Latitude 38 May 1984

VOLUME 83, MAY 1984

CIRCULATION: 37,000

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MAIR/28’ Multi-chine day racer SAIL PLAN L.O.A.: 27’10’A” L.W.L.: 21’8” BEAM: 8’2” DRAFT: board up 1’2” board down 5’2” 4’1QV?” DISPL: 2,429 lbs SCALE: 3/8” x I’O”

DATE: June 1982 DESIGNED BYr Robin T. Mair Yacht Designer P.O. Box 952, Capitola, CA 9501Q (408) 462-6046

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A PARTIAL SELECTION FROM OVER 150 USED BOATS 23’ Mark 23/trlr, sip, 77, f/g, ob, swg15,000 23’ O'Day 23, sip, 78, f/g, ob, swg. .15,000 23' Ranger, sip, 76, f/g, ob, fin.14,000 24’ Cal 2-24, sip, 71, f/g, ob, fin.7,500 24’ J/24/trlr, sip, 78, f/g, ob, fin.. . . 14,500 25’ Cal, sips, ’68,71, f/g, 2 frrn.8,500 25’ Cal 2-25, sips, 79,’80, f/g, 2 at. .25,500 25’ Columbia 7.6, sip, 78, f/g, ob. . .17,500 25' Coronado, sip, '69, f/g, ob, full. . .9,800 25’ Ericson 25 + , sip, ’80, frp, ob. . .29,000 26’ Columbia MKII, 70, f/g, ob.12,250 26’ Ranger, sip, 71, f/g, ob, fin.12,500 26’ Ranger, sip, 72, f/g, ob.15,000 26' S-2 sip, 78, f/g, ig.28,000 27’ Albin Vega, sip, 74, f/g., .19,900 27’ Cal 2-27, ’76,76,77,78, 4 frrn.. .24,950 27’ Cheoy Lee OS, sip, 72, f/g.23,000 27’ Catalina, 73.20,500 27’ Ericson, sip, 78, f/g.31,000 27’ Santa Cruz/trlr. sip, 74.20,000 27’ US 27, sip, ’83, f/g, dsl:.26,000 28 Dufour, sip, 79, f/g, dsl.41,500

28’ Islander, sip, 77, f/g, dsl.34,500 28' Hawkfarm, sip, 79, f/g, dsl.37,000 28’ O’Day, sip, 79, f/g, dsl.32,000 28’Triton, sip,’63.21,000 28’ Spirit 28, sip, 79, f/g, dsl.34,000 29’ Cal 29, sips, 72,74,74, 3 frrn.. .29,500 29’ Cal 2-29, sip, 74, f/g, dsl.33,000 29’ Columbia 29 Defender, sip. .. .17,200 29’ Ranger, sip, 72, f/g.27,900 30' Ericson MKII, sip, 78, f/g.49,500 30’Lancer, sip, 78, f/g.39,900 30’ Lancer ?0 MKV, sip, ’80.42,000 30’Wylie Custom 3/4, sip, 76.41,000 31’ Pearson, sip, 78, f/g.44,950 32’ Ericson, sip, 79, f/g, ig.32,000 32’ Westsail.(2) from ... 55,000 32’ Columbia 9.6, sip, 77.41,995 32’ Ericson, sip, 70, f/g.37,500 32’ Islander, sip, 76, f/g.52,500 32’ Targa, sip, 78, f/g, dsl.47,500 32’ Valiant, sip, 76, f/g.73,000 32’ Vanguard, sips, ’63,’65, 2 frm. . 32,500

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Those of you who: □ want to own a sailing yacht □ don't have enough time to spend sailing □ pay too much in taxes and need income shelter.

What are the advantages?

PERSONAL: Use your yacht for personal sailing two weeks during the year. Days used for maintenance and checking out your investment don't count towards your personal time and are allowed by the IRS. A professional charter company, with your interests in mind, looks after your investment for the rest of the year.

