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EXQUISITE CUSTOM SAILS DENNIS BREWER WINS THE ELECTRA WORLDS We first met Dennis Brewer when we were sailing the Buckner some years ago in little wind and lots of slop. We were either seasick or bored, and after spending much time removing the half-ounce from the headstay, we finally finished, setting the record for the longest elapsed time.

We next met while playing ice hockey. Neither of us could skate, and since we were the very last two players to be chosen we were on opposing teams. The only communication we had was through opposing ends of our hockey sticks. The mere thought makes our shins feel raw and turn black and blue.

We next saw Dennis when he bought Seebar, an Electra.

Seebar is German vernacular for the canine equivalent of a sea lion. He came to the sail loft to buy new sails so he could win the world championship. How to teach this new dog new tricks . . .?

It was easy. First of all, Dennis learns quickly and well.

Secondly, he is a terrific sea lawyer, and will soon be an equally terrific land lawyer. Thirdly, Dennis organized the Electra’s world championship. And of couse he is Powered

by Pineapples, and won.

But seriously, Dennis is doing just fine. The Electra is one of the most active one-design classes around and Dennis has won the last seven races. In the prpcess he won the last three consecutive races counting towards the season championship, the midwinters and the worlds. That doesn’t sound like an old dog to us! ★ Seebar, Powered by Pineapples

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LETTERS □ ME SAILING MY BOAT In the July 79 and the March ‘80 issues of Latitude 38 you have good action photos of me sailing my boat, yet neither photo identified the class capable of giving such an exciting ride. Both photos were taken at Clear Lake in June, after the SBRA (Small BOAT Racing Assn.) racing was cancelled because of too much wind. It was a windy day, but not that bad.

I did use an eight year old sail though to avoid thrashing my new one. I went out to see if my rig had any weak points and to see if I could handle the winds. To race in the San Francisco Bay effectively, one has to be racing in the heavy airs, not merely surviving (see Dennis Surtees’ article “Up-sidedown is Slow”, One-Design Yachtman).

My practice may have helped me win our Nationals at Palo Alto YC in July. We had close racing in the top half of the fleet in this medium heavy air series. My arch rival, Gill Woolley (1979 SBRA Champ), should have sailed with me that day to test his rudder fittings. In the Nationals, he broke the rudder pintles one day and the transom gudgeons on another day!

The photos show the International Contender (16’, 250 lbs., 125 sq. ft. of sail). We have about 30 boats in the area.

For more information about the boat and/or the class, please contact me at (415) 941-9060 or Jerry White, Secretary/Treasurer, Box 831, Summerland, CA 93067, telephone: (805) 969-3527.

Jim Anderson President, USICA Los Altos P.S. — Thanks for the BEST yachting rag around . . . it’s the only one worth reading.

Jim — Thanks for the information — we always wondered who in the heck that boat belonged to.

We had hoped to publish a guide to the SYRA (Small Yacht Racing Assn.) boats, but it just didn’t fit this issue. Look for it soon, however.

□ GAG A MAGGOT Your article in the April edition on Wave Traders and Albert Schultz is enough to gag a maggot.

“Poor Albert”, who gave you such a lot of advertising bucks now gets a lot of sympathy, after having stolen the life savings of many of your readers.

Poor Albert cleaned out his trust or escrow account which included many thousands of'dollars deposited to purchase boats and equipment; that money is now lost; the damage done was enormous; I understand that it amounts to about $250,000.00.

So, how do you treat the disaster? You state that he is really a very nice guy who shouldn’t be punished.

What about the victims? Not important to you; they didn’t page 15

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The Wylie 34 is built in Alameda, California, and sold directly from the factory. Consider the advantages: • SPECIFICATIONS L.O.A. .39’9” Draft .6’ L.W.L. .25’9” Ballast.3050 lbs.

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THE SERENDIPITY 43 Designed by Doug Peterson First Overall — 1980 SORC

Webster defines serendipity as “an apparent knack for making fortunate discoveries.”

Winning the SORC against the toughest one-off competition in the world with a production boat from a mold was exactly what Acadia’s skipper and crew expected to do. However, finding this race-proven hull available with a hand crafted teak interior, private owners stateroom, main salon with 6’6” headroom and ' 13’ beam and full cruising amenities, including refrigeration and shower, is certainly a fortunate discovery.

The Serendipity 43 is an internationally acclaimed, superbly built, and impeccably detailed racing or cruising yacht at a sensible price. Offered in three configurations — the Grand Prix, the IOR Racer, and the Racer/Cruiser (pictured), the 43 can and will fulfill the specific needs of any serious sailor.

Eighteen discriminating yachtsmen will accept delivery of the 43 this year. Can you afford not to be one of them?

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You missed an opportunity to be of service.

You could have explored into the situation and included a dissertation of the loose regulation of yacht brokers by the State.

Almost any flake can get a license and call himself a “Yacht Broker”, and open a trust account and when the time is ripe, take off for Brazil (or some such place) and laugh all the way.

And get sympathy from Latitude 38 as an added laugh.

The lesson of Poor Albert is that anyone selling a boat, or buying a boat, should insist on a bank escrow, and not the broker’s shirt pocket.

He only got me for a couple of thou . . . but I really feel for those many who were badly hurt.

Walter Colby Citrus Heights Walter — If you’re trying to misrepresent us, you’re doing a good job. You quote us as describing the former owner of Wave Traders as “Poor Albert”. That’s bullshit. You also claim we say he shouldn’t be punished. That’s more bullshit.

Then you draw the illogical conclusion that because he had advertised with us, we are repaying a debt of gratitude by expressing sympathy. To believe we owe a debt to a guy who has just burned us badly and we’ll never see again is simply idiotic.

Obviously taking the money and running was a dastardly, stupid thing to do that hurt a lot of people who shouldn’t have been hurt. Like with murder, we didn’t really feel we had to explain that this was a terrible thing to do. You have our sympathy, as does everyone who lost money dealing with Wave Traders — ourselves included.

But to suggest that Albert got into the boat business to rip people off when the time was ripe is as preposterous as yoUr foolish “understanding” that Albert ran off with a quarter of a million dollars. We can appreciate your anger and fury at being burned, but getting ridiculous about it doesn’t help anything. It’s an unfortunate fact of life; bankers run off with money, stockbrokers run off with it, armor-car drivers run off with it, and in this case, a yacht broker did. We’d rather dwell on the brighter side of life, and thankfully there were a couple of constructive suggestions in your letter.

Regarding the requirements of becoming a yacht broker: It is rather simple, you just have to be in a marine-related' occupation for one year before you are eligible, and then pass a rather silly examination. After that, you must put up a $5,000 bond to cover claims against you, and that’s about all that is required by the State. Incidentally, those who sell only new boats do not need a yacht brokers license at all.

There has been some feeling that with the price of boats going up that a $5,000 bond is not sufficient. In some areas of the country, it is becoming popular to place funds with an escrow company rather than using the broker as the escrow holder, until the tide changes. As we understand it, the fee for this service currently runs about $200, which generally is split page 19

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□YUCCA’S NOSE I d like to point out a slight sin of omission in last issue’s 10R column by Roger Hall. After Sunday’s Match Race in the Australian pursuit back from the “circle”, the honorable runner-up was omitted from the results. Carl Schumacher is too modest to request a mention, but 1 am not. Instead of her customary first place finish, Summertime Dream was eased out of first place by Yucca’s substantial nose. Considering the size of her competition, not too shabby a performance.

John C. Dukat Alameda John — We see that Carl’s Summertime Dream started the ocean season with a first in the MORA-IOR Division of the Lightbucket Race. Were going to have to have a talk with that Alameda designer soon.

□WASH AWAY THE BLUES Much enjoyed your March issue after a few months of “No News from Home”. Over tacos & cerveza at bar social here in Manzanillo I had to agree with your guide to Cabo. Your page on P.V. was good, but you didn’t mention the 2 best deals there: the 2 peso bus into town (sometimes with radio), and Bing’s Ice Cream. Also, the people don’t pollute the harbor — the city does! But the hot harbor showers wash away all the blues.

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We are considering living aboard our dream-come-true sailboat and wonder if Latitude 38 has ever published any articles on liveaboard marinas in the bay area. We have children and a cat and must take into account the possibilities of discrimination where they are concerned. If you have never researched this topic, could you point us in the right direction? (Perhaps we could furnish the article, in time!!) We need a list of marinas where living aboard is permitted and/or names, addresses of a liveaboard association if such exists.My husband works in downtown San Francisco, to give you a point of reference. page 21

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FEATURES THAT MAKE AN AVON A WISE INVESTMENT (the facts of life) VALVES The criteria for a good inflatable boat valve is one that allows easy inflation, fast deflation, does not leak, lasts a long time, and is trouble free. The Avon A-7 valve meets all these standards. It is large ported so the air flows in and out without restriction. With a push and a twist the neoprene check valve is locked open so that the boat deflates itself.

The valve is rugged and simple and made of non-corrosive nylon. The seat is protected from sand and salt build up with a cap that doubles as a second safety seal. It is not a tricky device, just good and reliable.

PUMP Powerful and long lasting, this combination foot/hand bellows with little effort because of large ports and hose, will inflate a 10 ft boat in 5 minutes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; comfortably. No suction attachment needed, Avon A-7 valves allow your boat to deflate itself quickly. Like many Avon parts, its only after years of faithful service that you realize how good it really is.

FENDER Avon's hallmark is the bright yellow rub strake/splash deflector seen in the world's remotest anchorages, on the wildest rivers. It identifies the discriminating owner, one who realizes the best is not only the safest but the most economical. (To renew high visibility scrub strake with SOS pad.)

AVON HULL FABRIC We are always talking about the heart and soul of an inflatable as the material of which it is made. We have virtually established the word ''calendered'' as an everyday vocabulary word. Because of us, Dupont Hypalon is almost as well known as Mom's apple pie.

Why don't we shut up and why don't you look around?

Have you ever seen a worn out Avon? Maybe in Southern California where rubber doens't last too long, you'll find a 15 year black Avon that has seen its day. But you won't find a deteriorated grey one in Southern California or anywhere else.

Avon fabric is so tough that we guarantee it for 5 years against deterioration that effects the usefulness of the boat.

Oh sure, some other makers have felt forced to imitate our guarantee. Their efforts have the appeal of a flat footed pirouette to the tune of the Magnuson-Moss Consumer Warranty Act. Avon fabric is guaranteed whether you wash and pamper it or don't, whether you stow it away or leave it uncovered on deck, whether you use it for fun or for commercial endeavors, whether you are the original owner or won it in a poker game.

There is a problem with Avon fabric, but its not your problem ... its ours. Avons last so-o-o long.

FLOORBOARDS Weight for strength there is no commercial boat building material that is better than marine plywood. While the 1980 range was on the drawing board several alternatives were considered and finally eliminated. A plywood-foam sandwich, though attractively light, didn't prove strong.

The aluminum hollow door concept to be strong was bulky and heavy and susceptable to permanent distortion when abused with heavy loads. Ultimately, one thickness marine ply, though heavier than thinner ply strengthened with perimeter battens, was selected because of satisfactory experience with this construction in large military and commercial inflatables.

The pictured S4.00 floor is 3/4" thick, it is very strong though resiliant. It can be screwed ;nto or bolted through for fixing accessories or machinery. It can be owner repaired or replaced. It can be covered or coated with non-skid and certainly should, be varnished annually.

Maintenance: Avon boards and transoms are deep sealed plus 2 coats of penetrating marine varnish. Annually, wood work should be sanded and varnished with 2 coats. Next year you will thank yourself if 2 coats are laid on the woodwork before the boat touches the water, paying particular attention to the edge grain. This advice applies to any new yacht. (In our service department we seldom see 5 year old boats that have more than the original varnish .. . oh, shame!)

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At boat shows, Avon owners are forever feeling our display models and saying "Oh mercy, I wouldn't pump up my boat that hard ... it costs a lot of money ... it might, pop . . . etc, etc." A chief reason that everyone doesn't have an Avon is because half the Avon owners are waffleing around in half inflated boats. If you don't fully inflate your Avon you might just as well buy a cheap raft that can only withstand soft pressure.

How to tell the proper pressure? When you think you pumped enough, stand on the tube. The fabric should support your weight without sagging. If the temperature cools you'll need more air, if the temperature rises and the boat is lying on the hot beach, let some air out.

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Thank you so much'for your help.

Burke Burgin San Francisco Burke — No, we haven’t written an article on the subject of liveaboards, and probably' never will. The relationship between current liveaboards and the harbormaster/city/county is often fragile, and we’d hate to upset it just for the sake of a magazine article. But you may be encouraged by the fact that most new marinas are making provisions to have a small number of berths designated for liveaboards.

If it’s any help, two places we can think of that do allow liveaboards in some of their slips are Ballena Bay yacht harbor, and the new yacht harbor in Redwood City. While we’re quite certain those slips are filled, you may be able to get on a waiting list. We feel your best bet would be to unobtrusively investigate this matter on your own, and have us keep quiet about the whole thing.

One thing you will find is that almost all yacht harbors have liveaboards, but very few of them will publically admit to it or say it’s/legal. Sometimes this is done so people who have kids and pets can’t argue that they are being discriminated against.

You see, boatowners come running after harbormaster’s scalps after cats have just run through their two-week paint job on the decks, after dogs have peed on their docklines, and after neighbors have been utilized as day care centers.

Many harbormaster’s don’t feel they need that kind of heat.

And you know, they may be right.

Looking for a berth to liveaboard calls more for tact than it does being demanding. If we haven’t been completely encouraging, rest assured that if you are willing to put in the necessary effort, you will find a place for your boat, you, your children, and your pet.

□ OBVIOUSLY KNOWLEDGEABLE Let’s hear it for Marilyn Yolles!

Ever since Latitude 38 appeared, her articles and portraits have been among the most interesting. Her series on Superb Sailors was admirably crafted. Marilyn has the talent to write grammar as we all should have learned it. Her character delineations are crisp. She’s obviously knowledgeable about boating and she certainly is not awed by the supermen in racing circles.

Marilyn deserves a big thank you (and maybe a bigger paycheck) for her work.

Win & Frank Dukat Los Altos Win & Frank — Marilyn is a very busy lady, writing for a number of local and national magazines. We’ve always enjoyed her articles on sailing personalities, and have others planned for the future. page 25

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LETTERS □ GLASSIFICATION Its been a long time since I have looked forward to receiving a monthly magazine as much as I have yours. Its been rare that I have been disappointed with either an issue or an article. The hard language is OK too; it give the articles a certain vitality they might not otherwise have. I also receive Sail magazine, but after feasting my eyes on the beautiful color photos, I find that 1 am invariably let down by the blandness of the articles. The comparison of Latitude 38 and Sail is like comparing T-Bone steaks and baby food!

I am enclosing a sheet that I recently received from Hughes Marine of Canada (part of a package of sales material) that rather severely criticizes hand-laid fiberglass construction.

Since practically all the ads these days claim that this type of construction is the best, perhaps you could do an article on the same and clarify it for the rest of us.

By the way, whatever happened to Loose Lips?

Denis Neumann Foster City We would like to take this opportunity to bury the myth of the much touted and advertised “All Hand Laid-Up” process. It is the worst, most archaic, most uncontrolled, cheapest way to, make a fiberglass component — we don’t use it; we never have — we never will and neither will any other major manufacturer. The so called Hand Lay-Up system interspaces woven roving with heavy, but weak layers of material. It adds thickness and weight without contributing to the strength, stiffness or impact strength of the completed laminate. We use multiple layers of woven roving and uni-directional roving interspaced with thin-controlled layers of sprayed on continuous fiberglass. The layer of mat or continuous strand between layers of woven roving is necessary to fill in the basketweave effect of woven roving and to provide a soft level surface for the next layer of woven roving to adhere to.

You cannot laminate layers of woven roving on top of one another, without a mat or continuous strand of filler, otherwise you get a poor interface bond, caused by point contact between the high points of the layers of woven fabric. The Hand LayUp method is used by those builders who don’t have the experience — technical know-how, finan- * cial resources or facilities to 'spray.

The Hand Lay-Up boys mix their resin in buckets adding a guestimated amount of catalyst, about IV2 oz. per gallon of resin and hopefully mix it with a stick on the shop floor. It is then slopped onto the waiting laminate and rolled.

The right way is to build a factory ventilated so that you can spray. Invest heavily in large volume compressors and sophisticated spray equipment. page 27

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LETTERS Bogart & Goring The equipment blows a controlled layer of lengths of continuous strand cut to exact lengths on the previous layer. At the same time the gun mixes a temperature and humidity adjusted mixture of resin and catalyst — wetting the blown glass before it arrives on the mold surface. The very high penetration of sprayed resin gives us better “wetting”, enabling us to use less resin and more glass in any given laminate. There is no strength in resin — none. The higher the glass content in the laminate, the stronger the finished part. Mixing resin in buckets and using heavy weight resin-rich material layers does not do much for the strength of a boat.

No, we don’t use the Hand Lay-Up process. We only Hand Lay-Up 60% of our boats with woven roving; the other 40% is resin and continuous strand fiberglass. We gave up on the bucket brigade in 1966. The first time we forgot to add hardener into the bucket of resin — or did we forget to stir it!

We hope the foregoing has buried the myth forever.

Denis — Back in the mid-60’s, two of the biggest sailboat manufacturers, Cal and (Columbia, got into a heated squabble over the merits of what was called an “all hand laid-up’ boat.

If we remember correctly, what Cal meant by this was that each layer of woven roving, cloth, or mat was laid onto the hull by hand. A spray compressor was used to shoot in a mixture of resin and catlyst, but it was wetted into the fiberglass by hand, and the excess squeegeed out by hand.

Columbia basically did the same thing, except for one step.

Instead of hand laying in mat to bond, various layers of cloth or roving, they would spray in a combination of chopped fibers and resin. Since this was done by machine and didn’t require squeeging out, it wasn’t an “all hand laid-up” hull.

Each manufacturer claimed their process (at that time in history) was the better, and in the long run the public perceived Cal’s process as being superior.

(For our money the argument was a little screwy. In either case, the execution was far more crucial than the process.

Depending on how well each process was used, you could end up with an excellent product or a weakened one.)

Hughes Marine seems to describe a process similar to Columbia’s. We suspect they are intentionally creating a mild controversy in an attempt to attract more attention to their boats. As you can see, they’ve been successful. But to our knowledge, what they call ‘hand laid-up’ — i.e. mixing resin in buckets, has never meant anything of the sort in the United States.

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1 can only believe that there are many more people who have been sorry they or their loved ones have not worn safety harnesses than those who have been sorry they have.

A safety harness is neither the first nor final word in safety at sea, but should be part of an unbroken chain towards a positive attitude concerning survival. . 1 only hope their remarks do not result in some terrible tragedy.

In spite of this lapse, the Pardey’s, because of their example and spirit, will remain among my favorite people.

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I need some info from you. Specifically, what kind (manufacturer, etc.) of radar detector did Norton Smith have onboard for the Minitransat? I’d like to get one. I’ve found out that the detectors for police X band (10,525 MHz)and Y band (24,150 MHz) the marine X band for “pleasure” boats (9410 MHz). (At least this is true for the MicroScan G-78 and G-73 units which generate over 9445 to 24,445 MHz.) Whatever . . . since you are all up there (S.F. area) and I am a liveaboard down here in Dana Point (the sticks), maybe we can close the loop on this. Thanks, Mike Sands Corona del Mar Mike — With regards to lifetime subscriptions ... that’s more business than we care to think about right now. We find if we get too far off sailing we go a little crazy.

We called Norton to get the manufacturer’s name of the radar detector he used, but he’s off in Antigua trying to sell American Express and won’t be back for a little while. We do, however, remember that he told us it was useless along the California coasts and 250 miles out, because the coastal defense radar system would set the thing off. For that reason and the fact most ships are close to the coast, he didn’t feel it would be particularly helpful here.

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Letter (in all sincerity, tool): “Greetings and Sa/'/utations (ahem) to the best sailing rag in the country ... or even in the world! You guys even have fans and subscribers way over here on the East Coast, and we Tampa Bay/Gulf of Mexico sailors read your magazine avidly every month.

It seems to us that boats mooring in Ayala Cove at Ar.j°l Island use an adverse method of tying up by using lines fore and aft. Most anchorages anywhere are full of boats secured only by bow lines to moorings. When the boat uses its own ground tackle even in a crowed anchorage, it swings on only one hook from the bow. A boat in either case will ride with wind and current and not bang into others anchored likewise.

The wind comes off the bow and makes cockpit and down below life more comfortable. Of course, a mix of boats bow anchored and fore and aft anchored makes for a sleepless night. At Ayala Cove it is also tough to pick up that stern mooring after one has tied up the bow. This anchorage could accomodate a lot more boats if everyone would swing on a bow mooring; before the permanent moorings we used to swing on a single hook.

Ayala Cove mooring has been a mystery to us, but maybe there is a factor we do not understand.

R. Schuettge Dick — It makes a lot more sense that more boats could be accomodated if everyone just used a bow mooring. We haven’t been there in years, but somehow thought we recalled that the buoys were labelled in such a way as to indicate that they should be used bow and stern. Just to check, we called the Rangers who are in charge of the facility, and they said “there is no specific way in which the buoys are supposed to be used.”

Now the question is, are the rewards of informing everyone of the advantages of just a bow mooring worth the effort required to inform everyone — We wonder.

□TROTOGRAPHICAL ERROR I was pleased to see the photo of my good friends the Burgesses on pgs. 98-99 of the March issue. One minor correction is probably in order — Earl’s wife is Wanda not Walter. If I can find it, I’ll send you a copy of their Christmas letter.

Keep up the good work.

George Ford San Ramon

Now I’m hoping this flattery will get me somewhere, as I’m about to hit the road for California and San Francisco, on my way to Hawaii. Would like to ask your readers out there if anyone has a place for a crewman on their boat, leaving for Hawaii around May or June. I’m 26 years old, and have sailing experience from blasting around the Gulf on my Columbia 22’; very easy-going, responsible, willing to crew for the sailing experience. If anyone knows of a boat leaving in that direction, could they leave a message with you guys at Latitude 38? And I’ll get in touch as soon as I hit the bay area in early May. Thanks much for the help. Keep up the good work. Cover the world. But don’t go slick.”

