-9555 or email: larsenfsn @ hotmail .CO m.

8 HP NISSAN. Short shaft. About 8 years

YAN.MAR 2QM15. Complete engine (taken

old (last year of blue and silver paint). Very little use. Fresh water only. Runs like new. 6 gallon tank. $850. Call (510) 814-8888.

down for inspection) and transmission. With some new spare parts and two manuals. $750/obo before 12/1. Please call Greg (650) 261-1391.

PUR and replaced pump motor. $3,000 new. Asking $1,200/obo. Please call (949) 640-9675 or email: lfsearose@home.com.

VARIOUS STUFF. Watermaker. Approx. 5 hp outboard, short shaft. Wind generator. Weatherfax system. Large solar panels. Life vests. Harnesses. Foul weather gear. PFAFF sewing machine. Charts (Pacific Coast and South Seas). Baja filter. Call Hank at (408) 353-3260 or email: macrook@yahoo.com.

SPINNAKER. Asymmetric. Red/white/ black. Excellent/new condition. Leech 41ft. Foot 22-ft. Luff 36-ft. Made in France by Voilerie d'Aquintaine. Used on 36-ft. boat with standard mast. Make offer. Call (520) 797-7188.

WALTER V-DRIVE. From Volvo MDIIC. LOOKING TO CHARTER A SAILBOAT. In the Mexico West coast or Baja peninsula area for a one month Sea of Cortez cruise (April 2001). ideal yacht would be approx. 35-45 feet for 2 person crew. Call collect with any information/leads. (208) 233-0150 or email: mdcorgiat@if.rmci.net. MERIT 25. Spinnaker Sailing School is looking to add a couple of Merit 25s to its school program. If you have one you would like to sell or place in charter call Rich at (650) 363-1390.

I WOULD LI KE to learn more about and/or sail in your 2.4 meter. Please contact with any information. Call (408) 875-5032 or email: andrew.otewalt® kla-tencor.com.

TRAILERS

$200/obo. 60" X1 -1/8" SS shaft. SS muffler can. 7" dia., 6" high. Takes 1-1/2" hose. Offers. Call (510) 236-4421.

CRUISING GEAR. Raytheon Radar R-40 with mast mount. $1,000/obo. Avon liferaft. 6-man. In canister. $750/obo. Whisker pole. 13-22 feet. $300/obo. Call (831) 479-7240 or email: porfin@cruzio.com.

MERCURY OUTBOARD. 4-stroke. 4 hp. New. Less than 15 minutes used. Includes tank, lines and hoisting harness. Too large for intended use. $1,100. Call Chuck (707) 543-3270 (days) or (707) 539-9564 (eves). CABIN HEATER. Diesel fired Espar model D7L. 27,000 BTU/hr. Overhauled by Edinger Marine 1998. Works great. Can demon¬ strate in my boat. $1,500. Ask for Russ at (916) 419-0885 (days).

MIZZEN MAST. 28-ft. aluminum deck 1985 DOUBLE-AXLE. Sailboat trailer in like-new condition. 10,000 lbs. gross, 8,000 lbs. net capacity. Now set up for Olson 30 but may easily be adjusted for other keel boats. $2,950/obo. Call (510) 236-1933 (days) or (707) 864-6339 (eves).

stepped. For Fisher37. Complete with mast step. 9-ft. boom, sail, rigging and 1200 Raytheon radar. Good condition and still functioning aboard for inspection. Alt for $4,500. Please call (415) 332-6645.

USED BOATSTUFF. Manual windlass. Bronze propellers. Hurth transmission. Flares. Paranchor. Fibreglass cloth/resin. 600W Hondagen. Bottom paint. Avon Redcrest. Powersurvivor watermaker. Headsails. Furuno SSB/HAM. Kenwood HAM. Tuner. Spider antenna. 30-ft. Alum. rig. Nissan 8. Other cruise gear. See website: www.boatstuff-used.com. Please call (415) 331-0330 (phone/fax).

1973 PALMER 4 CYL PARTS. Transmis¬ sion. Generator. Water pump. Manifold. Carburetor. Distributor. Thermostat and FTG. Starter. Spark arrestor. All for $200. Call (916) 635-8810.

PARTS FOR SALE. Large teak and brass ship's wheel, $300. F/G dock boxes; one is 36 X 24 X 21 d; one is 52 X 16 X 18d, $100/ each. Heavy brass ship's lantern, $50. Sixpak scuba tank racks, $30/each. Please call (707)319-2141. MARINE WEATHERFAX. Alden TR-1. With receiver, $700. Kenwood 450 HAM, $850. Smartuner autotuner, $250. Phaff 130 sew¬ ing machine, $400. New Galerider drogue, $300. Profurl P-40 furler. 48-ft., $600. Fu¬ runo 24-mile radar. CRT, $450. Heart 2000 watt inverter. HF-2000v, $450. Call (360) 379-8736 or email: seann@olypert.com.

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BUY/SELL 1983 EZ LOADER TRAILER. For 22 to 27 foot boat. Approximately 6,500 lbs. capac¬ ity. Dual axle 16" wheels. Currently set up for shoal draft. Surge brakes. Tows tike a dream. $2,500 firm. Call (408) 734-2043 (eves).

NEW V&M BOAT TRAILER. 23-ft. tan¬ dem. 5,500 GVW. Surge brakes. Winch. Chrome wheels. Tongue jack. Bearing bud¬ dies. Set up for power boat but easily con¬ verted to stioal draft sailboatto 25-ft. $2,450. Call (559) 322-5420.

a bunch of used gear for me. Off a Cal 30. Lots of stuff. Sails, strives, cushions, sheets, winch handles, you name it. Someone who can handle all this stuff. Please call (415) 435-5521 or email: wells123@pacbell.net.

PARA-ANCHOR. 18-ft. Cape Horn. Swiv¬ els. 5/8" stainless. 450-ft. of 3/4" nylon rode. 300-ft. of 3/4" bridle double braid. All heavy thimbled. Never used. New, with two new 3/ 4" blocks. $1,150. Six gel batteries. New. 96.6 amps. $75/each. Call (831) 458-0900.

NEED TO MAKE A THING' FOR YOUR BOAT? Talk to GEORGE BENSON designer See Your Ideas Develop in Shaded 3-D Solid Model Computer Aided Design Email: gbdesign22@hotmail.com • (408) 268-6278

MARINE RECYCLE HAS USED BOA T STUFF! Masts, booms, sails, winches, cleats, blocks, anchors, chain, line, thru-hulls, heat exchangers, exhaust manifolds/mufflers, electronics, pulpits, stoves, etc. OPEN; Tues-Sal, 11am-7 pm. onX^junk 2298 Alahao PI. #J, Honolulu, HI 96819 • (808) 843-8988 /s BnothBf's tr^Bsun email; anc)romedastar@earlhlink.net

VARIOUS GEAR. Two CNG tanks, $150/ ea. Regulator, $100. Two Barient 21-33 winches, Al., 2 sp., S.T., new in box, $550/ ea. Autohelm 4000 drive unit only, new belt, $250. Also, used sails for 34-36-ft. boat. Please call (720) 339-5751 (cell) or email: pmchin47 @ hotmail.com. FEATHERING PROPELLER 60-80 hp die¬ sel auxiliary 25“ x 17". Atomic 4 complete runner. 6 hp Evinrude long leg outboard. 40 plus British Seagull long leg outboard. All less than market price and in excellent condition. Call (415) 457-8616.