TAX: You receive: 8% investment tax credit, sales tax payment options, operating expenses deduction and depreciation over 5 years.

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How do I choose a good charter yacht?

You look for a yacht that is good looking, well built and easy to sail.

You look at a Passport or Beneteau performance yacht. Sizes range from 28-51 feet.

You get: □ comfortable and private living space for four to six people. (Custom options no problem.) □ well engineered system^ and outstanding quality control throughout all phases of construction. □ low maintenance exteriors and interiors. □ the right sized gear to do the job. □ total service and product integrity.

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At PASSAGE YACHTS! Our professionals can answer all your questions. If you've been looking for a fine yacht and/or are looking for tax savings, call any of us at PASSAGE YACHTS—Debbie Reynolds, Ben Oldham, Jack Woida, Ed Milano— today!

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CONTENTS

17 subscription 27 calendar 39 letters 87 loose lips 98 sightings 118doublehanded forollones 124 social crew list 126 fine boardsailing 130 max ebb 134 krystyna 136 Californian 142 tahiti update tahiti travelers 148 archer memorial 152 fri's leak 156 160 singlehanded farallones cruising blues 164 166 sea of cortez race week hawaiian eye 176 southland sailing 177 the racing sheet 178 changes in latitudes 184 classy classifieds 194 advertiser's index 205 brokerage' 206

COVER PHOTO: RICHARD Assault on the rock Graphic Design: K. Bengtsson Copyright 1984 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.

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SAUSALITO, CA 94965 (415) 332-2060

(415) 456-1860 San Rafael Yacht Harbor, 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901

35’ CF sloop. Dsl, full cruise, aft cabin, shower, etc.

Only $33,500

28’ WHARRAM cat. Strong, safe, fast, w/trailer.

Only $4,350

SAIL 21’VENTURE with motor and trailer.only 3,300 23’PIVER trimaran...,.priced very low.900 24’ COLUMBIA MKI, full keel, sleeps 4, motor.6,600 25’ LANCER 1975, very roomy, A-1 shape.7,500 25’ FOLKBOAT, diesel inboard, set up to cruise.5,500 25’ DUTCH SEXTANT, inboard engine.try 6,000 28’ P-28, Swedish cruising sloo^.try 11,000 28’ WHARRAM CAT with expandable trailer.4,350 28’ COLUMBIA MKII, full keel, loaded.try 17,000 30’ TED GEARY classic sloop, 1931.only 18,000 30’ ISLANDER, diesel engine, loaded with gear.23,500 30’VEGA HORIZON motorsailer.asking 34,000 30’ FISHER pilothouse ketch, like new.55,000 33’ MAAS cruising yawl, diesel, A-1 condition.25,000 34’ TRUE NORTH cutter, ’80, equipped to cruise.61,000 35’ ERICSON MKI full keel.try offer of 31,000 36’ ISLANDER, diesel inboard, bank repo.try 40,000 37’ ANGLEMAN ISLAND TRADER, ’77.asking 63,000 40’ ACKERMAN NEWPORTER ketch.try offer of 40,000 41’ MORGAN OUT ISLAND sloop, very well equipped. . .89,000

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36’ STEPHENS classic sedan. All teak & cedar, bristol condition.

Only $31,500

32’ STEPHENS sedan. Great liveaboard, wel equipt, just refinished.

