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The Elan 37 has arrived on the West Coast Hull #14 available for inspection and demo sail!

CONTENTS subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings master mariners local sailing ditch run eye on the bay interview: edwards family coastal cup pac cup preview max ebb: wretched access the racing sheet world of chartering changes in latitudes classy classifieds advertisers' index brokerage

10 34 46 102 106 130 138 140 144 148 156 160 166 172 184 192 212 229 232

‘159 HAS ARRIVED!

Demos begin May V arrange a showing

Cover: Honolulu's B.J. Caldwell's Net Carrier races the Mlni-Fastnet. Photo: Courtesy of B.J. Caldwell

Visit www.elan-marlne.com to see what Europe has enjoyed for 30 years! 2222 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

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Latitude 38 welcomes editorial contributions In the form of stories, anecdotes, photographs - anything but poems, please; we gotta draw the line some¬ where, Articles with the best chance at publication must 1) pertain to a West Coast or universal sailing audience, 2) be accompanied by a variety of pertinent, in-focus digital images (preferable) or color or black and white prints with identification of all boats, situations and people therein; and 3) be legible. These days, we prefer to receive both text and photos electronically, but If you send by mail, anything you want back must be accompanied by a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, Submissions not accompanied by an SASE will not be returned. We also advise , that you not send original photographs or negatives unless we specifically request them; copies will work just fine. Notifi¬ cation time varies with our workload, but generally runs four to six weeks. Please don't contact us before then by phone or mall, Send all electronic submissions to editorlal@latitude38.com, and all snail mail submissions to Latitude 38 edito¬ rial department, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941. For more specific information, request writers' guidelines from the above address or see www.latltude38.com/wrlters.htm.

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Keep in charter or take off cruising from Grenada. $219,500.

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34' GEMINI 105, 1997

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ADMIRAL 1996

60' HELLMAN, 1996 .$395,000

47' ADMIRAL, 1996.$259,500

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45' CASSAMANCE, 1990.$197,500

55' HENDRICKS CUSTOM.$349,000

44' CATANA 44S, 1994 .$363,498

50' CUSTOM DAY CHARTER CAT $125,000 56' MARQUISES, 1999.515,000 Euros

43' FP BELIZE, 2001 .$359,000 42' VENEZIA, 1995 .$219,500 41' CATANA 411, 1995.$275,378

49' SIMPSON 14.7, 1992 .$225,000

One of the most popular ond affordable cats! $107,000.

[if 47'VAGABOND, 1986

38' LAGOON, 2002.249,900 Euros

South African built, sturdy offshore cruiser. $259,000.

48' PRIVILEGE 14.7..3 from $235,000

38' LAGOON 380, 2002.$305,853

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Price reduced $40,000 owner very anxious. $159,900.

35' ERICSON, 1974

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'^^5 --*• ,*4m^AT OUR DOCKS 3 staterooms, ready to cruise. Stop by and see her. $229,000.

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NEW listing Very well equipped, ready to cruise and attractively priced!

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This one is a beauty and has a good equipment list. $34,900. 45' BREWER, 1979 .

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Built by Queen Long Marine Co. Ltd.

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owner’s suite aft, beautifully finished in hand-chosen woods. Offshore comfort is further enhanced by the way we build our hulls. State-of-the-artTwaron® aramid fiber construction yields bullet-proof strength, for 0

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Excellent starter boat! Sleeps 6, AB refrigeration, Force 10 stove, micro, knot/depth, GPS, furling, more!

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Super clean, recent survey perfect. Great performance cruiser. Check Web for details. Offered at $168,500.

Rare and lovely performance cruiser by Chuck Paine built in UK. Original owner, nice cond. Offered at $129,000.

Small yard offers specialized service.

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1979 BALTIC 51

1990 VALIANT 40-43

DIESELS

Rare find! Fully outfitted for cruising. Superb condition. Call for more information. Offered at $275,000.

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Beautifully Crafted Interiors

As the world's largest sailboat manufacturer, over twice as large as

Beneteau has the most advanced furniture manufacturing facilities in

their nearest competitor, Beneteau has tremendous buying power.

the maritime industry, using computer-guided machinery to create

This means more value to you and allows them to use premium

perfectly fitting joinery. Each component is hand-sanded and in¬

equipment from Raymarine, Harken, Lewmar, Edson, Navtec,

spected before receiving several coats of machine-applied varnish for

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stiffer than traditional construction. The grid is laminated using high-strength non-woven stitchmat fiberglass and unidirectional rovings to achieve maximum structural distribution of all

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2001 TAYANA 52 BEACH MUSIC 2003 TransPac vet, Spectra sails, LeisureFurl, all elect, winches, too much to list here. Inquire.

1989 TAYANA 47 CENTER COCKPIT. Proven cruiser with all the toys. New engine and genset. $249,000.

2001 TAYANA 42 CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER. Like new, air cond., refrigeration, freezer, hard dodger, huge inventory. $229,000.

2003 BENETEAU 393. Like-new cond. Lewmar #48 elect, primaries, main & jib furling, dodger/ biinini, RayMarine auto/wind/speed. $185,000.

1981 HANS CHRISTIAN 39 P/H. Stout world cruiser w/dual steering stations insures you and crew will be safe no matter what the weather. $160,000.

1982 CT 38. Performance cruiser and very well equipped. Referred to as the "poor man's Swan". New LPU topsides in 2000. Mexico vet. $79,500

1978 FORMOSA 46 CC. A good example of this Doug Peterson-designed performance cruiser.

1987 C&C 37+/40. Very clean, centerline queen, full shower. Race or cruise with the family. $124,500.

1987 ERICSON 381. Great condition! Diesel, good inventory of electronics/sails. A must see! Great value at $86,000.

1983 UNION 36 CUTTER. Well equipped blue water cruiser. Low hours, ready to go! $79,900.

1976TAYANA 37. Refurbished mast, windvane. New dodger, furling & rigging. Windlass & twin anchors. Great value, will sell fast! Ask $55,000.

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36' C&C110,2001 Well equipped, fast cruising or racing. Two stateroom, separate shower. $145,000.

Catalina 36,2001 Well equipped, as new condition, oppor¬ tunity for immediate delivery. $120,000.

Lancer 40 Pilothouse motorsailer. Twin diesels. Excellent condition. 6kw generator. Asking $80,000

30' Custom Schumacher, 1990 Successful, competitive, affordable, great boat. $34,000.

30' Islander Bahama, 1982 Popular family boat for cruising or club racing. Diesel engine, lots of sails. $19,900.

32' Hunter 320,2001 Twin stateroom. Practically new. Great value at $79,450.

Beneteau 40 CC, 2001 Like new, well equipped. Asking $198,000.

Great condition, great family boat, club racer/cruiser. Asking $54,900.

WELCOME NEW TEAM MEMBER KEITH RARICK!

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1994

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1995

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1993

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1985

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1988

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1996

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1983

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July 14-17 — Catalina 25/250 Nationals in Portland on the Columbia River. Gary Bruner, (360) 687-2048. July 15-18 — Laser Nationals. SCYC, (831) 425-0690. July 17 — Silver Eagle /Eaglet Race. Island YC; Joanne, (925) 254-5384. July 17 — 20th Annual Plastic Classic Regatta and Concours D’Elegance. BVBC, (415) 485-9500. July 17-18 — PICYA Lipton Cups, the annual interclub championships. Daphne, (916) 776-1836. July 17-18 — 51st High Sierra Regatta, weekend two for keel boats. Info, hsinfo@fresnoyc.org. July 17-18 — Columbia 5.5 Nationals. Alameda YC; M.L. Higgins, (510) 748-0289. July 17-18 — South Bay YRA #4, two races hosted by San Leandro YC. Info, roberthu@yahoo.com. July 18-23 — 22nd Whidbey Island Race Week, doubling as the Moore 24 PCCs. Info, www.whidbey.com/raceweek. July 20, 1984 — It Was Twenty Years Ago Today, from an article titled Pacific Cup to Kauai: Richmond’s Gary Clifford, owner and skipper of the Ex¬ press 27 Light’n Up, likes to say that “Fun is Fast” when it comes to sailing. He and his crew Jonathan Livingston had a barrel full of jollies on the recently completed Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Kauai. Not only were this pair winners of the doublehanded division, they were the fifth boat to fin¬ ish in the 15-boat fleet and only two days behind the redoubt¬ able and fully crewed Merlin. Bill Lee’s 67-footer, under char¬ ter to a group headed by San Francisco’s Ben Choate, had plenty of laughs themselves, setting a new elapsed time record for the race of 9 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes. Originated in 1980, the Pacific Cup (originally known as the Kauai TransPac) has evolved into what Don Dalziel, owner of the ketch Natoma, calls “a classy little race.” Dalziel knows a few things about making the trip across, having partici¬ pated in 12 of the Los Angeles to Honolulu TransPacs, which are held in odd-numbered years. The performance of Merlin and Lightn Up, as well as that of the rest of the fleet, certainly did nothing to tarnish that reputation. . . With all due respect to Ben Choate and his crew on Merlin, the most outstanding performance of the race had to be that of Light'n Up, a production boat built by Santa Cruz's Alsberg Brothers and designed by Alameda’s Carl Schumacher. When they reported making 275 and 285 miles a day in the early going, shoreside race followers thought they must be kidding. Clifford reports it was true, and that during the first four days they were 1,100 miles down the track, only a few miles behind Merlin. “The boat is phenomenal!” he says. “All we did was point it downwind and follow the spinnaker. We were constantly planing the first five days!” Gary and Jonathan had no formal watch system. When one got tired of steering, the other would take over. One evening they put the autopilot on for a couple of hours while they ate dinner and shared a bottle of wine, but other than that it was balls-out sailing. They finished only six hours af¬ ter Magic Carpet, winner of the PHRF division. Lightn Up would easily have corrected out to first overall, but the Pacific Cup committee didn’t offer a trophy for that distinction. Clifford was also effusive about the benefits of doublehanding. The bonding and friendship that resulted, not only for Jonathan and him, but for the others who went in pairs as well, was incredible. “You really have to trust your partner,” he says, “when you turn over the helm while doing 20 knots and then go below for some sleep!” Gary plans to do the race again in 1986, and hopes to spread the word to oth¬ ers who are interested that it’s an experience not to be missed.

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I'm very belated in communicating my thanks for your tak¬ ing the interest to post the situation surrounding my hus¬ band Steve's illness — which resulted in Wayne Meretsky of the Alameda-based S&S 47 Moondustervolunteering to come to our aid. Knowing Wayne would be in charge of delivering our Nautitech 435 Kabunza Kat nearly 2,000 miles from the Eastern Caribbean to Florida was the answer to our prayers. Even getting our cat from the boatyard in Grenada was a story. She was splashed just two days before Wayne and his crew arrived — which was three months after we had left her with the yard to complete just a week's worth of repairs. I was immensely relieved to receive Wayne's report that he was headed north. Wayne delivered our cat safe and sound to her new dock in Marathon, Florida, by Memorial Day of 2003. During the trip north, he put together a list of "things I would do if Kabunza Kat were my boat." We still go over his list when we finish projects to see what should be looked at next. The list is very thorough and speaks to safety, performance, and just plain comfort. Wherever in the world Wayne is, he is always in our thoughts for the wonderful thing he did for us. Just prior to writing this, I reread the article Steve wrote

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for the March 2002 issue of Latitude — which was about eight months before he suffered his stroke in Grenada. You pub¬ lished the whole article, and I remember Steve being shocked that you did that. When I reread it, I found myself smiling — and crying — about the passion of the man I am married to. He does love "the boat," and I find myself extremely grateful that the passion remains today. We made our first post-stroke trip to Kabunza Kat in the Florida Keys in late June of 2003, six months after Steve had been stricken. Fortunately, he has re¬ covered his physical skills quite well, given the massive brain trauma he sustained. We didn't take the boat out on that trip because the weather was unsettled, and because Ruth and Steve take a sail on we had 'Wayne's list’ to 'Kabunza Kat' in Florida. keep us busy. In mid-October, Steve and his friend David Dissmeyer, who owns the Beneteau 32 Heidi II here in the Bay, returned to Florida to sail and do boat projects for a couple of weeks be¬ fore our daughter Kat and I showed up. After David went home, our family of three settled in for a couple of months on the boat. We expected to go home after the first of the year so that Kat, who is a sophomore at Healdsburg High, could be back in time for semester finals. At age 15, being stuck on the boat with your parents is not the place to be. But she was there in support of her dad. The weather remained rather unsettled, and it became clear that we needed our own dock in Florida to make the scenario really work. It has been my job to be Steve's 'coach' as much as I can, and clear the path to keep us moving forward in his recovery. No one can make the brain heal any faster, but it's important to keep the vision of as complete a recovery as can be at¬ tained at the forefront. As Steve says, he can do everything — he just can't talk about it! The aphasia is still very evident, and improvement seems so slow when you are the one who is recovering. However, I'm quite certain if we could 'view' the reconstruction that must be going on in his brain, it would be astounding. I do feel he will recover to a great extent, but it will take years, not the months we once hoped for. Anyway, I had a vision of the type of property we needed to park the cat, and we found it in Marathon on the ocean side of 28th Street. We have 155 feet of dockage, with 55 feet be¬ ing on an inlet off the main canal, and wide and deep enough for KK to sit safe and pretty. We have 39 feet of the main canal dock rented to a couple from Massachusetts, and have room for another big boat if anyone is looking. Two bedrooms and one bath of the house are rented to a great gal, and we reserved one bedroom and bath for us. We have a workshop/ laundry area, and a back patio area as well. We bought the house from the departing manager of the West Marine store! We closed on the house on November 28, and returned home to Healdsburg on January 8 with the house rented and KK well cared for. Not more than two days after getting home in January, Steve was already talking about the next trip. He and David went again in February, and I went down to spend two weeks after David left. Not more than two days after getting home in

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HINCKLEY 38,1969. Roundelay’s been completely refit

CHOATE 40,1981. Bottom Line is a custom Choate 40

J/105

by its current owner. New Yanmar dsl plus too many up¬ grades to list. S&S designed, built by Hinckley. $89,000.

equipped for racing and cruising. Two-boat owner will consider ALL offers. Asking $39,900.

Two to choose from starting at $79,900.

ENDEAVOUR 32,1978. Spacious, well built 32’ cruiser with lots of storage, bright interior diesel and well equipped. A bargain at $22,000.

J/32,1997. One of the few J/32s available. Ragtop’s pri¬

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marily equipped for cruising as well as racing w/complete sail inventory. She is a trade in- ready for offers. $135,000.

Two to choose from located in our yard. Starting at $15&rfO0- Oilers.

MORGAN 36. Well balanced racer/cruiser. Equipped with radar arch, wind generator and more, has just returned from Mexico and is ready to go. $49,500.

69’ DIXON CATAMARAN, 2004

CATALINA 30,1983. This is a well-maintained ver¬

Asking $2,000,000.

sion of a classic Bay cruiser. You have to see this beauty to truly appreciate her. Asking $25,000.

I ADDITIONAL SAILBOAT LISTINGS: 1 Dixon Catamaran 2004 $2,000,000 Nautor’s Swan 59 1985 SOLD Irwin 45 1973 $58,000 Custom Bob Smith 43 1985 SOLD Grand Soleil 43 2001 $315,000 < Ghlson 41 1967 $42,000 I Farr 40 Carroll Marine 1998 $150,000 Farr 40 Carroll Marine 1997 $159,000 I Choate 40 Dencho Marine 1981 $39,900 Wylie Custom 40 1978 $30,000

Freedom 38 Hinckley 38 Beneteau 361 Morgan 36 Sydney 3600 Sport J/105

1992 1969 2001 1984 2002 1992

$109,000 $89,000 $119,500 $49,500 SOLD $79,000

J/105, 35-ft Endeavour 32 Sydney Yachts 32 Westsail 32 Sloop Carter 30 Catalina 30

1997 1978 2002 1971 1976 1983

$99,000 $22,000 SOLD* $27,500 $19,950 $25,000

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1980 1983

$15,000 $14,000

POWER Cooper Yacht 10M Carver 37 California 34 Chris Craft Crowne Bavaria 290 Sport Uniflite Sport Sedan 28

1988 1995 1983 1994 2003 1973

SOLD* $129,000 $55,000 $48,000 $109,000 $21,500

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in an enclosed anchorage like The Bight on Norman Island or the Bitter End, there is one hell of a lot of human waste being pumped overboard. With tidal ranges of 1.5 feet, I also ques¬ tion the amount of flushing that really does occur in some of these anchorages. If the thought of swimming through your neighbors' effluent doesn’t remove the joy of waking in the a.m. and jumping off the boat for a swim, it at least makes you keep your lips closed really tight. I’m not certain what the solution is. In a lot of these coun¬ tries the infrastructure doesn’t exist to install pump-out sta¬ tions at the charter bases, and there seems to be no incentive to install pump-outs at any of the marinas — including the charter bases. At a minimum, they could install waste pumps with holding tanks in the charter fleet, so that the tank could be pumped out at sea rather than in the anchorage. Yeah, I know the pumps can be a pain when it comes to mainte¬ nance, but it has to be better than nothing at all. Your thoughts and those of our fellow sailors would be appreciated. Nick Salvador No Strings Attached

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the Sea of Cortez, so only recently did I read your response to my letter on concerns about the experience levels among new cruisers coming to Mexico. A couple of comments on your response. I don’t think I said — and surely did not mean to imply — the Baja Ha-Ha was at all negligent in warning participants about the dangers of open ocean sailing. I have read the li¬ ability release you include in your package, and it is certainly clear. Unfortunately, the grossly inexperienced are coming anyway, and not necessarily with the Ha-Ha. (Although there must be a reason why people get a little nervous in November when they see a boat entering a tight anchorage while flying the Ha-Ha burgee.) All the stories from the old salts about people they knew who overcame their inexperience with various levels of tra¬ vail are well and good, but just because we all know fools who got away with it does not make it a good idea. I suppose the proof is in the numbers, and I wonder what the Coast Guard has to say on the subject. Of their rescue and assistance operations, how many are attributed to inex¬ perience or incompetence? Are the numbers increasing? Un¬ fortunately, I have no way to try and research these ques¬ tions. Besides, it is too nice a day here in the anchorage at Isla Coronado. It's 84°, the water is 80°, the sea and sky are blue, there is a gentle breeze ruffling the ensign, and it's al¬ most cocktail hour. Jimmie Zinn Dry Martini, Morgan 38 Thirty-five Months Out Of Richmond Jimmie — Just as we began to reply to your letter, we re¬ ceived the latest copy of the Department of Boating and Wa¬ terways Boating Safety Report, and its very instructive. The two leading causes of boating accidents were — as you might have suspected — operator inattention (40%) and operator in¬ experience (33%). But get this — 92% of all injuries occurred in open motorboats or personal watercraft (jet skis). Of the 61 people who died boating last year, only four of them were on sailboats, and only one of them actually died while sailing. Of all boats involved in fatal accidents, 89% of them were less than 26 feet. In other words, statistics tell us that if you want to be safe on the water, a sailboat over 26 feet is a good place to be. In addition, many more accidents and fatalities take place on lakes and rivers — in part because there is so much more boating done on those waters. It's also interesting to compare last year's statistics with those of1980 to get a historical perspective. Twenty-three years ago, there were 657 accidents, 270 injuries, and 112fatali-

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the Olson 30 that was lost ashore near Punta Mita, was under the command of owner/ skipper Ron Corbin, a vet¬ It's not just grossly inexperienced' skippers who eran of the have mishaps in Mexico. For example, the highlySinglehanded experienced owner of 'Bingo Again!' was aboard TransPac. We when she was driven ashore during daylight. can go on and on like this, proving that shit does happen — and very often to experienced mariners. If there are an excessive number of se¬ rious accidents, injuries, and deaths befalling inexperienced sailors in Mexico, we'd like to hear about it so we can r eport it. Speaking of the Ha-Ha, it probably provides the best data¬ base on sailing to Mexico that exists. For one thing, it has a 10-year history, and there have been about 750 boats that have done it. God knows what the future holds, but in over 500,000 Ha-Ha ’boat miles' covered to date, we can't recall a single case in which the Coast Guard and/or the Mexican Navy had to come to the rescue. There was one death, the result of a woman suffering a massive heart attack while her boat was at anchor. She received immediate expert medical attention, but to no avail. There haven't been any major injuries, and the worst of the minor ones happened after drinking in the Squid Roe bar in Cabo. Rudders and steering systems have failed, but no boats have been lost. That's a pretty good safety record — one we primarily attribute to the fact that the Ha-Ha has enjoyed generally mild sailing conditions. There are certainly many more mishaps on the Baja Bash, but by that time the skippers are no longer novices. The last point we want to make is that, despite the fact that in the last several issues a number of longtime cruisers have advised that the only way to learn how to cruise is to just go out and do it, we still think there is no substitute for proper instruction and time out in the ocean — not just the Bay — when it's blowing and there's a sea running. Those who have mastered their sailing skills and put in the time in real life conditions will, because of their confidence, have a much more relaxed and enjoyable time sailing to and in Mexico. MMY OLD HOME OFF ARGUELLO

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right. Pt. Conception is on the extreme right of the photo¬ graph. I know this because I worked on the Slick Four oil plat¬ form for 15 years, and really enjoyed that part of the coast. Near the old Coast Guard Station at Pt. Aiguello, you could catch at least five different species of surf perch — as well as just enjoy the beautiful natural setting. Rudy Salazar California ^TROUBLE INSURING OLDER TRIMARANS

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Readers — Our advice to the Gardners was going to be fust keep shopping around," but then we received the follow¬ ing update from them: "We have found one agent, Al Golden, who has offered insurance, and after receiving our Ha-Ha en¬ try pack, have contacted Bluewater Insurance, which is also supposed to be sending us a quote." IN WHALES FEEDING AT SOUTHHAMPTION SHOALS

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leave Connecticut next year for the Bay Area. Yours was the first sailing magazine we subscribed to when we got the cruising bug a decade ago back in Austin, Texas. A neighbor gave us some old copies and we were hooked. In our late 40s at the time, we were inspired by the motto 'just-do-if, so we set a goal and worked on our sailing skills. After seven years of planning, a week-long sailing course on San Fran¬ cisco Bay, buying a Tayana 37, and sailing trips to Florida and Mexico, we quit our jobs and became full-time liveaboards in Galveston, Texas, in January of '02. We then spent six months cruising up to Stamford, Connecticut, where we now live and work. We’ve enjoyed cruising Long Island Sound and Block Island, and traveling inland to visit the sights of New England and New York City. But with the pull of new grandchildren in Marin County, we’ve decided to scrap our idea of sailing to the Med some¬ day, and next year plan to cruise up to Nova Scotia, then down the East Coast, to Cuba and the Western Caribbean, through the Ditch, and up to the Bay Area. We’re thinking of a time-frame of May 2005 through May 2006, leaving the States in late November. I know that’s rushed, but do you or your readers have any thoughts or suggestions as to whether it’s doable — with enough time to stop and see at least some of the sights along the way? We prefer anchorages to mari¬ nas, and seeing a few places well rather than hitting all the spots. One chief reason for renewing our subscription is to moni¬ tor the liveaboard situation in the Bay. We know it's been dicey, but we’re hoping to get a slip in Sausalito — we've always been dreamers. Any chance the rules are loosening up or will be loosening up for liveaboards in the next couple of years? From the talking we’ve done with harbormasters there, the sticking point is not the marinas, but the govern¬ ment officials. Have you run any articles on the subject lately? P S. Thanks for all you’ve done to inform and inspire us over the years! Jim & Sue Goodman Adelante, Tayana 37 Stamford, Connecticut Jim and Sue — Thanks for the kind words. If you leave the States — presumably Florida — in late November, you'll have plenty of time to enjoy places on the way and still be able to reach California by the following May.

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yMORE ON KIDS AND SAILING Sailing is one of the best things that our family ever did together. We started sailing when our kids were young. We lived in Fresno and sailed and raced on Millerton and Hun¬ tington Lakes. For the last 22 years we have sailed out of Emeryville and Berkeley. After 30 years, our kids — and now our grandkids — still sail with us every chance they get. Our oldest grandchild started sailing on the Bay when she was two weeks old, and at age 15 still sails. The boat is the favorite place for our four grandkids to sleep, either while under sail or at the dock. Both of our kids went away to college and then came back after graduation — at least in part because that was where the sailing experiences were. And they brought their friends and future spouses along. Safety was never an issue. It's true, in our busy society everything we do requires that we give up something. For our family, sailing was a pri¬ ority — along with church, school and Boys & Girls Clubs — all of which we have been heavily involved with for 35 years. One last thing — if you wait until they are 15, it’s too late to get them started sailing. Sailing helps develop the person¬ ality and interests of young people. If you wait any longer, they'll be more interested in speed and powerboating. Ken Quenzer Laurel Anne, Wauquiez Hood 38 Fresno m SAILING AND CRUISING WITH KIDS Sony that I'm way late in responding on the subject of families and sailing, but I'd still like to get a word in. In my opinion, kids and sailboats are a wonderful combi¬ nation. My son Joseph, 13, and daughter Jacquelyn, 8, have spent all of their years aboard boats. Having always lived in Nevada City, much of their sailing has been on mountain lakes such as Scott’s Flat and Tahoe. In addition, we've peri¬ odically kept a boat on the Bay, and chartered in faraway ports. We currently own the Pearson 38.5 Daydreams, in which we cruised as far south as Zihuatanejo last year. Our children absolutely love sailing, and we love being

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able to enjoy it with them. Joseph and Jacquelyn can sit still for watches, plot a course, plane a dinghy, catch and clean fish, host a morning net, raise an anchor, understand and perform sail changes, identity many kinds of marine life, pre¬ pare meals in a galley, and speak a little Spanish. I could go on, but I think you catch the drift. And thanks to the kids, we meet a broader spectrum of mariners. We'd planned to continue cruising this year, but we've had to postpone it because our boat suffered severe damage from hurricane Marty last fall in Mexico. We decided to bring our boat home so we could be actively involved in her repair. Jo¬ seph works several times a week with his dad on the boat. Marty slowed us up a bit, but hasn't come close to stop¬ ping us. We plan to leave early next fall for the Sea of Cortez, then continue south and through the Canal. Our children have enhanced our sailing experiences tremendously. My advice to others with kids is to do it now. Melinda Solis-Day Daydreams, Pearson 38.5 Nevada City Melinda — We think you and other parents might find the two-part Latitude 38 interview interesting in this and next month's issues, as it's with a Northern California family of four who did a five-year cruise in the South Pacific.

^SAILING STAGES OF A FAMILY MAN'S LIFE I bought my first 'in-the-water' boat when I graduated from college in 1965. I then had a string of older, relatively inex¬ pensive wooden boats, and was fairly successful racing them. When I got married, bought my first house — a real fixerupper — and we had our first baby, I quickly learned I could not afford the time or money to have an older wooden boat in addition to a wife, child and house. Something had to give, and it was the boat and yacht club membership. A few years later, when the house was liveable, I was able to acquire a small trailerable keelboat. It was nice that I was able to keep it in the garage, because it meant I could main¬ tain her while baby-sitting the kids. During this stage of my life, I didn't race — and rarely even sailed in the main part of the Bay. After the kids had gone through the Richmond YC's Jun¬ ior Program and were safe around boats, I bought another Bay-type boat and gradually got back into Bay sailing and racing. Now I can sail or race the boat with my wife, kids, sons-inlaw and grandkids. Don McCrea Stormrider, Aphrodite 101 Larkspur M COMMENTS ON THIS AND THAT Having completed a long circumnavigation in '02, I hope you'll allow me to comment on a number of topics that have recently been in Latitude. Katie McWilliam, who wrote in the May issue, is absolutely correct in taking her son cruising. In 1996, my wife Carole, eight-year-old son Ryan, and I set off on a circumnavigation. Six-and-a half-years, 56 countries, and 40,000 miles later, we finished our trip. Since we home-schooled Ryan the whole way, readers might be interested in the results. On the plus side, Ryan is socially light years ahead of his contemporaries. He mixes very well, is comfortable in adult company, and is a great conversationalist. On the minus side, he is socially light years ahead of his contemporaries. He there-

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much better control — which is important in a crosswind. Secondly, the available space is generally much less than our 15-foot beam plus two feet of fenders on each side, so the pointy end fits in better. And, the resulting sideways shuf¬ fling of the neighbors is more gradual. Thirdly, it is much more private not having our cockpit under the eyes, and our BBQ under the nose, of every person strolling the dock. We solved the climb-down-to-the-dock-over-the-pulpit problem by designing a ladder that hung off the pulpit, with a folding leg to brace it off the bow. This was generally the most photographed object in every marina we visited, and I will be happy to provide design details. I have some differences with Jimmie Zinn's letter in the May edition titled, Mexican Waters Can Become Dangerous. I, of course, can't disagree with the truth of the title. I do have to say that during our six-year-plus, 40,000-mile circumnavi¬ gation, we never experienced more than 35 knots of sustained wind at sea. We achieved this by utilizing one of the hardest to learn sailing skills — patience. As an example, we sat for three weeks in San Remo, Italy, waiting for a suitable weather window to cross the Golfe de Lyon to Barcelona, Spain — and as a result had a wonderful sail. Others who took off earlier got beaten up to various degrees. Admittedly, San Remo is not the worst place in the world to spend three weeks, but you get the point. Before departing any port, we would tap all the sources of weather information that we could: weatherfax, SSB, VHF, AM, FM, newspaper, local fishermen and anything else avail¬ able. Then if, on our intended day of departure, the sailing conditions were not 100% sure, we stayed in port. Part of our pre-sail routine is a series of questions my wife and I ask each other. One of her questions is, "Does it feel right to go?" Unfortunately, most sailing schools don't teach patience, and racers never learn it. The skill can be gained only by cruising experience, and then only by dedication and devo¬ tion to that lifestyle. David Hammer's May Courtesy and Respect letter on the so-called ’Ugly American' syndrome brought to mind the 56 countries we visited on our circumnavigation. We had no prob¬ lems with the officials in any country by following a very simple rule: "It is their country, their rules and regulations, their language, customs and food, and if we don't like it we can leave." Under no circumstances did we complain in public. This stood us in good stead while wading through the 27form entry marathon in Fiji, coping with arrest by the secret police in the Sudan, dealing with the Sri Lankan customs officials who wanted to be presented with every loose item they saw, and generally making every country a real pleasure to be in. Having a child with us was a major plus in this regard, and opened many doors that would have otherwise been shut. Making an attempt to learn and speak a few phrases of the local language is the second best icebreaker. Sure you may not say what you think you are saying, and you do have to grin when you are laughed at, but it is friendly laughter. I once had a 30-minute conversation with an old gentleman in a market in the middle of Turkey, surrounded by quite a crowd. Neither of us spoke more than a word or two of the others language, but gestures, air-diagrams, and arm-wav¬ ing did the trick. I have absolutely no idea what we were talk¬ ing about, but it was a wonderful experience, and everyone had a great time. A number of people reported problems in Mexico with DHL. We would have been delighted to have those problems in most of the countries we visited during our circumnavigation. The

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perfectly balanced doing 10+ knots. The real reason for roller furling is safety. The more things you can do from the safety of the cockpit, the better. As most cruisers are couples, either person can reduce sail with per¬ fect safety and ease, during the day or night. This means not only does sail get reduced when it should, but the off-watch person can continue sleeping. And the latter, my friends, is priceless. The cruiser's dinghy is his sole means of transport, and needs to be as big, with as powerful an outboard, as the yacht will carry. So many times the best/safest anchorage is a long way from the store or the best snorkeling spot. Without a good dinghy/outboard combination, the only alternative is the poor anchorage. We carried a 12-ft inflatable with a 15hp for general running around, and a 30-hp for long distances and water-skiing. When it comes to inflatables and outboards, get the best. It's only in Mexico and the Caribbean that there are problems with them being stolen. We never locked them up anywhere else. I really love old wooden boats — other people's old wooden boats. They are a delight to look at and to sail — but to live in? I like my clothes and food to stay dry, and I like to spend my time at anchor swimming and exploring, not caulking and varnishing. I would also like to continue living, so would all wooden boat enthusiasts please remember that I am talking about long-term cruising, not local cruising. P.S. Please Mr. Ebb and Ms. Helm, don't go into a decline because you gave incomplete advice. I am sure that you are perfectly sound in the fields you know. The Wanderer is bound to overlook this aberration in the light of your long service and devotion. P.P.S. Life back on land has proven to be much more diffi¬ cult than we expected, but we’re muddling through. Laurie Pane Dolphin Spirit, Mason 53 Newport Beach / Brisbane, Australia

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ftp HAD TO SELL HER MUCH TOO SOON Since Foxen, owned by Pete and Tracy Caras, now in Ventura after many years in Sausalito, was my conception, I take con¬ siderable satisfaction in knowing that she's been so successful over the years. Credit is due to John It was with considerable remorse that Leonard had to Alden, the sell his beloved ‘Foxen1. At 95 he still regrets it. architect; to Lester Stone, builder without peer; and to the magnificent craftsmen whose work can't be duplicated today. Due to sudden financial reverses, I had to sell the 40-footer much too soon. As I'm now 95 years of age, I take particular satisfaction in that she retains her original name of Foxen. He was a British sailor who became an early California rancher of some note. Leonard H. Brown, Jr. Tiburon Leonard—As you may know, Foxen won last year's McNish Classic Regatta out of Channel Islands Harbor, and will be back on August 7 to defend her title. In the last issue, we incorrectly said the McNish would be held on the 17th. ft CHLORINE AND WELDED WATER TANKS When my wife and I purchased our 1986 Passport 40, the previous owner told us that when leaving the boat in Mexico for the summer, he added a bit more Clorox to the water tanks than necessary to retard the growth of any algae during their absence. When they returned several months later, they found that the tanks were leaking at the welds and, as a result, they had to remove and reweld the tanks. I recall reading about this problem more than once — prob¬ ably in Latitude — and the subject has come up in conversa¬ tions with other cruisers. The thinking is that the Taiwanese welds were in some way defective. The problem has since been identified and the welding process changed. In cruising Mexico from La Paz to Zihuatanejo during the past seven months, we found that marina water in La Paz, Manzanillo/Las Hadas, Barra and Ixtapa was potable. At least other cruisers were drinking it with no negative consequences. The marina operators in Cabo and Mazatlan recommended not drinking the water. However, some cruisers were adding Clorox to it and experienced no ill effects. We found disinfect¬ ing agents at stores specializing in camping and hiking equip¬ ment, but the stuff is pricy. Our solution is to use bottled water whenever possible. This costs about $1.40 US for a 5-gallon jug delivered to the boat. When we need to top off with marina water, we Clorox and vent the jerry jugs for a few hours before adding to our main tank, which keeps the chlorine concentration to a mini¬ mum. I inspect and clean the interior of the tanks every sev¬ eral months, and so far haven't seen any pitting. We have been cruising Mexico — and loving it! David & Mollie Spaulding Tumbleweed, Passport 40 Sausalito / La Paz

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The number one preventative measure is disinfection of the drinking water supply. There are three relatively com¬ mon methods that are reasonably available to the cruising sailor: ultraviolet light, ozone treatment and chlorine treat¬ ment. All are capable of providing four nines — 99.99% — or better destruction of harmful pathogens. I don't include the reverse osmosis watermaker process among the disinfection measures, for while it does provide physical removal of contaminants, it doesn't meet the tradi¬ tional requirements of disinfection. Of the three disinfection methods, only chlorine provides a lasting disinfection residual. UV light disinfection occurs in a chamber with a lamp that emits UV rays. This results in the death or destruction of most common pathogens. But there is no residual effect, meaning that as soon as the water comes out of the chamber, it is susceptible to recontamina¬ tion. The same is essentially true of ozone, as any residual effect is short-lived. Both UV and ozone can and are used to provide safe drinking water. The use of either UV or ozone requires that all piping, tankage, and appurtenances down¬ stream of the water treatment system be maintained in a ster¬ ile condition. This is possible on a boat, but difficult. All of the above also apply to reverse osmosis seawater from our watermakers. But with physical removal, we also have to worry about minute amounts of water bypassing the treatment process — say slightly leaky seals — and contami¬ nating our storage tanks. This is why various chlorine disin¬ fection techniques are popular in the United States. There can be lots of discussion about cancer caused by chlorine disinfection and its breakdown products, and all of those points are valid. However, on a risk-adjusted basis, chlorine is the most forgiving disinfection option for the small water system because it can provide a residual effect that can last days or weeks. This means that downstream storage and distribution facilities need to be kept clean, but are kept sterile by the residual chlorine. Assuming that most sailors use household sodium hy¬ pochlorite (NaOCl) bleach as their source of chlorine for dis¬ infection, I'll run some numbers for you. Most bleach is about 5% NaOCl, or 50,000 parts per million. In liquid form, this disassociates to sodium ions (Na+) and hypochlorous (OC1-) ions. It is the latter that provide the disinfection power, and in standard bleach it is present at a concentration of about 34,500 ppm. The amount required for disinfection varies de¬ pending on the contamination burden in the water to be treated. Most guides generally recommend a dosage of about 10 ppm of OC1- to start with. This is equal to about one-third cup of household bleach per hundred gallons of water (20 milliliters per 100 liters). After a brief contact time (half an hour+/-), if there is any

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letters remaining residual chlorine present, the disinfection is com¬ plete, and the water is safe to drink. If there is no residual chlorine, more must be added until a residual is detectable. In the water treatment business, we used to use 0.5 ppm residual as proof of disinfection. In reality, this value was based on that being the lowest level that could be reliably detected by testing. Current technology allows reliable detec¬ tion down to about 0.1 ppm, and somewhere between these two values is now used to indicate complete disinfection. Where water is to be stored for an extended period, a higher value is used. When water is to be used immediately, a lower value is used. After all, the less chlorine used, the fewer the by-products — read carcinogens — that are generated. For the cruising sailor, a cheap swimming pool test kit can allow you to test down to about 0.5 ppm — and provide con¬ firmation of disinfection while minimizing chlorine use. For those who think they can keep everything clean, small treat¬ ment units using either UV or ozone treatment are available from a number of marine manufacturers. For those of us who use watermakers, UV, or ozone treatment, it is a good idea to disinfect the entire storage and distribution system at least once a year with a chlorine-based treatment. You want to make sure, of course, that none of the chlorine gets into the watermaker itself, as this can destroy the very expensive re¬ verse osmosis membrane in short order. The water used for the disinfection can be discarded — preferably to a pump station, as residual chlorine can kill marine life if discharged to the ocean — and the user can return to drinking water disinfected by other methods. Now about chlorine and corrosion. Ms. Woodward's letter asked whether the use of chlorine disinfection could have caused failure of the stainless steel tank in her boat. The brief answer is yes, but it's unlikely. What Ms. Woodward probably heard reference to is chloride pitting of stainless steel. Chloride pitting can indeed be the cause of rapid, cata¬ strophic failure of stainless steel. For instance, I recently per¬ formed a failure analysis for a new drinking water plant in Arizona, where chloride in the groundwater led to failure of stainless piping less than a year after the plant opened! The chloride ion (C1-) is different from the hypochlorous ion (OC1-) used in disinfection. However, the breakdown of OC1- during the disinfection process can lead to an increase in the Cl- concentration in the water. If a dosage of 10 ppm of OC1- is added to water and all of the chlorine becomes C1-, it will increase the chloride concentration in the water by about 7 ppm. The exact chemical process of chloride pitting of stain¬ less steel is still subject to considerable debate, but the gen¬ eral consensus is that stainless steel is suitable for water containment at chloride concentrations up to about 100 ppm. Above 100 ppm, some stainless steel alloys can be used suc¬ cessfully if other factors are controlled. Tlius disinfection by use of chlorine and the relatively mi¬ nor increase in chloride concentration that may be attrib¬ uted to the disinfection process is not likely to result in chlo¬ ride pitting failure of stainless steel. Unless, that is, the wa¬ ter is severely overdosed, but at that level it would be too stinky to drink. A swimming pool that stinks of chlorine has a residual of only 2-5 ppm chlorine. Having said all this, chloride pitting failure of the tank is still possible. In the Bay Area, some public water supplies — mostly those that rely on Delta or groundwater — may con¬ tain chloride concentrations that are harmful to stainless steel. The same may be true outside the Bay Area, depending on the location. In addition, the ocean in which our boats float is full of

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ftJlHE SUM OF THE POINT MASSES. . . In the May issue, Mike Moore mentions that a dinghy, held up high on its davits, . . increases the inertial stability to the boat." In your response, you assert that. . having a heavy din¬ ghy up so high is not going to increase stability, but rather decrease it. For maximum stability, as much weight as pos¬ sible needs to be as low and as close to the center of the boat as possible ..." I suggest that what you really meant when you wrote "sta¬ bility" is the overall righting torque of the boat, and that when Mike wrote "inertial stability," he meant rotational inertia. The book General Physics by Douglas C. Giancoli and pub¬ lished by Prentice Hall, defines, on page 173, rotational iner¬ tia or moment of inertia of a body. In the case of a sailboat, the axis of rotation would be at or near the center of buoyancy. In numerical terms, rotational inertia is defined as the sum of all the point masses contained in the body multiplied re¬ spectively by the squares of their distances from the axis of rotation. So if one of the masses that comprises the boat as a whole

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is moved farther from the center of buoyancy, rotational in¬ ertia is increased. In conceptual terms that apply to a sailboat, rotational inertia is the tendency of the boat to resist any impetus to begin heeling or to stop heeling, without regard to the issue of gravity and therefore without regard to ballast. I believe that the usefulness, with regard to stability, of keeping a dinghy raised up high on the davits applies to sta¬ tionary situations such as those which are typical while moored or at anchor, in which the boat stays very nearly up¬ right and therefore the horizontal component of the distance of the dinghy from the center of buoyancy — the anti-righting arm, and therefore the anti-righting torque of the dinghy — tends to be very small. Certainly I wouldn’t place the dinghy so high while under¬ way or, God forbid, while racing, as the anti-righting torque grows proportionally to the sine of the heeling angle (mea¬ sured from vertical). In light of the above, I think that you’re both correct, but neither used the most proper nomenclature. John Brenneise Campbell John — All right, all right, so we didn't do very well in high school physics. We blame it on our darn teacher at Skyline High in Oakland, who kept excusing himself to sneak into the back room to inhale a couple of more Pall Malls. The 'high booty' davits might be a good idea inside quiet marinas, but not necessary at anchorages. Some of them — such as Corossol, St. Barth, where the photo of the Hallberg-Rassy was taken — are subject to a lot of rolling, which means you'd have all kinds of trouble with, you know, the overall righting torque business. That might keep you up all night.

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ff|| YOUR CRUISING CONNECTION AT BAHIA ASUNCION I would like to thank all of the cruisers who stopped at beautiful Bahia Asuncion along the Pacific Coast of Baja this year, particularly those who shared their books, videos and stories with my family. It was great to meet you all — and speak some English! For those who don't know, I used to be a cruiser until I married a Mexican fisherman who lives here. Speaking on behalf of everyone at Asuncion, it was a plea¬ sure helping you get diesel, food, medical attention — and even sending your emails. But I'm primarily writing to remind cruisers that we have the same radio regulations in Mexico as in the States. That means Channel 16 is a hailing and emergency channel only. Along the Pacific Coast of Baja, most villages don't have phones, so the people have to rely on VHF radios for impor¬ tant communications. Since we leave our radios on all the time, it’s infuriating to hear the number of cruisers who use 16 for idle chitchat. It may not look like anyone is around on the seemingly isolated Pacific Coast of Baja, but we are, so after hailing another boat, take your conversation to another channel. A second issue I'd like to address is that of cruisers hiring Mexicans to provide services. Because we aren’t as organized as you are in the States, there are no set prices, and there can be a vast difference in costs for services rendered. The important thing is to ask first! Establish a price before you agree to the service. I say this because I've heard some horror stories about expensive laundry, fuel delivery, water taxi ser¬ vices, and the like. Make sure you know what you are going to pay before the fact. In our less-organized environment, prices can fluctuate wildly depending on the individual, and how broke or how hung over he/she might be. One day a fisherman may bring you to shore for next to nothing — but the next day he’ll demand 100 pesos — or more! So buyers beware, agree on a fee beforehand, and save yourself a big hassle later. And you can shop around. One local fisherman once charged a guy 400 pesos to deliver 40 gallons of fuel. So if you think a guy is asking too much for a job, wait for another person to make an offer — or seek assistance on the radio. And while you shouldn’t get ripped off, remember not to be cheap, either. You don’t want to insult the locals, or you may

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and exiled for the remainder of his life. He died at age 44 in Italy in 1810. Malaspina's expedition records — some 300 journals, 450 notebooks and 183 charts — were impounded or scattered, unpublished and unstudied. Thanks to recent efforts by the Naval Museum in Madrid and the Hakluyt Society in England — which publishes accounts of geographical discovery — Malaspina may finally get the recogni¬ tion he deserves. The Malaspina Expedition, 1789-1 794 was is¬ sued in two volumes (in Spanish) earlier this spring. An English ’ translation is due out by the end of the year. The volumes are expected to shed new light on scientific exploration in the Age of Enlightenment, and add a new dimension to what has generally been viewed as a British and French endeavour. It will also likely shed new light on Malaspina himself, who Spain’s U.S. Ambas¬ sador Javier Ruperez says, "was a reflection of our national his¬ tory in its glory and in its suffering." Coast watch (sorry, ran out of room in Sightings this month). The following are summaries of some of the more interesing search and rescue cases handled by the Coast Guard between mid-May and mid-June. May 16 —The San Joaquin Sheriffs Department contacted Coast Guard Station Rio Vista that a 35-year-old-male had fallen overboard while attempting to throw out his anchor in the vicin¬ ity of Tiki Lagoon. The man’s two children, ages 3 and 8, were onboard and were yelling for help. A Good Samaritan onscene hailed another Good Samaritan to stay with the children before departing the scene to notify authorities. Station Rio Vista issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) and launched a rescue boat. Air Station San Francisco also launched a Helicopter. Two sheriffs boats, a Stockton dive team and a privately-owned mediflight helicopter also joined the search. None were able to locate the person in the water. The San Joaquin Sheriff s office notified the next of kin and transferred the children to their mother. May 6 — The 30-ft fishing vessel Clara BII contacted Coast Guard Group San Francisco via VHF/FM Radio Channel 16 that it had been struck hy the fishing vessel Rubicon and was taking on water approximately 16 miles West of Pigeon Point. The re¬ porting party said that the master had instructed them to don immersion suits and prepare the vessel's liferaft. Group San Fran¬ cisco instructed the vessel’s crew to activate their EPIRB (Emer¬ gency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), and to launch flares at 15-minute intervals if they went into the water. The fishing vessel Niki Jean II heard the radio transmis¬ sions and diverted to assist. By the time she arrived on scene, the Clara B II was almost submerged. The Niki Jean II was able to recover both crewmen safely from the Nilci Jean's liferaft. and reported that neither required medical attention. Coast Guard motor lifeboat 47245 from station Golden Gate arrived on the scene and transferred both victims onto their ves¬ sel. The victims were transported to Station Golden Gate where they safely disembarked. Answer to Question of the Month. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the Electra converted into his presidential yacht Potomac in 1936. He used her a lot for recreation and informal strategy sessions with advisors and Congressional leaders, and even held one of his famed ’fireside chats' from aboard on May 29. 1941. As most folks know, polio put the president in a wheelchair, and he had a hand-operated elevator installed inside one of the yacht's false stacks. The USS Potomac currently operates as a charter/tour vessel out of 540 Water Street in Oakland. For more information, check out the website at www.usspotomac.org.

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SIGHTINGS cruisers repel pirate attack Last month, Bob Hudnall and Dana Cannon of the Long Beach-based Force 50 Dona Lee were attacked by pirates while in Colombia. Bob and Dana, who participated in the Baja Ha-Ha rally last fall, sent us the following firsthand report.

We were anchored in the Rio Magdalena River at Barranquilla, Co¬ lombia, on June 7 to work on a fuel problem we were having. We'd just finished dinner, it was about 6:30 p.m., and we were down below in the cabin. Having completed our repairs, we planned on getting underway again as soon as I'd put things away from dinner. For some reason, Bob had locked the hatch to the compan¬ ionway doors — and it's truly what saved us. I heard a noise on deck, and at first believed it to be Bob ' But at about the same time he said, "What was that?" I started screaming — I'm not sure why, as no one was there to hear me or care, except Bob, of course, who had come to the same conclusion as I: somebody had boarded our boat. Eventually, we would learn it was five men. A sixth stayed in the panga. Then someone was kicking at the companionway hatch. I ran to the forward cabin, while Bob grabbed the bear repellent, machete, and flare gun he keeps by our bed for protection. Just as the assailant was able to kick in one side of the door, Bob started spraying mace at the guy. But the pirate shot the can out of Bob's hand. He fired several more shots to keep Bob at bay while he tried to break through the other side of the companionway door. Bob unloaded another can of mace at him, and then started firing flares in his direction. When Bob was out of mace and flares, he started hacking at the guy with his machete. Every time a hand or foot would come through the compan¬ ionway hatch trying to get into the cabin, Bob would swing at it with his machete. The entrance to the inside of our boat now reflects that it had been a battle scene. The whole time this was going on, the guy was shooting his gun at Bob. When he ran out of bullets, he took eveiything he could find on deck and threw it at Bob through the compan¬ ionway door. As this was going on, I was in the V-berth trying to find a weapon of my own. Since it was dark, the only thing I could find was the fire extinguisher. Bob later yelled that there was another flare gun in the cupboard. I found it, loaded it, and — avoiding the gunfire — got it to Bob. By now the fumes from the nearly full can of mace that exploded inside our boat (as a result of a gunshot) were overpowering, and Bob was drenched in it. I was trying to open a porthole for air when I saw the panga the assailants come in speeding away from our boat. I waited a second to see if they had left anyone behind. Not hearing anyone, I yelled to Bob that they had left. He went up on deck and issued a mayday on channel 16. We have a VHF radio in the cabin, but it's a handheld, and the batteries were dead. Within a half hour, the Colombian Coast Guard was there. They escorted us back to the navy base, and we side-tied to a frigate. Bob was taken to the hospital for a cut on his finger and for an allergic reaction to the mace. The thieves got away with our outboard, liferaft and a ditch bag that had credit cards, passports and handheld electonics in it, as well as two jerry jugs of diesel fuel. The Colombian Special Police, similar to our FBI, were able to find an informant who knew where our belong¬ ings were and who had them. They raided the guy's house and found our outboard, passports and credit cards. Our electronics and liferaft had apparently already been sold. The police claim they know who has these items, but aren't hopeful that they can get them back to us be¬ fore we leave Colombia. We'll see. At least we got the outboard and our continued on outside column of next sightings page

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time Every Bay sailor and 8th grade science student knows there are two high-low tide cycles per day, and that they are prima ¬ rily caused by the gravitational pull of the

mini boat, maxi ride Only two of the 72 boats that finished last month’s Mini Fastnet Race had American sailors aboard, but in both cases, the Yanks acquitted them¬ selves well. Brian 'BJ' Caldwell and French crew¬ man Ronan Guerin aboard NetCorrier took sixth; and the Adam Currier/David Anthes team on Sabita took 17th. Winners of the an¬ nual event, which takes the tiny speedsters on a 700mile round trip race from Douarnenez, France, Readers may recall Brian Caldwell from a around Fastnet Rock and youngest-solo-roundback to Douarnenez, were the-world record sail the French team of Erwan that he chronicled in Le Roux and Francois these pages several Lamiot aboard Eole-Etoille years ago. le Mer, who led wire to wire. Mini TransAt boats — more accurately called 'Open 6.5s' these days — are wildly popular in Europe but just starting to catch on on this side of the pond. They are a developmental class whose only rigid design parameter is thenlength: 6.5 meters or slightly more than 21 feet. The modern ones carry wide beams, canting keels, and outrageous sailplans that look as though they were pulled off a Farr 40. Hard boats to sail well. Minis have launched the careers of such luminary sailors as Ellen MacArthur, Michel Desjoyeaux, Loick Peyron, Yves Parlier and Isabelle Autissier, to name just a few. The Mini-Fastnet is a qualifier for the invitational Mini TransAt race in Septem¬ ber — a 4,500-mile marathon that stops once in the Canary Islands, then contin¬ ues to the finish in Brazil. We'll let you know if either of the American teams makes the cut this year. (Jonathan McKee was the sole American entry in 2003.) If that's not intense enough for you, last March, Caldwell came up with the idea of a race around the world for Minis. Check out his website for that proposed event at www.race6-5.com. BJ's homepage is www.holoholo.org/caldwell/.

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big tides ery 18.6 years — call it 19 — they ‘line up’ to cause the largest tidal range of all. This occurred all over the world on June 3 and 4. Before you get too excited, the actual differential between this max-range tide cycle and the mid-range ‘low years’ was only about 6 inches in the Bay. To clarify, that’s 6 inches over our normal 7 to 8foot range this time of year, or about 3 inches higher and three inches lower than at the same time 9.3 years ago — do you follow? Plus, the increases and declines of the in-between years are so gradual that for all practical purposes, the event is im-

briefing on reefing ‘Dona Lee’at anchor in Mexico.

can't do this trip again. We've had many responses to our story. Most people say, "Thank God you're okay." But there are various opinions on how we should have responded. Most believe that if we had let the pirates inside the boat, they would have taken what they wanted and left. We disagree, as they started shooting at us before they said anything. In fact, they never said anything. We believe they wanted to kill us and take our boat. One Colombian man Bob met felt the pirates would have kid¬ napped one of us and sold us to the guerillas, who would then have ransomed us back to our family. That's not unusual here in Colombia. All I know is that we both came out of it scared and nervous about being anywhere in Colombia except the Club de Pesca in Cartagena. But we didn't sleep the first night we were back here, because we had to anchor out. Physically we were unharmed, and that's the most important thing to us. We always wondered what we would do in the case of a pirate attack. We'd always hoped thieves would just take things and leave if we didn't fight back, but we wondered if fighting back was the only thing that would save our lives. In this case, it was clear to us that they intended to be violent from the start, and our passivity wouldn't have made a difference. They intended to harm us. As mentioned, there were six men in all. Five came aboard and one stayed in the panga. Authorities are still looking for the other five. Based on this experience, our advice is to stay as far offshore of Colombia as possible. We were 10 hours behind a Puerto Rico-based sportfishing boat that makes the trip all the time, and he told us to hug the coast as much as possible. Bad advice! We have heard of three other boats that have been pirated in that area. One of them was 10 miles offshore. One of the boats was lost. On a positive note, the Colombian government bent over backwards to accomodate our every need and get our belongings back. They saw to it that Bob got free medical treatment, and they got me to a place where I could get online and cancel our credit cards. We didn't keep all our cash or credit cards in the ditch bag. We'd heard about the Japa¬ nese couple who were attacked by pirates 100 miles off the Pacific Coast of Colombia while on their way to the Galapagos, and the pirates got everything. So just in case something like that happened to us, I kept another stash hidden inside the boat. As such, we're not without money or credit cards until the new ones reach us. From Puerto Rico, we’re bound for St.Thomas. We'll feel much safer in the Virgins under Coast Guard protection. — bob and dana, dona lee Page 108 •

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Hitting a reef is something you never want to do. Taking a reef is something Bay sailors should practice and do when¬ ever the wind starts really honking. We've seen so many boats sailing on their ears this windy spring, we thought it was time for a quick refresher. First of all, sailing with your rail un¬ der is inefficient, uncomfortable and can be scary for passengers. Most boats are designed to sail best at a very slight angle, only about 10 to 15 degrees of heel. When she’s leaning more than that, it’s time to reef (or change down to smaller sails, which accomplishes the same thing — re¬ ducing the amount of sail area your boat presents to the wind.) There are lots of ways to reef. The most common on smaller boats are slab reef¬ ing and roller reefing. The Cal 29 in this photo gives a good example of the latter. This skipper has simply rolled up part of his roller furling jib until the boat feels right. (The early furlers and sails weren’t very good at this, but technology has given us much more efficient furling systems in the last few years.) This boat is trimmed perfectly and the jib, which looks to be about a tfyrd of its rolled-out size, has a nice shape. If this skipper wanted to re¬ duce sail even more, he could put a slab reef in the main — lower it to the first reef point (the lower row of holes in the mainsail), secure the tack and clew, and retrim. When do you reef? As the old adage says, when you first wonder if you should.