BP75 SOLAR PANELS. 75 watt. 4.75 amps. 20 year warranty. Factory sealed boxes. Other sizes available. Airmarine403 wind generators. New. Generate over 30 amps. Also new Freedom inverters. Guar¬ anteed lowest prices. Please call Amy at (208) 263-0274 or (541) 686-2111 or email: quarternet@ aol.com. PFAFF 130. Sewing machine. Excellent condition. The smallest industrial machine ever made. Please call (916) 725-2570. FOUL WEATHER GEAR. Henri Lloyd's. Pants, jacket with flotation insert and safety harness. Large. $650. New Norseman rigging insulators. $150/each. Eye termi¬ nals for 1/4" wire. $30/each. Harken blocks, 3" sheave. $30/each. Mini 2000 compass. $75. Call (650) 341-5934.

30 HP SUZUKI. Outboard engine. Runs well. Electric start and separate throttle control. Extra prop included. $500/obo. Please call Kevin (415) 733-0785 or email: kkgreen@earthlink.net.

52'3" DECK STEPPED MAST. Anodized aluminum and 18-ft. boom. Custom made in 1997 by Ballenger Spars. High quality. Hardly used. Includes masthead, spread¬ ers, and reuseable Norseman wire termi¬ nals. All in excellent condition. New costs $14,400. Asking $9,950/obo. Please call (510) 601-8150.

SAILS. In good condition from cutter rig with P=42ft., 1=46 ft., E=15-1/2ft., J=18-1/ 2 ft. Main: 8.5oz. 3 reefs, luff 40-3/4ft., foot 15ft.1 in. Yankee: 8.5 oz., luff 44-3/4 ft., foot 18ft.1in., leech 37-1/4 ft. Genoa: 5oz. luff 46-2/3 ft., foot 27-2/3 ft., leech 39-1/4 ft. $250/each. Galvanized chain 3/8" BBB100 ft. Unused $250. SS propane stove, 2 brnr. Hillerange with broiler. 1 yr.old. Excellent condition. $650. Call (415) 577-5302 or email: iblayne@earthlink.net. SAILS. Mainsail. Luff 25.75 ft., foot 11.75 ft., leech 26.25 ft. This mainsail is brand new and made with two reefs from 7.62 oz. Challenge sailcloth, three rows of zigzag stitching, heavy-duty patches. $1,400. Also, used set of Islander 36 main and headsail. Both in very good condition. Serviced and ready to go. $1,200/set. Sutter Sailmakers. Call (415) 332-2510.

MISCELLANEOUS 30 HP NISSAN, 1990. Runs good. Never used. Still new. $1,450. Also, looking for captain to bring our 1965 30-tt. Pearson from Fiji to So.SF, CA. Call (650) 873-3532.

HRO WATERMAKER, 1986. System 7. 400 gpd. Less than 500 hours. It came with the boat and I don't need it. $800. Please

PRUDENTIAL MARINE SURVEYING Specializing in Small Sailing Craft Nigel G. Dickens Certified Marine Surveyor (415)608-3675

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STEEL BARGE/DOCK/HOUSE FLOAT

40-ft.L x 3-1/2-ft.H x 8-ft.W a', AncrvA /-'A n/icru Built in positive displacement styrofoam floatation. ALAMEDA, CA 94501 -pjg p|fg_ custom painted, zinks. $20,000/each. (801) 414-7434 Slightly more for light equipment barge and bolt together house floats.

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SITKA SPRUCE MAST. 37-ft.

X 6" X 4". $600. 1" manila rope. New. Cut to length. $0.30 per ft. Call (415) 461-9119.

AVON LIFERAFT. Six-man. $2,000. Avon

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used boat sales facility consisting of berths and office space overlooking berths. The facility was previously leased by Marine Center for their Yacht Division. This is an excellent opportunity for getting on-thewater presence in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta for a new boat dealer or a yacht brokerage. Antioch Marina is 12 years old with concrete docks and pilings, deep water throughout, a fuel dock with gas, diesel and pump out, a bait shop and a major restaurant. The Marina is located one mile from Hwy 4 in Antioch at the foot of L Street. Parking is free. For more info, con¬ tact Antioch Marina Harbor Master John Cruger-Hansen. (925) 779-6957.

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anic Crew Group is one of the Bay Area's most active sailing groups. Monthly speak¬ ers. 20+ Bay and coastal sails in 2000. Skippers find crew and crew (new and experienced) go sailing! Please call (415) 979-4866 and visit website: http:// internet.ggu.edu/--sad/sfbocg.html.

CLUB NAUTIQUE. Passagemaker. Couple. Sail the best fleet with professional instructors. Includes all lessons beginner through bareboat plus refresher training. Enjoy discounts on charters and yacht club membership. Retails at $5,245. For sail at $4,200. Call Roger (209) 988-3531.

NON-PROFIT AC/DC rewires and troubleshooting Inverters and DC monitoring systems installed Charging systems optimized for gel or AGM iiatteries Battery systems upgraded and isolated Upgrading or installing pressure freshwater sf^stems New heads or holding tanks installed .

FOR SALE IN LA PAZ, MEXICO. 500 sqm enclosed property. 1/2 block from beach with lots of trees. Two one-bedroom trailers in excellent condition covered by two large palapas. Pressurized water system. Satel¬ lite TV. Inside parking. Ideal for year round living or extended vacation. Details at www.lapaz-realestate.com. $130,000. Please call 011-52-112-59599 or email: nipbridge @ hotmail.com. HAULING OUT YOUR LIVEABOARD?

IRS TAX DEDUCTION. We need your heipl By donating your boat in any condition you will help homeless children and their fami¬ lies. Get full book value running or not. Call now for more info. (800) 414-HAUL (4285).

SAIL & POWERBOATS FOR SALE. All

Stay in Tiburon condo. 2 bdrms/1 bath. Loft bed in kid's room. Close to waterfront, SF, wine country, beaches, bike path. All mod cons. $575/wk + deposit. Avail. 12/4-12/11. Call for other times/lengths of stay. Will trade for time in San Diego. Please call (415) 389-9378.

makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510) 464-4617.