Only $11,500

25’ ALBIN diesel, aft cabin Swedish cruiser.try $T 100 26’ CHARACTER double-ender, 4 cyl engine.only 3,000 30’ WILLARD trawler, “Voyager”, loaded.try 30,000 34’ CALIFORNIAN sedan, twin Perkins, A-1.asking 72,000 34’ DRIFT-R-CRUZ houseboat, needs engine workasking 8,800 35’ CHRIS CAVALIER tri cabin, liveaboard.only 23,500 36’ SWANSON sedan, 1929, classic, great shape.17,500 36’ STEPHENS flush deck, twin diesel, tri cabin.62,000 36’ NEWPORT trawler, GM diesel, outstanding.49,000 38’ VIKING FLYBRIDGE sedan, twin diesels. . . .asking 59,500 38’ STEPHENS sedan, ’47, very original.try 24,000 40’ TRAWLER-type, GM diesel, tri cabin, dual steering.. 25,000 40’ TED GEARY classic sedan, diesel engine, loaded.. .33,500 40’ DEFEVER trawler by Jensen, tri cabin, all glass.68,500 42’ FELLOWS & STEWART classic, fully restored . . .try 27,500 42’ CHRIS tri cabin, flush deck, extended hardtop, A-1. .59,500 43’ CLASSIC tri cabin yacht, Ford diesel, restored.. only 49,000 45’ Classic WILBO tri cabin yacht, twin engs, bristol... .40,000 45’ STEPHENS classic tri cabin, beauty, priced low!. .. .38,500 47’ SUANEE cruising fiberglass houseboat, tri cabin.. .42,000

ALDEN MALABAR SENIOR SCHOONER This classic schooner is well eqipped and a beauty under sail.

Diesel powered, full electronics and instrumentation — Master Mariner veteran.

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A FEW OF OUR MANY LISTINGS FOR YOUR INSPECTION LENGTH SAIL 18’ HERRESHOFF CATBOAT “America”.

18’ DE KETCH from England.

20’ FL1CKA. 22’ HERRESHOFF CB, classic, Eagle.

23’ WESTERLY CIRRUS, England.

23’ AMF PACESHIP sloop, o/b and trailer.

25’ F1SKATRA cruising sloop, Sweden.

25’ ROBERTS sloop.

26’ McGLASSON sloop.

26’ GEARY classic sloop.

26’ SEA BIRD yawl.

30’ MORGAN 30-2, race/cruise.

31' Classic GEARY sloop.

32’ MALABAR JR. 32’ WINSLOW sloop, Master Mariner’vs.

34’ WELLS ketch, A-1.

36’ Sparkman & Stephens PRIVATEER. 37’ MALABAR SR. schooner.

38’ KETTENBERG K-38, nice shape.

40’ DUTCH yawl, in Hawaii.

43’ NEW ZEALAND yawl.

46’ GARDEN ketch, cruise equipped.

ASK’G $11,000 2,900 25,000 11,000 12,500 10,000 27,700 20,000 Offers 15,900 18,000 32,500 18,000 20,000 35,000 50,000 30,000 57,500 28,000 45,000 75,000 125,000

MASTER MARINER WINNER The BLACK WITCH is both a Master Mariner Class AII winner and an excellent cruising yacht. This beautiful Classic Winslow Gaff Sloop is well-equippedwith ample gear for your racing or cruising.

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33 YAMAHA 33, 1979, As new, stiff bay sailer.5 1,000 * 33 TARTAN 10, 1979, Race equipped, well-kept.37,000 34 WYLIE 34, 1980, Race equipped, Loran C .65,000 34 CORONADO 34, 1967, New LPU paint, very nice .34,950 35 MARINER 35, 1966, Wood, well-maintained .49,500 35 ERICSON 35, 1975, 7 sails, new interior cushions .49,500

Islander 36—A fine example of the popular Islander 36 class.

35 ERICSON 35, 1976, Spinnaker gear, hull LPU.55,000

Built in 1976. Equipped with lull spinnaker gear, backstay adjuster, windspeed, point, autopilot, dodger, 5 sails, safety gear and Atomic 4. Never abused and ready lor the coming season.