-, Basil Marcus Tampa, FL

□PHRED PHIND PHUN PHREADING Being humble yet dynamic your magazine is right on my level. Not to mention provocative, alluring, forthright, tantalizing, well bred, well read, well fed.well said. Sign me up.

PHRED Your assistance in running the enclosed advertisement would be appreciated. I have enclosed a check for $17.50 to cover the ad and a 1 year subscription.

Keep up the good work, regards, Reginald J. Guy , Corte Madera

□WHO NEEDS IT I really enjoy your magazine, it may not have glossy paper, but who needs it. Please enter my subscription for one year, enclosed is the money. Keep up the good work. My main interest is fast cruising. I have a Ranger 33.

Arthur Lewis Saratoga Arthur — Thanks for the feedback.

George — Thanks so much for the correction. We were just about to leave Puerto Vallarta, had caught the trots, and were in a big hurry so our notes didn’t come out too well.

If you could find their Christmas letter, we’re sure it would make interesting reading for bay1 area folks.

□WE BET YOU SAY THAT TO ALL THE MAGAZINES Yes, please coming once a month. You’re the best I ve ever had!

□ FROM FLORIDA WITH LOVE I called a few days ago and talked to Kathleen about trying to pick up a ride with a boat heading for Hawaii around May or June. To follow that up, I’m enlosing the copy and a check for a Classy Classified, and want to tender you guys this Fan page 33

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J-24S The J-24 Class of San Francisco Bay is looking forward to an active season of racing and fun this summer. Two-day one design invitationals are being sponsored by the St. Francis, San Francisco, Marin, and Richmond Yacht Clubs. At last count, 34 J-24’s had signed up for the YRA series. The District J-24 Championships will be held Memorial Day weekend at the St. Francis Y.C. We will be racing as a one design class in the Aeolian Lightship Race as our class “outthe-gate” event. The first annual J-24 Angel Island Picnic/Raft-Up/Revel is being planned for July 12.

The J-24 North Americans, held this year on the bay and hosted by the St. Francis Y.C., promises to be the biggest J-24 event in the U.S. this year. Participants are expected from all over the U.S., Canada and Mexico and the competition will be hot and heavy during a week of sailing in different areas around the bay.

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Serena has recently become a boat of distinction in that she was the first boat in the United States to be cited for being in violation of the new marine sanitation device regulations. She had run aground off San Diego and called the Coast Guard for assistance. The Coast Guard pulled her off, looked at her head, and wrote her up a citation.

The Coast Guard’s attitude toward the new sanitation regulations is not to look for them, and only cite them when they come across them in the course of other duties. Rumor has it even they can’t conform with the requirements.

This is old, but we’re going to run it anyway. Did you folks . catch Ted Turner and the articles on his 24-hour a day allnews cable TV station soon to be beamed all across the United States? At his audacious best, Turner announced that once his station started the news, they’ll never sign off. “We’ll only play the national anthem once,” Turner said, “just before the end of the world.”

Ted took third place in the Long Beach YC’s Congressional Cup match racing series, the winner being southern California’s Dennis Durgan for the second year in a row. Jon Andron had won the northern California sail-offs which enabled him to compete for a spot to get in the Congressional Cup, but was eliminated.

Alice Yarish, the 70 years-young kid who writes about some folks who gave up the working life in England for cruising" in this issue, met an old friend of Latitude 38 readers in Puerto Vallarta a while back. That was Bill Collins, who sailed the Singlehanded TransPac in the Robert Quinn, and whose late arrival had some folks worried for a while. Bill and his wife Linda, are on their way to the Carribbean in their boat, and Bill stopped to sign on for a trip on the motor vessel up the coast to pick up a little spending money. We weren’t sure if Bill was going to give up sailing after that TransPac, and are glad to hear that he hasn’t. page 37

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It’s kind of hard to imagine a Singlehapded Race without Norton Smith, but apparently he will definitely not be an entrant in this June’s Singlehanded TransPac. Norton, however, will be going TransPac on June 15th, as one of the crew on Merlin, which has been chartered locally for the Ballena Bay crewed TransPac to Kauai. Leave it to Norton to get there first.

It’s amazing how much singlehanded ocean sailing is going on these days. Before George Sigler put on the first Singlehanded Farallones Race, there was very little of it. That race drew about 75 entries, as have the three ensuing runnings of that race. The first Singlehanded TransPac drew about 35 entries, this year’s will draw about 50.

In just the period of April 12 to May 10th, there will have been three shorthanded races around the Farallones with probably more than 150 boats in all sailing the course. We remember just before the first one was held that many people predicted that it was sheer insanity — and maybe it is.

Four years after it happened, it appears that the lawsuits over the sinking of the ketch Spirit will finally be going to court in the near future. Spirit you may remember, rapidly and inexplicably sunk on the way back from Hawaii. The five crewmembers got into two liferafts and drifted around for weeks before the survivors were finally rescued. One woman who survived and the estate of another, filed suit against virtually anyone and everyone who ever had anything to do with the boat.

And that’s the way it is. Herb Caen quotes Walter Cronkite as saying, “What I wouldn’t give for a house in Belvedere and a boat on the bay . . . most beautiful place in the world.” Walter is the owner of a Westsail 42.

The racing ratings game. There are three major rating systems used for yacht racing in the United States today; PHRF, IOR, and MHS. The supporters of each group share the feeling that supporters of the other two are a bunch of jerks.

Far and away the most popular rating system is the PHRF or Performance Handicap Rating System. Much of its attraction is that a rating certificate costs less than a lunch at Victoria Station and that it accomodates every imaginable design.

The second most popular rating is the IOR or International Offshore Rule. This rule is complex — only seven people understand it, and it’s the only rule that boats are designed to ‘fit’. Everyone admits this rule home for the hottest of shots — except for ultralights which get killed under the IOR. While there are almost 20,000 PHRF boats registered in the U.S., there are only 2,600 IOR boats, down about 600 from last year. But at the grand prix level, the IOR seems healthier than ever.

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cap System which was developed at M.I.T. A ‘magic wand’ is used to measure the speed potential of the hull. The MHS is just getting going, but has received a lot of support back east where it has been chosen for use in important events like Block Island Week, the Bermuda Race, and the Transatlantic race. The fact that it was selected for use in the Bermuda Race — the east coast’s sacred event — so incensed the IOR fleet that they raised enough hell that it was decided to have two divisions. As of a few months ago, only 200 boats had gotten their certificates, but watch for it to grow rapidly.

Hugh don’t say? In the June issue of Playboy a guy writes in and tells the Playboy Advisor that he’s always wanted a powerboat, but he doesn’t want to contribute to the energy crisis. Hef tells him not to worry because the 11,000,000 recreational powerboats in the U.S. only consume V2 of one percent of all the fuel used in combustion engines. But, the head hedonist suggests wisely, “You could opt for a sailboat.

They’re quieter, just as exciting and — they’re free as the wind.”

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A few months back, David Few of P.H.R.F. handicap forwarded the following letter to Fred Feied of Lion Sailing School.

Dear Mr. Few: I have a Lion 3fj’ sloop which \ race in Florida. My rating is 244 and I was amazed to find an idential Lion 35’ in your area handicapped at 192.

How did that handicap come about? Please send the address of the owner. He obviously knows something I don’t know, and i want to iearn the secret. Thanks, George J. Davis H.D.A. and P.H.R.F. tie handicap performance. The more you win, the more they up the ante and the harder you have to work to keep on winning.

“DITHYRAMB’’S RECORD INCLUDES: Two YRA season championships, 77 & 78 (undefeated) 1st Place 78 Singlehanded Farallones Race, 35’-45’ Class Two Ists MYCO Midwinters 77 & '80 1st & 2nd CYC Midwinters, 74 & 76 2nd Place* 76 YRA season We’ve taken our beatings, too, but if you think we may know something you don't know, give us a call at (415) 526-4559. We offer instruction in basic, intermediate, advanced, piloting, cruising (California, Carribbean, Mediterannean). Oh, yes — We also teach racing... aboard a Lion 35 named “DITHYRAMB"!

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THE BIG ONE I like to think I did a pretty good job of learning the “craft” of sailing San Francisco Bay. With two buddies, I took lessons and covered all the basics. With one of my pals, I bought an old Cal 25 which everyone had agreed was a good “bay boat” — and for the last two years, sailed the hell out of her. I taught Elaine all the fundamentals of sailing so we could go out together, and in the process, reinforced it all for myself.

We raced with a friend aboard his Catalina 27 because “you really learn to sail once you race.”

I took a course in celestial navigation; struggled long hours to get the rigors of GMT, LHA, Hs, and sight reduction by a rather outmoded HO 211 into my non-mathematical head. I joined the Dolphin Book Club and quickly became a “loyal customer”. The minimum number of purchases never entered my mind as I loaded shelf after shelf with the monthly nautical goodies. I subscribed to and read all the ‘right’ sailing rags.

Yep, seems I did a lot right to learn what sailing our bay is all about. But, I’ve had a growing feeling that to really learn the truth . . . to be seasoned . . . there had to be a‘Big One’.

Not a rich man’s pampered, indulged ‘Big One’, ala William F. Buckley. But to taste the real thing, a tough, ocean sailing adventure.

The week before Thanksgiving I had the chance. My friend, Dick Doell, asked me to crew for him as he brought Muau, from L.A. up to the bay. Muav is named for a rock formation in the Grand Canyon (Dick is a Ph.D in geophysics).

She’s a one-off, Gary Mull (Dick’s cousin) designed, high performance ocean cruiser. So having one week’s vacation left for ‘79 I signed on board. Looking back, it’s hard to believe all I got out of that week! There were more than enough experiences to make it the ‘Big One’ I’d hoped for. I now know what it’s like beating to windward for three days and nights from Point Conception north toward Point Sur. I now know what it’s like to hang onto the tiller with one hand and with the other try to time lights peaking occasionally over huge swells. Lights that soon become friends in the night . . . Point Conception, Point Arguello, and Point Piedro Blanco.

I learned to do my first set of sun shots off a pitching boat at sea. A talented, patient skipper helped put the classroom learning into practice. For good measure, Dick showed me how to plot the accuracy of the five shots on graph paper and pick the best one for reduction.

I now know what it’s like to stand ‘four-on and four-off’, day in and day out. To collapse in a bunk to sleep the fitful, tossing sleep of a sailor who never totally sleeps . . . always ready to climb back on deck at a call from above.

I’ve now dodged tankers sliding up and down the California coast. I know, for instance, that some tanker crews are responsive to a radioed request from a yacht pounding through 35 knot winds — “southbound tanker ... do you see our tri-colored masthead light?” Others grind on, unhearing, never answering or caring. page 41

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I now know some of what it must have felt like to be a square rigger sailor trying to make ‘a slant’ ar6und Cape Horn. This lesson came hard as we were forced to turn around and run one afternoon. Winds had built to 40 knots over 24 hours of hard sailing. Muau had crashed through thousands of mounting wind waves atop huge swells. Skipper Dick finally said, “Muau, you shouldn’t have to take a beating like this! So we ran toward the south, the Force 8 winds now at our backs.

There were mixed emotions during that long night. Feelings of regret knowing those hard won miles were so quickly slipping away under Muau’s keel. But, also exhilaration during a 5 hour middle of the night watch. Hanging onto the tiller with both hands. Surfing down the face of the biggest swells I’d ever laid eyes on. Running off back down the coast of California, ever farther off-shore.

What a night it was! As Dick turned-in, he said, “Try not to watch the compass too much. Just glance down from time to time. Steer by the feeling of the water coming up behind.

Steer by the stars.” And so, I really got the experience in my gut of those words printed unthinkingly by landlubbers on so many Hallmark cards: “And, all 1 ask is a tall ship . . . and a star to steer her by.” Muau, Mr. Orion, and I learned together that night what it’s all about!

I’ve awoke to bright, California, morning-after-gale sunshine — 50 miles offshore. I’ve helped hoist twin headsails for a ten-hour close reach in past Point Conception, down the Santa Barbara Channel, to a mooring in Santa Barbara Harbor. The day of memorable sailing was not lessened by knowing we were going the wrong way! We had been beaten for a time by the oceans and winds that sailors for centuries have had this weird love/hate/respect relationship with.

Yes, in that one week I had all those experiences and more. We eventually made it to the bay, after some sleep and reprovisioning. Experiences on the Pacific — that put some reality behind the “book learnin’.” I really had my ‘Big One’.

And, as if that wasn’t enough . . . the kicker came during one middle of the night watch. Beating to windward, wind and seas building, rigging shrieking with each thrust into the swell ahead ... I saw — through the flying spray, right there on Muau’s foredeck — one of those salty, ancient mariners ol’ Joshua Slocum talked about. He had a sly grin through his beard as he shouted to me back in the cockpit ...

“Okay, m’lad. We wanted t’ give ya a bit of a taste of what it’s like out ‘ere. But . . . not so much . . . ya won’t cum back.”

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One of the problems with crewing on several different boats throughout the year is that you never know when you’re going to be “invited” to one of those boatyard work parties that owners hold for the purpose of keeping their beast in racing trim.

A few weeks ago I wasn’t quick enough with a good excuse, and ended up helping out with some rigging work and bottom fairing on a new 35-footer. We had spent most of the morning reorganizing (untangling) the internal halyards, and were just getting into fairing around the keel root when the subject of class rules came up. The owner, who is involved in formulating these rules, mentioned that the class might opt to sail under the “720 Rule,” despite his own objections.

“We have far too many collisions on the Bay as it is,” he said .‘“This will just encourage people to take more chances in tight situations.”

An older crewmember echoed this sentiment — “1 agree; anything less than a DSQ is unfair to all the other boats that observe the rules. By the way — you have Bondo on your nose.”

But another deck ape had different ideas: “That’s how everybody reacts to the 720 Rule at first,” he said. “I was one of the intercollegiate sailors who first experimented with the rule back in ... I think ‘70 or ‘71. I’ll never forget my own reaction one morning before a regatta at Kings Point, New York, when they passed out a sheet of paper that said “720° turns alternative penalty system” on top. I was horrified! So was everybody else. It meant the end of racing as we knew it.

How could anything replace the protest and DSQ? But they assured us it was just experimental, and we agreed to see how it worked.

“Well, needless to say, every time one of us fouled and did

I was horrified ... it meant the end of racing as we knew it . . . a 720 and kept on racing, the new rule had another convert.

By the end of the regatta, I think most of the skippers liked the rule, and after a few months it was an inseperable part of intercollegiate racing.”

“Was it that successful in reducing the number of protests?”

“Oh, no — the number of protest hearings stayed about the same — and there wasn’t any noticeable change in the number of collisions, either. But there was a big improvement in rule observance. * v.

“The situation previously was that if you hailed ‘protest’ it was equivalent to saying ‘I ,expect you to withdraw from the race.’ Naturally there was a great reluctance to protest a minor infringement, especially if the offending boat was from a team way back in the standings. On the other hand, if you protested a boat that was ahead in the standings, you might page 45

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MAX EDD be accused of ‘winning at the protest table instead of on the water’ or be labelled a ‘sea lawyer’ and risk generating a lot of bad feelings. The point is that a DNF of DSQ is a very severe penalty for making someone change course by a few inches.

But with the 720 Rule, a hail of ‘protest’ meant ‘I expect you to do a 720 for that’ and the tolerance that we had for minor infractions disappeared. Everything got protested, and you just couldn t get away with sloppy rule observance any more. So the number of protests hailed on the water probably doubled, but since half of them were resolved by 720’s, the t number of hearings and DSQ’s was unchanged.”

At this point, I asked if he thought that the same thing would happen in YRA racing on San Francisco Bay. “Yes, he answered, “but with an important difference. Intercollegiate racing, even before the 720, was somewhat rule oriented anyway, and most sailors knew them well enough so that serious collisions were rare. YRA is a different story. Not only are the skippers notorious for not protesting when they are fouled, but I’ve often seen clear disregard (or ignorance) of the rules result in some very bad crashes. Those collisions may have been fun to watch, but racing would be much better without them. I m sure the 720 Rule would reduce collisions significantly.”

“But the 720° penalty is inconsistent” objected the owner.

“In medium air, it takes 30 seconds, while in light air, it could take three minutes! And what if you have a spinnaker up?”

'You’re right, the penalty does vary,” answered the crewmember as he smeared in some more fairing compound.

“But so does’the tactical advantage to be gained from breaking a rule. If you avoid two extra tacks in very light air by squeezing past a starboard tacker, or if you can keep your spinnaker flying but not fully responding to a luff, you gain a

Doing a 720 constitutes acknowledged fault and you lose option to protest lot more than if you fouled someone when you had better maneuverability. Breaking a rule can usually give you a tac-. tical advantage that is roughly in proportion to the tactical penalty of having to do a 720.”

“You could even make the same argument for ocean racing,” added the older crewmember. “If the race is long, violating a right-of-way rule, it doesn’t give you any real advantage, and doing a 720 doesn’t hurt much either. Disqualification would be inappropriate for a long race. I bet that’s one reason why there are so few protests during ocean races.”

Work stopped abruptly when the food arrived — crab salad, spinach quiche, blueberry muffins and champagne (yes, there are still a few skippers that know how to take c&re of a good crew.)

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MAX EBB During the meal, the owner remarked that maybe the 720 Rule wasn t so bad afterall. “Besides,” he said, “if I’m involved in a complicanted situation, I can always protest and then do a 720 to cover myself.”

“No you can’t!” proclaimed the boat’s tactician (who had arrived just in time for lunch.) “Take a look at U.S.Y.R.U. Appeal No. 207! Doing a 720 constitutes acknowledged fault, and you lose the option to protest.”

He reached into his duffel bag and pulled out a small black loose-leaf notebook. “Here it is — this is the part I underlined — ‘The right to protest applies not when neither yacht believes she was at fault but when neither yacht acknowledges fault by doing a 720 . . . a yacht may not do a 720 and then protest . . .’”

We all agree that that settled the matter, and poured another round of bubbles before putting on our respirators and attacking those little bumps in the bottom paint.

So it looks like at least one new one-design class will be racing under the 720 Rule this summer, and if anyone has some good arguments against it, I’d sure like to hear what they are.

And try not to be involved in any spectacular collisions!

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fernandez ‘killer coast* report Well, 1 figure it’s about time you got the north coast report (killer coast). After five years of sailing the Mendocino coast I’ve yet to sail with another sail on the horizon. There’s hardly a shortage of wind up here so I’m out 3 to 5 days out of the week just beating up then surfing down. Swells generally run 6-10 ft. My Cal 2-24 ex-Santa Cruz Flyer just loves that high wind and surfing conditions. Last year I kept her anchored in one of our little dogholes and for four months there was no auxiliary (sailboat). If I ever get caught in a bad northwest blow and couldn’t get back up, of course we’d have a ride that would be fast, thrilling, and full of knockdowns all the way to Bodega Bay 102 miles south, that’s the next harbor. 500 fishing boats and 3 sailboats (I’ve never seen the others hoist sail). Well, maybe one day a beautiful lady would bring her boat up and I’ll be able to sail next to another.

Well, I guess I just couldn’t put it all into one card so here’s more info. The usual rule up here is that b^ats don’t die of old age — they end up on the rocks one time or another (same with people). Just about all of them hundreds of lumber schooners built to haul the red gold down to rebuild S.F. hit the rocks eventually. I’ve hit rock quite a few times. The boats have survived so far. Of course, if I had a depthsounder, Loran C, and other gadgetry I would miss out on the thrills (Oh! the advantage of a small boat). The few ex-owners of sailboats, the present two owners and the many future owners really appreciate your sending us the sheet to the Little River Market. But maybe could you cut the number down to fifteen. You know we don’t like to waste.

We’ve got 200 miles of coast and three boats. Ride down the hill to S.F. then trailer up again.

Dan Fernandez Little River P.S. — That sounds like a great race down the northern California coast — trailer up — surf down.

news scene That’s Bob Marshall in the photo above, adjusting the genoa lead on his Newport 30, Roquefort Chances are if you’re out sailing a lot, you see Bob frequently, because they aren’t many people who enjoy sailing more than he.

Bob’s no slouch «t the tiller either. In 1973 he won the Excalibur championship in Perezoso, and he has won the Newport 30 championship with Ro-

SIGHTINGS tiburon yacht club The Paradise Yacht Club is no more. During their April 1980 meeting, that club voted to change its name to the Tiburon YC, “more befitting with the long-range plans for club, the club’s location on the Tiburon peninsula together with making the club more recognizable, and recognized throughout the yachting world.” So be it.

If we recall correctly, the yacht club has long term plans for a new clubhouse facility next to what is hoped will be several hundred new berths on the north side of Paradise Cay yacht harbor. Good luck.

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quefort in 1976 and 1977.

Bob also happens to be a member of the ‘blood and guts’ Channel 7 news team. Fortunately, Bob does the weather and has never yet been guilty of giving our blood pressure an unnecessary jolt. In a pleasant turn of events, KGO Channel 7 has seen fit to have Bob cover the bay and delta areas this summer for features on the “Friday Boating Report”, a report that will be part of the Friday 5:30 NEWS SCENE. So if you’ve got interesting news or events in your club association or marina, you might alert Bob by writing him at KGO-TV NEWS, 277 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. And you can rest assured they won’t be sending out some idiot who is not sure if the pointy end is the bow.

Were very pleased to see that a television station is willing to devote some of its time and money to local sailing. That, along with Kimball Livingston’s greatly increased coverage of sailing in the Chronicle indicates to us that the media is finally accepting sailing as the popular middle class recreational activity and way of life that it is. page 51

If you have not done so, time is running short — maybe has even run out — on entering your “traditionally designed and built sailboat” in the Master Mariner’s Regatta. The actual sign-up deadline was April 30th, and while organizers are attempting to be much firmer this year, your rapid dialing of 456-1860 and some sweet talk may still get you into the race.

After reviewing the grumbles spawned by last year’s race, a number of changes have been made for this, the 17th running of the Regatta since it was ‘reborn’. The race, for example, is organized and presented solely by the Master Mariner’s Benevolent Association.

Inc., a non-profit organization interested in maintaining the heritage of classic sailing yachts. In a big break from the past, the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce will no longer be involved.