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FIJI ISLANDS. Vanua Levu. Fawn Harbor. Two free-hold seven acre parcels with wa¬ ter in a pristine, unspoiled rural setting. Water access. Ideal, safe boat anchorage. First time offered. Fantastic diving, snorkeling, fishing and people. $125,000 each. Trades possible. Call (805) 927-3616. PUERTO VALLARTA. One bedroom condo for rent in Paradise Village Marina. Fivestar resort complex. Marina view. Many amenities. Daily, weekly or monthly rental available. Book through owner and save. For prices and availability please call (408) 258-7795 or email: jnjfleming@aol.com.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS AMERICAN SAILING ASSOCIATION

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Redstart 8-ft. $550. Avon Redseal 11-ft. $450. Spinnakers: 42' X 25', $550; 46' X 25', $625. Johnson o/b, 1990,15 hp, SS. $ 1,150. Magna LP BBQ with rail mount, $125. Ma¬ gna BBQ Briquet, $80. Dahon Mariner 26" bike, $250. Call Jack (916) 487-1481.

PROPERTY SALE/RENT

DO YOU KNOW YOUR GPS? Introduction to GPS navigation. 2-hour class. Nov. 18th. Coast Guard Island. Attend 10am-12 or 13pm session. Course fee $5. Materials $15. For details call (510) 437-3461 or email: sworden@dll.uscg.mil.

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BERTHS & SLIPS 50 OR 60-FT DOCK NEEDED. Redwood City. Would prefer liveaboard but would be happy with standard docking. Will pay refer¬ ral or to berth your boat in more expensive location. Please call (408) 307-4252.

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FOR RENT. 36-ft. Slip at Pier 39. December through March 31 st. Reduced. Parking avail¬ able. Call (415) 781-3950.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

SAN FRANCISCO PIER 39. 36-ft. berth. $12,000/obo. Will also rent. Need boat to fill it? $36,000 gets you slip plus 36-ft. Crealock design Columbia sailboat. Good shape, sails great. See boat ads for more details. Questions? Call Scott (415) 456-5694.

BOAT WORK. Looking for person to work on interior of my boat 1-2 days per week throughout this winter. Many smali to me¬ dium sized jobs. Pay cash weekly. Don't bother unless you do A+ work. Richmond Marina. Call Larry (916) 715-1015.

CREW THAILAND TO TURKEY. Looking for 2-3 crew to sail fast, comfortable, well-equipped 47-ft. sloop, Feb 1 to June or July. Many stops. I will pay food and boat expenses. Prefer younger couple or 2 friends with some offshore experience. Email; garymasner@hotmail.com. AROUND NEW ZEALAND. Then Pacific Rim. Sail NZ November through March, 2001 on near new, fully equipped 43-ft. steel cutter. Amiable, honest, fit Kiwi male (47,5'10", 155 lbs, nonsmoker, light drinker) seeks unattached female open to more sailing after her NZ experience and to friend¬ ship blossoming. Desire to sail and live life more important than experience. Short NZ stay (1 -3 weeks) OK. Contact Chris Henry; 14 McFarland Road, Remuera, Auckland, NZ. Call 6-42-52-94-1490 or email; bill@kase.co.nz. ADVENTURESS WANTED. Healthy. Fit. Positive. No drugs or smoke. Lots of laugh¬ ter and music. Leave Puerto Vallarta Jan 10 for Panama, Rio Dulce, Guatemala. Four months. Possibly more. Experienced li¬ censed Captain. Retired with a great "ocean safe" sloop. Write Hans Backer, Nitefighter, Box 1511, Kingston, WA 98346 or email; hobcapt @ yahoo .com. MEXICO TO COSTA RICA. Couple look¬ ing to help/learn aboard sail boat. Her; 23; British; Teacher. Him; 27; German; Para¬ medic; Outdoor tour guide. NS. End No¬ vember/December departure. Contact archana@excfte.co.uk or tonijak@gmx.net. SEEKING TO CONTRIBUTE. Even main¬ tenance. To a sailracing program, any class. Fit, 45, sure-footed, dedicated. No pro but know the "bits and pieces". Quick study. Call even if short crew for a day sail. Bay Area. Call Jeff (415) 681-6895 or (760) 6121900 (cell) or email; cyberkook@juno.com.

BEST PAY IN THE BAY. 100 ton captains needed for charters and instruction. ASA certified a plus. Call JT at Modern Sailing (415) 331-8250. 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 iiberal boat usage program and tropical sailing for our instructors. If you love sailing, have good teaching skills and would like to teach sailing either fuil or part time in the best sailing area in the Bay, call Kirk at (510) 232-8251. PROFESSIONAL SAILING & TRAWLER instructor. If you have well rounded sailing skills, communicate 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 3 locations. Our comprehensive program includes basic keelboat through coastal passagemaking, coastal & celestial navigation & powerboat classes, plus ex¬ tracurricular courses in spinnaker, racing & more. Comejoinourprofessional staff while enhancing your sailing skills. Call Mike Warren, (510) 865-4700. SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Men and women sailors, join our team of professionals at OCSC! It’s exciting work with motivated students and a great team atmosphere. We offer top pay, a flexible schedule and liberal boat use privileges. If you have great com¬ munication skills, a passion for teaching, and excellent sailing and seamanship skills we would like to talk to you. We will help with both Coast Guard licensing and US SAIL¬ ING instructor certification. Call Rich at (800) 223-2984, or check out http;// www.ocsc-sfbay.com. MARINA MAINTENANCE. Bric|^ard%ove Marina, Pt. Richmond, CA^^hQ^^vr a full-time maIntenanK pei^^C^Jb9(es

R/CH'S MOBILE MARINE SERVICE Full service marine repair at your location, dockside or home. From oil changes and tuneups to complete repower. Electronics, hydraulics and custom metal fabrication also available. 24 hour emergency service • (510)741-9976

RACE EQUIPMENT MANAGER. Rich¬ mond Yacht Club has an immediate open¬ ing. This position wili work closely with our Standing Race Committee to service, main¬ tain and coordinate the use of our race equipment including boats, marks, ground tackle, flags, shapes and radios. The full time work week wiil primarily be Thursday to Monday, but schedule flexibility will be required. Competitive salary and benefits. For more information please call Michael Moore at (510) 232-9105. SAILING EDUCATION ADVENTURES. Needs a Program Director and an Adminis¬ trator. 20 hrs/week each. $13/hr. minimum. Start 2001. Fort Mason Center, San Fran¬ cisco, CA94123. Website; www.sailsea.org. Email; info@SailSEA.org. SAILING INSTRUCTORS and USCG li¬ censed captains wanted. Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City is in need of sailing instruc¬ tors and Coast Guard licensed captains. Part-time and full-time. Lessons and corpo¬ rate teambuilding programs. Midweek and/ or weekends. Work as little or as much as you have time for. Competitive rates and other benefits. Rich or Bob (650) 363-1390. CUSTOMERSERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City is look¬ ing for a fun, outgoing person to help out in the office. Includes scheduling of students, instructors and charter boats, interfacing with customers. Full-time or part-time. Call Rich at (650) 363-1390 or fax resume to (650) 363-0725. COMPASS ROSE YACHT CHARTERS. Now accepting applications for the follow¬ ing positions; Captains (100 Ton), deckhands, servers, bartenders, chefs,and yacht maintenence. We are seeking ener¬ getic, positive people to come work for our growing dinner cruise company based in Alameda. Great pay, and great opportunity. Please fax resume to (510) 523-9200 or email; David@compassrosecharters.com. SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Shoreline Aquatic Center, Mountain View, is seeking outgoing and passionate sailing and windsurfing instructors to teach Small Boat Sailing and Windsurfing on Shoreline Lake. If you love to sail and are a people-person, this position is for you. You can do it - tall, small, we serve them all - adults, kids and corporate. Certification courses available. Side perks, flexibiiity, PT, weekdays/week¬ ends. Also, looking for Sailing Director. Experienced and motivated leader to run school, rental operation, corporate saies/ events, youth camps, maintenance. Call (650) 965-7474 or fax (650) 965-7180.