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perceptible to anyone but scientists. Even a quick look at the 2004 Tide-book doesn’t reveal anything particularly unusual — highs of 6+ feet above mean low water and lows of around -2 feet look pretty normal for this time of year. (The highest tide ranges are always around the solstice in June and the equinox in December.) And of course rain, runoff and storms can push that upper limit far enough to flood local roads during the winter — 19-year cycle or no 19-year cycle. While the event went largely unnoticed locally, two unusual happenings in early

If you're in Mexico now, or will be heading to Mexico this winter, we have some good news for you. Very, very good news. And then even more potentially good news. What is the only thing cruisers really hate about cruising in Mexico? Duh — it's the time-consuming and ridiculously expensive clearing in and out processes required at each stop with a port captain. Well, ac¬ cording to Terri Grossman of San Carlos Marina and Marina Seca, who has been and perhaps still is the head of the Mexican Marina Owners Association, a new law is already on the books that will re¬ quire mariners to clear into Mexico only once — when they first arrive — and clear out at their last port before leaving the country. If you've recovered from fainting, yes, that would mean no more checking in and out at every port, no more spending hours filling out forms and running between banks and port captains, no more paying

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SIGHTINGS new check-in procedures — cont’d big clearing fees, and no more paying equally big fees to ship's agents. In other words, it's huge! Although this is not an April Fool's Joke, and the law is on the books, it still needs a kind of final approval from the Legislature. Be¬ cause there are now three or four main political parties in Mexico, this could take some time, but Grossman is hopeful it will be a done deal by the start of the fall cruising season. If you're looking for some sign that this long-awaited improvement isn't just another false hope, Grossman tells us that the Mexican gov¬ ernment is putting together all the necessary officials for clearing in — Immigration, Aduana, and so forth — at one office on the dock in Ensenada to make it convenient for southbound cruisers to clear into Mexico. This would not mean that you had to stop in Ensenada. Your first stop could be Cabo, for example, it's just that not all the officials would be in the same office. Want more good news? Grossman tells us that Mexican officials have also been discussing ways in which they might be able to subsicontinued on outside column ot next sightings page

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big tides June seem too correlated to ignore. The first was the big levy break in the Delta on, ahem, June 3. No immediate cause was released as to why 200 feet of the levy surrounding the Lower Jones Tract col¬ lapsed, flooding 11,000 acres of farmland and displacing 250 people who lived and worked on the land. But historically, lev¬ ies collapse because they get too saturated to stay in one piece. Might the extreme tide have been at least partly to blame? The other incident — and the one that led to our discovery of this whole 19-year business — was the sinking of two an¬ chored sailboats in Richardson Bay, also reportedly on June 3 or 4. (We didn’t no¬ tice them until the 5th.) Now, it’s hardly unusual to see sunken boats in the Rich-

SIGHTINGS — cont’d ardson Bay anchorage, but usually they’re derelicts and sink one at a time. These two looked to be in good shape, were close to each other, and both went down on the same day. We wondered aloud in Lectronic Latitudewhether some mischief was afoot. Readers such as Bill Hughes offered better suggestions. They noted the ex¬ tremely low tides of the previous few days (a few referred us to 19-year-cycle ar¬ ticles), and theorized that when the tide was lowest, the boats laid over on their sides on the nearly exposed bottom. When the tide came back in, the sticky mud held them down long enough that they filled up before they could float free. The next really high tide is in 2023. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

new check-in procedures — cont’d dize the price of fuel — which has gone way up in recent years — for visiting mariners. It's less certain that this will happen, however, as administering such a program might be difficult. If the apparent upcoming change in clearing procedures isn't great news, we don't know what is. As for Grossman, she's not celebrating until it's a done deal, but she's on the verge of being ecstatic, "having worked since 1977 to get the clearing process simplified." Indeed, she's the one who stood up and told Mexico's President Vicente Fox that the current process was like making visiting mariners do the 'stations of the cross' — which we understand is some sort of Catholic ritual. Assuming the new clearing procedures do pass, it will make life much easier and less expensive for mariners visiting Mexico — and will therefore attract more boats to Mexico and encourage the ones already there to stay longer. In addition, it will be a boon to deserving places such as San Bias, which because of battles between cruisers and the port captain, has been virtually boycotted by cruisers for years. In fact, San Bias would be one of the first places we, Profligate, and our surfboards would head this winter. In order to get the final stamp of approval for the simplified clearing process, it may be helpful in the near future for Latitude readers to email certain officials and legislators. Grossman is currently collecting the key email addresses. When the time comes, please be ready to make a few keystrokes on your computer.

ha-ha fleet shaping up quickly

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The match-racing event off New\ port, Rhode Island, 1 against Ernisto [ Bertarelli’s ‘Alinghi’ is the second in a series I of pre-America’s Cup events modeled after last | year’s Moet Cup here on the Bay. As we went I to press at the mid-point of the June 19-26 | series, ‘BMW/Oracle’ had a slight lead over ‘Alinghi’. For the full story and results, go to ‘www. ubstrophy.com’.

"Is this fall's presidential election making everyone get ready to flee the country or what?" wonders Ha-Ha Honcho Lauren Spindler. "Be¬ cause for some reason we've gotten more requests for Ha-Ha entry packs, as well as more paid entries, than ever before at this time. As of June 22, we'd already sent out 167 entry packs and received 18 paid entries.” As most Latitude readers know, the Ha-Ha is the 750-mile cruisers' rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with R&R stops at Turtle Bay and spectacular Bahia Santa Maria. The Ha-Ha goal is for everyone to make lots of new friends — with fellow cruisers and locals alike — while having a fun and safe trip to Cabo. Unlike races to Mexico, the idea is to cruise with other folks, not beat them. In fact, the Ha-Ha philosophy has always been that everyone who makes it to Cabo is a winner. Flexibility is another byword of the Ha-Ha. If some boats want to do things like take a flyer to spend the night at Guadeloupe Island, why shouldn’t the Ha-Ha encourage them? This year's two-week event starts on October 25, and is open to boats 27 feet and longer that were designed, built, and have been main¬ tained for open-ocean sailing. No, motor vessels are not discriminated against. The minimum number of crew is two. While conditions in pre¬ vious Ha-Has have been mild with winds from aft, every boat and par¬ ticipant must — of course — be prepared for anything the Pacific Ocean might dish out. The Ha-Ha is only for those mariners who would have sailed to Cabo on their own anyway, and is not an offshore hand-hold¬ ing service. As has been the case for the last eight years, the catamaran Profli¬ gate will be the mothership. From her nav station each morning will come the roll call and professional weather reports. The 'we-wouldn'tmiss-a-Ha-Ha-for-our-lives' team of the Wanderer as the Grand Poobah, Banjo Andy as the Assistant Poobah, and Dona de Mallorca as herself, will be back for the 27th collective year. If you know how to have a great time while being responsible, and are interested in the Ha-Ha, send a check for $15 to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., 21 Apollo Road, Tiburon, CA 94962 for an entry pack. Regular mail only, please, not certified. Include a self-addressed, 9 x 12 envelope with $3 worth of postage attached. The Ha-Ha entry fee is $299, which continued on outside column of next sightings page

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is a fraction of the cost of similar events — plus you get all kinds of swag such as T-shirts, hats, bags, and so forth. We don't think there's a better deal in sailing. Deadline for entries is September 10 — and there are berthing incentives for early entries (more on that in a minute)

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— so if you want to take part, don’t delay. If you're looking for crew or are crew looking for a boat, the best places are the Mexico Crew List & Ha-Ha Kick-Off Party to be held at the Encinal YC in Alameda on October 6; the Cruising Crew List that ran in the April issue of Latitude-, or by taking out a Classy Classi¬ fied. If the last couple of years are any guide, don't count on being able to snag a crew spot the day before the start in San Diego. This year's primary sponsors are North Sails and 'Lectronic Latitude. Additional ‘LutlC'hslc support is being pro¬ vided by: West Marine, Marina Costa Baja, Mail Call, Mariner’s General Insurance, Scanmar Interna¬ tional, Swiss Tech America, Ventura Har¬ bor Boatyard, The Watermaker Store, Yachtfinders/Windseekers, Almar Mari¬ nas, Bluewater Insurance, Commanders’ Weather, Corona Beer, Downwind Marine, Hydrovane, Katadyn and Ocean Naviga¬ tor magazine. As always, all empty slips at Cabo Isle Marina are being set aside for the Ha-Ha boats, and will be assigned in the order that people sign up for the event. After the Ha-Ha, there will be lots to do. Thanks to the new luxury Costa Baja Marina in La Paz, as well as the rebuilding of Ma¬ rina de La Paz, and the existing Palmira continued on outside column of next sightings page

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A record 17 cruising cats and tris turned out for the ultra-casual Catnip Cup from the Golden Gate Bridge to Vallejo and back to the Central Bay on June 11-12. Boats were as small as Tom and Ginny Dost's 29-ft Warrior catama¬ ran Beamy Reacher, and as big as the 63ft Profligate. The wind was mild and the temperatures warm for Saturday's run up. Coming back on Sunday had every kind of weather, from moderate winds at the start, calms at the Brothers, and 30 knots nearing the Richmond Bridge. Only one person fell overboard — we think it was Lee Wensel from Beamy Reacher — and fortunately that was at the dock. As always, a great time was had by all, thanks in large part to the hospitality of the folks at the Vallejo Marina. Participating boats were Don Parker and Terri Johnson's Gemini 105 cat Double Play from Alameda; Rich Kerbavaz and family's Gemini 105 cat Mood Indigo from Alameda; Gary and Claudette Miskell's Catana 431 cat Jitterbug from

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Marina, there will be plenty of slips available in the Sea of Cortez. The folks at Mazatlan will be putting out a big welcome for Ha-Ha boats, particularly at Thanksgiving. As for Banderas Bay, we haven’t heard the details yet, but the marina businesses there are putting together something really big for arriving cruisers. We love leaving the country at the end of each October because of the warm weather, great people, and adventures to be had on the HaHa. If it's up your alley, we hope you'll join us.

New Focus from Emeryville; Jeff & Deborah Eastman’s Lagoon 410 Bebe LAmour, which had to drop out with trav¬

eller problems, from Coyote Point; Steve and Carol Jacoby's Corsair 36 tri C-Monster from Ballena Bay; Mai Dolch's Marquesas 56 Dolce Vita from Belvedere / Richmond; Gary Helms’s Seawind 1000 cat Bluewater from Alameda; Stuart Kiehl's Kismet 31 tri Even Kiehl; Terry Smith's F-31 tri Kokomo from Ballena Bay; Steve Wen die’s Seawind 1000 Yang Fan from Treasure Island; Dave Martin's F-27 tri Flying Circus; Tom and Ginny Dost's Warrior 29 cat Beamy Reacher; Glenn Fagerlin's Kronos 45 cat Perception from Alameda; and Projligate, Latitude’s 63-ft cat, which has no real homeport. Although the Catnip Cup is a no-host . event, Glenn Fagerlin does all the orga¬ nizing, for which everyone is thankful. Check out some of the action in the pho¬ tos on these pages and, if you have a mutihull, plan to join us next year.

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SIGHTINGS zaca returns to What is now the Antidote Restaurant in Sausalito was once a thriving boatyard run by the Nunes Brothers. In addition to giving the Bay the still-active Bear Boat fleet and many other craft, they built one of the largest schooners ever constructed in the Bay. The 118-ft Zaca was launched in 1930 for Templeton Crocker, heir to a railroad fortune and founder of the bank that bears his name. Zaca had many ad¬ ventures over the years, including several scientific expeditions in the ‘30s and off¬ shore patrol duty during World War II. After the war, Hollywood star Errol Flynn obtained the boat, and over the years, the schooner became part of his hard-drinking, fast-living legend. After

Above, Errol Flynn aboard ‘Zaca’ in 1946. Spread, ‘Zaca’ sailing the Med in 2002.

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SIGHTINGS the big screen Flynn’s death in 1959 (in a Vancouver hotel; not, as legend has it, in the arms of a young lover aboard Zaca), Zaca fell on hard times. She eventually ended up in the small port of Villefranche in the south of France where she was stripped of her rig and largely forgotten until 1991, when retired Italian businessman Roberto Memmo bought her, raised her (she had sunk a couple of times) and commenced an amazing two-year, total restoration. Still under his ownership, the lovely lady is berthed in Monte Carlo. She is wellcared-for, looks beautiful, sails regularly and once again hosts the rich and famous aboard. continued middle of next sightings page

dismasted 850 miles out We departed Honolulu on April 22 for our return trip to French Polynesia. We had spent last season aboard our Royal Passport 47 Akauahelo in the Marqueses and were anxious to continue our travels through the Tuamotus and the Societie Islands. April and May are recognized as two of the best months for this offshore passage, and the first three days of our trip were perfect. By the fourth day the winds were getting stronger and promised a faster sail. Two other boats — Nancy and John on Naryo and Jennifer on Vigi¬ lant had left Hawaii about the same time we did, so we set up a daily check-in between our boats. We were also checking in with Gary on Amadou Light who was doing a weather net out of the Societies, and Don of Summer Passage who will give offshore cruisers an individual¬ ized report of upcoming conditions. We use various programs to keep up on the weather ourselves, but it was great getting their opinions to confirm our own forecasts. By the end of the fourth day out, the stronger winds were also bring¬ ing larger seas. The swells built to about 10 feet and seemed to be __ coming from both the east and the south. For the next five days, we traveled southeast in winds that gained steadily to 30 knots with building seas. That level of wind is generally not so bad with properly reefed sails, but the seas became violent. Our BuoyWeather reports were estimating 11 to 17-ft seas with 8-second inter¬ vals. Akauahelo’s decks were constantly awash as she crashed through the water. With every wave we seemed to get air off the back and then crash into the next. John on Naryo explained it perfectly as being “hit constantly by a wrecking ball." Even our fully enclosed cockpit that has kept us dry in all previous conditions was overwhelmed as the two opposing swells would gang up about every five minutes to completely engulf our dodger and bimini. We could hear them coming several seconds before the broadside. When they hit, water would come through any small opening like a fire hose. These conditions continued for four days and nights without letup. We were amazed that Akauahelo held together as well as she did under that continual pound¬ ing. Then, at 10:30 p.m. on May 2, Brent was 30 min¬ utes from the end of his watch when we heard a thun¬ derous crash. It took several seconds before we real¬ ized our mast and sails were gone — we had been dismasted. The wind was still blowing at 30+ kts and the seas were still big, about 12 feet with that intermittent full blast of the combined swell. But the dragging mast and sails were acting as a sea anchor and giving some stabilization to the boat. With double harnesses, Brent worked for five hours on the deck to rid ourselves of the rigging, mast and sails. The cable cutters we all carry were worthless because you have to hold onto the wet, surging boat and try to get leverage at the same time. The hacksaw worked well on one cable until the blade gave out. . . and, of course, we had no more blades. He finally resorted to extracting each cotter key and taking each pin out at the chain plates. A very difficult task with them under pressure and not easy to get to. When we were finally rid of the broken debris, we sat back, exhausted, trying to think of what to do next. - Other than the massive damage on deck and a lot of gouging on our newly painted hull, Akauahelo seemed intact and was not taking on water. There was little left to make any kind of emergency sail, so we started continued on outside column ot next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS dismasted — cont’d the motor, turned around and headed back to Hawaii, hoping we had enough diesel left to make the 850-mile trip. We were completely with¬ out any normal communication tools, but had purchased an Iridium sat-phone before we went offshore. We phoned Gene, who was in Honolulu aboard Mfv -■■Wk/. Reflections, and alerted him to our probLjfo. J lem. Gene then took over communications, alerting the US Coast Guard of our situa¬ tion, contacting the nets we had been checking into, and sending emails to our family and friends confirming our situation and that we were okay. We motored for the next eight days at two-thirds RPM to conserve fuel. The sea state continued rough for the first couple days but, thankfully, began to subside as Brent and Susan of ‘Akauahelo'. we made our way north. And yes, we made it under our own power, creeping into the fuel dock at Honokohau Harbor on the'Big Island with both tank gauges reading empty! We are now safely back in Honolulu and beginning repairs. By the time Akauahelo is finished, it will be too late for another Pacific cross¬ ing, so we’ll sail and explore the other islands of Hawaii later this sum¬ mer. April, 2005, should see us trying another Puddle Jump from Ha¬ waii and continuing our trip through the South Pacific. We have no idea what caused the dismasting. There seemed to be no parted shrouds. One theory is that a spreader may have separated from all the pressure of the sea conditions and things just cascaded from there. Who knows . . . but we hope our experience is a wake-up call for others to check your rigging on a very regular basis. We are thankful that neither of us were injured and that Akauahelo, though damaged, is still with us. We are very happy we had the satphone. We tried to jury-rig an emergency SSB antenna, but it didn't work well. Without the phone we would have been days without any communication causing unnecessary worry and a lot of expense in any search effort. And, finally, we want to thank Gene on Reflections for relaying our daily condition and position to family, friends and the Coast Guard. — brent and susan lowe, akauahelo

speaking of dismastings. . . oh no, not again! Racing boats drop masts regularly, and understandably: to be com¬ petitive, racing rigs have to be built light and bendy. Mother nature decides which ones are too light. The requirements are different for most other boats, especially — as you’ve just read — cruising boats. And even more especially, for those boats that take passengers out sailing on a daily basis. For obvious reasons, charter skippers opt for the strongest, safest masts they can get. The last thing you want with a bunch of inexperienced people aboard is to have the rig come crashing down. But that’s just what happened — for the second time in a year — to the local charter cat Adventure Cat 2 on June 16. The dismasting occurred in windy conditions as the two-year-old, 65-ft cat traversed the Bay upwind with a complement of 40 tourists aboard. There was a reef in the main and all seemed well until a gust hit them near Yellow Bluff. There was a bang aloft and the rig folded in half and went over the side. Fortunately, almost miraculously, no one aboard was injured. “We thought we had the world’s strongest rig,” says Jay Gardner, co-founder (with Hans Korfin) of Adventure Cat Sailing Charters. “When continued on outside column ot next sightings page

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zaca Filmmaker Luther Greene’s interest in Zaca began back in 1978 when workmen were cleaning out Crocker’s mother’s house in the City and came across 50 rolls of 35-mm film that documented Zaca s various scientific expeditions in the ‘30s. By sheer serendipity, the workers also worked for Greene’s film company. So in¬ stead of going to the dump, the films went to Greene, who deposited them in the film library at UCLA. Greene’s curiosity led to further research on the big schooner, and when he learned that Memmo was restor¬ ing her, he got really interested. He be¬ gan a search for more film of the boat and soon discovered that virtually every era in her amazing life had been extensively documented in film, still photography and books. He decided to put it all together into a full-length documentary film about the big schooner. Nine years, 10 countries and 25 inter¬ views later, In the Wake of the Zaca is fi-

SIGHTINGS nally complete. The 53-minute film pre¬ miers August 1 at the Copia theater in downtown Napa as part of the Wine Coun¬ try Film Festival. The premiere will be a special event in more ways than one, as several Ameri¬ can ‘survivors’ of the Zaca experience will be on hand, including actress (and Flynn’s widow) Patrice Wymore Flynn, 1931-37 crewman Basil Coleman and Edna Nunes Rocha. Rocha, daughter of builder Anto¬ nio Nunes, has vivid memories of playing around the huge timbers of Zaca during her construction. The screening will be followed by a gar den party at the nearby Victorian Bed and Breakfast, where you can meet Luther Greene and the Zaca celebrities. Admis¬ sion is $15 per person ($8 if you just want to see the film and skip the party). For more information, contact Greene at email luthergr@aol.com. For information on fu¬ ture screenings, log onto www.zaca.com.

adventure cat — cont’d it happened a year ago, we did our level best with designers and engi¬ neers to make sure this would never happen again.” The company’s other boat, the original 55-ft Adventure Cat — which has never had any rig problems in the 13 years she’s been taking people sailing out of San Francisco’s Pier 39 — rendezvoused with her bigger sister to transfer passengers and get them back ashore. Before return¬ ing under power, Jay and his AC 2 crew attached marker buoys to the rig and cut it loose. Divers recovered it from 70 feet of water the next day. The apparent cause of the dismasting was a failed tang for the up¬ per port jumper, but Gardner says they’re having two independent stud¬ ies done to see if they can finally identify what the problem is. “We’re not going to do anything until we absolutely, positively know what happened,” he says, “and make sure it never happens again.” We hope the cause of the dismasting is found quickly and Adven¬ ture Cat 2 can get back to work. The two Adventure Cats and their owners are a class act and a real credit to the Bay. FLASH — Maybe multihulls in general are a little harder to figure out when it comes to rig strength. Just before going to press, we found out that four of the first eight new Decision 35 racing catamarans — de¬ signed by a consortium of some of Europe’s top multihull designers — were dismasted on Lake Geneva in a period of two weeks.

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the sherman treatment Bob Sherman is like a lot of guys who buy bargain boats with the intention of restoring them to like-new condition. What makes him different from most guys is that he actually does it. And what’s more, does it right. This despite having to overcome lots of traditional male hurdles like ‘asking directions’ from more knowledgable people, hiring out the stuff he can’t do himself (which is not much), and sometimes even taking a few classes to learn how to do new things. The most recent boat to luck out from Bob’s dedication is a 30year-old Swedish-built Ohlson 38 sloop that he and wife Chris renamed Dark Horse. When Bob found her in 1995, she was suffering from seri¬ ous neglect and a leaky teak deck. Over a 5-year-period, Bob — with lots of help and encouragement from Chris — disassembled the whole boat, revamped, repaired or replaced every system in it (and added a bunch of new ones including radar and an electric windlass), redid all the wood one piece at a time, designed and built a new rudder, put in a new, taller mast, and added an inner forestay to make the boat a more easily-handled cutter for Bob’s intended long-distance solo sail¬ ing. Dark Horse is not only one of the nicest Ohlson 38s in existence, it is one of the nicest restorations we’ve ever seen of any size boat. Bob, who turns 73 this month, grew up in Michigan. He flew jets in the Air Force in the mid-50s and eventually landed a job as a highpowered sales executive in Chicago. That’s where he started his first ‘serious sailing’, racing in the local Thistle fleet. By the time he was transferred to San Francisco in 1969, he had bought, fixed up and sold three small boats on the Great Lakes. His first boat in the Bay Area was a Mariner 36, which he lived on for a while. Within a year or two, he had met and married Chris, and the two of them built a float¬ ing home in which they still live on the Estuaiy. Bob and Chris’s next boat was a 33-ft, Alden-designed Pinky ketch named Freya. They got her in 1980, spent five years restoring her in¬ side and out, and another 10 years enjoying local sailing and occa¬ sional racing in the Master Mariners. By 1990, Bob had had it with the corporate thing. He saw a need for a fuel scrubbing service for diesel-powered pleasure boats, so he con¬ tracted with the company who made filtering equipment for the Navy to make him a scaled-down version, which he mounted in a Boston Whaler. He’s been the CEO, chief cook and bottle washer of Diesel Fuel Filtering Company ever since. In the last 14 years, Bob reckons he’s cleaned the fuel and/or flushed the tanks of some 4,000 boats in North¬ ern California. The new career led to the new boat. One day Bob was in Brickyard Cove eating lunch between jobs when he spotted a handsome boat at the dock with some people aboard. Feeling curious and friendly, he walked down and asked about the design. “Ohlson 38, a Swedish de¬ sign,” came the answer. “And she’s for sale.” That was in 1995. Bob got ahold of a heavy-duty trailer, rolled the boat into a rented space near his office in Alameda’s Grand Marina, and erected a shelter around her that allowed him to work year-round, between jobs and often late at night (like 2 and 3 a.m. late). A ‘perk’ of the diesel fuel filtering business is that it’s seasonal, so he got a lot more done during the winter months than in the summer. The list of just the improvements Bob made to the boat — never mind the stuff he added or merely restored — would take another two pages to note. So we’ll let one example suffice of Bob’s attention to detail, and to ‘doing it right the first time’: the increased ballast needed to offset the taller rig. Local designer Jim Antrim crunched the numbers and told Bob he needed to add about 600 more pounds to the bottom of the boat. Going back to our ‘most guys’ stereotype, let’s face it, most of us would stick a few lead ingots under the floorboards and be done with it. Not Bob. He found a place just down the street that sold sheet lead — the stuff normally used to shield x-ray labs. He had 600 pounds of it cut into 1 X 4-ft sheets about a quarter-inch thick. Then he epoxied the sheets one by one on each side of the bottom of the keel. Next, he got a Craftscontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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Dirk Husselman and crew Leo Van Capel had one of the more memorable rides in last month’s Coastal Cup Race to Santa Barbara. Just before noon on Sun¬ day, June 13, theyT-boned a whale. “We were both in the cockpit when we saw this spout about 10 feet in front of us,” says Husselman, owner/skipper of the C&C 110 Xpression. “We didn’t have time to do anything.” At the time, they were about 40 miles offshore and about 70 miles northwest of Point Conception. The first time they clobbered the whale, they were near the end of a surf down a

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sherman treatment — cont’d man power planer from Sears and ‘shaped’ the lead so that it blended into the curvature of the keel — carefully weighing the ‘shavings’ so that he took off an equal amount on both sides. He did the final fairing with WEST system filler. Under new bottom paint, the new ballast is visible as only a slight bulge along the bottom of the keel. The 99%-complete boat — it’s awaiting only new interior cushions — went back to its slip in Marina Village in February. But Bob hasn’t quite gotten around to taking her out for the final rig tune and sorting out where all the new running rigging goes. That’s because, for one thing, he’s been busy with the business. And for another, he was talk¬ ing to a guy a few months ago about wanting to restore an old airplane someday and get back into flying. “I know a guy with a 1948 Stinson Voyager,” said the friend. “And it’s for sale . . . .”

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SIGHTINGS 40 revival continues So far, it seems like one of the main themes of 21st Century sailing, at least locally, is ‘revival of the fittest.’ In the past year or so, we’ve noted the revival of a number of great fleets, including the L-36s, Is¬ lander 36s and Cal 40s. Once scattered and disparate, these organiza¬ tions are once again vibrant and active. The Cal 40, you may recall, made its big ‘comeback’ at last year’s TransPac, when 10 boats participated in the race that this breakthough Lapworth design once owned back in the ‘60s. But they’ve hardly slowed down since then. Tim Dougherty of Patriot (#131) reports that the local fleet has grown to 13 boats — Boomer (#134), California Girl (#94), Chaparral (#135), Far Far (#17), Green Buffalo (#138), Illusion (#57), Leilani (#125) Montgomery Street (#55), Ranger (# not known), Scirocco (# not known), Shaman (#66), Viva (#45) and of course Patriot. And they’re looking for more. Tim wants to remind fleet members and anyone else with a Cal 40 of the big fleet raft-up and barbecue at the San Francisco YC over the August 28 weekend. Ten boats have already made plans to show up, including Boomer, which is sailing up from Monterey. If there’s enough interest, an informal race or rally may be arranged. Boats planning on attending should arrive by early afternoon on Saturday, and Tim says anyone interested in learning more about Cal 40s, which started both the fiberglass and affordable ocean racer eras, is also welcome. For more information, contact Tim at tfdougherty@comcast.net or call (415) 927-0501. Readers —Is your fleet experiencing a revival? Please let us know at

johnr@latitude38.com and we’ll mention you in a future issue.

money, money, money As we all know, the State of California needs money very badly to balance the budget. Everywhere you look there’s evidence of the state's relentless belt-tightening. For example, the state just bailed Oakland schools out to the tune of $100 million — because Oakland adminis¬ trators have no idea what happened to $165 million in tax dollars. And all state workers — a large number of whom despised Ronald Reagan — were given a paid vacation day to honor the former President, the tab for which came to $55 million. The state legislature, having al¬ ready approved no-questions-asked, tax-free disability retirement at age 50 for all the many workers who were issued Sam Brown-type web belts — and a lot of others who weren't — is pushing to give state milk testers and billboard inspectors a startling 25% increase in their pen¬ sions because . . . well, probably because it means their union will donate more money to the legislators' reelection campaigns. Having repeatedly demonstrated their dedication to cutting waste in order to give California taxpayers the biggest bang for their tax buck, now some legislators are going after the revenue side by attacking what they are calling the "yacht tax loophole”. (When was the last time you heard anyone call a boat a yacht?) As most Latitude readers know, it's not uncommon for buyers of very expensive boats to take ’offshore delivery'. This means if you buy a boat outside the state of California, then use and keep it outside of the state for three months, you can bring it back into the state and legally not owe sales tax. This is also commonly done with recreational vehicles and airplanes. It's also not all that different than buying computers and other stuff online from an out-of-state vendor in order to escape paying state sales tax. The reasoning of some legislators goes like this: If a guy spends $3 million on a yacht and does the '90-day yacht club thing', he gyps the state out of about a quarter of a million dollars. Theoretically, this is true. Unfortunately, you can't bail out Oakland schools and/or fund profligate state pensions with theoretical dollars. The reality is that if a continued on outside column of next sightings page

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whale tale the whale, which he estimated was about 20 feet long, then raised its tail out of the water and started hitting the boat, bend¬ ing the bow pulpit and several stanchions. As the boat started moving past the whale, he gave her two more whacks on the star¬ board side. Husselman immediately went below to check for damage or leaks, and was re¬ lieved to find neither. When he came back on deck, he looked behind the boat for

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the first time felt a bit scared. “I saw an¬ other wave coming and the whale was in the wave, coming at us. It got to within 20 or 30 feet of us and we could see its big head and its eye looking at us. We wondered if it was coming back for more bashing or to leap in the boat, or what.” Fortunately, its anger perhaps spent, the whale then disappeared and Xpression completed her race, finishing in the

guy can afford a $3 million yacht, he's smart enough to know it takes about two phone calls, $2,000, and about two hours to set up a corpo¬ ration in any of many island states. Then he can have the corporation buy, own, and manage the boat — and thereby escape California sales tax. Do legislators think virtually all big boats in the world are flagged out of the Cayman Islands, British Virgins, Anguilla, Guernsey, and Gibraltar for the prestige? And it's not as if this is the only way to avoid sales tax. For a few bucks, our $3 million buyer can get an address in Oregon, which has no sales tax, and register the boat there. The other thing that legislators forget is that lots of people, knowing

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SIGHTINGS money — cont’d that tax dollars are often spent idiotically if not malevolently, only pay taxes very grudgingly. So rather than going to the trouble of avoiding paying the tax on a boat, they just wouldn't buy the boat. This is what happened when the federal 'luxury tax' was imposed a few years ago on expensive cars and boats. Instead of being revenue-positive for the states, manufacturers, retailers, and service companies had to lay off workers and/or shut down ■— leaving the states with less income tax revenue and larger unemployment rolls. continued on outside column of next sightings page

the stories they could tell Every marina in the Bay has at least one or two boats that need serious TLC. Whenever we see one, we always wonder what the story is behind it. Divorce? Ill health? Kidnap by aliens? What reason could well-intentioned folks have for simply abandoning boats to the elements and seagulls? We draw the line at criti¬ cism, however. Time and again over the years, when we’ve heard the story behind a derelict boat, it is more often than not due to circumstances beyond the owner’s control. Do you know the stories behind any of the less-than-perfect boats in your marina? Or, preferably, the story behind a former derelict restored to sailing trim? We’d like to hear about them. Forward your ‘entries' photos would help immensely — to johnr@latitude38.com. There are T-shirts and the usual undying fame of appearing in latitude for the best ones.

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whale tale middle of her class. (The complete story of the Coastal Cup begins on page 156.) Husselman maintains it was not a gray or humpback whale — nor any type of baleen whale. The closest he could tell after looking through a couple of books is that “it was a small sperm whale or a re¬ ally big pilot whale.” By the way, Xpression crew Leo Van

SIGHTINGS — cont’d Capel flew all the way from the Nether¬ lands to race with Husselman on the Coastal Race, the first Pacific offshore race for both sailors. “He wanted to see what it was like to race off California," says Husselman, who has sailed with Van Capel in many offshore events in Europe over the years. “I guess we both saw."

money — cont’d In a fair and just world, our elected representatives would use our tax dollars fairly and prudently for the betterment of everyone, not just every special interest group from realtors to insurance companies on the right, to trial lawyers and public employee unions on the left. Until there's even an inkling of a sign that that's beginning to happen, we'll feel no particular reason to support the elimination of the so-called yacht tax loophole, which exists more in theory rather than reality, and in any event is but one of hundreds of even more generous loop¬ holes in the tax code.

Spaulding center for wooden boats The Bay Area is so rich in sailing history you could practically cut it with an adz. In recreational sailing alone, San Francisco Bay is home to the oldest yacht on the West Coast — Freda was even built here in 1885 — and our Master Mariners Benevolent Association is the largest organization of classic pre-war designed and/or built yachts on this coast and maybe the country. Among its 150 member vessels are ‘ce¬ lebrities' like Humphrey Bogart’s beloved Santana and Sterling Hayden’s handsome Brigadoon, both of which continue to shine under their present owners. MMBA events like the Memorial Day regatta (May 29 this year) and yearly Wooden Boat Show at Corinithian YC (June 27) are indelibly marked in our calendar of don’t-miss events. Ashore, a unique time capsule of this history was, until recently, known as Spaulding Boat Works. This unassuming building located adjacent to Clipper Marina in Sausalito is where Bay sailing legend Myron Spaulding plied his trade for five decades until he passed away in September, 2000, at age 94. Myron was a consummate sailor, de¬ signer, builder and repairer of wooden craft, and walking through the door of his shop was like disembarking from a time machine into the 1950s. When he died, the business and property passed to his widow who, before she died, created a trust to preserve the shop. We are happy to announce that the Spaulding Trust and MMBA have collaborated — via a third education-oriented entity called the Master Mariners Benevolent Foundation (MMBF) — to create the Spaulding Center for Wooden Boats. The vision of this project is not only to preserve Myron’s shop and legacy, but eventually to repair and possibly build wooden boats there, and open it to the public as a work¬ ing wooden boat museum. No timetable has yet been announced for the project, but we’ll keep you updated on its progress.

short sightings ENGLISH CHANNEL — Though not as passionate about it as Steve Fossett, Richard Branson is another billionaire who enjoys setting records. Like Fossett, he has several ballooning marks to his name, and once owned the record for a powered crossing of the Atlantic. Branson’s latest mark was set on June 14, when he made the 22-mile English Channel crossing in 1 hour, 40 minutes, 6 seconds ... in a car. Almost as bizarre as the amphibious Gibbs Aquada, which looks kind of like a cross between a Mazda Miata and a salamander, is the fact that there was a record to break! The former mark was set by two Frenchmen back in the ‘60s driving an Amphicar. Branson, the founder and CEO of Virgin Airlines, was outfitted in a dinner jacket and bowtie for the record dash. Riding shotgun for the run was Neil Jenkins, man¬ aging director of Gibbs Aquatic. RICHARDSON BAY — An ambitious project to invigorate the native oyster population of the Bay was begun last month. Once a plentiful food source, Olympic oysters were fished into oblivion early last cencontlnued on outside column of next sightings page

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shorts — cont’d tury, with the last commercial harvest taking place in 1939. Of course, fishermen didn’t get them all, and small colonies of the comparatively tiny oysters still survive in various areas of the Bay. Introduction of non-native oysters and other species has hindered a comeback of the Olympias. But just as men once decimated them, other men are put¬ ting their beliefs and actions into helping the shellfish return. The cur¬ rent phase of the project — planting 20-pound nets full of oyster shells at various parts of shallow Richardson Bay — is something of an ex¬ periment. Studies have shown that the preferred attachment point for microscopic oyster larvae, which drift with the current, is the shells of other oysters. If these first planted colonies ‘bear fruit’, others will fol¬ low all over the Bay. Optimistic estimates hope the population will be 10% of its former historic high by 2010, up from about 2% today. It will be many more years before anyone considers another oyster fishery locally, but there are high hopes that the new oyster beds will help clean up the water (oysters eat by filtering nutrients from the water) and serve as a focal point for the associated growth of fish and seabird populations. BOTTOM OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC . . . AND NEW YORK — The United States and Great Britain last month signed an agreement to protect the wreck of the RMS Titanic. You would not think that the remains of the White Star Liner would be exactly accessible to vandals, as she lies in 12,000 feet of water 325 miles southeast of Newfound¬ land. But ever since Robert Ballard located the wreck in 1985, repeated ‘expeditions’ have removed some 5,000 artifacts from the wreck and submersible landings have damaged parts of it. The agreement desig¬ nates the Titanic as an international memorial and requires signers to prohibit their citizens and ships from making unregulated dives on the wreck or selling artifacts from it. The ship went down with 1,523 souls on April 15, 1912, after collid¬ ing with an iceberg on her maiden voyage from England to New York. The agreement does not apply to Titanic collectibles which were not retrieved from the bottom. Thus the auction last month at South Street Seaport Museum in New York. Among the ‘lots’ were pins or clothing worn by survivors (and often handed down from one generation to the next), a deck chair and lifejacket retrieved from the ocean after the wreck, and perhaps the most prized object: an ornate wooden chunk of the grand staircase — just one of thousands of pieces of wood and floatable items that poured out of the ship as she broke up on the way to the bottom. Predictably, Titanic memorabilia is a very hot seller (the cork lifejacket alone was expected to fetch $30,000). Thankfully, how¬ ever, the auctioneers drew the line and prohibited the auctioning off of items taken from the bodies of Titanic victims recovered in the days following the sinking. LOS ANGELES — June 21 marked the beginning of a newer, cleaner era in shipping. Or at least that was the hope as the Chinese-flagged container ship Xin Yang Zhou was plugged into ‘shore power' at its LA terminal and its own generators shut down. Low-emission shoreside generators took over for the remainder of the ship’s visit. The ‘shore power’ program is called AMP, for alternative maritime power. It is a joint project of many different agencies including the Port of LA, Department of Water and Power, Mayor Jim Hahn’s office, the LA Board of Directors, and of course the China Shipping Terminal. One goal of the program is to have 70% of visiting ships plugging in by 2005. Similar programs are already in place to service cruise ships. For perspective, around 2,200 ship visits occur in the Port of Los Angeles on a given year, 80% of which are container ships. The typical docked ship burns seven tons of fuel a day, of which one ton of NOx (nitrous oxide, part of the ‘haze’ factor in smog) and almost 100 pounds of particulates go into the air. The estimated emissions generated by all the ships berthing at the Port on a single day is six tons of NOx and 800 pounds of particulates. This is more than all the school buses in New York City put out, combined, in a month. OAKLAND — The Port of Oakland has completed construction of its continued on outside column of next sightings page

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Looking good this month is Ruby, the 63-ft charter boat that Josh Pryor de¬ signed and built mostly by himself in a barn in Cotati. The steel cutter was launched in the Petaluma River in 1978 and has been taking folks out for sails, weddings, ash scatterings, birthdays, and so on from The Ramp (foot of Mariposa) in San Francisco pretty much ever since. “It didn’t hit me how long I’ve been doing this until the other day when a couple came on board and said, “You mar¬ ried us on this boat — we’d like you to

Josh Pryor gives a wave from the pilothouse while a full complement of passengers enjoys a ride on ‘Ruby’.

SIGHTINGS meet our son, his wife and their children!” Josh and Ruby — which takes her name from a ribald ‘70s comic strip char¬ acter — have become something of an icon of the Bay; they’re out so often (more than 200 days a year) we sometimes wonder if they ever go in! Pryor is something of an icon ashore, too. He’s been driving his Big Dog taxi cab four nights a week for almost as long as he’s been sailing Ruby during the days. “I guess I know my way around the streets as well as the Bay,” he says.

short sightings — cont’d completely new berthing facility for the former presidential yacht Potomac, which is now accessible — by foot and wheelchair (after all, FDR was in one) — from the foot of Clay Street next to the Oakland Fire Station. A cool new attraction is the lightship Relief, which will tie up at a permanent berth at the new facility in a few weeks and be open to the public. Like all lightships, the Relief used to serve mariners by sitting on station offshore of (in her case) Blunts Reef off Cape Mendocino for months at a time. Revolving crews kept her lights burning until the advent of automated lights rendered them obsolete. MADRID — A raft carrying 42 destitute Africans made landfall in Southern Spain on June 21 — on a nudist beach. Beachgoers helped emergency personnel carry some of the weaker people ashore, includ¬ ing a baby with six fingers. (We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.)

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But English and his crew — Bill Riley, son Mark English, Steve Sarsfield, Dawn Chesney and Barbi Whitbeck — weren’t the only ones smiling on May 29. For a variety of reasons, there was lots to grin about as the fleet rafted up at the Encinal YC for the post-race barbecue, not the least of which was the party that fol¬ lowed, an event almost as legendary as the regatta itself.

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71 boats entered last year showed up when the forecast predicted 30-knot winds that never materialized. This year, the breeze for the noon to 12:45 p.m. starts and the first couple reaches back and forth across the Bay was brisk and cold. In atypical fashion, however, rather than building through the day, it lightened to almost balmy con¬ ditions and bright, sunny skies for the final run across the Slot from South¬ hampton (for most classes) to the finish below Treasure Island. That was enough to shuffle the deck and mix a few new faces — including a couple of women skippers — in with the 'usual suspects' when the awards were handed out. Here’s a look at a few of the new and returning winners.

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almost fainted when we got third two years ago,” says Elizabeth Roso-Diaz, proprietor of North Beach Canvas and owner-skipper of the 23-ft Maya Kaze, which won Marconi IV. “So you can imagine how we felt about win¬ ning this year!” Liz customarily sails with an all-women crew (except for her usual navigator, but he was on another boat this year), and this time was no excep¬ tion. Deborah Lage and Valerie Salvetti handled crewing chores on the little boat, and the experience may have spoiled Valerie for all other racing — it was the first time she’d been sailing. . . ever! “I attribute the win to good crew and good varnish,” said Liz, allowing that when Kaze looks good, she sails well. Not having her husband aboard also contrib¬ uted, as things tend to break when he's there. Oh, and sails. "I got one of the last sets made at the old Sutter loft before they closed a couple of years ago," said Liz. "They're just like new." That said, the Kaze crew shared the same unease as most other sailors in a reverse-handicap race (where PHRFbased time allowances are built into the start rather than corrected out at the fin¬ ish): you often start with boats from an¬ other division and then don't really know how you're doing against boats in your own fleet until you get to the finish. “As we came down to the last mark, we knew there was something wrong be¬ cause there was no one ahead of us," said Liz. “We kept checking and rechecking the course, and were pretty sure we'd rounded all the marks the right way. Then as we came up to the finish line, they pulled out a gun and fired it as we crossed. I said, What was that for. . . ?’” It wasn’t until Deb finally pointed out, “That’s what you get when you cross the Page 132 •

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OLD BOATS, NEW FACES

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Masterful performances (clockwise from below) — Bob Keefe's 'Sirius' blasts through the chop; 'Hawaiian Chieftain' flying studding sails, ringtails and probably the captain's under¬ wear; Rowena' on a regal reach; flock of Birds (which also fielded a one-design fleet of six boats); riding the bow of 'Pegasus', 'Finesse' on the lay line; the mighty 'Gaslight' crew.

MASTER MARINERS 2004 line first,” that it sunk in that they’d won.

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At was just a perfect day,” says Billy Martinelli — owner, skipper and builder of the 50-ft steel scow schooner Gaslight, which won the Big Schooner Division. “We won this class last time, so this year they added 10 minutes to our handicap. But we still beat Alma!" [Alma, which belongs to the SF Maritime Museum, is the last original scow schoo¬ ner. She was built in 1891.) An unusual aspect to Billy’s crew this year was that it was almost all chiefs and hardly any Indians: seven of the 10 guys sailing the boat were licensed Coast Guard captains! He credits them, the boat’s ‘clean and shiny’ bottom, and the fact that he took great pains to trim her to her exact waterline for the win. It also didn’t hurt that the late local naval ar¬ chitect Carl Schumacher drew the final lines for the boat, from a model Billy mocked up. She's fast. The only downside to doing so well again this year, is that next year, "they're probably going to give us a 20-minute handicap!” laughed Billy.

erhaps the day held the most sur¬ prises for Alison Audretsch and the crew of her L-36 Sayonara. The first one was that they actually made it to the starting line. The boat has been undergoing an extensive refit and the Master Mariners marked the first time she had sailed in eight years. The second was winning the revived L-36 fleet trophy over five other well-sailed L-36s — which sailed as a class-within-a-class in Marconi II. And the third was receiving the L-36 per¬ petual (the first time it has been awarded in 27 years) and finding Sayonara!s name already engraved on it in two other places: in 1958, the first year the L-36s raced as a class in the Bay, and in 1977, the last year they raced as a one-design. Now the boat's name will once again cel¬ ebrate a milestone of the revitalized class. “It was really cool," says Alison, who ac¬ quired the boat shortly after that last big season back in 1977. “We were literally screwing on the cockpit seats as we motored out to the start," says Alison, who had high praise for her four-person crew. “And all we had aboard was one headsail, our 100%. We basically came out to support the class, and agreed among ourselves that if things got shaky, we’d just drop out. “As it turns out, with the wind we had, the 100 and full main were the perfect combination." Page 134 •

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Masters and commanders (clockwise from below) — Lydia' leads Leda Wand a crowd of Marconi II boats down the homestretch; 'Bright Star' thunders to third in Marconi I; it was a banner year for (I to r) Deb, Capt. Liz and Val of 'Kaze'; (spread) 'Sayonara' on her way to L-36 class win; 'Innismore II' rail down; 'Makani Kai' (left) and ‘Briar Rose' in a downwind duel.

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to Blossom Rock. “We stayed off the Cityfront, where the current was actu¬ ally less and winds were better (slack water at the end of the ebb occurred at 2 p.m.), whereas everyone else hugged the shore,” said Dick, who bought the boat in Southern California in 1990 and brought her north*when he moved here in 1997. Dugdale may find more Gaff II boats following his lead next time — this is his second win in five years of racing Master Mariners. The boat has also won the Kermit Parker Trophy for fastest Gaff II boat twice. Dick gives credit where it’s due to Ken and Kristine Inouye’s well-sailed Makani Kai for inspiring Dutch's seven-person crew, which includes two of Dick’s sons, to sail the boat hard. ‘They’re always our main and most formidable competition.” Dick’s final ‘strategy’ is one you could only find in the ranks of the wooden boat faithful: he had North Bay Boatworks (who also sponsored Dutch this year) re¬ build the forward port side with nine new oak frames and some new cedar planks. "It was the first year we didn’t have to devote crew to pumping!”

he only three DNFs this year were the L-36 Papoose, whose preventer ripped off during a jibe (taking much of the bottom of the spruce bopm with it); the lovely yellow 35-ft sloop Sunda, whose lovely blue-and-white spinnaker blew to smithereens; and the salty 71-ft square topsail ketch Royaliste, which had problems with their topmast stay. The Master Mariners Regatta harkens back to the days of working ships, when proceeds for the more-or-less annual event — said to be viewed by thousands who lined the hills around the Bay — went to help families of those lost at sea. The modern version was revived in the late ‘60s as an annual showcase and competition for the classic yachts. It re¬ mains one of the great events of the year in Bay sailing. Page 136 •

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Counterclockwise for Comfort If your plan of the day calls for a grand tour of the Bay, always do it in a counterclockwise direction. It makes no difference if you start from the Estuary, Pier 39, Berkeley or Sausalito — and it's doubly applicable if you start in the afternoon rather than morning.

iire you new to the Bay? Old to the Bay? Having visitors out for their first taste of the Bay? Here are some helpful hints we've compiled over the years to maximize your enjoyment on a typical summer day.

Sausalito

Yellow Bluff Chill Pill One thing sailing on San Francisco Bay is not in the sum¬ mer is warm. We don't care if it's 100 degrees in San Rafael, it will always be cold on the Bay. So you need to dress for the occa¬ sion, but leave the Levis at home. The correct method is 'layering' with modem synthet¬ ics, which not only insulate bet¬ ter, they wick moisture away from the skin. So go for under¬ garments of polypropylene, then polyester, and a top layer of quality foul weather gear (those made with Gore-Tex are best if you can afford them). Too warm? Remove a layer. Not warm enough? Add a layer— this isn't rocket science. As with most things, the more you spend on quality gear, the more comfort¬ able and dry you will remain. We also strongly urge all boaters to wear flotation. If you fall in our cold local waters without a lifejacket, all the layering in the world won't keep you from go¬ ing hypothermic quickly. And it's all downhill from there.

That's Easy for You to Say "If you can sail in San Francisco," the saying goes, “you can sail anywhere in the world." While that may be stretching it a bit, the reverse is certainly true: "You can sail anywhere in the world on San Francisco Bay. "We're speaking figuratively, of course. Check it out: Caribbean — Reaching back and forth behind the Tiburon Pen¬ insula on a hot September afternoon feels an awful lot like the Car¬ ibbean. Mediterranean — A few passes from Richardson Bay to Hurri' : ; . either way to much wind or practically none, and it comes from at! directions. , '' r:

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Estuary Flat Water Sailing The main Bay offers great sailing, but you're going to get wet doing it. If you want some of the best flat-water^ stay-dry (well, drysr, anyway) sailing of your life, head down the Oakland/Alameda Estuary. Again, It's best to beat your way up, then downwind sail back, perhaps stopping at one of the many waterfront restaurants that has a dock \ out front. Short of being kidnapped by the Swedish Bikini Team, there is simply no better way to rejuvenate your soul after a tough day at the office — even if it was the unemployment office.

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THE PERFECT DAYSAIL Time and Tide Wait for No Man The many buoys stationed around San Francisco Bay are very animated objects. They whistle, they blink, they clang, they offer refuge for barking sea lions. But most of all, they move. Or rather, the water around them moves. As the tide rises and falls in the ocean, a lot of water — a hell of a lot of water — flows in (flood) and out (ebb) of the Bay through the Golden Gate. So while currents in the ocean are negligable, inside the Bay they can reach 5 to 6 knots during certain times of the year. Many a boater has paid the price for inattention to currents. Some have even lost boats that were swept into buoys or rocks by currents. Have a tidebook handy (they're free at most marine outlets) and always look up what the currents are doing before you leave your slip.

Associated with this, if there's a big ebb (brown water) flow¬ ing out the Gate and a big wind coming in, the resultant bumpy water is called "ebb chop." It's no fun. Another thing you'll notice about currents — if you're sailing toward the Gate and your speedometer reads 6 knots, and the current is flooding in the Golden Gate at 5 knots, you will only be making 1 knot over the bottom. Conversely, if you are headed down the Cityfront on a 5-knot flood with the same reading on your speedo, you will actually be flying over the bottom at 11 knots. Got that? Good. Now, if Train A leaves Philadelphia headed east at 4 p.m., and Train B leaves New York westbound at noon.. ..

Tiburon Peninsula The Perfect Daysail The most comfortable way to sail the Bay is counterclockwise. Follow along with th/numbers on the opposite page as we take you through The Perfect Daysail: 1) Start along the backside of Angel Is¬ land about 11 b,m. 2) Head up Raccoon Strait. If there's a strong flood, you maXhave to motorsaif this part. 3) Reach off toward Richardson Bayjpnd check out the Mediterranean look of southern Sausalito. 4) Sail back out the Sausalito Channel, hugging the shore¬ line. Gen&my, the closer you stay to shore, the flakier the wind until you ge/no Hurricane Gulch. Hurricane Gulch is not marked on any cha/] but you'll know when you're there. 5) Once you're around the orner at Yellow Bluff, you'll have the magnificent Golden Gate. If you " have newcomers to the Bay aboard, you have to sail under the Bridge. They'll remember it for a lifetime. (Watch your currents here — you did bring a tidebook, didn't you? ■— as smailer boats can be pushed around quite a bit by a big flood or ebb). 6} Now comes the best part: , turn around. If everything goes as planned, you've gone as far to weather as you're going to. With the breeze approach¬ ing its maximum strength about 2 to 3p.m., there‘s no better time to start reaching and running. 7) This part of the Perfect Daysail will afford you one of the great views of San Fran¬ cisco. As you sail by, show any out-of-town guests how hip you are by pointing out that locals call it The City" — never "Frisco.” 8) Jibe over and swing past Alcatraz. Again showing your hipness, mention that At Capone and Richard “the Blrdman“ Stroud once gazed out those forbidding walls. 9) Jibe back over and sail over to Pier 39 for a look at (and smell of) the resident sea lion popu¬ lation. 10) Follow the curve of the shoreline around toward the Bay Bridge. The wind usually diminishes here, giving you an even more relaxed view of the hustle and bustle of the City. From there, you're on your own again. You can continue on into the Oakland Estuary, make a stop in South Beach Harbor or little McCovey Cove to experience a Giants game, or power reach across the Bay to the lee of Angel Island, where you can top off a fun day by anchoring out for wine and a bar¬ becue. The secrets to The Per¬ fect Daysail are to get as far to weather as you're going to go before the wind really f starts honking, and — once again — go clockwise for comfort.

Cruising Whether you have a week or a weekend, there are plenty of cruising destinations in and around San Francisco Bay. For the weekenders: Angel Island, the Petaluma or Napa Rivers, or even across the Bay to the Oakland Estuary or Sausalito. For those with more time: the Delta, or perhaps out the Gate and south to Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz or Monterey.