Other changes include a ‘no-nonsense’ race committee for protests, and a new course to be revealed a week before the race. Each entrant is to be sponsored by a marine-related interest, and will carry a sponsor’s representative and their ‘house’ flag during the race.

In the past there have been some complaints as to why the event seems to cost so much money. Mike Douglas, treasurer, explained where some of the big expenditures go. Between $750 and $1000 goes to the trophies, the luncheon costs another $1700, $1800 has been spent on T-shirts (hopefully which will be recaptured), and another $400 on burgees. A more detailed accounting of the funds is available to those who want a further explanation.

Here are the important dates for you to remember: May 16, which is the day boat owners and sponsors are matched up at the Flag Presentation luncheon at His Lordships restaurant in Berkeley. (If you have not signed your boat up well in advance of this day, it is unlikely you will be allowed to race.) The big day is of course May 25, Race Day. After the race there will be a BIG PARTY, although the location is still to be decided on. It looks, however, as though it will either be Dunphy Park in Sausalito or the cove at Treasure Island.

For further information on being either an entry or a sponsor, call Mike Douglas at 456-1860. For a Master Mariner T-Shirt ($6.00), call Dave Pressley at 332-6481, or Ed Gibson 332-6274 during the evening. These last two parties also have the M.M.R. burgees available at $12.00 each.

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singlehanded transpac A At the offical deadline for entries in the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Singlehanded TransPac, there were a total of 58 entries.

The final number will go a little higher since some later applications are being accepted.

Next month we’ll be featuring a complete list of those who are entered, and several personality profiles. Those listed below are the 33 northern California entries, by far the region with the most boats entered.

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Amy Boyer David Briggs Bob Counts Sam Crabtree Frank Dinsmore Barbara Dolan Donald F. Eldridge Leland Flint Charles G. Fiawley R.E. Haynes James Herbert Michael J. Herz John E. Hill Ted Holland Dick Mitchell Grover Nibouar Rod Park Randy Parker John Robertson John M. Robertson Kent Rupp Buz Sanders William J. Siegel Harold E. Upham Sam Vahey Hans Vielhauer Linda Weber-R,ettie Stephen G. Williams Jerry Cotter Michael Olson John Waite Kevin McDonald 3regg Booth

Little Rascal Gandalf Sanderling Catch the Wind Carina Mollybolt Skol Luana iki Slim y Whither Thou Golden Egg Kunu Ariel Solaris Blithe Spirit Outrage Panache Chasch Mer Legs Courageous Manitou Red Boat Isis Odysseus Mach Schnell Rough and Rettie Beginnings Errant Prince Stormalony II Veloce Wave Length

Wilderness 21 Irwin 34 Golden Gate Sip. Cal 39 Islander 28 Islander 24 Valiant 40 Farrallon 30 Moore 24 NorWest 33 Freya 39 Ericson 35 Columbia 29 Columbia 36 Pearson 36 Moore 24 Bill Lee 40 Santa Cruz 50 Moore 24 Hawkfarm C&C 35 Cal 29 Mull 32 Golden Gate 30 Ranger 37 Scampi 30 Yamaha 33 Searunner Tri Custom Buchanner 296 Ericson 35 San Juan 26 Cal 39

Field B.C. Alameda Sausaiito Antioch Sausaiito San Francisco San Francisco Sausaiito Santa Cruz Alameda San Francisco San Francisco Emeryville Redwood City Ballena Bay Tahoe City Richmond Santa Cruz Lake Tahoe, NV San Francisco Sausaiito Alameda Santa Cruz Oakland Sausaiito Sausaiito Alameda Alameda San Francisco Alameda Pt. Richmond Santa Cruz Lake Tahoe

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little boats Part of the popularity of the 8-ft. El Toro is that whether you are young or old, you can still be competitive. Jim Warfield (pictured above), won the 1979 El Toro Championship at the age of 42, but it wasn’t the first time. He’d also won it 26 and 27 years ago when he was a mere lad.

Jim’s started off this year well in El Toros, recently taking the Sausaiito to San Francisco Bull Ship Race for his second time. The fleet of about 100 boats breezed across the bay in lighter airs,

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plunger buttons A while back we complained that the ’plunger buttons’ on some Merriman 715 leadblocks were falling off, and half-seriously suggested that Merriman ought to recall them. Merriman wrote us and said our blocks were the only ones in the history of the product line they had ever gotten back. The also said the problem was probably due to the fact that ours were some of the earliest made and were ‘hand staked’ rather than ‘machine staked’ the way they are now.

Anyway they fixed our blocks free, and we like ’em pretty good.

can d.o.e. do it again?

Like a lot of folks, Sea Magazine got really fried at the Department of Energy’s proposal to limit the use of motordriven boats on weekends in the case of a severe fuel crunch. They got so mad they hired Glassman-Oliver Economic consultants to check out the DOE’s work, and they found it was generally an idiotic, counterproductive waste of money. James Byrne,, publisher of Sea, summed up the DOE’s work by saying “The independent analysis shows that the DOE proposal is riddled with errors, distortions, and faulty analysis, and should be recalled immediately.”

An example of the kind of slipshod work he’s referring to: When calculating the benefits of the program, the DOE used a figure of 10.7 million boats, but only used 7.7 million when they were calculating the costs. No wonder they can’t balance the budget.

The industry protests were so strong and the work so inferior that the proposal finally was recalled by the DOE. But don’t get too excited, they are planning a new one, one that will this time include airplanes and recreational vehicles, too.

big finish and weaker tides than expected (see photo above left). Warfield figured himself for about an 8th place finish until the last 100 yards when the wind died and the ebb was a little stronger. He rode the zephyrs across the finish line first (photo above right) nippirfg Dennis Silva, Lynn Huntly, four-time winner Hank Jotz, and Sally Robertson by a mere boat length.

Now is that a great way to finish a race, or what?

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Did they ever draw a crowd! The 74 boat fleet included such thoroughbreds TransPac record holder Merlin, Santa Cruz 50 Chasch Mer, TransPac trophy winners Brown Sugar, Sweet Okole, Wings, and more. These boats were backed by a strong fleet of racers including 4 Wylie 34’s, 3 Olson 30’s, 3 Santa

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Cruz 27’s, and several Moore 24’s, and who knows what else.

Winds 10 knots and frequently much less resulted in a disappointing race, with only 23 boats actually completing the course. Some boats that did finish took almost 24 hours, and a few boats averaged under 2 knots for the 25-mile trip bcick from the islands.

Overall winners were Paul Kaplan and Scott Lamson who had chartered Bill Lee’s Merlin. Justly feeling they had boatspeed on the fleet, Paul and Scott decided to play it conservative. They decided to stay clear of everyone and start a little late, and they decided to set a sail they thought they would be able to carry all the way to the islands without making a change. Their strategy seemed to pay off as their closest boat-forboat rival, Randy Parker’s Chasch Mer, resorted to changing sails before they even got to the Gate. Merlin carried the heavy No. 2 genoa all the way to the islands and set a chute coming back.

While it turned out to be a fairly easy race, there was still a lot of running around to do to keep Merlin ahead.

“The decks were wet,” Kaplan reported, “but from our sweat, not the seas.”

Merlin, with a comical PHRF rating of -12, finished the 56-mile course in 12 hours and 39 minutes. That was about an hour and a half ahead of Chasch Mer, which rates 0 under PHRF.

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farallones Merlin’s margin was sufficient to take both the Division II (ultralights) title and the overall title.

Division I (trimarans) went to Joe Therriault’s 33-ft Sundowner, with a sailing time of 20 hours and 2 minutes.

Kim Desenberg teamed with Skip Allan on the Wylie 34, Killer Duck, to take Division III (PHRF under 183) in 16 hours and 17 minutes. Scott Owens and Bob Zolli sailed Sweaty Lorna, a Santana 22, to victory in Division IV (PHRF over 184) in 22 hours and 54 minutes.

Despite the light conditions everyone loved the concept of the race, and it is destined to become one of the most popular in years to come. '

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Friday, May 30 thru Sunday, June 1, are the dates of the immensely enjoyable Santa Cruz Harbor Festival and Boat Show. Sponsored by the local boat and yacht dealers, the Santa Cruz port district, and the Bank of America, the event knocked everyone’s socks off last year when it drew over 10,000 people. i But the draw is understandable. Santa Cruz harbor is a warm, friendly place, the event is free, and there are over 7 million things to see and do. You can board sailboats of all types and sizes — cruising, racing, famous, infamous, they’ll all be there. There’s paper boatbuilding for kids, rescue crafts demonstrations, the Air National Guard Big Band, the Great Norweigian Steam Bathtub race (with both sail and paddle divisions), Hawaiian war canoes, inner tube races, exhibits, food, beer, pretty girls in tiny bikinis, and the gregarious party atmosphere peculiar to Santa Cruz. Mark your calendars, it’ll be a lot

That’s George Olson in the picture, he being the guy who designed the Olson 30 and with a couple of partners, manufacturers them at Pacific Boat Works in Santa Cruz. Most boatbuilders seemed harried an<iperenially behind schedule. Not George, who everytime we see him is tinkering around with some different hobby. First it was restoring a Model T truck, and most recently it’s been another dirt sailer. A dirt sailer is much like an ice boat, except you sail it on the heat of the desert floor rather than the ice of a lake.

George has done three dirt boats, all named Pterodactyle, which is a flying dinasour that went extinct a while back. With the first two Pterodactyls he won a whole series of ‘America’s Cups’. His partner at Pacific Boat Works, Ln Neale, can’t remember how many exactly, but he’d won every single one since she arrived 5 years ago.

At the end of March they held this year’s America’s Cup on the California-Nevada border near the L.A. to Vegas freeway. For the occasion — which was also supposed to include the World Speed Trials — George had whipped up yet another incredible Pterodactyl.

George may not dress in Yves St. Laurent, but he’s a stylist, nonetheless. We saw this new Pterodactyl and it was so loooooow, loooooong, and sleeeeeeek. George goes into things full bore, so it wasn’t exactly cheap. The mag wheels cost about $600 a piece, but even they weren’t really his pride and joy. No, his real pride was the Harden blocks and Barient winch he ‘dianodized’ and painted powder blue to match the rest of the color scheme. Unfortunately, it con’t. on next sightings page

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con’t from previous page was this dedication to style that may well have cost him yet another America’s Cup. Things started badly. They arrived late and didn’t really get a chance to tune the boat'. Then early in the going, the entire front end got smashed up and they had to go to Las Vegas for a complete rebuild, which you know had to be a weird trip. Still, they hung tough with their big competition, Millenium, owned by the Harken brothers.

But that wasn’t the end of their troubles. During the end of one race, the Barient winch gave out and they had to race at reduced efficiency. The problem was that the pawls ripped through, but before Chris Boome gets too excited, it was determined that it was becausb George had fooled around with the anodizing to change the color.

Ln Neale got on the ham radio and was recruiting parts from Santa Cruz and boats on Lake Mead, and finally Pterodactyl III was back together again.

With all this trouble, how did they do in the fleet of 70 entries, some from as far away as England and Germany? Well, the Harken brothers, all tuned up from a winter of ice boating took first. George’s untuned and hobbled Pterodactyl III took second place by just a half a point. Third place went to George’s older and smaller Pterodactyle II, which took 7 for 7 firsts in her class. George is not one to take losing sitting down, and has plans for yet another Pterodactyle so his boats may tune together.

Winds blew 25 to 30 knots, with the boats hitting about 85 mhp.

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won’t get foiled again Three months ago we ran a feature on Bruce and Sandy Graham preparing their Star of Corintfi for a cruise to the Virgin Islands. In that article we mentioned that they were taking about 150 servings of Continental Kitchens ‘canned food in a pouch’. Things like veal scalapini, pepper steak, and we can’t remember what all. The benefits of the product was that it wasn’t dehydrated, it fit in small foil packages you put in boiling water, and they contained no preservatives.

After publishing that information, a number of readers wrote in to find out where they could get the stuff. We reminded them that they were only being test-marketed in Dayton or some ridiculous*place, and that all our attempts to get an address for the company were fruitless.

But Emily Kopec of the Westsail 32, Meander, is much wiser than we. She had the bright idea of writing Gourmet and Bon Apetit magazines who promptly came up with the information. Emily called Continental Kitchens and they were told that it wouldn’t be necessary to make any special order, because Safeway stores in San Francisco should be carrying it now, and they will probably be available in the rest of the bay area soon. So, check your market, then pork out!

60’s to As we sat under the Golden Gate Bridge waiting for the Colin Archer fleet to head out for the Bonita Buoy, we snapped this photograph of 15 years of southern California boatbuilding. The front boat is a rare Columbia 38, Paramour, from the early 60’s; behind her are three Santana 35’s, a design that’s little more than a year oid.

SIGHTINGS over the side If you get seasick, the following remedy may be of interest to you.

It was passed along to us by Walter Crump — who swears it works — from William Cox of Darien, Conneticut.

This seasickness preventative was developed under the direction of Dr. Ashton Graybiel of the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory at Pensacola, Florida. Its effectiveness supposedly was proven on Naval personnel both afloat and under simulated conditions ashore. The magic ingredients are: 25 mg. Promethazine hydrolchoride together with 25 mg. Ephedrine sulfate.

You want your doctor to write a prescription calling for one capsule every four hours, beginning at least one hour before you cast off. The limit is 4 capsules per day.

You should end up with a pink capsule of normal size, renewable without further prescription from your doctor. Naturally you should test this remedy ashore for side-effects before trying it at sea, although none are anticipated.

Like all drugs, you should discuss this with your physician for it's suitability to you. Apparently in some people it can cause a dry moyth, slightly higher blood pressure, and if you have prostrate problems, it may prevent you from taking a whiz.

If you prefer to go a route with no side effects at all, you might try covering one eye with a patch. This has reportedly been very successful with the only drawback being you can’t see so well.

thanks for the plug On behalf of the Berkeley Yacht Club my sincere and warm thanks to you for mentioning in your own inimitable style and flair our First Friday Flics in “Sightings.”

I am certain you are aware of, the great popularity Latitude enjoys around the Bay and beyond. And are we ever happy for it because we are sure it had a good deal to do with the overwhelming crowds that showed up to watch our April sailing movie. We had well over 260 people and showed the film three times. What a great beginning.

After this great success, we will show a super racing (and maybe even a bit racy) flic every first Friday of the month and also serve a delicious but mellow priced meal beforehand.

Our June film will be the Warren Miller Production “Hot Yachts, Cold Waters”, featuring some terrific racing.scenes. Among others, Ragtime, the two-time TransPac winner, six-meters rounding buoys, Laser slaloms and the St. Francis Perpetual. You, your wife and staff, of course, are always welcome and dinner is on the house.

Hope to see you.

Chris Kafitz Berkeley YC

Chris — We’re happy to help you, the Berkeley YC, and everybody else we can with announcements. But please, please, pleeeeeeaaaaassssee folks, send them in as early as possible.

SINGLEHANDED FARALLONES

As far as we’re concerned, this year’s Farallones Singlehanded Race belongs to 44 year-old economist Frank Dinsmore. While his Islander 28, Carina, was the last boat to round the

Farallones by hours and hours, there is good reason to consider him the real winner of the race. It was he who triumphed over the greatest obstacles.

As must happen before each Single-

George Gombasy on the Nor'West 33, Whither Thou, and an Olson 30 struggle to get squared away in the light winds.

Singlehanded Sailing Society Commodore Michael Herz about to round the rocks in his Ericson 35.

handed Farallones race, everyone mentally prepared for a real knockdown slugfest with the wind and the waves.

As it turned out, the biggest potential problems were being burned by the brilliant sun, or being lulled to sleep by the gentlest of swells. Rather than the normal brisk northwesterlies, the prevailing wind was out of the south for most of the day. It thus effectively reversed the normal currents, and rendered the crib sheet Kame Richards had prepared for Latitude 38 in the last issue, completely useless. Rather than a beat out and a run back in, it was a spinnaker reach out and back in for a lot of folks.

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For the second straight year Dee Smith was the first to finish, and he also took first overall, first in class, and just about everything else they were handing out. Dee cited his victory as “a tribute to the Olson people,” who had provided him with Collage, their wellprepared factory Olson 30. “It was easy,” Dee said, “I got flushed out with the ebb and sucked in with the flood.”

While it’s true he couldn’t have had a much easier sail, he can’t shake off the credit he deserves. First he had to overcome the fact he was unfamiliar with the boat. “It’s the first time I’ve sailed on an Olson 30,’ he said, “and my first tack in

one was the one I made to round the Farallones.” Dee also had the good sense, as he was sailing past Bonita, to ignore a weather report that indicated the wind was blowing 18 knots out of the northwest at the pilot boat. Seemingly this would have called for fading north with the southerly wind, so as to be in a good position to tack over and lay the islands when the northwesterly hit. The northwesterly never did arrive, and Dee explained his tactics with a simple adage, “When things get weird, sail the rhumb line.”

Collage was the second boat to the islands, but led from there to the finish.

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Lee 40 TransPac veteran, Panache.

Rod trailed Dee in the Gate by about half an hour, but stalled out fighting the ebb within spitting distance of the St. Francis YC finish line. After a lengthy standoff, he retired in frustration. A number of other boats had by then joined him inside the bay, but it would be 5V2 hours after Collage, before another boat would finish. Frustration, frustration, frustration.

The most difficult part of the race was the first couple of hundred yards, that distance from the starting line off Presidio Shoals to the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Light wind from the east and a strong ebb combined to pull boats over the starting line early, and sucked a number of them out the Gate between the south tower and the shore — the illegal side. It was here that Frank Dinsmore displayed the character and the perseverence of a champion.

For the most part the skippers who

were over the line early and/or were sucked out the wrong side of south tower, reacted in two ways. They either began bellyaching long and loud at the race committee over Channel 68; or,

they quickly decided they’d never make it back in the Gate and around the tower properly, and therefore sailed off for the Farallones disqualified.

Frank Dinsmore got sucked out the wrdng side of the south tower, but he distinguished himself by relentlessly fighting back, slowly inching his way back under the Gate, playing the zephyrs against the formidable ebb. He made it back in, but was promptly sucked right back out again.

We asked Frank if he didn’t feel like saying ‘screw it’, and just taking off for the Farallones. “No way,” he insisted vehemently, “I’ve done too much sailing to violate a course that way. I’d have quit first.”

Needless to say he didn’t quit. A fortuitous westerly briefly picked up and he was able to set his chute and head for the shore close to Fort Point. As he passed under the bridge, his keel struck bottom once, and then got caught in a countercurrent that pushed him further toward the rocky shore. He hit bottom again, and then again a third time before he was able to jibe the spinnaker.

Fortunately it carried him away from the perilous shore and in fact, out around the south tower the correct way.

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Lightbucket some 11 miles out. But Frank really didn’t care, he was sailing this race for his own personal satisfaction, and having not quit when the first obstacles appeared, he was accomplish¬

Nevertheless, the remaining 20 hours of so of his race was “really enjoyable”.

Preparing himself and his Islander 28 for the Singlehanded TransPac in June, he ate at regularly scheduled times, read quite a bit, and got some good sleep in while his autopilot or Navik vane took care of steering. So while he didn’t round the islands until 1:30 that night (“It was real spooky”) or finish until almost 11:00 the next day, he appeared at the race BBQ that afternoon looking well.

So while there were 65 boats and skippers who crossed the starting line and were fully capable of sailing the course on this easiest of days, only 17 actually completed it. The fact that Frank Dinsmore was one of them demonstrates that perseverence and patience are among the vitues of a good seaman.

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By 3:00 his situation had not improved much. The wind had died, his favorable ebb had now gone slack, and as the leaders were now rounding the

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OUT OF MY MIND

I was sitting with my wife Krystyna at the dinner table enjoying the peaceful atmosphere which is always present at our friend’s home. It was July 4th and like every other year, John and June invited us newcomers to celebrate Independence Day. Over hills of tacos, oceans of spicy sauces, and rough reefs of tortillas, I could see the friendly faces of our hostess and her family. A gentle breeze blew the napkins as if they were sails and the girls’ skirts which became colorful spinnakers. I had a good year behind me. Only a few days ago I finished my two year long Transpacific Expedition from San Francisco to Tokyo and back, sailing solo in the 27’ long sloop Nord.

I sailed via Hawaii where Krystyna joined me and we sailed together in the Hawaiian Islands for two months. And later, singlehanded again, I sailed via Wake, Iwo Jima and the mysterious “Devil Sea” (the northern part of Phillipino Sea, which is as infamous as Bermuda Triangle) to Japan. In Japan I stayed for 6 winter months and worked, lectured, learned Zen, and practiced judo. I sailed a Japanese 50’ “racing machine”, was facinated with Buddhist temples and the delicate faces of Japanese women.

Later, on my record-breaking return passage there were storms, calms, fog, rain, snow . . . But all this was the past and behind me.

Would you be interested in this?”

A massive, iron-like hand reached over the table with a small newspaper clipping. John was smiling.

I know you will like it.”

I took a look at Krystyna. She was sitting comfortably on a redwood bench with glass of wine in one hand and en¬

chilada in the other. Her short hair reminded me of the day I saw her for the first time. She was then a basketball star behind the “iron curtain” . . .

Certainly it would be completely unfair after leaving Krystyna for a year, to do it again, if only for a month only. I knew her answer without asking and it made it even harder.

“If you really want to sail again, if this passage can make you as happy as the Transpacific Crossing — go! And I will help you as much as possible.”

I read the clipping again.

A youple of minutes later I was on the phone and we soon had all the basic information: 30 ton schooner Morning Light with destination Pago-Pago, American Samoa. Objective: Missionary activities at the South Pacific Ocean.

Existing crew: 6 people without ocean going experience. One set of sails, ex-

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eluding storm sails. No radar, ham . . .

The rest of the holiday we spent talking about south seas, typhoons, reefs, pilot charts, Saomoan songs and equatorial calms.

Driving home in our old Ford Cortina along Highway 1 to Montara, we did not talk. Krystyna was sleeping on my shoulder. I was alert and my head full of thoughts. Passing Pidgeon Point lighthouse, the light flashed right in my eyes and sent me a message: StupidStupid-Stupid-Stupid . . .