OFFICE MANAGER. Spinnaker Sailing in San Francisco is hiring. We’re looking for an outgoing person to interact with our customers. This is a fun job. Please fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Drew (415) 543-7333.

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Armchair Sailor.83

Beowulf Publishing.51

Boye Knives.75

Club Nautique.59

ABC Yachts.242

ATN.74

Berkeley Marina. 165

British Marine.84

Coast Marine.233

Acordia Insurance. 166

Autoprop.87

Berkeley Marine Center.89

Agape Villages.231

Bair Island Marina.157

Bluewater Insurance.88

Brookes & Gatehouse.175" Community Mattress Co.145 C Cushions.89 Conch Charters .196

Albatross Yacht Charters.196

Baja Hc-Ha Sponsors.168,169

Bo'sun Supplies.224

California CruiA?hg Yachts.15

Cover Craft.80

Algae-X.214

Baja Naval. 156

Boat Electric.79

Caribbean Yacht Sales. 239

Coyote Point Marina.163

Allemand Brothers.234

Ballena Isle Marina Coop.133

Boat & Yacht Surveyor.220

Cass' Marina .36

Crisis at Home Intervention

Almar Marinas.67

Bay Island Yachts.7

BoatSearch.239

Celesta ire. 149

Center.149

American Institute of Marine

Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper... 209

Bottom Siders.162

Channel Islands Yacht Sales .. 236

Cruising Cats USA.6

Chapman School of Seamanship

Cruising Charts. 164

Studies.211

Bay Propeller.162

Bower & Kling Yachts.85

Anderson's Boat Yard.77

Bay Risk Insurance.75

Boy Scouts of America . 240

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Cruising Direct Sails.197

Antal/Euro Marine Trading.44

Bay Ship & Yacht.71

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors .... 235

Chula Vista Marina.213

Cruising Specialists .. 56,57,61,63

Antioch Marina.40

Beckwith, Craig Yacht Sales .... 83

Boy Scouts Pacific Skyline.238

City Yachts..17

Desolation Sound Charters .... 197

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Ferreteria Zaragoza.145

Golden State Diesel Marine ... 224

Hood Sails.33

Lager Yachts. 236

DeWitt Studio.232

Fifth Avenue Marina.230

Grand Marina.2

In Harbor Electric.224

Lake Merritt Sailboat House ... 231

Diesel Fuel Filtering.233

First New England Financial .... 34

H.F. Radio.72

Integre Marine.239

Larsen Sails/Neil Pryde Sails ... 66

Dimen Marine Financing.226

Fleming Self Steering . 159

H&S Yacht Sales.8,9,75

Island Yacht Club. 189

Lee Sails.220

Discovery Yacht Charters.197

Foam Creations.210

Halsey Sailmakers .184

J.P. Boatworks.80

List Marine Enterprises . 175

Downwind Marine.155

Foley Industrial Engines.226

Hansen Rigging.228

J.T. VanSickle.234

Loch Lomond Marina .114

Doyle Sails.41

Fortman Marina . 12

Harken .127

J/World.28

Marina de la Paz.158

Dudley Transportation.234

Fowler Insurance Agency.226

Haynes Sails .234

Jack London Square. 18

Marina El Cid.159

Edensaw Woods .26

Fraser Yachts.53

Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers.31

Jack Rabbit Marine.230

Marina Ixtapa.65

Edgewater Yacht Sales.237

Fujinon, Inc.123

Helmut's Marine Service.82

Johnson Marine, C. Sherman. 126

Marina Mazatlan .11

Edinger Marine.149

Ganis Credit Corporation.42

Heritage Yacht Sales.240

Kappas Marina.86

Marina Real.163

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor.187

Garhauer Marine.47

Hewett Marine.234

Kensington Yachts. 13

Marina Vallarta.167

Emeryville Marina.217

Gentry's Kona Marina .234

Hidden Harbor Marina .87

Kevin's Quality Marine.220

Marina Village.141

Essex Credit Corp.20

Gianola & Sons.231

HMS Marine Supply .228

Kilian Propeller.226

Marine Engine Co.222

Euro Marine.224

Glacier Bay.154

Hogin Sails .14

Kissinger Canvas.210

Mariner Boat Yard.35

Farallone Yacht Sales.29

Go Cats.196

Honolulu Sailing Co.197

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NJ Enterprises .220

Pacific Coast Canvas.89

R/K Quality Canvas.230

Sailrite Kits.46

MariHme Electronics.81

Norpac Yachts .243

Pacific Marine Foundation.145

Raiatea Carenage Services .... 215

Sal's Inflatable Services.212

Maritime Institute.140

North Beach Canvas.21

Pacific Yacht Imports.43

Richmond Boat Works.64

San Francisco Boat Works.160

Marotta Yachts.241

North Sails - San Francisco.45

Pacific Yachting and Sailing .. 197

Richmond Yacht Service.13?, San Leandro Marina.85

Martin, Jack & Associates.222

O'Neill Yacht Center.10

Panoplx, Inc.114

RobbMW Assoc., LLC.160

San Pedro Boat Storage.158

Mazatlan Marine Center.217

Oakland Yacht Club.186

Paradise Village.161

Romaine Marin* Electronics... 144

Scanmar International.82,186

McGinnis Insurance.164

Ocean Equipment.214

Passage Maker Yachts .237

Ronstan Marine, Inc.83

Schoonmaker Point Marina ... 185

Meridian Yacht Sales.238

Oceanic Yacht Sales.237

Passage Yachts.4,5

Rooster Sails.84

Scullion, Jack D. Yacht Svc.87

Moorings, The.196

OCSC.73

Pedigree Marine.238

Ryan's Marine.228

Sea-Power Marine.78,79

Modern Sailing Academy... 76,77

Outboard Motor Shop, The.85

Penmar Marine. 197

Sail California. 22,23,24

Seabreeze Limited .88

Napa Valley Marina.208

Outbound 44.216

Petro Clean.212

Sail Exchange .230

Seaclan.168

Nelson's Marine.244

Owl Harbor .155

Pineapple Sails.