Richmond

Little/Big Boats We hate to burst anyone's bubble, but in our opin¬ ion, boats under 20 feet are too small for sailing the open Bay. There are exceptions, of course, notably organized races sailed by properly-attired small boat sailors where 'crash boats' hover nearby to help any¬ one who gets in trouble. On the other end of the scale, San Francisco is a vibrant maritime port, and all manner of commercial shipping comes in and out at all hours. The main thing to remember is that big ships always have the right of way. If one of them gives you more than four blasts on its horn, it means, "I don't understand what you're do¬ ing and it's worrying me." It's probably time to tack and go the other way.

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2004 DELTA DITCH RUN "U lie's the Lance Armstrong of the Ditch Run," intoned Yucca crewmember Dave Gruver, reflecting on Don Jesberg’s amazing — and very much ongoing — string of victories in the annual 67.5-mile charge up to Stockton Sailing Club. Jesberg did it again on June 5, win¬ ning the 14th Delta Ditch Run overall for an unprecedented fifth time in a row against a record-tying 135-boat fleet. Sailing his Melges 24 Ego with buddies Ricky Matthews and Steve Baumhoff, Jesberg sprinted out of the starting blocks, amassing an unassailable lead by the time the fleet reached San Pablo Bay. "What really launched us was our jibe over to McNear's Beach after the Brothers," said Jesberg, a Mill Valley money manager. "It was basically game over just an hour into the race.'" Two other pre-race favorites, Kim Desenberg's bantam-weight Sierra 26 Kodiak and Peter Dalton's Melges 24 Minor Threat, contributed to Ego's out¬ standing day early in the race by miss¬ ing the inflatable mark off the oil docks at Pt. Richmond. Each boat doused their kite and sailed several minutes back to the new mark to unwind their error, re¬ covering to finish on the podium, but never really closing the gap on Ego. Ego eventually romped across the fin¬ ish line at 6:11 p.m., after 7 hours, 11 minutes of hard sailing. They were the first monohull to Stockton, beaten in only

ner -up, Erik Urias Menzel's Wylie Wabbit Crash Test Bunny, by 17 minutes! "This was our biggest winning margin yet,” noted Jesberg. Ego was on the hoist when the sec¬ ond monohull, Kodiak, pulled in 15 min¬ utes later. Just over an hour later, with only about half the fleet finished, Jesberg and crew were packed up and on the road back to San Francisco YC, stopping at the local In N' Out Burger just long enough to pick up their traditional vic¬ tory dinner. If there was a trbphy for fast¬ est round trip. Ego would have won that, too. "Ricky and 'Stevie B' are great sailors and really funny guys — we laughed all the way to Stockton, and all the way home!" claimed Jesberg. "We only crashed three times and, unlike previ¬ ous years, we never hit the mud. We set the boat up for downwind, loosening the shrouds as far as they'll go and tighten¬ ing the headstay all the way. We keep the boat light, but would have taken one of my kids, either Emma or Peter, if they weren't both busy with the school play." This was Jesberg's seventh Ditch Run. His first was on a Murnm 30 in 1997, which he recalls was first to finish but "third or so" overall. In his next attempt, on his Melges 24 Casey Jones in 1999, he won the light division and was second to finish behind Octavia, though Wabbits dominated the overall standings,

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by three large multihulls — a pair of 'D' cats and an F-31. Though Ego's elapsed time was well off the monohull record (5:34:58, set by the SC 50 Octavia in the nuclear 1998 race), Jesberg crushed the fleet on corrected time, beating the run¬ Page 140 •

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In 2000, the race swtiched to the fairer time-on-time scoring system and, per¬ haps not coincidentally, Jesberg got his first taste of overall victory — and has owned the Ditch Run ever since.

JL hough Jesberg stole the show again, there were some other notewor¬ thy performances. Bill Erkelens' D-Cat Adrenaline swept the 12-boat multihull fleet, finishing first in just 5 hours, 15 minutes (well off the D-Cat Rocket 88's record of 3:57:46, set by Serge Pond in '98) to take class and overall multihull honors. Pushing hard to beat Rocket 88, now owned by boat collector Brendan Busch, Adrenaline scraped the bottom a few times and then totalled a rudder run¬ ning over a rock near the end of the race. Still, Erkelens and crew Chris Steinfeld, Joey Hulse and Jeremy Laundergan beat Rocket by seven minutes. Rowan Fennell took the biggest class, the 19-strong Moore 24s, with his whim¬ sically-named Pair-O-Chairs. Fennell, a 28-year-old environmental scientist in

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Emeiyville and the Moore 24 class presi¬ dent, was assisted by his fiance Vikki Hunt, and his older brother Forrest. The trio pulled a 'Jesberg' on the Moores, leading the entire day. "I wish I could say we never looked back," laughed Rowan. "But we were constantly watching past winners Dave Hodges and Mike O'Callaghan lurking and gaining. All three of us drove, with Forrest taking control for the last 20 miles. It’s about time we won something!" # Row, Fo and Vikki were the first re¬ cipients of a beautiful perpetual trophy built and donated by fellow Moore 24 sailor Vaughn Seifers. "Our boat was the original 'Delta destroyer',” explained Rowan. "Our family cruised it up here

six months of every year, running it aground often and jumping out to push it off the mud. Eventually, we decided to sand the blisters off and turn it into a racing boat. We love returning to the Delta for all the memories it brings back." The boat name is reference to the white plastic lawn chairs that are apThis outgoing tanker gave the fleet a fright as it passed through the tight entrance to Pitts¬ burg Slough. Fortunately, everyone lived.

pended to their stern pulpit, a move in¬ spired by their uncle h Justis on his Soverel 33 Good & Plenty. "Everyone would yell out 'nice chairs!' be¬ fore prior Ditch Runs, so we used that name and then Chairiots for awhile," -said Rowan. "Pair-OChairs came about because it sort of matches Paramour, the original name of the boat." The third-biggest one design group after the Moores and Melges was the 13strong Express 27 fleet. Attitude Adjust¬ ment, owned by Soren and Liga Hoy, also led their class from the get-go. The Hoys sailed light, with just three crew, but their third was no lightweight — pro sailor Scott Easom, who drove the en¬ tire eight-hour race as Will Paxton, sail¬ ing Motorcycle Irene doublehanded, was never too far behind. "Scott’s an awesome sailor," said Soren, who declined Easom's tongue-in-cheek offer to drive the car home as well. Attitude Adjustment, which has a sparse deck layout and distinctive white windows, was rigged by Easom last year. One of the features that allows the crew to always stay on the high side was Easom's custom winches, which oper¬ ate from the rail by pulling a string — somewhat like starting a lawn mower. "It's a cool idea, and I was actually going to patent it until I found out it would cost something like $9,000," said Scott. "For the dozen or so I probably could have sold, it just wasn't worth it." Erik Urias Menzel took the fourth one design class, the 10-boat Wylie Wabbit contingent, with his Crash Test Bunny. "We rubber-banded back and forth all day with the front half of the fleet," said Menzel, who sailed with Scott Owens and Attila Plasch. "Five different boats led at one point or another. We were able to pass Andy (Hamilton) a half hour from the finish and hold on. All three of us on my boat were '^laying injured' with vari¬ ous middle age aches and pains — we

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beginning to set, the air is cooler and, with the finish line almost in sight, it's time to break out a few cold beers — unless you sail with Jesberg, who brings just power bars and Gatorade! Stockton SC once again rolled out the

The right 'Attitude'— Soren and Liga Hoy, with a little help from Scott Easom, won the 13-boat Express 27 class.

Wired — Erik Urias Menzel upheld the honor of the Wylie Wabbit class, coming in second over¬ all in his 'Crash Test Bunny'.

figured the pain kept us awake!" Past Ditch winner Hamilton, sailing The White Boat with Jonathan Livingston and Commodore Tompkins, finished two minutes after CTB. A newcomer to the fleet. Quantum Sails rep Jason Rhodes, finished a minute later in his borrowed Furrari. Rhodes obviously had a blast — he bought a Wabbit of his own the very next day!

jibe twice fairly quickly to stay in the channel. If you pay more attention to the jibing than the navigating, you run up on Santa Clara Shoal, or worse. A photographer could have filled sev¬ eral Dr. Crash calendars that afternoon at the 'S' curves, as seemingly every third or fourth boat wiped out there — none worse than the pale green 11: Metre Betty (ex-Altoids). The Monterey-based boat ex¬ ecuted a perfect mast-in-the-water round-down and, with the main pinned against the runner, then blew onto the rocks and took a pounding. Eventually, between their outboard and pushing off the bank, they were able to free them¬ selves and limp on to Stockton, amaz¬ ingly not too much worse for wear. The

'Chair' men and woman, from left — Rowan Fennell, his fiance Vikki Hunt, and brother For¬ est Fennell topped the Moore 24s.

red carpet for its guests, serving up food and drink and live music until well after midnight. Mt. Gay donated rum and red hats, adding to the merriment. Eventu¬ ally, the revelers returned to their boats or crawled into tents pitched around the yacht club lawn. Some folks simply slept, or maybe passed out, on the lawn under the stars — which seemed like a great idea until the sprinklers came on at 4 a.m.!

he handicap divisions were won by familiar faces — Kim Desenbeig took the light boats overall with the Sierra 26 Kodiak, sailing with Melinda Erkelens and Sail magazine editor Kimball Livingston (look for good coverage in a few months!). Hank Easom's long and skinny 8-Meter Yucca urn punished the heavy Number Year Baas Type Skipper of goats classes again, sporting X his was the best 2004 Ego Melges 24 Don Jesberg 135 a new kite and revelling one yet!" claimed race 2003 Ego Melges 24 Don Jesberg 129 in the moderate condi¬ chairman Pat Brown. 2002 Traitbiazer Melges 24 2. Draganic/D. Jesberg 130 tions. Although it rated "We had a huge fleet, 2001 Trailbiazer Melges 24 Z. Draganic/D. Jesberg 130 at the bottom of Heavygreat weather, and just 2000 Casey Jones Melges 24 Don Jesberg 122 I, Yucca managed to 1999 Harry Angstrom Wylie Wabbit Andy Hamilton 124 12 DNFs, all without any 1998 Kwazy Wylie Wabbit 124 Colin Moore pass Infinity, Jarlen real damage. We had 1997 Unnatural Act Columbia Challenger Steve Bahnsen 135 and Auspice on the three new sponsors this Dogpatch 26 1996 Moonshine Eric Steinberg 112 homestretch to take year — Mt. Gay, Sven1995 Kwazy Wylie Wabbit Colin Moore 72 the gun in that 15-boat den's and Harken —and 1994 Kwazy Wylie Wabbit Colin Moore 63 class. 1993 Current Asset Islander 30 Mk. II were, I thought, more John Bowen 47 1992 Fairhaven Vineyard Sound 19-ft Gordie Nash Despite bouncing 53 organized than ever be¬ 1991 Paddy West Seabird Yawl M. & S. Proudfoot 37 over Santa Clara fore. Altogether, it was a Shoals pretty hard ("It fantastic year for the obviously moved since last year!" joked Mumm 30 Sand Dollar did a similar thing Ditch Run.” Hank) and somehow leaving their lunch a mile farther upriver, without quite such It was also another great year for Don in the car (which tested the 'beer is food’ dire consequences, and at least one flat¬ Jesberg and the 'Ego maniacs'. Next year, theory), Yucca had another successful tened Wabbit was spotted with crew as Gruver suggested, maybe they should foray up the river. Others weren't so standing on its keel. wear yellow jerseys so the fans and com¬ lucky, with most of the trouble occur¬ The wind, as always, abated in the fi¬ petitors can pick them out of the ring in the exposed, traditionally windy nal 15 miles to the finish. This part of 'peloton'. We suspect, however, they'll be (20-25 knots) section after the gravel the trip is always the most enjoyable — easy enough to spot — just look for the barges known as the 'S’ curves. Boats the river narrows and becomes lined with Melges that's way, way out front. have to set their kites on port, and then trees, the sun is at your back and just — latitude / rkm

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ANOTHER ECO TRIP HEAVY 1 — 1) Yucca, 8Seifers; 7) Wildfire, H. RudMeter, Hank Easom; 2) Aus¬ erman. (19 boats) pice, Schumacher 40, Jim EXPRESS 27— 1) Attitude Coggan; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Adjustment, Soren & Liga Hoy/ Bloom; 4) Cuchulainn, J/105, Scott Easom; 2) Motorcycle Jim Mullen; 5) Kiri, J/35, Bob Irene, Will Paxton; 3) Moxie, George. (15 boats) Grass/Crowson; 4) Mirage, HEAVY 11—1) Mar¬ Terry Cobb; 5) Wile E. Coyote, rakesh, Express 34, Craig Dan Pruzan. (13 boats) Perez; 2) Heart of Gold, WYLIE WABBIT— 1) Crash Olson 911-S, Dick Clark; 3) Test Bunny, Erik Urias Menzel; Rocinante, Express 34, Cris 2) The White Boat, Andy Sena; 4) Bear Naked, Wylie m Hamilton; 3) Furrarl, Jason 34, Noble Griswold. (11 boats) o Rhodes; 4) Kwazy, Colin HEAVY III — 1) Happy Moore. (10 boats) Houka, Cal 27, Greg Good¬ MULTIHULL 1 — 1) Adrena¬ man; 2) Current Asset, Is¬ line, D-Cat, Bill Erkelens. (3 lander 30-11, John Bowen; 3) boats) Quickfixx, Merit 25, Clark MULTIHULL II — 1) Wingit, Rollin'on the river— 'Yucca' tows 'Attitude Adjustment', which provided welcome shade Penfeld; 4) Maria, Ericson 35, F-27, Ray Wells; 2) Sally in return. From left: Hank Easom, Charlie Mohn, Al Blair, Dave Gruver, and Mike Flgour. Ed Almaas. (10 boats) Lightfoot, Corsair 31, Martson/ HEAVY IV—1) Harmony, Shortman; 3) Waterwings, Cor¬ Columbia Challenger, Nancy Farnum; 2) Ypso, Cal MELGES 24 — 1) Ego, Don Jesberg; 2) Minor sair 31-RS, Jim Lawson. (9 boats) 2-27, Tim Stapleton; 3) Valkyrie, Peterson 25, Threat, Peter Dalton; 3) Tropical Storm, Doug CRUISING — 1) Ghost, Ticon’, Bill Goldfoos; Michael Tosse. (7 boats) Forster; 4) Light Brigade, Warren Davidson; 5) 2) Beulah, Cal 2-29, Mike Conrad; 3) Kooyah, LIGHT 1—1) Kodiak, Sierra 26, Kim DesSurfeit, David Wadbrook; 6) Go Dogs Go, Tim Hunter 35, Donald Farquarson. (8 boats) enberg; 2) Max, Antrim 27, Bryan Wade; 3) Mlrador, OVERALL — 1) Ego; 2) Crash Test Bunny; 3) Hawkins. (14 boats) Antrim 27, Jody Harris; 4) White Lightning, Ulti¬ MOORE 24 — 1) Pair-O-Chairs, Rowan Fen¬ The White Boat; 4) Furrarl; 5) Kwazy; 6) Minor Threat; 7) Tropical Storm; 8) Mr. MacGregor; 9) mate 24, Michael Peterson. (10 boats) nell; 2) Fatuity, Dave Hodges; 3) Wet Spot, Mike LIGHT II — 1) Hotfoot, Hotfoot 20, Jack Tatum; O'Callaghan; 4) Moore Beer, 'Homer Simpson1; 5) Cwash & Burn, Greg Byrne; 10) Light Brigade. 2) Mistress Quickly, SC 27, Larry Weaver. (6 boats) Teara, Mark Breen; 6) Sparrow Hawk, Vaughn (115 racing monohulls)

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In June of 1999, the Edwards family of Portola Valley — Sam, who worked for a series of hi-tech start-ups, Caren, who worked in the software and biotech fields, Rachael, 9, and Dana, 7 — took off on a cruise to the South Pacific aboard Rhapsodie, their Marquesas 53 catamaran, hull #1. During the next five years they visited Mexico, the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, the Society Islands, the Cooks, American and Western Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tokelau, Wallis, Futuna, Palmyra, Palmerston and Hawaii. In mid-June, with Sam having just started a new job in Northern California, and Caren as skipper, Rhapsodie departed Oahu for Sierra Point Marina in Brisbane on a passage that would be the epilogue to their long adventur e. How did they come to go cruising in the first place, and how did it tur n out? Those are some of the questions we asked the entire family when they visited Latitude's offices in May for the following interview.

38: If Sam wasn't the big sailor in the family, where did the idea to go cruising come from? Caren: My childhood. When I was six or seven, I went to Girl Scout Sailing Camp on Cape Cod and later on Martha’s Vineyard. Then I joined the Mariner Girl Scouts and became a sailing instructor, and we did a lot of racing at the Vineyard Haven YC. Even as a youngster I assumed that someday, when I had the time and means, I would do a long cruise on my own boat. Sam: I’d never sailed before I met Caren, but then we started going out on sailing trips. Our honeymoon was a South Pacific Yacht Charters trip to Western Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga. And

Caren: “Even as a youngster; / assumed that someday — when I had :

long cruise on my own boat. ” before we were married, we’d done a charter in Greece and Turkey. Caren: While in Turkey we sailed on one of those big tradi¬ tional caiques — complete with a hookah. (Laughter) Sam: While we were onboard there was a storm that knocked the captain out of action, so Caren had to sail the caique back to port. 38: Sam, did you take to sailing right away? Sam: I liked the sailing part, but most of all I love the ad¬ venture of going to new places that can't be reached other than by boat. 38: Is the Marquesas 53 cat your first boat? Page 148

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Caren: We lived in Carmel in the ‘80s before we got mar¬ ried, so we joined the Monterey Peninsula YC and bought a 18 foot Mercury. Sam: Based on that experience, I should warn couples that a woman who knows how to sail shouldn’t attempt to skipper a boat in a race with a non-sailing boyfriend or husband as crew. (Laughter.) It's going to hurt the relationship, because no guy wants the woman in his life barking at him during a mark rounding. So that’s when we began to make the transition from racing to cruising. Then all our vacations started to be sailing vacations, and I started taking all the various sailing classes on San Francisco Bay. Caren: And I attended an offshore sailing class for women, taught by a woman, that was put on by the Wooden Boat School in Maine. I want to mention that while we were members of the Monterey Peninsula YC, we raced with Sam Fleming, a nation¬ ally-ranked Shields sailor at the time. She later met her hus¬ band Bill Fleetwood through Latitude. The two of them took their Gulfstar 50 Blue Bananas on the Ha-Ha a number of years ago, and then sailed across the Pacific to Australia. Hav¬ ing known Sam for 20 years, it was fun to bump into her and Bill during our cruise, and buddyboat with them for quite some time. There were a lot of hot sailors at the Monterey Peninsula YC like Sam, so it was good training for our cruising. 38: When did you actually make the decision to go cruis¬ ing? Caren: I took some time out to visit Rancho La Puerta, a spiritual Indian spa in Mexico. While there, it became clear to me that the next thing our family should do was go cruising. We made it happen in five years. Having now been out cruising for five years, the big question is why did we come back? Dana: When I was in kindergarten, I remember mom telling

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the latitude interview: us we were going cruising. In the beginning we were just going to go for a year. Then it became two years. Once we got out there, it just kept going. 38: How did you kids feel about leaving your friends at that age? Rachael: I thought the idea of going on such a trip was really exciting, but I didn’t think we’d actually do it. It was hard to leave friends, but I was still young enough that I hadn’t made any real close friendships. I was definitely upset at leav¬ ing, but I knew there would be good things to come.

and think I have more developed values than other kids my age." Dana: I was excited because I thought it was going to be really fun, but I was also disappointed to be leaving my friends. But I was only seven, so I didn't know that much. 38: Has being out cruising for five years changed you? Rachael: Oh yes. I’m more confident, find it easy to get along with other people of all ages, and think I have more developed values than other kids my age. Dana: I’m more open-minded, more willing to try new things, and more interested in different cultures. I’m also much better at meeting new people. Cruising also teaches you not to take things for granted. 38: How did you go about picking out a boat? Caren: We started out looking for a steel monohull. But at Sail Expo in Oakland they had a lot of smaller catamarans at the front docks which caught our attention. Most of them looked funny to us, but we went aboard a few of them and in the process met Rod Gibbons of Cruising Cats in Alameda. Sam: I found Rod to be very persuasive, as he went through the pros and cons of cats, always thinking in terms of us being a family. He also gave us a professionally done video listing 10 reasons why cats are better than monohulls. The one argu¬ ment in favor of cats that had a lot of influence on me is that even when you go cruising, you spend most of your time on the hook, so all the extra room comes in handy. The safety of mod¬ ern cats was also important. Caren: Then I went to the Annapolis Boat Show, where I saw a number of larger cats. What nailed it for me was the greater performance and stability of larger cats. After a week of absorbing what cruising on a cat might be like, we said, "That's it!" Now that we've cruised a cat for five years, I can report that sailing flat really does make a big difference. Sam: But I still get seasick. (Laughter.) Rachael: After five years, dad and I both still get seasick. When we start a passage it's as though we're drugged out. None¬ theless, I still want to get my captain's license. Dana: Rachael puts those anti-seasickness patches on at the start of a passage, and then we don't see her for a week. (Laughter.) Sam: We looked at all different kinds of cats — Gemini, PDQ, Lagoon, custom cats from the Caribbean, and so forth — and then we got in touch with Neal Riley of Bay Island Yachts, which has offices in Alameda and in St. Martin. By this time our focus was almost entirely on used cats, because we could afford a bigger one, and the bigger the cat, the greater the sta¬ bility and the larger the living space. So we flew to the Caribbean and looked at 10 cats on five Page 150 •

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different islands / countries in four days. The last cat we saw was on charter in the Grenadines. So we had to charter a plane from little Union Island, find out which island the cat was an¬ chored off of, land on a patch of dirt, and then charter a little boat to take us out to the cat. When we got there, we found two Swiss families on a their sailing vacation. I took one look at Rhapsodie and said, "What a mess, we're not going to buy this!” And the cat’s captain said, "Don't buy it." But Neal Riley said, "This is the boat for you." When we got back and ran the numbers, it was the boat for us — although she was still a mess. We later learned the captain told us not to buy the boat because he didn't want to lose his job. Garen: I liked the fact that Rhapsodie is big and solid — 20 tons. After buying her in the Caribbean, I basically became the delivery captain for the trip back to San Francisco, with as¬ sorted crew for the different legs. The delivery had to fit around my work schedule, so that made it interesting. We started in Martinique in February, and on our way to Aruba got hit by a tropical depression with winds up to 48 knots and 20-ft fol¬ lowing seas. Nonetheless, we had a three-star French chef aboard, and during the height of the blow we enjoyed one of his fine dinners out in the cockpit. That made me feel good, because I know we couldn't have done that on a monohull. Sam: Not everyone felt so good about it. (Laughter.) One of the crew — a fellow who had been in the Navy — became so unnerved that he jumped ship. Caren: I did all but one leg coming back to San Francisco. When we got to Cabo, the whole family joined the boat for some fun in the Sea of Cortez. Then I did the Bash from Cabo to San Francisco. I can tell you, that's one passage I won’t be doing again. It was rough! If I had to come back from Mexico again, I'd do it by way of Hawaii. The fact that the boat's 100 drinking glasses of various types broke on the Bash proved that luxury charter cats need some minor modifications when being trans¬ formed to a real cruising boat. Sam: Once we got the boat to the Bay, we spent two years fixing her up, learning to sail, and doing all the things you need to do to cut the cord. Caren: The 'one-year refit' turned out to take twice as long and cost twice as much as we planned — sort of like remodel¬ ing a house. We replaced the engines, put new fuel tanks in different places, installed a watermaker, added 110-volt power to the existing 220-volt power, gutted and rebuilt the salon, and brought the galley up out of one of the hulls and into the salon. Sam: 'Galley up' is the only way to go with a catamaran! Caren: We finally took off in June of '99, bringing along three crew because we were kind of in a hurry and hadn't com¬ pletely tested the boat after the refit. Our rush was having to leave San Francisco before the start of the Eastern Pacific hur¬ ricane season on our way to the Marquesas. As it was, weather router Bob Rice guided us 400 miles our of our way to miss a hurricane coming out of Mexico. For this first trip, John Bell was sort of the captain, be¬ cause he'd done the trip before. Rick Weber was our electrical/ mechanical guy — and it was nice to have his help. Our third crewmember was Mike Agnew, whom we met on the internet while he was teaching school in Bolivia. He lived with us for six months before we took off, and ended up being with us for a total of two years. While we still, lived in Portola Valley, the kids used to introduce Mike as their nanny. (Laughter.) Then a month before we left, Mike, who is from Scotland, got deported

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because his visa had run out. So he took up residence in Ensenada for a month waiting for us to sail down and pick him up. He was more than ready to leave Ensenada when we arrived, as he'd been living beneath a brothel. 38: Did we hear something about your not having a dinghy for those first months in the Marquesas and Tuamotus? Caren: The crew were partying hard on shore, and either didn't secure or didn’t watch the dinghy properly, and it got smashed on the rocks on a rising tide. The inflatable was de¬ stroyed and our 30-hp outboard was never the same again. So until we got to Tahiti, our family of four and crew of three had to rely on our backup — a 9-ft rowing/sailing dinghy. Basi¬ cally, we did the Marquesas and Tuamotus without a dinghy, so there was a lot of swimming involved. {Laughter.) Sam: This helped us get acquainted with sharks. This was especially true at Rangiroa, which is noted for them. There were always a couple of dozen sharks swimming back and forth in our immediate view, and there were even more vaguely vis¬ ible in the distance. Because they kept swimming back and forth, it almost looked like a screen-saver on a computer. Caren: Once we got to Tahiti, we got a new dinghy. We also continued on with just one crew, realizing we didn't need three. 38: How did you kids like that first long passage from Mexico to the Marquesas? Rachael: There wasn't any wind so it was boring. Dana: Yeah — except for the shark. Rachael: That's right! Eight hundred miles into the trip, it was nearly calm, so we made a loop in a line, threw it behind the boat, then went swimming. After we were in the water for awhile, Mike spotted a pilot fish, and quickly rushed out of the water. Then he mentioned to the rest of us that there was some large fish swimming near us. Dana: We were really scared because it was our first shark. But it was only about five feet long. Rachael: We all got out of the water right away, of course. We soon learned that it was an oceanic white tip shark—which are considered to be one of the most dangerous of all sharks. They are the ones that eat shipwreck victims and downed pi¬ lots. Caren: They prey on other sharks, too. Rachael: Dana and I liked that first passage, but it was really boring. Dana: After 21 days of nothing, 1 was so excited to get to our first island. Rachael: Nuku Hiva — I never thought a place could be so beautiful! There were a number of other boats there, which was neat, and I made some friends with some French-Canadians. 38: This is jumping ahead a bit, but of all the places you went, where did you spend the most time? Caren: We spent three seasons in Fiji, which was the most of any place. Sam: During our last visit to Fiji, we got to go to the Lau Group, which is very hard to get permission to visit. I man¬ aged to link up with a chief of one of the islands, and he came along as our sponsor. We went to places in Fiji that hadn’t had visitors in years. Another place that was very wild was Papua New Guinea. / Rachael: All those tribes! Dana: Papua New Guinea was really cool! Rachael: It might be hard for some people to believe, but after a while gorgeous white sand beaches can actually get

boring. So it was really fun to get to the more unusual places such as PNG. Dana: And we had places like PNG all to ourselves. 38: You kids are products of a affluent urban environment. Did you miss cities and the trappings of urban life? Rachael: I didn't miss the city at all, as I like the outdoors. But I did want to be around other kids. The times we had to go long stretches without any other kids around weren’t so good, but Dana and I really learned to get along. Dana: I didn't miss the city either, but I missed city stuff — like ice cream. But I enjoyed the camping-like atmosphere of cruising. As for Rachael, I didn't like her the first year, even in New Zealand. Caren: Our kids don't have sibling-rivalry to the extent that most other kids do. I think they realized they needed to be each others' best friend. Rachael: But whenever we pulled into an anchorage, we'd look for 'kid boats'. They are easy to spot, as they are messier than other boats, and have small clothing and toys laying all around. 38: Now that you kids have been back home for five months, how do kids here seem different from you and the other kids who have been out cruising? Rachael: To be honest, California kids are more shallow

'Rhapsodie', hull #1 of the Marquesas 53s (more recently the Marquesas 56), has been the Edwards family's escape vehicle for the past five years. The roller-furling boom and electric winches were great additions.

and less mature. In addition, they are very materialistic and assume they'll always have everything they have now. Dana: Rachael's right, kids here take everything for granted. They know they can just go to Safeway or some mall and buy anything they want. Rachael: We went to a lot of places where people didn't have July, 2004 •

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the latitude interview: anything — let alone medical care or access to a decent educa¬ tion. We personally didn’t suffer at all — other than periodi¬ cally not having fresh fruit — because we were on the cat and she was very well equipped.

Sam: "On our first trip back to Santa Cruz, Rachael would only let us shop for clothes at Goodwill — and only on the day when everything was 50% off! (Laughter.) Caren: Since Rachael got home, an old friend took her shop¬ ping and thought about buying a $100 shirt. Rachael repri¬ manded her, saying that the $ 100 could feed a Fijian village for a month. Sam: On our first trip back to Santa Cruz, Rachael would only let us shop for clothes at Goodwill — and only on the day when everything was 50% off! (Laughter.) Rachael: I can't stand to see what other people pay for clothes here. 38: How does Northern California seem to you now that you're back? Dana: I like California. Rachael: I like it here as long as I’m close to the ocean. For some reason it's just good to know that the ocean is there. Dana: I could also live in New Zealand, and maybe Austra¬ lia.

Rachael: Me, too. Dana: But I wouldn't want to live on smaller islands such as Fiji or Vanuatu. The way I've been raised, I couldn't do with¬ out things like modern schools and stuff. 38: How was it coming back to school? Dana: It was an adjustment — although Rachael and I had gone to a normal school in Australia for a year. School here isn't harder than home-schooling, it’s just different. Here ev¬ erything is the same — you wake up at the same time, you have the same classes at the same time, you see the same people — it's all so regimented. With home-schooling on the boat, I might start at 10 a.m. or not until after 3 p.m. It all depended on whether or not something interesting was hap¬ pening. 38: How did you place in your class upon your return? Dana: I was ahead in most things. For example, I won the geography bee. The one area I was behind in was U.S. geogra¬ phy. (Laughter.;) Rachael: I'm going to boarding school now where my sched¬ ule is packed, so it's been more of an adjustment for me. I came from about the most relaxed situation in the world to about the most regimented. Every hour of every day of my life is planned out. That's a big change from all the freedom I had. 38: Sam and Caren, how has it been for you to come back? Sam: I miss having all that free time. Caren: Sam and I came back at different times because of

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the latitude interview: cause we're loaded down with all our gear. And when cruising, we don't have a philosophical problem with motoring. By the way, we really loved the Fiji Week Regatta at Musket Cove as it was a great week of fun and games during which time we got to meet a lot of new people — including an unusu¬ ally large number of boats with kids. These people became our friends for the next year. It was probably the best week of the whole five years for our kids. 38: It sounds like the Ha-Ha in that respect. Caren: We covered a lot of miles in our catamaran, and I was really pleased with her performance. Our top speed was 22 knots, but more commonly we did nine to 12 knots — as¬ suming there was enough wind. Sam: We had quite a few 200 to 215-mile days, and Rhapsodie was very comfortable, too. There was some bridgedeck slamming in certain situations, but it wasn't bad. We had dual autopilots to do the steering, but sometimes we drove just for the fun of it. Another fun thing we did was have 'dinghy-in' movies. All the other cruisers in the area would din¬ ghy over and lay on the forward tramps, and we'd project DVD movies on the jib. Even the folks from a nearby megayacht came to join us. 38: Was it ever dangerous on the boat or in the water? Dana: I had a little trouble during a drift dive at Manihi very early in our cruise. There was a five-knot current going out the pass, and I was so busy looking at everything beneath me that all of the sudden I found myself being slammed into and held against a big underwater fish trap — which held a bunch of 10-ft bull sharks. So I was looking them right in the face from

just inches away. I'd cut my wrist, too, so I"was bleeding. My parents were swimming further away, so they didn't know what was happening, but Rachael was with me. Rachael: When I saw the trouble he was in, I tried to pull him off, but the current was too strong. Caren: The thing was that Rachael saw her brother stuck, so she went to his assistance. Rachael: The first rule of diving is that you always stay with your buddy. Anyway, help soon arrived so there wasn't a problem. Dana: The only time I was really scared during the whole trip was when I got left on the dock at Tahiti for three hours. (Laughter.) It was raining, and a homeless guy gave me an um¬ brella. Nobody noticed I wasn't on the boat. 38: As Latitude also owns a large catamaran, we can appre¬ ciate how hard it can sometimes be to keep track of everyone. Rachael: It happened to me once, too, while we were at Arlie Beach in Australia. I was doing the laundry, and when I came back to the dock Rhapsodie was gone! Everyone on the boat thought I was sleeping in my bunk. It took them an hour to realize I wasn't there and to return to shore. Just as they were about to get back to the dock, some Aussie kids said, "Oh wow, what a pretty boat! We wish we could sail away on some¬ thing like that." I said, 'Yeah, it's my boat, my parents forgot me." (Laughter.)

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wanted to continue on around, and was trying to decide whether to go by way of the Red Sea or South Africa. Sam: You should have heard Caren's schemes to finish the circumnavigation and / or ways to keep the boat. As for myself, I'd love to go back to the South Pacific. Even though we were there five years, we only scratched the surface. Thanks to Caren, I've sailed many other places, but nothing like the South Pa¬ cific. Only cruisers really get to see it. — latitude [Readers: Having run out of time, we realized that we still had many more questions for the Edwards. So we later did a phone interview with Sam and Caren that will run in the Au-

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COASTAL CUP X lad they known how rowdy the sailing conditions would be for last month's 12th annual Coastal Cup, June 12-15, organizers at the Encinal YC might have billed it as a Super-Sized XGame rather than simply another yacht race. With sustained winds of 30 to 40 knots along much of the route from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, and gusts reported as high as 47, an entrepreneur like Chay (wrong-way) Blythe might have sold crew berths aboard the 30 compet-

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had a better time on the water." ing boats to masochistic adrenaline junk¬ ies in search of a rite of passage. Although the elapsed-time record (28:29:18) was not broken, this 277-mile sprint was the windiest romp down the coast in recent memory. For some, the wild ride resulted in incredible surf rides, ecstatic war whoops and voluntary sleep deprivation. But for others the conditions wreaked havoc. Topping the list of calamities was a dismasting and the loss of either a forestay or backstay on three other boats — not to mention broken poles, shred¬ ded sails and 'lost lunches'. Luckily, how¬ ever, there were no serious bodily inju¬ ries. As Coastal Cup vets know, over the years the Encinal YC has made a habit of changing the race's ending location. After finishing at the West End of Catalina the past two years (and at Ventura before that), this year's finish line was once again set directly in front "Look, Ma, we're surfin'!" Aboard class winner 'Shaman', crewman Paul Sinz trims the kite along the windy Central Coast.

of the Santa Barbara YC, which is perched right on the beach, abutting the city's municipal marina. Although the rhumb line distance was 83 miles shorter than the Catalina course, this year's race was no less demanding. The necessary inshore turn into fluky air south of Point Conception threw a wild card into the mix of challenges. In each of the four classes, strategizing precisely when to turn left toward the finish played a cru¬ cial role in deciding victory or defeat. In fact, that very quandary made all the difference for Bob Barton's San Fran¬ cisco-based Andrews 56 Cipango. She led the fleet all the way to, and past, Pt. Con¬ ception, only to be skunked by Mike Travis' Santa Cruz-based SC 50 Surfer Girl, which stayed farther out in the channel near the islands where big air carried her swiftly south to a perfect gybe angle for the finish line. Surfer Girl took line honors with a time of 28 hours, 42 minutes and 16 seconds — 21 minutes ahead of Cipango and just 13 minutes short of a course record. Conspicuously absent from the big boat division was Richard and Mary Compton’s Andrews 77 Alchemy which would undoubtedly have been the 'boat to beat' and a likely record-breaker had she not suffered debilitating Saildrive problems on the delivery north for the start. Alchemy would have been the only entry from co-host Santa Barbara YC. The Coastal Cup traditionally serves as a feeder for Southern California sum¬ mer races, especially in TransPac years. Last year's contest, for example, saw a duel between two of the West Coast's premier turbo sleds, the R/P 77 Pegasus and the R/P 75 Pyewacket, in a preview of their TransPac battle. Since almost half of last year's big boat class, as well as other smaller boats, were positioning themselves for the Hawaii race, it's not surprising that entries were down this year from 40 to 30. Of those, six retired before finishing due to breakage, fatigue or, perhaps, sheer terror. Finishing less than an hour behind the last 50-footer, Mark Halman's Richmondbased Hobie 33 Sleeping Dragon corrected out to be¬ come the overall winner this year (26:56:55), as she did in the 2002 race to Catalina. The lightening-fast Hobie finished R a remarkable seven hours

ahead of her nearest class competitor. Anyone who spent time out on the water last month will remember that ex¬ ceptionally strong winds blew for weeks. After a breezy start off the Cityfront Sat¬ urday, June 12, the fleet clawed its way offshore through lumpy seas. As they worked south in the afternoon, the wind continued to build, reaching the low 30s by sundown. That first night — which was moonless, but had good star visibil¬ ity to aid steering — was a sailor's ver¬ sion of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, especially for the smaller planing boats. Needless to say, with such strong winds along the coast and the finish line set at Santa Barbara rather than Catalina, there was absolutely no need to head far offshore. Consequently, most boats sailed close to the rhumbline much of the way to Pt. Conception. Class A — Surfer Girl "I don’t think I've ever had a better time on the water," said Surfer Girl's elated owner Mike Travis after taking the gun. He and his crew — all but one of whom were with him in last year's race — kept the "pedal to the metal" the en¬ tire way. They roared south under a 1.5 oz kite until the breeze accelerated into the mid-30s off Pt. Sur, then carried a 2.2 until the wind piped up to 40 knots. They then downshifted to a poled-out #3 jib until just before dawn when a chute went up again.

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"Ride 'em, boys!" Although the rest of ‘Surfer Girl's crew is smiling with delight, helmsman Kevin Richards' expression is understandably frozen with concentration. Foreground: Mike DeVries (left) and Scott Parker. Standing aft is Dave Hodges.

Sailing outside the track of the lead¬ ers — Cipango and Tom Sanborn's San Francisco-based SC 52 City Lights — Surfer Girl was able to stay in breezy con¬ ditions until late morning, and her crew knew they had a good chance to break the record. "At 10 a.m. we were still do¬ ing 18 knots, and were only 50 miles away," recalled crewman Mike DeVries, "but by 1 p.m. it didn't look so good." Record or no record, the crew was all smiles Sunday night at the Club bar. Lisa 'Ironwoman' Le Faive had the best anec¬ dote: "I was at the helm surfing on a big wave and it was s-o-o-o good — better than sex! As soon as I got off watch I had to bum a cigarette — even though I hadn't smoked in a year." Rounding out the winning crew were Scott Parker, Matt Walker, Kevin Richards, Rick Valdez and Dave Hodges, who was encouraged to drive during the roughest stretch. After the finish, Cipango's crew was a bit disappointed, but still upbea*. "Run¬ ning down 10-ft seas, we hit 24 knots," said co-owner Bob Barton. "But we were consistently doing 18 to 20 until we rounded Conception.” Soon afterwards they, and others, sailed into a parking lot. "Hey, it's always fun anyway. That's

why they call this sport 'racing', not 'win¬ ning'," said Barton with a smile. Class B — Eclipse Assessing damages after the race, class winner Mark Dowdy of the Express 37 Eclipse explained, "First our traveler blew up, then at night we blew the head out of our shy kite. Not having a heavier chute to put up, we decided to go con¬ servative, which seems to have paid off." They set up the "Knarr rig," wing and wing with a poled-out jib, which allowed them to go right down the rhumbline. Eclipse corrected out sec¬ ond overall. "I've been burned before by turning inshore too soon," said Dowdy, "so we stayed out, which made all the difference." While Dowdy's crew re¬ ported seeing lots of humpbacks, por¬ poises and dol¬ phins, class com¬ petitor Dirk Husselman of the C&C 110 Xpression

actually ran over a whale —- who was not pleased about it. (See Sightings for the full report.) Eclipse finished a full three hours ahead of the #2 boat, the IMX-38 Show¬ down, but the gap might have been nar¬ rower if the 38-footer hadn't temporarily lost steerage. In the ultimate illustration of Murphy's Law of Offshore Racing, a steering cable jumped off a pulley right off Pt. Conception. In the rough condi¬ tions it took several hours to repair. In the same class, the J/120 Desdemona lost her forestay the first night and was forced to retire. Class C — Shaman The most jubilant class winners may have been the crew of the Alameda-based Cal 40 Shaman. Skipper Steve Waterloo bought this vintage offshore racer less than a year ago, and this was by far his most ambitious racing effort to date. "If you'd told me on Friday that a Cal 40 was a surfing machine," said Waterloo with an ear-to-ear grin, "I'd have thought you were high." Yet surf they did, espe¬ cially while carrying their heavy chute until 3 a.m. Reminiscing shortly after their finish, John King recalled, "We were chasing the holes and then Paul (Sinz) fell into one, and that's when we went into the 'white room' (translation: down into a trough, surrounded by white wa¬ ter)." "Hey, no worries, it was an old chute anyway!" Eclipse's winning crew (left to right): Jason Bright, David Parker, Mark Dowdy, Doug Fahlbusch, Ruth Suzuki and Craig Page.

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Arriving fatigued and a bit spaced out, longtime partners Mark Halman and Bob Fricke were elated at their overall win.

Mike Bacon was trying to sleep up in the forepeak when they had the best surf of the trip: "I went weightless as we fell down the face of this wave. At the time I thought, ’What are these guys doing, going upwind again?' Then I heard ev¬ erybody on deck cheering." Also on the crew were Jim Graham and Action Jackson. Waterloo's only disappointment was that he yielded to the temptation to sail inshore along the coast, rather than stay¬ ing out longer. 'We rounded the corner doing 10 knots VMG. How do you pass that up?” A few miles later, of course, the breeze shut down to a whisper. The number two boat in this class was the Alameda-based Soverel 33 Stop Mak¬ ing Sense. Skipper Dave Condon was smiling but frustrated when he and his crew pulled into the marina. They, too, had been seduced by a favorable breeze south of Conception that eventually left them crawling toward the finish for an extra half day. "And I knew better!" said Condon. Adding insult to injury, virtu¬ ally everything on the boat was soaked. At the docks. Stop Making Sense and a variety of other boats looked as though they were holding yard sales by the amount of gear draped across their decks. Doublehanding on their inaugural off¬ shore trip in their WylieCat 30 Lotta 'tude, brothers Jon and Tim Bloom flew through the rough stuff, but eventually became weaiy of bobbing around in light air and motored in from 30 miles out. "I didn't think displacement boats were supposed to plane!" said Tim. "The WylieCat performed perfectly, hitting high teens for extended periods and 22.5 knots at its peak!" Reportedly, designer Tom Wylie was even a bit shocked when they called him to report their numbers. Page 158 • L&XwU 39 • July, 2004

Class D — Sleeping Dragon Mark Halman and his longtime sailing mate Bob Fricke are no strangers to coastal racing. Since '88 they've done 14 SoCal races to¬ gether, often doublehanding. Be¬ sides taking first overall in the 2002 race to Catalina, they've placed sec¬ ond overall three times. This year, they brought along a > French expat named Olivier § Kerautret. "He was once an Olymi pic hopeful..." teased Halman when § we saw him at the Santa Barbara g docks, "in Ping Pong at age eight." ^ Olivier actually sailed dinghies as a kid, but he had no offshore sailing expe¬ rience prior to this record run — his "baptism of fire," as Halman put it. "He did really well, and took his turn on the helm." During the rough stuff, though, the two veterans manned the tiller. At one point, Fricke reportedly got the slip¬ pery Hobie up to 20.6 knots for a half

After the race, owner Mike Travis saw that 'Surfer Girl's GPS showed the max speed hit during the trip was 28.6 knots.

minute or so. "This was by far the windiest race of all that I've done," said Halman. "We think the peak wind was around 44 knots." After surviving a big broach at about 8 p.m. on the first night, they were forced to take down their big chute earlier than ever before. A blast reacher took them most of the way south, until winds grew to "well over 40 knots" and they were in¬ spired to sail bald-headed with their main only. At Pt. Arguello they jibed south flying their shy kite. With their years of experience, they

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knew what some frustrated competitors only now realize: The smart move is to keep heading south in clear air until you are south of the oil rigs which lie straight out from the YC. Another tip is to "Go down the coast with lots of old kites so you don’t care if you shread them." With the exception of the Express 27 Magic Bus, which dismasted in a big puff forty miles SW of Monterey, the other ultralights also had epic rides down the coast. Attack from Mars, was first among the remaining Express 27s. Describing the intensity, co-owner Brendan Busch wrote: "As we approached Conception, the wind started to build. The boat re¬ ally came alive with the big kite and big waves as the wind went through 20 knots, 25, 28, up to around 30 knots with higher gusts. . . We experienced the rides of our lives, surfing down 15 to 20foot waves at speeds over 20 knots, with rooster tails flying out both sides of the boat. And the boat was fully in control." The crew of another 27, Moxie, lived up to their boat's name when they fin¬ ished the race after breaking their forestay north of Pt. Conception. In the

same class, the Henderson 30 Fast Twitch broke her backstay early on but managed to jury rig and finish. Also in this class, Mike Warren’s SC 27 Andiamo won top honors among the three doublehanded efforts.

It was only a few years ago that the Coastal Cup > seemed to be dying, | but after three i straight years of S strong winds and E respectable turn¬ outs, its future seems much more hopeful. Next year's contest, which will again serve as a tuneup for the TransPac, is expected to be a particu¬ larly stellar show, with boats as big as maxZ86s vying for the record. The end

The 'Moxie' crew—L to R: Huw Roberts, Jason Crowson, Josh Grass and Ronnie Pettersson — finished with a jury-rigged forestay.

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PACIFIC CUP PREVIEW

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'lucky' 13th biennial West Ma¬ rine Pacific Cup is underway as you read this, with a slightly smaller than usual fleet — just 52 boats — sailing in this year's 'Fun Race to Hawaii'. The eclectic group, ranging in size from 26 to 140 feet, left the Cityfront in five waves between Monday, June 28, and Friday, July 2. Most should reach the finish line — 2,070 hopefully downwind miles away in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu — on, or just after the weekend of July 10-11. One of the boats will get there much sooner than that— Bob Miller's 140-foot Mari-Cha IV, the most lethal sailing weapon ever aimed at Hawaii. The behe¬ moth, which sails with two dozen pro¬ fessional crew, already holds the monohull Trans-Atlantic and 24-hour records — and unless Mother Nature plays a really dirty trick on them, MC-IV should significantly lower Pyewackets 1998 benchmark of 6 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. As always, the weather is the wild card — probably even more so than usual this year. "Hawaii races that start in late June sometimes get off to a slow and messy start if the Pacific High hasn't set up yet," explains veteran navigator and past Pac Cup winner Stan Honey. "The good news is that when the High does set up, it just clicks into place and summer begins. It's a bit early to guess, but it looks like this

get through a ridge of high pressure into the trades, or head west into the West¬ erly headwinds, taking advantage of the wind, but getting frustrated by its direc¬ tion." Given the distinct possibility of an

unbiased, highly-paid panel of experts from coming up with our traditional 'Quick Picks' again. When has lack of information ever stopped us before? But first, here are some fun factoids we've unearthed about this year's fleet:

unstable High, not to mention a diverse fleet starting over five days, predicting the winners is just about impossible this year. Naturally, that hasn’t stopped our

Maybe next time— Prominent entries who dropped out for various reasons in¬ clude the TP-52s Yassou and Alta Vita, the R/P 77 Pegasus 77, Bill and Melinda Erkelens' Hobie 33 Kenobi, the doublehanded Volvo 60 America's Chal¬ lenge, the Andrews 53 Artemis (ex-Can¬ tata), the modified SC 50 Dasher, the new Thompson 1150 Serena, the Sydney 38 Animal, the Elliott 46 Bravado, the S&S 34 Spirit, the J/160 Maitri, the X119 X-Dream, the J /125 Reinrag 2, and at least a dozen more. "Family reasons" was the most often cited reason for all the attrition. Washington boats — The Eveigreen State is represented by four boats this time — Synge, Krynos, Braveheart and Icon. Our crystal ball sees two of them taking home trophies. Hawaiian boats — The Aloha State has an unprecedented six boats in the race — Ghost, Cirrus, Kaimiloa ("seeker of knowledge"), Punahele ("the favorite"), Ikaika ("physically strong or powerful"), and Niele ("inquisitive"). Once again we

Above, West Marine's SC 40 'ProMotion' will be going for an unprecedented ninth time. Right, the doublehanded Express 27 'Salty Hotel' is one of the pre-race favorites.

might happen in time for the upcoming race. If the High doesn't set up in time, the racers can face a very difficult deci¬ sion of whether to head south hoping to Page 160 • Ut&Jt 38 • July, 2004

KANEOHE OR BUST! Hawkfarm Eyrie, entered doublehanded by Sylvia Seaberg and Synthia Petroka, carries the highest PCR rating. MC-IV, at the Other end of the spectrum, gives Eyrie almost nine davs of time allowance! This is only the second all-girl crew in Pac Cup history (the other was Nancy Rander's Magic Carpet in 1994). Sylvia and Synthia — who jokingly bill them¬ selves as "Dollz With Ballz” — have been working furiously on their boat and should be quite competitive, particularly if it's light. "Special thanks to Skip Allan," said Synthia. "He spent an entire day with us last November helping us get prepared and letting us know we were already behind schedule. That really kicked us into gear early (late?) on." Fastest/Biggest budget — Mari-Cha IV, duh! According to the numbers, MVIV could clip more than a day off the record — but it will still take some de¬ cent wind. Last time, Zepyhrus Vand the 147 -ft MC-III were also expected to break the record, but Z-5 fell about seven hours short. As for the logistics and cost of run-

Latitude's Quick Picks It s Miller Time! 'Mari-Cha IV', seen here finish¬ ing her record TransAtlantic run last October, is poised to demolish the Pac Cup record.

see two trophy winners in this group, which is also competing for the King Kamemaha Trophy for top Hawaiian boat. SoCal contingent — The southern end of the state fielded eight boats — Island Time, Victoria, Mar Caballo, Chimaera, Andiamo, Between The Sheets, CSquared, and Chicken Little. The crystal

ball once again sees just two trophy winners — maybe it's broken? Long-distance award — The doublehanded Grand Surprise 31 Fortissimo, which travelled from Japan via Florida came the farthest for the race. The saga of getting the boat to Svendsen's is a long and sorry one, involving a trucking com¬ pany which delayed the shipping by two months and then wrecked the mast in transit. Though the rig was replaced, the overwhelmed owner eventually pulled the plug on the project just a week before the start. Therefore, Mari-Cha IV, which hails from Bermuda, is the only boat fly¬ ing a foreign flag this year. Most luxurious — Probably Sea Peace, a comfy-looking Irwin 54, or maybe the Sundeer 56 Niele. The Jeanneau 52.5 Between The Sheets looks pretty plush, too.

Newest boat — Charles Ray's radical, hi-tech Wylie 43 C-Squared will have sailed for just a day or two before the race. Built of carbon by Steve Rander's Schooner Creek Boatworks, C-Squared was trucked to Nelson's Marine just 10 days before their start, where it was to be finished, measured for Americap by Dick Horn, and sea-trialed by her fiveman crew. The 7,000-pound boat fea¬ tures Wylie's signature free-standing wishbone rig, a bulb keel on a skinny strut, and a 20-foot spinnaker pole for flying asymmetric kites, "If we actually make the start, it should be one hell of a shakedown cruise!" noted crew Jonathan 'Bird' Livingston. Oldest boats — Chimaera and Cal Gal were both built in 1967, beating the Black Soo Mirage into the water by a year. Coolest sail number — The Express 27 Dianne, which was the plug for the molds, sports the number 'O'. Knock on wood — Moonshine, Chi¬ maera, Dianne, and Mirage (Black Soo). Moveable ballast — The PCYC poobahs loosened up their rules to al¬ low canting keels and water ballast this year, but only two boats took the bait: Magnitude 80 (canting keel) and MC-7V (canting keel and water ballast). Most Girls/Slowest — The 28-foot

DIV. A — For Cayenne, the third time should be a charm. Could be a Ghost story, too, DIV. B — Mar Caballo, a Farr 1020, seems like the right horse for the course.

DIV. C — Auspice will be tough — great program with a Bright navigator. Like the America's Cup, there is no sec¬ ond in this class. ! DIV. D — Scorpio will sting this class, Kaimiloa (experience) and Synge (great rating) should be playei;s, too. DIV. E — Wfnnefouhas the brains and IJitle will also be a contender. DIV. F — Magnitude if it's light to moderate: Braveheart if it's windy.

DOUBLEHANDED—Too close to call, but we'll go with Salty Hotel. We like their name, plus the father/son angle. FIRST TO FINISH — Take it to the bank: Mari-Cha IV. FIRST OVERALL— Who knows? But If history repeats itself, the top double¬ handers will likely also win overall. ning the boat and its huge all-pro crew — well, we mortals shudder just contem¬ plating it. Fortunately for the sailing in¬ dustry, Miller can obviously afford his expensive hobby — and if you've ever bought anything at the Duty Free Shops in international airports, you helped him July, 2004 •

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pay for it. Smallest / Most Uncomfortable— The tiny plywood Dogpatch 26 Moonshine 'wins' this dubious distinction handsdown. Most Pac Cups fboatl — ProMotion is going for a record ninth time, albeit with a different skipper most of the time. Bodacious will be doing its sixth Pac Cup. Just 11 boats — way less than usual — are repeat customers, which means there's a lot of new blood in the fleet this year. Most Pac Cups f sailor 1 — John 'Mr Pacific Cup' Clauser (Bodacious) will notch his tenth Pac Cup, the most ever. John can’t stop going, as four sailors are nipping at his heels, each going for their ninth time: his wife Bobbi Tosse (Bodacious), Steve Rander (C-Squared), Jim Quanci (White Caps), and Paul Kamen (Lightning). Most-represented vacht club— Rich¬

From left — The TP-52 'Braveheart' should do well; the squeaky-new custom Wylie 43 'C-Squared' may or may not make the race; the Hawkfarm 'Eyrie' is the slowest-rated boat and only the second all-girl effort in Pac Cup history; the Irwin 54 'Sea Peace' gets our vote for most luxurious ride.