My resume and two interviews made a good impression on the owners of Morning Light, especially the 50,000 miles of singlehanding. I checked the schooner which lay in Vallejo, California. Morning Light was brand-new, heavy and sturdy, but her rigging was old fashioned. She was well designed and well built by qualified volunteers,

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but with some lack in equipment, typical for a new ship. The young crew was busy loading food supplies (mostly cans from donations). They were excited and full of dreams about South Pacific.

But for me, everything was against the voyage. Numerous magazines in the USA, Japan, Germany, even in Russia, asked for articles about Nord’s third odyssey. There were also publishers interested in a translation of my book “Lonely Voyages — A Century of Singlehanding” and “Brave Passages — Famous Raft Expeditions”. And my new employer (I am a process engineer in semiconductor production) fixed the day I was to start working.

“I can’t go.” I walked desperately through our livingroom with an ocean view clear up to Farallone Islands.

“Do what ever you really want. It is your choice. I will help you in anyway, and anytime,” promised Krystyna.

Stupid-Stupid-Stupid flashed a remote San Francisco entrance buoy.

Leaving excitment aside, with cool blood, we decided together: I would ask for an extremely high (but reasonable) price for my services. This was, we believed, the very best way. I talked to the owners of Morning Light a few hours later and gave them the price. If my of-

\ candidature were rejected, the roblem would be solved. .a day in the early morning the ,jnone woke us up: “You are accepted as the Captain of Morning Light with all your requirements. We expect that as you promised, you shall sail her to Pago-Pago safely in 35 days.”

“Yes,” I answered. “Please remember about the storm sails. We have only days till departure!”

I kissed Mouse (our cat and my mate during the solo sailing to Japan and back) and his spouse Barbakanka. I loaded 25 books, bags of letters from all over the world, which still waited for an answer, typewriter, cameras, toothbrush, towel and sunglasses and with Krystyna drove to Vallejo.

On morning of July 22, after a tearjerking religious ceremony at the yacht harbor, Morning Light left Vallejo. With lots of good wishes on board, we motored toward the San Francisco Bay through one of the nicest waterways I’ve ever seen in my life.

Krystyna spent many hours at the steering wheel. “A perfect ship,” she said. I agreed totally. We stopped in Sausalito for the last provisions, new storm sails and final preparations.

Before darkness we said goodbye to all

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visitors and the ocean going order began.

July 23rd at 2:00 a.m. with strong ebb and same fog, Morning Light passed under the Golden Gate to begin her maiden voyage.

The new crew started their first lessons: Never put two ropes on one cleat!

Never be late at your watch!

Never be late with meal you are preparing: And their first conclusion: “Our Captain is too tough!”

Maybe boys, (a Captain can not only see everything but also hear everything), but it was too late now.

The Farallone Islands disappeared behind stern. The first harbor where you can jump ship is Honolulu, and that’s at least two weeks sailing.

Luckily, Neptune is full of understanding for the new crew: he sent us light winds and the ocean looked like a well-polished floor. All was going smooth and perfect, and day after day Morning Light’s positions (fixed by my

trainees) were leading straight to Hawaii.

Our VHF radio kept contact with coastal stations. 100 miles, 200 miles, 500 miles! It is unbelievable that such a small VHF radio has a range like this.

We even talked to Monterey Coast Guard from a distance of 90Q miles — almost halfway to Hawaii!

When the crew got their sea legs they -started to be interested about the world outside our small island sailing through the blue Ocean under sunny sky; dolphins, sharks, dorados, turtles, porpoises, whales! And birds, the masters of gliding, the tireless voyagers . . .

“Genoa up! Fisherman down! Do not put two ropes on any one cleat! Forestay sail! Main staysail! Reef the main!”

Wind is going up and up. The crew is working hard under tropical rain.

Darkness, ocean and roar of wind.

Good boys! Dedicated to their boat and missionary vocation.

The bow of Morning Light punched the ocean spray like a bullet. “Keep 240°! Watch the current! Do not trust

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too much the Pilot Charts, the winds and currents never read them.” According to our agreement, I am not only a Captain, but also a teacher. After arriving in Pago-Pago, the ship will spend years sailing from island to island, fishing for native’s souls.

I am spending nights on the deck, and they are exactly like the year before when Nord III sailed to Hawaii (there was only one day difference in the start of the two voyages). Again the unlimited treasures of space, again the nicest •ewelery one can imagine. Beautiful universe . . .

We were sewing a new sail using nands, bosun’s palm, needles and an ice pick. Day after day the bloody stitches were going forward. Hurry!

Hurry! We must finish before Samoa!

Our RDF is picking up Hawaii stations! The sound of hula-hula comes to us over the swells covered with whitecaps. But the crew doesn’t care. They have their own world. The world of religion, their devotions, their own (which I can’t understand) songs . . .

Mystery, mystery world.

But we found a common interest.

Noahs Ark. Fascinated after seeing the movie “In Search of Noah’s Ark”, guid-

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ed by the Bible, I am building a.model of Noah’s vessel. Suddenly I remembered that while in Russia, only several miles from Mount Ararat on a honeymoon trip, a discussion occured with Krystyna about the reality of Captain Noah’s voyage from the scientific point of view.

The blond haired Jura, a Russian sailor, criticized Noah: “Regardless whether he existed in reality or not, he was a bad Captain. He did not know where he arrived and his vessel was grounded — the biggest shame for a mariner. Also he drank himself to unconsciousness . . .”

After two weeks of sailing, Morning

Noah was a bad Captain, he did not know where he was when he was grounded, the biggest shame for a mariner

Light approached Hawaii. August 7th we saw the flashes of Molokai lighthouse. Loosening sheets, in enormous rain, the schooner changed course and

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soon the lights of the Sheraton Hotel, on the southwest of the island, passed by. Now, guided by the glare from Oahu with me feeling as if I were coming-home after long absence, we sailed through Oahu Channel up to Ala Wai in the purple light of the rising sun. The palms, beaches, green mountains hit my heart So strong that I was compelled to wear sun glasses “to cover” my eyes ...

Next issue: As the schooner nears Pago-Pago, Captain Andrew is still ‘not saved’. Beginning to fear for his life, he arms himself with a 1” long Swiss Army Knife, and prepares “to die with dignity”.

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COLIN ARCHER

It’s not often that heavy, full-keel cruising boats get together for a big race, but when they do, the same thing usually happens. Rick Oliviera of the Encinal YC wins, in his Traveller 32, Horizons.

The big race for cruising boats this last four years has been the Colin Archer Memorial Race, which each year seemingly attracts a bigger and better fleet than the year before. While it is called a race, instructions to the skippers remind them that fun is the real reason for the get-together. So rather then emptying

the water tanks and stripping the boats out, family and friends are piled aboard with big lunches wine and beer. Only then are they prepared to be competitive.

The Colin Archer is an interesting and challenging 26 miles. The start is off Alameda where the winds are light, then actoss the bay and out the Gate, around the Bonita channel buoy which is a mile west of the point, back through the Gate, Raccoon Straits, and the starting line. That’s the course they’re supposed to sail, but a strong flood and

Rick and Marilyn Oliviera. Below, Horizons, their Traveller 32, during a sail change.

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COLIN ARCHER

The Westsail 32,..“Meander”, and the Halvorsen ketch, “Peter Gynt” had a tacking duel all the way out the Gate.

Well ahead of everyone but “Horizons", only “Meander" was able to finish the race.

Mare-C sailed a great race in the beginning, but got stymied in the flood off Bonita.

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Rick Oliveira Traveller 32

FIRST TO FINISH 5 hours 46 min.

Horizons

DIVISION I — Outboard Rudder to 30’ Mirage, Nicholas Meyer, Nor’Sea 27; Mare-C, Rudolof Schroder, Storefidra; Meinliebschen, Gordon Schruber, Nor’Sea 27.

DIVISION II - Out. Rudder 30’ - 35’ Horizons, Rick Oliveira, Traveller 32; Meander, David Kopec. Westsail 32; Alhena, K. M. Weller, Kosterbat; Southern Cross, Ron Cool, —.

DIVISION III — Outboard Rudder over 35’ Edward Bernard, John Abbott, Rafiki 37; Outward Bound, Alejandro Torjofuku, Rafiki 37; La Gaviota II, C. J. Altermueller, Rafiki 37; Tranquility, Richard Hull, Rafiki 37.

DIVISION IV - Inboard Rudder to 35’ Tao. Fred Freerks, Willard 8 ton.

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The "Ingrid”, “China Rose”, and what looks like an Alajuela beating for Bonita.

One of several Traveller 32's entered in the race. *

After the race the boats gather at the Encinal YC for drinks and dinner. A nice club, with a great staff, wonderful food and — a pool!

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A big Hans Christian cutter, full of family, rumbles through the slop.

fickle winds piled most of the fleet up just west of Point Bonita and wouldn’t let them go. Eventually 13 of the 51 starters did finish, and naturally Rick Oliveira was the first of those to finish.

We asked Rick what his secret w$s, what made him a consistent winner over the years. He mentioned that it was a big help to have a two-bladed prop rather than a three-bladed one as many of his competitors, and that he had a good crew. Other than that, nothing much was revealed about how he makes the double-ender go so well.

Nevertheless, this is likely to be Rick’s last victory in the Colin Archer Race — he’s sold Horizon for a bigger boat of a different' design, one that won’t be allowed to enter the race.

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What happened next remains a mystery to us. Eventually we determined that we were heeled over at some horrible angle because the cockpit was in the bay, but figured that if we could just hang on we probably wouldn’t die.

Someone mountainclimbed to the weatherrail to release the vang. It smoked as it flew off the winch, unjibing the main with a terrific crash, and snapping the spinnaker pole like a toothpick.

We’d like to tell you that we've since gone out and with practice overcome our fear of the chute. But that would be a lie. Everytime that spinnaker comes on deck, our heart jumps into our mouth and we wish we were anywhere else in the world. The pictures on this page show exactly why. Yeeeech!

John Hutton took these shots of Race Passage and Papou of the San Francisco Bay YC and the St. Francis YC respectively. The boats were battling it out in the 2-day, 5-race San Francisco Challenge Cup for the second year in a row.

Papou won it for the St. Francis last year, Race Passage• got revenge for the San Francisco this year. Next year they will probably have a ‘thrilla in Manila’ rematch.

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INNOVATIVE

It’s no secret that it’s tougher than normal for an individual to purchase a boat these days. Reports from the recent boatshow and from brokers in general indicate while the depnand for sailboats is as strong or stronger than ever, many potential customers are getting tripped up by the banks. We’re all aware that interest rates have skyrocketed during the last 6 months, and that lending institution loan requirements have become more stringent. Indications are the current situation may last a number of months.

Generally speaking, dealers and brokers have been responding to this new business climate in two different ways. Some have seemingly become paralyzed by events, virtually shutting down their operations, hoving to, so to speak, hoping the ‘storm’ will blow over and they will be spared.

There’s a significantly large group of dealers and brokers who are taking the opposite approach, folks who aren’t willing to sit passively and be buffeted about without making the best of the situation. As financing has become harder to obtain, the more energetic and creative they have become in finding new, ways of putting people into the boats they want. Instead of hoving to, they’ve hanked on the storm sails and are still driving to weather, waiting for the first sign of abating interest rates and the resulting boom in boat sales.

In a time when America may be suffering from having become a little fat and soft, these folks are getting lean and tough. We admire their perseverence and innovation in the face of adversity, and are going to stick our editorial necks out to support them. We’d like to introduce you to some of these people, the boats they sell, but most importantly the variety of ways — some old and some new — in which they are helping people get into the boats they want.

We at Latitude 38 honestly believe that sailing is the way to make the summer of 1980 the best of your life, and we believe these innovative folks are the kind of people who can make it happen for you.

Dick Denay

move their boat rapidly. A typical recent deal involved a $100,000 boat; the buyer put up $50,000 cash and the seller took a note on the balance for 12 percent simple interest. That note is due . in a year, or as soon as the buyer sells his current boat.

Dick Levine

The Yacht House/C&C,

J-Boats, Rafiki, Nonsuch, Silverton In one specific case, a couple came to us knowing full well they wanted a 34-ft. boat that cost $65,000, but practically speaking, could only afford a $45,000 boat. Through our time-share program, we make it possible for them to buy their $65,000 dream boat. How? In return for giving us a percentage of the boat time, we gave them a berthing subsidy, a boat maintenance subsidyy and actual receipts of cash, thereby, reducing their financial commitment to a comfortable amount. They got their 1983 dream boat at 1980’s price.

Bob Tefft

Sailbo at s/Sausal it o / Islander, Freeport, Irwin, Cal, Hunter Our approach is that we can conclude boat transactions — even though the government is really sticking it to us — by thinking, scheming, conniving, plotting, planning, and working new exciting ‘new’ ways to sell and finance sailboats. One of our dynamic programs is a 14 percent simple interest “Reduced Interest” plan that takes the heat of high interest payments off the back of the new boat buyer. Wherq there’s a will, there’s a way — and this is just one way.

Don Durant

Bob Tefft Cruising/Offshore Cruising Brokerage We’re simply concluding many deals without using the bank at all. Sellers are realizing that they may have to carry some of the financing if they wish to

Sailboats, Inc./Pearson, Bristol, Dufour, Endeavor, Spirit, Merit, Balboa, Albin People in -the-know understand that anytime you can borrow long term money at an interest rate close to or below the inflation rate, it’s a hell of a deal! In addition to an inflation hedge, our Tax Sheltered Lease-Back program is getting stronger than ever as more and more yachts are put into multipleuse situations. Currently, for example, we have berths available in Santa Cruz, Tahoe, and Tiburon for those who want Uncle Sam’s help in paying for their boat. )

in return for occasionally being able to use them for demonstration purposes.

We have several attractive buying programs currently available. One is a charter arrangement with an option to buy. A second is a fantastic program in

It’s an ironic situation where the customer actually benefits because of the higher interest rate.

cooperation with the Lancer factory, where Lancer’s are offered at an effective interest rate of 12.5% for 15 years at 20 percent down.

Bert Trezise Bill Kimley

Bob Moe

Skipper’s Yacht Sales/Formosa, Farr, Brokerage Since the credit market tightened up, we’ve gone through our brokerage listings to find out which owners might be willing to offer assistance in financing. We’ve found a large number of them are, and in a few cases there are even assumable loans starting as low as KM percent.

Jack O’Rourke The Sailboat Shop/Buccaneer, Corinthian, Chrysler/T. M. I., Allied Yachts We’re offering special incentives on the boats we haveI in stock now. In order to reduce our flooring expenses we’ll be selling these new boats and offering to provide berthing and insurance page 75

Santa Fc Yacht Sales /Fantasia, Brokerage Power & Sail About half the boatowners on our brokerage listings have indicated a willingness to carry some of the financing when selling their boats. One such kind of a situation would be where the buyer makes 2 to 5 years of normal monthly, payments, with a balloon payment in the end. In situations like this, it is important for the broker to work with the seller to assure that the seller’s interests are protected.

John Lauritz Seair / Lancer, Brokerage, Charter --3-

Serendipity/Serendipity 43, Peterson 34, Aphrodite Since we manufacture the Serendipity 43 we sell, we often don’t get involved with financing, although when necessary we do help arrange it. In some cases we’ve encouraged people to start with the more basic racing gear now, and go full bore on equipment next season.

We do get a lot of national feedback on how interest rates are affecting yacht sales around the country. The entire east coast, with New York in particular, seems to be booming right along in yacht sales, feeling little if any affect.

Detroit, where the auto business is so

INNOVATIVE heavy, is badly depressed. On the west coast Seattle and southern California seem the worst areas, and the bay area Is down, but the best area on the west coast.

Money is available. We had a customer go into a local bank last week, and he had no problem getting financed.

ownership amounts to almost $950 a month.

Mike Douglas

nel Cutter There is money available, last week we had two, buyers get financing for boats in the $70,000 range. We sell cruising boats and we’ve found a large N number of our buyers are people who can’t afford houses, but no longer want to pay rent. Their boat gives them an economical form of housing which builds equity, it gives them a central source of recreation, and it allows them to prepare for cruising a year or two from now.

Kim Desenberg

Kermit Parker Yachts/Cavalier 39, Brokerage Sail & Power We haven’t used a bank in the last 5 transactions, deals which totalled over $200,000. The sellers are very flexible as long as their financial obligation to the bank and the broker is being covered. Some of the' bigger transactions are being secured with thirigs like a second deed of trust on property. This is interesting, because in all of 1979 we didn’t have one deal that involved any real estate, and now it’s very common.

There is big renewed interest in smaller boats, with cash buyers in the $30,000

The solution to his problem was achieved by a broker who had a buyer with $10,000 cash and an $85,000 house with an 11 percent, $50,000 assumable mortgage. The seller took the house, the $10,000 cash, and a note from the buyer for $10,000. The buyer was out of the house, had his dream boat which he moved aboard, and a monthly payment which was lower than his house payment had been. The seller then rented the house for more than the mortgage payment on it and was left with a positive cash flow investment. Desires are endless, some people want to buy and some want to sell. Traditionally banks have been helpful in these transactions, but in the current situation they are often not a party to them.

Roy Cannon & Jim Apple

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North Coast Yachts/Haw kfarm, Wylie 34 This is pot a new comcept, but perhaps is one that is becoming more common in the industry. Our last two sales — both to Chicago — have involved syndicates. In neither case were they related to tightened credit, but these people had been in them before, and they were successful. The obvious benefit is that it’s a less expensive wdy for people to campaign a racing boat, one they perhaps could not afford individually.

Bill Hunter Port Sonoma Y.S./ Olson 30, Brokerage Sail & Power A cruising boat owner back from the South Pacific rejoining the 8 to 5 routine has a little problem. His $55,000 boat which he owns outright still costs him $325 a month in taxes, insurance, and berthing; and if you add to that the lost return on used $55,000, his pride of

Fred Sohegian

Nor’Sea Yachts/Nor’Sea, Flying Dutchman, Baba, Falmouth, Bristol Chan¬

Northern California Yacht Sales /Ericson, Pacific Seacraft, S2, Caribe 41’ & 47’ One of several programs we’ve developed involves subsidizing some of the buyer’s interest for a two-year period — and this program applies to all

our new boats. A special escrow account is set up at the bank, which disperses a fixed sum of money each

Mike Lampe

turning down. We are offering these people smaller or used boats as a hedge against inflation and so they can enjoy sailing this season, and are guaranteeing them the purchase price in trade when the interest rates do go down.

Bill Lee

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month directly to the boat loan account.

That amount of money represents the difference in the current interest rate with a more normal interest rate which has been arranged with the buyer.

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Mike Lampe Yachts/O’Day, Valiant, Swift, Peterson 44, Uniflite, Fairways In brokerage boats we’ve got several boats over $30,000 that the existing 10 and 11 percent financing can be picked up. On new boats, particularly larger models in inventory, we are setting up lease-backs where the buyer gets certain tax advantages and perhaps income from the boat.

Bill Murray Gil Guillame

Bill Lee Yachts/Santa Cruz 21 & 50 We remain flexible at customizing, transactions on a personalized basis, considering all pertinent factors, not strictly limited to optimizing interest rates. We must consider interest today, interest tommorrow, list price today, list price tommorrow, and what we and the customer have to offer each other.

Roger Wales

O’Neills Yacht Center/Cal, Ranger, Moore, Wilderness, Olson, Hobie, Laser, Jester, Boston Whaler We want people to know that financing is available despite the false publicity to the contrary. We have people come in who are astounded to hea/ that money is available.

We’re looking into a situation where we can expand our current rental and charter program of smaller boats to include boats in the 30’ to 40’ range, and therefore are developing lease-back programs to provide for this. page 77

Mariner Square Yachts/Santana, Newport We cater to people who know what , they want and have been figuring the boat into their budget for a long time.

We’re not having trouble finding money for these people, in fact one big bank — and we don’t even do our flooring with this bank — complained that we weren’t giving them enough customers.

There are a few buyers who the banks would have loved 6 months ago, but in this marginal money market are barely

Hans Christian Yachts/Wilderness, Fox, B-J17, Dover Dory, Topper, Banshee We’ve got a number of programs to meet a tigher money market situation.

INNOVATIVE Quality investments like boats are in demand with money is tighter; financing is available, and in fact we’ve just moved ahead and opened an additional bay area location.

Bob Toler

Cyclone, Omega, Laser, Avon, Capri Were working with a nationwide leasing company who offer programs usually directed toward professional people, and these programs are tailored to the individual. We’re finding partnerships working — for example an accountant and a software computer salesman got a 28-ft boat together. The accountant entertains on the boat, the salesman races extensively. One lives in Sacramento, one in San Jose, and the boat is kept halfway between in Richmond. The obvious result is that the cost of the boat is cut in half for each individual. We’ve also seen a 5-party Catalina 22 partnership work out successfully for several years.

realize the money they think they will be

saving will be eaten up by the price increase in boats — almost all of which are a derivative of oil.

Paul Kaplan

Jim Clauss Glen Cove Y.S. /Brokerage Sail & Power Buyers should be aware that prices are now soft, frequently to the extent that makes up for the temporary increase in interest rates, rates which can be refinanced down when the rates drop. The used market is active, and often times without the help of the banks. We’ve sold a 22-ft one-design, a 45-ft motorsailer for $80,000, and a 32-ft sailboat for $43,000 — aH of which were transacted without a bank.

Lowell Richardson & Ross King

The Foredeck/Islander, J-Boats, West Wight Potter, Coronado,

Clauss Enterprises/Tartan, San Juan, Wilderness, Moore 24 Buyers ought to be aware that inventory boats are a good value to be investigated. Not only are dealers sometimes eager to get them off their flooring, but the banks are sometimes willing to go an extra mile with the customer to see if the deal can’t be put together. At this time both the dealers and the banks have an interest in reducing dealer’s flooring.

Marilyn Hunt Commodore Yachts/Mariner We are setting up lease-back situations, to help out with interest for the first year. Buyers who are planning to wait for lower interest rates ought to

City Yachts/Brokerage Sail & Power We had a seller who owned a 35-ft. boat outright, and put him together with a buyer who the bank wouldn’t take at the time. The seller decided to carry the buyer, and got a 438 BFU special endorsement on the insurance policy to provide him with security. Deals are being put together this way, but we’re rather conservative about them and are generally arranging financing in the traditional manner with banks. We look to current interest rates as being temporary .