Sail Warehouse, The.228

Seashine.48

New Caledonia Yacht Chtrs .. 196

Oyster Cove Marina.175

Premier Yacht Sales.239

Sailing Supply.126

Side By Side Charters .197

New Found Metals.222

Oyster Point Marina.168

Quantum Pacific.37

Sailomat USA.211

Signet.189

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Stardust Yacht Charters.194

Superior Yachts West.216

Trident Funding .30

Waypoint.72

Society of Accredited Marine

Steiner Binoculars.68

Sutter Sails.86

Twin Rivers Marine Insurance .. 70

West Coast Performance

Stellar Yachts.55

Svendsen's Boat Works.27

UK Sails.60

Yachts.189

Stockdale Marine & Navigation

Swedish Marine.54

Ullman Sails.122

West Marine.69

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Center.39,166

Vaughan, William E.232

Westwind Precision Details.21

South Beach Sailing Center .21

Stone Boat Yard .115

Thoroughbred Yacht Sales.236 Voyager Marine.50

Whale Point Marine Supply.52

South Beach Riggers.21

Stone Merchant Marine

Tinker Marine.230

VPM Charters.195

Windward Sailing Solutions .. 217

TMM/Tortola Marine Mgmt... 195

Watermaker Store, The.156

Wizard Yachts, Ltd.238

Tradewinds Sailing Ctr. 62,235 Watski.233

Yacht Sales West.81

Southern Spars.144

Training..230

Spectra Watermakers .149

Stormy Seas Clothing Co.154

Spin Tec.184

Yachtfinders/Windseekers.240

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shore cruiser with diesel auxiliary, new custom dodger, new canvas, freshly painted mast, new running rigging, new knotmeter, depth, and the list continues. All varnish has been profession¬ ally refinished. Beautifully maintained. Drifter has been brought to yacht standards and shows pride of ownership. $95,000.

38' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1978 Diesel auxiliary, dodger, furling, radar, GPS/plotter, autopilot and much more. Beautiful teak interior and quality craftsmanship throughout.

$119,000 40' TARTAN, 1989 33' CONTESSA. 1985. Built by J. Rodgers and designed by Robert Humphreys, this exceptionally fast Contessa 33 is ready to race. Full interior ash & teak joinery, every electronic, 11 bags of sails. Fast & fun.

31' PEARSON. Built in 1990, this is one of the last 31 s built. She has a modern, open layout and 6'5“ headroom. Sleeps 6. Well maintained. Perfect Bay or coastal cruiser.

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Factory built for the BOC but never raced. Present owner has equipped her at a cost in excess of $80,000 to be the best cruising boat in her class. Pages of equipment and inventory.

$159,900

39' ERICSON, 1979 Custom teak interior and extended pulpit in the version of their classic cruising 36'. Call for details and inventory.

$59,900

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38' ERICSON. 1982. Allspice has been constantly upgraded since purchased 4 years ago. Mechanically she is in excellent condition and shows very well. All teak and fiberglass is varnished. She shows pride of ownership. Priced to sell.

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35' SPENCER Excellent condition, only 75 hours on Perkinsaux., radar. Ham, SSB, Aries vane, a must see. Asking $39,900/offers

32' ATKINS ERIKA Wm. Atkins design, all Burma teak, stainless fasteners, only 50 hours on diesel main. Forced air heat, dodger, Monitor vane, more. $45,000

32' ALDEN MOTORSAIIER Cheoy LeebuiltF/G. Perkinsdsl. Roomyinlw & ccxkpil. Excellent visibility frcsm wheelhouse. Our docks. $31,500

30' SEA RAY Fibetgbss hull, deepvee hull, twin Mercruiser w/ standard Irans., genset, great layout for multi use, Sausalito berth. Aslang$19,000

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| Tough & beautiful steel hullCompletely equipped, luxuri- pilothouse w/inside steering ously appointed performance | stunning interior - 3 statecruiser. Diesel, 8kw Onan gen. I rooms w/queen centerline in set, 3 staterooms, radar, roller master aft - huge galley - all furling main and genoa, and electronics - hydraulic furling on and on. I winches & windlass - redunMust seel.$579,000 dantsystems-moreequipment By Appointment I than we can list - sail safely in I comfort & luxury in all lati¬ tudes.$995,000

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Asking $38,500

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'97 Sprint 50 Performance cruiser with large owners'

'00 Bravura Sportster 29 Perfect boat for top PHRF

stateroom, teak and holly cabin sole, large galley and nav station. Full setof new Quantum sails, new paint on deck, carbon mast and boom. Exclusive Listing.

& club racing w/enough room to keep the family happy at the Island. Lewmar winches, hardware by Harken, all new E/P sails. Exclusive Listing. ASKING $89,000.

ASKING $375,000.

Fabled Valiant quality and a superior Robert Perry design created the best 39-ft bluewater sailboat afloat. This 1996 model is in immaculate shape with only 90 engine hours on the diesel, full electronics, furling, autopilot, dual radar readout and much more. If you're looking for a late model, offshore cruiserthat's reason¬ ably priced and ready to go, take*a took at this Valiant 39.

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'58 Lapworth 36 Perfect condition, completely re¬ stored, new everything, new main & jib, new rigging & running rigging, GPS plotter, Robertson AP, inverter,

ING $119,000.

TV/VCR. If I were to give a boat a 10 this would be it. At our docks. ASKING $78,000.

'94 Mumm 36 Built by Cookson, Yanmar diesel w/sail dri^, B&G sailing instruments, GPS, full North sail inventory, faired bottom, perfect boat for racing. You won't find a better maintained boat. ASKING $105,000.

'87 Hunter Legend 37 Performance cruiser with Yanmar diesel, roller furling, refrigeration, microwave. Autohelm 3000 autopilot, Lewmar winches, spinnaker w/sock. Located in Newport Beach. Asking $74,900.

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33' Santa Cruz, Needs TLC.$ 17,000

Cat ketch, excellent single hander, no headsails. Diesel, aft cockpit, dodger. Best buy at $109,000.

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PRICE REDUCED!

47’ PERRY ‘92. The last edition of this fine cruising yacht by Robert Perry. Exterior has minimum teak trim and maximum provisions for short-handed cruising. FULL FURLING, Below decks is OVERKILL- from the 155hp Volvo diesel aux, 8kw genset, reverse cycle air/heat pump, cold plate refer/freezer, water maker, propane stove/oven to the full array of electronics. MUST SEE! $262,5001

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52' CROWTHER, '95 395,000 A high-performance cruising cat, Random Access was professionaiiy buiit in Austraiia for export. Her maiden voyage, Sydney to Opua, NZ, via Lord Howe Isiand was compieted in under fO days. Since then she has cruised extensiveiy in the South Pacific and cunentiy lies in New Zealand.