* 35 C&C 35 MKII, 1974, Race ready, Loran C.67,500

$66,500

36 PEARSON, 1973, Ocean ready, life raft.61,000

* 36 ISLANDER, 1976, Well equipped to race or cruise .66,500

36 ISLANDER 36, 1974, Tiller, spinnaker, very clean

.55,000

37 GULFSTAR 37, 1978, Cruise equip., tan bark sails .85,000 37 ENDEAVOUR, 1982, A beauty.89,700 37 ISLAND TRADER KETCH, 1977 .63,000 38 C&C, 1976, Excellent value .59,500 38 OLSON 38 SLOOP, 1967, Swedish construction . . .56,500 38, C&C LANDFALL, 1980, Hood seafurl, combi .99,500 39 FREYA 39, 1978, Radar, weather fax, new diesel .115,000 39 CAL, 1971, Ocean cruiser, wind vane.Offers/70,000 40 C&C, 1979, Perfect condition.129,500 40 C&C 40, 1979, Custom signet 4000, 10 sails .105,000 40 KETTENBERG, 1961, Wood, South Pacific veteran 45,000 41 MORGAN KETCH, 1978, Forced air heat, freezer .109,500 RANGER 33— 1977. A Gary Mull design known for its excellent

*41 OVERSEAS 41 KETCH, 1975, Cruise ready.69,000

sailing ability and spacious interior. She is well equipped and owner maintained in top condition. Inquire lor equipment inventory.

43 ENDEAVOUR, 1979, Center cockpit ketch .149,000

$47,500

45 CUSTOM NEW ZEALAND KETCH, 1974.135,000 46 MORGAN KETCH, 1979, Cruise equip.159,900 50 FORCE 50, 1983, Pilot house ketch, loaded.249,000 50 GULFSTAR KETCH, 1977, South Pacific veteran

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FARALLONE 29—1976. A custom Chuck Burns design built in the Bay Area. This early production model has a lead keel and a windvane for starters. She has cruised the Californian and Mexican coast and her equipment reflects attention to safety and quality

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SAIL BROKERAGE LIST 20'Mariaholm MS 13.950 21’ Wilderness . from 12,500 22’ Bristol.

7,950 : 23' Stone Horse Cutter 20,900 23’ Ranger.

9,500 24’ Farr 7.27 . 14,500 24’ J-24 . 19,500 24'San Juan.19,500 25' Buccanner. 13,500 25’ Bob Smith. 15,500 | 25' Ericson Swing Keel .from 13,600 25’ Yamaha. 26,500 25' Pacific Seacraft from 27,500 25’ Merit ... .•.21,000 25’ Bahama. 10,900 26’ Mull . 22,900 26’ Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer 19,000 27’ Bristol.13,950 27' Santa Cruz.21,950 27’ Nor-Sea Irom 39,900 27’ Fin Gal.15,500 27’ Cape Dory. 29,500 27’ Cheoy Lee Offshore 26,500 27’ Vega . 24,950 27’ Morgan. 25,000 27’ US. 29,500 28’ H-28 . 24,900 I 28’ Islander. 33,900 28' Peter Norlin Sloop . . 34,000 28’ Alberg. 35,900 29’ Trintilla.anxious 29,950 | 29' Columbia. 22,500 29’ Farallon 40,000 30’ Bristol. 54,900 30' Buccanner 295 . 35,500 30’ Fisher Pilot House 63,500 30’ C S Hunt Sloop. 47,000 30' Wilderness . . anxious 47,900 30' Alberg Odyssey. 25,000 30' Rawson from 26,500 30’ Hunter.31,500 30' Cal. 25,500 30’ Pearson reduced to 35,900 31’ Pearson 48,000 j 31’ Sea Eagle. 54,000 31 ’ Angleman Gaft Ketch 37,500 31’ Herreshoff Cat Ketch 54,900 : 32’ Pearson 59,950 132’ Ericson.from 32,900 32’ DeFevre. 32,000 32’ Ericson. 36,500 l 32’ Bingham 49,950 32' Nantucket Clipper . 39,500 I 32’ Islander. 54,000 | 32' Westsail from 57,000 j 32’ Traveler 59,500 \ 32’ Mariah.trades 68,000 ! 33’ 1.0.D. 22,500 33' Dreadnaught trades 22,500 33’ Tartan 85,000 ||| 34' Sea Spirit. 45,000 34’ Hans Christian 79,500 : 34' Peterson sloop 69,950 34’ Cal . 55,950 I 35’ Finn Sailer 39,500 35’ Rasmus 68,500 : 35’ C.&C. Yorktown 67,000 36’ Cape Dory 105,000 36’ Union. 76,000 j 36’ Freeport Islander .. 115,000 36' Globe anxious 94,500 140’ 140' 40' ; 41' 41’