Don Hatler Clara Clipper Yacht Sales /Lancer, Neptune, O’Day, Hobie, West Wight Potter, Vagabond Lancer Yachts, in cooperation with its dealers, has arranged a financing program in which'Lancer guarantees the loan to the financial institution, and pays a loan fee up front which results in the customer recieving a 12.5 APR,

PROFESSIONALS 15-year financing. There’s nothing bet¬

high interest costs until they drop and the boat can be refinanced. Our boats are custom, or semi-custom, and would take about six months to complete. At that time we anticipate financing is likely to be more attractive.

Sam Brooks

less established builder. ter available. The offer lasts until July 1, 1980, or the first $5 million worth of boats.

Ryo Arai

Nancy Carr

Nancy Carr Yacht Sales/LaFitte Our boats are expensive, and we’re finding many qualified buyers who come to us and say, ‘this is what I have, and this is what 1 want — can you put it together?’ This may involve helping them liquidate other assets, it may involve our locating alternative private financing at rates more attractive than the bank offers, or other things. We’re finding our network of business contacts is spreading into different fields in order to facilitate yacht sales.

Boat Warehouse/Neptune, Coronado, Banshee, Topper, Alpha One, Gryphon, Catalina The credit crunch hurts us like everyone else, however the bulk of our business is in small sailboats, and usually people buy them on a cash basis. For those needing financing on bigger boats, we are able to help reduce the first year’s interest with a cash rebate.

Jim Bock

Bob Thomsen C&B Marin e/Farr, C&B 38, Custom Boatbuilders We’ve never really been involved with the financing of any of the boats we’ve done. We give our customers the bill and they give us the money. Our track record however, makes it easier for people to get money than with some

James A. Bock & Co., Inc./Cape George Cutter We have a private source of financing and are willing to underwrite part of the /

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Sam Brooks Yacht Sales /Brokerage Sail & Power There is money available for people who can qualify for loans. Also we do have some excellent listings where the owners are willing to either take real estate or develop lease-back arrangements. Sellers are realizing that boats, like houses, are tougher to finance, so they are generally being a little more flexible.

On April 14, the Northern California Marine Association took a survey and found these banks are making boat loans: Bank of America, Bank of the West (French Bank of California), Barclay Bank of California, California Canadian Bank, California First Bank, Central Bank (Hong Kong Bank of California), Crocker National Bank, First Enterprise Bank, Hibernia Bank, Imperial Bank, Lloyds Bank, Security Pacific National Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank of Canada, Union Bank (Chartered Bank of London), United California Bank, Western Women’s Bank, Beneficial Finance Company, Fireside Thrift Co., Household Finance Co., Public Finance Co., Embarcadero Federal Credit Union, Greyhound Credit Union, Western Union Employees Credit Union — latitude 38

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As one daughter so bluntly put It: What will you do for money? Won’t the boat tip over? How do we reach you, for God’s sake?

20 toes into the breeze, the universal symbol of freedom.

Churchill said it best: “Play for more than you can afford to lose and you WILL learn the game.” We did . . .

Gene ‘n me and Whither Thou. We won our gamble and we are learning the game.

You no doubt saw the Skipper ads last fall proclaiming ‘Our Hull Number One is presently cruising the San Juan Islands’? That was us. Hull Number One is Whither Thou, our proud golden Nor’West 33’ sloop. Chuck Burns depage 81

signed her in 1976, Nor’West Yachts built her in 1977. We came, saw and , christened her in 1978, damn near sank her in 1979, but it takes more than a pooping by a rogue wave to stop this stalwart boat. She bobbed right back up, shook herself off and seemed to growl “Okay you turkeys, now what?” Her hatchcover was lost in the black night, her batteries deluged and her boom was bent. Gene sported an extra bump or two and I came close to buying the

farm, but our first offshore passage has still been gleefully stamped ‘we did it!’ and we’re getting ready for the 1980 Singlehanded TransPac to Hawaii, for Gene and one helluva boat. Yes, the three of us are learning the game.

Even before we found Whither Thou we itched tq turn the sailing we both loved into our fulltime lifestyle. No matter that Gene’s active experience was barely three years old at the ‘78 Singlehanded when his first boat broke and he had

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to turn back. No matter this first mate was forty-seven years old before setting foot on any sailboat, 2-packs-a-day and a workaholic who was scared of water, water, never did learn to swim, had a sometimes thing with claustrophobia and the love of heights wasn’t anything to write home about, either. No matter we were starting the second half of life, each with grown children and grandchildren as well. No matter that Gene had contributed his engineering and design skills to the same electronics firm for twenty-five years or that I’d been his travel agent for twelve of those years, sending Gene and his counterparts to wherever their business called. All that had been just dandy . . . once. But priorities change and now, after finding each other and our beautiful Whither Thou, each workday doing jobs we’d once loved had become a nine-to-five frustration. The important times were when we were together, the three of us.

^Jene is a mountain man who discovered the sea late in life, a new arena for his natural instincts of discovery, wonder and sense of adventure. He was born in the year Lindbergh soloed the Atlantic and has always felt a mysterious link to that extraordinary human being. Born then, when frontiers could still be discovered and living now, some fifty-plus years later, he has the rare ability to find thrill in the challenge of a far horizon, be it at sea or the next mountain summit. He has the eyes to see, the heart to feel and an overpowering spirit to seek, knowing you don’t have to go back and reinvent the wheel in order to find challenge.

Even if its been done countless times before, can one deny their child the sense of wonder and accomplishment when he discovers for his first time that

two plus two equal four? It’s the same thing. Gene also lives by, and has taught his first mate, a creed of true faith: “Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness . . . whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it . . . the magic will follow as day follows night.” This creed to dare to take a chance led us both from everyone else’s vague 'someday soon’ to our personal here and ‘NOW!’ It also stood Gene in good stead when he needed it badly. lv Like Lindbergh, Gene has soloed but in his own way, walking his beloved Sierras alone. In ‘78 he began preparations for another solo and another committment, the Singlehanded TransPac race to Hawaii. For six months he worked, psyching himself and Pretz, his 26-ft. Columbia MKI, into an all time fever high, putting every nickel and every drop of energy into the preparations. Gene was the only entrant with sheet-to-tiller steering; not only did he firmly believe in a minimum of gadgetry, he plain couldn’t afford a windvane or electronic steering device, even with financial help from so many that believed in him and his committment. But not having money doesn’t stop a man like Gene, nothing can really stop a singlehanded sailor. What did stop him was a detached water tank, discovered after the start of the race when it threatened to tear the boat apart. No one except another sailor, or somebody who loves one, can know the agony of making that decision to turn back. Getting old? Turning chicken? Out of place in a young man’s world?

Chicken? Gene Haynes? No way. His guardian angel perched on his shoulder that day, for subsequent inspection proved one more day and Pretz would have broken up under the combined pounding of the water tank, loose in its cage within, and the hammering surf without. As it was, her entire port bow was in shreds.

Pretz was fixed, the race became a dream laid to rest till the next one, and now Gene had time for the next major

step. We became liveaboards two months after Whither Thou was christened. Now living in two worlds, the weekends flew past and Monday through Friday became impossible with the frustration of mounting gas prices, choking commute traffic and longing to be on the boat fulltime. After a twoweek vacation in May, practicing and testing our limited bluewater experience and skills, we knew we had to make a decision. For two weeks we’d been doing the thing we loved best; we just couldn’t go back to the old programmed

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Gene and Dotty Hayes, a new today.

existance. Both of us had given — so gladly! — half our lives to family, jobs, and myriad responsibilities to others, but those yesterdays were over. We were a new today and damn it, we wanted our tomorrows while we were still young enough and agile enough to absorb and enjoy! But . . . could we afford it? And could we break those ties?

Or, as one daughter so bluntly put it, “What will you do for money, will the boat tip over arid how do we reach you, for God’s sake?” Now that’s blunt. And basic.

Where to start? We already had by buying Whither Thou. Chuck Burns set out to design a full keel cruising boat who loves to run, can outpoint anything in the water, can and has held her own against the best of 'em in a race, but still had been our comfortable home for over six months. He designed her as such, Nor’West built her as such and she yearned to sail any waters, anywhere. So by God, if Whither was going sailing, we were going with her!

We gave our notices in June (“You’re doing WHAT???”), told all the kids (“Mothe-r-r-r, you can’t swim!!”), announced to one and all we’d be back in two years, if and when the money ran out, for a new set of saddlesores (ah, the optimism of the young at heart!), decided it was too late in the year to head west so it would be north to Alaska. We provisioned the boat and paid absolutely no attention to such nonsense as (1) a lost wedding ring the day after we quit our jobs . . . omen? or (2) a broken tooth three days later or (3) guess whose van slipped its brake and deep-sixed into Oakland’s Estuary . . . uh huh. But did all this deter us? Not on your life it didn’t!

No. Mere omens, mishaps and my mal de mer didn’t deter us. It took gale force winds for five days as we beat our way north through the tailend of a Bajabased hurricane. It took taking on more water than we felt right and finally, after deciding to turn back, it took a gybe with a reacting boom and Gene’s wristbone snapping clean through.

That’s what it took! Incidentally, never throw away your old Latitude 38's, gang. They make great splints.

The weakness causing the extra water intake was easily fixed by the builder that knew the boat rather than a strange boatyard in Juneau. Gene’s wrist was put in a cast (“Soak it off in hot water in six weeks, come see me when you get back.” Doctors can be sailing nuts, too).

We replenished the fuel and water tanks, opted for another bottle of wine, took another deep breath and two weeks later started north. Again. Only now, it’s August, right? And too late for ,7 ■■

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Alaska because any sailor in his right mind knows Alaska’s Gulf is the pits in September, right? Right. But we’re not too late for lovely British Columbia, right? Right on! Great weather this time of year, so nonstop, right? Wrong.

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L m. pile of weather greeted us just outside the Gate; wet, stormy slapin-the-face weather. This was, naturally, immediately after Gene has wrestled up the genoa for the bay’s soft deceiving winds, now he had. to one-arm the changeback to the working jib. Uh yeah, it really would help, first mate, if you’d watch the wind indicator — LIKE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO! - instead of the gymnastics going on up on the foredeck. Boy, was Gene mad! Rain, thirty-five knot winds and high seas shot us as far as Drakes Bay and an overnight was definitely called for ... to cool down, dry off, and for me, to throw up. Mal de mer again.

The weather came to a thudding halt almost immediately after leaving Point Reyes the next day, and we literally bobbed our way through five days of no wind, alternating the bobbing with motor sailing. Then came the fog, dense enough to shroud the mast, and I really came unglued. Gene came up for his midnight watch and took one look.

“You’re crying. Don’t you EVER let yourself get this upset again, over anything! Why didn’t you call me?”

“I didn’t want to wake you.”

“Dammit!”

He was right, pretty darn dumb to just sit there in the dark and fog, getting scareder. Communicate! Another overnight, this time Crescent City for R&R as well as fuel, what with all that motor sailing. The tank took only a few gallons; we accepted with thanks a

PLAY FOP MOPE gorgeous red snapper from Hank the fisherman, took another deep breath and were off again. This time, the winds and sea and Saint Peter got together and blessed us with a low and a high, both in the right places, to give us a downwind sail, uphill, the rest of the way and man, did we sail! We reached Neah Bay, Washington, in just thirteen days total, even with the two stopovers.

Not too bad for first-timers! Our elation, our vest-bustin’ s— eatin’ grins gave us away. We’d done it, we had finally honest to God DONE IT! A dreamlike month followed as we cruised both sides of the border through the U.S. San Juans and Canada’s Gulf Islands, drinking in their beauty and learning more lessons: f’instance, do you know the tidal surge through these islands can often be as high as fourteen feet? At high tide, these delicious coves and inlets appear as deceptive small lakes of tranquil and undisturbed water.

Low tide revels their true nature of rocks, outcroppings, boulders and sandbars just waiting to scrape, grind, and gouge. Even with a depthfinder and lead line, we learned early on to time our arrivals to low tide.

After two weeks of ocean sailing, it was now delightful to island hop, anchoring each day well before martini time and getting reaquainted with each

Playing windlass in'the Northwest.

other. Offshore sailing takes all concentration and strength during the four-on, four-offs, dividing the four-off’s between navigation duties, cleaning and cooking as well as sleeping. We had set up the bunk with a wet sheet and blanket, keeping the regular bedding for normal times. This way the watchee, recently the watcher, could pile straight in. Man, don’t get in the way of me ‘n the bunk or I’ll run right over you — interrupt me once there and kill . . . bubba . . . kill!

More than two or three weeks of roundthe-clock cruising could conceivably create problems for a crew of two.

Meals, much less anything else, are rarely shared and life is touch and go with growing tenseness and frayed nerve endings. Or, as Gene said about the tenth day, “You’re just not your sweet loveable self these days!”

Well, neither was he! But now, with one direction of offshore behind us, we had all the time in the world for touch and stay instead, a vast improvement!

Weather, fishing, most of all the people . . . our month was forever indelible. There are so many friends in this world, as the man said, just waiting to be met and nobody knows this better than sailors.

“Hi! Like her? Come aboard and look around, Gene Haynes’ the name!”

Whither Thou attracts everyone with her bright golden hull, then they spot Piney the Pine Tree and our solar panel, both conversation pieces. Gene’s love of people and his infectious enthusiam, as well as his overwhelming pride in Whither really nails ‘em!

(Yep, we have a pine tree so Gene, my sea farin’ mountain man, would always have the best of two worlds about him. Some people sail with pets or kids, so we sail with a tree! If it could only talk . . .

“Why can’t I live in a yard, like a' normal tree? What am I doin’ on a boat, for crying out loud??”)

Then there was the lesson of the customs. Some lesson.

“Fine? What fine? $400? You’ve GOT to be kidding!”

Customs doesn’t kid. When Canadian customs says check in immediately, they mean immediately, not the next day. And only the captain goes ashore to do the checking-in, sport, not the crew, married or not married! Phew.

They let us off with a warning but not before they warned us, too, that this same booboo returning to the U.S. could cost a cool thousand. Yes, SIR! Even dream cruises must end sometime,‘and when we saw the geese forming overhead for their trek south we knew it was time to follow. Provisions replaced, diesel tank brimming, one more hot shower and we were off, the rains and wind pelting us as we scooted through the Straits of Juan de Fuca and hung a left at Cape Flattery.

The weather pattern had changed in an eyeblink. Running with the swells ten to fifteen feet, literally surfing in the twenty-knot winds, we neared the California border three days out of the Straits, a record run. If this kept up, we’d be home in less than a week total, wow! Then, it happened.

— dotty haynes

Next Month: You learn ‘what’ happened.

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About a year and a half ago we ran an interview with Bob Perry that was conducted by Singlehanded TransPacer, Alan Rutherford. We liked it, but still wanted to get a feel for yachting’s current most popular cruising boat designer. So when Karen Thompson at the In-TheWater Boat show offered to introduce us, we were glad for the opportunity.

We spent a pleasant afternoon with Bob, talking on a LaFitte 44, and later roving around through a number of his other designs. Bob’s in his early 30’s, and judging from the way he dresses, must read ‘‘Gentleman’s Quarterly” in addition to all the yachting magazines. He’s done well. He has an Esprit 37, drives a turbo

lives in a modest house in a nice waterfront neighborhood of Seattle.

Bob has two assistants who work with him in his design office. After the office closes and the phone stops ringing, he likes to blast out the Eagles on his big stereo and get down to some serious work.

There are a few comments Bob makes that appear to be critical ‘ of other designers work. From the tone of voice he used, he didn’t mean to belittle them, but rather felt an obligation that the public hear his honest opinion.

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THE LATITUDE 38 INTERVIEW

BOD PERRY 38: It looks like you’re doing more pilothouse boats than motorsailers, it that true?

Perry: Yes, we’re doing more than we used to. In fact, almost every job we start now, the client will ask us to also have in mind a pilothouse version.

38: Why do you think that is?

Perry: I think it has to do with the swing in population age, all the war babies are getting older and want more comfort; I think it has to do with people wanting to use their boats 12 months a year; and I think it has to do with our being conditioned to be comfortable more of the time.

38: Do you think it has anything to do with powerboaters turning to sailboats because of fuel supplies?

Perry: That’s probably the last thing it has anything to do with. I see more sailboat people turning to powerboats than the opposite, at least in my own area around Washingtdn, which is the only place I really have a good feel for. The whole switch from power to sail is a fig newton of the imagination, although it may still happen, and I’d sure like to help if it does.

38: What trends are you picking up in boats?

Perry: People wanting bigger boats is well-documented, and our design work now settles at about 30-feet and above ... * 38: That’s your average size boat?

Perry: No, our average now is about 43-feet, for a combination of production and custom boats. The top of the range for a production boat now is the LaFitte 63, and we’re also doing up a 46-footer for Valiant to replace the 50 that was built for reasons I’ve never been able to understand, ho, ha, ho, ho.

38: What boat do you own?

Perry: I’ve got an Esprit 37 that I use for cruising around Puget Sound. In the summer we got up to the San Juans, but I work pretty hard and can’t take too. much time off, so I do most of my cruising in Puget Sound. In Seattle, we’ve got a dozen little anchorages you can get to within five hours, so Friday afternoons you can sneak off and have a nice weekend. When racing doesn’t interfere, my family and I go, about every other weekend.

38: Do you race your boat?

Perry: I don’t race mine anymore, because I’ve got it all ‘cruised up’ with books and everything. But next weekend I’ll be racing on a 56-ft. Sparkman and Stephens boat, and last weekend I raced on a Cal 40 which was the first time I’d sailed one of them. I’ve got three boats that are going to be launched during the next five weeks, and they’re all going to be raced some. One is a 42-ft.' plumb stem cutter for Doug Fryer that you’ve probably seen written up. Then there’s a twotonner with a 7/8’s rig, and also the first Nordic 44 will be launched. I like to cruise a bit and I like to race, a bit, but racing page 87

my own boat bores me. I want to go out and race some of the other boats.

38: A hotter boat?

Perry: Not a hotter boat, but a different boat. I didn’t feel that climbing on a Cal 40 was as much getting on a hotter boat as it was checking out a landmark in yachting design.

38: What kind of ‘cruising’ gear do you have on your boat? We’re talking about things like windlasses and so forth.

Perry: Specific gear? I’ve got a spinnaker pole that’s a foot longer, a half ounce spinnaker, a 3A ounce spinnaker, a hydraulic adjustable backstay, a luff foil system, and big selftailing primaries. That’s the kind of stuff 1 consider cruising gear.

I don’t have an anchor windlass, I pull it up by hand. I don’t have an anchor on the bow either, I don’t like the way it looks. We work hard to get a bow to look just right, and then you hang an anchor up there and it looks, well . . .

38: What size primaries do you have for your 37-foot boat?

Perry: Well, they’re 44’s, no they must be 48’s self-tailers I guess, I don’t know what size they actually are because I just use ‘em, I don’t read them. Ho, ho, ho.

38: Are there any boats you’ve done that are your favorites?

Perry: I sure like the Esprit, I like the Valiant 40, 1 like the Baba 30 a lot, ho, ho, ho, (Bob would later encourage us to inspect one and say “Isn’t that pretty good? Turned out great, didn’t it?”] I like this LaFitte 44 we’re sitting on a lot, and 1 like the Islander 28. The Islander 28 and the Valiant, and one-off Heather and Union Jack were all great boats. Heather was phenomenal, now the Boy Scouts own her so she’s going downhill.

38: How many designs have you done?

Perry: Somewhere in the mid-70’s. I do have help, I’ve got two guys who work for me.

38: Are there any specific problems with motorsailers, for example, you just, did the Seamaster 46, and was it the first one you’ve done?

Perry: We’ve done them all along, and there was no real problem. You can’t grow up in the northwest — I moved there when I was* 12 — and do a lot of sailing without being tuned into the benefits of a motorsailer; such as being able to get out of the frequent rain and cold, which allows you to sail 12 months a year. Dodgers are big in Seattle; in fact, many people never put them down once they’ve put them up.

That’s why I’ve never bought one.

38: Bob, what’s prevented you from moving out of a car wash like Seattle to a more tropical location like San Diego?

Perry: I like the rain and the dingy weather because its condusive to my work. It keeps me inside and I find it easier to work in the rain. It also suits my temperment more, and I

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just feel at home in that kind of weather.

38: Where did you live before Seattle?

Perry: 1 lived in Australia for 10 years, although I was born in Ohio — Toledo.

38: Did you sail a lot in Australia?

Perry: Never.

38: You must have been the only Australian kid who didn’t.

Perry: We were in Sydney, but weren’t of the boat owning class. The standard of living is a little lower there, and we didn’t have a car, we didn’t have a television set; 1 can remember when we got our phone, I can even remember, ho, ho, ho, when we got our refrigerator in 1957. You had to be pretty affluent to have a boat, because if you can’t afford a car, you can’t afford a boat.

1 didn’t come from a long line of wealthy yachtsmen — which incidentally is a help to becoming a yacht designer — because I wasn’t that fortunate. Or maybe unfortunate, since growing up with less breeds a little fiestiness in you, and perhaps a little more determination to ‘make it’.

38: Do you think a lack of money helped you out in your quest to be a successful designer?

Perry: No — ho, ho, ha.

38: A minute ago you mentioned some good qualities you said you thought it developed in you.

Perry: I think, maybe, it worked to some advantage because you have to justify it as the fight way of having done it. Wait, I’ll tell you how it did help me out, and I’ve never thought of this before. It made me take jobs that, had I been wealthy, I probably would have turned down, and in taking these seemingly not so desirable design jobs,.you really expand what you can do.

38: Can you reveal the nature of “an undesirable design job”?

Perry: Ho, ho, ho. I’m not going ho, ho, ho, to tell you that. Well, ok., the Seamaster is one. Initially it had so many requirements we didn’t think we could do a boat that we and the client would both like. You see, even if we do boats we’d never dream of owning, we still like to say ‘fulfilling all the requirements, that’s the best boat you can have.’ We do understand and recognize and appreciate, every compromise and solution, but it does involve making compromises.

Also, when you need money, you’re more willing to deal with picky customers that you might ordinarily shoe away.