50' PROUT, '96 699,000 Completely equipped, fast, comfortable and luxurious biuewater cat in immaculate con¬ dition, designed and rigged for singlehanded sailing with the innovative AeroRig. She has proven herself the ideal boat for cruising in the Caribbean, the Chesapeake and the Pacific.

47' MAYOHE, '94 395,000 This vessel represents one df the roomiest, nicest sailing multihulls on the market today. She has sailed half way around the world and has been nicely maintained. New engines last year! If you would like to sail in comfort and with excellent speed, this yacht is a must-see!

46' KEHENBURG PCC, '47 45,000 The brightwork on this classic boat has been stripped and re-varnished, giving her a beau¬ tiful glow and herinteriorisfreshly painted and well-appointed. Robin, hull #8 of the fleet, has won numerous wooden boat regattas and is a pleasure to sail.

42' BREWER PILOTHOUSE, '87 175,000' This center-cockpit cruising cutter is extensiveiy equipped and provides two staterooms and two hearis, duai heims in piiothouse and center cockpit, great aft cabin with transom windows, well-lighted up galley in pilothouse and Brewerdesigned performance underbody.

37' TAYANA, '78 79,900 New to the market, this clean double-ended cutter won't last long. She's just back from extensive cruising and is equipped with watermaker, Fleming windvane, wind genera¬ tor, solar panels, Raytheon radar, SSB radio, autopilot, roller fuding and propane cabin heater.

36' CATALINA, '88 69,900 Curreni owner has maintained her very care¬ fully since purchase and has provided annual engine maintenance, routine deck and hull waxing, regular bottom painting and on-going varnish work and interior oiling. The boat shows true pride of ownership.

34' C&C, '81 38,500 A fast coastal cruiser in the C&C tradition of excellent performance, she's ready for club racing and weekends with the family aboard. She's equipped with autopilot, Yanmar diesel and rod rigging. Her interior is nicely finished and has a teak and holly sole.

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1995 MacGregor 65 Pilothouse.$289,000 Rear engine model. Just returned from Mexico.

1981 Cheoy Lee 43 Pilothouse.$225,000 One of the most elaborate refit and equipment upgrades we have ever seen. Totally turn-key.

1990 Hans Christian 43 Telstar.$249,000 In pristine condition, absolutely gorgeous.

1983 C&C Landfall 43.$159,900 Autopilot, radar, GPS, SSB, genset, dodger, bimini, rod rigging, air conditioning, dinghy w/outboard, new sails.

1984 Beck 40 Ketch.$72,000 Overbuilt by master craftsman. Ready to go.

1982 Pacific Seacraft 37.^..... $116,900 Completely refit for cruising last winter and very clean. Huge list of improvements in 2000.

1973 Mariner 36 Ketch.$44,900 New fiberglass decks. The nicest one we have seen. Contact us about these or our other boats at

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46' ERICSON, 1973

36' NONSUCH CAT RIG, 1987

46' SPINDRIFT, ctr. cockpit cutter 1983

Bruce King designed racer/cruiser with much updated equipment. Rebuilt Perkins diesel. New ProFurl roller furler, all sails in very good shape. Bottom recently painted. New Heart Interface. New heads. New teak and holly soles. Fast and fun with deep, comfortable cockpit and oversized deck gear. Two staterooms, two heads.

This stiff, seakindly vessel is a breeze to sail shorthanded, and is at home in SF Bay conditions. With new full-batten sail, new running rigging, new bottom paint, new cockpit cushions and meticulous mainte¬ nance, Fast Lucy is Bristol and is presently the only one for sail on the West Coast. Lying in Sausalito Yacht Harbor, slip can transfer with vessel.

Bristol example of this lovely cruising yacht. Dark blue hull, teak decks, full ked with cutaway forefoot, skeg hung rudder. Two staterooms, two full heads, 6'4" headroom, 90 hp Ford Lehman diesel with low time. Harken roller furling headsail and staysail, full batten main with BAT car, drifter, sails practically new as is the running rigging. Prime Sausalito Y.H. slip can transfer.

REDUCED TO $84,000

Reduced to $122,000.

Just reduced to $262,000

See at yochtworld.com/marottayadits

57' ALDEN YAWL, 1931 This restored classic was

43' HANS CHRISTIAN CUHER, 1987

CATALINA 270 LE, 1993

designed by John Alden and built of double-plonked mahogany in Connecticut. Owners includedChester Bowles, former Connecticut governor, and Hastings Harcourt of the publishing company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Locally, Cock Robinwon her division in the '96 & '97 Master Mariners regattas. She has always had loving care and shows Bristol. Diesel engine rebuilt '95. Fiberglassed cabin deck, rebuilt galley, heads, spars & standing rig, updated elec¬ tronics & sails (12 bags, roller furler, etc.) Must see to appreciate. Recent survey available. $189,000

Hans Christian 43 Traditional cutter with custom Mark II interior (Pullman berth & two heads) Kohler generator, watermaker, radar, SSB radio, plumbed & wired for washer/dryer, numerous sails, redundant heavy-duty ground tackle, etc...The HC 43T is consistently ranked among the world's finest cruising sailboats and you'll not find a finer example afloat.

Th is boat shows AS NEW, but for many thousands less! Full batten main with Dutch¬ man flaking, 130 jib with Hood roller furler, H/C pressure water, propane stove/oven. One-piece molded heacf/shower. Perkins 18hp diesel with 260 hours, all maintenance records. This is the luxury edition of this model, which includes all covers, cockpit cushions, deluxe fabric, custom curtains, etc.

Reduced to $214,000

Reduced to $35,500

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37'TAYANA, 1979 Robert Perry-designed double-ender is in fine shape and lying in transferable Sau¬ salito YH slip. Very spacious down below, 6'5" headroom. All amenities including die¬ sel heat, 50 hp Perkins diesel. Full keel, 22k displacement. All lines lead aft, running rigging, standing rigging and canvas re¬ placed Solid cruising boat at an attractive price. Reduced to $74,000

THREE PLASTIC CLASSICS 29' COLUMBIA, 1978 29' RANGER, 1974 30' PEARSON, 1973

CATAUNA 27, 1990 Very clean example of this popular Bay sailer. This particular vessel has been extensively updated over the last year:

All are in very shape, have Atomic 4

ne^ head sail, new main sail, new roller

engines, and transferable Sausalito slips.

furler, new isinglass in dodger, new

Columbia priced at $ 15,900.

head, new Dutchman system for main.

Ranger priced at $16,000.

Universal diesel with low hours. Sausalito

Owners of Pearson want offers.

slip can transfer. $26,000

Most yachts in Sausalito and available for immediate viewing. 100 Bay Street • Sausalito • California 94965 November, 2000 • UMmU ?? • Page 241

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#1 Gate 5 Road Sausalito, CA 94965

rokers & Ijonsultants

46' KELLY PETERSON, 1983 $198,000. 44’ KELLY PETERSON, 1981 $124,000.