Schumacher, who gave generously of his time and expertise to the Pacific Cup over the years, would be pleased to know that seven of his designs are doing the race — Morpheus, Surprise, Auspice, Synge and the three Express 27s. Rumor has it that Jim and Sue Corenman — who keep their Schumacher 50 Heart of Gold near their house on San Juan Island, WA — weie 'secretly' on the fence about go¬ ing this year, but couldn't pull it off. Hap¬ pily, Sutter Schumacher, Carl's daugh¬ ter, will be doing her first Pac Cup on Surprise. Tom Tidyman, one of Carl's best friends from the Cal Poly sailing team, will also be going on the Valiant 42 Acacia. Behind the scenes hero— Of the hun¬ dred or so volunteers who toil to make the Pac Cup a success, design wizard Jim Antrim prob¬ ably has the most compli¬ cated, frustrat¬ ing and thank¬ Year WinninaBoat Skipper ft of Boats im less job — he's 2002 Wlldflower Wylie 27 Skip Allan & Tad Palmer* 68 in charge of the 2000 Octavia SC 50 ShepKett 78 ratings. About Water-Pik 1998 Newport 30 Bob Nance 68 half of the boats 1996 Illusion Cal 40 Stan Honey & Sally Lindsay* 66 1994 Moonshine submitted Dogpatch 26 Bill & Melinda Erkelens* 52 1992 Team Bonzi Moore 24 47 Frank Ansak & Jim Quanci* Americap cer¬ 1990 Oaxaca SC 50 JimRyley 51 tificates this 1988 Saraband Westsaii 32 David King 28 year, which Ant¬ 1986 Sweet Okole Farr 36 Bobbi Tosse 26 rim then had to 1984 Magic Carpet Smith 42 Steve Rander 15 analyze down to Temptress 1982 Swede 55 Jim Walton 22 a single number 1980 Merlin Lee 67 Norton Smith 43 and fit into the * t= dotiblehanded PCR matrix. 'You don't even mond YC is sending eight teams inDto want to know how much time all this the fray: Cal Gal, Cirrus, Moonshine, took," said Jim, who is also on the PHRF Morpheus, Punahele, Salty Hotel, Sur¬ committee, another thankless job. He did prise and White Fang. No other club even the last two Pac Cups on the class-win¬ comes close. ning Antrim 27 E.T., but is sitting this Most represented designer — Carl one out. "I'm laying low, in case some¬

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one in Hawaii doesn't like their rating," he joked. "Actually, I need to get some of my own work done now." Onboard sailmakers — Pete McCormick (Morpheus), Mark Golsh and Norman Davant (Natazak), Brian Huse (Brave-heart), Keith Kilpatrick (Magni¬ tude 80), Synthia Petroka (Eyrie), and no doubt others. Excellent navigators — Peter Isler (Winnetou), Mike Elias (Magnitude), Gerry Swinton (Natazak), Paul Kamen (Light¬ ning), Jef d'Etiveaud (MC-IV), and Homer Lighthall (Scorpio), among others. The Honevrnooners — Ben Mewes and his new bride, the former Lucie Van Breen, got married on June 12. The 'Royal Couple' will sail Ben’s custom Black Soo Mirage in the doublehanded class. Couples — Goidie Nash and Ruth Suzuki (Auspice), John Clauser and Bobbi Tosse (Bodacious), Steve and Su¬ san Chamberlin (Surprise), Lou and Kim Ickler (Ghost), Loraine and Mark Salmon (WhiteFang), newly-engaged Chris Chap¬ man and Maria Flores (White Caps), to name a few. Brotherly love — Jim and Bob Gre¬ gory (Morpheus), Richard and Jim Craig (Lightwave), and others. Like father, like son — Dave Ras¬ mussen (Salty Hotel) is doublehanding with his 17-year-old son David; Tom Atkins (Lightning) and son Kyle; Dave Nottage (Kaimiloa) is taking two of his sons, Bob and Brook; Fred Huffman (Be¬ tween the Sheets) and his son Brendan; Jim Coggan (Auspice) and his son Brian; Jack Vetter (Tutto Bene) and his two 20something sons Travis and Nick, and others. Family values — The Cal 40 Califor¬ nia Girl is a 100% family effort — own¬ ers / parents Don and Betty Lessley are

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being joined by son Timm and daugh¬ ter-in-law Vicki. Richard Craig's triple¬ handed J/105 Lightwave is also a 100% family effort, as he is taking his brother Jim and their nephew Jeremy Moncada. Runners-up in this category include the Seattle-based Laffittes, who list five fam¬ ily members out of eight crew on their Barnett 56 Kyrnos. Top triplehanded boat — Lightwave is the sole entry in this category and de facto winner. "That will probably be all we win,” laughed Richard Craig. "It's not really the right boat for this race, but it's the one I own." Most corporate — ProMotion, West Marine’s venerable SC 40, will once again be staffed entirely by company employ¬ ees. This year, Bernard Bouis of the Alameda store, is in charge of the sixperson, fully coed crew, which was picked by resume from several dozen ap¬ plications (one crew, Lisa Woolsey, is coming all the way from New Jersey). Four different West Marine employees will have the pleasure of sailing ProMotion home. "The boat has been completely overhauled in the last six months, and we've added three new kites and new running rigging," said Bouis. 'We’ve even been practicing, including doing the Spinnaker Cup." Biggest engine — For the first time, a powerboat — the Sea Exploring ’ibuth Activities' 65-foot trawler The Steeves, sponsored by the Santa Cruz Host Lions Club —will serve as the communications vessel. It will be well-staffed by 9 adults and 11 Sea Scouts. Donations are still being accepted to cover the cost of diesel for their trip home. Sistership predictions — The Ouija board predicts the following: Winnetou over Natazak and Lightning (SC 52s); Chicken Little over White Caps (SC 50s), White Fang over Inspired Environments (Benny 40.7s); Bodacious over Punahele (Farr One Tonners); and Salty Hotel over Dianne and Mirage (Express 27s). What are the odds of this? — There are two doublehanded entries named Mi¬ rage.

I Infinished business — California Girl (as Victoria, dismasted in the boatyard before.the 2002 race), Moonshine (dis¬ masted in a round-down halfway to Ha¬ waii), and Synge (crew bailed one hour before race) hope to fare better thjs time around. Youngest crew — Probably Alex Knox, age 14, on White Fang. Oldest crew — As usual, no one will

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in a car accident two days before the Spinnaker Cup. Kulinski, a 44-year-old computer technician from Dixon, was greatly looking forward to the- Pac Cup on White Fang and, according to skip¬ per Mark Howe, "It just won't be the same without him." Fittingly, the crew will scatter Kulinski’s ashes at the halfway point, believed to be the farthest point away from land on the planet. Favorite harbormaster— Marina Mi¬ lage harbormaster Alan Weaver, a former

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Okay, enough already. If you're still interested in the Pacific Cup after wad¬ ing through this preview, we suggest you check out the fleet's standings at www.pacificcup.org. New position re¬ ports will be posted every day around noon, hopefully along with random com¬ mentary from boats with SailMail and / or Satphones. How much will Mari-Cha/V break the record by? Which of the five starts got the best weather? Who will win overall? Who will break down? Will the Pacific High click into place? Keep checking the website for updates, and be sure to pick up next month's Latitude for our indepth, technicolor (okay, black and white) wrap-up of this great adventure. In the meantime, pray for wind! — latitude / rkm

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MAX EBB JNJo one warned me about the crowd at the launching ramp. When I volun¬ teered to help out with the race commit¬ tee powerboat, I thought the day would start with a quick trip over to the ramp to put the yacht club’s new crash boat in the water. But this was turning into a long wait, thanks to half a dozen other trailered boats — mostly big fishing ma¬ chines — stacked up in line ahead of me. The line of boats waiting to launch was clogging the maneuvering area at the top of the ramp. Only one boat in the traffic jam had sails — it was one of the new skiff-like racing designs with a big bowsprit and asymmetrical spinnakers. So rather than sit there in the truck watching the an¬ tics of powerboaters, I cruised over to talk sailing. “Stinkpotter!” cried Lee Helm when she saw who had climbed down from the cab of the big pickup truck that had been lent to me for the morning. “With two-stroke outboards!” shouted the other woman rigging the boat with her. “Alert the media!" “Uh, I can explain,” I stammered, not entirely surprised to see that it was Lee and one of her friends who were launch¬ ing this hot new sailboat. “It’s the yacht club’s new RC boat — all in the service of sailing you know.” “Okay, like, that’s cool,” said Lee. “What kind of rig did the club spring for?” Lee, it turns out, knows a surprising amount about powerboats. Probably some crossover from her naval architec¬ ture curriculum, although she insists that all her professional work is in big ships and has nothing to do with “toy boats,” as she puts it. So rather than poke over her friend’s sailing machine as I expected, we walked back up the ramp to the borrowed truck where we inspected the new RC crash boat. She seemed to approve, although I couldn’t

near the bottom of the ramp, and seemed to be out of breath and in a great hurry. “Excuse me,” he panted. “Are you regis¬ tered to vote in California?” I nodded cautiously. “Save Boating and Waterways!” he said as he thrust a clipboard and a pen into my hands. “If we don’t act now we could lose the whole department!” I picked up the pen. It seemed like a worthy cause, so I scanned down the page for the first set of blank address and signature lines. “Why do you want to save California’s Department of Jetskis and SUVs?” Lee interrupted as she hurried over. My pen hand, which had been mov¬ ing rapidly towards the empty line on the form, stopped abruptly. “Lee,” I said, “isn’t Cal Boating the state agency that funds boating facilities? I heard the new budget was threatening to eliminate the department entirely. I

"Why do you want to save California's Department of Jetskis and SUVs?" answer any of her questions about re¬ duction ratio or propeller pitch. Meanwhile, two more boats had been launched into the Bay. Their tow vehicles and trailers were pulled clear, and ev¬ eryone in the double queue jumped back into their vehicles to move up a space. After that exercise I thought I’d finally get a good look at the new sailing ma¬ chine, but was intercepted by a man with a clipboard. He had just run up from Page 166 •

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don't think we want that to happen.” “Darn right!” said the man who had given me the petition. “Boating and Wa¬ terways builds launching ramps and docks all over the state. They’re a neces¬ sary part of just about every boating fa¬ cility project you can think of — but the Governator wants to roll DBW into state parks, redirecting funds to make up the shortfall in the parks budget. It would be a disaster for boating. Ramps like this

could close down all over the state.” “Yes, there’s that,” said Lee’s skipper, “but you know, I’ve never been very happy with some of the Boating and Waterways project priorities. It seems that most of their projects are launch¬ ing ramps and parking lots used mainly by big overpowered fish boats or ski boats or jetskis towed to those launch sites by even more overpowered SUVs.” “And like, if the ramp is in some wil¬ derness location,” added Lee, “it pretty much guarantees that anyone who uses it is going to need to own their own boat and burn a lot of fuel to get it there. This is not , like, my idea of serving the public’s right to access the State’s waterways. So like, it just might be that State Parks would do a better job of administering the public money for water access." The man looked shocked. “Boating and Waterways,” Lee’s skip¬ per asserted, “has been an environmen¬ tal disaster ever since its inception, whether you measure in terms of added unnecessary air pollution, or noise pol¬ lution, or traffic congestion, or personal safety or wildlife habitat. ...” “Whoa!” exclaimed the man with the clipboard, finally getting his bearings. “That’s the first time I’ve heard DBW called an environmental disaster. Espe¬ cially from boaters.” “Ahem. Sailors,” corrected Lee. “Don’t forget to throw in DBWs nega¬ tive public health impact,” said the skip¬ per, making a not-so-subtle gesture to¬ wards the petitioner’s own ample bow overhang projecting out from under the leech of his T-shirt. “Powerboaters get so much less exercise than kayakers or

WRETCHED ACCESS

Got a fishing boat with big outboards, a trailer, a tow vehicle and a place to store it all? The California Department of Boating and Water¬ ways is there for you. Got a windsurfer or kayak? You're pretty much on your own.

“You kids just don’t get it!" the powerboater practically screamed. “Here you are using this ramp, paid for by DBW, and you want to cut off the funding that made it possible.” “Actually this ramp was built with a loan, not a grant, from DBW, and it was only a few points below market rate at the time,” said Lee’s crew, who seemed be up on some important details. "Even no involvement by DBW would not have been a deal-breaker — it just would have meant a smaller ramp and probably fewer small powerboats using it. But thanks to the State money involved, this city has been unable to ban jetskis de¬ spite overwhelming public sentiment against them. The ramp would still be here without DBW, but the mix of uses might actually be better — fewer SUVs, more kayaks and windsurfers, more on¬ site small craft storage for people who don’t have cars or might want to come here directly from work to use their boats on summer evenings. ..." “But you do have to admit,” I said in an attempt to be conciliatory, “that a lot of sailboats do use the ramp facilities all

of the four was holding up one end of a kayak — in each hand — and by all ap¬ pearances it looked as though all four boats together weighed less than each of the fuel tanks I had lugged into the RC boat earlier that morning. “It’s Boating and Waterways that makes the value judgment,” Lee an¬ swered, “by the kinds of projects they subsidize. I mean, like, if it weren’t for all those wilderness lakes with subsi¬ dized launching ramps, parking lots and fuel docks, do you think there would be so many SUVs pulling bass boats up and down the state? Maybe if there were user fees in proportion to costs — that is, a level pay-per-use playing field—we’d see more kayaks and sailboats and hear a lot less noise on those lakes.”

over the state. The guy’s right, the ramps are not just for powerboats. I’ve person¬ ally towed sailboats up to various lakes for some wonderful regattas." “That’s what I keep trying to tell you two,” said the powerboater. ‘That is, like, so 20th Century,” said Lee. “The whole idea of sailing is to not burn a lot of fuel. It isn’t about driving long distances, it’s about using the wind." “A lot of sailboat classes still rely pretty heavily on trailering around to the race venues,” I noted. “They need the kinds of facilities that DBW builds.” “True for now. But that’s not the growth sector,” observed Lee. “And like, it’s a tiny portion of the non-motorized recreational boating market. The writing

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1 m 1 windsurfers — they're a drain on our public health system, such as it is." "Fortunately they don’t live as long, either,” noted Lee, “what with the PWC accidents and the liver damage. ...” Considering the crowd of irate power boaters at the ramp, I couldn’t believe that Lee and her friend were baiting the guy like this. “Now wait just a minute you two,” he said as he waved another copy of the petition in the air. “Those launch facili¬ ties are there for everyone to use. Sail¬ boats, too. I got lots of sailboaters sign¬ ing up right here.” “He’s right, you know, ” said Lee to her friend, pretending to take on a very serious and somber tone. “Too many sailboats clogging up our boating facilities, Like, just last weekend there were so many sailboats on the lake, I had to drive another hundred miles with my PWCs, just to find a lake that was free of those awful rag-hangers. I tell you, one sail¬ boat on the lake ruins the experience of noise and danger for everyone.” Lee’s friend took her turn at the game: “I just thank the DBW for the double¬ wide concrete ramp they provided for me to walk into the water with my kayak. And you know, nature would be so bor¬ ing without waterskiers on the river.” “Give the guy a break, Lee,” I said. “You and I know that powerboats are evil. But can we really make that valuje judg¬ ment for everyone else?” /

I spoke, four people walked to¬ ward the water, ignoring the line of boats waiting their turn to use the ramp. Each

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MAX EBB is on the wall pretty big: Compare the growth rate of that kind of long distance regatta trailer-sailing to the growth rate of kayaking, or outrigger canoeing, or windsurfing, or even dragon boat racing. Trailering sailboats is on its way out.” “Seems to me that the trend in small sailboats,” I said, “is in exactly the op¬ posite direction. Many years ago they built marinas with slips starting at 20 feet. These days there are no marinas being built with anything under 25, and most new dock projects start at 30. It’s because virtually every new boat under 30 is designed to be dry sailed.” “In the short term, for sure,” Lee agreed. “But do you really have such a pessimistic view of where our society is going that you think that, like, 40 years from now everyone will still be driving around in a vehicle big enough to tow a sailboat of any size? Not in any future I want to live in.” “Don’t tell me you think that we’ll all be riding bicycles and taking mag-lev monorails to the supermarket,” moaned the powerboater. “Naw, cars are here to stay,” she con¬

ceded. “But like, they’re going to be quite a bit smaller and lighter. Towing a boat to a lake will be something that becomes restricted to a much narrower — and like, that means richer — demographic than it is now."

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x\side from-all that, I think the panic over DBW is misplaced,” said Lee’s skipper. “What’s important is that the marine fuel tax — which provides most of DEW’S $90 million budget — contin¬ ues to be spent on water access. Person¬ ally, I think that State Parks could do at least as good a job as DBW. They know how to serve a much wider demographic. Unlike DBW, which does very little for the folks who don’t own their own boat, trailer, and a backyard to store them in." “Don’t give me that ‘wider demo¬ graphic’ crap,” shouted the powerboater. “It’s our gas tax that’s paying the bills, and the facilities should be for the people who are paying for them.” “You confuse ‘user fee’ with ‘tax,’ “ Lee answered calmly. “The money is sup¬ posed to be used to build projects that

benefit the public. If the idea was just to charge for use of the facility, we could just collect fees at the ramp and be done with it. Maybe that’s what will happen anyway, the way things are going. But the idea of a tax is to create a fund for projects in the public interest, and also to influence consumption patterns.” "And that means discourage excessive fuel consumption," added the skipper. "Although, like, the tax isn’t nearly high enough to do that very effectively.” “The main thing," continued Lee’s friend, “is that the fuel tax is supposed to be spent on things that benefit every¬ one who wants to get out on the water." “And bringing noisy and smelly powerboats towed by oversized vehicles to otherwise pristine lakes is just about the least cost-effective way to provide ac¬ cess,” said Lee. “It’s not in the public interest. Based on past performance, State Parks' credentials for administer¬ ing that $90 million are as least as good as the old DBW’s."

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"So you think wilderness boating will just go away?” asked another power boater who had wandered over. “And the only ramps will be close to cities or in¬ side marinas where there’s also dry stor¬ age? That would seem to be the end re¬ sult, if the State only funds projects that are accessible to people who don’t have backyards and big cars, if this is where you’re taking the argument.” “For sure,” said Lee. “The urban wa¬ terfront is where most of the money needs to be spent. Here’s my vision: In¬ stead of these massive megabucks projects, DBW or State Parks — it really doesn’t matter so much which — should be funding many more smaller access points in more developed locations, where the population density is there to take better advantage of them." "But DBW does fund some urban projects," said the second powerboater. "Even some facilities that don’t use fuel and don't contribute anything to the fuel tax fund."

"Sure," answered Lee, "but the few attempts they've made have been these massive corporate or institutional 'aquatic center' deals with market-rate services, by the time they're done. When a little volunteer-based non-profit like my university sailing club applies for a DBW grant, they get the door slammed in their face.” 'Well, they say that for grants, you just have to keep trying,” I suggested. "Cal Boating should be seeking out small non-profits to help them enhance water access, not turning them away. And like, the most cost-effective projects are smaller, on the scale of local city parks: tidal steps and rigging areas for windsurfers, narrow ramps for handlaunched kayaks, beaches with provi¬ sions for outriggers, docks for local non¬ profit dinghy sailing clubs and dragon teams worked into waterfront develop¬ ments and ferry terminals. Maybe even a network of State Park island campsites for multi-day touring by small craft.” “Now there’s a lost tradition,” said Lee’s skipper. “When I was a teenager, my friends and I spent weeks at a time

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“O V_/kay then,” asked powerboater number two. “Let's say DBW does get gobbled up by State Parks, and they raid the fuel tax — claiming that a lot of gen¬ eral park expenses serve boaters, too, as long as the park is near the water. Maybe we do get more urban access for small boats and non-profits, which is all well and good. I suppose the existing ramps on the lakes will serve us well enough for a while as long as State Parks doesn’t let them deteriorate. But under that sce¬ nario, how would our marinas fund their

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“T 1 love their main arguments,” said Lee as she started to read out loud. “ Lis¬

ten to this: ‘For several years, $11 mil¬ lion annually in boater fuel-tax dollars have been redirected away from pro¬ grams that generate jobs and build boat¬ ing facilities. Instead, those monies have gone to the State Parks Department.^ This according to the president of RBOC — talking as if, like, the main purpose of access projects is to pump more money into the industry, and as if State Parks contributes nothing to recreational boat¬ ing access." “RBOC has been on the wrong side of just about every issue that’s important to me,” said Lee’s skipper. “Discharge laws, two-stroke bans, PWC restrictions, operator licensing, you name it. My yacht club tries to add $5 to every members’ annual dues automatically, as a contri¬ bution to RBOC, and I have to subtract it back out.” “My club does that, too, now that you mention it,” I said. “It never occurred to me that I could just say no.” “Well, from that quote,” said Lee, “one might get the impression that they care more about the industry than the boat¬

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]\/teanwhile, the four kayakers had outfitted themselves for the day and were silently paddling away from the small gravel beach next to the ramp. Across the channel a handful of windsurfers, hopeful that the summer sea breeze was almost ready to fill in, launched from the rip-rap behind the yacht club guest dock. A pair of dragon boats, each propelled by a team of 20 paddlers from the local high school, sparred against each other out by the breakwater. And a big daysailer from Lee’s University Sailing Club, loaded with college students learning to cruise the Bay, tacked out of the harbor. Lee saw me taking all this in. “And DBW didn’t spend a dime to make any of this happen,” she remarked. “Time to give some new management a chance to see if they can get a little bet¬ ter mileage out of all that marine fuel tax loot, if you ask me.” — max ebb

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With reports this month on the end ojthe 2003-V4 collegiate sail¬ ing season; Chris Perkins dominates the 36th San Francisco Cup and the Woodies Invitational; a pleasant and record-breaking Spin¬ naker Cup; a quick update on the mythical NorCal Lake Circuit; and the usual smattering of box scores and race notes.

Collegiate Sailing Wrap-Up The trio of traditional year-ending In¬ tercollegiate Sailing Association national championships were contested on the Columbia River at Cascade Locks, Or¬ egon, last month. Hosted by the North¬ west Intercollegiate Sailing Association and sailed in FJs, the racing pitted the winners of the seven ISCA regions against each other to determine final rankings for the year. Yale University won the opening re¬ gatta, the Women's Championship, for the first time. Sophomore star Molly Carapiet of Belvedere was the 'A' skip¬ per, finishing third, while a freshman, Emily Hill (Miami, FL) was second in 'B'. The young team improved throughout the three-day series, ultimately beating runner-up Harvard by 21 points.

years. The University of Hawaii took the fi¬ nal series, the Gill Coed Dinghy Cham¬ pionship, by a 29-point margin over Georgetown. Their victoiy seemed almost inevitable — the Rainbows were third in 2002 and second in 2003, before finally ascending to the top this year. Six of the seven sailors on the team hail from Cali¬ fornia, including Bryan Lake ('06) and crew Jennifer Warnock ('04), both of San Diego, who won the 'A' division. Santa Cruz sailor Joey Pasquali ('06) and Matt Stine ('06) of Dana Point teamed up to take second in 'B'. Following the championships, the members of the 2003-'04 ICSA/Ronstan All-America Sailing Team were an¬ nounced. Harvard cleaned up this year, taking honors in the three main three categories. Senior Cardwell Potts (New Orleans) earned the Everett B. Morris Trophy for top college sailor; sophomore Genny Tulloch (Houston) was the Quan-

Above, Molly Carapiet (Yale, '06) made the Women's All-American team. Katie Clausen (USC, '04) earned an honorable mention.

Racing Championship, posting an 11-6 record to beat Hobart/William Smith on a tiebreaker. Led by three seniors — Dan¬ ny Pletsch (Sarasota, FL), NickEwenson (Newport, RI), and Jay Rhame (High¬ lands, NJ) — the Seahawks dethroned Harvard, which has won the last three Page 172 •

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turn Female Sailor of the Year; and Harvard took home the Fowle Memorial Trophy, emblematic of best overall per¬ formance, for the fourth consecutive year. John Bowden (Charleston, ’04) won the sportsmanship award and Annie Johnson (Western Washington Univ., '04)

was presented the Student Leadership Award. Californians making the 14-person Coed All-American team were Mikee Anderson-Mitterling (USC, '06, Cor¬ onado), Andrew Campbell (Georgetown, '06, San Diego), Tyler Haskell (George¬ town, '04, San Diego), Scott Hogan (Dartmouth, '04, Newport Beach), and Bryan Lake (Hawaii, '06, San Diego). Justin Law (St. Mary's, '07, Newport Beach) earned an honorable mention. Molly Carapiet was one of seven women named to the ICSA/Ronstan Women All-American team, with honor¬ able mentions going to Katie Clausen (USC, '04, Richmond), Elizabeth Roundtree (Stanford, '06, San Francisco), and Jennifer Warnock (Hawaii, '05, San Di¬ ego). Clausen and Warnock also made the ICSA/Ronstan All-American Crew roster. See www.collegesailing.org for the whole list. COED DINGHY NATIONALS (June 2-4Y 1) U. of Hawaii, 181 points; 2) Georgetown, 210; 3) Hobart/Wm. Smith, 221; 4) USC, 225; 5) Dartmouth, 235; 6) Harvard, 252; 7) St. Mary's, 253;

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'Good Timin' (#35) harasses 'Aquavit' at the start of the lopsided San Francisco Cup. St. Francis won the J/105 match race series 3-0. 8) USMMA Kings Point, 258; 9) Yale, 322; 10) Stanford, 336; 11) Tufts, 338; 12) Charleston, 381; 13) Tex A&M Galveston, 394; 14) U. of South Florida, 394; 15) U. of Washington, 447; 16) U. of Texas, 554; 17) U. of Michigan, 559; 18) U. of Wis¬ consin, 569. (18 teams) Winning team (University of Hawaii) — Bryan Lake ('06), Jennifer Warnock ('05), Joey Pasquali (’06), Matt Stine (’06), Carly Allen (’05), Cassie Har¬ ris ('07), Jeff Boyd ('07). TEAM RACING NATIONALS (Mav 30-June 21: 1) St. Mary's, 11-6; 2) Hobart/Wm. Smith, 11-6; 3) Dartmouth, 10-7; 4) USC, 9-8; 5) Brown, 6-8; 6) Georgetown, 5-9; 7) Harvard, 5-9; 8) U. of Hawaii, 5-9; 9) Charleston, 5-0; 10) U. of Washington, 32; 11) Eckerd, 3-2; 12) Texas A&M Galveston, 3-2; 13) Wisconsin, 1-4; 14) Michigan, 0-5. (14 teams) Winning team (St. Mary’s) — Danny Pletsch ('04), Nick Ewenson ('04), Jay Rhame <*04), Jen Vandemoer ('04), Melissa Deveney ('04), Paige Hannon ('05), Justin Law ('07), Blake DeBper ('07), Hilary Wiech ('07). WOMEN'S DINGHY NATIONALS (Mav 26-28): 1) Yale, 154; 2) Harvard, 175; 3) Navy, 178; 4) U. of Hawaii, 182; 5) Dartmouth, 184; 6) Tufts, 185;

7) Stanford, 190; 8) Georgetown, 211; 9) Boston College, 215; 10) Charleston, 219; 11) Old Domin¬ ion, 226; 12) Connecticut College, 227; 13) Hobart/ Wm. Smith, 292; 14) U. of Washington, 318; 15) U. of Wisconsin, 367; 16) Michigan State, 386; 17) Texas A&M Galveston, 388; 18) U. of Michigan, 393. Winning team (Yale University) — Molly Carapiet ('06), Jenn Hoyle ('05), Julie Papanek ('05), Emily Hill ('07), Meghan Pearl ('06), Sarah Himmelfarb ('06).

36th San Francisco Cup St. Francis YC snatched the San Fran¬ cisco Cup back from San Francisco YC on June 5-6, winning the prestigious match race series 3-0. The event, held in J/ 105s this year, was sailed in mod¬ erate winds on the Southampton Shoals course. Chris Perkins was the winning skipper, sailing his Good Timin' with brother Phil Perkins, John Collins, Steve Marsh, Nick Gibbens, and Will Sharron. The Saints dominated the series, lead¬ ing at every mark. Their winning deltas were 32 seconds in the first race, 1:22 in the second, and 1:36 in Sunday's fi¬ nale. "I really enjoy this event — there's lots

of history and cameraderie involved, as well as the sailing," said Perkins, an ac¬ complished match racer and the current J/105 national champion. "Other than a great crew, our winning edge was prob¬ ably just all the match racing I've done, literally hundreds of races over the years. It's pretty instinctual by now." Tim Russell helmed his Aquavit for San Francisco YC, with Bill Melbostad, Randy Smith, Greg 'Radar' Felton, Matt Frymier and Rob Schmidt pulling the strings. Though they lost on the water, SFYC 'won' the Saturday night party, which was highlighted, we're told, by a hysterical skit satirizing the event and both yacht clubs' boards of directors. "No barb was left unturned," reports Jaren Leet, whose full account of the Cup can be found at www.stjyc.com. This was the 36th running of the San Francisco Cup, which "promotes good fellowship and friendly spirit" between the two biggest clubs on the Bay. Cur¬ rently, St. Francis leads the series 27-9. This was the seventh time Chris Perkins has sailed in the event (including once for SFYC, where he is also a member), his third time as skipper, and the third time he has won (’93, '00). With this lat¬ est victory, Perkins is now the thirdmost-winning skipper in Cup history: JTom Blackaller and John Bertrand each won it four times, while eight other no¬ table skippers — Jon Andron, Rolfe Croker, Hank Easom, Hank Grandin, Irv Loube, Peter Stoneberg, Kimo Worth¬ ington, and Jake Wosser — have won twice. Woodies Invitational Chris Perkins has been on fire all month, winning the San Francisco Cup July, 2004 • UttUM 3? • Page 173

and the J/105 PCCs before hopping back in his fiberglass Knarr — now peimanently named Three Boys & a Girl after his and boat partner Hans Baldauf s kids — for St. Francis YC's annual Vtbodies Invitational on June 18-20. Sailing with his "dream team" of Baldauf, brother Phil Perkins, and Bob Billingham, Perkins schooled the Knarr class — at 24 boats, the biggest and most competitive class — with a stellar 2,2,1,1,1 record. John Jenkins' Narcissus, sailing with Page 174 •

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Woodie etchings, clockwise from upper left— 'Polperro' appears to have lost her skipper; 'Adelante' definitely lost her rig; Knarr winners Chris Perkins (left) and Hans Baldauf with three-quarters of their boat's namesake; a knot of Knarrs; 'Xarifa' (#78) chases 'Quickstep II' downwind.

Quantum reps Peter Winter and Jeff Thorpe, took the Friday night race, and eventual runner-up Jon Perkins, Chris' little brother, won Saturday's opener with Eos. JP's crew for the weekend was Me¬ lissa and Tom Purdy, with Howie Schiebler and Pete Scott alternating. The fleet was loaded with talent, as this was not only the Woodie's big showcase re¬

gatta of the year, it was the final four qualifiers in a 16-race, 3-throwout se¬ ries to determine the twelve boats who will go to the StFYC-hosted International Knarr Championship in mid-August. Both Perkins brothers, each past IKC winners, qualified — and we'll boldly pre¬ dict someone named Perkins will win the upcoming regatta.

Woodies, cont'd — 'Three Guys' (#141) crosses 'Lykken' (#105) and takes aim for 'Gossip' (#122); 'Widgeon' was one of three Birds; 'Xarifa' still chasing ‘Quickstep II'; 'Murano' (#108) does a wind check on the starting line; 'Gannet' on her ear; the winning Bird 'Curlew'. All photos Latitude/rob. "Chris seems to have kicked it up even another notch," noted Terry Anderlini of Benino. "It's amazing to watch him con¬ trol the starting line — he makes a hole, protects it, and then just accejferates away from the fleet." Mark Adams, co-skipper of Gossip, added, "On Saturday afternoon, we sailed an absolutely perfect race. We still

came in second — Perkins and his ciew are incredible!" Meanwhile, the 8-boat Folkboat class was the only contest that wasn't a com¬ plete runaway. Second-generation Folkboat sailor Eric Kaiser, sailing his fiberglass Nordic Belle with Tim Stanford and Rory Lanning, pulled even with early leader Polperro after the first race on

Sunday, and then won the winner-takeall finale by a quarter mile. It may not "have been much consolation to Polperro owner Peter Jeal, but he did take home one of the weekend's big prizes — he and his wife won 'best dressed couple' at the Jimmy Buffet Parrothead party on Sat¬ urday night. In the much smaller (four boats) IOD class, Jim Hennefer's fiberglass La Paloma sailed a perfect series — five bullets. Hennefer, the tactician, sailed July, 2004

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Attorney Jim Hennefer topped the lODs with 'La Paloma'. Another of Hennefer's claims to fame was going to Yale Law School with the Clintons!

Chris Perkins ('Three Boys') with son Johnny. Perkins was on a roll last month, winning the Woodies, the S.F. Cup and the J/105 PCCs.

with driver Jerry Rumsey, his wife Nancy Rumsey, Kimo Bailey, and Paul Zupan. This was the last of a 17-race, 2-throwout series to determine which two boats qualified for berths at the IOD Worlds at Fisher's Island. NY, on September 19-24. La Paloma was a shoo-in, while Quick¬ step II edged out Xarifa for the other spot. Also on the IOD horizon is their North Americans, to be hosted by San Fran¬ cisco YC on Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Pola, Steve Barber's Bear, and Cur¬ lew, James Josephs' Bird, also scored straight bullets. Unfortunately, Pola was the only Bear to come out of hibernation this year, and Curlew was one of only three Birds to sail a truncated 3-race series. Are these two classes — which, unlike the Knarrs, IODs and Folkboats, didn't make the transition to fiberglass — on the exit ramp? Is this the begin¬ ning of the end for the Bears and the Birds, or just a lull before their next re¬ vival?

hosted by Monterey Peninsula YC and San Francisco YC on Friday, May 28, was easily the best one ever — perfect weather, a record number of starters (56 boats, up from last year's record of 46) and a new course record. Mark Jones' Andrews-designed TP-52 Flash hit a top speed of 22.7 knots while sailing the 88mile course in 7 hours, 53 minutes — knocking 4 minutes, 32 seconds off Pe¬ gasus 77s 1999 record. The speedy race started in an ebb at noon off the west side of Angel Island, and everyone set kites between Montara and Half Moon Bay. Most of the fleet pulled into Mon¬ terey between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., and MPYC's hospitable little clubhouse rocked into the wee hours. The inside route was the way to go this year, with winds up to 30 knots re¬ ported off Ano Neuvo and Davenport ver¬ sus just 15-20 knots five miles further out. 'You generally want to go in after Pigeon Point — and not just for the scen¬ ery," explained Surfer Girl tactician Dave Hodges, who knows this stretch of the coast as well as anybody. "By jibing down the shore, you almost always get a fa¬ vorable windshift and more pressure." Flash, which set the record despite taking the outside route, ended up fourth in Class A and fifth overall. Jack Gor¬ don's SC 50 Roller Coaster finished an hour behind Flash to claim Class A hon¬ ors, as well as second overall, by five min¬ utes over their sistership Surfer Girl. Sailing with Gordon that day were Matt Dini, Jot Fisher-Smith, Bret Gripenstraw, Tom Ide, Pepe Parsons, Leonard Santana, and Jay Schumann. Not really surprisingly, overall hon¬ ors went to a well-sailed SHS entry — Mark Halman's Hobie 33 Sleeping Drag¬ on, which he raced doublehanded with longtime partner Bob Fricke. The Dragon

KNARR — 1) Three Boys & A Girl, Chris Perkins, 7 points; 2) Eos, Jon Perkins, 28; 3) Gos¬ sip, Mark Adams/Steve Taft, 34; 4) Snaps III, Knud Wibroe, 36; 5) S#nkist, Sean Svendsen, 39; 6) Penelope, Charles Griffith, 39; 7) Huldra, Chip Nilsen, 40; 8) Narcissus, John Jenkins, 49; 9) Benino, Terry Anderlini, 50; 10) Sophia, Tom Reed, 52; 11) Gjendin, Graham Green, 57. (24 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Nordic Belle, Eric Kaiser, 11 points; 2) Polperro, 12; 3) Windansea, Don Wil¬ son, 13; 4) Frihed, Bill Madison, 16. (8 boats) IOD — 1) La Paloma, Jim Hennefer/Jerry Rumsey, 5 points; 2) Undine, Adam Wheeler/ Chuck Hawley, 13. (4 boats) BIRD — 1) Curlew, James Josephs, 3 points; 2) Widgeon, Heinz Backer/Don Cameron, 6. (3 boats; 3 races) BEAR — 1) Pola, Steve Barber, 4 points. (1 boat; 4 races) Full results — www.stfyc.com

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Top runner-up — Peter Jeal ('Polperro'), above, was second in the eight-boat Folkboat class behind Eric Kaiser 's Nordic Belle'.

pulled into Monterey at 10:45 p.m., af¬ ter 10 hours and 13 minutes on the race course. Conditions were ideal for going shorthanded — windy enough for fre¬ quent surfing, but not out of control — and it's no secret that, even with timeon-time scoring, boats like Hobie 33s and SC 50s have a built-in advantage on downwind courses using straight PHRF ratings. Other class winners were John Sieg¬ el's Wylie 42 Scorpio, Steve Waterloo’s Cal 40 Shaman, and Mike Bruzzone’s Ex-

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press 27 Desperado. Many of the boats were using the Spinny Cup as a dress rehearsal for the Coastal Cup or the Pa¬ cific Cup — in fact, Sleeping Dragon went on to win the nuclear Coastal Cup over¬ all as well, and Surfer Girl and Shaman each won their class. Other than one minor starting line incident (X-Dream was DSQed) and two dropouts due to gear failure (Pizote, El Jefe), the Spinnaker Cup was just about perfect this year. The delivery home was another story, as the wind and waves picked up dramatically the next day, stranding some boats in Monterey and punishing those who started the return trip too soon. The Beneteau 42s7 Tivoli tweaked their mast, the ID-35 Sensa¬ tional lost (and quickly recovered) a man overboard, and even big boats like the Schumacher 50 Morpheus were turned back by the nasty conditions. "After an hour or so of beating our brains out, we gave up and headed back to Monterey," reported owner Jim Gre¬ gory. "We immediately hit 17 knots with just a reefed main — three knots higher than our best speed in the Spinnaker Cup!" 'Roller Coaster' ride — Jack Gordon's SC 50 romps along early in the Spinnaker Cup. They ended up first in 'A' and second overall.

Shorthander Mark Hal man ('Sleeping Dragon') won the Spinny Cup and the Coastal Cup this month. Earlier this year, he also won the 3BF. PHRO-1A — 1) Roller Coaster, SC 50, Jack Gordon; 2) Surfer Girl, SC 50, Mike Travis; 3) Cipango, Andrews 56, The Bartons; 4) Flash, Andrews TP-52, Mark Jones; 5) Natazak, SC 52, Steve Williams; 6) Emily Carr, SC 50, Ray Minehan. (12 boats) PHRO-IB — 1) Scorpio, Wylie 42, John Siegel; 2) Summer Moon, Synergy 1000, Mike DeVries/ Tony Pohl; 3) Auspice, Schumacher 40, Jim Coggan; 4) Animal, Sydney 38, Craig French/Matt Lezin; 5) Showdown, IMX-38, Luna/Meade/ McDonald; 6) Tivoli, Beneteau 42s7, Judy & Torben Bentsen. (15 boats) PHRO-2 — 1) Shaman, Cal 40, Steve Water¬ loo; 2) Fast Forward, C&C 34, Michael Dungan; 3) Annalise, Wylie 34 mod., Paul Altman; 4) Dance Away, Santana 35, Doug Storkovich; 5) Athena, Beneteau 36.7, Paul Brocchini. (10 boats)

Jack Gordon ('Roller Coaster ) was the top big boat skipper in the Spinny Cup, fending off sistership 'Surfer Girl' by five minutes. SHS — 1) Sleeping Dragon, Hobie 33, Mark Halman; 2) Starbuck, Black Soo mod., Greg Nelson; 3) Simba, Express 27) Jon Shinn; 4) Mi¬ rage, Black Soo mod., Lucie & Ben Mewes; 5) Salty Hotel, SC 27, David Rasmussen; 6) Nina, Olson 29, Robert MacDonald. (13 boats) MORA — 1) Desperado, Express 27, Mike Bruzzone; 2) Radio Flyer, Express 27, Bob Doerr; 3) Wetsu, Express 27, Phil Krasner. (6 boats) OVERALL — 1) Sleeping Dragon; 2) Roller Coaster; 3) Surfer Girl; 4) Cipango; 5) Flash. (56 boats) Full results — www.mpyc.org

Lake Circuit Update The 40th Annual Whiskeytown Me¬ morial Day Regatta, held on Whiskeytown Lake in the Trinity Alps, was a bit bff the pace this year, with only 118 reg¬ istered competitors showing up. That was down abruptly from previous years, and race officials suspect the ridiculously high price of gasoline is at least partially to blame. The camping at Whiskeytown turned out to be better than th§ sailing, as the winds punked out both days, cutting the scheduled four-race series in half. De¬ spite white caps on the lake Saturday morning, by the 11 a.m. start, the breeze had eased up and was getting erratic. The race turned into a 2.5-hour exercise "in frustration, after which the RC sent the fleet in for the day. Sunday was ba¬ sically an instant replay, again with only one race completed. The following weekend, 39 boats — also down from years past — showed up at Scotts Flat Lake for Gold Country YC's 23rd Go For The Gold Regatta. The event doubled as the Catalina 22 Region 10 Championship, which Don Hare's No Cat Hare claimed over nine other competiJuly, 2004 •

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RACING SHEET tors. Conditions for Saturday's three shifty races were quite pleasant, while Sunday's two races saw some boats get¬ ting flattened in gusts up to 20 knots. As usual, the Saturday night barbecue and raffle drew a good crowd. The grand finale of the Lake Circuit is coming up fast — Fresno YC's 51st High Sierra Regatta on July 10-11 (centerboarders) and 17-18 (keel boats). Huntington Lake is, by any measure, the best venue on the circuit, one which ev¬ ery sailor should check out if they get a chance. WHISKEYTOWN REGATTA (WSC: May 29-39): KEEL-A— 1) Lisa Kinney, Moore 24, 6 points; 2) Rowan Fennel, Moore 24, 7; 3) Jeremy Gicker, Capri 22, 7; 4) Jerry Lewis, Capri 22, 8. (11 boats) KEEL-B — 1) Charley Copeland, Victory 21, 2 points; 2) J. Courtois, Montgomery 17, 7; 3) Amy Tedder, San Juan 26. (8 boats) CENTERBOARD-A— 1) Jim Marazzo, Thistle, 2 points; 2) Mark Briner, Johnson 18, 4. (5 boats) CENTERBOARD-B — 1) Brian Maloof, Laser, 2 points; 2) Amy Weatherill, Flying Scot, 6. (5 boats) CENTERBOARD-C — 1) Steve Loory, Day Sailer, 3 points; 2) Greg Adams, Day Sailer, 3. (4 boats) MULTIHULL OPEN — 1) Chris Strahle, Hobie 16, 3 points; 2) John Veerkamp, Hobie 14, 4. (6 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Greg Byrne, 2 points; 2) Colin Moore, 6; 3) Pete Rowland, 6. (7 boats) PELICAN — 1) Greg Goodman, 2 points; 2) Doug Graham, 5; 3) Andy Graham, 6; 4) Curtis Johnson, 9; 5) Kevin Macke, 11; 6) Jerry Peters, 12. (16 boats) SNIPE — 1) Thomas Hunt, 3 points; 2) Nathaniel Fennel, 3. (5 boats) LIDO 14 — 1) Jim Mackey, 3 points. (3 boats) CFJ — 1) Dan Ryan, 2 points; 2) Jack Porter, 7. (5 boats) CORONADO 15 — 1) Alex Fishman, 3 points; 2) John Drumm, 7. (6 boats)

GO FOR THE GOLD I'GCYC: June 5-6: 5 races): OPEN KEEL — 1) Stuart Wakeman, Ultimate 20,8 points; 2) Capri 22, Jeremy Gicker, 14; 3) John Andrew, Ultimate 20, 16; 4) Jerry Lewis, Capri 22, 19. (9 boats) OPEN CENTERBOARD — 1) Dan Ouellet, Byte, 6 points; 2) Scott Rovanpera, Windmill, 14. (5 boats) CATALINA 22 (Regional Championship) — 1) Don Hare, 9 points; 2) Don Samuelson, 12; 3) Lynn Buchanan, 20; 4) Greg DeGruccio, 23. (10 boats) CORONADO 15—1) Ryan Schonfield, 7 points; 2) Steven Fishman, 8. (5 boats) SUNFISH — 1) Byron Jonk, 9 points; 2) Bob Cronin, 9. (6 boats) EL TORO — 1) Walt Andrews, 5 points; 2) Ron Locke, 12. (4 boats)

Box Scores

It was official on June 21 — summer is here! And not coincidentally, Box Scores is bigger than ever: MEMORIAL DAY (StFYC: May 29-30: 4 races): J/120— 1) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, 7 points; 2) Chance, Barry Lewis, 9; 3) Valkyrie, Mark Varnes, 18; 4) Twist, Timo Bruck, 18; 5) Desdemona, John Wimer, 21. (9 boats) MELGES 24— 1) 525, Bill Wright/Tim Fay, 6 points; 2) Go Dogs Go, Tim Hawkins, 11; 3) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 13; 4) Sea Ya, Adam Spiegel, 17. (8 boats) Full results — www.stfyc.com

WATTS CUP/FARR 40 NATIONALS (LAYC: 6/1-4): 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/Paul Cayard, 38 points; 2) Crocodile Rock, Alex Geremia/Scott Harris/Russell Coutts, 42.5; 3) Le Renard, Steve Phillips/Mark Reynolds, 55.5; 4) Barking Mad, Jim Richardson/Terry Hutchinson, 57; 5) Pegasus, Phillipe Kahn/Morgan Larson, 62; 6) Warpath, Fred & Steve Howe/John Cutler, 63; 7) Grooverderci,

ington, 101; 12) Farr Out, Stanley Stalford/Michael Renkow, 126. (12 boats; 11 races; www.layc.org) Winning crew — John Kilroy, Paul Cayard (tac¬ tician), Jeff Madrigali, Eric Arndt, Jim Barton, Oliver Davis, Justin Smart, Jon Gundersen.

J/105 PCCs fSFYC: June 12-13): 1) Good Timin', Wilson/Perkins, 5 points; 2) Charade, Tom Coates, 15; 3) Aquavit. Tim Russell, 19; 4) Jabberwocky, Vaughan/Reyff, 21; 5) Orion, Gary Kneeland, 30; 6) Advantage 3, Pat Benedict, 31; 7) Nantucket Sleighride, Peter Wagner, 31; 8) Tiburon, Steve Stroub, 34; 9) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone, 36; 10) Wonder, Kennelly/Dines, 45; 11) Natural Blonde, Cooper/Deisenger, 45; 12) Windance, Littfin/Pugh, 51; 13) Streaker, Ron Anderson, 53; 14) Walloping Swede, Kassberg/ Lane, 54; 15) Alchemy, Sanford/Strutman, 60. (28 boats; 4 races; no throwouts; www.sfyc.org) Winning crew — Chris Perkins (skipper), Phil Perkins, Dave Wilson, John Collins, Susie Gregory, Cam Geer.

Deneen & John Demourkas/Rod Davis, 64.5; 8) SSS IN-THE-BAY (CYC: June 12:20 miles): SH-II (< 112) — 1) Arowana, Diva 39, Larry Riley; 2) Fast Forward, Aerodyne 38, Dan Ben¬ jamin. (5 boats) SH-III (113-168) — 1) Sobrante, fcatalina 320, Paul Descalso. (3 boats) SH-IV (> 168) —1) Pappy, Wilderness 21, Daniel Haynes. (1 boat) SH-NON-SPIN — 1) True North, C&C 37, Jeff Dunnavant; 2) Sea Witch, Yankee 30, Robert Boynton. (6 boats) SH-SPORT — 1) Starbuck, Black Soo, Greg Nelson; 2) Polar Bear, Antrim 27, Richard Ray. (6 boats)

BANSHEE — 1) Craig Lee, 2 points; 2) Dan Benjamin, 6; 3) Carol Benjamin, 7. (8 boats) EL TORO — 1) Fred Paxton, 3 points; 2) Art Lange, 9; 3) Rufu Sjoberg, 11; 4) Kit Stycket, 21; 5) Jess Wedles, 13; 6) Max Frazier, 14. (16 boats) OPTIMIST — All DNF. (3 boats) (2 races; www.whiskeytownsailing.org) Page 178 •

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Going for the gold — Capri 22s, led by Jeremy Gicker (#183), race on scenic Scotts Flat Lake. Temptress, Alan Field/Rick Merriman, 72; 9) Sling¬ shot, Chuck Parrish/Doug Holm/Gary Weisman, 80; 10) Kokomo, Lang Walker/Richard Allansan, 96.5; 11) Pendragon V, John MacLaurin/Kimo Worth¬

DH-MULTIHULL — 1) Profligate, Custom 63, Richard Spindler/Donna Andre. (1 boat) DH-II (< 112) — 1) Auspice, Schumacher 40, Jim & Brian Coggan; 2) Kookaburra, J/105, Craig Mudge/Olivier Le Diouris. (6 boats) DH-III (113-168) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair/Athenais Le Guerre; 2) Animal Crackers, Olson 25, John Lymberg/Dan Alvarez. (6 boats) DH-IV (>168) — 1) Eurydice, Catalina 30, George Biery/Mark Salmon. (2 boats) DH-NON-SPIN (>168)— 1) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed/Robert Sutherlund; 2) Annaiise, Wylie 34 mod., Paul & Eric Altman; 3) Leilani, Cal

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SPRING ONE DESIGN #3 (SCYC: June 19): OLSON 30 — 1) Warpath, Borastan/Gilliam, 3 points. (3 boats; 3 races) SC 27 — 1) Racer X, Mark Schipper, 3 points; 2) Mistress Quickly, Larry Weaver, 12; 3) Variety Show, Barry Whittall, 14. (8 boats; 3 races) MELGES 24 — 1) Minor Threat, Peter Dalton, 3 points. (3 boats; 3 races) MOORE 24— 1) Wildfire, Howard Ruderman, 5 points; 2) Una Mas, Larry Peterson, 6. (5 boats; 3 races) SANTANA 22 — 1) Insanity Cruz, Mark Langer, 2 points; 2) (tie) Ricks Place, Larry Comstock, and Gypsy, B. Binko, 5. (7 boats; 2 races)

The J/120s had StFYC's Memorial Day Week¬ end Regatta almost to themselves. Eventual winner 'Mr. Magoo' (28289) is in the foreground. 40, Jay Capell/Steve Mason; 4) Kira, Cal 33-2, Jim Erskine/Jane Elkins. (11 boats) DH-SPORT — 1) Aqua Nut, Melges 24, Peter Aschwanden/unknown; 2) Desperado, Express 27, Mike Bruzzone/unknown. (5 boats) Full results — www.sfbaysss.org

ISAF WOMEN'S MATCH RACING WORLDS (Eastoort YC; J/22s; June 6-12): 1) Sally Barkow, USA; 2) Betsy Alison, USA; 3) Claire LeRoy, FRA; 4) Paula Lewin, BER; 5) Lotte Meldgaard Pederson, DEN; 6) Katie Spithill^ AUS; 7) Liz Baylis, USA; 8) Elizabeth Kratzig, USA; 9) Jenny Axhede, SWE; 10) Carol Cronin, USA; 11) Deb Willits, USA; 12) Christelle Philippe, FRA; 13) Sabrina Gurioli, ITA; 14) Linda Rahm, SWE; 15) Nina Braestrup, DEN; 16) Marie Faure, FRA. Winning team — Sally Barkow, Debbie Capozzi, Carrie Howe, Annie Lush.