And, you can pick up a lot of things from them that you’ll get credited with in the end. I’ve gotten credited with things that weren’t my ideas, they were the ideas of a fussy client.

38: Let’s hear a couple of examples.

Perry: The Valiant 40 interior started with a one-off boat I designed in Seattle before I went to work back east* but that boat had an interior that a client had specified. Then the Freeport 36 interior was the product of a brainstorming session at Islander with Buster Hammond and Hank McCormack, and Steve uh, uh, Steve ah, Steve ...

38: You mentioned sometimes you have to put

characteristics in boats that you don’t personally like. Could you identify some of them?

Perry: Well, headroom. I’d prefer that all boats have 5’4” headroom.

38: Ho, ho, ho. So they’re lower and sleeker?

Perry: Yes, ho' ho, ho, I’d rather look groovy and stoop down below. Ha, ho, ha. That really would be one, people always ask you for headroom all the time where I don’t necessarily . . . well, it’s that whole trend of making a boat more like an apartment. You go in a Bristol 45 over there and it’s really an American modern motel with the decor . . . some of these boats have dinettes that look like a corner booth *at Denny’s . . : you know that whole business of making it look like a condo.

You know what I like in a boat when I go down below? I mean this LaFitte we’re on doesn’t have it, and I can appreciate it’s different requirements, but I really like to go down below . . . well, let see, like a Valiant 40 where everything is pretty symmetrical and everything is a little austere and unrestrained and there’s not too much gingerbread . . . that suits my mood when I go in a boat, it suits my regiment I guess, that kind of opposed settees and pilot berths. A boat with pilot berths always looks good, you know. I think, that’s how a boat ought to look, you can go anywhere in a boat that’s got two pilot berths, you know, a good sea boat.

38: Are there any old boats, old designs, that you particularly admire?

Perry: Well, Cheasapeke 32 by Phil Rhodes, Something 26 by Ray Richards, a lot of Wiliam Garden’s designs . . . I’ve admired him because he’s so versatile. He’s done a lot of dogs, but he’s done a lot of great boats.

And to get off the subject a little> the problem of doing cruising boats is that nobody ever really finds out they’ve got a great boat because they never race them. So there can be great boats out there, but nobody knows they’re dynamite because nobody has the quantitative data to establish the pedigree of performance.

38: So to you, performance is crucial in a cruising boat?

Perry: Well, it’s not that hard to incorpo'rate some consciencness of performance in a boat. It just doesn’t take that much effort. We’re using a ‘predicted performance’ program now, and we’re the only cruising designer using it . . . and that program can very accurately predict what the performance of a boat will be under almost all conditions.

38: Would you explain a little more what this program gives you?

Perry: It will tell you for a given true wind speed and a given true wind direction what the apparent wind speed and apparent wind direction will be, what the velocity made good to weather will be, what the velocity through the water will be, the leeway angle will be, the heel angle will be . . .

38: What number are you plugging in to get these results out?

Perry: We digitize the whole hull., the whole rig. It’s a complex program and its derived from the MHS [Measure-

DOB PERRY ment Handicap System rating formula].

38: Does it work accurately in your experience?

Perry: The first boat we’ve done using it was just launched last Saturday, so we don’t know yet.'All the backup material — it’s been used in lOR boats — seems to say it will work fine.

It’s a nice tool to use for a cruising boat.

For example, this boat we launched last week, we ran the program and it said it was very strong off the wind, reaching and running, but the guy running the program said relative to an IOR boat with a similar ‘L’ — you know, ‘L’ is just a really good way of measuring the ‘sailing length’ of a boat, whether you believe in the IOR or not — he said it made a little too much leeway. But, I had a 7’3” keel on the boat 42 feet long.

The thing is the boat has almost a plumb bow and is almost all waterline, so relative to a waterline length of 40-feet, it really didn’t have a big keel. So we had a big question, do you put additional draft on it? If you add a foot to the keel, what happens? You go faster upwind; how much? I’m not exactly sure.

You’ll go slightly slower downwind, how much? I’m not exactly sure. What would be the difference in the two keels over a 20 mile gold cup course? or a triangle? Well, I’m not exactly sure.

But these programs we have will tell you. Upwind in 10 knots of breeze the boat will be 22 seconds a mile slower — and you can do this with the program for all kinds of wind conditions. So the answer on whether to change the keel or not doesn’t come as a result of throwing bones or anything, it’s pretty well cut and dried.

The interesting thing with this program since we ve started, is that the guy with the program says ‘this just keeps getting better and better, and I’ve got the boat up to having a 8’9” draft’. Ho, ho, ha! I said, ‘this is supposed to be a cruising boat that the guy is going to race PHRF so that’s sort of unacceptable.’ And he said, ‘well, I don’t have any IOR rating to balance against it in seconds per mile.’ He was used to changing sail area and draft and those things and finding out what difference you’d have to pay in seconds per mile under IOR rating. So we had to make decisions without that. When they tell you seconds-per-mile, you say ‘what is that?’ But if you say, ‘you’re going to go as fast or as slow as a Ranger 33 from now on,’ they can relate to that, it’s a standard they can judge by.

38: How’s business?

Perry: Our business is the best it’s ever been. T can’t foretell the future, but right now it looks like the next year is busy, busy, busy.

38: Are you doing more production boats or one-offs or what?

Perry: More one-offs right now. One’s a 38-foot maxitrailerable, 8600 pounds.

38: A maxi-trailerable? < Perry: Yeah.

38: Do you select the builder of boats or what?

Perry: I’ve only been really able to do that once, and even

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select the builder. Usually I have a builder in mind when a person comes to me, though. With this maxi-trailerable we’ve done, I want to build it at C&B Marine, ho, ho, ha. Yeah, I like Bob Thomsen a lot and I really like the boats he does. I really want to get the boat down there, and the client is amenable to it, and he’s sending the drawings down for a bid.

38: What boats or what is it that C&B does that you like?

Perry: I’ve seen Topaz which is a Chuck Burns design and Wild Spirit which is a Wylie design, and both those boats I thought were pretty . . . bland-looking designs . . . that’s just my honest, personal feeling. But, I felt C&B’s execution was very effective, and really carried those boats off in just a really tasteful manner.

38: How do you get acquainted with the builders?

Perry: Well, they usually write me letters'saying ‘we build boats and would like to do one of your designs, please send a client to us’. Ho, ho, ho. That’s more or less how I got together with Bob Thomsen, we met in Seattle. So that kind of thing, boat shows, and while we’re travelling around we hear about boats being made and see them, and reading about them in the magazines — which I all read pretty closely as you might imagine. You guys are so pro-Wylie, though . . .

38: We’re so what? Ho, ha, ha, ho. We’re pro-Wylie?

Perry: Yeah — a little bit too much, maybe.

38: That’s surprising news to us and probably to Tom, too. But we’re interested; what else do you ‘read’ in Latitude 381 Perry: It’s a . . . well, your magazine always seems to me to be . . . it’s sort of a 30-year old freak’s magazine. You know what I expect out of somebody from Seattle’s vision of somebody from San Francisco, right? Ho, ho, ho. It’s exactly what I’d expect, but I read it because it’s one of my favorite magazines. I even read that crazy guy, I can’t even pronounce his name ...

38: Urbancyzk?

Perry: Yeah. I mean I enjoy him. You grew up in the same era I did, and I like the magazine, I enjoy it. I don’t like to see things get too “baggy-wrinkle / woodie / wooden ships’ stuff. I like the feel of a good plastic boat under me, myself. I don’t like things getting too esoteric, and you have a nice balance and have run some good articles. That interview Alan Rutherford did with me, that’s a lot to put into a magazine and / thought it was really nice, something that went into that much detail. Castoff, which is a similar magazine in Seattle, just did an interview with Ted Brewer.

They had a halfpage sketch of him — which didn’t look like him at all — half a page of interview and a couple of columns on another page and that was it! I mean, it was really too bad.

Bob’s got more interesting things to say then we have room to print. At least this month. Stay tuned next issue for more of Bob Perry, when he sounds off for cruising sailors.

COMFORT DIG We came away from the San Francisco In-The-Water Boat Show talking to ourself. We said, “Geez, have you ever seen so many big, comfortable, boats in your life?” We hadn’t. Governor Brown may believe in the ascetic life, but hedonism is alive and kicking along the docks'.

If you missed the show we’re going to show you a few highlights of the ‘big and comfortable’ trend. Afterall, we

when you step on your neighbors new boat.

1. The ‘park bench’ settes you and we have are a primitive part of the

past. Form-fitting, soft swivel chairs, such as these on an Irwin 43, are the standard on bigger boats today. -

2. Aft cabin ‘playpens’, this one is on a Cheoy Lee 48, are a second nautical necessity of the 80’s. Most playpens are for kids, but these are seemingly meant for the boatowner with lots of very close and very adult friends.

3. Pilothouses are sprouting on several tried-and-true trunk cabin hulls, this one being the Pearson Pilothouse 36. The ‘adaptions’ are usually a little less big and less comfortable than most pleasure palaces, but afford greater protection from inclement weather and more gracious interiors than their trunk

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5. The interior that startled us

the most \uas the Niagara 35. Although the photo doesn’t show it well, the port and starboard halves of the boat can be separated for virtually the entire length.

An unusual and roomy layout, with great appeal for liveaboard spouses who each need ‘space’ for themselves.

6. The newest in the frequently controversial “lusty Lancer” family is the twin-engine (no kidding) 44-ft. motor-

sailer. If you looking for a boat that’s really different, this is one of the ones you’d see. For starters all sail control sheets lead' inside the cabin to a footactivated, electric, self-tailing winch.

Sopping sheets may make a dripping mess on the console, but your fingers will be dry.

7. Jeannie Franzier from the Olympic Circle Sailing Club is no big boat, but she does warm up this feature a bit. Besides, she says that sailing clubs are growing bigger all the time, and are

a comfortable way for beginners to get into sailing.

We’re really not sure what to make of all these new features and styles of boats. Why don’t you write us and tell us what you think, we’d really be interested in hearing your opinion.

— latitude 38

HARBOR HOPPING The following brief harbor hopping, 'guide to southern California marinas was originally intended to assist MORA Long Distance Race folks on their return up the coast. As it turns out, it should be helpful for those of you planning a summer cruise down south, or those who will be heading south for Mexico cruising next winter.

SAN DIEGO; If you choose to stay in San Diego longer than the San Diego YC can put you up, you have two options. You can either get a transient berth at the harbor patrol office at the end of Shelter Island at the excellent — for southern^ California — rate of $5 a day for the first five days.

The next 5 days are at $10 a day, after which time you get the boot. The other option is to anchor out, and while you can legally anchor anywhere in San Diego bay that isn’t either specifically prohibited or a marked channel, some places are better than others. Personnel in the harbormaster’s office have confidentially told us that the Coronado anchorage is perhaps the best and the safest. It’s probably true, because you are limited to a closely monitored 72-hour stay* Obviously in San Diego you’ll be able to find everything you need. The San Diego YC dock is probably the best place to reprovision, given its proximity to fuel, major food stores, chandleries, and Crazy Eddie’s bare boobs bar. After you’ve had it with San Diego, move 35 miles up the coast to OCEANSIDE: This can be a tricky harbor to enter for newcomers, as the casually marked submerged jetty eats up a few boats each year. It is recommended that you call the harbormaster for assistance, and if you arrive at night they’ll be glad to send out a boat to guide you in.

Oceanside is a military town with, limited appeal to most sailors. The Oceanside YC however is small, accomodating, and by our experience, very friendly. Plus, their showers have great heat lamps to warm your chilly bones. Guest berths are limited, so you may have to go to the harbormaster for an inexpensive transient berth. If they’re filled or if you’re cheap, you can tie up at the Jolly Tiger restuarant dock and nurse a few drinks at the bar until closing time. Then spend the night hoping nobody kicks you out — it usually works.

The eats in the area — save the standard ‘surf & turf’ fare at the Jolly Tiger and Charthouse — are mediocre, so it won’t be long before you head 22 miles up the coast to DANA POINT. This clean, modern marina complex is in an attractive setting. There are big white cliffs in the back, with big lawns and nice landscaping, and some of the best weather in southern California. The Dana Point complex features plenty of shops, marine supplies, and restaurants.

One restaurant, the Wind & Sea is full of San Francisco bay sailing photographs taken by Diane Beeston, and is a good place to stop if you’re feeling homesick for wind.

Overnight berthing runs and incredible $12 a shot, with a maximum stay of 5 days. Included in this are showers which

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feature the notorious ‘southern California marina shower fixture’. This is a strange appliance found in several other southern California marinas and is guaranteed to either trickle you with ice water or firehose you in scalding water.

If the thought of $12 a night for a berth makes you sick, there is hope. Wheh we were there the staff was lackadaisical and paying was a matter of our taking the initiative. There is also a pleasant and convenient anchorage within the breakwater, and you can stay there for 5 days. But somebody must be on the boat at all times — a peculiar anchorage regulation if we’ve ever heard one — or you will be cited. They check for compliance with the regulation frequently, and the first violation is $65, so be warned. There are no great attractions in Dana Point, so it’s 11 miles north to NEWPORT BEACH. This place is so crowded with boats and the guest facilities so few, we’d recommend you pass it up. If you do want to visit here, leave your boat at Dana Point, and walk up to the Pacific Coast Highway where you can catch a bus to Newport. It’s cheap, and takes you to the spots you’ll want to visit. If you have stayed in Dana Point, it’s a 31-mile sail toAlamitos Bay in LONG BEACH. We’ve observed that the closer you get to Hollywood, the more trouble you encounter with uniforms and badges. It probably has something to do with all the cop shows on TV and the cinema pychosis epedimic loose down there. So be prepared for a lot of tough talk.

Alamitos Bay is one of the most desired marinas in southern California, so getting a transient berth can be tough.

If you’re desparate to spend a night and the harbormaster is no help, we’d recommend docking at the Jolly Tiger, and as in Oceanside, nursing a drink until closing time. Or, if you arrive very late at night, you might tie up at the long dock adjacent to the Long Beach YC. This is illegal and the harbor police swear they will issue you a citation, but we’ve always gotten away with it. Naturally you run this ploy at your own risk.

The waters just north of Alamitos Bay is protected by the Long Beach / Los Angeles Harbor breakwater, and offers the first decent conditions to anchor in since Dana Point. While the waters generally are calm, there is often lots of shipping activity, industrial noise, and glaring lights which encourage you to head 15 miles north to MARINA DEL REY. A number of things have changed here recently. Heavy rains brought mud pouring down Ballona Creek, which shares a common jetty with Marina Del Rey. Consequently the south entrance is closed, for the summer. Some of you will remember that the north side of the inside channel had been shoaling badly, but has since been dredged to an adequate depth.

This is the closest marina to Hollywood, so be prepared for overzealous police work. We came in one chilly evening for a guest berth and the man behind the counter demanded the boat title. It wasn’t our boat and we didn’t have it, and neither did the owner whose bank had lost it. The clerk refused to accept our explanation and demanded, “How do I know you

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haven’t stolen the boat or are carrying drugs?” Of course if we did present him with the registration, he still wouldn’t know if we stole the boat or were carrying drugs. After a useless telephone call to the boat’s owner and extended pointless hassling, he reluctantly gave us a berth.

Obviously you can get anything you want here, and lots of things you don’t want. Transient berthing runs 40 cents a foot per night, and your stay is limited to 7 days — far more than you’ll want here. Probably the best reason to put in here is the marina’s proximity to the L.A. airport where you can pick up or drop off crew. It’s about a five minute drive and a $5 cab fare. If you need to tie up for just a few hours, there are 4-hour guest slips available for free, and you don’t — thank your lucky stars — even have to check in with the harbormaster. Like Alamitos Bay, this is a good jumping off place for Catalina or CHANNEL ISLANDS MARINA, Oxnard. If you hug the coast from San Diego to Point Conception, it’s between Marina del Rey and Oxnard that you’re likely to encounter the strongest winds, especially off Point Dume.

Unlike the Ventura Marina a few miles up the coast, Channel Islands harbor has not had a problem with the harbor entrance shoaling. At this new, clean marina, the guest slips go for $6.50 a night, with a 7 day limit. Our only complaint is the aggravating ‘burn or freeze’ shower faucets. There are plenty of shops, restaurants, and marine supplies within a short distance if you need to dispose of excess cash. Castagnola’s Restaurant, right next to guest berths, has a nice breakfast.

We’ve always liked this marina, except that there is a fanatical element on the harbor patrol force. We pulled in here late one night after a rigorous trip up from Marina del Rey, and tied up at the Whale’s Tail restaurant, hungry and ready for a few brandies. A Gomer Pyle lookalike wearing a gun and an aviator’s cap sideways, thundered over in a Boston Whaler and threatened us that it was a 2-hour zone.

We acknowledged we could read the sign and went inside. A lot less than two hours later we returned to the boat and went below to put on dry clothes. Coming back on deck we noticed Gomer Pyle, complete with gun and sideways hat, was writing us a citation, which he was finally talked out of completing. We then paid for our slip and waited and waited and waited as this zealot could not find change for our $20, a key to the head, a pen that worked, or a map to direct us to the berth, or a receipt for our money. This guy would not have infuriated us so much, except that some 27 miles up the coast is SANTA BARBARA, where the courteous and efficient harbor personnel run what may well be the nicest marina operation in southern California. An additional plus for this harbor is that the harbor environs are certainly the most beautiful in southern California.

The entrance to the harbor can be very tricky. The sandy bottoms moves so much and so frequently that the entrance buoys are not marked on charts. Entering at night can be particularly difficult, but the harbor patrol will gladly come out and guide you in. The facilities here are among the oldest in

southern California, but they are functional and clean. A 30-ft transient berth costs $4.80 a night for the first 14 days, which should be sufficient for your needs.

This is a nice spot to catch up on your sleep, do some last minute warm water ocean swimming, or maybe take a hike in the nearby mountains. You’ll need the good rest, because Point Conception, fog, wind, and rotten weather lie 40 miles ahead. If you’ve run low on money, the El Paseo Restaurant has happy hour hors d’oeuvres to satisfy all but the biggest gluttons.

We’ve deliberately left out a couple of spots on the southern California coast, like Kings Harbor in Redondo Beach which is a bit out of the way, and Ventura Harbor which is more out of the way and sometimes has a very dangerous harbor entrance.

For you cruisers and MORA folks who want to go to the Channel Islands, next month Singlehanded TransPacer and Santa Barbaran Mike Pyzel will have a guide in our next issue.

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aboard in twenty-eight days. Not fast time, but then she is a cruiser, not a racer.

I iust spent two weeks aboard as a charter guest sailing in the Caribbean from Antigua, visiting eight other islands

with her in spite of the fact that Sir C had been built by a landlubber, almost single-handedly, with no prior experience in carpentry.

Besides, Crowley had to overcome a ,long term and deepseated bias against ferro-cement hulls as Sir C’s bottom is concrete.

“I’ve always preferred' wooden or steel hulls,” said Crowley, “but Sir Cloudesley Shovell is so well-built and has such a marvelous crew 1 couldn’t turn her away. I liked Sir C because she

Burnham-on-Crouch, England 1975. “Sir Cloudesly Shovell" gets ‘plastered’. Eight professionals and 80 amateurs assisted.

sell our spohts cah; I’m going to quit my job, and build us a boat to sile the seven seas!”

Many ,a missus would have gone slack-iawed and teary at such an announcement, but not Anne Gascoine.

“Jolly good idea,” said Anne beaming. ‘W’en do we staht?” She was as happy as could be at the prospect of escaping from the London secretary’s millieu and sailing off into a new adventure.

And so they did, but it wasn’t all that easy.

It was five years from the time that Bob Gascoine made the big decision to quit his well-paying iob as a supervisor in a large lithographic firm until he sailed the finished product of his dream, named Sir Cloudesley Shovell, - from England to Gibralter. For two years Bob and Anne lived aboard and conducted a charter service there.

Last December, looking for new seas and new adventure, they sailed the beautiful 65-foot schooner across the Atlantic to the West Indies with ten page 95

of the Lesser Antilles about 1,000 miles southeast of Florida.

I iust couldn’t believe she was a home-made boat. Named after an English admiral of the 17th century who rose through the ranks from cabin boy, she is sleek, comfortable, well-fitted, seaworthy and responsive.

Sir Cloudesley Shovell is one of the latest additions to the worldwide fleet of some 35 yachts chartered for vacations and expeditions through Ocean Voyages, Inc., of Saugalito, headed by the veteran seafarer, Mary Crowley.

Crowley is very choosey about her yachts. She doesn’t sign up iust any old tub. In fact, she spends a goodly amount of her time flying around the world to inspect the boats, acquaint herself with the skippers and crew, and sail along with them to make sure everything is absolutely bonzo before she will accept them for Ocean Voyages, Inc. She spent five days aboard Sir Cloudesley in January before signing he/ up, and she was thoroughly satisfied

doesn’t creak in the night when I’m trying to sleep on a rough sea.”

I asked Bob Gascoine how he, a neophyte, had produced such a fine vessel.

“How did it go?”

“It was a long, tough struggle,” he said. “We couldn’t iust start building the boat until we sold our house, and it took two years to get the price we needed.

For that two years we continued sailing as much as possible, crewing friends boats. We went to night school and worked days. I earned my master’s ticket and passed the Board of Trade exams which are similar to the British MerchantTIavy exams.”

Meanwhile, Anne studied for the Royal Yachting Society exams and passed them.

The Gascoines finally sold their home and their Aston-Martin in 1973 and started building the boat at Fambridge near the yachting center of BurnhamonrCrouch. At first, he had run into hard-nosed opposition from his family and friends.

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once I started and he realized I was serious, he did everything he could to help me. He and my friends would come down weekends and whenever they could to help out,” said Bob. “Before I started we studied lots of plans and talked to a lot of boatbuilders.

We decided to build a comfortable cruiser so we could liveaboard her and make a living with her as a charter vessel. She would be our home and our livelihood so we knew we must build a good one.

“We bought a set of plans and specs from Samson Marine in Vancouver. I think they cost about $500, but they had a good reputation as marine architects.

“We had decided to build a concrete hull. Concrete has become very popular in recent years in the U.K., (as he invariably calls Great Britian) Canada, and Europe. It’s very durable, comparatively inexpensive, and requires very little maintenance.