Rhodess. 48,500 Boyde & Young custom 25,000 Challenger. 83,000 Freeport Islander 139,950 Bennett. 36,000

MOORE24

The Moore 24 America's first production line ULDB was a Moore 24. Like any classic, she has stood the test of time. After ten years she still dominates every kind of winner's list. She can surf in excess of 20 knots or slide nimbly across the water pushed by a faint breeze. She handles superbly in all conditions and in continually cited by experts for excellence in design, performance and craftsmanship. Undoubtedly, the Moore 24 is a classic.

The definitive one design racer.

TYy a Moore 24 and see why.

21’ Wilder nee.. One of the hottest 21 foot racer-cruisers made. Proven race record and priced to steek at $12,500. Contact Pete.

27’ Eric mo n 1971 — Immaculate — 1982/83 — 1st in class comfortable bay cruiser/race boat owner changing boats for quick sale $17,500. See Tony.

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23’ Ranger. This popular class boat is being sacraficed with a very nice complement aboard. Only $9,500.

See Dave.

27* SANTA CRUZ. An extremely fast Mora racer/cruiser. Race ready w/ proven winning record. Full suit of sails and tandem axle trailer. Call Peter. Only $21,950.

Morgan 415.115,000 Morgan 01. 104,900 41 Kings Legend. 108,000 Morgan 415.115,000 US. 129,950 Hans Christian cutter from 139,900 44 LaFitte.217,000 45 Columbia. 106,000 Vagabond . 150,000 Mapleleaf. 225,000 Gulfstar. 190,000 Swan. from 340,000 Swan.from 360,000

38T HC. This yacht is loaded with custom features which highlight this classical world cruiser. Priced for quick sale. Only $105,600. See Peter.

POWER BROKERAGE LIST

ready for some competitive racing or weekend cruising. Top condition and sports 11 bags of sails plus trailer.

Only $16,960.

26’ ERIC30M OWING KEEL. Two of these beautiful pocket cruisers complete with trailers. Spend your whole vacation at your favorite cruising ground instead of spending your vacation getting there. STARTING AT $13,500.

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30’ Otaen. Professionally maintained In like new con dition. Race ready with lots of new goodies, large local one design. Anxloua $28,950.

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||g crossing and is ready to go again. $59,600. See Pete.

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28’ lalander 1976. Proven San Franciso Bay one design. Boat Bristol condition, diesel lots Ironies. Owner transferred. Price reduced $33,000. See Gary.

23’ Vashion.$24,900 32’ Pacemaker. 29,000 34’ Chris Craft. 15,500 34’ Executive . 62,500 37’ Californian Trawler 79,900 4V Choey Lee Trawler . 150,000 41’ Matthews . 47,500 42’ Matthews . 52,000 42’ Owens Concord . . 56,000 30 WILDERNESS With 27.6-120 rat- H 48’ Chris Craft. 159,900 mg Banent wench. Extensive racing 48’ Custom Trawler ... 135,000 bags , 5 of which are spinnaker. □ear 57’Chris Craft. 167,000 BMW diesel Martec prop. Profes60’ Flusk deck aluminum cruiser sionally maintained and Transpac 360,000 veteran. Make offer.