CAL RACE WEEK fCalYC: June 5-6: 5 races): PHRF-A (< 33) — 1) Margarltavllle, Farr 50, Jay Steinbeck, 6 points; 2) Mad Dog, Schock 40, Ed Feo, 15; 3) Black Knight, Farr 39, Phil Fried¬ man, 20. (8 boats) PHRF-B (36-63) — 1) Cuvee Caliente, Mumm 30, Mahaffey Family, 8 points; 2) Voodoo, Tripp 40, John McBrearty, 14. (6 boats) PHRF-C (66-99) —1) Stardancer, Davidson 30, Walt Prue, 8 points; 2) Defiance, B-32, Scott Taylor, 9. (6 boats) PHRF-D (>102) — 1) Hot Rum, CF-33, Al Castillon, 7 points; 2) Avet, Curt Johnson, 11; 3) Friction Loss, Shawn Ivie, 15. (7 boats) SCHOCK 35—1) Piranha, David Voss, 9 points; 2) Ripple, Jeff Janov, 17; 3) Whiplash, Ray Godwin, 17; 4) Power Play, McQuage/Arkle, 18. (11 boats) J/109 — 1) Blue Star, Charlie Haugk,^ points; 2) Shekinah, Jim & Lori Thompson, 10. (4 boats) J/105— 1) Bold Forbes, Cummins/Franco, 14 points; 2) Flambuoyant, Steve & Barney Flam, 21; 3) Speedplay, Axford/Kammerer, 24; 4) Wings, Dennis & Sharon Case, 29; 5) Grace O'Malley, Alice Leahey, 30. (18 boats) SANTANA 30/30 — 1) Ghost, Tom Payne, 10 points; 2) Teaser, Guccione/Rasse, 10. (5 boats)

STAR — 1) #8072, Doug Smith, 11 points; 2) #7663, Mr. Skipwith, 16; 3) Imp, Byron Nelson, 8. (11 boats) MARTIN 242 — 1)9 Lives, Mike George, 9 points; 2) Star Launcher, Billhofer/Hoffman/ Baerwitz, 15; 3) Strange Crew, Hathaway/Leeds/ Cate, 19. (12 boats) SANTANA 20 — 1) Bandit, Cheda/Thomas/ Fleck, 11 points; 2) Grendl, Thorson/Orosz, 12. (6 boats) Full results — www.calyachtclub.com

EASOM FOUNDERS (SFYC: June 19-20:5 races!: 1) Mahalaga, Peter Vessella, 9 points; 2) Duke of Duxbury, Duncan/Barton/Blackwell, 11; 3) Whip, Chuck Eaton, 25; 4) Dinner Roll, Jeff Mosely, 28; 5) AARP, Vern Neff/ Myron Erikson, 31; 6) #966, Michael Laport,

35; 7) White Jacket, John Sutak, 40; 8) #1234, Kers Clausen, 40. (15 Etchells;

www.sfyc.org) ALAMEDA_I NT EEL CLUB mYC: June 12) FLEET 1 (< 174) — 1) Double Agent, Merit 25, Robin Ollivier; 2) Crinan II, WylieCat 30, Bill West. (5 boats) FLEET II (Fat 30s) £ — 1) Spindrifter, Tartan o 30, Paul Skabo; 2) Lelo £ Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (4 boats) FLEET III (Catalina 34)— 1) Mottley, Chris Owen; 2) Crew's Nest, Ray Irvine. (6 boats) FLEET IV (> 186) —

Dominatrix,

Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt. (3 boats) FLEET V (non-spinny) — 1) Anemone, Santana 22, Hank Lindemann; 2) Flotsam, Yankee One De¬ sign, Brad & Geoff Clerk; 3) Tourist in Paradise, Hobie 33, Ken & Liz Williams; 4) Knotty Sweetie, C&C 32, G. Johnson. (10 boats)

SPRING SCORE/DDB #3 (SCYC: June 20): SCORE — 1) Sweet Jane, J/90, Trevor Baylis; 2) Animal, Sydney 38, Akrop/French/Lezin. (5 boats) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Gangrene, Dan Nitake; 2) Wildfire, Moore 24, Howard Ruderman. (4 boats)

LONGBEACH RACE WEEK (LBYC. June 18-20): 50-FT —1) Yassou, N/M TP-52, Jim Demetriades, 6 points; 2) Chayah, ID-48, Walter Johnson, 14; 3) Victoria, Andrew 52, Mike Camp¬ bell, 15. (6 boats) PHRF A— 1) Chance, Farr 395, Paul Kent, 7 points; 2) Arana, DenCho 51, John Carroll, 15; 3) Who's Yo Daddy?, N/M 45, Fell/Palitz, 16. (7 boats) PHRF B — 1) Blade Runner, Express 37, Mick Schlens, 7 points; 2) Defi¬ ance, B-32, Scott Taylor, 10; 3) Cuvee Caliente, Mumm 30, Mahaffey Fam¬ ily, 16. (10 boats) PHRF C — 1) Blue Star, Olson 30, Spencer/ Downey, 8 points; 2) In¬ tense, Olson 30, Allan Rosenberg, 10; 3) Enig¬ ma, Melges 24, Hubert Guy, 14. (7 boats) PHRF D — 1) Hot Rum, CF-33, Albert Castillon, 8 points; 2) Trixie, Soverel 30, Higham/King, 15. (6 boats) CATALINA 37—1)

Team Home Improve¬ ment, Bill Durant, 10 points; 2) Team Muggsie, Dan Pruzan, 16; 3) No Name, Steve Bates, 19. (7 boats) J/29 — 1) Mac's, Steve & Eric McClure, 7 points; 2) Coyote, David Randle, 13. (5 boats) CAL 25 — 1) One Time, Art & Scott Melendres, 8 points; 2) Jane's Addiction, Steve & Jane Horst, 10. (4 boats) Full results — www.lbyc.org

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THE RACING SBYRA SUMMER #3 (BVBC: June 19): DIV. A — 1) Barking Spider, Tartan Ten, Mike Kearney; 2) Ada Helen, Catalina 36, Joe Pratt; 3) Heathcliff, Catalina 27, Ed Hoff. (6 boats) DIV. B (Masters) — 1) Summertime, Interna¬ tional Folkboat, Luther Izmirian; 2) Spirit, Cal 20, Vince Swerkes. (4 boats) DIV. C (non-spinnaker) — No finishers. DIV. D (Masters, non-spin.) — No finishers. Full results — http://home.comcast.net/~sbyra

Race Notes Living legends: A trio of well-known West Coast sailors — John Kostecki (Reno, NV), Vince Bran (San Diego), and Bill Buchan (Seattle) — are the latest inductees into Sailing World's Hall of Fame. Kostecki, BMW Oracle's 39-yearold tactician, made the prestigious Hall based on winning an Olympic silver medal in Solings in 1988, the 2.001-'02 Volvo Race overall in illbruck, and a bunch of world championships. Brun, a 7-year-old North Sails sailmaker, has i npiled a truly amazing record over the years, including three world champion¬ ships in Solings, two in Melges 24s and J/24s, and one each in Stars and Etchells. Buchan, a 69-year-old retired contractor and accomplished amateur sailor, won three Star Worlds in three dif¬

ferent decades ('61, '70, ’85), an Olympic gold medal in Stars ('84), a Soling Worlds, and numerous other championships. The above sailors bring the total number in the Hall of Fame to 46. See the July/August issue of Sailing World for the whole story. Maui Wowie: Nineteen boats should have started the 2004 Vic-Maui Race on June 23, including two boats from the Bay Area, the Andrews TP-52 Flash and the Beneteau 40.7 Mojo Rising. Roland Brun is the owner’s rep on Flash, which has been chartered to Dwight Jefferson and a group of Vancouver sailors. In 2002, Brun broke his hip before the race, which cost him his spot on the SC 70 Grand Illusion, which went on to set a course record of 9 days, 2 hours and 8 minutes. This time, Brun is recovering from a broken ankle, which will not pre¬

The lame game — New inductees Vince Brun (left) and John Kostecki. Visit the virtual Hall of Fame at 'www.sallingworld.com1.'

vent him from going. "I don't think this race likes me," said Roland. See www.vicmaui.org for more on the 2,308mile race. Road warriors: Liz Baylis and her S.F. Women's Match Racing Team (Karina Shelton, Aimee Hess, Pease Glaser) came in seventh at the BoatU.S. / ISAF Women's Match Racing World Champi¬ onship in Annapolis on June 6-12. Young Wisconsin sailor Sally Barkow, who won

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x We depart from our normal format this month to bring you a special report on The Caribbean's Premier Regatta for Woodies.

30th Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta: A Gathering of the Tribe In the sunny latitudes of the Eastern Caribbean, as elsewhere, most racing sailors eagerly embrace the latest go-fast technologies — carbon-liber spars, spec¬ tra halyards and thermo-molded sails. But in the tranquil anchorages of the Virgin Islands, there still exists a dedi¬ cated tribe of nonconformists — wooden boat aficionados — who dance to a com¬ pletely different drummer. And while a yearlong schedule of races courts mod¬ ern high-tech boats, the woodies have only one. But it's extremely well-loved. Last month, Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta celebrated its 30th anniversary on the tiny British Virgin Island of Jost Van Dyke. For traditional boat lovers — and a number of charterers in-the-know — at¬ tendance at this long-established sailfest is regarded as if it were a sacred rite. Not only is the three-day event (held May 28-30 this year) a chance to reignite old rivalries on the race course and bask in the camaraderie of like-minded souls, but it's an opportunity to reconnect with a bygone era when wooden boats ruled the roost in these waters. Also, as every Caribophile knows, Foxy's Tamarind Bar and Restaurant is renowned for live At their beachfront awards ceremony, Moet champagne flowed freely in celebration of Foxy and Tessa's 30th annual sailfest.

music, dancing, good food and laughter. It all started back in 1974 when the queens of the local charter fleet were immaculately varnished wooden schoo¬ ners and ketches — glamorous vessels with elegant lines, some of which had been built for royalty. In those days, their skippers and crews balanced the de¬ manding work of catering to highbrow clients with raucous partying and mis¬ chievous antics. Their favorite haunt was Foxy's, which, back then, was a simple, thatch-roofed beach bar built on the soft coral sand of Great Harbour, in the shade of towering coco palms. The island had no electricity, no hotels, no cars and no one wore shoes — not even lovable ol' Albert the Customs and Immigration of¬ ficer. In those days, as is still true today, the magnetic attraction of the place was fueled by the charisma of its owner, Foxy Callwood. This playful, wide-eyed singer/ songwriter's irreverent calypso tunes and comedic storytelling had a unique way of delighting his customers while simul¬ taneously poking fun at them — and at himself. During those glory days. Bay Area boatyard owner Bill Bodle and his wife Grace had a beautiful 98-ft schooner, aptly named Grace. She'd been designed by Alfred Mylne and built by Camper and Nicholson entirely of Burma teak, and was ideally suited to running high-end charters out of St. Thomas. The story goes that the Bodies and a cadre of six other charter yacht crews had agreed to meet at Foxy's to settle the long-debated question of who had the fastest boat. "We were supposed to have a Le Mans start, but I’m not sure that actually hap¬ pened," says Bill with a laugh. Eventually, though, "after a lot of adult beverages were consumed at the bar" the fleet did complete a course around nearby cays and islands, and this annual tradition of 'serious fun' — both on and off the race course — was born.

As well as we can confirm, the com¬ petitors on the starting line that day were Grace; Cotton Blossom, a 75-ft yawl (now in the Med, named Halloween)-, Taormina, a 72-ft ketch (which later sank in Belize); Tiki a 90-ft gaff schoo¬ ner (which later sank in St. Maarten); Shellback, a Block Island schooner (which Jack Carstarphen sailed out from California in the early ’60s); Aoelus II, a 30-ft Cheoy Lee Bermuda ketch, a little wooden sloop called Silver Seal, and Thetis, a fiberglass sloop which came along to add bulk to the fleet. (Plastic boats have never since been allowed.) To the horror of Bodle and the other big boat captains, little Silver Seal took top honors that day, capturing the ster¬ ling silver cup that Grace Bodle had put up, never really expecting to lose it! Leg¬ end holds that one skipper had wagered his girlfriend, but at this point it's hard to confirm whether or not he paid off! Word of the race swept through the Eastern Caribbean, and by the third year the entry roster hit a record high of 83 boats. "It was crazy!" recalls Foxy's longsuffering wife Tessa. "People came up from everywhere. All kinds of people had wooden boats at that stage." By the mid to late '70s the marine in-

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At the mouth of Great Harbour; the Argentinabuilt double-ender 'Virazon' sails out past 'Picton Castle' to start the singlehanded race.

dustry was beginning to boom. Fiber¬ glass production boats were steadily ar¬ riving in Caribbean waters, and the bareboating phenomenon was in full swing with ever-enlarging fleets in both the U.S. and British Virgins. But there were also still plenty of big wooden char¬ ter boats around — both luxury crewed yachts and more spartan 'head' boats (booked by the berth). Among the legendary vessels that have graced the Wooden Boat Race over the years — and whose crews have pol¬ ished the dance floor at Foxy’s — are Errol Flynn's former 1936 50-ft sloop Sirocco, the 1923 J.S White 85-ft ketch Meroe of Kent, the 1936 84-ft Alden yawl Royono, the 1933 54-ftS&Syawl Stormy Weather, Neil Young's 1913 101-ft Dan¬ ish gaff schooner Ragland and the 1954 56-ft Arthur Robb yawl Rob Roy*— one of the few that still shows up most years. Today, many of these and similar/clas¬ sics reside in the Med, having been bought by multi-millionaires and refur¬ bished as floating museum pieces. As Bodle explains, however, in the old days none of the skippers were exceed¬

ingly wealthy. Most of them were just liv¬ ing the dream of vagabonding under sail, fueled by literature and seamen's yarns. They fell into chartering as a way to sup¬ port their boats. 'We'd never planned to charter," says Bill. 'We just ran out of money, our sails were all blown out and the transmission was seized — so char¬ tering became the obvious thing to do." Manfred Dietrich, a German-born sailmaker and rigger who'd jumped ship in St. Thomas in 1958, became every charter skip¬ pers’ "best friend." He was among the 'el¬ der statesmen' that showed up this year. Bill and Grace originally arrived in the Virgins in 1966 aboard Nordlys, a 72-ft schoo¬ ner designed by Ford, Paine and Roue (of Blue Nose fame). In j 1971 they crossed the At¬

lantic with a special passenger aboard. For decades Foxy has been singing a calypso ballad about how Bill "kid¬ napped" him and took him along, then tried to find him a wife in every Euro¬ pean port that they visited. The 'sly Fox' had apparently developed a habit of ro¬ mancing many of the charter cooks when their boats visited Great Harbour, which infuriated their skippers. The song ex¬ plains that finally, in Gibralter, Foxy found Tessa (an Aussie traveler), swept her up and took her back to the Carib¬ bean. "The funny thing is," says Bill, "most of that song is actually true!" Although Foxy is the first to admit that he's no hot shot sailor, his life has re¬ volved around sailboats — especially wooden sailboats — since he was a child. "At age 13 I left school to go off fishing with my father," he told us years ago. In those days, islanders built 'Tortola sloops' by hand and 'by eye'. That is, they used no plans; they simply found hard¬ wood branches roughly the right shape for frames and went to work construct¬ ing their hulls with hand tools right on the beach. Remarkably, a few of those now-ancient sloops still sail in the Regatta to¬ day. And there is a movement on locally to resurrect the tradition of building and racing them actively, as is done with similar historic designs in Anguilla, Puerto Rico and some of the French Is¬ lands (although some of those are plas¬ tic). Foxy himself, in fact, has the wooden skeleton of a new island sloop started While modern racing machines choose thermomolded sailcloth, the gaff tops'I ketch 'High Country' was lookin' salty with her tanbark sails.

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out behind the bar. On Friday, May 28, we sailed into Great Harbour for the festivities aboard a sweet Beneteau 473 chartered from Sunsail's base at Maya Cove, on the neighboring island of Tortola. We had to laugh when we thought back op our first visit to Foxy's during the early '80s. We'd sailed in aboard our 26-ft double-ended wooden sloop. Now, here we were again aboard this spacious, three-cabin char¬ ter yacht with excellent sails, full elec¬ tronics, frosty refrigeration, an engine that actually started with the first turn of the key and three hot-water showers fed by a couple hundred gallons of wa¬ ter. By contrast, 'facilities' on our little sloop consisted of an ice chest, a cedar bucket and a Sunshower! Nevertheless, we had as much fun back then as we did this year, proving that no matter what you arrive aboard, the Wooden Boat Re¬ gatta holds the promise of big fun for all. With a couple dozen charter boats al¬ ready anchored in Great Harbour, we joined a spectator fleet that would even¬ tually number about 100 boats. Strad¬ dling the harbormouth was the majestic three-masted square-rigger Picton Castle. As if placed there as a symbol of the salty marlinspike spirit with which this event is imbued, the 179-ft steel-hulled ship had just completed her third circumnavi¬ gation with sail training 'cadets' of all ages aboard. We quickly learned that every tradi¬

The beautifully preserved, bright yellow Island sloop 'Pepper' from St. John won her class both singlehanded and with crew.

tionally rigged boat in the Harbour had a story to tell. Anchored close by was Virazon, a sweet little cutter-rigged sloop crewed by a shirtless young guy and his good-looking ladyfriend, who was appro¬ priately dressed in a tiny string bikini. Page 186 • U&XmU 38 • July, 2004

Although racing In different classes, a gaffer and a Marconi sloop do battle on the upwind leg to Sandy Cay.

Turns out this Argentine-built boat, launched in 1930, was one of the first designs of German Frers, Sr. (father of the world-renowned contemporary de¬ signer). Anchored up ahead were two cowhorn schooners built locally by Augie Holland, who'd been inspired by the lines of Shellback, one of the original St. Thomas charterboats and a participant in the original race. Augie, who was also in at¬ tendance this year, spawned the local 'cowhorn revolution’ during the '70s and '80s which resulted in more than a halfdozen similar designs being built locally of both wood and fiberglass. He built his first cowhorn schooner alongside Les Anderson, a talented local artist and bona fide Caribbean charac¬ ter who has raced his forest-green Penelope in almost every Wooden Boat Race since 1975 — occasion¬ ally shaving rocky out¬ croppings and coralheads so closely that his crew was on the verge of panic. "I talked Les into building one," says Augie, "because his old boat, Ban¬ shee, leaked so badly that he had to sleep with his arm hanging down to the floor¬ boards to be sure she wasn't sinking." Ashore that afternoon, competing crews got reac¬ quainted, while Foxy got them laughing with his unique West Indian 'shtick'. Later, a sumptuous bar¬ becue buffet was served, followed by dancing to reggae and a — what did they call it? — 'shake your booty' competition that was very hotly contested by visiting sailor girls. By Saturday morning, when the singlehanders race was slated to run, the last of the racing fleet had arrived from

neighboring islands. Among them was the classic, 1956 41-ft Philip Rhodes yawl Hirondelle, which has been sailing into the winner's circle here for decades. The sleek, 37-fit Polish-built sloop Tiger Maru also caught our eye. She, too, has taken plenty of honors here, but during the early '80s she was in such bad shape that she dismasted while at anchor in Cruz Bay, St. John. Luckily a local ship¬ wright, Julien Davies, came to her res¬ cue, laboriously refurbishing her from stem to stern. We then saw a boat that's unmistak¬ able to Bay Area sailors like ourselves: the anorexically-thin 30-square-meter sloop now called Diva. Formerly named Rumbleseat, Vendee Globe hopeful Bruce Schwab sailed her to victory in the 1996 Singlehanded TransPac. Apropos of her proud heritage, she is currently cam¬ paigned by one of the Caribbean's finest

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sailors, Dr. Robin Tattersall. The good doctor was sent out from England a mil¬ lion years ago to work as the then-sleepy territory's only surgeon. He perfected his sailing skills shortly after his arrival rather than making his rounds atop a government-issued donkey. Although the easterly trade winds were only blowing 10 to 12 knots for Saturday's singlehanded race, it was a classic Caribbean day with billowing cumulus clouds dancing across a pow¬ der-blue sky and crisp sunlight flicker¬ ing on gentle wavelets. With the West End Yacht Club race committee stationed aboard the 110-ft Great Lakes pilot schooner Siluer Cloud,

the single¬ handers took off across the starting line on a hard beat to Sandy Cay with all their rags fly¬ ing. In this and the next day's crewed races, the disparate _ fleet quickly separated, leaving few close boat-for-boat match-ups. No matter, though. To these tradition-bound sail¬ ors, even the fact that the winners in sev¬ eral classes were highly predictable was all but irrelevant. There was glory in sim¬

Clockwise from upper left: Bill Bodle and Manfred Dietrich, two old salts reunited; the yawl 'Indigo' glides upwind; contestants in the 'booty' contest; the long-boomed Puerto Rican sloop 'Jaguar'; the gaff schooner Windolee' flying her big 'fisherman' sail; the two original cowhorns, 'Penelope' (L) and 'Taurus'; former 'Stormy Weather' crewmen Steve-0 and Cap'n Fatty Goodlander, who'd just completed a circumnavigation; the fully-crewed Esperanza', one of the oldest Tortola sloops.

For decades, Robin Tattersall has been smok¬ ing his competition. These days he does so aboard 'Diva' — ex-'Rumbleseat'.‘

ply showing up to compete. Being able to coax their old warhorses up onto their heels and around the course was reward enough for the countless hours of main¬ tenance required to keep them in racing trim. Over the years we've shot racing pho¬ tos in a wide range of venues from all

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We're told that this young deadlocked sailor, Tom Tangvald, was born aboard his father Peter's gaff cutter 'L'Artemis dy Pytheas'.

sorts of boats. But our experience on this trip was unique. Foxy himself — the cata¬ lyst that has kept this cherished event alive for three decades — drove us around the course in his fast, but wellworn runabout. With Diva's sails per¬ fectly trimmed, Doc Tattersall drove his antique rocketship upwind pointing per¬ haps 30° higher than most of the com¬ petition. But downwind of him each solo skipper seemed equally proud and con¬

tent. As with the original race, handicaps have never been used in the Wooden Boat Re¬ gatta. Classes are simply bro¬ ken down by rig type and over¬ all length. Consequently, a couple of boats, such as Diva technically raced in one-boat classes. The party Saturday after¬ noon held a special treat for longtime expats. In addition to the house band, fronted by Foxy's burly son Dean, members of the Cowbay CruzBoys, an expat band that was popu¬ lar here in the '80s, had flown in to play for the festivities. (And this writer got to sit in with them!) Conditions for Sunday's two fleet races were equally idyllic, although the breeze rarely kicked up above 12 knots. Again, Foxy offered to serve as our driver. Blasting along in the lee of the fleet, we were reminded of the CD cover photo on Cruisin' with the King, where a broadlysmiling Eric Clapton is obviously pleased

to be riding in the front seat of a pink Cadillac driven by his idol, BB King. Again the 26-boat fleet quickly sepa¬ rated, giving the contest the look of a 'pa¬ rade of sail' rather than a race. The clos¬ est racing was among the island sloops, with a dreadlocked, shirtless Tom Tangvald aboard the little Puerto Rican gaffer Buenadaga throwing out all his ballast on the downwind leg to stay ahead of the St. Thomas sloop Seaonada Rose — even though they were actually in different classes. As evidence of the resurgence of in¬ terest locally in island sloops, two wooden replicas are now owned by Tortola's H. Lavity Stoutt College. One of them, named Moonbeam, was skip¬ pered by the territory's governor, Tom Macan. A smaller sloop, KATS Meow, was built for the local youth sailing program KATS. She was raced by adolescent crew in the regatta, under the watchful eyes During one race, BVI Governor Tom Macan skippered ’Moonbeam', pictured here crossing tacks with 'Pepper'.

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watch the finishers glide across the line, many of them not likely to race again until next year's event. At dusk, several generations of sailors gathered beneath the coco palms, where Prime Minister Or¬ lando Smith, the Governor, and pretty much eveiyone else thanked Foxy and Tessa for keeping this soulful event alive all these years. Foxy's daughter Jamilla poured Moet for the masses, and everyone raised their glasses in a joyful toast. "Let's hope we can keep it going for many more years to come," someone said. Looking around the crowd, we were struck by the wide range of folks who had come to share in the fun: old-tim¬ ers, first-timers, big boat sailors — even politicians. The common denominator, of course, was simply a reverence for wooden sailing craft, and the fine art of building and sailing them. We shared a toast with Cap'n Stewart, a Danish-trained shipwright and former

sailing events over the years, but Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta is definitely one of our favorites. Funfilled, low-key and genuinely unique, it’s one to consider attend¬ ing if you're looking for a barefootin' good time while rubbing shoulders with some of the Caribbean's saltiest sailors. — latitude/aet

Bay Area sailors Pam DeWitt and Bryan Delaney (who raced on 'Penelope') share a toast with Foxy, celebrating 30 years of sailing mischief.

skipper of the Baltic Trader Elsie, which used to race here against Neil Young's Ragland during the '80s. 'The difference between fiberglass boats and wooden boats," he said with a twinkle in his eye, "is that a wooden boat is like a growing, living thing. Owning one is sorta like hav¬ ing a pet — a wooden boat needs you." We've had the uncommon luck to be invited to attend a host of international

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CHANGES With reports this month from Witch of Endor in Ecuador: Boat Name Withheld in Cuba; Beach House trying to get from the Med to Marina del Rey; Amazing Grace on a cruise to Hawaii and back last summer; Whis¬ per on reviving their diesel in the middle of the Pacific; Adagio on cruising around Sydney; Mischief on a cruise last summer to Hawaii; Moonshadow on finally leaving New Zealand; and Cruise Notes.

Witch of Endor — CT-41 Ketch Steve Cherry Harbor Tour With Miss Jamaica (San Diego) Greetings from Bahia de Garaquez, Ecuador — which has been discovered and is being much enjoyed by a group of us West Coast cruisers. 'Laid back and friendly beach town' pretty much de¬ scribes this place, although occasionally an event occurs that is outside of the daily norm. Just such an event took place in conjunction with the Miss Universe Pag¬ eant that was based out of Quito, Ecua¬ dor, this year. The contestants toured vari¬ ous locations in the country, doing the usual public relations thing, with photo opportunities and such. As a result, I had the pleasure of entertaining two of the contestants, Miss Jamaica and Miss Ethiopia, on my ketch in Bahia. It all came about as a result of a func¬ tion in the local museum, in which a dis¬ cussion took place regarding taking some of the contestants for a tour of the har¬ bor. As a result, my Witch of Endor, Dave's Mustang from Seattle, and Linda and Ken's Linda Lea from Southern Califor¬ nia took dignitaries and other guests for a round-the-estuary tour on June 5. Frank (Francisco) Martin, a driving force behind the upgrades to Puerto Amistad, and Maye Baldavino, his significant other who is known to us cruisers as 'Our Miss Colombia', embarked on the Witch with Christine Straw, who is Miss Jamaica, the Port Captain, and a dozen others. Maye went to work in the galley, whipping up all sorts of goodies — and cleaning, too. (What was up with that, as my galley was

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perfectly satisfactory by singlehander standards?) A good time was had by all, Miss Jamaica got to take the helm of a bluewater boat, and closer relationships were forged between cruisers and local of¬ ficials, as well as the Armada del Ecua¬ dor. Speaking of port captains, most of them get bad press, particularly in Mexico. In other ports up and down the coasts, they generally don't even see cruis¬ ers — unless there is some kind of prob¬ lem. But we cruisers here in Bahia would like everyone to know that 'our' port cap¬ tain, Lieutenant Diego Criollo Chamba, is different. He's very interested in the goings-on in the city and the port, and understands that the cruisers are an in¬ tegral part of the local community. It's too bad that other port captains don’t always feel the same way. I'll have much more on Bahia in a Changes next month. But rest assured that it’s an up and coming place for cruis¬ ers who want to enjoy a very relaxed and very inexpensive place — especially dur¬ ing the northern hemisphere summer, when there is so much rain and lightning in places such as Costa Rica and Panama. —

Steve 6/7/04

Boat Name Withheld — 60-ft Cat Name Withheld By Request Varadero, Cuba (Florida / Canada) I spent four weeks in January and Feb¬ ruary aboard a large Canadian catama¬ ran in the marinas and anchorages at or near Varadero, Cuba. For the good of ev¬ eryone involved, I'm withholding the name of the vessel and all those who were aboard her. It was the first visit for all of us to Cuba and Varadero. The latter had been highly recommended to us, and is also heavily-pro¬ moted as a tourist destination for Canadians and Latin Americans. The main reason our skipper went was to try to take advantage of rock-bottom labor rates for a bottom job — as well as have a low-budget vacation. I came for the adven¬ ture. To my way of thinking, Cuba is the largest and most beautiful tropical cruising des¬ tination close to the United

States. While the general populations of both the U.S. and Cuba appear to be ready to embrace and make up after that revo¬ lution 40 years ago, Havana and Wash¬ ington, D.C. seem like two quarreling schoolyard .bullies unable to let bygones be bygones. Furthermore, the current U.S. administration has made it more dif¬ ficult than ever for U.S. mariners to visit Cuba. Varadero is the closest point of entry in Cuba for boats coming from the U.S., as it's only 88 miles due south of Mara¬ thon, Florida. About hallway to Varadero, we were buzzed by a Coast Guard heli¬ copter. Even though we were in interna¬ tional waters, the Florida Straits have unilaterially been declared a 'security zone' by the U.S., and all boats leaving from Florida are supposed to get a permit to cross the zone. Many boats don't get a permit and don't have any trouble, but some boats have been turned back. The entry to Varadero Marina is a cut across the Hicacos Peninsula — which technically makes Varadero an island. This was not marked on the charts — paper or CD available to us in the U.S.

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The entrance at the other end of Varadero is not viable for sailboats, as the Sovietbuilt drawbridge hasn't worked in 10 years. (We found that the cruising guides for Cuba — such as the one by Simon Charles — were outdated. Much has changed — politically, culturally, eco¬ nomically, and even topographically — since the guides were published. Chan¬ nels, for instance, have silted in, and coral heads have grown in some places and dis¬ appeared in others.) We announced our arrival at Varadero on 16 — which was a good thing, as that's the only channel that the marina's radio worked on. As we pulled up to the recep¬ tion dock, about 10 neatly uniformed of¬ ficials, male and female, were there to greet us. There was also a drug-sniffing dog. We didn't care for the boots ancj,high heels the officials wore, but we didn't mind the mini-skirts the female officials hacj on. It was odd, because the officials looked as though they were ready to perform the Springtime For Hitler number from Mel

Brooks' The Producers. They were both cute and fierce at the same time. First aboard was the local doctor, an elegant young lady who gave us the once¬ over — presumably looking for symptoms of SARs and/or AIDS. The official from the Agricultural Ministiy looked at our food supply and instructed us to boil all 30 of our eggs or have them confiscated. Start up the pressure cooker! A potted plant, fresh onions, and potatoes were carefully scrutinized, then passed. The skipper was most nervous about the drug-sniffing dog. He'd only owned the boat for 18 months, and with hundreds of people having been on her before, who could tell how many roaches might have been left behind? But the dog found noth¬ ing. Next came three armed men led by a ma¬ jor from the Guarda Frontera. They looked into every cubbyhole and drawer. The fishing and diving gear were fine, but guns and other weapons would have been im¬ pounded.

The fleet of 10 Fountaine-Pajot catamarans for tourist daytrips at Marina Gaviota Varadero, where it's only costs $200 to haul and launch. ANONYMOUS

Tourists pay $75 to frolic with dolphins — who are no more captive in these pens than the aver¬ age person is in Castro's workers' paradise'.

With this having been done, the pa¬ perwork began. The entire process took about two hours. Our passports were not stamped in order to prevent us from get¬ ting in trouble with the U.S. authorities, but we were issued visa cards. It cost $45 for the boat to enter Cuba and get a cruis¬ ing permit, plus $ 15 more per passenger. Compare this with $300 for the Bahamas, and it's a relative bargain. When the boarding party left, the drug-sniffing dog trailed behind — and left a big poop on the dock. Marina officials advised us that we could take any open slip that we found, but that we would not be allowed to an¬ chor anywhere in the spacious open ba¬ sin. Only about 25% of the 70-some rigid cement slips were occupied, mostly by local charter boats. There were about three U.S.-flagged vessels in the harbor, but several other countries were repre¬ sented — including Canada, Japan, and Russia by a megayacht. There was also a large Panamanian-flagged sailboat that had changed ownership from Bulgarian to Italian on the way over from Key West. The acting marina manager was a sexy, buxom mulatta with a business-only de¬ meanor. She quoted us .45/foot for the dockage, plus about .50/day for water and electricity. We were promised a dis¬ count if we stayed for a month. There were four different types of electrical hookups on the dock, and two types for water hoses. None of them were compatible with what we had. But before we had a chance to complain, the marina engineer hot¬ wired an electrical connection and fitted an adaptor for the hose. Perhaps the one dollar tip we gave him had something to do with his quick service. He later told us he gets paid $30/month by the govern¬ ment — which is much less than he makes in tips from foreigners. To be fair, the fellow pays just $10/month for his waterfront apartment, eats for free from

CHANGES white tableclothes at the marina restau¬ rant, gets a free education for his kids up through the university level, and gets free healthcare for his entire family. By the way, healthcare is even free to visitors. The marina grounds were nicely land¬ scaped and large enough for several soc¬ cer fields. The main building looked like most of the '60s-'80s era public service projects from socialist countries the world over — plain but well-built and.spacious. The marina offices could have used paint, however, and the large bathrooms were missing faucets and lightbulbs, and the showers didn't have warm water. But the well-stocked restaurant and marine store were spotless and bright. The upstairs disco and pool room were closed, and it was hinted that this was done to reduce the fraternization of yachties and locals. We believe it. Security was not a problem at the ma¬ rina, as there were more police — uni¬ formed and undercover — than marina staff or clients. We were always watched, and our bags were even spot-checked each time we came in or left through the gate to the dock. We got the feeling that one of the slip-holders — a tall hunk with a military haircut — might be from the CIA or some other U.S. spook agency. The main highway from Varadero to Havana runs past the marina building. Nearby there's a gas station with a small convenience store — and a good-sized Mercedes dealership! Everything else is a long walk or bike ride away. Taxis cruise by frequentiy, but they are expensive. We once paid $12 for a 1.3 mile round-trip! There's a double-decker tourist shuttle that operates on a 65-minute schedule, but it doesn't stop at the marina, and it’s $5 for a day pass. Public transport driv¬ ers will not let foreigners ride on their veA dolphin trainer and her charge seem to be getting along well. Too bad Havana and Wash¬ ington, D.C. can't do the same.

hides because they are reserved for "work¬ ers’. There aren't many Detroit-built cars left in Cuba, and the few there are aren't even suitable for a museum. Car and motorscooter rental agencies are every¬ where, but expect to be ripped off. The same holds true for internet access, which is also very expensive. All the tourist hotels are lined up along a 10-mile strip running the length of the narrow barrier reef that is Varadero. It seems as though there are hundreds of them, and they are of all types, from con¬ verted homes previously owned by the likes of A1 Capone and the DuPont Fam¬ ily, to huge all-inclusive resorts run by international tour companies in conjunc¬ tion with the Cuban government. Al¬ though these accomodations are hardly filled to capacity, more are being built at the far end of the peninsula. The beach is stunning, with ink-blue water lapping against an eggshell-white beach of coral sand. On the other side of the peninsula, among the mangroves, are Chapelin Ma¬ rina and Gaviota Marinas, home to the local sailing, diving, and sportfishing fleets. Visiting yachts may also berth there, but only after checking in at Varadero or Hemingway Marina in Ha¬ vana. The two marinas can be reached from Marina Darsena by dinghy, so we headed off in that direction on an excur¬ sion. But when we returned, the Guarda Frontera major chastised us severely: "No dinghies in the water!" With more than a little justification, the Cubans are afraid that some of their citizens, eager to gain freedom, might steal a dinghy and attempt a getaway. Nonetheless, the dinghy pro¬ hibition put a damper on things, as we had counted on the dinghy to be our main means of transportation to various beach, shopping, and entertainment venues just 1 / 4-mile across the channel from our slip. Without the dinghy, it meant a twokilotmeter walk or bike trip. [To be continued next month — in an installment in which the four crew receive rather unconvential stress reduction theraphy from a Cuban government doc¬ tor.] — anonymous 6/5/04

Beach House — Switch 51 Cat Scott & Cindy Stolnitz France To California (Marina del Rey) Cindy and I really love our boat, which we picked up from Sete on the coast of France. Visiting the Spanish island of Mallorca was an education because be¬

ing smack in the middle of the Med, it's been a crossroads for modern history. It was also an education in how incredibly crowded and expensive it can be to cruise the Med. Having our bottom cleaned in California would have cost less than $80, but in Mallorca the diver charged us $235! Furthermore, he told us we should be honored because two years before he’d cleaned the bottom of Queen Victoria's yacht. He even showed me his 'log' to prove it. Mooring wasn't inexpensive, either. It cost more to Med-moor in Mallorca for a week than it would at the California YC in Marina del Rey for a month. We used to think that a 51-ft cat is a fairly goodsized boat, but not after being in the Med. We were assigned to moor on 'hotel row', where the next smallest yacht was 90 feet. Others were as big as 140 feet. And com¬ pared to Monaco, even these big boats are toys. Our plan had been to sail across the Atlantic, and then have Beach House shipped by Dockwise Transport from Lau¬ derdale to Ensenada. Well, everyone said it was the worst April / May weather in the

IN LATITUDES is now. Nonetheless, both the private and public marinas at Puerto Ercole, Italy, tried to charge us $360/night for a stern tie. Ridiculous! So we anchored right off the end of the breakwater —for free. It was our experience that just about everywhere in the Med — Mallorca and Ibiza in Spain, the French Riviera, Elba and Italy, Greece and Turkey — there were places to an¬ chor at no charge. If we're not mistaken, it's still that way. The one oddity we'll never forget — paying less than $1 /ft for a front row Med-tie at Monte Carlo.

Spread and upper left; Two views of 'Beach House'on a ship headed for Mexico. Upper right; Cindy, Scott, and Scott's father in Europe.

Med in 30 years, so by the time the boat got to Gibraltar, we weren't going to be able to get across the Atlantic in time to catch the Dockwise ship in Lauderdale. So we had to backtrack to Mallorca in order to catch a Dockwise ship across the Atlantic as well as to Ensenada. If we hadn't, we wouldn't have been able to get our boat to the West Coast before 2005. Yes, we could have sailed the boat across the Atlantic and left her in Florida, but we didn't have a berth, didn't want to leave her through hurricane season, and didn’t want to battle Florida over sales tax. Cindy and I few home while our cat was in Gib. Unfortunately, she broke loose from her mooring when the wind blew up to 60 knots. There was some damage to the transom, but we got off easy. Anyway, it was a lot of fun sailing along the coast of Spain back to Mallorca, during wliich time we once hit 20.6 knots under reefed main and genoa. That's moving right along. When we got to Mallorca, we watched

20 boats that had come across the Atlan¬ tic on Super Servant 3 motor off. Six of them were in the 135-ft range. Ours will be only one of six boats loading tomorrow for the trip across the Atlantic. If all goes well, we should be living aboard and sail¬ ing Beach House in Southern California by early September. By the way, we're in touch with the Molitor family of the Pacific Northwest who own Willyflippit, a sistership to our Switch 51. Latitude did a Changes on them a little more them a year ago in Guadeloupe. We stay in touch, and Scott and Stacy report that they are now in the Tuamotus and making the 'Coconut Run' to New Zealand, where they are planning to sell their boat and " emigrate so the kids can finish school. The kids, Lauren and Clay, are about 11 and 9. Scott told me that while in the Med in 2002, some marinas wanted 265 euros a night for berthing! — scott 6/7/04 Scott — When we had Big O in the Med in '94, the European currencies were much weaker against the dollar than the euro

Amazing Grace — Valiant 32 Chris Martin Hawaii & Back (San Francisco) Last summer I took three months off work to sail my Valiant 32 from San Fran¬ cisco to Hawaii and back. Although at age 35 I’m still pretty young, it's always been my dream to sail around the world. So I figured that a circumnavigation of the Eastern Pacific would be a good test to see if I would really like it. I've owned my boat for three years, and spent most of that time refurbishing her for the open ocean and honing my sailing skills in and around San Francisco Bay. Accompanied by a crew of two, and with a Ranger 33 buddyboat with three men as crew, we all left San Francisco on June 7. There was little fanfare and even less wind. After some deliberation, we de¬ cided to put in at Monterey and wait for the Pacific High to re-form. We finally left again on June 11, as it appeared that the trades were forming once again. We didn’t see much shipping traffic the fir^t few days. We spotted a ship two days out, and when I looked through the bin¬ oculars, I thought it was a white-hulled 50-ft research vessel about four miles astern. Then the rest of the hull came up from behind a wave, and I could see that it was a supertanker! It ended up passWhile the wind was so light leaving San Fran¬ cisco they had to stop in Monterey, the seas later came up pretty good.

CHANCES ing two miles astern of us, but it sure scared me. For the first five days of the trip I got very little sleep, as I thought that every strange noise in the rig or hull was the beginning of a problem that would sink us, or that at any moment we'd be holed as the result of hitting a shipping con¬ tainer. But after five days I began to re¬ lax, and slept like a baby in the gentle rocking. We came across several pods of whales, but since no one in the crew was a ma¬ rine biologist, we couldn’t tell if they were feeding, breeding, playing or getting ready to attack us. We slid by silently and paid respects to whatever they were doing. It took us nearly four days to get out of the coastal northwesterly winds and near enough to the 130°N-30°W at which we'd head for the islands. Impatient, we turned too soon, which got us too close to the Pacific High. We were becalmed and spent the better part of 24 hours drifting around waiting for wind. When the wind started filling in again there was no doubt of its direction and intent — it was out of the southwest and had us pointed right at the islands. It was at about this point that we lost track of our buddyboat. I had no SSB so I couldn’t call him. I did have an Iridium Satphone, however, so I called his land contact and told them to relay the mes¬ sage that we were fine and continuing to Hawaii. From then on we stopped tiying to reach them via VHF. We caught two tuna in the colder wa¬ ters up north, and then 500 miles from the Big Island the mahi started appear¬ ing. We used the industry-standard

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A bundled-up Chris — it's not as warm sailing to Hawaii as most people assume — examines a small tuna he landed.

'handline' method, which worked like a charm. For less than $50 you can catch all the fresh fish you need with a heavy line, some swivels, and a big hook with a feather. So I see no need to spend money on an expensive rod and reel. We learned a technique to handle the boat in the squalls that passed over us — do nothing. The boat would veer for 5-10 minutes, and then come back to course after the wet and wind passed. The wet was never too wet, and the wind was never too strong to cause any problems. The downwind sail to Hawaii was a thrill. My boat only has a 26-ft waterline, so most of our days were only 110 to 120 miles. One day we managed to post 140 miles, but we wore ourselves out so much getting the few extra miles that we decided not to push that hard again. Even though we were upwind of Ha¬ waii, we could smell the land before we could see it. Once we could see the lights on the horizon, they drew us like flies to the flame. We pulled into Radio Bay, Hilo, Hawaii on June 30, 18 days after leaving Monterey. We spent five days at Hilo — half of it getting used to walking on land again. Then we took off on an interisland adven¬ ture. Sailing between the islands featured the most consistent winds of the entire three-month trip, and fortunately it was from aft. Going from Hawaii to Kauai, the wind was generally on our starboard quarter at 15-30 knots. The waves in the channels were consistent — big and choppy. The anchorages provided decent holding when I set my 35-lb CQR at the end of 75-feet of chain. Kaunakakai Har¬ bor on Molokai was one of the best an¬ chorages for both holding power and sun¬ set brilliance. After three weeks in Hawaii that in¬ cluded a crew switch, we left Hanalei Bay, Kauai on August 1 for the trip back to San Francisco. Our companion boat Pakele had to leave 10 days earlier due to time constraints back on the mainland. Although their company was sorely missed, it didn’t matter too much from the buddyboat perspective, as we had lost them before. Besides, having done two months of constant ocean sailing, I was feeling as confident as possible. We sailed off the hook at Hanalei, and sailed north for five days before starting our engine to charge our batteries. The weather was textbook perfect during this phase, making sailing a dream. The days, nights, and squalls were all warm, and the mahi was plentiful. The crew men¬ tioned that there were more stars in the sky than junk emails in their Yahoo!

inboxes. We crossed the ship 'freeways' that go to Oakland and Long Beach, and were able to speak with about half of the ships on bridge-to-bridge VHF. Nonetheless, several passed within two miles of us, and we couldn't contact them. One night we felt obligated to illuminate our sails until the officer on duty spotted us and changed the course of his ship. We sailed as far as 41°N before turn¬ ing east toward home. We battled the calm in the center of the Pacific High, taking time to both climb the mast and swim in 5,000 feet of water. Once on the eastern side of the High, we encountered two gales. The second one blew for three days — fortunately from the NNW, sending us right to San Francisco. A triple-reefed main and storm sail kept us steady at 5+ knots over the eventual 18-foot swells on our port quarter. We were greeted at the Farallones with a magnificent display of humpback whales. We slipped under the Golden Gate Bridge with as much fanfare as we had left with three months before. The crew celebrated with the opening of the last three keel-cooled beers at 11 p.m. on August 23. It was the best I ever had, and

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Thanks to the help of other cruisers back on shore, Robin and Duncan of 'Whisper' became successful offshore diesel mechanics.

I haven’t stopped smiling since. As for a circumnavigation of the world, it's still a dream, but it's closer than it was before I sailed to Hawaii and back. I'm saving up for a bigger boat, but enjoying sailing on the Bay for now. — chris 05/15/04 Whisper — Hallberg-Rassy 42 Duncan & Robin Owen The 12-Step Engine Restart (San Francisco) About three days into our recent 'Puddle Jump' crossing from Puerto Vallarta to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, our Volvo engine filled with seawater. After discovering the problem, we jokingly said, "What would Lin and Larry Pardey do?" The couple, of course, are famous for sail¬ ing around the world on small boats with¬ out engines. So instead of turning back toward Mexico, we kept sailing toward French Polynesia. We still had 8-10 days before reaching the Intertropical Conyergence Zone, where we would want a work¬ ing engine. Several consultations by SSB radio

with cruisers back in Puerto Vallarta — primarily with Denis and Shari Dicks of the Seattle-based Liberty 458 Bobuloncc, and Don Wilson and Gwen Hamlin of the St. Thomas-based CSY 44 Tackless II — helped us figure out what was wrong with the engine and what we might do about it. The problem was that the anti-siphon discharge from our genset was Td into the anti-siphon discharge from our en¬ gine, and they both drained into a single small fitting spliced into the cockpit drain hose. This system worked great for two years of coastal cruising and for running our genset in calm anchorages. But when we took off for the Marquesas, we ran the genset with the main engine off. The sloppy sea state combined with the exhaust water sloshing in the main engine exhaust set up a re¬ verse siphon in the engine raw water cooling system. As a result, the genset cooling water was sucked down the genset anti-si¬ phon discharge hose, up through the T fitting, and (in reverse) into the main engine anti-siphon dis¬ charge. It didn't help that there was only about a 4-inch gravity drop between each anti-siphon discharge and the T fitting.

We also had a Vetus anti-siphon loop on the engine, which should have pre¬ vented the problem. But it either doesn't have a check-valve, or the valve didn't work because it was clogged. In any event, within hours the engine exhaust system filled up with seawater. Before long, the turbocharger, engine top-end, two of the four cylinders, and the crankcase also filled with seawater. Via SailMail, friends Dick and Dotti Olsen of the Tucson-based Challenger 40 Dunamis put us in contact with their friends Fred and Deb Bates aboard Arcturus. Fred, now retired, had owned a die¬ sel repair shop for 30 years. He and his wife Deb were enjoying the quiet Agua Verde anchorage on the inside of the Baja when Dunamis. contacted them via email and explained our plight. For the next several days, Fred crafted clear instruc¬ tional emails, then followed up each morning on the SSB to check our progress and the status of the engine. Here is the 12-step plan he came up with to get our engine running again. 1. ) Change the oil and filter to remove the bulk of the saltwater and oil mixture from the crankcase. 2. ) Eliminate the original cause of the problem by removing the discharge hose T-fitting and plumbing a new discharge fitting directly into the cockpit drain. We did the latter using a drill, plastic hosebarb, and some epoxy. I used the new fit¬ ting for the engine anti-siphon discharge, and re-routed the genset anti-siphon dis¬ charge to the original cockpit drain fit¬ ting. 3. ) Remove the turbo-charger, drain, clean, dry, and oil. 4. ) Drain the 4+ gallons of seawater out of the exhaust system. 5. ) Remove the fuel lines and injectors. 6. ) Purge the water from all cylinders using the starter and clean engine oil. 7. ) Replace the injectors and fuel lines, then bleed the fuel system. The Owens' experience proves once again that you can never carry too many fuel filters when going offshore.

CHANGES 8. ) Start the engine. (It started!) 9. ) Run for 10 minutes, then perform another oil and filter change. 10. ) Run for 30 minutes, then perform another oil and filter change. 11. ) Run for two hours, then do an¬ other oil and filter change. 12. ) After 25 hours, do another oil and filter change. This would mean using our last oil filter. It was a messy job and there were a few surprises along the way requiring improvisation, but as we noted, the en¬ gine started on the first turn of the key! And it's still running fine. Amazing. Before leaving Puerto Vallarta on their own Puddle Jump, Don and Gwen Wil¬ son on Tackless II not only helped us with our initial diagnosis, but also pulled in 'Teapot Tony' — the local diesel guru in P.V. — for a consultation. When they learned that we would be using our en¬ tire stash of spare oil to get our engine running properly again, they worked with Tony to pull together a bulk order of 10 gallons of fresh engine oil. Don and Gwen then schlepped the oil across the Pacific and delivered it to us in a beautiful tur¬ quoise-water anchorage off Tahuata in the Marquesas. We will replenish our oil filter spares when we get to Papeete. We think this was another great ex¬ ample of cruisers helping cruisers. Please pass on our thanks to everyone who helped us get our engine running again! — duncan & robin 6/7/04 Duncan & Robin — What a great story —from the 'what would Lin and Larry do’ attitude, to the combined efforts of every¬ one in P. V. to help bring your engine back to life. A tip of the Latitude hat to the whole bunch of you.

Adagio — Morrelli & Melvin 55 Cat Steve & Dorothy Darden Our Third Year DownUnder (Tiburon) On December 28 of 2002, we were in the coastal town of Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, at the mouth of the mighty Clarence River, some 300 nauti¬ cal miles north of Sydney. Steve opened the newspaper and saw an announcement for the New Year’s Eve fireworks celebra¬ tion to be held in Sydney Harbour. “We can make it there in time for the fire¬ works!” he exclaimed. We departed the next day, and had a lovely downwind sail in light winds un¬ der a crescent moon. Dorothy’s log entry in the morning was: "A beautiful sunny day. Seas are lower, at less than one meter, and have smoothed out on top. The coastline is beautiful, with long sand hills

curving in bays between green tree-cov¬ ered headlands. We sailed through a hun¬ dred black shearwaters soaring over the surface of the sea." On the second day, winds increased to between 27 and 35 knots, giving Ada¬ gio the kind of wind she loves. We flew down the Australian coast, reporting in with each Volunteer Marine Radio (VMR) station as we zipped past. One woman vol¬ unteer called us on the radio to say that someone ashore had reported seeing flashes of light out to sea in our vicinity. I told her it was the sparks coming off our transoms. "You’ve made my day," she laughed. Three-and-a-half hours from Sydney, a red crescent moon rose out of the edge of the sea in the 'rain-catching' position, as we surfed a wave at 16 knots. At midnight, one of the three-meter waves broke into the cockpit from the side, so we furled the reacher, and soon were sailing in 30 knots of wind with a falling barometer. The VMR in Newcastle invited us to take refuge in that harbor, but we declined. After all, our autopilot was han¬ dling the conditions with grace and good sense. We relayed a Pan Pan broadcast from a another boat whose entire steer¬ ing pedestal had broken off and was re¬ questing a tow from the Coast Guard in

Spread and inset; 'Adagio' sailing off New Zealand, and Steve and Dorothy; Right; the Syd¬ ney Opera House and downtown Sydney.