NewSMldMGO OFFiCEi 1318 Scott $f. (619) 222-1000

Excellent passogemokers, great liveaboards, center cockpits. AY|Bt Teresa Prescott

•

Greg Gardella

•

Claire Jones

;, 32* RUIKETOI,'77. Rscesdieselrebuilt'96. Newrigging. - ^ New prop shaft & cutlass bearing. Topsides repointed & new ' i< 29' GULF MOTOR SAILER. Universal diesel. Dual , gekool, '98. Sotd teak 'nterior. Full keel Great cruising boot, f! steering stations. Good electronics. Lines led alt. $42,000. Also:Fiijl3S,'74,$55^00. ; ^ Two ovoiloble from $28,000.

•

Michael Campbell

46' PAN OCEANIC, '86. Ted Brewer Seostor. True world cruiser. Rebuilt engine, inside steering, comAsking $169,000.

•

Jerry Tarpin

40' PASSPORT, '86. ProFurl RF, Sobstad sails, f I batten main, spinnaker. Heart inverter, washer/dryer, customcobinets,SSB.HalfMoonBoyslip.$164,500.

selected cruising yachts 79' CANOE KETCH. ’23 249,000

36' ISLANDER F/PORT '79

4d,do6

26' PEARSON. . *75

9,500

'63 ALUMINUM. '84 195,000

36’ (SLANDER. .'73

37,500

25' CATALINA w/sllp,. . '99

30,000

57 CHINESE JUNK.... ■71 159,000

36' COLUMBIA. .70

25,900

25' CORONADO-. . '63

3,500

51' CUSTOM CUHER '86 139,900

35* RAFIKI. .79

65,000

22* CAPE DORY. . *86

9,800

5f BENETEAU . ’86 215,000

35’ RAFIKI. .'80

59,000

POWER

51' FORMOSA. '81 139,000

35' ROBB. .’63 35' ENDURANCE* .77

45,000 RQ QOn

51’ BAGLIETTO. .‘^n* RTFPHFKIfi

99,000

48‘ C&C. '80 159.000 47 GULFSTAR. ■79 169,000

35' SPENCER. .'65

39,900

48' CHRIS CRAFT. . '50

98,000

47 OLYMPIC, SO. '78 145.000

I 79' THORNYCROFT, '23. Canoe stern ketch.

35' CHRIS CRAFT .'65

45,000

47 FANTAIL. (12)

25,000

46' SPINDRIFT. '83 262,000

35* FUJI. .*74

55,000

46' CHRIS CRAFT. . '63

" Greot possogemoker.

74,500

46' KELLY PETERSON ■83 198,000

34' OPUS MKII. .'63

55,000

43* HATTERAS. . '80 185,000

46‘ ERICSON. 73

85,000

34’ TRUE NORTH. .'78

45,000

42* KHASHINGFB .... . '84

46' SEA STAR. '86 169,000

33’ CHEOY LEE.... .75

39,500

41' CHRIS CRAFT. . '84 124,900

44' LAFITTE. '81 150,000

32“ WESTSAIL. .'79

55,000

41’ KHASHING. . '81 149,000

43' SWAN. *69

38* PT. . '79 112,000

$249,000.

46' ERICSON, '73. Serious performance cruiser. .. Great liveoboard. Many upgrades including new teak & holly sole. Priced to sell at $85,000.

85,500

34 TRUE NORTH/ *78. Stan Huntingford design Great liveabonrd/cruisr. Self steering, radar. $49,999

99,900

32' FUJI.

42,000

43' SPINDRIFT.2 from 119,500

32 SENATOR'. .’78

38,000

38' CHRIS CRAFT.

'69

37,900

43' STEEL PH. '68

66,000

31' HUNTER. .'85

36,000

38' MAHHEWS.

'25

24,900

43' SLOCUM. '85 185,000

30' CAPE DORY.... .'83

42,000

33' CARVER. . '76

42,000

42’ GOLDEN WAVE.... '81

99,000

30' SANTANA. .'79

19,750

32' TOLLY CRAFT.

■64

26,500

41* MORGAN 01. '79

79,000

30' CHEOY LEE .... .'66

26,000

32* ARIES.

■78

19,900

41* RHODES. ■66

93,000

30' ANGELMAN .... .'62

32,000

32’ GRAND BANKS ...

*67

65,000

40' SLOOP WOODIE.. ■90

75,000

30' HUNTER. .‘91

46,900

32' BAYLINER.

'89

61,000

39' CAL. ■79

74,000

29' GULP MS. 2 from

28,000

29' OWENS.

■59

12,500

38’ ISLANDER F/PORT '85

89,500

28' PEARSON TRITOR '63

9,999

28' WELLCRAFTExp., ■85

29,750

38' ULMER ALUM. '95

95,000

28' ISLANDER. .'78

24,500

28' PENNYAN.

'80

34,000

38' MORGAN. '78

67,500

28' TRADEWINDS

.'67

24,500

23' COBALT.

'89

18,000

37 FISHER. ■77

93,900

28' BENETEAU. .'88

34,000

20' CORRECT CRAR

'77

365 PEARSON. ■77

13,500

47,000

26’ ERICSON. .*88

28,000

j 48 etc LANDFALL, '80.Three cabin laynut. Engine I completely rebuilt. Radar, GPS, autopilot, Onan genset. j Vessel hoik out of San Diego. $159,000. ■l-nf“TitiiiiTtBTrrTTyrT7TT|-r~ir»T^~ipri iiiimw—

’Lonltd In San DIago

aaMglill' !)43' SPINDRIFT,'81. Pilothouse. 3 staterooms. Extremely well maintained vessel. Many recent upgrades. !' :! Turnkey vessel $149,000. Also'81 $119,500. ?

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147' GULFSTAR SAILMASnR, '79. Shows excep ijtionally well. 135hp Perkins diesel. Great liveoboard. ..'iCenterline queen aft. Galley down. $169,000.

I 43' SLOCUM CUTTER, '85. Excellent condition. I Loaded. Wonderful lost cruising boot. $185,000. 51' FORMOSA, '81. Wonderful cruising boat at a great price. Excellent liveoboard. Block hull. Must see. $139,000.

4^'

44' LAFIHE, '81 Perkins 4-108 with 600 hours. Most and boom repainted. New standing and running rigging. Fully I main. Oversized winches. Perry design.

$150,000.

; ^ 42' GOLDEN WAVE, '82. Perkins 4-108 w/500 ! ; hours. Perry design. Fin keel with skeg rudder. Greot ';iitruiser. $99,000.

MORGAN 38,'78. Rn keel skeg rudder, Yanmar diesel greot doysoiler/cruiser. r-..- ,—.A,.

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46' SPINDRIFT, 1983 Bristol yacht. Center cockpit. Dark blue hull. Full batten main. Ford Lehman diesel w/1,000 hours.