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WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD DURING OUR GRAND OPENING SALE! We will match or beat the advertised price from any S.F. Bay Area Marine Retailer on every item we stock* ‘with copy of ad for new items only — damaged or ciose-out sales excepted.

Windline !4fllofine

★ Fast setting. * Nonfouling.

No moving parts. ★ High holding power. * Good rock hooking & short scope capability.

List Sale $99.00 11 lb 129,00 159.00 16.5 lb 195.00 $189.00 22 lb 235.00

Anchor handling hardware BALE SECURES ANCHOR & LINE

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Makes your anchoring easier and your gear last longer. Constructed of electro-polished s/s with Marithane’m wheels. Anchor roller/ mount for 5-13 lb Danforth type anchors, 1” line & 3/8” chain.

URM-2 List 79.95 SALE $59.95

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= RAY JEFFERSON = MODEL 513 120’ flasher depthsounder. Small case — large face!

Excellent fish finder incld’g transducer, 20’ shielded cable & s/s transom mount’g bracket.

List $189.95

SALE: $99.95

SI-TEM

Platform anchor roller

Depth Recorder White line/straight lim chart recorder features ranges from 0-16 fathoms; 2 pulse rates event marker; digital cir cuitry; compact alumi num case; cassette pa per loading; & 50 KH transducer.

HE300B List 509.00

WIDE CHANNEL FOR SHACKLES

LARGE MARITHANE1 WHEEL

SALE $329.00 SELF-LUBRICATING BUSHING

Stows most types of 20-50 lb anchors thru slot in bow plank or bow-sprit platform.

AR-5 List $53.95 SALE $39.95

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FOUL WEATHER GEAR that breaks the price barrier for quality and comfort that will keep you dry*. Style 506 lightweight PVC coated nylon suit features: welded seams; batwing cut, lined jacket; nylon zipper; double storm flap w/velcro closure; drawstring on hood & waist; velcro tabs @ ankles & sleeves; chest high pants with quick release elastic suspenders.

FULL SUIT ONLY $59.00!

•guaranteed waterproof for one year!

WATERTIGHT SEARCH LIGHT 100,000 C.P. quartz Halogen bulb, 10’ flex cord, sealed 2 function switch (Morse signal/onoff), waterproof — floats.

List $44.00

SALE $29.95

BOAT SHOES ANCHOR WINDLASSES HERCULES

— Double acting, 2-spd, hand operated for boats 30-48 ft. 1200 lb lift capacity will break out the most stubborn anchor.

M-1200

List 1,040.00

Classic boating moccasin hand-crafted in Maine. One-piece leather uppers and SlipKnot® sole.

Men’s sizes 6V2-13*, Women’s sizes 5-10.

Sale $34.95

Ladies Navy Thongs with

CHEETAH — Powerful 1200 watt 12VDC electric for boats from 35-48 ft. Rated lift 1100 lbs @ 30ft./min. Includes waterproof foot switch & handle for emergency manual operation.

HE-1100

List 1,825.00

BOATING SANDAL

SALE $697.00 Slip-Knot® Non-Skid Sole and Heel. Sizes 4-10.

List: $23.95

SALE $1395.00

Above mdls avail, wlchrome plated or polished bronze gypsies — specify chain type & size from 5/16" to 1/2".

Sale: $17.95 ‘Size 13 add $2.00

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List 55.45

MARINE MAI BATTERIES

Strong one-piece polypropylene cover & case construction increased plates & blended oxides produce maximum capacity & longer life.

Deep cycle models are recommended for running accessories. model XH-24M T-27M

type starter deep cycle

SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM Loud alert horn sounds if waterproof sensors are pulled away or tampered with. Use to protect any equipment on deck, cabin-entry or even as man overboard alarm. Provisions for up to 3 sensors. Incl. 1 sensor.

SAS-1

amp hr rate 80 a/h 105 a/h

list 94.35 118.40

sale $63.50 $79.50

BOOM VANG SALE!