Sydney. By 9 a.m. on New Year's Eve morning, we were anchored at Athol Bay across the harbor from the Sydney Opera House. We were anchored in such deep water — 15 meters — that we figured no other small boats would try to anchor there. Wrong! By dusk there were a thousand other boats anchored around us despite the gusty 25-knot winds. Anchors dragged and snagged other rodes, but the fire¬ works were even more spectacular than expected. Identically choreographed fire¬ work displays were launched from five different barges anchored around the harbor, and huge incandescent bouquets and firefalls were set off from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. For the grande finale, a Dove of Peace flapped its lighted wings. So began our month of fun in Sydney, one of the great urban sailing areas of the world. We anchored.our beautiful float¬ ing home in protected Rozelle Bay, a short dinghy ride from the docks at the Sydney Fish Market, and in the shadow of the modern Anzac Bridge, where we heard the

IN LATITUDES hooked under the huge chain that had been laid for mooring the megayachts that had come for the Sydney Olympics. We paid $440 to have a diver free our anchor — and counted our lucky stars that we hadn't found Adagio banging into the dock. Following that experience, we never left Adagio unattended when the forecast called for a 'southerly change'. A week of cruising the beautiful Pittwater, Hawksbuiy River, and Cowen Creek areas north of Sydney eased us back into cruising mode. We departed for Eden and Twofold Bay on February 6 on our way back to Tasmania. We were look¬ ing forward to milder weather there for the remainder of the Aussie summer, and to seeing our friends in Hobart again. We were fully prepared with tickets for a dozen of the upcoming events of the Ten Days on the Island” festival, so we had a bit of a deadline to make landfall back in Tassie. [Editor's note: More on that passage and another summer in Tazmania in the next issue. As of early June, the Dardens had departed New Zealand for Alaska.] — steue & dorothy

Mischief — Union 36 Greg White Hawaii Bound (Ballena Bay, Alameda) When the Coast Guard informed Greg White that his next posting would be in Hawaii, the plans to prepare his Union 36 for a trip to the Islands were acceler¬ ated. The scope of the preparations seemed daunting, but Greg's 27 years in thq Coast Guard gave him some experi¬ ence. One of the things he did was take as much weight off the boat as possible, shipping lots of gear to Hawaii. As a reMonty Chin, who has been sailing and fishing for 40 years, holds up a nice mahi caught on his first trip to Hawaii. MISCHIEF

morning chorus of birds in the trees of the shoreline park. Our first day we lunched on sushi and sashimi at the Fish Market; rode the monorail around central Sydney; then walked the length of Hyde Park and the Botanical Gardens to Lady Macquarie's Chair, and along the shoreline of Farm Cove to the Sydney Opera House. We later attended the opening performance of the Sydney Summer Festival on the steps of the Opera House. To add to the fun, a European group called Sticky had created architectural sculptures from thousands of rolls of cello tape, used a crane to raise the magical structure and a flying fairy, and added pinwheels of fireworks and dramatic sound effects to create an un¬ usual but spectacular performance. We visited the Sydney Opera House by day, and by night went to performances in the Concert Hall. We were enthralled by the structure's beauty. The landmark shapes of the reinforced concrete shells are exposed on the inside, and covered on the outside with glazed tiles like those on the belly of the space shuttle. Within the shells, the concert hall and symphony hall are suspended as in mid-air. Months

later in Hobart an architect friend de¬ scribed to us the controversy between the brilliant architect and the Sydney archi¬ tects and politicians — which resulted in the architect leaving the project, unpaid, before completion. We hit the Sydney streets every morn¬ ing, visiting the Maritime Museum and Tumbalong Park, and spent several hours wandering around the intricate maze of landscaped pathways in the Chinese Friendship Garden. The Chinese see ani¬ mal and human figures in rocks and trees the way we Westerners see figures in clouds. We watched children and adults parading around the garden in beautiful Chinese dress, some of it quite elaborate. There is a costume room where for $10 anyone can dress the part. Many events of the Sydney Summer Festival were free, and several were performed on the sides of the city's buildings. We got a laugh out of a sign directing cars to a shopping mall that read, 'Supacenta'. We guess that ensured the correct Aussie pronunciation. One day we cruised up the Lane Cover River just north of downtown Sydney for a view of Sydney's historical waterfront homes. These all have small boat docks and classic sailboats tied alongside un¬ der tall trees. The peace and quiet was welcome after dodging the high-speed commuter ferries that race around Syd¬ ney Harbour. One hot summer day there was a fore¬ cast for what's known as a 'southerly change'. We were so uncomfortable in the heat that precedes such changes that we spent the afternoon in an air-conditioned movie theatre, and then attended the thrilling free Jazz in the Domain concert. When we got back to our boat at 11 p.m., she was in a different location, four boatlengths from the Water Police wharfs! There was also a large steel sailboat between us and the docks. Members of the Water Police were aboard Ada¬ gio setting our second anchor. Fel¬ low sailors told us that while we were cooling off at the movies, the winds had blown up to 45 knots, and our anchor had dragged in the slimy, garbage-coated bottom of the shallow bay. Neither we nor the owners of the steel boat were able to raise anchor to move our boats out of the chan¬ nel, so we both had to stand anchor watch — in mild conditions — for the remainder of the night. The next morning — after several unsuccess¬ ful attempts to raise the anchor — we discovered that our anchor had 4|

CHANGES suit, Mischief was floating above her lines at the start of the passage. Although Greg feels comfortable singlehanding Mischief, extra crew would be nice. So he signed on Monty Chin, who has been sailing and racing for 40 years, as well his brother Marty Chin. That left me, Judie, being the only crewmember who didn't live on a boat. But I'd been sailing on Mischief for a year and spent a lot of time with Greg, who was.also the Commodore of the Ballena Bay YC. At 11 p.m. on June 15 of last year, we slipped Mischiefs docklines for the last time at Ballena Bay Marina in Alameda, and headed for the Gate and Hawaii. The moon was nearly full and the night was clear. As we passed under the Golden Gate just after 1 a.m. and started to' hit the growing swells, we realized that we'd made a grave error — we hadn't checked the coastal weather before taking off. By the next morning, we found ourselves in gale force winds and large and confused seas. Three of our crew went down with mal de mer for the first time in their lives. Fortu¬ nately, Mischief was designed for such conditions and took the pounding in stride. It didn't hurt that we sailed the first three days under a triple-reefed main and staysail. The only thing that bothered me was that each time she heeled over enough to put her rail under, it would cause a brass bell to ring in the salon. After two days of gale conditions, the winds eased off and the sun temporarily made an appearance. We hooked up the Monitor windvane, turned on the radar with the perimeter alarm, and were there¬ fore able to stand watch from below — where it was much warmer. Given the, calmer conditions, we were also able to check for storm damage. We found that the top had been ripped off one of the onWhen it came to fishing on the trip to Hawaii, Marty Chin set a record. But it was not for catch¬ ing the largest fish.

deck coolers and that, tragically, a half a case of beer and five day's worth of ice had been lost. There are always some repairs required on such a long passage, but ours were' minor. The bilges filled because of a lack of packing in the rudder shaft and be¬ cause the switch on the electric bilge pump didn’t work. But after some hand¬ pumping and replacement of the pack¬ ing, it was no longer a problem. We also fried a plug on a solar panel. Later in the trip, the head clogged. It's a dirty job to fix the head, so I'm not speaking literally when I report that Marty and Monty dove right into it. The problem turned out to be some calcium in the flapper valve, which was removed with a little vinegar and a brush. Strong winds at night weren't uncom¬ mon on our passage. One night we had winds over 30 knots, which propelled Mis¬ chief along at as much as 11 knots, well in excess of her 7.5-knot hull speed. With the boat shaking, Greg and Monty furled the headsail and set the staysail to go along with the triple-reefed main. But the boom was still dragging in the water, so they dropped the main and ran under staysail alone. It was a rough night, but shortening sail made it much safer and more comfortable. June 20 was our first night without some gale force winds, and it was nice. We later lounged on deck and talked about the yacht club and our friends back in California. Greg turned philosophical and stated, "There's no better demonstration of leadership for a yacht club than for the commodore to cross an ocean in a small boat, thereby showing the way to the rest of the club.- If the yacht club dissolves because all the membership went cruis¬ ing, so be it!" As we reached the halfway point, the sky remained overcast and there was oc¬ casional drizzle. Only now and then did the sun peek through. If you're under the impression that it's a sunny passage from San Francisco to Hawaii, you're mistaken. When we finally dipped below 30°N, we celebrated by disengag¬ ing the Monitor windvane so we could motor to make hot water for showers. Alas, a big wave hit as " Greg was removing the windvane ; ,> paddle, throwing him against the backstay hard enough to knock the - * paddle from his hands and into the m water. Marty and Monty struggled I ' • to get the whisker pole down so we . could head back into the wind and : retrieve the paddle. We were suc-

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cessful, which gave us encouragement that we could rescue someone if they fell overboard. On the morning of the 24th, Monty pre¬ dicted we’d soon hit the trades. By mid¬ night we were in them — and about half¬ way to the islands. It finally dawned on me that we were about 1,000 miles from the nearest land! Misfortune struck the following day — we ran out of beer! So it became time to break out the wine. Now in the trades, the radar alarm went off several times at night — but because of squalls rather than ships. From then on the trades sporadically died, meaning we had to motor some of the time. So much for the reliability of the trades. With the wind coming and going, our best days were about 150 miles, and we made decent progress to the islands. On July 3 we sighted Molokai off our port bow. We expected the Molokai Channel to be its typically boisterous self, but it was calm. We rounded Diamond Head late on the afternoon of July 3 and tied up at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. While waiting for Customs, we found out that most of the boats over 30 feet had been kicked out of

IN LATITUDES So, with the leaves turning autumn colors, the days getting shorter, and a win¬ ter nip in the air, it's time for Moonshadow and me to head north and west. This time she'll leave New Zealand for good, as we're setting out in earnest to finish the cir¬ cumnavigation that we started in '94. On June 4, we will have set sail in the Royal Akarana YC's race from Auckland to Noumea, New Caledonia. Joining me for this 1,000-miler are three of my good sail¬ ing mates from New Zealand. Not joining me, sadly, are Gretchen and MaiTai, my cat. Gretchen has accepted an excellent career promotion which will take her to Melbourne, Australia, for at least a year. MaiTai will join her in Oz as, alas, my longtime sailing mate has become a bit too old for the rigors of life at sea. Per¬ haps we will all catch up again some day back in Aotearoa. After a month in New Caledonia, my very flexible itinerary calls for stops at Queensland and the Northern Territories of Australia, Indonesia, Asia, across the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea and up the Suez Canal, summer in the Med, and across the Atlantic to our starting point in Ft. Lauderdale. I’m looking at a time frame of 18 months, but my plans are al¬ ways drawn in the sand at low tide. — george 6/2/04

—jtidie bratten

Moonshadow — Deerfoot 62 George Backhus Continuing My Circumnavigation (Sausalito) I realize that many of you haven’t heard from me in a while, so here's what I've been up to and my upcoming plans. As most of you know, I returned to Auckland from the South Pacific in September of '02 to spend the southern hemisphere sum¬ mer in New Zealand — both to catch up with Gretchen, the lady in my life, and to enjoy the 2003 America's Cup. It was a fantastic summer, so I decided to take a season off from cruising and spend the winter in New Zealand. * Aside from getting reacquainted with my cold weather clothes, some of the high¬ lights of my winter off from cruising were: — A week of fantastic skiing in Queenstown. It was the first time I'd skied

in 10 years. — A week of scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, Australia. In my estimation, the diving there was only av¬ erage and therefore overrated. — A cold and windy week in Wellington, which is on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. — An even colder and windier week in lovely Dunedin, which is on New Zealand's South Island. I reckon that with global warming, Dunedin will be a choice spot to live in about 1,000 years. Buy now while the prices are still dirt cheap. — A trip to the States, with a live-day layover in New Orleans during the annual Jazz and Heritage Festival. As usual, the Fest was awesome, and it was great to catch up with friends and family in the 'Gray Area'. — In October of 2003, I was granted an Indefinite Returning Residency Visa, which will allow me to permanently reside in New Zealand. — Lastly, I've purchased a condominium in the lovely Auckland suburb of Parnell, and / am currently looking for tenants to occupy the place while I’m away.

Cruise Notes: After reading about the violent attack on Bob Hudnall and Dana Cannon of the Beach-based Hudson 50 Dona Lee at Baranquilla, Colomb Oia — see this month's Sightings — we've tried to come up with a list of what might be the five most dangerous cruising areas in the world. Based on everything we've heard and read, we think they would be: 1) Ap¬ proaching and in the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, where numerous boats have been shot at or robbed during the last five This is an upscale part of Colon. You want to be careful and part of a group during the day there, and avoid it entirely at night.

LATITUDE/RICHARD

the harbor in anticipation of the TransPac boats arriving the following week. So af¬ ter clearing in and dropping Marty off, we sailed down to the much nicer Ko Olina Marina, and before long had moved into Mischiefs new slip. We were 18 mostly pleasant days out of Alameda.

CHANCES years; 2) Certain parts of the coast and the nearby waters of Venezuela, where a yachtie was recently murdered while un¬ derway, and where there have been nu¬ merous robberies and attacks over the years; 3) The Baranquilla region of the coast of Colombia, where violent attacks on yachties seem to be on the increase again; and, 4) Papua New Guinea, where senseless violence is close to the norm, and where a Canadian cruising couple was severely beaten a few years ago. Ac¬ tually, those are the only four we could come up with. There are other nasty cit¬ ies, where the dangers are primarily ashore and after dark: Colon, Panama; Charlotte Amalie in the U.S. Virgins; the urban areas of St. Martin/Sint Maarten; Kingstown, Jamaica; and other large cit¬ ies in the Caribbean. We’d always thought Cartagena was a safe area of Colombia until last fall when John Haste of the San Diego-based Perry 52 Little Wing was robbed at gunpoint while motoring his cat. All of South Africa is dicey, as their mur¬ der rate is seven times that of the United States, which we all know is very high. Parts of Brazil are extremely dangerous,

the world for cruisers while underway, it would be the approaches to and in the Gulf of Aden.

too. But that's pretty much our list. Any¬ body want to amend or add to it? "On June 5, the Costa Rican Coast Guard seized Flamingo Marina — located on the northwest, coast of Guanacaste,

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Costa Rica — and ordered the owners of all 70 boats in the marina to take their vessels out immediately," report Tom and Lydia Teriy. "Flamingo Marina had been taken away from its founder Jim McKey about a year ago, at which time its opera¬ tion was taken over by the municipality of Santa Cruz. But the marina was now shut down as a result of actions taken by an environmental agency citing pollution from spilled fuel. Nobody seems to know when or if the marina might open again." Tom and Lydia left San Diego aboard their yacht Rapariga in '92, and say they participated in one of the first Ha-Ha's. (Presumably they mean one of the Sea of Cortez Sailing Weeks, which Latitude also founded, and temporarily nicknamed The Baja Ha-Ha'. The San Diego to Cabo HaHa didn't start until '94.) In any event, having sold their boat to a Kiwi in Fiji — that has a funny ring, doesn't it? — the Terrys are now in Costa Rica planning their "next escape". Speaking of Costa Rica, George Perrochet, the San Rafael-based owner of the Bahia Luminosa Beach Hotel on the

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Nicoya Peninsula, would love to get cop¬ ies of Latitude at his resort each month. As it’s prohibitively expensive for us to ship them down, we ask that folks with boats in Costa Rica bring them down when returning to your boats. "The Ba¬ hia Luminosa Hotel is fronted by the bestprotected bay in Costa Rica," says Perrochet, and a fair number of cruisers visit for a few days — and later return for long periods of time. They are sure happy when they can pore over the most recent issues of Latitude." 'Thanks to the generosity of Bruce Ladd, who was owed some time on the Jeanneau 45 Barocco in Anacortes, Washington, we got to spend 10 days at the end of May cruising in the San Juan Islands," report Dave and Merry Wallace of the Redwood City-based Amel-Maramu AirOps. "In addition to Ladd, Rick and Petra Gilmore, mutual friends from the Sequoia YC, rounded out our crew of five. We had a variety of weather. Some of it was clear — we could see Mt. Baker in the background while anchored at Sucia Island — while other times it was over¬

cast. But since the San Juans are gen¬ erally in the shadow of the Olympic Mountains to the west, we didn't have much rain. What we did have plenty of was seafood, which you can buy right off the dock in places such as Roche Harbor. Our big question was what are the rules of the road regarding float planes? They seem to land and take¬ off wherever they find a clear path! Al¬ though the San Juans definitely aren't as warm as Mexico, we had a great time in a great cruising area, and recommend it highly." Kim Hastings of Rain Dog in St. Pe¬ tersburg, Alaska, can tell everyone about the rights — or lack of rights — for float planes. "As someone who commutes to

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work daily by boat across the 'runway' used by local floatplanes in Petersburg, I recommend the link http:// www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/navrules/ navrules.htm. In Rule 18, Responsibili¬ ties Between Vessels, (e), it reads: "A sea¬ plane on the water shall, in general, keep well clear of all vessels and avoid imped¬ ing their navigation. In circumstances, however, where risk of collision exists, she

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CHANGES shall comply with the Rules of this part." In contrast to the rules of the road, most — all? — state boating laws exclude sea¬ planes from the definition of a vessel." In other words, float planes land where they can find a clear path because they are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to the rules of the road. "I'm still immersed in repairing Ornaerie, the wood Hallberg 29 I sailed from Moss Landing to Northern Europe — and more recently Spain," writes Ivan Rusch, who is in his late 70s and cur¬ rently living at Puerto Sherry in Cadiz, Spain. "When the repairs are done, my boat and I can hopefully explore the rest of the safe and civilized parts of the Med. Shammy Underfoot, my cat, is fine and hasn't been blown off the decks yet by the unceasing levante winds that blow air¬ borne dust up from the Sahara all day and night. I had a tarp covering my boat, but it’s 95% gone now. As for myself, I’m just recovering from approximately six days of lung congestion, and am feeling weak. The magic of rest, however, gave my body a chance to self-heal. But I'm eating well and have gained weight — even

It's tough when you're no longer In the best of shape and your boat needs lots of repairs, but Ivan Is hanging in there, living life to the hilt.

though I've mostly become a vegetarian. I say 'mostly' because I recently ate some escargot — you know, snails. The dictio¬ nary defines them as "animals that live in shells", so there goes my claim to veg¬ etarianism! You pick the snails out of the

shell with a toothpick, and are they ever delicious! I've also given up alcohol and coffee, and don't drink tea with caffeine. Tomorrow at 9 a.m. I'm taking a bus to Gibraltar to pick up engine parts. 'Gib' has had an awesome history ever since the Brits stole it from the Spaniards in 1704 with a naval bombardment. While there, I'll eat fish and chips — yum-yum — and maybe take the trolley trip to near the summit of the rock. When it comes to shopping for boat parts and stuff, I'm get¬ ting accustomed to the terrible service in the local stores and chandleries. They hate to have to order things they don't have in stock. Anyway, I hope to have Ornaerie repaired to better and safer than new in about eight months. At that time, I plan to head for more remote places — such as Armenia." Armenia?! How do you hope to get to a landlocked country east of Turkey with your boat? "In November of last year, my wife and I moved to the Washington, D.C. area due to a job promotion," writes Randy Hasness of the Alameda-based Wauquiez 33 Moon

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Marina on Banderas Bay, because of the terrific winter weather and the most consistently good sailing condi¬ tions in Mexico. But if you're primarily looking for low cost storage, with some sailing, you'd be bet¬ ter off at one of the marinas in Mazatlan, which are comparatively inex¬ pensive. If you're looking to just put your boat on the hard for three years, Marina Seca up near Guaymas would be a good choice. No matter which of these you might choose, you'd be perfectly po¬ sitioned to start your cruising in three years. The only drawback with these places is that they are quite hot, humid, and rainy from about the middle of June

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IN LATITUDES

Think the Canal Commission likes to lose money waiting for little boats like this small cat huffing through the Gaillard Cut? Wrong!

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CHANCES Club, when the Canal Admeasurer filled out the Admeasurement form, Don made a mistake by saying his boat was capable of a sustained speed of 6-7 knots under power. Don told Craig this was a big mis¬ take because the Canal now has a new rule that if boats can't maintain a sus¬ tained eight knots, they have to take two days to do a transit. In the case of a 49-ft boat, this means the normal $600 for the transit and refundable $850 'buffer' — but also another $440 for an interrupted tran¬ sit fee, $320 in launch fees, $50 for moor¬ age, and $50 for something else. As a re¬ sult, the final cost of Tamure's transit might be more than double what it would be if the owner had said his boat could sustain eight knots under power and therefore made it through the Canal in one day. We say "might be" because Don was told that if he does make it through the Canal in one day — something he has no control over — he'll get all his money back minus the one-day transit fee of $600. "What ticks me off," wrote Don, "is that currently boats from the Colon side are picked up in the evening, spend the night

This is Hector the Admeasurer with his tape and Doha de Mallorca. No matter how slow your boat is, if you tell him it will do a sustained eight knots, it may save you some money.

on Lake Gatun, then continue on the next day. But they don't have to pay interuption fees, mooring fees, or launch fees. Mine is also the first boat to have to pay these additional fees. 1 know, because

a 40-footer and a 28-footer went through in the last couple of days, and they only had to pay the transit fee and buffer." In all fairness to the Canal, each lock¬ ing through process is worth a lot of money — an average of about $100,000 — so if they have to wait for slow boats, the delay really does cost them big bucks. And there are some small boats. When we came through in May, there was an outboard-powered cat that locked through with us on the Pacific side that was late and caused some delay. Not a huge delay, but if you put a couple of those together it's $100,000 down the Canal drains. We still believe the long term solution for smaller boats in the Canal is that they be raised 84 feet at one end and lowered 84 feet at the other end some means other than giant locks made for ships. For in¬ stance, boats to about 45 feet could eas¬ ily be pulled out on hydraulic trailers — as is done at Marina Seca, the Napa Val¬ ley Marina, and many other places — at each end, driven around the locks, and relaunched. On a volume basis, this could

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IN LATITUDES surely be done for no more than the ca¬ nal fee of $500, and the boats wouldn't have to wait for days on end for a transit time. In addition, they wouldn't have to pay for line-handlers. Furthermore, by eliminating small boat-caused delays, the Canal could easily afford to buy several tractors and hydraulic trailers to do the job. "We're just a few days from heading out of California for the East Coast to begin the cruising dream aboard our Stevens 47 cutter Providence, currently in An¬ napolis,” report Northern Californians Chris and Frances Havel, with kids Aaron and Moses. "Unfortunately, we've just been so busy trying to leave — in addi¬ tion to deciding just three weeks ago to sell our house in Oakland — that I haven't had any time to write. At the end of April, however, I spent 10 amazingly busy and fun days preparing, launching, and sail¬ ing the boat to Mystic, Connecticut, where she awaits our arrival. The sailing condi¬ tions and boat were both beyond my ex¬ pectations." "Please see the accompanying photo to

check out the new arrangment of slips at Marina de La Paz," write Mary and Mac Shroyer, owners of the marina that was hit so hard by hurricane Marty last summer. "Good progress is be¬ ing made, and long¬ term residents have selected and settled into their preferred slips. In the lowej righthand corner of the photo you will see the barge and crane at work placing pre¬ stressed concrete pilings as part of a breakwater system to protect the marina from the southwest. A similar breakwa¬ ter will be placed on the northeast side, which has already been reinforced by in¬ stalling pilings every 10 feet. "The Association of Mexican Tourist Marinas continues to press for elimina¬ tion of port clearance papers," the

Marina de La Paz, which was in very bad shape after hurricane Marty, is getting more hurricane protection than ever, and is looking good.

Shroyers continue. "A bill is in the hands of a committee at the National Legislature. It is being held up from presentation to the Legislature by the committee head for reasons that are unrelated to the ques¬ tion of clearance papers. Efforts are be¬ ing made to unstick the legislation. Does it sound like Washington, D.C. or Sacra¬ mento? It's the price of democracy. In another matter, the sound of death rattles

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is emanating from the throat of the Escalera Nautica, as Fonatur — the Mexican tourism development agency — attempts to change emphasis and direc¬ tion. They have offered for sale the basin in La Paz between the town and the air¬ port which, along with Santa Rosallilita on the Pacific Coast of Baja, was to be part of their program. Fonatur is now con¬ centrating on the Nopalo area of Loreto, for which they have apparently found a partner / investor." We're tempted to boast that as soon as the Escalera Nautica plan was an¬ nounced, we went on record saying it was never going to happen. But what's the point of boasting when everybody who knew anything about the project realized it was DOA from day one. Having big plans is one thing, having the money to pull them off is another. "I was busy with my boat in the yard, but am now about ready to leave for my summer cruise in the northwest Med," writes Noel Gaudinat of the Grand Mott, France-based Outremer 43 cat Laia. Gaudinat used to own a monohull in Sausalito that he later cruised to Mexico. "I

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should leave next weekend for the French Cote d'Azur, then head to the Italian Riviera, then maybe sail back throught the Balearic Islands of Spain. I would very much like to visit Croatia, but it's quite a

ways away and will probably have to wait until next year. Many Ha-Ha vets will remember Tim Schaaf, who for years was the Assistant Harbormaster at Cabo Isle Marina, and who therefore was in charge of assigning slips to the arriving Ha-Ha boats. The last we heard, he was instrumental in pulling many of the boats off the beach at Puerto Escondido after hurricane Marty in the Sea of Cortez, and was then getting ready to head for French Polynesia aboard his Hunter 33 Casual Water. But cruising plans change, don't they? "I bought a Moorings 4500 catamaran coming out of charter service in the Brit¬ ish Virgin Islands," writes Schaaf. "I used to very much be a monohull sailor, but then I was very impressed during a sail aboard Profligate in '97 — even though it was long before her bugs were worked out. The other culprit is Blair Grinds, who has probably sailed more miles in the Pacific than anyone over the last six or seven years with his 46-ft cat Capricorn Cat. Both cats had obviously had their share of tough weather, yet stayed right side up.

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IN LATITUDES and both owners seem to have had such a ball with their boats, that J opened my mind and took the plunge. I have to say, it's kinda fun being a true rookie again, as with a cat it's sort of like learning to sail all over again. Before buying the cat, we visited with John and Lynn Ringeis of Novato, who own and charter their new Lagoon 410 Moonshine based in the Brit¬ ish Virgins. We'd learned about them in 'Lectronic, and they were a great help when we visited with them in the BVIs. My idea is to charter the cat for four months each winter, either in the Caribbean or the west coast of Mexico, doing golf and sailing charters. During previous incarnations, I was a charter skipper, and for six years I was the head golf coach at Stanford. We'll start in the Caribbean. By the way, the 'we' includes Marsha McCoskrie, my spe¬ cial friend of the last six or seven months. We actually attended the same high school in Bangkok, Thailand, but didn’t run in the same circles. We reconnected last fall as an indirect result of my brother's death last year in a plane crash — it was sort of a final present from him. Marsha loves

boating and we just finished a nice cruise aboard Ca¬ sual Water in the Sea of Cortez. I'm not sure about the fate of my old boat, as she's been such a big part of my life for 22 years that I won't be able to easily let her go. Right now she's on the hard in Marina San Carlos. Be¬ tween the Ha-Ha and catamarans, my life would honestly have been much easier had I never heard of Latitude — but so far it's been a good ride." 'The Clifton and Hatton families took our Chung Hwa 36 ketch Shamaness out of the Marina Seca dry storage yard near Guaymas, then sailed her across the Sea of Cortez to attend the 2004 Loreto Fest

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Although they've saved their boat, Martin and Robin have a tremendous amount of work and expense before them.

a new goal — raising money for several charities in nearby Loreto. The event even has a board of directors now, and on Sun¬ day night they announced that about $7,000 a year is donated to local schools

and a medical facility in town. One of the event's favorite causes is providing dor¬ mitory facilities to children living on ranches in remote areas, so the kids can attend school during the week and go home on weekends. Some of the benefi¬ ciaries are now attending high school, and before long some will be going to college. We don't know all the details, but we do know that this tremendously fun cruiser event does a lot of good for the commu¬ nity, too. The biggest story in Baja this season has been the grounding — and refloating a week later — of Martin and Robin Hardy’s San Pedro-based custom trawler Cat's Meow at the Hot Springs anchor¬ age. It was all the more emotional because the Hardys and their trawler had saved at least eight boats that had been driven ashore last summer by hurricane Marty at Puerto Escondido. Their misfortune started on the night of the 20th, when Martin decided that despite it being dark, they needed to leave the anchorage right away because the wind was coming up. Alas, he made a wrong turn in the dark¬ ness, and put their beloved trawler on the

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IN LATITUDES rocks. A large contingent of cruisers de¬ scended upon the scene early the next morning. She was patched and a path made for her to be pulled back into the Sea. Alas, the Mexican Navy wasn't able to pull her straight, and a stabilizer was ripped off, putting a two-foot by two-foot hole in her hull. She sank bow down, and at high tide the water was up to the top of her salon. It was horrible. After the Mexi¬ can Navy left, the cruisers from some 25 boats got to work with dive gear, pumps, anchors, line, and all types of other sal¬ vage gear. With the motoryacht Bydand pulling at almost full throttle for several hours, the boat was set upright and se¬ cured by 12 anchors. Then the underwa¬ ter patching and other repairs began. The first attempt to refloat her fell short just minutes from success when the main pump gave out at the last minute, allow . ing the boat to fill with water again. The rescue team, sunburned, exhausted, and slimed with diesel, was heartbroken. But on the second try, a week after the grounding, there was success, and Siempre Sabado took the trawler in tow to Puerto Escondido. Many other cruis¬

ers stayed behind to completely clean the beach. Before long, Dick of Corazon, Lance of Milagro, and Dave of Equity — with the help of others — got the once-submerged engine going again. Cat's Meow was then towed to La Paz by Argo, where the very long and expen¬ sive refit has be¬ gun. The Hardys, who are devastated, didn't have any insurance. So if you'd like to help cruisers in need who have already helped many other cruisers in need, make your check out to Martin Hardy and send it to Mike Garrow, 325 Pine Street, Sausalito, CA 94965. You'll be doing a good thing. As we enter the middle of the summer

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WEST WIGHT POTTER 19, 2001. Very nice boat with trailer, 4-stroke outboard, stove, Porta-Potti, running lights, one 90% and one 140% jib with whisker pole. $9,000. Call (209) 869-3254. VIPER 640, #53. Boat of the Year 1997. Rates 96 PHRF. 21’1” long, asymmetri¬ cal kite, retractable 200# keel. Galvanized trailer. High performance sailing for three persons. Comfortable hiking, no trapezes. Epoxy construction, tapered Proctor mast. Ideal for Lake Tahoe. Can be ramp or hoist-launched. Will deliver to CA or NV. $9,000. Call (831) 429-1545. CARANITA 21,1960. Old woodie in great condition, great Bay boat. 6 hp ob, full set of sails, fixed torpedo keel, $1,000/obo. Please call Jim (404) 488-1406 or email: captaincope @ hotmail.com. ERICSON 23 WITH TRAILER. New main, cushions, engine mount, etc. Mariner 4 hp. 2-axle trailer in good shape. A real sailer. Currently in Alameda. Need to sell. $1,700 for all. Robert (209) 613-0374. BENETEAU 235. Nissan 9.9, PHRF 174. Wing keel, head, galley, nav, sleeps 4. Rebuilt tandem trailer. 3 bags, marine ra¬ dio, 2 coats bottom paint 5/21/04. Faired keel/wing. Upgrades. Great club pocket racer. Must sell this month. $11,900. Please call Kory/Napa (707) 291-0891.

BRISTOL CARAVEL 22 SLOOP. Good daysailer, full complement of sails. Built 1970. 9-horse Merc outboard. New mainsail, cover, handrails, tiller, running rigging, cockpit cushions. $1,995. Mike (408) 258-7006 or (408) 924-7196. FLICKA 20. Sail as is or project boat. New Awlgrip, epoxy bottom. Hull excellent. Lots of custom bronze. In Tiburon. $2,500 or trade for trailerable boat. (415) 381 -9567.

MONTGOMERY 17 on EZ Loader trailer with electric power winch. Main, jib, drifter. 5 hp Honda 4-stroke. Autopilot. PortaPotti, sink with 10 gal water tank, running lights. Great boat. $7,500. Please call (831) 659-1665. SANTANA 20 WITH TRAILER. Built in 2003, brand new, never registered, never sailed. Open transom-style. Hull #925. Red stripes, no sails. $12,999. Super deal. Call (415) 331-6912. TANZER 22. Canadian-built, wellequipped and maintained. Practically new Honda 5 hp outboard and sails. Huge cockpit. Most well-built, stable and roomy cruiser at this size and price. See <www.tanzer22.com> for comparisons. $2,500. Email: kcrunchl @ aol.com or call (510) 502-3607.

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SANTANA 22. Great boat for learning to sail or just play on the Bay. 2nd year on new bottom paint. New standing rigging. Two jibs, one mainsail. 4 hp outboard in good condition. $1,500. (415) 467-5011. BENETEAU 235. Fin keel, new sails. 6 hp 4-stroke motor, with trailer. $12,500. Call (916) 933-2346. DEHLER SPRINTA 23. Van der Stadt hull, German built. All lines led aft. Tuneable mast, 4 Lewmar winches, 4 sails, spinnaker, 3 hp longshaft. New topside/bottom paint. Newly refinished in¬ terior. Related to mini TransPac boats. Pic/ info: <http://pagerbar.com/oat/> $4,250/ obo. Email: Sprinta23@yahoo.com or call (650) 888-8782. J/24, 1978. GOOD CONDITION. Full in¬ ventory. Kevlar genoa. No vermiculite, teak and holly sole. On tandem-axle trailer in excellent condition. $5,500. Located Sausalito. Owner in New Zealand. Email: chrispoulter@yahoo.com or call 011-64 (7) 863-4750. RANGER 22. Gary Mull design. Three headsails, main, spinnaker, VHF, depth, speed. New standing rigging 2003. New bottom paint 2004. Single-axle EZ Loader trailer. 4 hp Johnson. Fin keel, quick and responsive boat. $4,400. Monterey. Call -(831) 728-0787. MOORE 24,1980. Very clean boat, good trailer, many sails, standing.and running rigging replaced. 3 hp outboard just ser¬ viced, plus extras. Located at Alameda Marina. $9,500/obo. Call (925) 457-9978. SANTANA 20 #653,1983. Well cared for. New UK tape drives and other practice sails. Good trailer with new tires and lights. Boat is located in Alameda. Race ready or just have fun. $3,950/obo. Call (510) 523-1032 or email: mhsimpo@aol.com. 1977 CAPE DORY TYPHOON. 18.5 feet. Trailer, 4 hp Johnson, roller furling 150, recent standing rigging, fully battened main, Porta-Potti, cushions, anchor, com¬ pass. Total weight 2,000 lbs, ballast 900 lbs. $4,000. Call Jerry (415) 999-6184 or email: senorgeronimo@yahoo.com. BENETEAU 235, 1988. Honda 4, wing keel, 155 and 85% jibs, 2 year-old stand¬ ing rigging, TuffLuff, enclosed head, gal¬ ley, and nav area, room to sleep. Trailer. Lots of equipment and upgrades. See: <http://home.alamedanet.net/ ~jaytownley/> for terms and details. $10,550. Call (510) 865-4154. CHRYSLER BUCCANEER 18, 1978. Great condition with many upgrades. Likenew jib and reconditioned mainsail. Stand¬ ing and running rigging replaced within the last four years. Includes Evinrude 3 hp outboard. $1,500. For link to photos and more info email: deereed@sbcglobal.net or (916)452-0819.

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MacGREGOR 26, 1990. Great 8 hp Honda. All cushions in very good shape. Great day/Bay boat. 3 sails. Trailer in good shape. Asking $6,000. Make offer. Call (707) 372-8660. ERICSON 26, 1969. 4 sails, 3 anchors, sleeps 5, built-in icebox and head. 5’9” headroom, leaf table, lots storage, beau¬ tiful blue hull, strong outboard. Only $4,900, worth twice that. Must sell. Coy¬ ote Point berth. Jim (916) 233-7774. HUNTER 27,1977. Transferable berth in Benicia. Sleeps 5, good sails, spinnakers. Inboard Yanmar diesel, 6’ headroom, depth/knot meters, needs a little TLC. Great Bay boat. $8,500/obo. Email for photos: dskipr73@hotmail.com or call (707) 557-9043.

BAYLINER BUCCANEER 24 on trailer. Sleeps 6. Stand-up cabin, separate head, new sails, self-steerer, ladder. Beautiful condition. $4,000. Call (530) 949-0752 or (209) 745-0665. CATALINA 22, 1977 with trailer, swing keel, extra sails, sails great. Macavoy Harbor, Pittsburg. $2,500 obo. Also, 15 hp 4-stroke electric start Mercury, longshaft, brand new, $2,000. Bill (510) 787-3104. 16- FT CATBOAT, 2002. Fine, open daysailer with large cockpit, large gaff mainsail, shallow-draft full keel. Mast stepped in a tabernacle. Strip-plank hull with fiberglass sheathing. Includes trailer, cover, 2 hp Honda. Pictures available. $9,500. John (510) 366-1476. CATALINA 22 Mk II, 1999. Rare deep fin keel, custom rudder, upgraded standing rigging and booffi, all lines led aft. Rigged for singlehanding including Autohelm. Two sets of sails, Dacron and Kevlar. Two spin¬ nakers, one is AIRX. Boat is in great shape, with over $20k invested. Sell for $6,000. Going cruising and can’t take the 22 with us. (209) 570-1680. J/22, HULL#708,1987. Dry-sailed, recent fairing and gelcoat on keel and rudder. Hull polished to 1500 grit. Newer headstay, shrouds, backstay and running rigging. PHRF class winner. 3+ sets of sails, none new. Trailer, OB. Photos. $11,300. Call (805) 899-9139. 17- FT THISTLE CLASS, HULL #265, with trailer. Beautiful woodie, great sailer, big national class. Good sails including spin¬ naker. $1,750. Call Whitt (415) 497-8101 (Marin).

25 TO 28 FEET COLUMBIA 26,1969. Newer sails, 2000. 15 hp LS Evinrude, 1998. Located at Rich¬ mond Marina Bay. $1,050 or make offer. Call (209) 559-1460. ISLANDER 28, 1978. Atomic 4, wheel steering, folding prop, spinnaker, VHF, etc. Seaworthy, looks good. Located Marin. $12,000. Call (808) 938-0329.

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MacGREGOR 26,1990. New main, roller furling, spinnaker, repainted trailer, VHF, enclosed head. Sleeps 6, 8 hp Nissan, twin batteries. $6,500/obo. (650) 826-0819 or Paul@kusber.com. CATALINA 250 WING KEEL, 1998. New condition, freshwater Tahoe. Trailer, 8 hp Honda 4-stroke, propane stove, head, Autohelm, depth and knot. VHF/CD-FM/ AM, cockpit speakers, curtains, carpet, mast antenna/wind indicator. Two an¬ chors, life vests, bottom paint. $26,000. (775) 849-7888 or scottjohnstoh @att.net. ERICSON 27,1974.2004 High Thrust 9.9 Yamaha outboard, VHF, compass, lines, electrical, batteries and much more. Very spacious. Great slip in Moss Landing. $9,000. Call Mark (209) 743-9090. MacGREGOR 26, 1989 with trailer, Johnson 8.0 hp outboard. Reinforced for San Francisco Bay sailing. Many extras include built in CD/AM/FM. Located at Alameda Marina. Good condition. Ready to sail. $6,750. Call (925) 443-8915 or sailorgeo'rge26 @ aol .com. MORGAN 27. This rare and fantastic per¬ forming boat has not been sailed ip 4 years and needs some TLC. Out-of-state owner says ‘must sell’. All offers considered. Al¬ most new diesel, roller furler, open tran¬ som, many extras. Call (707) 315-6679. 26-FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Fiberglass. All lines led aft for easy singlehanding. BMW engine with new, not rebuilt, top end. Elsbett injector allows it to run on diesel, biodiesel or straight veggie oil for smoother, stink-free running. Recent main, 3 jibs by top Swedish sailmaker, spinnaker, extra Pinapple main. Autohelm autopilot with remote fluxgate compass. Speedo/depth. Sausalito berth. $6,500. Call George (707) 433-6321 or email: dijonl @sonic.net.

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CATALINA 25, 1981. Great Bay sailer. Fixed keel, autopilot, 8 hp Honda, head with holding tank, pop-top, sink, icebox, anchor, VHF, compass, V-berth, extras. Comes with right-on-the-Bay San Fran¬ cisco Marina slip. $9,900. (408) 289-3086 or email: james.dorsch@udlp.com.

CATALINA 27, 1975. $5,000. Located in Sausalito, in good saling condition and ready for summer. Call (415) 244-8454 or email: holleysc@hotmail.com to view.

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TARTAN 27. S&S design. Full keel with centerboard. Atomic 4 diesel. Harken Furlow jib. New rigging, main, jib in 2002. New bottom 2003. New varnish 2004. Rigged for singlehanded. $8,000. (925) 675-4281 (days) or (925) 458-2696 (eves).

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CORONADO 27,1971. Inboard Volvo die¬ sel. Exceptionally maintained and in ex¬ cellent condition. Autotiller, water pres¬ sure, hot water, Force 10 heater, AdlerBarbour fridge, 2-burner stove, 2-bank battery charger and deep cycle batteries. Over $25k invested within last 4 years in¬ cluding: New main, new canvas, $7k into engine in 2004 including transmission re¬ build, new battery charger, new running rigging, new prop, new prop shaft, new cutlass bearing, much restored woodwork, new interior, new cockpit cushions, new head, new CD player/speakers, new wa¬ ter pressure and much more. Full mainte¬ nance/restoration schedule available upon request. Non-liveaboard slip available in Sausalito. See: <http://www.dezafra.com/ coronado27.htm> for more information. $11,000. Call Aaron (415) 786-2244 (days/eves). CATALINA 27,1977. Coyote Point berth. Two roller furling headsails, autotiller, bar¬ becue, Loran, interior cushions like new. Johnson 9.9 hp outboard. $6,000. Call (650) 270-9458. NEWPORT 27 S. A nimble cruising auxil¬ iary sailer for $4,000/obo. Worth a lot more but we must sell. Re-rigged stays and shrouds with good bottom paint. New 3blade propeller on Atomic 4. Furling jib, 4 winches, GPS map, aux. motor mount, refrigerator, microwave, new toilet. Sleeps 5, semi-flush deck, wide cabin. Call (408) 723-0619. If busy, call (408) 829-6818 or email: www.wickerwall@hotmail.com. 27-FT STARLIGHT SLOOP. Profession¬ ally bdilt. Plywood hull, teak decks, alumi¬ num rig. 2-cycle Volvo. Roomy cockpit. Fully equipped. $10,000. (415) 332-2500.

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CATALINA 25 SWING KEEL with trailer. Main, jib, storm, spinnaker. $5,500/firm or trade for a VW Vanagon Westfalia, 1990-? Also, 13’ Cyclone sailboat, like to trade for a 7-10 hp outboard. 2-cycle OK. Call (707) 253-1758. ISLANDER 28,1977. Tiller, Atomic 4, A/P, furler, good condition. Many upgrades. Asking $15,000. Can be seen at: chttp:// home.comcast.net/~rlleber/wsb/html/ view.cgi-home.html-.html> or call (510) 865-6872. BAYLINER BUCCANEER 27, 1980. Great Bay boat, easily singlehanded. Sleeps 4-5, draws 4’3”. Double reef main, 2 jibs: 110, 135. GPS, VHF, depth, tiller, Volvo 18 hp inboard diesel. Twin Bruce anchors, alcohol stove, bottom paint and survey 2004. $7,900/obo. Call Jerry (650)' 743-1397. PEARSON 28,1978. Clean, stiff Bay boat. Atomic 4 runs great, new standing rigging, all new head system, Garmin GPS, Simrad tiller pilot, dodger, H/C water. All in great shape. $8,500. (650) 743-7521.

MacGREGOR 26, 1994. Trailer, 8 hp Honda 4-stroke. Furling and regular jibs plus main with sail cover. Water ballast, swing keel, positive flotation, swim ladder, anchor, chain, rode. Alcohol stove, Magma grill and mounting hardware, por¬ table toilet, cockpit cushions. Dry-sailed until March 2003. Antioch Marina since then. Trailer has surge brakes and spare tire. Asking $6,500. Frank (925) 212-7761. CATALINA 27,1985. White hull with blue sail cover. Beautiful condition inside and out. Universal diesel, roller furling, Plexiglas windows, charger, cabin top trav¬ eler, VHF, depth, compass, GPS. Inflat¬ able, fold-away dinette table , new head, CNG stove. Original owner. $14,950/obo. (916) 508-7144 orjbward59@aol.com. HUNTER 25,1978. Needs running/stand¬ ing rigging, tiller, outboard. Sitting in slip a few years, but bilge is dry. Interior good condition. Comes with new self-tending jib. See pics at: <www.robpla.net> $1,000/ obo or will trade for good laptop. Call (415) 290-1882.

LAGUNA 26,1986. One-owner boat. Maxi trailer sailer. Queen aft bunk. 6-foot headroom. 3 jibs, spinnaker, VHF, new depth and log. Recent rigging, all led aft. Honda 7.5. $7,995. Will deliver on |ike-new trailer. $1,950. Call (888) 708-6285. 28-FT HAWKFARM. Top race winner, brings in silverware. Huge inventory of new equipment like sails, winches, engine, paint, wiring, faired foils, bottom. Hauled/ surveyed Mar 2004, excellent survey. Rare bright glass interior. $12,000. Call Dan (510) 521-7172. RANGER 26. Great Gary Mull design. Newer sails and standing rigging, Harken furler, needs cosmetics, outboard. $3,795/ obo. 2-axle trailer, new tires, surge brakes, $1,995. Health forces sale. Located Chico, CA. Will deliver Northern CA. Call (530) 570-9221 or (530) 342-5535.

ISLANDER 28, 1978. Loaded, radar, GPS, new head, canvas, Edson wheel, cruising chute. Excellent condition. $24,000. Can be seen at Grand Marina, Alameda or at <www.boat-lettering.net/ islander.jpg> Call (916) 366-9678 or email: ccoxsigns@earthlink.net. HUNTER 27, 1982. $11,000. Well main¬ tained, inboard diesel, good first boat. 6k invested. Alameda berth, club jib, sleeps 5, VHF, marine head, hauled 9/01. (408) 536-6477 or email: shig_o@yahoo.com or whmacrae @ yahoo.com.

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NEWPORT 30,1982. Univeral 4 cylinder diesel, 100 hours. Jibs: 90,105,120,150. Three spinnakers. Solar panels, GPS, autopilot. So. San Francisco. $19,000/ obo. Call Guy (415) 822-4939.

LAST CHANCE. PEARSON ARIEL #206. Over-rigged and under-priced. Extensive sail inventory. Hi-tech lines led aft. Atomic4 inboard, rod rigging, etc. Not pretty but sails like she is. $4,000/obo. Call (510) 639-7004.

MARIEHOLM INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Built in Sweden 1973. FG hull, lines led aft. New dodger and mainsail cover, 2 mainsails, 3 jibs and a spinnaker. 5 hp Nissan. Clean, comfortable interior. A beautiful, tough boat and ideal single¬ hander. I’ve loved sailing her. Berthed in Sausalito. $8,750. Ian (415) 381-2728.

WESTSAIL 28, 1977. Beautiful full keel cruiser. Very clean inside and out. Cutter rig, 30 gal fuel, 70 gal water. Volvo, depth, knot, VHF, GPS, dinghy, outboard, sex¬ tant, spares. Will take first $30,000. Might carry right person. Marina del Rey. John (310) 592-5701.

OCEAN SAILING SANTANA 25, 1976. $5,800. Well maintained with slip in Half Moon Bay and trailer. Honda 4-stroke 8 hp outboard. Setup for singlehanded. Many sails. Bottom done and new shrouds. Sink and water tank. Call (650) 759-7641 orjamesguanzon@yahoo.com.

PEARSON 26, 1968. Inboard motor, full keel, two sails. Clean, nice interior/exte¬ rior, $2,000. Also, Bristol 27, 1968. Two sails, 15 hp Mercury outboard. Clean, good looking, 6’ headroom. Nice interior/ exterior. Possible free anchorage for sea¬ son. Call (415) 706-4061.

MacGREGOR 26X, 1997. Trailer, 50 hp tilt engine, furling 135% genoa, stereo, VHF, cushions, stove, new carpet, auto¬ pilot, dual batteries, and more. Cruise at 55, 18 or 6 knots. Located SF Bay, but can deliver. $14,900. Rick (530) 902-9007.

THUNDERBIRD 26,1966. Currently rac¬ ing. Needs cosmetic, minor repairs but in sound condition. Aluminum rig, rigid vang, Harken traveler. Racing main, jib, genoa, 2 spinnakers, practice jib, genoa. 6 hp Mercury. Full boat cover. Full details: <http://home.earthlink.net/utkan/lyrio $3,400/obo. Email: utkans @yahoo.com.

CORONADO 25,1967. 5 hp 4-stroke en¬ gine. Steal this great old boat for $1,500. Located in Alameda. Slip may be avail¬ able. Call (510) 522-6106. 25-FT CATALINA 250, 1995. Excellent condition. Stored covered on trailer. Wa¬ ter ballast, electric start Honda 9.9, VHF radio, speed/depthfinder. Enclosed head with basin. Galley with propane stove, sleeps 4-6. Roller furler and mast raising system. Many extras. $16,900. Call (707) 965-2194.

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INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. Excel¬ lent Bay and ocean boat. Great sail inven¬ tory including spinnaker. Two speed pri¬ maries. New standing rigging, dodger, tiller, Autohelm, 5 hp Nissan. Recent brightwork. Teak interior. No blisters. Clean and ready to enjoy. $3,750/obo: (415) 509-5924.

CAL 2-29. Volvo diesel. Best boat under $20,000. All new: Autopilot, radar, 2 GPSs, watermaker, LCD TV, DVD, MP3, 2 solar panels, plumbing, wiring, bottom, 4 bat¬ teries, 24” wheel, winch, wheel and sail covers. $18,750. Make offer. Call (805) 259-7171.

O’DAY 27. Sausalito berth. Yanmar 8 hp diesel, runs great. Nice, clean, roomy. Depthfinder, VHF, stove, sink, icebox, etc. Flexible partnership possible. Price nego¬ tiable. $7,200. Trades considered. Call (415) 331-5251.

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PEARSON ARIEL 25,1965. Good strong boat. Good sails and rig. Lines led aft. Needs TLC. Redwood City berth. $2,500. Karl (707) 295-7176 or (707) 994-0784 or email: Kahini@yahoo.com.

ERICSON 27,1974. Teak interior, recon¬ ditioned Atomic 4. Autohelm, DS, VHF, roller furling, gennaker with snuffer, full batten main, new dodger, and more. Must sell, bought new boat. $7,500. Call Tim (415) 850-8755.

YANKEE 30, 1974. Sparkman and Stephens design. Berthed in city of Monterey slip. Very good condition. Short rig. 10 hp Westerbeke diesel, 300 hours. New bottom paint. Recent thru-hulls. Ra¬ dio, depthfinder, 2 jibs, spinnaker. $16,500. Call (831) 915-7389 or email: brocsten@aol.com.

SANTANA 525,1979. $4,500. Good Bay trainer. Spinnaker and pole, Johnson out¬ board, Alameda berth. (408) 259-5656 or email: whmacrae@yahoo.com. CAL 2-27,1977. Good condition, full bat¬ tened main, spare main, 6 bags sails, spin¬ naker. Knotmeter, depth, VHF, stereo, die¬ sel. New items: Water pump, batteries, battery charger, cutlass bearing, shift cable, non-skid. Easy to sail. $9,000. Call (831)423-5641.

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HUNTER 30,1990. Immaculate condition. New antifouling. Yanmar 16 hp diesel. Autohelm 4000, wind speed/direction in¬ dicator, fishfinder, depthfinder, VHF radio, two new batteries with voltage monitor, battery charger. Fully battened main with Harken lazyjacks, Harken roller furling, rigid boom vang, feathering Maxprop. 130%, 100% jibs plus beautiful reacher. Barbeque. Delta awning. Sails well plus has amazing accommodation. Fatty Knees sailing/rowing dinghy included. $37,000. Call (650) 654-4041 or email: jrhawkins@aol.com. CATALINA 30, 1982. TR, new rigging. BS, new. Diesel engine, dodger, GPS, autopilot, W/H, new main, new 165 jib, used 110, lines led aft, in-mast halyards, wheel helm, holding tank, inflatable, new bottom paint. Berthed at Fortman Marina, Alameda. $20,000/firm. (510) 521-0357.

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$8,500 / OBO. NICE RANGER 29, 1970 with 8 hp Yanmar diesel. Garmin GPS, Raytheon VHF, extra sails and more. Last surveyed August 2003. Located at Alameda Marina. To take a look or sail, call Dave (619) 417-7122. KINGSCRUISER 30, 1959. Classic wooden sailboat, new deck, many extras. $3,000. Berthed in Oakland. Call (510) 521-8506. LANCER 30, 1980. Emeryville Marina. Yanmar diesel. Sails include main, roller furling jibs, 100%, 150%. Depth, GPS, radio, autopilot. Nice kitchen, head and cabin. Surveyed 10/2003. $10,000. Call for email pictures. (510) 604-0136 or (510) 578-5633. NEWPORT 30, #1035. Original owner, well maintained. Many current updates: Furling jib, battery charger, diesel heat exchanger, master control panel, water filter. Berthed at OYC, Alameda. $16,000/ obo. Call (925) 934-1897 for a look see.

CAL 29,1973. Fat Chance. Refurbished in 2003. Recent new mast, internal hal¬ yards. All lines into cockpit. 4-cylinder gas engine, folding prop, 7 winches, dodger, man-overboard gear. Instruments: 2 VHF radios, compass, depthfinder, speedom¬ eter, GPS, Loran C, pilot, charger, barom¬ eter, clock. 2 batteries, holding tank, gimbaled stove with oven. Spinnaker gear, spinnaker, 2 mainsails, 150-110 genoas, storm jib, sail cover. 2 anchors, 9' inflat¬ able. Fast and comfortable. $15,900/obo. Call (209) 365-6642 or (925) 787-4676. CATALINA 30,1979. New Universal die¬ sel, 26 hp, 110 hours. Wheel steering, pedestal engine controls and compass. Excellent sails, Profurl, lines aft, dodger, spinnaker, pole, cockpit cushions, table, fridge, hot water, 75 amp alt, holding tank, epoxy bottom. Asking $20,000. Call (707) 263-5987 or (707) 349-0899 or email: catdunne@pon.net.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30, 1979. Fresh¬ water boat in Lake Tahoe. Good condi¬ tion, wheel, Volvo diesel, main, jib, genoa. Full galley, hot/cold pressure water. VHF, head with holding tank and macerator. $12,000. Call (530) 544-6111 or email: wysongcpa @ sbcglobal .net. CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 KETCH. Sausalito. Teak hull, copper rivets. Hauled, painted and surveyed spring 2003. Boat in good condition. Price re¬ duced to $9,500 because of original Atomic 4 engine. Leave message at (415) 246-3900 or email: edsangster@aol.com. PACIFIC 30, 1971. Canadian racer/ cruiser, Baja Ha-Ha or anywhere. Excel¬ lent sails, new saildrive. Solar, windvane, autopilot, SSB, VHF, GPS, knot, depth. Stereo, Bruce anchor, propane stove/ oven, wood heat. Very cozy, excellent liveaboard. $20,000. Steve (415) 847-0179. HUNTER 29.5,1996. Excellent condition. Roller durling, Yanmar diesel. Autohelm, AM/FM stereo, dodger, refridgerator, H/C pressure water, charger. Temporarily berthed at South Beach Marina, SF un¬ dercharter. $49,000/obo. (510) 226-8873 or email: wkcho@ix.netcom.com.

SOVEREL 30,1981. Project boat. Needs mast, rigging and motor work. Excellent hull. Located in San Francisco. $4,000. Email: roger.kroeze@kla-tencor.com or call (408) 875-3138.

WANTED TO BUY OR LEASE BACK. 30-ft sailboat with inboard diesel, rollerfurl¬ ing, in excellent shape. Ideal boats are Catalina, Yankee, Newport, Pearson. Boat will be used in a charter fleet and gener¬ ate significant $$. Email: staff ©spinnaker¬ sailing.com or call Drew (415) 543-7333.

ERICSON 30+. Wheel steering, roller furled self-tacking jib. Universal diesel, Autohelm, self-tailing winches. Dodger, H/ C water, enclosed head, 2-burner stove with oven. Sleeps 6. In Stockton. Price reduced to sell. $25,000/obo. Call Stan (209) 522-1720.

1946 NUNES HURRICANE Marconi frac¬ tional 30-ft sloop. Hull #2 of 16. Lovely lines, huge mainsail. Recently refastened. New Hogin sails and rigging by Svendsen’s. Cabin/cockpit cover. Nice interior appointments but galley and cabin sole need work. See at Vallejo YC. $18,000. Call (707) 642-1792. CAL 29,1973. Roller furling jib and genoa, spinnaker. Newly rebuilt Atomic 4, war¬ ranty. Sails, standing and running rigging, good. Swim ladder, dodger, cockpit aw¬ ning. Rigged for singlehandling. Propane stove with oven. Extras. Asking $13,900. Call (510) 207-9886. BAYLINER BUCCANEER 295, 1979. MD7A Volvo engine, 2 spinnakers, 4 headsails, 4 auto-inflate pfds. Garmin 175 GPS, nav station. Too much to list. Very good condition. Responsive and fast. See at Alameda Marina, Pier 1, #76, $12,800/ firm. Email: ericjnman@excite.com or call (559)565-3115.

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NONSUCH 30 ULTRA, 1986. Nav station, diesel, wheel, dodger, all lines aft, double reef. VHF, depth, speed, wind, AP, GPS, charger. H/C water, Hillerange, refer, shower, cockpit grate and table, ladder. Spacious, beautiful, quality. $76,000. Email: lindi-cloepfil@sbcglobal.net for photos or call (650) 638-9659. ISLANDER 30,1972. Volvo diesel, stain¬ less fuel tank, new interior cushions, main, 2 jibs, spinnaker, autopilot, depth, speed. Needs some paint and varnish. $9,000/ obo. Call (415) 339-9105. CATALINA 30. Mex vet loaded with gear. Diesel engine, Harken RF, dodger, auto¬ pilot, VHF, GPS, depth, windspeed, knot indicator, electric windlass, 35-lb CQR, 4 golf cart batteries, DC refrigeration, AM/ FM. $27,000. More info on web: <http:// www.dospalos.org/~joesboat> Please email: joesboat@dospalos.org or call (209) 392-3845. ERICSON 29, 1972. Strong Bay boat, Harken roller furling, lines led aft. Navico tillerpilot, 110 % jib, depthfinder. Atomic 4 needs work. Good opportunity. $6,200. Richmond Marina Bay. (916) 791 -0833 or email: mcchill@surewest.net.

CAL 29, 1969. Custom transom scoop with teak swimstep, full-batten mainsail, headfoil, spinnaker, 3 jibs, lines lead aft. Yanmar 2GM20F, AC/DC refrigerator, Force 10 stove and oven, too much to list. See more: <http://www.gratefulcad.com> $10,000/obo. (510) 841-2278 or email: capnjeff3636@hotmail.com.

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CATALINA 30, 1980. Recent upgrades. Universal diesel, wheel, VHF, depth, knotmeter, cockpit cushions, holding tank, new bottom paint. $19,000. Please call (650) 869-5852.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30, 1981. Out¬ standing condition. Low hour Volvo die¬ sel. Recent survey. New dodger, VHF, batteries, GPS. Furuno radar, Edson wheel steering, roller furling, self-tailing winches. Lines led aft. Tons of extras. Call for photos. $23,500/obo. (415)235-3998.

CATALINA 30, 1983. New 20 hp Beta Marine diesel. Wheel steering, furling jib, CD player. New cockpit cushions, tender with electric motor, new lines, excellent condition. Sausalito. First $30,000 takes her/obo. Doug (707) 364-1250.