“To build the hull, you first make sort of a bird cage frame of reinforcing steel rods and many layers of steel mesh, tied into the armature.

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you are ready for the big event — Plastering Day. That’s the day you need all your friends and relatives and fellow boatbuilders to rally around at first light to help mix and apply the wet concrete.

About 80 volunteers showed up and we hired eight professional plasterers.

Other boatbuilders showed up to help in anticipation of our helping them when the time came.”

The volunteers literally worked the wet concrete into the steel mesh by hand, and the professionals followed along to smooth the surface. At the end of a hard day’s work, the hull, threequarters of an inch thick, was done. But there was another 18 months of work ahead. The innards had to be finished, four little two-berth cabins were installed, each with its own wash basin, hot and cold running water, and a closet.

There were two heads, one with a hot and cold shower, a map room with cabinets, navigational equipment, a galley, and a comfortable saloon centered by a table large enough to feed twelve in a pinch.

The interior paneling, headings, framing and bunk boards are made of beautifully grained Parana pine from the Amazon region. The bulkheads are water-boil proof plywood.

“We found these beautiful brass and bronze fittings second-hand; many of them are very old and they can’t be obtained from modern equipment manufacturers. The capstan was built in 1896.”

The saloon and cabins were carpeted and the thick foam rubber bunk and seat cushions were covered in tan mockleather.

“I kept adding improvements, and, along with the inflation, we went way over our budget. She cost twice as much as 1 had figured and took twice as long to build. I went through many periods of depression and being in the dumps but we’d gone so far it was impossible to turn back. We’d burned all our bridges.”

But workmanship as meticulous as Bob’s takes a lot of time as he is a perfectionist and he had a tremendous

determination to have it right.

Shouell (it rhymes with shovel) has a 15-foot beam, a 45-foot waterline, and eight-foot draw, a 63-foot mainmast, and a 4 cylinder Ford engine. Finally, after two-and-a-half years she was ready to go. Launching Day was at hand.

TO SILE THE SEVEN SEAS That was so exciting,” Bob recalled.

“My heart was in my mouth. Not that I was afraid she wouldn’t float — I knew she would — but because of the need to move that 30 ton monster from the building site to the water, some 400 yards away. We had built her on a pretty high frame so that we could lower her

onto a dray for hauling.

‘All our friends and relatives and everybody who had helped us build, fellow boatbuilders, everybody was there.

“We had champagne and food and it was certainly one of the most exciting days of my life. Down the ways she slid,

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smooth and beautiful, and everybody was shouting and cheering and Anne was crying. It was a mad scene. It was a great thrill to see her afloat.”

She sailed beautifully as they took her on a trial-run on the Crouch, and everyone was overjoyed.

Had he made any major mistakes?

“Not really. We had thought it out pretty carefully. If I had it to do over again I would probably allow a little more head room below.”

At Gibralter, which is a rest and recreation area for British armed forces, they started their chartering business with emphasis on scuba diving and instruction. After two years they decided it was time to move to new waters: they selected the Caribbean.

They took on as crew two old friends: David Sumner, 30, an experienced scuba diver and underwater photographer with whom Bob had dived in the U.K.; and Alison Jones, 26, also a skilled diver who had just resigned her commission as a captain in the Royal Air Force in Gibralter. She was a member of the RAF’s championship teams in sky-diving, skiing, and marksmanship.

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SHE THE SEVEN SEAS the Atlantic with the Gascoines.

Sumner, a male nurse specializing in operating room nursing in cardiovascular and neurological surgery, was glad to escape from his job in a Saudi Arabian hospital as he found thg medical standards there far below those of - England, the United States, and the Bahamas where he had worked previously.

The four of them comprise a fine, well-balanced crew, and are able to provide instruction to the charter guests in sailing, navigation, snorkeling and scuba diving. Alison is planning to leave Sir Shouell in a few months, but the others will continue sailing on the Atlantic Coast from the West Indies to Nova Scotia under Mary Crowley’s aegis for the rest of the year. Crowley is arranging another kind of adventure for them in 1981 when they will go to the Azores hoping to locate and salvage the British brigantine Revenge which went down

almost a century ago.

Gascoine’s advice to other prospective boatbuilders?

“If you want to do anything badly enough you can do it. Plan carefully and double your estimates as to time

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Was it worth the effort?

“Absolutely,” he replied. He saved about $60,000 by building the boat himself. She cost about $90,000 and is worth about $150,000 on the market.

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“I don’t think I could ever go back to a nine-to-fiver,” he said, his tall, lanky figure stretched out in the cockpit. He looked smug and happy. n “I know we’ll never get rich chartering, but we’ll always have a pleasant life,” Anne agreed.

I asked Dave privately what he really thought of the boat. He replied “I’d have her anytime.”

All of the above they told me in wonderful limey accents, midway between the Queen’s English and pearlbutton cockney, which made it all the more jolly. Only Alison stayed with the Queen, language-wise. And when I bid farewell to the Shouell crew and flew off into the wild blue yonder, I was talking limey too — “She’s a grite ship and I ‘ad a fine sile.”

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“Why don’t you talk to the San Diego woman who’s going on the Singlehanded TransPac,” and he gave me a little background on her: name, Kathy Senelly, age 22, lives on her Cal 25 in Coronado, is hoping to get some sponsors for the race to Kauai.

After several long distance attempts to reach her through a go-between, Kathy returned my call and we set up a meeting at the Coronado Yacht Club. I told her we could talk over lunch, so as 1 drove down the main street in Coronado, I glanced at likely restaurants, my stomach already growling.

1 arrived at the sun-dazzled Coronado Yacht Club ten mintues'early, planted myself on the veranda, and set up my telephoto so I could get a photograph or two of Kathy as she either sailed or dinghyied up to the dock.

At 12 on the dot I spotted a wooden rowboat headed my way so I zoomed in on it with my long lens, planning my Shots of the gutsy young woman in a nautical setting. As .the rower drew closer however, 1 could see that he was bare-chested and bearded and wasn’t Kathy.

At 12:15 1 saw in the distance a boat jauntily sailing up the channel, tacking among those at anchor. “Ah, an appropriate entrance,” I thought. “She’s going to singlehand it right up to the dock.” I considered how I could click off several shots as she approached, then set the camera down to help her with her lines. But as the boat drew nearer and nearer I could see that it was a Newport 27 instead of a Cal 25, and it soon jibed around and ran back down the channel. It was an incredibly beautiful day for a sail, and I wished I were doing just that instead of sitting on the dock while my nose blistered.

I heard the telephone ring inside the locked yacht club and I wondered if it would be Kathy, trying to notify me that she couldn’t make it.

At 12:55 I found a phone booth and called her answering service but they said she had already picked up her

messages and probably wouldn’t be calling back again for about three days, “That’s about how often she checks in.”

At 1 p.m. I saw a boat head into the wind and I watched as the sails were furled and it proceeded toward me.

“About a 25 footer,” I told myself and awaited its arrival at the yacht club My stomach began to rumble almost as loudly as the jet planes on approach \ dock. I followed it until it glided into a to nearby North Island Naval Air Staberth, the fellow at the tiller eyeing me as I eyed him. tion, gliding in over the magnificent 1 waited 15 more minutes, scrutinizHotel del Coronado.

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ing everybody who walked by and checking the photo of her 1 had clipped from the San Diego Log. Shoulder length hair, parted in the middle, nobody I saw fit the description. So at 1:15 I packed it in, mumbled “DAMN”, and headed back across the $1.20 toll bridge to my hotel and babysitter.

A couple of hours later I found a

message that Kathy had called and said she’d be on her boat at the Coronado Yacht Club tomorrow at 12. I already had a 12;00 sailing date for the next day — should I get a babysitter, pay the toll again, and get the story I came for, or just sulk about it? Before I had made up my mind, Kathy called again and I agreed to meet her on her boat.

Kathy studies up for the June 15th Singlehanded TransPac. She'll be one of four women entries, including Amy Boyer and Alameda’s Linda Rettie.

This time she was right where she said she’d be, and we speculated upon why we’d missed each other the day before. The conclusion was, neither of us looked as the other expected. (Next time maybe I’ll try to look more like the female reporter on The Lou Grant Show.)

Kathy Senelly’s sailing background began with college sailing lessons and some concentrated cruising experience over the last three years. “I’ve done quite a lot of coastal California cruising, and I’ve spent a lot of time in the Carribbean.” She crewed aboard the research vessel Regina Maris, where she picked UP celestial navigation while doing Humpback Whale research. Then she crewed on a variety of charter boats in the Carribbean. “I came back to San Diego to finish school and become normal again, but I got real claustophobic in my apartment. So, I just decided to finish school and get a job and work real hard to get enough money to buy a boat.” Just before graduation, she taught the same sailing course she had previously taken.

She attended UCSD, majoring in Environmental Engineering, which is basically city planning. “1 did that for six months, I worked for the city of Oceanside as a planning intern and I just hated it. It was real disappointing, real boring.” So she quit, and bought a boat.

“I didn’t know a lot about buying boats but I sailed a lot of them and got advice from a lot of people. And of course I was limited in my price range, so when I saw this Cal 25 I immediately realized it was perfect for me. It’s a pretty fast, boat but its got plenty of room fland I can handle it myself without any trouble at all.

“I’ve done quite a few modifications.

It’s a little heavier than the stock Cal because I’ve reinfqrced the hull in some places with extra layers of glass and stringers. I’ve upgraded the rigging one size, put on better turnbuckles, and reinforced the chainplates. I put in a whole bunch more storage, replaced the din-

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ing table, and put in a pressurized kerosene stove with an oven. Most people would say it’s silly to put an oven in a racing boat . . . but what is a race except a fast cruise?”

Kathy has been a warm weather sailor so far, having never sailed above Point Conception. But on her 350 mile qualifying sail for the Singlehanded TransPac, she got a taste of rough weather. “When I left it was sunny and beautiful and they said it was going to be that way for the next four days.” But a storm moved in and she encountered 35 knot winds and rain for almost the entire trip. “The windvane didn’t work well so I didn’t get much sleep. That was the roughest weather I’ve ever sailed. It wasn’t much fun, but it was O.K. because I needed the experience. I covered 350 miles in four days.”

I asked her how she got interested in singlehanded sailing. “When I bought the boat, I found out it’s real hard to arrange sailing with people . . . when they can come, where to meet, etc., so I mostly wound up sailing alone. I started to really like it and found out I could do it. Also, 1 read about the all-female crew on the last TransPac and I thought that

When I saw this Cal 25 I immediately realized it was perfect for me.

sounded kinda neat, but I never got in touch with them to see if they needed any crew and I figured I didn’t have enough racing experience anyway.

Then I heard about this race and the that the requirements weren’t too str-N ingent. It’s real tough, though, money wise. I had to get a liferaft and a lot of race equipment I’d never have bought otherwise so it’s been kinda tight in that aspect. But some people have been really helpful. I have a sailmaker who has given me a huge discount and actually given me a few sails' that’s Starboard Sails in San Diego. Proline Paint offered to paint the boat and Shelter Island Yacht Ways will haul ..the boat for free. Huntington Thomas Advertising is looking for sponsors for me, but they haven’t gotten any so far.”

She has a pretty good sail inventory: a 170 drifter, a 1.5 oz. radial head booster, twin 150% genoas, twin 110’s, (“actually one of them is a 95”), a 50% storm jib and a 50 sq. ft. storm jib that can double as a trysail. Also a spare, old 110. She has no auxiliary engine.

She’s also taking a 30 day supply of freeze dried food, “don’t mention the brand because they won’t give me a discount,” a huge library of books, and Emily the cat, “the terror of the dock.”

Kathy has the distinction of being probably the only person to have taken a sight in Glorietta Bay. “There was this guy from the Los Angeles Times, and he said, ‘You have a sextant, don’t you?

Why don’t you take a sight and we’ll take a couple of pictures.’ I said I couldn’t really take a sight in Glorietta Bay because there’s no horizon, but he insisted, and wanted me to do it standing in the cockpit. Well, I said O.K., I’ll pretend to take a sight but I just cannot pretend to do it from down here, so I went up on deck.” And the Los Angeles Times printed a picture of the singlehanded sailor taking a sight on Glorietta Bay! Kathy works out regularly in the exercise room of the Hotel del Coronado, mostly to strengthen back muscles which she said became fatigued during her qualifing sail. She also runs two or

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three times a week, “but I don’t like running mu'ch so I have to force myself.

One of the papers printed that I jog four miles twice a day! What a joke! I hate running. I like working out with weights and all the neat machines though, and I like swimming!”

Her weekends and holidays are spent working as a pharmacy technician at Coronado Hospital, which gives her weekdays to work on the boat and sail without the weekend madness that occurs on San Diego Bay. I told her I couldn’t think of any more questions, and asked her if she wanted to comment on anything else. “The one question everybody usually asks is: ‘Why are you doing this?’ and I haven’t been able to come up with a very good answer,” she said. “I’m going because it just sounds like a whole bunch of fun!”

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SANTANA 20 Trailer, Seagull outboard, sails — main, storm jib, 110,150, rigged for spinnaker. Lifting sling, three winches, lifelines, cushions, anchor, adjustable backstay. Very good condition. In dry storage — Ballena Bay, Alameda.

Call 523-7969

LOWER RATES FOR 1980

FOR SALE International 110, number 659, 24’, wood, 2 jibs, 1 main, trailer included. $800.

(702) 588-2727

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341-2674 FOR SALE - CHARTS Complete set of charts of Hawaii and all islands,. $1.50 per chart. Other charts available also. Charts have never been used.

Phone:(415)752-2554

Clear, penetrating epoxy sealer for wood or ferro-cement $28/2 gal. kit. Linear polyurethane paints — all the colors of the rainbow $32/2 gal. kit. Antifouling paints — both in tin & copper types, from $25 to $80/gal. Polysulfide rubber, 2-component sealants for caulking, bedding $24/gal.; epoxy adhesives $42/2 gal kit. Flotation foam $34/2 gal. kit. Technical manual, “How to finish Your Ferrocement Boat”, avail. $5, refundable w/first $50 order. We also have a laminating resin superior to the West System.

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Specializing — Marine Insurance, Yacht Clubs, Marinas, Shipbuilder’s Liability, Cruisers, Sails, Yachts, Houseboats.

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EXCLUSIVE AGENT — Group Insurance, Ballena Bay Yacht Club Race — San Francisco to Kauai, June IS, ‘80 YAMAHA 2511 1978 Race or cruise this jewel. Dsl. auxiliary w/Martec, Hood & Mitchell inventory, Barients & more. Good race record. Asking $23,900. Alameda slip available. Call Nick at (415) 347-8234 wkdays or (415) 785-2468 eves.

IS YOUR HULL DIRTY? Save yourself from swimming in the cold San Francisco Bay or from paying a fortune for dry dock fees. We will hand scrub your hull for a minimal cost. For appointment call

Rudy 526-3065 Scott 254-9753

CAL-20 Race ready, clean, sound, new jib and new genoa (Pineapples), spinnaker, reliable outboard, hauled October, 1979. $4300.

(415) 254-3389 848-5536 655-8053

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SURVIVE THE SAVAGE SEA! Find out what blue water sailing is all about. Spend 3 days & 2 nights enjoying professional instruction, gourmet food & the thrill of sailing a true deep water yacht. Spring & summer bookings available. Call for dates & applications. OLYMPIC CIRCLE SAILING CLUB, (415) 521-7322, 1815A Clement Ave., Alameda

ROMAINE YACHT SERVICES

FOR SALE — 55 HOLLOW SPRUCE MAST W/.BOOM Tangs spreaders, gooseneck, 3/8’ 1x19 SS standing rigging, 1 main, 1 jib. Excellent condition, came off heavy 39’ cutter. 2 No. 22 S.S. Barients, 2 pcs. 1V4”x10’ genoa track. 1 set fram fuel filters.

Call (415)332-1838

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1957 MAYA 24’ cedar over oak, % rig, fast and seaworthy. 2 sets of sails, custom canvas covers. Class is being reactivated.

(415) 454-4660 — (415) 456-8373

NEED A CREW MEMBER? Australian guy wishes to crew on yacht going almost anywhere, and departing early June, 1980.

Call (415) 769-9421 for information

MARINE SURVEYOR SEEKING PASSAGE Responsible, easy-going Florida sailor, meandering westward.

I’m a 26-year-old male with coastal sailing experience in Florida. Would like to crew on a boat leaving for Hawaii in May or June. Call collect: (813) 932-2725

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Dan Padgett Yacht Deliveries — Sailmaker sundry yachting services 10,000 miles ocean racing experience 1568-D 7th St., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (408) 476-2468

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Order your durable 'Dry Paint" — boat lettering, individually designed according to your specifications, selecting from over 400 color combinations on our convenient order blank!

Registration numbers and speciality art too!

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38’ MATTHEWS MOTORYACHT, 1980 CLASSIC Fully restored. Oak frame, bronze fastened, Mahogany cabin, dsl. eng., new fuel tanks, fatho., dinghy, press, hot/cold wtr., separate galley, Novcold 110/12v refrig., propane oven/broiler, 4 burners, exc. home/cruiser. Sausalito berth. $26,000.

(415) 461-4171

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762 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110

BERTH TRADE — Coyote Point Berth 36’ — June, July, August? For same Sausalito. Leave message for Bob (415) 952-1325 weekdays.

ALSO NEED Anchor windlass) liferaft, & someone to build stainless mast pulpit & boom gallows aboard my boat.

QUALIFIED COMPASS ADJUSTER NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR YACHT DELIVERIES RIGGING - TUNING - SPLICING T (415)939-5073 Z MIKE MAKAROUNIS

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WANTED: WOMAN COMPANION for summer cruise, either yacht delivery from Hawaii in August ./"■or trip to Channel Islands in September. Ocean sailing ex. perience mandatory, scuba diving desirable. Send resume to: Greg Stach, P.O. Box 1858, Sausalito, CA 94965.

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‘78 CATALINA 27 DIESEL ; Weil maintained bay boat in super condition for sale or trade for small trawler. 2 spd. Barients, DF, VHF, galley, head -ht, compass, carpeting, recently hauled - painted.

Evenings, weekends (707) 255-0469

CATALINA 27 New North Jib, 78 Genoa and Main, Barient 21 Winches, Fathometer, VHF, knotmeter. Excellent condition with many extras for $17,000.

(415) 364-8253 (415) 364-1906

WANTED: ADVENTUROUS FEMALE who might be interested in cruising bay/ocean/world for a day/weekend/year. Interested? Curious? Me, too! Let’s chat ana discuss the possibilities. I’m 44, single, own a very sturdy little 31’ ocean-going ship.

Fred (408) 226-1763 h; 735-2295 w

9’4” PRAM DINGHY Vee bottom, marine plywood planking, spruce framing, flotation under three seats, design from John Gardener — “Building Classic Small Craft”.

(415) 388-0900

BE A MORA CHAMP — NEWPORT 3011 North heavy & light 150,135, 90, drifter & blooper. Mitchell y2) %, iy2 chutes, DeWitt main & 110, 11 Barients & Barlows, Gemini head foil, 2 compasses, depth, AWI & close haul, windspeed, knotlog, RDF, VHF, internal halyards & more. $46K value for $40K or stripped at$33K. (415)939-2393

FOR SALE - THREE TRIMARANS 21’ Daysailer — $1800; 23’ Tremolino — $5800; 25’ Mini-Cruiser — $6650.

Call Bill (415) 843-4512

1979 VENTURE OF NEWPORT 23’ fiberglass cutter, exc. condition, most of the extras — 4.5 hp Mercury long shaft, sleeps 5, Pier 39 berth, ready for summer fun, with the look of the old ships circa 1900.

Call J. Miles 673-7265 or work 989-1130 $5700 LEARN COASTAL SAILING 45’ sailing ketch “Adventure”, wants 6 sincere beginning or advanced sailors to spend 2 intensive learning days & nights practicing offshore skills, ship handling, piloting, etc. May /June reservations offers for an unforgettable cruising weekend.

(415)421-8389 (415)332-4879

FOR SALE - CATALINA 22 71, fiberglass sloop with teak trim. Hull &. sails in good condition. 5V2 hp Johnson outboard. Sturdy bay boat at affordable price of $4950. Alameda berth possible. Call Dick at (415) 522-0684 after 6 p.m.; days (415) 577-5197

CASSANDRA CANVAS CUSTOM BOAT CANVAS CALL FOR ESTIMATE Kip Astor

(415) 332-7263

CAL 39 PARTNERSHIP Sharp 2 cabin sloop, teak interior, CNG stove, Barients, jib furling, ideal for cruising, bay or weekends away from it all. 5K down, 300/month (including slip fee & ins.) Sausalito berth (415) 968-3831

28’ BUCCANEER SLOOP S.F. bay one-design, full keel, inboard eng., genoa, jib, club jib, mahoganey trim, cockpit, and interior. Asking $10,500. d(408) 257-7000 x2304 e (408) 245-1533

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SAILING TO HAWAII? NEED A CREW? Young, mature couple seek position to Hawaii. Sailing experience, energy and enthusiasm, ready to go after June 25th.

Please call Werner or Lindsey -r- (415) 456-9334 or write Box 254, San Anselmo, CA 94960

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Extraordinary Opportunity for Minimal investment Now offering Va% ownership of beautiful, prestigious, fully equipped 78 Islander 28. $2000/down, $140/month — incls. everything — low 10% loan, slip fees, yearly taxes/insurance.

Lance (d)(415) 838-0465 (e)(415) 820-6324

Downwind Designs custom canvas bags, boat covers, cushions awnings Fast, Professional Service.

cMarma c&eCCfeei/, Ca (2/3) 82/-7880

FOR WORK ON YOUR BOAT Cleaning, varnishing, cabinetry, plumbing, painting, etc. By the Hour, By the Job — Lpw Rates —• Free Estimates.

Call Bob at (415) 383-5664, leave message

HAVE SEXTANT WILL TRAVEL Experienced sailor, navigator wishes to sail to Hawaii this summer. Available from early June on.

Call Pat (415) 848-4157

Jane Silva — 200 Gate 5 Rd.. no. Ill, Sausalito, (415) 332-9593

BALBOA 26 — CLASS 1972 SAILBOAT White w/Tan fiberglass sloop, swing keel, Vallejo berth — easy to sail, excellent condition, 4 sails, genoa pole, s.s. sink, alcohol stove, porta potti, 1974 Johnson ob electric start, 2 battery banks, 6 gal. fuel tank plus much more. $11,950.