$262,000. SCCfVi

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p® GEARY CLASSIC DANAE is a northwestern thor¬ oughbred in outstonding cond. Dsl. powered, sguored owoy & [well-found & excellently equipped. Asking $112,000.

35' lad CLASSIC YAWL by Winthrop Warner & WILBO, 1939,43' loo, mohog on oak, bronce, dsl, much recent work. GreotMoster Mariner. Asking $23'S00.

60' FIFE cutler, iron, new dsl 195,000 60' LOO P/H schooner, dsl.... 250,000 56' HERESHOFF Morco Polo schooner: exquisite! 500,000

38 CHRIS CRAFT COMMANDER All gloss, very nice inside & out, twins, H & C pressure wetter w/shower, sot. TV, dual helm w/fly bridge & more. Asking $38,500,

32' DREADNOUGHT CUHER full FIBERGUSS con¬ struction w/feok trim & decks. Beoutiful TEAK interior diesel, very strong, greet cruiser. Asking $35,900.

Teak 8 topper.375,000 48'CURER, Germony 1928.... 65,000 48'KRCH, Gaff, roomy, F/C, . 87,500 46' CAL 2-46 ketch. Center cockpit, dsl, extro clean, roller furl, great cruiser.Asking 119,000 43'OUTCH, steel ketch, P/H ... 79,000 42'SCH00NER,Winslow/Blonthard. Very nice, rebuilt '94 . 142,000 42'WALSTED sip. One of the world's finest wood builders. 133,000 41' CORONADO, cent, cockpit, dsl, roller furl, roomy cruiser in v. nice shope, cruise/live.49,500. 41' MORGAN Out islond ketch, ii, wheel, center cockpit, oft cabin.... 52,500 49'AIDEN KRCH 40'LOO. Classic beauty. Dsl. 56,500 36'STAYSAIL SCHNR, ATKIN, designed, diesel, FG over cold-mold over strip plonk. VERY STRONG!.45 000 36'COLUMBIA/CREALOCK sip. 21,500 36' CHEOY LEE sip, teak, dsl, v. nice ONE OWNER. 49,500

38' PACIFIC TRAWLERS FLYBRIDGE EUROPATwin 6 tyl. dsl, full golley up, swim step, very deon, rodor, dual helms&muchmore.Averynicebont! Asking $112,000.

60'CUSTOM F/C, liveoboord cruiser in SILICON VALLEY .. Ask 115,000 57'CHRIS CRAFT Constellation, dsis, loaded. 129,500 52'BAGELIETTO, flush deck, FB, MY, twin 871 dsIs. 100,000 50’STEPHENS flush deck cruiser. 1965, twin GM dsis, F/B, oft stateroom & 46' STEPHENS P/B cruiser '52. Twin. rebuilt 440's, looks like great resto¬ ration tondidale.... Asking 12 500 46'IAKE UNION CUSSIC, extensive rebuilding just done. Virtuolly oil new hull, 2 new diesels and much more. Super boot!.Asking 100,000 45'TUG, )946,671 dsl, cedor on oak, F/B twin helm, H&C water, shower, galley, rador, A/P & more!. .Asking 25,000 40'SP0RT FISH (horterboot w/certif. (14+2), dsis, ready to go! 82,000 38'TOLLYCRAFT sedon trowler w/twin turbo diesels, FB, very nice 59,500 38' HUNTER of Conodo, FB sdn, twin V8s, dean, roomy '59 cruiser, with c^ort . 26,900

36’STEPHENS, '39, classic, twins, ofl enclosure, more. 24,000 34'CHRIS CRAR Commonder,'63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 33'RICHARDSON, custom high speed Irowler, V8,25 mph, F/B, super cieon.15,000 32'LLIHRS FLYBRIDGE sdn, heovy gloss plonning hull, twin 225 hp VBs, dual station hydr. steering. Greot for fun/ fish/fomily!.Asking 18,000 30'DONZIBLACKWIDOW,lwin 454 V8s in worronly, Alpho One I/O's, 3ox6 Irl, fosi 8. red. Asking 32,000 29' TOLLYCRAR, Twins, nice!. 15,000 28'TOLLYCRAR, F/G sedon ...12,500 28' SEABIRD F/B SPI FISH. F/G, twins & more. 23,500 28'CARVER, nice/roomy, 0/0 12,950 26' OREGON DORY, Clipper Croft w/lrl., super cieon, 28*, I/O, P/H, galley, bunks, etc.Tty 16,250 24'TAHITI WARRIOR, frailer ...21,000 20'SEASWIRL,'96,Hr,225hp.. 23,000 17'CHRIS CRAR mohog runobout, V8, Iroiler.12,500

37' ISLANDER Just commissioned NEW BOAT! Built 86 & never lounched. Diesel, duol steering stations. oil gloss. GREAT BUY.

66' on deck THORNYCROFT KETCH flossic '23 English yacht. Copper riveted mohog. on oak, dsl., leod, stunning Asking $249,000.

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trawler 48' 5PARKMAN&5TEPHEN5 sloop. Diesel, full keel w/cutoway forefoot roller furl, good inventory, wheel. So. Pat. vet. A powerful passagemaker! Asking $76,000.

26' CLIPPER CRAFT by Oregon Dories. I/O, full golley, go' ' '' .. bait tank Reduced! $16,250.

fine recent work, 671 diesel. Great potentiol & very solid... b/o 49,000

47' VAGABOND KETCH E/G ctr crKkpil w/aft cabin, wheel, dsl, genset & more! Very popular Wm Gorden design looded w/gear & needing TEC Asking $85,000.

70' CANADIAN-BUILT TRAWLER YACHT by McKay & McCo yard. V-1 2 Cummins dsl., 2 gensets, radar, etc. Fly bridge, whaler& much more! Sleeps 10 in 3 staterooms, 2 heacls w/showers, cc all elect., full galley &. more! She's an economical seaboat built i strongly than the typical pleasure trawlers; ALERT BAY is more of a Asking a very reasonable $255,000.

Sac boats are selling! ^ould hye to SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR

your boat too.

557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

(415| 485-6044

43' CLASSIC 1923 CALLIS DESl^N

• FAX (415) 485-0335

e-mail: norpa<@ri<o<het.net

An astounding restoration w/o regard to cost. Seller’s move to Europe mokes this treasure ovoilable. Copper riveted Burma teak. Absolutely unique. Asking $145,000.

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kelson’s Marine THE LARGEST BOATYARD ON THE WEST COAST Rebirth of a fast cruising yacht: This MacGregor 65 relaunches soon, after clean-up, repairs, upgrades and a fresh LPU job, she's q born-again beauty!

Nelson's Yachts High tech collisions need high tech repairs. The

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2000 Kenwood Cup left a gaping hole in this Farr 40. She's back at Nelson's to replace and repair the balsa core, inner and outer skin, hull deck joint and more. When finished, she'll be as fast as new!

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