BODEGA 30, 1979. Bodega Jack. A goanywhere full keel fiberglass sloop for a purist sailor. No vulnerable thru-hull holes. Rollerfurling, Aries vane, GPS, VHF. Elec¬ tric start extra longshaft OB power. Ask¬ ing $15,000. 1979 value, $86,000. Call (530) 343-9391 or Plutonicl @aol.com. CATALINA 30,1980. Excellent condition. New: Standing rigging, furler, lifelines, bottom, canvas covers. Equipment: Wheel steering, Universal diesel, Autohelm, cockpit cushions and table, depth gauge, stereo, anchors. Very nice boat. Jack Lon¬ don Square berth. $19,950. Call Dave (510) 498-1123.

ERICSON 30+, 1983. Harken furling. Seven Barient winches, four 2-speed self¬ tailing. Seven sails. B&G instruments, Autohelm, VHF, Loran, gel batteries, gel charger, diesel, Martec prop, refrigerator freezer, pressure water, propane stove. Sleeps 6. $25,900. Call (925) 831-9354.

CATALINA 30, 1981. $18,500.LectraSan, water heater, diesel engine, refrig¬ erator, VHF, knotmeter, depth gauge, multi-stage battery charger, furling jib, win¬ ter cockpit cover. Liveaboard berth, Oys¬ ter Cove Marina, SSF. Call Dave (650) 588-2886 (days) or (650) 834-3837 (eves) or email: jakezbubba@aol.com.

HUNTER 31, 1984. Excellent condition. New offshore dodger for the Bay and large bimini for the Delta. $24,950/obo. Call (925) 426-8898._

CATALINA 30. Excellent condition, tons of gear. Full canvas, dodger, diesel, wheel, Harken furling. Tabernacle-ready, microwave, TV. Very clean. Must see to appre¬ ciate. $27,500 or possible partnership? Call (831)425-5564.

CATALINA 30, 1980. Great condition, wheel, teak interior, sleeps 7. Wood burn¬ ing heater, full head, H/C water, refrigera¬ tor, alcohol stove, microwave. Full boat cover, new dodger, bimini and screened enclosure. New Soling rig. Universal die¬ sel. $24,000. Call (209) 599-7184. GULF 29 PILOTHOUSE, 1980. Outside and inside steering, roller furling, diesel engine. Located Shoreline Village Marina, Long Beach, CA. Husband ill, must sell. $7,000. Please call Diane (323) 780-1115. PEARSON 30,1975. In great shape. Fast and fun. Atomic 4, VHF, GPS, depth, speed. Sails: 90,150, gennaker, 2 mains with jiffy reef, all good condition. New: Batteries, bottom, prop shaftrrunning rig¬ ging and extras. $8,500. Call MStt (510) 847-2778.

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COLUMBIA 29 Mk I. Yanmar 30 hp die¬ sel with 200 hours. Larsen sails: Full bat¬ ten main, Dutchman flaking system, Schaefer roller furling jib. Holding tank, VHF, depthsounder, much more. $12,000. See: <http://waiteweb.com/seagem.html> Call (408) 733-7961.

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NANTUCKET CUPPER, 1979. Builder: Offshore Yachts Int’l/LTD, Norfolk, En¬ gland. LOA 31.8', LOD 29.5’, LOW 21’. Beam 9.1’. Yawl rig, full keel, 6,500-lbs lead ballast. FG hull, inboard Volvo 14 hp diesel, overhauled May, 2003. Fuel 10, water 20. Head, stove/oven, refrig. New compass and knotmeter. Tiller. 2 bottom action winches. 1 lOgenoa, main, mizzen, spare genoa, storm trisail. Roller reefing main. Excellent condition, new top-deck, hatch. Berths 5. Standing headroom. $21,500. Call Alex (415) 269-1823 or email: ja2rheda@yahoo.com. CATALINA 30,1980. Wheel steering, full dodger, Atomic 4, refrigerator, cockpit cushions, updated interior, self-tailing winches. Benica berth. $18,000. Call (707) 447-2464 or (707) 426-5279.

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CATALINA 320,1994. Standard features plus: ST4000 autopilot, Espar diesel heater, dodger, Harken mainsail system, lazyjacks, roller furling. New standing, run¬ ning rigging and lifelines. Low hours on Perkins 29 hp. Berthed in Alameda. $66,000. Call (408) 425-5048 or email: larrys@spilca.com.

HUNTER 320,2001. Professionally main¬ tained. Like new. Yanmar diesel. Two pri¬ vate staterooms with convertible dinette. Furling jib, lazyjacks, icebox, microwave. Stereo/CD, VHF, self-tailing winches, 2 anchors. Potential charter income. Price reduced. Offers encouraged. $73,900. Give us a call. Max: (408) 910-0081 or Beth: (408) 480-3537. WESTSAIL 32, 1977. #726. New Volvo * 40 hp diesel and Max Prop in 1999. Oval portlights, radar, Monitor vane and more. No teak decks. Very clean below. Possible Berkeley berth transfer. $47,500/obo. Call (916) 726-6300 or (916) 798-5140 (cell) for details. C&C 32,1984. Navtec rod rigging, Barient winches, furling jib, refrigerator, H/C pres¬ sure water. Edson wheel steering, Yanmar diesel, bronze seacocks, battery charger for 3 batteries. Depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF radio, stereo and more. $36,500. More Info call (916) 961-4906 or email: j_hayes @ comcast.net.

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CATALINA 320,1997. Like new, pristine beauty inside and out. Yanmar diesel, low engine hours. Roller furling jib, adjustable fair lead cars led aft, fully battened main with two reef points. Dutchman, GPS chartplotter, Raytheon Autohelm, wind, depth and knotmeter. Anchor windlass. All lines led aft, great singlehander. New dodger and bimini. New bottom paint, just waxed, professionally maintained. Stereo, two sets cockpit cushions including stern rail cushions and seats, beautiful interior, brand new fitted sheets. $79,500. Please call (510) 208-5466.

ERICSON 32-200, 1985. Sails: North main, roller furling jib, gennaker, spinna¬ ker. Hydraulic backstay, 8 winches, Uni¬ versal diesel, H/C water, head with shower, oven/stove. New: VHF, radio and antenna, Edson pedestal and controls, Raymarine ST60 package. $39,950. (707) 575-9255 or email: twcons@pacbell.net. HUNTER 340, 2001. Must sell. Excellent condition. Lots of extras. $10k below mar¬ ket. See details and photos at: <http:// www.sonic.net/mccollum/boat/ 2001 Hunter340.htm> (408) 365-1685 (hm, eves & wknds) or (408) 879-4473 (wk, wkdays 9am-5pm) or (408) 705-0853 (cell) or email: mtmccollum@yahoo.com. CATALINA 320, 2002. Custom cut 90 jib, navigation pod with wind, depth, knots, autopilot. Leather wrap wheel, ultra¬ leather cushions, fitted linens. 147 hours on Yanmar diesel. Dodger, inverter, fridge/ freezer. Firm at $89,900. Call Scott (510) 612-1402 (days).

CHALLENGER 32, 1974. 48 hp Nissan diesel. H/C pressure water, engine-driven refrigeration (needs recharge). Teak inte¬ rior and trim, hard windshield dodger. Lo¬ cated Half Moon Bay. $19,000. Call (209) 304-7884. MARIEHOLM 32,1975. Sloop 7/8 rigged. Built in Sweden. Full keel, tiller, dodger, folding prop. MD2B Volvo, gel batteries, VHF, depthfinder, windpoint, knot log. 5 headsails, older inflatable with oars. Ex¬ tra gear. Alameda berth. $19,500. Call (530) 589-9983 or (415) 706-7896.

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WESTSAIL 32, 1973. Factory finished, Volvo 36 hp, windvane, solar panels, depth, VHF, bimini, awning, GPS. More info at <http://www.icgrowth.com/amable> $31,500/obo. Call (415) 289-0580. BRISTOL 32 KETCH, 1979. Beautiful, well-maintained fiberglass cruiser. Dodger, radar, Monitor self-steering windvane, EPIRB, Yanmar diesel, two GPSs, VHF, 3 anchors, rope/chain, pro¬ pane stove/oven, f/g dinghy. Quality mahogony interior with teak and holly sole. $35,000. Call Keith (510) 387-8130 (cell). NORWEST 33.5,1982. The prettiest boat in the harbor is for sale. If you like the Hinckley Pilot, you will love this boat. A fiberglass, full keel boat with lots of strength and capable of taking a beating, this is a classic boat. Rarely on the mar¬ ket, when they are they usually demand $60 - 70,000. However this must be sold and can be stolen for $19,900. Located in San Diego. Call (858) 274-8777.

ERICSON 32 SLOOP, 1969. Upgrades: New Harken roller furling, recent bottom paint, Raytheon autopilot. 10 sails, rigged for racing, spinnakers, bloopers, running rigging. 4-cylinder Atomic gas engine, low hours. Coyote Point Marina, Dock 24, Slip 2413. $16,000. John (408) 773-0607 (hm) or (408) 756-8302 (wk).

CUSTOM 33-FT STEEL. Round-bottom hull, foamed interior, Volvo, MaxProp, Monitor vane, watermaker, LPG Ship¬ mate, Lewmars, double spreader rig, ex¬ tensive ground tackle, $50,000. See more details and information at website: <www.stevessteelboat.com> Call (707) 895- 2813.

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O’DAY 322, 1987. Yanmar diesel, roller furling, radar, autopilot, dodger, H/C wa¬ ter, shower, propane stove/BBQ, TV/VCR, inverter, refrigerator. All lines to cockpit, cockpit cushions. Excellent shape. $36,000. More pix and info at website: <www.serenity2.com> (707) 584-7855 or email: mvfossen@pacbell.net.

FANTASIA 35, 1979. Fiberglass, teak, midship cockpit, aft cabin. 30 hp Yanmar. 125 fuel, 215 water, 6 sails. Cutter rig, enclosed dodger. Heavy world cruiser. Sailing dinghy. Electronics. $62,500. Call (916) 300-4876.

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CAL 39, $69,000. Perkins 4-108, 5 bags sails, dinghy, 8 hp outboard, radar, S&L windlass, liferaft, boom brake vang, dodger, Lee cloths, canopy. This circum¬ navigator has lots more gear. Visit our website: <www.barbachante.com/thistle> (805) 528-7332 or (805) 801-5397 (cell).

STEEL DUFOUR 37 CUTTER, 1981. Yanmar 3qm, Monitor windvane, full-bat¬ tened main, electric windlass, 400 feet chain, super cold machine refer, wind gen¬ erator, solar panel, hard dodger, radar, GPS, SSB, RIB. $65,000. Located San Carlos, Mexico. Call (907) 683-2749. 1980 UNION POLARIS. Knowledgeable buyer knows quality and seaworthiness. Priced for sale, as is, where is. Located San Carlos, Mexico. Sale by owner. For spec sheet and pictures please email: sailingman68@yahoo.com.

NOR’WEST 33,1981. Hull #17. Designed for coastal and bluewater cruising. Full sail inventory, solar panels, SSB, radar, GPS, depth, watermaker, 406 EPIRB, Monitor windvane, Westerbeke 21 hp. Mast recently painted. $47,000. Call (530) 894- 5554. CATALINA 34,1986. Dodger, furling jib, main with 2 reef points. Garhauer solid vang, backstay adjuster, North 3DL jib, North gennaker with sock., 6 winches, MaxProp folding prop, epoxy barrier bot¬ tom. Autohelm depth, speed, autopilot with remote. Loran, VHF, stereo/CD, cabin/ cockpit speakers, cockpit cushions, MOM. Force 10 cabin heater, double sink, ice box, 3-burner stove with oven, aft double berth. Sausalito. $55,300. (415) 531-0657 or email: captain@sailors.com.

38-FT OA KETCH. Galvanized steel skel¬ eton, double cored fiberglass. Bluewater history. Multiple, high-tech nav. gear, huge inventory. Engine, electronics new 1992. Vane, radar, autopilots, GPSs, 7 sails, charts, liferaft, etc. Call (510) 301-5374 or email: dave.net@comcast.net. PEARSON 365 KETCH. Great cruising boat. See Proper Yachts. Two jibs, fairly new sail covers. Perkins diesel in good running condition. VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, autopilot. May accept smaller boat for partial trade. $40,000. Call (510) 351-3807.

WESTSAIL 32. Fully operational, needs some refit for cruising. Factory finished with spruce spars, teak decks, 10 bronze portholes, diesel heater, B&G instruments, Autohelm 2000, windlass, 3 anchors, chain, 5 batteries. Volvo MD2B, refur¬ bished sails. $31,500 OBO. Call (925) 938-6235 or visit <http://Panacea-lll. home.Comcast.net>

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P-35, 1969. Must sell. A very good deal for a lot of boat. Solid, sails easily. New: Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel, Monitor windvane, rigging, much more new stuff. Full sail inventory. $20,000. Call (408) 848-3470.

33-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, PILOT. Built by Thomas Knutson, 1951. Carvel cedar on oak, bronze, 18 hp Sabb diesel, Monel tanks. New interior paint,'epoxied cabin top. New VHF, head and fridge. Located in San Diego at Bay Club Marina. $16,500/obo. See more info at website: <www.dolphinboatworks.com> Call (619) 316-3162.

37-FT HUNTER 376, 1996. Well main¬ tained. Never in charter. Lots of equip¬ ment. Autopilot, Espar hydronic heater, Cruisair AC, 15” flat-screen TV/DVD, etc. See website: <http://sfbaysailing.tripod. com> $107,500. Call (775) 338-2152.

36 TO 39 FEET COLUMBIA 36, 1968. Extensive up¬ grades including: 27 hp Yanmar, prop and shaft, standing and running rigging, spreaders, stanchions, traveler, sails, complete repaint, remodeled head and galley, new wiring, plumbing. No blisters. $23,000. (925) 260-9413 (cell) or (408) 741-0880 (hm).

MORGAN 382,1979. Fully equipped and ready to cruise anywhere. Watermaker, below-deck autopilot with full electronics, 24-mile radar, large battery bank with separate start battery. New full-batten main plus 4 other sails, liferaft, custom interior lighting and woodwork, too much to list here. Asking $79,500. Call (510) 828-1872 or email: maluhia@lanset.com for specs.

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CATALINA 380 TALL RIG, 2000. Fin keel. Moored in Poulsbo, WA. Wandering Star is in pristine condition, lightly used, 118 engine hours. Superbly equipped. Perfectly outfitted for coastal cruising, she has numerous custom features. If you are thinking of buying new or used, see this vessel first. Call (206) 780-3475 or email: Seacanine@aol.com to request details.

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HUNTER LEGEND 37.5, 1993. Survey June 2004. Yanmar 35 hp. Autohelm 4000. Two jibs, two mains, one huge chute. Aft-rail seating. Huge aft bunk. Brisbane. Luxury in a fast and fun boat. New bottom paint. $82,500. Call (888) 708-6285. CATALINA 36. Meticulously maintained. 35k in upgrades. New main, 3 headsails, full enclosure, radar arch, electric head, GPS map plotter, full modern instruments, electric windlass, inverter/charger. $56,500. Photos at website: <http:// photos.yahoo.com/svfreedom23> Call (510) 828-7901 or 7902.

SAILMAKERS TO THE WORLD! TAYANA 37,1979. Well-maintained and beautiful cruising boat with brand new alu¬ minum mast and rigging. Furuno radar. New dodger and batteries. Perkins 4-108 with low hours. Boat always covered. Pho¬ tos and specifications available. $79,000. Please call (510) 303-7178 or email: sandiandjohn @ yahoo.com.

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38-FT BRUCE ROBERTS STEEL. Under construction, steel work complete on hull, deck, aft-cockpit, keel with lead ballast. Fully enclosed and moveable, interior/ex¬ terior sandblasted, primed. Interior left open for your custom design. Many inte¬ rior/exterior accessories available in origi¬ nal packaging. Located in San Martin, CA (near Morgan Hill/Gilroy). $20,000. Pic¬ tures available by sending email to: jlsvoboda@yahoo.com or calling (408) 683-4496.

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LANCER 36. Excellent liveaboard, lots of room, sleeps 6. 3-burner Force 10 pro¬ pane stove, microwave, hot water, new electric head, lots of beautiful teak inside. 3 sails in good condition. $32,000/obo. Call Jess (415) 810-0419 or email: jessgunther@yahoo.com. ISLANDER 36, 1973. Hull# 3393. Origi¬ nal owner. Original sails, deluxe spinna¬ ker package, mast and mast step perfect. 18 hp Volvo diesel, iron keel. Electronics: Original VHF, RDF, knotmeter, depthsounder. Sails: Two 150 genoas (light and heavy), one working jib, one storm jib, drifter, 135 genoa. $28,500. Current sur¬ vey. Call (415)515-5700. 37-FT RAFIKI CUTTER. Docked in Sausalito. Touching Sky is the belle of her fleet. Well equipped with too many up¬ grades to list. $75,000. Call Mike (415) 203-2106.

39-FT PILOTHOUSE, CUTTER RIGGED. Traditional double-ender. Beautiful inside and out. New aluminum mast, diesel en¬ gine. LOD 39.5’, LOA 45’. Completely re¬ fitted. Two-time South Pacific hurricane vet, proven design. See photo tour at: <www.Landfall39.com> $52,900. Call Mark (510) 533-5177,

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ISLANDER FREEPORT 36, 1978. Plan B. Mid-cabin berth. Perkins diesel, 300 hours. Self-furling jib, good main. Simrad underdeck autopilot. LectraSan, never pumpout again. Adler-Barbour reefer. LPG stove. Wood stove. Details: <http:// www.mixrun.com/apogee> $57,000/obo. San Rafael, CA. (415) 531-0580 or public@misuse.org. 38-FT FARALLONE CLIPPER, 1955. Wood one design. Rebuilt transmission. Club jib. Good condition. $14,000. Call (415) 302-7490.

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CAL 39, 1971. $29,500/OBO. Hull #4, Blue Streak. Transom extension, now 41 feet. Tall rig, TransPac/Mexico vet. New Yanmar 3GM30F 27 hp 3-cylinder diesel, hour meter reads 000. New rigging, ex¬ tensive sail inventory including new sails, deck layout optimized for racing. 2 new Harken 46C self-tailing winches, new Corns Navico and older Signet instru¬ ments, interior optimized for racing. Needs minor work, tiller. Bottom/paint in good shape. Freshwater berth. Recent survey. Too much to list. (925) 827-1709 or toll free in California (877) 700-4483.

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CATALINA 36,1987. Excellent condition. Full boat cover, dodger, weather curtains, radar, AP, natural gas stove, fridge/ freezer. 150 and 100 furling jibs. Inflatable with motor. $59,000/obo. (209) 529-5508. PEARSON 365 KETCH. Over 30K in up¬ grades including fireplace, new interior, Awlgrip, autopilot, dodger, Zodiac, sailing dinghy, 10 bags of sails including 2 spin¬ nakers. No sales tax. $49,500. Bern (831) 438-1506 or email: Bem@sb-property.com. WORLD CLASS ISLANDER 37 auxiliary sloop. New main and full headsail, with twin downwinds, fresh repowered Perkins 4-108. Ready to go anywhere. Just hauled. $32,000 or trade for equipment. Call (530) 533-7371 or (530) 693-0308 or email: capjames@c-zone.net or for more info and pics.

38-FT RHODES DESIGN SLOOP, 1975. Clean, liveaboard, coastal cruiser. Proto¬ type ferro/stainless/glass hull. Solid, no issues. Volvo Penta with new transmis¬ sion. 4 sails, VHF, SSB, propane stove/ oven. New water heater. Equipped, ready to sail. $18,000/obo. (650) 799-9222. O’DAY 37, 1980. Center cockpit. Great floor plan. Two heads, queen master cabin. Fast hull with 2 headsails, roller reefing and spinnaker. Just hauled, New bottom, survey. In excellent condition, new interior. $39,500. For pics and details please call (530) 476-2476 or email: wndyport@frontiernet.net.

TAYANA 37 KETCH, 1976. Estate sale. Set up for cruising. $49,000. Call (209) 823-9303.

RANGER 37. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. Sound, reinforced, bonded hull and deck. New longitudinal stringers fore to aft. You install new keel, new rudder provided. Needs interior, mock-up started. Sails, standing and running rigging included. Too much invested, you complete. $19,000/ obo. (650) 726-5425. SABRE 38 Mk I, 1983. $99,000. Excel¬ lent condition, beautiful interior. Rebuilt Westerbeke 33 hp diesel, 400 hours. New batteries. Halon engine room fire extin¬ guishers. Dual-filter fuel system with dual electric pumps. 110% roller furling jib, 140% genoa, 80% jib, cruising spinnaker. VHF with cockpit mike/controls plus hand¬ held ICOM VHF. 16-mile radar, reflector, ICOM SSB. Weatherfax. Robertson below-decks autopilot. 15 kg CQR with 75’ chain and 300’ rope, Danforth-style 25# with 300’, 10# Danforth hi-tensile. Max¬ well electric windlass. CNG stove/oven, SeaSwing propane one-burner fully gimbaled stove. Groco head, electric and manual. 100 gals water, 30 gals diesel. 6man Avon liferaft. Dodger, bimini, cockpit sun shade, large Delta cover. Photos at: <www.luten.com/boat> (510) 843-7789.

CLASSIC 1946 BLUENOSE JUNIOR schooner. 42-ft LOA, 36-ft LOD. Ma¬ hogany on oak, bronze fastened, iron keel, vertical grain fir decks, spruce spars, Volvo diesel, 4 sails, full boat cover. Interior ba¬ sic and functional. Hull, deck and cabin structurally sound, bottom tight, but boat needs some extensive overall TLC. A project boat intended for wooden boat afi¬ cionados. Design was featured in Wooden Boat article, Feb. 2003. Has beautiful lines. Would make ideal Master Mariner for Bay/Delta or great Pacific Northwest classic cruiser. $12,500 as is. Call (415) 332-6501. ERICSON 38 RACER/CRUISER, 1980. $55,000 as is. Live aboard comfortably. Fully loaded. Newly-installed engine, lots of freebies. Call Joseph (650) 296-2426 or (650) 355-7084 for details.

HUNTER 37 CUTTER RIGGED SLOOP, 1983. In fair condition, needs motor. No time for proper upkeep. $25,000. Call (510) 409-9326.

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YORKTOWN 41,1985. Fiberglass, 50 hp diesel, center cockpit. Fridge/freezer, stove/oven, microwave, oversized rig. Great liveaboard. Good condition. 45’ LOA. Solid teak custom interior. Two heads, genset. New screens, speedlog, water heater. Illness forces sale by owner. No brokers. $45,000. (562) 431-3217. SCHOCK 40,2000. Canting keel with twin foils (rudders) CBTF. This boat is excel¬ lently appointed and ready to race com¬ petitively. Brand new set of Ullman car¬ bon sails. 3 mainsails, 6 jibs, 3 Code Ze¬ roes, including one Cuben Fiber, 7 spin¬ nakers, 2 staysails, 2 jib tops. Ockam elec¬ tronics with two maxi and 3 Matryx dis¬ plays. Northstar color GPS chart plotter. MOM device. Carbon spinnaker pole and mast. Keel has been refurbished and re¬ inforced. New Honda 15 hp engine. $210,000. Call (808) 533-3393 or email: ktk@lava.net.

DOWNEAST 38 CUTTER. $21,000. 60% rehab completed, 40% to go. Over $50,000 invested. (415) 945-9244, (415) 328-2388. FREEDOM 40,1981. Cat ketch. Aft cock¬ pit, unstayed carbon fiber masts. Many custom features. Fully equipped for cruising/liveaboard. Includes: Refrigeration, inverter, watermaker, AP, electric wind¬ lass, solar. Radar, GPS, SSB/Ham, VHF. Recent survey. San Francisco Bay. See: <www.geocities.com/fantasysail> $115,000. (650) 922-4345. LOADED 1986 PASSPORT 37. Great liveaboard and able offshore cruiser. New Quantum genoa and more. This is a oneowner boat. Must sell. Asking $115,000. Call or email for specs and pictures. (206) 463 4985 orjtousley@comcast.net.

ATLANTIS 36 KETCH. Harasty design. Strong glass/plywood hard-chine doubleender. Avon raft. Kerosene stove. Good bluewater cruiser or comfortable liveaboard. Well maintained. New masts and rigging 1999. 27 hp Pisces diesel. Docu¬ mented. Sausalito berth. $18,500. Call (707) 578-7265.

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C&C37R, 1989. PHRF rating. Fast racer/ cruiser. New: Non-skid, furler, Harken main batcar, dodger/cover, hydraulics, life¬ lines, refinished interior. All deck hard¬ ware/hatches resealed, custom bed, sail inventory, and more. $109,000/obo. For pictures call Kevin (414) 305-9029 or email: kevinjensen42 @ hotmail.com.

IRWIN 37 KETCH, 1982. Center cockpit, loaded. Full cockpit enclosure, rerigged in 1998. Too many goodies to list so call for information. Just about everything has been reworked or replaced. Ready to sail away. Located Alameda. $74,000. Call (530) 273-7819.

ERICSON 39, 1971. Flush deck, Profurl roller furling, 150,120, 80, drifter and spin¬ naker. New Yanmar, shaft and screw. $30,000/obo. Can finance with a large down at no interest. Call (707) 287-4032.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 37, 1981. Cruise ready: New sails, rigging spares, diesel, wheel steering, Windpilot vane, Alpha autopilot, Balmar alternator, Kenwood SSB, Furuno radar, wind generator, solar panel, 406 EPIRJ3, liferaft, cold-plate re¬ frigeration. Most equipment new. $99,000. Call Chris (831) 423-4076 or email: boatbrain @ juno.com.

WILLIAM GARDEN KETCH, 39-FT LOA. Beautiful classic. Combination great wood deck and solid fiberglass hull. Big teak interior, sleeps five, great galley, hot shower, Volvo Penta 25 hp. Great liveaboard cruiser. See more at,website: <www.nwendling.com/lib> $70,000. Email: nicolas@nwendling.com.

40 TO 50 FEET HUNTER 42, 1991. Center cockpit, Autohelm, radar, GPS, inverter, 2 bath¬ rooms, queen-size berth, and lots of stor¬ age. Fiddlers Cove in San Diego. West Coast or offshore delivery. $128,900/obo. (619) 933-9989 or billallison@yahoo:com. SWAN 43,1969. Radar, AP, many sails, dodger, teak decks in good condition. Boat in good condition. $110,000. Call (415) 824-1856 or email: Pibbsl @ aol.com.

CT 41 CUTTER RIGGED KETCH, 1976. Come to Louisiana to see La Mouette, a beautiful, doublehanded cruiser of clas¬ sic Garden design. Pacific, Mexico, West¬ ern Caribbean experience. Many improve¬ ments. Offered by liveaboard owners of 20 years. Documented. See details at: <www.ct41 ketchforsale.com> $80,000. Call (985) 781-5625. TARTAN 41,1972. Beautiful racer/cruiser. Westerbeke, low hours. Good sails, spin¬ naker, furling, ST winches, nice interior, spacious, new upholstery, new dodger. Force 10 oven and heater. SF Bay. See: <http://www.sonic.net/~abraxas> $59,000. (707) 696-3763 or (707) 935-6292 or email: allen_brinkman@agilent.com. ISLANDER 40 MOTORSAILER KETCH, 1972. Beautiful fiberglass center cockpit, twocabin design. Two heads, shower, refit¬ ted 2004 with new 85 hp diesel, trans, wiring, Force 10, pressure water, water heater, 5kw diesel genset, two battery banks, etc. Full factory warrantees. Bot¬ tom and topsides repainted 2004. Great liveaboard or world cruiser. Located in MoriO Bay. Email: coyote454@charter.net for complete info/pics. Recent survey at 67k. Reduced to $57,500. (805) 772-8983.

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CUSTOM ISLANDER 41, 1979. Wind generator, 20 gph watermaker, freezer, electric windlass, 2 autopilots, solar pan¬ els, radar, davits. 10-ft Caribe, Ham, roller furling. Hauled October 2003. Hull LP’d January 2004. Pictures at <http:// tinyurl.com/2r55b> $64,000. Call (562) 537-7784 orsailmakai@hotmail.com. CATALINA 42 2-CABIN, 1997. Excellent condition. B&G electronics and autopilot, Furuno radar. Yanmar 50, 650 hours. 12/03 survey $175k; 12/03 I paid $162k. For quick sale by owner $155,000. Chan¬ nel Islands Harbor. Call (805) 816-2329 or email: JimKearney999@hotmail.com.

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LAFITTE 44,1984. Robert Perry’s luxury performance cruiser, cutter rigged, has every extra imaginable in perfect condi¬ tion. New sails, storm sails, new canvas dodger and bimini by North Sails, solar panels, full Sunbrella cover, 24-gph watermaker, 24-mile radar, MaxProp, Avon liferaft, SSB and Ham radios, B&G instruments, two heads. Too many extras to list. In Vallejo. No dealers please. $179,000. Email: svtenacious@earthlink.net or call (210) 383-6087 (8:30 am-8:30 pm PDT). PETERSON FORMOSA 46 bluewater cruising cutter. Built 1979. Teak decks, center cockpit, aft cabin. Sleeps up to 6 in three cabins with 2 separate heads. Ford Lehman diesel, 6 sails, jib furling, dodger, cockpit awning. Recent upgrades include new refrigeration, salon cushions, newer fuel tanks, etc. This boat will take you any¬ where in the world or live in comfort at the dock. Owners bought bigger boat, leav¬ ing for extended cruising Sept. 1. Must sell. Located Seattle. Asking $79,000. Call (360) 378-1622.

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JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 40, 1999. Ready to world cruise. Three-cabin model with full electronics including Raymarine chart plotter with second cockpit display. Windspeed and directional instruments, depthfinder, 24-mile radar and Autohelm, SSB, AM/FM/CD stereo with 4 speakers works cabin/cockpit, VHF with remote, 4 AGM batteries, EPIRB. Eight winches, upgraded standing and running rigging, racing roller furler, two spinnaker poles and upgraded spinnaker track. Electric windlass with 2 anchors and 2 rodes, emergency rudder/tiller. Sails include 2 mains, 3 jibs and 3 spinnakers. Proven offshore boat. More equipment and details provided upon request. $159,900. Call (209) 223-2183 or (209) 223-3919. ENDEAVOUR 40, 1981. Center cockpit. Located San Diego. Primo for Baja HaHa. SSB, GPS, watermaker, 4.4kw gen, solar, radar, sails, roller furl, rigging, much more new since 2002. $105,000. Call (530) 412-0144.

CATALINA 42,1989. Highly modified and super-equipped for cruising. Dinah is Car¬ ibbean cruising. Generator, 22 gph watermaker, 215 gal fuel, 8 cf deep freezer, refrigerator, RIB and 15 hp, elec¬ tric winches. North sails, radar, loads of custom stainless work including arch and seating, tiller steering. Super entertain¬ ment system, SSB and Navtronics, 3B Max Prop, dodger and bimini, lots and lots and on and on. $137,000. See website: <www.mccalley.com> or write to Dave: wda9911 @sailmail.com.

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SEA HAVEN, 40-FT KETCH. Atkins de¬ sign, built 1954. Mahogany and oak, hull refastened 1996, new Yanmar diesel. AC rewire 2001. Traditional interior, sleeps 4 with 6'2” headroom, SS galley, head with sea water flush. Master Mariner veteran, excellent condition. $25,000/obo. Call (808) 640-6816. Boat is located at Union Point Basin Marina, Oakland, CA.

PETERSON 42. Aluminum, Perkins 4108, sleeps 7, double berth aft, hot/cold water, shower, teak bulkheads, teak/holly sole, 2 ice boxes, 3-burner propane stove/ oven. Wheel, autopilot, Harken roller furl¬ ing, extensive sail inventory, blue hull. See <www.ussclb.org> $49,000. Call (562) 430-6969.

NEWPORT 41,1979. Beautiful with many upgrades. Dark blue Awlgrip, newer sails, Harken furling, Webasto diesel heater. Lectrsan, cushions, fuel tank, KM, DS, WP/WS. Also dodger, radar, GPS, VHF, refer, TV, new varnish and bottom paint. $63,000. Alameda. Pete (510) 521-6100.

OLSON 40,1984. Freshwater, completely refitted 2002 including Awlgrip of hull, deck and faired foils, new windows, floorboards, toerails and deep carbon rudder, eleven North 3DL racing sails plus sixteen UK, B&G 390, Mayapple display. $90,000. Bill Francis (248) 689-3500.

MORGAN 41 OUT ISLAND, 1973. Cen¬ ter cockpit, spacious aft-cabin, comfort¬ able offshore cruising sloop. Roller furl¬ ing, new mainsail, dodger, bimini, VHF, new inverter. Diesel, perfect condition. Prime location: 45-foot Emery Cove slip, Emeryville. Reduced to $50,000/obo. Please call (510) 484-6811 or email: lrisGP17@aol.com.

VALIANT 40, 1977. Cutter rigged, bluewater cruiser, Perry design. Mexico vet¬ eran, 2001 -2002. Ready to cruise, new LP paint. Located in San Diego. Owners of 22 years must sell. For more info see: <http://members.cox.net/ddalton3> $135,000. Call (760) 230-1861.

COLUMBIA 43 SLOOP. Great liveaboard, roomy deck and teak interier, new elec¬ tric head, Westerbeke diesel, AC genera¬ tor, AC/DC converter. Liveaboard for 3 years, Located Berkeley. $48,000. See at website: <www.ifntech.com/columbia43/> Please call (260) 437-2132 or email: dan@ifntech.com. CT 49 CC CUTTER, 1985. Roaring For¬ ties to Bering Sea veteran. Three cabins, two heads, two showers. Nine two-speed, self-tailing winches. Excellent condition. Original owners. Equipped for worldwide, shorthanded cruising. $158,000. Call (619) 846-6206.

NAUTOR SWAN 43 P J-43,1969. Perkins 4-108, low hours. Wiring upgrades, origi¬ nal interior, retro Paul Luke propane, 10 bags sails, linear Autohelm, Barients, Barlows. Needs teak deck work and cos¬ metics. $65,000. Call (707) 725-3820 or email: rjtesq@northcoast.com.

BEUHLER 64 STEEL STAYSAIL schoo¬ ner, 2002. Shorthanded cruiser/liveaboard dream. Beautiful mahogany/oak interior Gimbaled oven, diesel fireplace, huge galley. 135 hp Perkins, aluminum spars, electric windlass with 300’ 3/8 HT chain, 176# Bruce. 25 hp, 14-ft Avon, swallow¬ ing hook. $160,000/obo. (650) 773-6327.

57-FT AUX. SAILING CHINESE JUNK. Built in Hong Kong by premier builder Luen Kee. Spacious living accomodations with modern appliances make for comfort and convenient living. Twin diesel power by Gardner. Dacron sails on fore, main and mizzen masts. Full modern electrics. Of¬ fered at $129,000. For specs/pictures visit website: <lmageEvent.com/deantaylor/> Email: Taiwonon@mac.com or call (510) 412-0425.

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FORMOSA 41 KETCH, 1973. Garden design. Super deal. $29,000/obo. Fully equipped, comfortable liveaboard with San Rafael YH slip available. Heavy cruiser has 2 full-size berths, new Perkins diesel, Dickinson diesel furnace, on-de¬ mand propane water heater, Force 10 pro¬ pane stove/oven, bronze steering pedes¬ tal, teak interior, separate shower, lots of storage, TV, stereo, VCR, refrigerator. Has half of the rig and lots of extra teak. Needs rest of rig and steering. Please call (415) 485-5298 or (415) 259-0539 or email: dmckaycrs @ aol .com. HALVORSEN 41. Sistership to Freya 39. Sea-kindly world cruiser. Fiberglass hull. Yanmar 44 hp, Aries self-steering. Harken furling jib. Good boat for chartering. Com¬ fortable liveaboard. $59,000. Call (510) 847-7909. ERICSON 46,1972 FAST CRUISER. Aft cockpit, aft cabin, V-berth, sleeps 8, two heads, shower. Perkins 50 hp diesel, fold¬ ing prop, Heart inverter/charger, 150 amp alternator, autopilot, windlass, roller furl¬ ing, spinnaker with pole, CNG stove. $75,000. Call (619) 445-1793.

HINCKLEY OCEAN CRUISING 42,1983. Built by Hank Hinckley in Bar Harbor, Maine, Redemption is a center cockpit cutter, tri-cabin layout, teak decks, dark blue hull, and just back from a 6,000+ mile cruise of Mexico. All new since 2001 or newer: Stoway main, 130% jenny, sym spin, over-sized rigging, Harken roller, Raytheon radar, ICOM M-710 SSB, ICOM AT-130, Raytheon VHF, Garmin chartplotter, ACR RapidFix 406MHz EPIRB. Datamarine wind, depth, knot, navigator interface. Heart 2500 inverter, Link 20, four 6 volts, Balmar regulator, TrueCharge 40, two Siemens 75w solar, windlass motor, CQR 45#, 300’ 3/8th BBB, Dickinson heater, Force 10 oven, etc. Much, much more. Photos and full specs at website: <www.boatunbiased.com> $260,000. No brokers. Call Jack (415) 847-6762.

80-FT LOA ENGLISH KETCH. 66’ LOD, 66 tons, 6’6” draft. Built 1923. Mahogany on English oak. Lovely interior. Sleeps 11, 2 heads, 1 bath, 1 shower. Huge galley and refer. 6 cylinder Perkins diesel. All new electrical, radar. Onan genset. Ready to go. $329,000. (415) 479-7128 or email: MichaelTBuschbacher@earthlink.net. SAMSON 54 FERRO CEMENT SLOOP. Never been on water. Built new in Half Moon Bay. On gigantic trailer. New 85 hp diesel engine, 200 gals fuel, 150 gals water. Hydraulic steering, windlass. $20,000. See at website: <http:// www.yachtvideosonline.com/50-FarroCement/Ray’sYard.htm> (650) 234-1462.

LAURENT GILES SISTERSHIP of Dyarchy Dragonera. 48’ x 12’ x 7’, built 1954, Balearic Islands, Camper Nichol¬ son. Flush deck, teak house, newer rig, diesel. See Eric Hiscock’s Wandering Under Sail tor photos. Can have MARAD exclusion for 12 passengers. Lying New¬ port Bay. 1/2 interest $20,000 or trade whole vessel for acreage. (562) 899-0774. TANTON 43 WORLD CRUISER. Sail at 10 knots with Freedom 44 rig or motor at 8 knots on 1 gallon of fuel per hour. Luxu¬ rious 2-cabin, 2-head all teak interior. Complete refit in 1999-2000. Extensive equipment, ready to go. $160,000. (520) 586-7510 or email: thezoo@myexcel.com.

HORIZON 54 PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 2003. See this vessel to understand what you are getting. Steel hull, built by 34 years of experience. Located Vancouver, BC. Nothing needed to go offshore. $875,000. Call Jake (604) 826-0026 or email: jake@horizonsteelyachts.corm Serious buyers only.

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MARPLES CONSTANT CAMBER 37 TRI, 1987. MX/HI vet. Lying Kailua-Kona, HI. New mast 4/01. Engine rebuilt 11/02. Au¬ topilot, watermaker, solar, inverter. New dodger and canvas, hard top. Permitted mooring in Kailua Bay, Big Island, HI. $60,000/obo assumes ownership. Full in¬ formation packet and pictures via email: pandjsaline @ earthlink.net. SEARUNNER 31 TRIMARAN, 1997. Aframe. All epoxy glass over wood/foarp. 9.9 OB, remote/electric start. Wheel with AP, solar, loaded. Sacramento, Delta, CA. Asking $32,000. Call (619) 252-6907 or email: gluerue@yahoo.com.

37-FT BROWN SEARUNNER. Ownerbuilt in 1992, documented. Berthed in Alameda. Dodger, swim platform, radar, roller furling, gas inboard, two double berths, fridge, etc. Excellent condition, but non-professional interior. $18,000. Email: kbochert@copper.net or (510) 796-8835.

HENRY RUSK. Chapelle-designed 42-ft LOD gaff-rigged schooner. Launched in 1979. Built of fir on oak. Quick, weatherly and in excellent condition. $40,000. Call Phil (415) 272-4749 for information/specs. WILLIAM GARDEN KETCH. 34’ LOD, 39’ LOA, 10’ beam. Just hauled. Bottom and topsides painted. 3 cylinder Volvo diesel, serviced, 4/04. Mizzen staysail, cruising spinnaker. 2-burner propane stove. A boat one would be proud to own. $25,000/obo. Call (831) 459-0740.

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CORSAIR F-24 Mk I TRIMARAN, 1993. $30,000/obo. Furling jib, spinnaker, bow¬ sprit, self-tailing winches, performance package. Autohelm Tridata and wind in¬ strument, 5 hp Tohatsu, Pacific trailer, solar panel, dodger, marine head, washdown pump, new bottom paint. <www.f24forsale.com> (503) 625-6318 or coshow@easystreet.com.

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37-FT SEARUNNER TRI. Profurl, 3 jibs, GPS, radar, 2 depthsounders, Ham, watermaker, 3 Bruce anchors. New 9.5’ inflatable and 5 hp outboard. Just returned from Mexico. $38,000. (707) 442-3124.

MULTIHULLS 40-FT JIM BROWN TRIMARAN. Want to go cruising? This boat will take you there. Loaded with new cruising gear. Injury forces sale. $75,000/obo. Call Tom (209) 770-4065.

1994 35’ x 27’ FARRIER. Folding, cruis¬ ing, offshore trimaran. Comfortable liveaboard. Rare Command Ten, impec¬ cable construction, exquisite woodwork, epoxy. Must see. $250k replacement value. Only $89,000. Just returned from Bahamas, moving to Montana. Partial trade F-27? Lying Florida. (775) 849-1006 or email: multihuler@aol.com. CORSAIR F-31, 1995 AFT-COCKPIT. Spinnaker, roller jib, plus original jib and batten car main. V-berth forward, enclosed head to port. Autopilot, instruments, VHF, Honda 15 hp. Galvanized trailer with 4wheel stainless steel disc brakes. Clean, fast and fun. $79,995. (619) 857-2349.

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CROSS 36, 1996. New Universal 25 hp diesel, full batten main, Furlex, MaxProp, autopilot, radar, Adler-Barbour, 4 solar panels, 4 self tailing winches, water heater, 10-ft inflatable, 8 hp, AB, hooka. $65,000. Call (916) 777-6641.

HOUSEBOAT IN RICHMOND. 40-ft cruisea-home. Current liveaboard. All fiberglass, no leaks, 9’ x 27’ living space. Covered back deck, lots of storage, shower. San Pablo Bay views. Quiet, remote. $27,500. Serious only. Call to view. (415) 717-8959.

HEDLEY NICHOLTRIMARAN KETCH, 1974. 48’ x 25’. Just finished PV, Mexico to FL voyage. Maluhia has 3 staterooms, three heads, SSB, radar, 2 dinks, Pur35, genset, wind, solar, new fridge, Autohelm, more. See <http://www.cruisingfamily.com> $65,000/obo. Call (239) 542-5369.

CHRIS CRAFT 33 SEDAN CRUISER, 1948. Raised deck. Twin 150 hp engines. Wooden hull. Good condition, well main¬ tained. Excellent Delta boat or weekend liveaboard. Recent survey available. Es¬ tate boat, must sell. Antioch. $8,200/obo. Call Gerry (510) 524-7414.

OWN OR PARTNER IN 2000 SEA RAY 340. Low hours, excellent condition. Genera¬ tor, AC/heat, full galley, head, multiple berths, electronics, linens, PFDs. Bro¬ chure and photos available. For partner¬ ship, cash down plus expenses. Alameda. Email: jirnjalbot @ yahoo.com or call (510) 206-2203.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS 85-FT SUISUN, 1914. A piece of Califor¬ nia history. Congressmen, movie stars, astronauts have been aboard. Cedar planking on white oak, 3/8 copper clenched, 75% restored. 1,000 sq ft inside. 4-person hot tub. $200,000 or survey value. (925) 684-2328 (Iv msg).

CHB 34 TRAWLER, 1978. Excellent liveaboard or Bay/Delta cruise* Fiber¬ glass, teak interior. Two double cabins, each with head/shower. Main salon, full galley, inside helm. Flybridge deck. Low hours Lehman diesel, 300 gal fuel, 200 gal water. $53,000/obo. Call Noah (415) 239-4766.

CHRIS CRAFT 38 COHO, 1974. Cockpit motor yacht. Paragon 427 gas engines, radar, 2 depthsounders, 2 heads, fore and aft cabins, sleeps 6. Includes Avon din¬ ghy with outboard. Use current liveaboard slip. $55,000/obo. Redwood City. Call (650) 703-1492.

35-FT ROUGHWATER, 1973. Pilothouse with canvas. Fiberglass hull. Ford Lehman 120 hp diesel with low hours. Sleeps six. Aft cabin with head. Fresh paint and brightwork. Great Sausalito berth with city view. $28,500. (707) 433-5426 or email: fafl 1 @ msn.com.

PARTNERSHIPS 32-FT STEEL MONTEREY. One of a kind. Berth at Fisherman’s Wharf, $35/mo. Teak interior, zinc plates. Built 1959 for Com¬ modore American President Lines. $30,000/obo. Call (415) 822-4444 or (800) 218-8811. 37-FT HERSHINE TRI-CABIN TRAWLER. Well-loved vessel. 2 cabins, 2 heads, 2 VHFs. Single Lehman, 1,300 hours. Ray¬ theon radar chartplotter autopilot, re¬ peated on bridge. Garmin GPS, fishfinder, hailer, full canvas, dinghy, more. $79,000. Priced for quick sale. (831) 422-7608.

38-FT HERITAGE TRAWLER, 1981. 2 cabins, 2 heads with new vacuflush toi¬ lets. Single Ford Lehman with Vetus bow thrusters. Many new updates, call for equipment list. $110,000. (209) 744-2766 or email: cgroup@lodinet.com. FAIRCHILD 30 SCOUT, 1980. ZELDA is Gatsby romance with modern conve¬ niences. A fiberglass re-creation of a 1920’s flush deck cruiser with beautiful mahogany and brass inside and out. Up¬ dates include a Sub-Zero refrigerator/ freezer with ice maker, Princess glass cooktop, microwave oven, Vacuflush toi¬ let, Corian coutertops, 16,000 BTU re¬ verse cycle A/C and a 2kw inverter charger. Perkins 4-108 diesel. Full cock¬ pit enclosures and screens. Cohered berth. $65,000. Call (415) 865-7251.

18-FT PANGA CENTER CONSOLE. Wheel steering, bimini, windshield, 55 hp Evinrude, galvanized trailer, more. Excel¬ lent condition. $8,500. Please call (707) 823-7901 (after 5pm).

ROUGHWATER 41, 1984. Fiberglass, teak interior, new cushions, parquet floor, single turbo Detroit diesel with 25 gal ca¬ pacity, fore/aft cabins, office set-up, pro¬ pane stove, Westerbeke generator. All systems well maintained. Great for Bay/ Delta. Very solid clean. Scenic Sausalito berth. $75,000/obo. Call (415) 331-1054.

1984 HOLIDAY MANSION HOUSEBOAT. Beautiful, spacious, with hot tub. Fiber¬ glass, power, great engine. Located in Half Moon Bay. Great vacation home. $39,800. (650) 728-2064 or Seaddab@aol.com.

EXPLORE THE SEA OF CORTEZ. 40-ft Alden pilothouse sloop. $8,000. Call (520) 298-1995 or (520) 940-1406. RANGER 23. Berkeley berth. Looking for an experienced sailor in a great Bay boat. Fully equipped with 8 sails, 8 hp outboard. Where else can you sail on the Bay for $37/month? $750/obo. (925) 979-9466. S&S 42. Looking for just the right partner for 42-ft Sparkman & Stephens-designed sloop. Aluminum hull, mahogany cabin, classic lines. Loves the wind of SF Bay. Experienced sailor to accommodate her quirks. Berthed in Alameda. Call Lydia (510) 521-3332.

36-FT BLUE SEAS TRAWLER, 1976. Single 120 hp Ford, 1,600 hours. Good condition. Needs TLC. $39,000. Call (209) 586-7593 or (831) 588-3182.

40-FT FORMOSA TRAWLER, 1982. Twin Perkins diesels, 5kw generator, ra¬ dar, VHF/hailer, twin-cone sonar, GPS, plotter. Full size refer, propane stove and heater, microwave, BBQ, full canvas, bimini. New inflatable with 4.5 hp Evinrude. Spreader lights, tabernacled mast, washdown pump, live bait well, ice box/fish hold. Sleeps 6,280 gal water, 420 gal fuel. New port fuel tank. Beautiful solid teak interior. $70,000. Very motivated seller. (831) 462-4069 or (415) 806-6598.

44-FT HUNTER POWERBOAT. Ma¬ hogany over oak. 2 cabins/heads. Dual Chrysler 318s. Lovely old girl who needs a younger skipper. Galley up, stall shower. Beautiful. Illness forces quick sale. $9,000/ obo. Call (510) 375-9997.

CATALINA 36, 1983. New 2004, radar, GPS, rigging, jib, stainless steel shaft, heat exchanger, interior cushions, 4 batteries, bottom paint. 2002 windows, head, in¬ verter, starter, curtains, stereo. Dodger, bimini, autopilot, shower, refigeration. Sleeps 7. Alameda berth, 1/4 share. $14,800. (415) 740-4629. PARTNERSHIP. 1/2 SHARE in 1998 Beneteau 352. $47,500 plus $325 per month. Boat is in great shape, loaded and berthed at Clipper Marina. Will consider non-equity interest. (415) 378-5187 or email: emiller@xythos.com. LOOKING TO PARTNER A BOAT in the SF/Eastbay/Marin area. Open to invest¬ ing in a nice boat over 30’ and/or shared operating costs. I have some cruising ex¬ perience and one year racing out of Ber¬ keley. Email David: dp@davidporter.com.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER MacGREGOR 26, 1988 with trailer. Lo¬ cated in storage in Loreto, Baja, Mexico. Good condition inside and out. Water bal¬ last. Perfect for Sea of Cortez. $4,900. Also, 8 hp Honda outboard extra, in US, $600. Storage in Loreto available for $30/ month. Call (530) 318-2264 or email: csaOl @jps.net.

32-FT MONTEREY CLIPPER. New, 27 hours, fiberglass reproduction of a Monterey fishing boat. Lister air-cooled diesel engine, Furuno radar, GPS, depthsounder, Horizon VHF radio, pole holders. Sleeps 3. Great for recreational fishing. Berthed at Alameda Marina. $52,000. Call (408) 354-2376 or email: mormorplato @ yahoo.com.

CRUISING MEXICO? Want to spend next winter in the Bay Area? Family looking to swap Oakland Hills 4bdr/3ba house for comfortable, reliable, safe 40’ to 65’ cruis¬ ing boat in Mexico, Nov-May, flexible. Credentials and references available. Please call (510) 336-0532 or email: mexico2004_2005 @ yahoo .com.

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VICTORY/TRINTELLA 40. Located in La Paz. Van de Stadt design, fiberglass ketch, teak interior. US documented. Cen¬ ter cockpit, rebuilt Perkins 4-236, roller furling, propane stove/oven, fridge/freezer, autopilot, GPS, radar. Cruise ready. $66,000/as she is/where she is. Email: patatsea42 @ aol .com. LEARN TO SAIL IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ from an ASA sailing school based in San Carlos, Sonora. We specialize in learn-tosail cruises and vacations. We also have bareboat and crewed charters available. Information and lots of photos at: <http:// mexicosailing.com> PARADISE VILLAGE CONDO RENTAL. Located Banderas Bay, 5-star resort Nuevo Vallarta. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, over¬ looking pool and yrtama. Many amenities. See <www.paradisevillage.com> A relax¬ ing tropical getaway in Mexico. Something for everyone. Call (510) 865-7580 or email: jnmoores@aol.com for details.

TRIPLE-AXLE SAILBOAT TRAILER. 1993 Custom Haulers, galvanized, 10,500-lbs capacity, 8’6” wide, triple-axle, 8 adjustable pads plus 2 for bow, surge brakes, lights. Used for 6’2” draft J/33. Currently in Tahoe, then maybe Oakland. $2,000. Doug (510) 235-6679. TRAILRITE TANDEM-AXLE. 10,000-lb capacity. Fits keelboats 27-33 feet. Cur¬ rently home to Wyliecat 30. Good condi¬ tion but needs brake work. $1,850. Call Steve (510) 521-3364.

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WANTED NEAT, SAFE, INSURED, PROFESSIONAL seeks 36’+ liveaboard slip to sublet for several months or longer. Prefer SF or Sausalito but will consider all Bay Area. I will pay well, along with deposit. Make money while cruising. Please call John (415) 606-2394.

OFFSHORE SAFETY ITEMS. Switlik MD-2 6-person liferaft in container with deck cradle and hydrostatic release, $2,000, 50% savings. WaveTalk Westinghouse Series 1000 satellite phone, $1,500, 50% savings. Call (530) 895-8974. OUTBOARD ENGINE. 8 hp 2-stroke Nissan longshaft. About 50 hours, runs great. Always flushed after use. $850. Call (408) 297-6184. ATOMS WINDVANE. Pendulum-servo type. Great condition. Very little use. Must sell. $850. Call (408) 888-2312. MERCURY 4-CYCLE 5 HP outboard mo¬ tor. Longshaft. Unused. Purchased new from West Marine in 1999, but in dry-stor¬ age ashore ever since. Never run, never wet. Perfect condition. $1,250. Have sales receipt and manuals. Call (707) 874-1424.

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WHISKER POLE, Forespar LC15-27, UTS-UTR ends, $800/obo. Also ICOM M127 VHF, $300/obo. Bill (408) 525-6347 or email: raptorbill48-nospam@yahoo.com.

WATERMAKER. Village Marine Tec NF450, engine-driven, 18 gph, cat pump, pre-filter, electric clutch. $1,200/obo. Call Scott (415) 999-1280.

FLEMING WINDVANE. Global Major 501. See at <www.flemingselfsteering.com> Complete with custom carbon fiber paddle. Used on our Norseman 447 dur¬ ing ocean voyaging. Now home and no longer need. Purchased new in 2000, sell for $2,900. Call (253) 265-6234.

MAINSAIL. Triple-stitched, 39’3” tack to head, 18’ clew to tack. Genoa, 8 oz, 30’3" tack to head, 28'5.5” clew to tack. Ron (650) 962-8001 or (510) 364-1816.

NIGHTSCOPE AND TILLERPILOT. Nightscope: ITT model NM160, less than year old and in perfect condition, see at <www.itt.com>, $1390. Simrad Tillerpilot, model TP20, bought new in March 2004, barely used, in original packaging, $299. Call (253) 265-6234. TIRED OF REEFLINES, LAZY JACKS, Cunninghams, sail covers, etc? You need my furlboom. 21-feet long, all hardware. Nearly new. In Bay Area. Too small for my boat. Cost new about $12,000. Now $6,000/obo. Call (808) 282-5368 or (808) 221-9217. 2001 HONDA BOAT MOTOR. 9.9 hp, electric start, longshaft, hand tiller controls with shop and owner’s manuals. $950. Eureka, CA. Call (707) 443-5758. • LIFERAFT. Canister, 4-man, double floor, offshore, $1,700 or $350/mo. New Force 10 propane cabin heater, hose, chimney, and deck cap, $375. Sextant: Simex Mark III, all metal, $400. All items in excellent condition. (408) 289-9751. San Jose. USED TRI-RADIAL SPINNAKER for 40+ footer. 1.2 02, SL 54’, SSMG 31’, for J’s of 16-19 feet. Yellow/blue /white, with bag. $550. Call (408) 354-9963 (wkdays).