(916) 775-1043 (916j 332-6435 RANGER (MULL) 22 1978, 5 bags of sails including spinnaker, 6 hp Johnson, EZ oader trailer, speedo, fathometer, porta potti, painted spar and nore. Very complete boat — $10,00 or best offer.

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Painting ■ Fiberglass & Gelcoat Repair STEVE GREEN 1945-F Francisco Blvd.

San Rafael, CA 94901

(415)459-2267 Res: (415) 456-4800

TRAILERABLE GULFCOAST 21 Compact sloop with retractable keel. Sleeps four. Includes galvanized Little Dude tilt trailer, 4.0 hp Mecury outboard, sails, whiskerpole, Jiffy reefing and other-extras. Perfect for bay or lake sailing. $3500.

(415) 794-1742 eves (415) 433-1676 x18 days

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BEAUFORT LIFE RAFT FOR SALE 10 man, newly inspected. 3 years old in valise. $750.

Phone: (408) 336-5223

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“ORANGE SUNSHINE” Ericson 27 — inboard, tiller, spinnaker gear, compass, speedolog, depthsounder, Pineapple sails, fully rigged for racing — excellent race record. $24,500/offer.

Call Glen (415) 522-5417 (415) 351-5469

CLASSIC 34’ SUNSET SLOOP “Aeolus”, 1961, excellent condition. Past YRA champion, fir over laminated and bent oak frames, teak deck, bronze fastened, Berkeley berth G-4. $31,000.

Ask for Fred at (415) 234-4334 wkdys. \

$50.00 REWARD Will be paid to yacht operators with vessels 20 ft. (or more) long, having 20 hp or more motors who assist at the 8th Annual Windsurfer Golden Gate Crossing, June 28, 12 noon to 4 p.m.

11’ BOSTON WHALER Sport Model, 1979. Brand new, 2 months in fresh water, Lake Tahoe. No trailer or motor. $1,500.

Call (415)854-3435

Call 572-8666 to register.

SAIL CARIBBEAN! Your own yacht with crew for parties of 2-12 for as little as $70 per person, per day. Includes gourmet meals, unlimited bar.

LYNHOLLEN YACHT CHARTERS

(916) 920-0820

601 University Ave., Suite 150-L, Sacramento, CA 95825

RETURN DELIVERY Enjoy the downhill run to Hawaii and let an experienced crew return your boat to the mainland for costs only. References.

Prefer July/August.

Guy (415) 362-6160 or (415) 924-9319

PARTNERSHIPS (4) AVAILABLE 50' Challenger ketch, cruise ready. $8000 - 6370 mo.

Call Linda 235-9880

“TREASURE ISLAND” Unique 21’ sloop, full keel, fiberglass hull, wood cabin with 4 hp long shaft Evinrude. Needs little work. Must sell. Act Quick!

Call 684-2150 or (415) 332-4226 or 692-6000

FULL RACE RHODES 19 Includes trailer, full set custom Pineapple sails w/tri radial & all spinnaker gear, Eriksson spars, many custom extras & much more. Ready to race or cruise. $3,800/offer.

Call Justis (408) 476-3831 (408) 462-4108

SALE/TRADE AMERICAN25- exc.concftkxi^furfng.genoa, VHF.depthsounder ,10hp. Mercury .Vansontraler.

Cruise equp.$ 10,000.^^(415)391-0910 CABO SAN LUCAS CRUISERS Will caretake boat at anchor in exchange for use of Marin waterfront home. Consider any two-week period(s) after September 1980. Especially Christmas.

Contact: E.M. Henderson (415) 461-3718 39 Greenbrae Boardwalk, Greenbrae, CA 94904

TRADE Buildable lot in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains. 10 miles from Monterey Bay; lot has water already on property/huge Redwood trees. Will trade for 32’ or larger sailboat of high quality. Will compensate if boat is of greater value.

Rob (h)(408) 353-3413 (w)(408) 288-5000

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used; all safety gear; 6 winches; trailer; recently surveyed.

Ready to Fly. $15,500 i Phone:(408)757-6812

BROWN 31 SEARUNNER TRI Cutter with 7 sails, 8 winches, spinnaker gear, stove with oven, 2 anchors and chain, 9.9 hp Johnson, knotmeter, compasses, Honda generator and much more! Santa Cruz sublet. $16,500 or offer. , (408) 335-4359

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LIGHTHALL MARINE 105 Bronson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Custom Boats, Rudders, Repairs, Supplies Storage. Monterey Bay Dealers for DeWitt Sails, WEST Systems (408) 425-8155

MORGAN 27 From ‘72-‘75, 245 of these classic speedsters were built. Hull No. 238 is for sale. 8 bags of sail, ready to race and win. There is not a better Racer/Cruiser under 30 feet. $25,000.

Call (415) 521-9664 after 6 p.m.

ISLANDER 24 "Excellent bay boat with' full keel. Handsome interior sleeps four — head, sink, table, excellent cushions throughout. Well for reliable 6 hp Evinrude Fisherman. Hull recently paint, four sails, bow pulpit. Only $5900.

(415)233-4954

AWAITING BETTER FINANCING TERMS? Put your down payment into a smaller boat as a sailing inflation hedge and sell it later when it’s possible to finance your dreamboat. Buy my 25’ Fleur Bleue sloop in Berkeley Marina.

(415) 587-3629 evenings

POLYMER SEALANT — In Place of Wax! Professional Finish w/No Rubbing — Lasts Up to One Year — Does Not Yellow — Does Not Build Up — Easily Applied — Easily Removed — Removes Oxidation Polishes & Protects Stainless & Anodized Aluminum STARSHINE PRODUCTS - (415) 453-8326 eves

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5 Years Certified PADI & NAUI Attempted Search & Recovery Thorough Bottom Cleaning — Zinc Inspection Scheduling for Monthly Maintenance

CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER $11,500 Larry (415) 435-9495 Debbie (415) 924-8155

J-24 SHARES FOR SALE Prospective racer or leisure. Active class racing. One year old, excellent shape, all equipped. Brickyard Cove Marina berth, Pt. Richmond. (415) 383-3399 mornings before 8:30 or eves/wkends

TARTAN 30 Immaculate, 4 sails, VHF, AM/FM radio w/tape deck, alcohol stove, Atomic 4, depthsounder, shore power, bonded w/electroguard meter, spinnaker rjgged, many extras. $34,000 — financing available to qualified buyer.

(415) 666-4427 d (415) 435-3006 e

SAILING DOCTOR AVAILABLE — 1 am an emergency physician from Marin & on a Sebatical leave for 6 months beginning May 5th. I’m interested in a crew position on a sailing vessel, racing/cruising, that’s heading soon to warm blue waters. I’m exp’d. & willing. Please call now! Dutch Knapp, MD (415) 924-8488

CREWING POSITION WANTED Physician, m, 30, & nurse, f, 27, desire crewing position for So. Pacific journey (or Japan). Available 7/80. Share expenses.

Contact: Rob Mastroianni, MD (209) 754-4257 856 Mountain Ranch, San Andreas, CA 95249

37’ SCHOONER ' Just back from seventh cruise to South Pacific/Hawaii. This , beautiful, custom, classic, Peterson coastal schooner has everything. Needed to leave tomorrow on another extended voyage. Must see to appreciate. $89,000. Call (415) 332-9100 & leave message for Bob Stanford.

VENTURE 2-24 #1090 A blue hull in marvelous cond. Considered to be the finest rigged Venture afloat; ‘78 Honda, 5 DeWitt sails, trailer,, new fabric interior, galley, 4 Barlow 16’s, twin battery electrical system, radio, depth & knot meters, ctr. sheeting & more.

(209) 823-4329 Manteca

FOR SALE Ericson 27, 1977, dsl., wheel, Lectra-San head, VHF, fathometer, knotlog,'Jiffy reefing, whiskerpole, 110 & 150 jib, alcohol stove, new bottom paint, sleeps 5. Excellent condition. $28,950. Consider offer.

(408) 269-3769

CATALINA 27 — Exc. cond., sleeps 6, main’s, jib sails, anchor, Evinrude ob motor, d.s., compass, lifejackets & cushions, head, galley/stove, bow/stern pulpits w/lifelines, cabin fully carpeted, curtained & covered, interior nicely fitted. Must be seen. $14,900 for quick sale: Sausalito slip possible.

(415) 495-3050 or 461-5826 eves

WANTED - EL TOROS - USED For Vallejo Yacht Club Junior Program. Must be fiberglass hull and in good condition. Contact: Dave Tiefenbach (707) 648-1706, Jr. Program Coordinator.

TARTAN 30 Immaculate, 4 sails, VHF, AM/FM radio w/tape deck, alcohol stove, Atomic 4, depthsounder, shore power, bonded w/electroguard meter, spinnaker rigged, many extras. $34,000 — financing available to qualified buyer.

(415) 666-4427 d (415) 435-3006 e

CF 37 “BODACIOUS” Designer: Shad Turner. Builder: Dennis Choate , LWL: 30’.

Beam: 12’. Draft: 6.5’. Ballast: 6,500 lbs. Displacement: 14,000 approx. “Bodacious” is a beautiful race/cruise yacht of exceptional fiberglass construction. She is equipped with 10 sails, 13 winches, full spinnaker gear, custom spars, headfoil, electronics, and full instrumentation. Her interior is spacious and attractive, featuring teak, naugahide and textured white surfaces. With her IOR rating of 28.9, she is an outstanding competitor on the race course. She could be sailed or raced anywhere in the world.

Call Bill Semanek (408) 739-3178 days or (415) 982-7598 weekends.

1976 ERICSON 35 S.F. rig. Signet windspeed, wind point, digital knotmeter & depthsounder, Motorola 55 channel VHF, Yacht Specialties wheel, loaded, winner Monterey Bay EYC Winter Series. Asking on $47,500. Call Frank: (408)688-8141 evenings

“PAJARITA” 25’ Golden Gate sloop. Built by Stephens in Stockton, good condition. 1 must sell this boat. Asking $5000 & will carry the note. A berth can be arranged. Please call Larry at (415) 456-7381 h (415) 871-4300 w

TRADE SAUSALITO BERTH Would like to trade 29’x10’ Sausalito berth for a similar one in Richmond, Berkeley, or Emeryville. Full time, part-time, temporary or permanent.

(415)937-8510

CLASSIC 26’ RACING & CRUISING SLOOP Oak frame, fir plank, mahogany cabin, lead keel. Excellent condition — built in the U.S.A. in 1955; berth in Sausalito. Price: $9500. Assume 10% loan.

Phone: (415) 924-0949

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30’ TRIMARAN - EXCEPTIONAL BUY Fast & dry. Rigged for singlehanding, exc. condition. Well equipped: tillermaster, cutter rig, VHF, RDF, VDO, fathometer, alcohol stove, 12.9 hp eng., Polyaxial compass, anchor & rode, sleeps four, Piver Nimble. $9,000.

(707)646-4565 d (707) 643-0625 e 1974 CT-41 — Professionally varnished/painted, 1/80. Perkins 4-108 dsl., depth, R/T, speedo, log, radio/direction, selfsteering, refrid., Yarman lOOv generator, 10 bags of sails, American rigging, full bimini. $43,000 assum. loan @ 10%. Asking $89,500. W/take real estate equity or other in trade.

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$700 complete, including sail.

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Tandem trailer, 7 Vi Mercury w/alternator, k.rn., w/log, d.s., lights, CB radio, main, self-tending jib, professionally made spars, over-size rigging, beautiful, fast, comfortable cruiser.

Many extras. $5500. (916) 933-1022 — Possible trade to Hobie cat, Santana 21 or ?

Brigfitwork, woodwork, underwater cleaning & repairs, gas, dsl., electronics & rigging. We have a crew with over 20 yrs. experience in the boat industry. We offer a maintenance program to suit your needs.

Lawrence Berry (415) 564-6430

EXTREMELY RARE SAIL — 30x9x4.9 Albert Metisse. The comb. — F.G. hull (79 Imron), teak deck/cabin, spruce spars.

One of the most destinctive sloops anywhere; exc. Saus. berth. ($70/mo.) $32,950; CQR, Danforth, Zodiac, Seagull, Vane, 3 brnr. prop., Barients, cvr., Kenyon, triclr., Pier IV2, 61x, Sausalito Y.H. Ed Estrada (415) 922-5877 (415) 468-1867

classy classified You can get your classy classified started by sending your check for $10 ($20 for businesses) along with your 40 wonderful words to: latitude 38, p.o. box 1678, sausalito, ca. 94965. The deadline is the 22nd of the month and we cannot bill you — it just wouldn’t be classy if we did. And remember to include your phone’s area code to ensure full classy coverage.

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FOR SALE Snipe class sailboat — 15V2 ft. sloop, Schock fiberglass hull #14494. North sails, Proctor mast, aluminum board, Mastercraft trailer, lights, spare wheel, complete outfit — ready to go!

George Gessling, Walnut Creek (415) 934-7440

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Douglas Wilde L. D. McCroskey Phone 332 7989

31’ SEARUNNER TRIMARAN “MARU” Built for cruising, vent-wing, double berth forward, standing headroom throughout, full sterncastle dinette, ped. steering, marine ply, 5 sails, 7 winches, Benmar, depthsounder, trailer, much more. Permanent Oyster Point berth. (415) 851-3241.

Must sell quickly — accepting offers.

UNDERWATER HULL CLEANING & REPAIRS Powerqd rotary scrubber gives smooth, clean finish; actually revitalizes most bottom paints. Sand or strip prior to drydock.

Replace props & zincs. Periodic Maintenance available. Call: Dockside Boat Services — Napa — (707) 226-7028

23’ S-2 Super clean & ready to go. Owners must sell. Any reasonable offer considered. Berth with boat.

Joan at (415) 339-1535

30’ SLOOP — $3,000 Homemade, sturdy, fiberglass over plywood. 4 tjerths, galley, head, heater, stove, anchor, chain, new Jotz mains’l, gd. headsail, new aluminum stick, S.F. berth, Grey inboard 20 hp.

Neglected 3 years, but potential.

929-0457

Trailerable, Volvo penta gas inboard, entirely dismantled & rebuilt w/mahogany caprail & decks, storage areas, cutty’s & benches. Running lights, canvas cover, ideal for fishing, family or club launch. $3500.

(415) 326-2430 Early Morning.

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Brokers Of New Or Used

SAILS RACERS: Stop hoarding your old sails — we’ll sell them for you.

CRUISERS: We have a large inventory of beautiful cruising sails — Stop by (or phone) and take a look, you’ll save lots of $.

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Herreshoff Rozinante ketch, 1963, custom extras.$18,000 Atkin “LITTLE MAID OF KENT” schooner, ‘70, dsl.25,000 Contessa cruising sloop, 1976, great inventory.45,000 Holman “RUSTLER” cruising sloop, 78, cruise vet.41,250 Islander full keel sloop, ‘65, must be sold.27,500 Alden yawl, 1948,4-107 (1968), recently returned.43,000 Cheoy Lee cruising sloop, vane, 1966, cruise ready.58,000 Alajuela cutter, 1975, vane, SSB, Ham, loaded.90,000 Peterson gaff ketch, “LITTLE DANSKER”, beautiful.62,000 Alden cutter, 1935, MD-3N, Aries vane, loaded.53,500 Ohlson custom sloop, 1968, SSB, A/P, 9 B & G insts.120,000 Atkin “LITTLE RANGER” ketch, 1968, good sailer.53,000 Hood steel yawl, 1962, built in Holland, very nice.110,000 Rhodes C/B sloop, 1957, in near perfect condition.82,500 Colin Archer type ketch, 1949, spacious & strong.65,000 Cheoy Lee (2) ketch & yawl, beauties from.135,000 Colin Archer steel ketch, 1972, GM 6-71, heavy. .95,000 Parker/Moody custom sloop, excellent.80,000 Robert Clark cutter, 1964, quality English boat.100,000 Schock ketch, 1940, outstanding gear & condition.197,500

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Point Richmond, CA (415) 235 9*80 OFFERS THESE FINE BROKERAGE USTINGS SAIL 17' Leisure Sloop w/trailer.$ 5,300 J-24 .

16,500 24’ Yankee Dolphin.

14,900 25' Bahama . ..

9,795 27’ Sun.:... 24,495 27' Coronado.

12,900 27' Coronado, extra sharp. .. • • • 12,900 27’ Nor’Sea, aft cabin. 39,500 27’ O'Day. -21,950 27' Ericson. 31,995 30’ Farallone, race/cruise. 37,995 30’ Cape Dory Ketch.... 38,850 32’ Westsail, cruise ready, windvane..... 57,900 34’ True North cutter. 75,000 36’ Columbia...39,500 38’ Down Easter... ■ ■ 69,950 38' Hans Christian cutter.104,995 41’ Freeport. 94,995 41’.Carib, showcase cond... 64,995 44’ Offshore Ketch.

139,995 45' Coronado. 86,500 50’ George Sutton Ketch.

135,995 POWER .$ 5,100 18' Kona. .

9,499 19’ Starfire. . 9,499 21’ Starcraft. . 27,900 30’ Tolly Tricabin. . 61,995 36’ Eagle Trawler. . 35,950 37’ Delta Clipper, will finance. . 74,995 40' Bluewater Taiwan Trawler, flush deck . 46,500 42' Hunter.. base price 89,995 43’ Gran Mariner, new. . 99,495 44’ Pacemaker Motor Yacht. . 99,950 45’ Bluewater Sedan. .139,500 47’ Chris Commander. .189,500 49’ Alaskan. .165,000 57’ Chris Motor Yacht.

Particulars are believed to be correct but are not guaranteed. S,ubject to price change, withdrawl or prior sale without notice.

Better look at this one before you buy. This cutter was the original Lyle Hess design; custom, built for simple, extended cruising.

Many extras. I-V2 yrs. old with 10,000 cruising miles. Call for details.

(408) 475 7966 or write: "WHOOSH” 105 Serrell Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95065

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WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST INVENTORIES IN THE BAY AREA Select Brokerage Listings 61' COLIN ARCHER KETCH.95,000 60' BURGER CENTERBOARD YAWI_250,000 53’ SKOOKUM KETCH.....100,000 52’ CHINESE JUNK.89,500 48' STAYSAIL SCHOONER.47,500 48' MAPLE LEAF AUX. CRUISING CUTTER. 175,000 46' FRANZ MAAS LITTLE HARBOR YAWL110,000 45’ ROSBOROUGH.65,000 44' HARDIN BOUNTY KETCH.110,000 43' WESTSAIL.2 from 120,000 41' CORONADO.87,500 41' PIVER TRIMARAN.41,000 4V BENNETT KETCH.47,500 41’ CT. 75,000 40' CHALLENGER.89,000 40' STONE KETCH.19,000 40' NEWPORT KETCH.55,000 40’ HANG NEYH KETCH,.27,500 39' COLUMBIA-CUTTER RIGGED SLOOP.59,995 38' ALAJUELA. 90,000 38' FARELLON CLIPPER.36,000 37’ RAFIKI. 78,500 37’ O’DAY!.60,500 37' IRWIN MARK II KETCH.55,000 37' FAR EAST GARDEN.52,000 36' CHEOY LEE CLIPPER.67,500 35' CHEOY LEE LION.35,000 35' ERICSON I....4.4,000 33’ MORGAN O/l... .45,000 32’ PEARSON..63,500 32' CHEOY LEE.39,500 32' ISLANDER. 27,500 32’ CLIPPER MARINE.21,500 32' STEEL SLOOP, aft cabin.35,900 32' HERITAGE MARINE.33,000 30’ CLIPPER MARINE.15,000 30' HURRICANE. . . ..12,000 30' RAWSON.,.3 from 25,000 30' FAREAST H-30 KETCH.25,000 30' ERICSON. 22,500 30' ALBERG.25,950 30’ COLUMBIA. 5,000 29' COLUMBIA'MARK 1.21,750 29' ISLANDER.2 from 19,750 28'6" PEARSON TRITON.,.16,900 28' PEARSON. 29,500 28' STONE MOTORSAILER.15,000 28' KINGS CRUISER.8,500 28' COLUMBIA.13,500 287" COLUMBIA, 8.7..44,000 27' HANNA GULFWEED. .6,000 27’ CORONADO.15,000 26' REINELL.8,300 26' COLUMBIA MKII.12,900 26' INT’L. FOLKBOAT.15,500 26' NORDIC FOLKBOAT.2 from 7,000 26' COLUMBIA MARK 1.10,500

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NEW 35’ FORMOSA KETCH — Volvo Dsl., Shower, Lots of Teak & Brass AT OUR SALES DOCK. .,... $52,000

NEW 34’ AFT CABIN FORMOSA SLOOP — Volvo dsl., Walk-through to aft cabin!‘Lots of teak. AT OUR SALES DOCK.

52’ CHINESE JUNK — Elegant Liveaboard, Cat. 225 Dsl., New Sails, Berth.$89,500 61’ COLIN ARCHER STEEL KETCH — GM 6-71 Dsl., Caribbean & Central American Cruising Vet, Recent Survey.$95,000

BANK FINANCING AVAILABLE/BERTHS AVAILABLE FOR ALL BOATS

1535 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda No. 12 Marina Blvd., Pittsburg

(415) 522-6500 (415) 432-8722

ERICSON 29 — Excellent condition, heavily equipped for racing or cruising. $26,500.

33’ VANGUARD — Alberg design. Super racer/cruiser. Class champion. $36,000

35’ ERICSON — Swift, luxurious perfor- j mance cruiser/racer in beautiful condition. Inquire.

SANTA CRUZ 27 — Race ready, Bill Lee design, exc. condition. 2 available from $18,900.

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TARTAN 41 — “Regardless”, seller motivated. Price reduced to $89,950.

J-24. Like new — less than one year old; trailor. Join the fun in the active onedesign class. $16,000.

FARR 727 — Super well equipped, excellent race record, S.F. berth included. $15,900.

30’ PETERSON CUSTOM DESIGN/ equipped for racing/cruising. Beautiful teak interior, i.b. dsl. inquire.

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