Self-cleating tackle systems are complete with yacht braid & can be used for any other fixed or moveable applications such as mainsheets, preventers, backstay adjusters, etc. Snap shackle fiddle blocks are used to give 4:1 purchase with 40' of dacron line. (3:1 vangs are also available @ our everyday low prices.)

Block Size 5 7

Working Load 1750 lbs 2250 lbs

SALE $49.06

List 74.95

OPTIONAL SENSORS List 12.00 SALE $9.95

CLASS B EPIRB Provides homing beacon for offshore search & rescue, manual operation for up to 8 days.

200-300 mile range completely waterproof & self-buoyant. Includes LED test light & selfcontained battery with 6 yr storage life.

RLB-12 List $350.00

SALE $89.00 $117.00

SALE $219.95

RIGGING KNIFE All s/s with sheepsfqot blade, marlin spike, shackle wrench & screwdriver/deck plate key.

ANCHOR PACKAGE with anchor, chain, pre-spliced 3 strand nylon line, galvanized thimble & shackles.

Line SALE Boat Size Anchor Chain 8S 10’-1/4” 150’-3/8” *59-00 up to 24’ 13S 10’-5/16" 200’-1/2" $119-00 up to 30’ 22S 12'-3/8” 250’-1/2” $179.00 up to 38’

meissner Forged aluminum alloy — the epitome of high strength/lightweight design and craftsmanship — fits all international standard winch sockets.

TYPE LIST SALE Standard 41.00 $29.00 Lock-in 57.00 *38.00 Lock-in_59.00*39.50

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Denatured Alcohol Stove Fuel

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635 Bair Island Road Boaters

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WATSCO AIR HORN Unique dual power — if air pack is empty use the button as a mouthpiece & blow.

MH-1 List 13.33 SALE $8.95 MAP-1 Refill SALE *3.89

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(East on Whipple Exit, Hwy 101, Opposite Peninsula Marina)

(East on Powell Exit, Hwy 80, Entrance on Beaudry St.)

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HILL YACHTS The Ultra-Light Experts YOUR DEALER FOR Moore Express Olson Holder Hobie Cal and the

Mercury Class Sloop

SELECTED Size Manufacturer

Year Price

SAIL 4,995 1964 20' Cal (new sails) 12,900 Burns (reduced) 21' 1982 10,600 21' Wilderness 1978 7,700 24' Cal 2-24 1969 15,500 24' Moore (3 from) 1976 7,500 24' Columbia 1964 1980 15,500/offer 25' Santana 525 15,500 1979 25' Catalina 25' Cal Diesel/reduced 1979 23,500 16,500 1971 27' Cal 27' Express 1982 27,500

Size Manufacturer Year 27' Santa Cruz 2 from 28' Mai re 1982 29' Columbia, MK II 1966 2-30' Cal 1968 30' Erickson 1968 31' Cal 31 1980 33' Nor'west 1978 33' Ranger 1977 34' Dash 1982 35' Santana 1981 37' Swan 1972 38' Farallone Clipper 1957

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19,950 28,500 22,500 29,000 32,500 55,000 59,995 46,500 49,950 66,950 89,000 65,000

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Year Price 1980 1972

125,000 185,000

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Skipjack - turbo Shamrock - turbo Monk

1980 40,000 1980 37,500 1962 95,000

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The Pusser’s Breed Men like Leading Seaman James Fogg, Royal Navy, were the ones who finally fought German U-Boats to a standstill during the great battles of the North Atlantic during World War II. .It was the same kind of men... tough, resolute and fiercely loyal to their country and its traditions that over the centuries created the Pusser’s Rum tradition in the Royal Navy that you may still enjoy today.

For more than 300 years, from the days of Nelson, wooden ships and iron men, the Royal Navy issued a daily rum ration on board Their Majesties’ ships. This tradition, one of the longest and unbroken in the history of the sea, carried forward from the year 1655 to 31st July, 1970. When you drink British Navy Pusser’s Rum, you ’re drinking the same superb rum that was standard issue on board ships of the Royal Navy. It is said by connoisseurs to be one of the world’s finest rums, and we think you’ll agree after you’ve tried it.