FRANKENSTEIN’S REBUILDABLE. MD-6 Volvo, $450 complete, $300 with¬ out tranny. Complete Bowman 36 hp die¬ sel, runs great, $1,600. Isuzu 50 hp, com¬ plete, runs, $1,500. Call (415) 272-5776. Will install or do repair for $$$. MONITOR, INFLATABLE, OUTBOARDS, 2-25 hp. SSB/Ham, davits, ss wheel, hoo¬ kah, Edson pump, manual windlasses, anchors (20-45 lbs), HT/CQFt/Bruce. 5/16” chain, dinghy. Dickinson Adriatic, sextant, compass, autopilot. Paranchor, drogue, blipper, dive gear, sails, HM/Yanmar spares, wind generator, BBQ. More. (415) 497-3731 or email: bradlow00@aol.com. 4-CYLINDER FORD DIESEL ENGINE. Good running condition, complete with transmission and complete cooling sys¬ tem. Tack and gauge package. Basic En¬ gine Series 592E, 57 hp. $2,700. Call (707) 994-3266.

GEAR FOR SAIL. -2 inflatable dinghies, $200, $350. 2 inflatable kayaks, $50/ea. 2 survival suits, $150/ea. Almost new spin¬ naker pole for 30-ft boat, $350. Dodger frame and canvas for 30-ft boat, $200, and seat cushions, $50. Jack (415) 331 -8250. HARDY 170 DIESEL GENERATOR. 2.3 kw electric start, 460 hours, good condition, $1,500/obo. Also, Dickenson diesel stove, Atlantic model, complete with 30 gallon hot water tank, vent pipe, Charley Noble, die¬ sel tank. All stainless, good shape. $1500/ obo. Call (530) 318-2911. 50 SAFEGUARD TYPE I CG-APPROVED lifevests, $500. Also, 28-ft aluminum mast boom and standing rigging from a Ven¬ ture 26, $250. (530) 542-3929 (after 5pm). ENGINE PARTS. Yanmar 30QM with heat exchanger, transmission, exhaust system, alternator, injectors and fuel pump. Part or whole motor. Call (510) 409-9326.

MISCELLANEOUS FREE CEMENT BARGES for houseboat, dock, clean fill, etc. 3 covered barge set, 16’ x 32’ x 4' with 4 compartments. Barges connected by steel beams forming a 54’ x 32’ platform and could be separated. Good condition with dry bilges. Tow all from Sausalito. (415) 332-6296. DODGER FOR CATALINA 36 Mk II. For¬ est green, 4 years old, good condition with frame. Available end of June. $1,095. See photo at: <www.roostersails.com> Buying new, real fancy one with cockpit cover etc. Call Jeff (415) 302-0101. FUJINON TECHNO-STABI BINOCULARS. 14 x 40, including water-tight case. Has not been used. Original owner. Asking $680. Call (415) 380-0855 or email: jtborjeson @ comcast.net. THREE TOYOTAS. 1980 Odyssey 20-ft Class C RV, $2,900/obo. 1983 mini-truck with six-pac, $1,400/obo: 1985 Tercel wagon, $1,400/obo. All look and run good. Smog no problem, going cruising. (510) 521-3488 or email: monopolyii @ hotmail.com.

CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS ISLANDER 30 OWNERS are trying to establish an Islander 30 Association from Sacremanto/San Joaquin Delta Area to SF Bay. The next meeting is July 10,1:00 pm at Berkeley Yacht Club. Email Jim Pecorella: jpcorel@earthlink.net. SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION wel¬ comes all experience levels. Our members enjoy cruising, group sails, daysailing, socials and other activities year round. Monthly meetings at Ballena Bay Yacht Club in Alameda. Member PICYA. Visit our website at <www.sail-ssa.org> (510) 273-9763. SF BAY OCEANIC CREW GROUP sup¬ ports the marine environment through education and sailing experiences in the Bay and coastal waters. We welcome dedicated skippers and crew who enjoy sharing and learning. Please see our website: <www.crewgroup.org> or call (415)456-0221. CLUB NAUTIQUE PASSAGE MAKER Membership. Includes all US Sailing courses: Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat, Navigation, CPM, OPM. Exten¬ sive charter fleet. Locations in Alameda, Sausalito, Coyote Point, Marina del Rey. $2,600, saves $600. Rob (925) 371-1505 or email: rcsjl @hotmail.com. CLUB NAUTIQUE COUPLES PASSAGE Maker Membership. This is the exact prod¬ uct you get if you buy directly from Club Nautique. Club Nautique direct price is $5,425. Buy mine at a $1,000 discount or best offer. Please call (209) 533-2223 (days) or (209) 533-2226 (eves) or email: kerryworden@starband.net. CLUB NAUTIQUE COUPLE’S Passagemaker Membership. Perfect for a couple to begin sailing the right way or gain con¬ fidence in weaker areas. Includes all seven US Sailing training levpls from Keelboat to Offshore Passagemaking and reduced charter rates on largest and best fleet on the West Coast. Three locations on San Francisco Bay, free tfainer use, free refresher classes, membership resale privileges. Perfect for those wanting the best instruction and charter fleet. Normally $5,425, priced to sell at $3,495. Email: emuskin@cox.net or call (949) 246-0620.

ICOM SSB RADIO, MODEL ICM710. Never installed. Purchased at West Ma¬ rine, $1,400. Also, Pfaff sewing machine, old style, great for sails, leather and sunbrella, excellent condition, $450. Also, lots of great sailing items/charts. Call for info. (509) 928-6540.

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HANDING OVER THE HELM OF YOUR COMPANY? Accomplished entrepreneur looking to acquire a Southern California manufacturing firm in the marine industry. Areas of interest are: Boat Manufacturing • Marine-Related Systems • Equipment & Accessories For more information contact: jim@ursaminorpartners.com

NON-PROFIT MARIN POWER & SAIL SQUADRON promotes high standards of navigation and seamanship, offers members free classes ranging from Seamanship to Celestial Navigation plus cruises and social events. Next classes begin August 18 (Hamilton), Sept. 7 (Hamilton) and Sept. 8 (Sausalito). Come join us. Call Pete (415) 883-3652.

PROPERTY SALE/RENT WATERFRONT FOR SALE. Near Oriental, NC, ICW and Pamlico Sound. Spectacular deepwater mini-estate on 2-acre point in Ball Creek. (35°9.2’ x 76°38.3'; NOAA 11548.) Custom every¬ thing house, carriage house/shop, 124-ft private pier, 377-ft rip-rapped shoreline. FSBO $599,000. Call (252) 745-5045. See <www.towndock.net/ballcreekhouse>

DEEP WATER DOCK - SF BAY VIEWS. $749,000. Ballena Bay townhouse, 304 Tideway Dr., Alameda. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, remodeled tastefully throughout. Move-in condition. 2 large redwood decks. Direct Bay access. Waterside includes private 30’ dock and 6’ x 8’ dinghy dock plus shared guest dock. For more infor¬ mation call Lee (510) 520-9128 or email: lee@manters.com. DEEP WATER DOCK FOR 55-FT YACHT. Step out your back door in Alameda to the newly-dredged deep water dock. Perfect for a 55-ft yacht with immediate access to San Francisco Bay. Shore power and water available at dock. Gourmet chef’s kitchen, 1,000-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, hardwood floors, 3 spacious bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Immaculate, custom home throughout. Outdoor entertaining on approximately 1,200 sq ft wrap-around deck. $1,174,000. For sale by owner. (510) 865-8722.

BERTHS & SLIPS SF MARINA 35-FT SLIP. Across from Safeway. $225/monthly rent. Security, parking, showers. Great location. Call (415) 383-1307. 40-FT END TIE SLIP. Emery Cove Ma¬ rina. Available now thru October 2004. 50 amp power. Call Scott (510) 750-4111.

FREE BERTHING FOR ONE MONTH! Redwood Landing Marina in Redwood City has slips available in both 25-ft and 30-ft sizes. Get your first month free with a 6-month commitment. For more information call Rich Ferrari (650) 363-1390 q. is a San Diego-based Megayacht Crew Headhunter We need mates, deckhands, chefs, stews, and engineers to work on large yachts. Send cover letter and resume: mark@c2conline.net • Visit us at: www.c2conline.net

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SF PIER 39. Downtown, view of Bay. Two 36-ft slips, C24 and C26. Rare 45-ft slip, E33. Make offer or owner financing pos¬ sible. Showers, security, great location for rental or racing. Call (775) 813-4764. 40-FT SLIP, PIER 39, 1-8. Great end lo¬ cation. You won’t find a berth with as easy access. 30 years remaining on orginal sublease. Financing available with down payment. $30,000. Call (209) 293-3111.

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40+ FT BERTH FOR RENT, ALAMEDA Estuary. Private dock,- good security, power, water, close parking, space to work on your boat, peace of mind, good deal. Sorry no liveaboards. Also, boat electri¬ cal repairs. Capt. Ed (510) 521-2000. HUGE BARGAIN. Slip at Pier 39, SF. CDock. Excellent location. $11,000. Call (650) 854-3514.

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ATKIN 18 SLOOP GRETCHEN, with leeboards. Completed 1970 in SF area. Any info on whereabouts appreciated. Images: <http://www.boat-links.com/ Atkinco/Sail/Gretchen.html> Email: filkee@gmavt.net.

JOBS WANTED ENTHUSIASTIC PROFESSIONAL seeks challenging marine or resort position in management, service or sales. Experi¬ ence includes factory managemeht, travel sales, tour conducting, hotel desk, harbormaster associations, marine con¬ struction seminars, publishing, advertising analysis. French, Spanish languages. kurbwatt@yahoo.com or (415) 342-6642. All offers considered.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES YACHT SALES OR BOAT WORKERS. Also, office/organizational help. Unique opportunity in Sausalito. (415) 331-5251. PROFESSIONAL SAIL & TRAWLER in¬ structors. If you have well-rounded sail¬ ing or power boating skills, can communi¬ cate effectively and want to pass on your passion for the sport, you will want to in¬ struct for Club Nautique. We have the newest and largest fleet on the Bay, and we offer three locations. Our comprehen¬ sive programs include all US Sailing courses from Basic Keelboat to Offshore Passage Making, and trawler classes from Basic to Coastal Passage Making. Extra¬ curricular courses focus on spinnaker han¬ dling, racing, crew overboard and more. Steve: SEasterbrook@ClubNautique.net. DRAKE MARINE is looking for depend¬ able, hard working individual for growing company. Detail oriented. Own transpor¬ tation. Responsibilities include scheduled boat washing, compound/waxing mainte¬ nance duties and assisting other staff when needed. Labor intensive, requires heavy lifting, endurance. (510) 521-0967 or fax (510) 521-0968. 6-PAK CAPTAINS & INSTRUCTORS. Spinnaker Sailing in SF is hiring. P/T or F/T, midweek and weekend shifts available. Flexible schedule. This company is grow¬ ing fast for one reason: its people. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or email: rendezvous@earthlink.net. Questions? Call Drew (415) 543-7333.

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YACHT SALESPERSON WANTED. Ex¬ perienced and licensed. Mason Yachts International seeks one sales manager and two sales people for beautiful water¬ front Sausalito office near West Marine in Clipper Yacht Harbor. Looking for selfmotivated individuals. Call Mark on cell (310)418-1590.

MORGAN 41 OUT ISLAND, 1972. Great liveaboard, 2 heads, one shower, hot wa¬ ter, 3-burner stove with oven, 12v fridge, private aft cabin, new cockpit cushions, microwave, 25-inch Sony TV. Fresh paint down below and fresh non-skid on deck. Recent survey, a very solid vessel. Priced to sell. Comes with transferable liveaboard slip. $43,000. Call Carey (707) 853-3495.

CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. Rendezvous Charters is hiring. P/T or F/T, midweek and weekend shifts available. Want to love your job? Building sea time? Join this fun company full of great people. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or email: rendezvous@earthlink.net. Questions? Call Drew (415) 543-7333. EAST BAY MARINA SEEKS book¬ keeper/office manager. Excellent salary and benefits. Days off are Sunday/Mon¬ day. Fax resume to (415) 421 -3167.

BUSINSS OPPORTUNITIES SAILING AND DIVING COMPANY in Monterey, CA with 2 locations: Fisher¬ man’s Wharf and Coast Guard Pier. 90% sailing market share, commercial diving and salvage operations. 5 years good will, established marketing collateral and domi¬ nant web presence. 30’ Coronado sloop, 16' Boston Whaler, 8 employees, office and operating equipment. $39,995. See: <www.montereysailing.com> Call (831) 372-SAIL (7245).

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY RANGER 33, 1977. Well maintained racer/cruiser. Gary Mull design. Sails to its PHRF. Great liveaboard that we also race. Pressurized hot/cold water, refrig¬ eration, propane stove, compression post rebuilt, five bags of sails plus four spinna¬ kers. $35,000. Call (510) 215-2304.'

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Handcrafted teak and fiberglass dorades Visit our website at www.marinershardware.com or call 1-877-765-0880 for brochure LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED CREW. Two females to sail new boat from Seattle to San Diego. Jeanneau 35, 2003. Call (949) 375-2573. 65-FT GARWOOD, 1929. Built for Al Capone. 55 knots with two 500 hp en¬ gines. Presently 2-671 GMCs, running at 27 knots. Double-planked Ashcroft cedar planking, copper riveted, second set of ribs Navy brass. Heavily built. Needs restora¬ tion. $125,000. Mike (925) 325-6301.

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SPENCER 35,1964. Graceful, fiberglass cruiser. Mexico/offshore veteran. Radar, windvane, autopilot, EPIRB, Yanmar die¬ sel, GPS, VHF, inverter, 7 sails. 2004 sur¬ vey and bottom paint. Beautiful mahogany interior, propane stove/oven and heater, dodger/awning. $31,500. (805) 807-0834 or email: whistledown@hotmail.com for photos/specs.

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BUCCANEER 30,1979. Hauled, painted, and surveyed 2/03. Roomy cruiser, in¬ board Volvo, great for liveaboard. Includes dinghy. $13,400. Monterey. (831) 394-3995 or email: darcywheeles@ mindspring.com. DINGHY FOR SALE. Well cared for and maintained. 10-ft Zodiac Yachtsman, power, fiberglass bottom, $1,900. Also 15 hp Nissan outboard, $1,800. Total offer: $3,700. Call (707) 257-7750. WANTED: BOATRIGHT to build pilot¬ house and bowsprit in Half Moon Bay. Call (650) 224-1462

CAL 39, 1971. Great for racing, cruising and liveaboard. 50 hp Perkins diesel en¬ gine, galley, nav station, electronics and more. $45,000. Must see to appreciate. Call (805) 658-1415 or (805) 443-9206. 50-FT YACHT, 1946,1-1/4” cedar plank¬ ing on oak, brass fastened, running 671, Allison 2:1, galley, head, flybridge, partial restoration. $25,000 invested. As is, $10,000/cash. Mike (925) 325-6301. ALBIN VEGA 27, 1976. New 130% UK genoa, running lights, electrical upgrades, 10 amp charger, traveler, nicro, cushions. Force 10 stove, gel battery, 2 anchors, 100’ rode, etc. Very clean, great condi¬ tion. $7,000/firm or $8,000 with 9.9 longshaft 4 stroke Honda. Emeryville. Aaron (510) 798-3617.

CONTAINER FOR RENT. 8’ by 20’, dry, ventilated, prime location at Schoonmaker Point Marina. For info call (415) 331 -3134 (after July 16). SUMMER BY THE BAY. Tiburon condo available for 1 -2 week periods in July and August. 2 bdrms/1 bath. Queen in master, twin-size loft bed in kid's room. Close to sailing and other bayside recreation, SF, wine country, beaches, bike path. Washer/ dryer in unit plus the usual amenities, kidfriendly. Quiet, nice, convenient neighbor¬ hood. Renovated kitchen and bath. $595/ week. Chris (415) 383-8200 xl 03 or (415) 389-9378 or chris@latitude38.com.

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MORGAN 36, 1973. One tonner. Westerbeke diesel. North sails, $20,000/ obo. Call (510) 232-7245.

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The Wincher The wincher changes your regular winch into a self-tailing one. Four sizes are available. It is a product that, by means of one, singlehand movement, renders your conventional winch self-sheeting and self¬ locking. The Wincher is made of a specially designed rubber body that fits down on top of the winch. As the sheet is being winched home and is put under increasing load, the coils ‘climb1 up the winch drum and fasten against the ribs in the underside of the rubber body.

Makela Boatworks Family owned since 1948

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(707) 964-3963 email: howard@makelaboatworks..com • www.Makelaboatworks.com

HEA VY DUTY DEEP CYCLE MARINE DATTERIES Available at the following local marine chandleries and sen/ice distributors:

Cruising Seas Services, Benicia Bay Ship & Yacht, Richmond Mariner Boat Works, Alameda Neville Marine Electric, Alameda Svendsen's Chandlery, Alameda Star Marine, Alameda Golden State Diesel Marine, Oakland Fortman Marina Store, Alameda Sea-Power, Alameda Alameda Prop & Machine, Alameda

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX ABC Yachts.242

Barillas Marina.207

Beta Marine Engines.72

Cal Maritime Academy.80

Cruising Specialists.64,65

ACC Marine.96

Bay Design & Engineering ... 226

Bluewater Insurance.98

Cass' Marina ..92

CYOA Yacht Charters.188

Agape Villages.99

Bay Island Yachts.7

Bluewater Network.234

Chula Vista Marina.204

Danard Marine Products.206

Alameda Prop & Machine ... 118

Bay Island Yachts.220

Bo'sun Supplies.224

City Yachts.17

Davis Instruments.87

Almar Marinas.137

Bay Marine Diesel.228

Boat US. 57,89,103

Clamphank.220

Desolation Sound Charters.. 191

Alpha Marine Systems.224

Bay Propeller.164

Bosun's Charters.191

Clipper Yacht Harbor.171

DeWift Studio.231

American Battery.228

Bay Risk Insurance.32

Bottom Siders.32

Club Nautique.66

Diesel Fuel Filtering.153

Anchor Steam Brewery.159

Bay Ship &.Yacht.63

Boy Scouts Pacific Harbors.. 233

Coast Marine.118

Dimen Marine Financing.58

Andersons Boat Yard.41,97

Bay Side Boatworks.229

Boy Scouts San Francisco .... 234

Corso Marine.218

Discovery Yachts.12

Bair Island Marina.183

Bay View Boat Club.30

Brisbane Marina.53

Cover Craft.168

Downwind Marine.211

Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors.44,45

Beneteau.13

British Marine.12

Coyote Point Marina.202

Doyle Sails.67

Baja Naval.30

Berkeley Boat Sales.232

Bulwagga Anchor.232

Crinan Marine.230

Dri-Diver.170

Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers.22

Berkeley Marina.169

C Cushions.209

Cruising Charts .228

E Paint.85

Ballena Isle Marina Coop .... 101

Berkeley Marine Center.79

Cabrillo Yacht Sales.238

Cruising Direct Sails.154

Easom Rigging.143 July, 2004 •

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Bilge Evac & Steam Cleaning Oil & Filter Changes Fuel Polished/Remove Bad Gas

& 10-48 HP Diesel Inboards & Sajldrives Smooth running, durable, reliable True Marine Engines Since 1904

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ADVERTISER'S INDEX - cant'd Edensaw Woods.88

Fortman Marina.46

Harken .99

J/World.59

Lowrie Yacht Harbor.32

Edson International.97

Fowler Insurance Agency .... 222

Hayn Marine.182

Jack's Boat Sales.240

Maine Cats.191

EM Design.224

Fridge Freeze.209

Haynes Sails.229

Kissinger Canvas.118

Makela Boatworks.228

Emery Cove Yacht Harbor.87

Fujinon, Inc.152

Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers. 233

KKMI Boat Yard.15

Marina El Cid.211

Emeryville Marina .126

Gentry's Kona Marina.229

Helmut's Marine Service.229

Lager Yachts.240

Marina Real.171

Encinal Sailing Foundation .. 236

Gianola & Sons.216

Henderson Marine Supply ... 170

Landfall Navigation.91

Marina Village.165

Ensenada Cruiseport Vlg.210

Gill.100

H.F. Radio.68

Landing School, The.168

Marine Engine Co.228

Essex Credit Corp.95

Glacier Bay.153

Hidden Harbor Marina.206

Larry R. Mayne Yacht & Ship

Marine Lube.230

Farallone Yacht Sales.24

Golden State Diesel Marine . 222

Hogin Sails.126

Broker.239

Marine Servicenter.102

Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley 98

Grand Marina.2

Hood Sails.81

Larsen Sails/Neil Pryde Sails 104

Mariner Boat Yard.61

Flying Cloud Yachts.21

Grand Prix Sailing Academy 183

Hydrovane.86

Lee Sails.218

Mariner's General Ins.94

Foam Creations.216

H&S Yacht Sales.11

Hylas Yachts.8,9

Let’s Go Cruising.191

Mariners Hardware.227

Foley Marine Engines.229

Hanse North America.19

Isotherm.52

List Marine Enterprises.89

Maritime Institute.208

Forespar.36

Harbor Bay Realty.231

It's All About Sewing.90

Loch Lomond Marina.181

Marofta Yachts.241

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Visit the print Gallery at

www.jimdewitt.com Contact Pam at the Gallery for Commissions, Trophies, Giclee' Prints, or Custom Framing. DeWitt Art Gallery & Framing (510)236-1401

Commission Jim DeWitt to do a painting of YOUR boat under sail

■PDA DTC -REFRIGERATIONJVIT.1 >3 PARTS SOLUTION

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121 Park Place, Point Richmond, CA 94801 Tuesday-Thursday 11:30 to 5 • Friday 11 to 3 • Saturday 11 to 4

Deep Water Dock Home!

RParts carries a complete line of refrig¬ eration parts for maintenance, repair, and upgrades. We are also pleased to offer R28+ vacuum insulation panels at Rprices: guaranteed lowest!

3005 Marina Drive, Alameda A must see! Two bedroom, two baths, office & large deck. A boat¬ house with kitchen and bath. To see this incredible home go to: tyoung.hbrhomes.com, scroll down to 3005 Marina Drive and click Virtual Tour. Call me!

Engine Driven or AC to DC Conversion Kits now available!

Refrigeration Parts Solution P.O. Box 388 • Alameda, CA 94501-9488

(800) 720-3907 or (510) 436-3962 • Fax: (510) 533-5605 -rparts@rparts.com • www.rparts.com-

(800)758-4291

Tom Young 510-814-4841

Harbor Bay Realty

ADVERTISERS INDEX - cont'd Mason Yachts.

235

Mazatlan Marine Center/ PV Yachts.18

Norpac Yachts.243

Pacific Marine Foundation.96

Richmond Marina Bay.22

North Beach Canvas.69

Pacific Yacht Imports. 14

Richmond Ya,cht Service.164

Save the Children.239

North Sails - San Francisco ... 55

Paradise Village.105

Romaine Marine-Electronics. 152

Scanmar International.76

Northwest Yacht Brokers Assoc.

Schmidt, Charlotte Yacht

Sausalito Yacht & Ship.240

Passage Yachts.4,5,13,237

Rooster Sails. 180

McGrath Pacific.239

Sailfest Northwest.43

Peter Crane Yacht Sales.235

Ryan's Marine.229

Sales.235

Modern Sailing Academy.84

Oceanfast Yacht Center.6,10

Pier 39 Marina.23

Sail California.38,39

Schoonmaker Point Marina .119 Scullion, Jack D.

McGinnis Insurance.182

Monterey Bay Canvas.99

OCENS Wedther.171

Pineapple Sails.3

Sail Warehouse, The.224

Monterey Sailing.119

OCSC Sailing.75

Premier Yacht Sales.240

Sailing Pro Shop.93

Yacht Services.89

Napa Valiev Marina.20

Opequimar Marine Center.. 155

Quantum Pacific.37

Sal's Inflatable Services.159

Scully Fin.227 Sea Scouts of Marin.238

Nelson Yachts.50

Outboard Motor Shop.83

R-Parts.231

Salty Canvas.180

Nelson Yachts/Sydney Yachts 51

Owl Harbor.102

Raiatea Carenage Services.. 203

San Francisco Boat Works.28

Sea Time, Inc.60

Nelson's Marine.244

Oyster Cove Marina.82

Restaurant Neptuno.218

San Francisco Estuary Project 33

Sea-Power Marine.83

New England Ropes.70

Oyster Point Marina.85

Richardson Bay Marina.236

San Juan Sailing.189

Seacoast Marine Finance.56

New Era Yachts.234

Pacific Coast Canvas.85

Richmond Boat Works.97

San Leandro Marina.31

Seafood Peddler.226 July. 2004 •

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BENETEAU 50 3 Stateroom/Owners Version

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Step aboard... and go... worldwide! Just bring clothes & food!

Ready to cruise worldwide Systems set up for ease, safety, and comfort. Lots of custom features. Extensive electronics and systems. Navigate from cockpit or nav station. Wind generator/water maker/solar/sonar/ weatherfax/furling main/awnings and screens/air cond/washer and dryer/ dinghy/life raft... see our website for full details and pictures. $259,000

2002 GEMINI 105MC Completely outfitted for single-handed cruising in comfort, with stateof-the-art everything... by an engineer who builds flight simulators!

$174,950

Yachtright

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510-523-8300 fax 510-523-8302

2 sales docks/sales lot/appr 70 boats listed/36th year

2021 Alaska Packer Place, Alameda, CA 94501

1999 Beneteau 411 This like-new yacht has been profes¬ sionally maintained. She is fully equipped with roller furling genoa, main and gennaker. To keep you warm she has an Espar heater, full dodger and canvas package. Fandango has up¬ graded Lewmar winches and excellent electronics. Call today so you can be sailing or cruising this summer.

Ships International

xjsJtOLOCK & SToN£ Marine Surveyors

50 years combined experience in the marine field NAMS Associate

ABYC Certified

www.wedlockandstone.com

(415) 331-7441 (415) 706-6641

(415) 505-3494

Importer of Defever Trawlers

Unusual Name, Unprecedented Reliability. Proven superior in Practical Sailor’s independent tests. Works where and when other anchors fail. The best anchor you have ever owned. Guaranteed. Find out why. Visit www.buIwaggaanchors.com

33' NORWEST Great buy on a super boat! $24,900!!

34' TIDEMAN TRI-CABIN LIVEABOARD Completely rebuilt interior. 834,900.

YACHT SALESPERSON NEEDED FOR NEW Sf OFFICE

Berkeley Boat Sales 28' WELLCRAFT MONTE CARLO, '88

(510) 548-1202

Top condition. Best price. Only $34,900

Bulwagga Marine Anchors

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NoTECO Division, Mele Companies, Inc. 1712 Erie St. / Utica, NY 13502 888-6744465 / 315-7334600 / E-Mail noteco@msn.com

SAMS Associate

SO' CHRIS CRAFT, '62 ..$89,900 40' PIVER TRIMARAN...steal it' $19,900 29'MONTE CARLO by Wellcraft.

cell (415) 515-9215 iwww.berkeleyboatsales.com byachtman@hotmail.com

ADVERTISER S INDEX - cont’d Sealife Marine Products.71

Spinnaker Shop, The.222

Twin Rivers Marine Ins.170

Seashine.40

Starbuck Canvas.103

UK Sails.73

Surveyors.232

Wooden Boat.127

Seatech.227

Suncoast Yachts & Charters. 237

Vallejo Marina .205

Wells Marine Arch.227

Wright Way Designs .218

Selden Mast, Inc. USA.42

Suunto.77

Vaughan, William E.228

West Marine.25,29

Yacht: Catana 581.233

Ships International.232

Svendsen's Boat Works .... 30,47

Vent Air.220

West Marine Bargain Ctr .... 127

Yacht: 'Rhapsodie1.238

Society of Accredited Marine

Svendsen's Metal Works.12

Ventura Harbor Boatyard .... 189

West Marine Boat Services ... 44

Yachtfinders/Windseakers.20

Surveyors/SAMS.230

Swan Yacht Sales.48,49

Ventura Yacht Sales.232

West Marine Books & Charts 119

Yachtright. 232,234

South Beach Harbor.35

Swedish Marine.54

Voyager Marine.62

West Marine Rigging.28

South Beach Riggers.69

Tartan/C&C Yachts. 16

Waikiki Yacht Club. 183

West Yachts.237

South Beach Sailing Center.... 69

Tim's Zodiac Marine.126

Watermaker Store, The.202

Western Dock.228

South Beach Yacht Club.118

TMM/Tortola Marine

Watski.228

Wesiwind Precision Details....

Management.191

Waypoint.68

Whale Point Marine Supply... 74

Photography. 103

Tradewinds Sailing .26,27

weatherguy.com.226

Wichard, Inc.78

Spectra Watermakers.28

Trident Funding.34

Weatherwave Inc.222

Windtoys.127

Soy, Yvonne Marine

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Wedlock & Stone Marine

Wizard Yachts, Ltd.236

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Available in June 2004

Catana 581 Aurora

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CORSAIR 36 New cruising rocketship.

WESTSAIL 42 Ready to cruise.

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CR0WTHER 38 Iri .Now on/y36.900! FORMOSA 41. Reilucctl!39,500! HUGHES 43 cruising catamaran 249.000

26, fresh bottom only ... 39,900 24 Mkll. trade-in Only 38.500! rod, loll race .Now 63.000 28R. trade-in.Great deal! 31R. 2003 Great Iwy @111.900

Constructed in the South of France by catamaran manufac¬ turer Catana, Aurora was delivered and commissioned in June of 2002 to the full-time cruising owners. Four state¬ rooms with four private head/shower combinations. Foreward starboard hull has separate crew accommoda¬ tions. Sleeps 10 comfortably. Aurora is a completely-outfitted world cruising yacht. Every system is 100% maintained and is in functioning order. She was hauled in late December of 2003, in Marti¬ nique, and received new bottom paint and zincs. After completing two Mediterranean/Caribbean summer/winter circuits, two ARCs, and three Atlantic crossings in 24 months, she will be available in southern Florida or your choice of locations in the Caribbean in May or June 2004. Current owners will train new owners or crew.

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YACHT SALES INC.

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How to find a good home for your boat, get a generous tax deduction, and feel great about it at the same time... .

DONATE YOUR BOAT TO SEA SCOUTS You con help us fill the needs of our .Standing Stout programs: The Sea Scouts can use any serviceable vessels, either sail or power, modern or classic. j • Donors cart eliminate berthing fees, insurance costs, commissions, and the hassle of selling a used boat while receiving the most generous values allowed by Icjw. Vessel transfers are speedy and efficient. We arfange ail the necessary documents with DMV or Coast Guard. *

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Partial List of Equipment/Specifications • LOA 58' Beam 28’ • Draws 1.2 meters with daggerboards up • A/C & diesel forced air heating • 2x Volvo TMP22P turbo diesel 105hp engines (Direct drive) (475 gallons of fuel) • Fisher Panda 12kw genset • Twin Simrad AP20 autopilots • Full B&G instruments • Integrated PC system with Nobeltec software (17" monitor) • Furuno 7" & 10" color radar/chart plotter navstation & cockpit (NavNet w/C-Map data) ' -

• ICOM HF radio IC-M802 • Motorola iridium satellite phone • 110 volt electrical system • Two tenders: 14’ Zodiac RIB w/40hp Yamaha 10' Achilles inflatable w/8hp Yamaha • Spectra 380 watermaker w/MPC-3000 • Icemaker • Complete safety equipment 8-man & 4-man offshore life rafts • Complete entertainment system including 24" flat panel monitor, CD/DVD/ Satellite TV • Flat screen & CD/DVD in all four staterooms

$1,300,000 For a no obligation information package, please contact Jim Beaudoin

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For more information, please contact either David or Mark Bernhard David Bernhard: dbernyak@aol.com cell: (925) 325-0250 or (925) 925-437-4955 (USA) Mark Bernhard: mijab_au@yahoo.com cell: (925) 437-5770 (USA) July, 2004 •

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Our growing Scout program needs your support: • Any serviceable vessel can be used. • We'll make the transfer quick and easy. •Tax benefits from donating can meet and sometimes even exceed the amount realized from selling your vessel. •You can eliminate the bills associated with the cost of owning your boat.

Donate Your Boat to the Sea Scouts

For more information contact:

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Donations Are Tax Deductible

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PASSPORT 40 Probably the strongest Passport anywhere. Extensive hull modifica¬ tions and completely equipped for worldwide offshore cruising.

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$184,950 FORMOSA 56,1983. The Formosa 56 has a comfortable, spacious interior with teak soles and bulkheads. There are three staterooms, a large main salon.

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Donate your Boat 47' VAGABOND KETCH, 1981. This is a cruiser's cruiser. Stylish, roomy, functional and manageable, and most of all, affordable, Otfered at $199,999

SCIMITAR 36, 2002. This cockpit, enclosed flybridge catamaran is built in Australia. She was chosen by the Boating Industry of Australia as the Cruiser of the Year in 2002. Offered at $369,950

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$69,500.

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1960 Concordia 39 yawl

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OWENS 28 HT EXPRESS, '69 Chevrolet 350 Cl 250hp 100 hrs, Coastal Navigator DS, VHF, Air Guide compass, Holstrand propane stove, icebox, sink. $6,000.

PLEASURE CRUISER 23’ SLOOP 8 hp Nissan 0/B, extra sails, life jack¬ ets, kitchenette with pump sink.

WALSH PH sloop 30', *62 Perkins 4107 diesel. $5,000.

$2,000. CRUISER CHALET V FISHRMN 79, flybridge, VHF, loud hailer, needs engine work.....$2,000 CAL 29, 73, inboard diesel, needs engine work. VHF radio, depthfinder...*.$7,000 PEARSON TRITON 28, Atomic 4, marine radio, fathometer, knotmeter, log.$6,000 ISLANDER BAHAMA 24, Johnson 9.9 outboard, extra headsail, fathometer, knotmeter, Saturn compass ... $2,000 COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24, '63. $2,000

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24' J/Boat, '72, new rig, sails, engine .$6,000 Farallon Clipper, '60, a classic.$10,000 WylieCat 30, '05, sail away a winner.$135,000 Beneteau 40.7, '01, race equipped.$210,000

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'98 Tayana 48'...Reduced $379,000 We gave it our highest rating. We think you will too! Price reduced to encourage offers.

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'70 Ericson 35...$48,000

'88 Union 36’...$89,000

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For Listings at Our Docks ($500 minimum) POWER LISTINGS .44' Sunseeker Camargue, '98.$279,000 44' Vantari MY, '87, T-Cats, repo.Offers 34’ Bayliner Avanti, '96, twin inboards . $65,000

SAILBOAT LISTINGS 33' IMor'West sloop, 79 .... Reduced to $26,900 30’Islander Bahama, diesel, radar, shows as a 10, loaded with gear.$23,500

Endeavour 37 Sloop, 1979 Perkins diesel, aft stateroom, mid galley layout. Beautiful! $39,900. Submit all offers: REPO!

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'79 CSY 37 B Model...$55,000

The 39-foot Sparkman & Stephens Loki Class Yawl is for sale. In conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of Sparkman & Stephens, this bristol vessel personifies the spirit of Olin Stephens' art as a naval architect and yacht designer. Of the twelve Loki yawls built by Heidman & Werft in Germany for the New York Yacht Club in the early 1950s, Irolita is one of five remaining. She has been totally restored and refit over the last ten years by a devoted professional. Celebrate the S&S Jubilee!

Asking $140,000

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47' PERRY CENTER COCKPIT KETCH, 1992. Set up for cruising for four. Two double staterooms, two heads, two showers. Roller furling genoa, main and mizzen. Engine and AC cold plate refrigeration, air conditioning/heat, generator, radar, AP, full awning and covers. Self steering windvane. New running rigging February 2004. Motors at 8 knots. Very low hours on Volvo. Reduced to $189,000/OFFERSI Central Agency.

Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts

415-331-6200 • info@marottayachts.com sasgsi ■ K" >

48' C&C, 1973 One of two built, this unique vessel was extensively refit

32' ISLAND PACKET 320 CUTTER, 1999

at the factory in '96, including full new interior. She's in better shape now

The 320 is one of the best conceived and executed vessels of this size

1953 Designed by legendary Olin Stephens of S&S and built of the finest

than when new. Upgraded, updated or rebuilt from stem to stern: new 80 hp

we've ever seen; she won Cruising World magazine's 1998 Boat of the

materials by one of Europe's premier yards, /roMways had loving owners;

Perkins diesel has less than 200 hours, complete top-of-the-line electronics incl. Furuno radar, Robertson AP. See to appreciate.

$235,000

40' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS-DESIGNED AFT COCKPIT YAWL,

Year aword for the best mid-size cruiser, and it's easy to see why. This particular example shows as new.

$149,900, owner motivated!

her current caretaker has lavished untold time and money on her (see website for details). She shows bristol. Transferable Sausalito YH slip.

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$140,000

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40' C&C 37+, 1989 Evolved from the race-oriented 37R, the 37+

47' GULFSTAR SAILMASTER, 1979

retains the keel-stepped mast, high lift elliptical keel and extensive use

well known for their unbelievably roomy interior - 6'S' or more hdrm throughout

of Kevlar in the hull. She also offers a hand matched and finished teak

most of boat & as much beam os many motoryachts. Fundamentally very sound,

famous DeDood yard in Bremen, Germany, to the highest standards.

interior that's well thought out and lovely. This one is well equipped,

looks fine on the outside & has updated sails & rigging, ind. in-mast hiding main w/

She's always been well maintained, and with almost $50,000 spent on

$124,500

elect, winch. Priced competitively - most Sailmasters are over $150k. $122,000

her over the lost 18 months, shows better than new today. $109,000

in great shape, lying in a transferable Sausalito slip.

Raised cabintop ketch. Sailmasters are

40' ENDEAVOUR, 1983 Endeavour Yachts is a Florida-based builder

34' HUNTER 340,2001

of high-end cruising sailboats; their yachts, highly regarded back East, are

of the Year Award in '98 and it's easy to see why: she's exceptionally

The 340 won a Cruising WorWmagazine Boat

hard to find on the West Coast. This particular example, a center cockpit

comfortable/functional, offering o tremendous amount of space below

sloop, is spacious, well found (including integrated radar/chartplotter) and

and well laid out above. This particular one-owner boat is the deep draft

shows bristol. Transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip.

version, only lightly used and showing as new.

$99,000

42' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS-DESIGNED CENTER COCKPIT YAWL, 1967 This lovely yawl designed by S&S was built at the

$94,500

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36' CATALINA, 1983

37' TAYANA CUTTER, 1977 These Robert Perry-designed classics

This particular boat shows well inside and out,

and has had a significant amount of work done over the past three

con be found literally all over the world. Ibis one has always been home-ported in CA and shows very, very nicely with all new exterior

years - reworked sails, new electronics, reworked water system, new

canvas ind. dodger. All brightwork shines; Perkins 4-108 dsl runs like a

refrigeration system, rebedded stanchions (with new lifelines) and chain

top. Transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $69,900

plates, new transmission and fuel tank, etc., etc, etc. $54,000

35' CHEOY LEE, 1979

30' HUNTER, 1989 Attractive interior w/spacious aft cabin combined w/

36' CAL, 1968

Popular Perry-designed fin keel sloop has skeg hung rudder, keektepped

good sailing characteristics. Difficult to find boats in this price range that offer

Repowered (with Yanmar diesel) William Lapworth-designed classic with

mast, rack & pinion steering, teak decks. Well equipped: extensively

these features. Shows like NEW inside & out-cushions look like they've never

transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. Also custom rudder, roller furler

rewired, replaced reefer, Furuno radar, rigging redone, practically new

been sat on! Low hrs on Yanmar dsl, new batteries, bottom blister free, decent

(added in 1992), epoxy barrier-cooted bottom (1995), recent sails(main

main, ProFurl furler, recent dodger, new full cover. $49,000

electronics ind. chartplolter & AP, RF, dodger, leak & holly sole.

$39,500

2001, jib 1996). Current owner bought her new.

$28,500

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52' L0D HART0G SCHOONER Cold molded. Nice. New soils & new electronics, Detroit 4-71 Sausalito slip. Original owner/builder. 5205,000

Clay & Teresa Prescott

57' BURGER ALUM. FB, 1962. Many newer up grades: hull painted, hauled last month. All new appli¬ ances. Beautiful classic. Sausalito slip. $339,000.

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65' LOD CREALOCK SCHOONER, 1984 Cold molded, U.S. built, exceptionally Bristol, certified for 49 passengers.

41' MORGAN, 1979. 01, 2nd owner, ketch rig, Webasto diesel heater. Nice Sausalito slip. $89,500. SAIL 65' Crealock schner. '84 205,000 62' Custom PH steel '98 669,000 57' Bermuda ketch .. '75

79,000

51'Baltic.'80 249,000 50' Guifstar Mkll.'77 102,000

S3S NORSEMAN CUTTER, 1988 - Bristol! Reckmann hydraulic furling an headsails and main, electric winches, hard dodger, bow thruster - all top of the line. $519,000

50' Rover.'80

49,000

48' Hughes Yawl.'72

Offers

48' C&C.2 from 139,000 471 Jeanneau.'92 210,000 46' Pan Oceanic PH . '86 110,000 44' Cherubini, bristol '80 450,000 43’ Serendipity.'81

79,500

42' Custom schooner '72

39,000

42' S&S.'70

57,500

41 ‘ Seawolf.'77

75,000

41' Newport.'84

68,000

411 Coronado.74

59,500

40'Brewer PH.'88 175,000

33' NEWPORT MKil are in nice shape! Sausalito, Richmond, South Lake Tahoe. From $29,500.

40’ Helmsman.'80

39,500

40' Herreshoff, glass '81

25,000

40' Sabre 402.'96 249,000 40' Mariner ketch .... '67

32,000

38’ Downeast. 78

59,500

38' Ericson.'81

45,000

38' Ingrid.2 from

69,900

36' Union Polaris.'85 "94,500 36' Columbia.'69

25,000

36' Custom schooner 72

47,000

36' Atkins PH ketch . '54

26,500

35.5 Beneteau First.. '92

79,500

Inquire

53' Hatteras.'83 425,000

79.500

52' Libertyship.'60 110,000

52,000

49' KhaShing.'84 179,000

59,000

48' Angel SF.'86 130,000

31.500

45' Fellows & Stewart '26 299,000

39,000

44' Guifstar, nice. 79 159,000

28,000

42' Chris Craft.'68 119,000

39.500

42' California MY.'87 160,000

29.500

42' Grand Banks.‘67

94.500

38' Stephens.'48

36,000

29,000

38' Californian. 76

85,000

89,900

36'Egg Harbor.'60

12,000

36' Egg Harbor. 72

12,000

34' Bayliner Avanti... '87

38,500

34' Uniflite. 77

35,000

34' Sea Ray.'86

56,000

34' Silverton.'90

79,000

33'Jeffries.'52

39,000

32' Bayliner, diesel.. '89

79,900

32'Bayliner 3250 ....'88

32,000

32'Nordic Tug.'94159,000 31'Uniflite. 77

11,000

30' Sea Ray 305 DB. '88

59,900

29' Wellcraft..

'85

27,500

29’ Silverton.'85

26,000

26' Clipper Craft.'86

11,500

24' Bayliner.'01

39,000

24' Bayliner.'98

24,000

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PASSPORT 41,1990 Custom. Swim step. $285,000

14' Boston Whaler Rage w/trailer.'92

7,500

40' HUNTER, 1986, very nicely equipped to cruise & super clean, $85,000. Pictured: 37’ HUNTER, 1989, $65,000.

56' CUSTOM KETCH, 1991 Cold molded world cruiser. Many recent upgrades. Three double staterooms, Yanmar main & generator. $195,000.

62' BREWER STEEL KETCH, 1998 Custom pilothouse. Ted Brewer design, steel, Lloyds, Caterpillar 3115,3 stateroom, 16 kw genset, bow thrusters, new sails, much more. $669,000

47' STEVENS & HYLAS, 1986.3 staterooms, Sparkman & Stephens design. Westerbeke 70 hp , low hours, genset 8kw, hydraulics. $225,000

40' BREWER PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1988 Ted Brewer design, large open salon area with galley. Cruise equipped pullmon berth plus V-berth. $175,000

JEANNEAUS: Pictured: 36' SUN ODYSSEY, '98, $115,000 47' SUN ODYSSEY,'92, $210,000

46' PAN OCEANIC PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1986 By Ted Brewer. Outside and inside helms, great layout below. Price reduced to $110,000.

Pictured: CATALINA 42 Mkll, 2002, $225,000. Also: CATALINA 42, 1989, $120,000. Both with 3 staterooms.

HUNTER LEGEND 430, 1995. She has a 55hp Yanmar diesel and a new GPS Chartplotter. Asking $139,500, but no reasonable offer refused. BOAT IS SERIOUSLY FOR SALE!

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30' MONTEREY TRAWLER

SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

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of famous fisherman’s wharf favorite vessel. Dsl, radar, VHF, GPS-plot, AP, depth. One of the most seaworthy small vessels ever built for West Coast. $18,500.

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25' FARALLON 25 FISHERMAN. 6 cyl. turbo diesel. Hard top full enclosure, trailer, windlass, heat, reefer, dive compressor, aft helm station. Outstand¬ ing, well maintained & more. Asking $24,500.

NGELMAN KETCH

34 LOD, 40 LOA. If ever a yachtwas "BRISTOL", this is her! She looks absolutely perfect. Dsl, copper riveted mahogany, lead, wheel, more. Must be seen! $49,500.

47' LAKE UNION CLASSIC, 1930. Twin diesels, flybridge, twin helms, 2 enclosed heads w/showers and more! An excellent and gracious classic yacht with great charm. Priced right. Asking $45,000.

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30 RAWSON sloop. Extra heavy fiberglass con¬ struction, Wm. Garden design, dodger, inboard & more. Strong & reliable, excellent condition. $18,500.

551 SAMPSON ketch, center cockpit, oft cobin, dsl S more, live/cruise.Ask 65,000

36'USCG PATROL CRAFT. 671 diesel. Looded ond in beautiful shape. All wood, radar, etc.Ask 30,000

29' TOLLYCRAFT EXPRESS cruiser, twins, good boat, runs well, BARGAIN! 6,900

48'CAMPER NICHOLSON PILOT CUTTER by Lourent Giles, dsl, foscinoting history. Acreoge trades okoy.Ask 47,000

36'MONTEREY TRAWLER, Cat Dsl, radar, needs some work, but nice classic fishboot.Asking 15,000

28' CHRIS CRAFT Covolier, nice.... 12,000

48'HERITAGE WEST INDIES, f/g, oft cobin, center cockpit cruising cutter, looded, in Ponoma, ready to go!.... Ask 189,000

34' CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, greet boat... 26,500 34'CHB TRAWLER, gloss, 2 helms inch flybridge, dsl, radar, nice.offers

41' BLOCK ISLAND CUTTER. Dsl, roller furl, wheel, dbl-ended, beaut, interior, tough cruiser w/greot potentiol, Ask 39,000

32' UNIFLITE F/B sedan, F/G, F/F chart, twins, radar, much more! Ask 32,000

40’NEWPORTER ketch. Perkins 4-108 die¬ sel. Big, lots of potentiol.. Ask 37,500

32'CRUISERS INC. SEDAN, twins, nice! .Ask 29,950

40' GARDEN Center Cockpit Ketch. Dsl, project 8 good liveaboard. 29,000

32' CARVER flybridge, gloss, twins, shower 8 more! ..Ask 28,000

39' DANISH ketch, double-ender, diesel, big ond strong.Try 29,000

30'MONTEREY TRAWLER, a great classic beautifully restored 8 loaded 18,500

36' ATLANTIS KTCH, dsl, hard chine cruiser. Nicel Strong!.Asking 18,500

30'SEA RAY flybridge, twins .Ask 18,000

32' GRAND BANKS TRAWLER w/Sausalito Charter Business. Dsl, radar, VHF, depth, Loran, AP 6 berths, Bimini, windlass & more. Very shipshape. $69,000.

35'GILLMER PRIVATEER ketch. Dsl, f/g, wheel, full galley, shower ++ 52,000

GRAND

CLASSIC MONTEREY CLIPPER. Beaut.restoration

34'COLUMBIA sloop, dsl.. Asking 17,000

29' WELLCRAFT EXPRESS cruiser. 350s, shower, galley, outriggers 8 more. Twin shoft/strut/props/rudders. Ultra clean ond ready to go!........ Asking 27,950

50' DEVRIES-LENTSCH Classic Dutch-built Steel ketch. Stunning! Teak house, decks, below. Radar, GPS, AP, SSB, EPIRB, VHF, H20maker, dsl, MORE. $ 138,500. ALASKAN TRAWLER

28' OWENS HA EXPR., 350 V8 Ask 8,500 28'CARVER F/B cruiser, Crusader V8, full Delta convos, shower, eomfortoble 8 roomy.17,500 26' BAYLINER 2352 TROPHY,'00, trailer, o/d, only 10 hours on clock! 38,500 25’GRADY WHITE OFFSHORE PRO, trailer, two 225 Mercs. 44,000

PILOTHOUSETRAWLERw/flvbridae by Grand Banks. Twin dsl, 6.5 kw genset, full galley, radar, heoter, large solon. Ideal for cruising/living. Roomy '69 wood classic. Asking $108,000.

25'BAYLINER CIERRA,'88, very nice. Full Delta canvas.Asking 39,500 25' 00NZI2-25, V8, Arneson Drive.,29,500 23’ WALKAR0UND BAYLINER Cuddy, l/B, trl, 1990 .Ask 9,500 22'CHRIS CRAFT CAVALIER cuddy, inboord, beautifully restored.12,500 18' AVENGER ski boot, tri, 200 hp, more ZOOM! ZOOM!.Ask 2,500 LIST NOW... THEY'RE SELLING!

39' CORBINrocr^Zr^^g. 2 helms. 121" beam, full galley & head roller furl central air and heat, radar, AP, watermaker, lots or new gear. Bluewater cruise ready. Asking $99,950.

31' H-28 KETCH, 1/8.Asking 22,000 30' WALSHB0 M/S, dsl.Try 9,800 30'PEARSON Sloop, Atomic 4 l/B, GPS, Autohelm, spinn, nice, clean.. 15,000 29' ERICS0N, l/B, lots new.12,500 27' BRISTOL sloop, 0/B.Try 3,900

38' INGRID KETCH by Bluewater Yachts. Glass. Beautifully refit inch new dsl, soils, rigging, fin¬ ishes. etc. Radar, vane, GPS & lots more! Sne's a lot of boat for the monev! Ask $66,250

52'"LCM-6 USN DIVEBOA?

27' CATALINA sloop, Inboord, F/G, in VERY NICE SHAPE.Cheop ot 5,950 26' LAGUNA sloop, dsl, Soildrive.... 7,900 24' SEAFARER sip, MocCorty/Rhodes, 0/B, main, jib, genoa, all gloss.. Try 5,500 24' ED MONK CLASSIC sloop, diesel, great character 8 a nice boot.Try 7,500 POWER 63' FERRY Conversion, 671 dsl, 19.5 foot beam, excellent condition Try 36,000

33' LAGUNA F/B SPORTS FISH by American Marine.

46' Wm GARDEN PORPOISE. Big, tough, well

2 dsls, 2 helms, all glass, gen, lots of teak, 2 VHF, depth & F/F, radar, GPS/chart, AP & more! Many updates & improves. Beautiful & loaded. Covered berth. $49,950.

respected ketch. Copper riveted TEAK hull and decks, diesel, wheel, radar, shower, autopilot, loaded. Com¬ fortable world cruiser/liveaboard. Asking $89,500.

41’ CT KETCH by TA CHIAO. Glass, diesel, full

48' C&C luxury performance cruiser in beautiful

galley, shower, aluminum spars and more! Beautiful condition and a great live/cruise layout. You'll want to see this one. VERY NICE. Asking $64,500.

condition. Reported completely refit and updated 1996 in and out. Absolutely loaded. THIS IS A FINE VESSEL. Asking $235,000.

46' CHRIS CORSAIR oft cabin, F/Bmtr yacht. Sparkling '57, live/cruise Ask 99,000

52' LCM-6 USN DIVEBOAT. Aft PH, 671 dsls, alum. fwd housew/diver support flasks, manifolding, etc. Not pretty, but strong & a GREAT BUY. $25,950.

45' LAKE UNION classic cruiser. Twin diesel, F/B, 2 beads with showers ond grand style.Asking 45,000 45'STEPHENS classic 1929 ....Ask 90,000 42'TROJAN AFT CABIN MA, 15' beam, full elect galley, 2 heads, shower, radar, Onan, V8s, cruise/live.Ask 49,500 40'MATTHEWS, '48 sdn cruiser. Very well kept/ many upgrades. Twin V8s..25,000 38' CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE, 'fixer'. 16,500 37'CHRIS CRAFTCONNIE, nice cruiser/liveaboord, genset, one V8 just rebuilt, other needs work.Asking 30,000

43' STEPHENS SEDAN CRUISER, 1955. Fleetwood is in extra fine condition. Twins, looks better than new inside and out. Must see, wonderful! Try $99,500.

36' CHRIS CRAFT Cavalier, IWYNICE, must be seen.Reduced! 27,900

The Of___ Serving the Beating Community at this Losatien since V 9SB, July, 2004 *

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Tom Ball is one lucky guy... and Nelson's Marine is one lucky boatyard. Since starting with Nelson's Marine 18 years ago, Tom Ball has been one of the rock steady foundations of Nelson's Marine. Caring for our customers' boats in a thousand ways over the years, Tom has made sure life for our customers and life for Nelson's Marine is simply better. However, several months back, Tom was feeling 'off, just not right, and decided he better get down from his usual spot ferrying boats around the yard on the Travelift. After heading home, Tom was convinced by his wife that he should go to the hospital, where the doctor told him he had six months to live or undergo an operation immediately. An operation replacing major arteries to his brain, which included a heart attack on the operating table, set him back for six months. But for Tom it was only a setback. He only has praise for the doctors and nurses who operated and patiently helped him rehabilitate. It's a moment that reminded us to pay tribute to a guy like Tom, a lifelong resident of Alameda, one who has cared for so many people and boats in ways that aren't appreciated enough until you're suddenly faced with life-threatening situations. Tom was given a second chance to continue his contributions to family at home and to our many satisfied customers. Thanks Tom, we're really lucky to have you back.

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