The Royal Navy Sailor’s Fund receives a substantial donation from the worldwide, sales of Pusser’s Rum. The Pusser’s contribution is the Fund’s largest source of income aside /. from the original bequest.

HOW TO FIND PUSSER;S RUM Enquire at your local mart, and if they don’t have it, show them this ad and ask them to order it for you. Or if you wish, write or telephone: Mr. Pat Clark, James Catto and Co., Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10012, Telephone (212) 307-0730.

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no minimum charge Complete line of reinforced plaetice materials SYSTEM THREE EPOXY ASHLAND VINYL ESTER RESINS ORCON UNIDIRECTIONAL — S Glass — Kevlar — Graphite HEXCEL CLOTH S Glass - Kevlar CLARK SHEET FOAM — SURFBOARD BLANKS BALTEK BALSA CORE AIREX PVC FOAM CORE COOK GEL COATS It POUR FOAMS 205 Capltola Road Extension Santa Cruz (408) 476-7464

THE ENGINEERED FOUL WEATHER GEAR Seven waterproofing coats of synthetic rubber on nylon form a superb water barrier. All seams triple-layered and hand taped. Guaranteed three years, capable of many more with care Supple, flexible, with ,maximum protection and durability.

AT CLIPPER YACHT HARBOR-OPEN 7 DAYS 300 Harbor Dr.,Sausalito,CA 94965 •

(415)332-5172

Gulfstar 50’ 1977 Sat. nav., VHF, Ref., Propane stove, Barient winches, Perkins diesel and more ready to go. $185,000

U.S. 25 1978 VHF Radio Depth Sounder, 7Vi hp outboard, S Head sails and much more. Make offer.

Alden 60’ 1926 Refit 1983, Depth sounders, VHF, RDF, Copper watertanks. This is a perfect classic yacht. Only $100,000

Farallon 25’ 1982, This is better than new, the laundry list is 2-1/2 pages long. Only $41,500

DuFour 27’ 1975, VHF, Knot meter, Depth sounder, loaded, a real buy. $29,000

Cheetah-Offshore 1975, 454 Chevy “1983” Berkeley jet w/stainies steel impeller, blue printed 60mph + , with trailer. Only $11,250

Trojan 42’ 1966 Refit 1983.$68,500

Selected Brokerage

SAIL 60’ 1926 Alden Ketch Diesel.100,000 50' 1977 Gulfstar Ketch Diesel.185,000 50' 1975 Gulfstar Ketch Diesel.190,000 47' 1974 Olympic Adventure Ketch Dsl 128,500 44'Peterson cutter, diesel 99.500 44' 1976 Peterson Cutter Diesel.115,000 43’ 1976 Westsail Ketch Diesel .145,000 42' 1940 Alden Cutter Diesel.49,000 41' 1980 Islander Freeport Ketch Dsl.. 130,000 40’ 1974 Challenger Sloop Diesel.94,000 38' 1976 C & C Sloop l/B Gas.59,500 37' 1977 Island Trader Ketch Dsl.63,000 36' 1959 Lapworth Sloop Diesel.39,500 36' 1978 Islander Sloop Diesel.66,500 36' 1980 Hunter Sloop Diesel.61,500 35' 1972 Coronado Sloop Gas.42,500 35' 1974 Coronado Sloop Diesel.49,900 33' 1982 Hunter Sloop Diesel.44,000 32' 1978 Westsail Sloop Diesel .57,000 32'1965 Pacemaker Sioop Gas .21,500 _ __ _ _

32’ 1974 Ericson Sloop Atomic.32,000 31’ 1978 Cal Sloop, Diesel.Offers 31' Mariner Herreshoff Ketch Dsl.37,500 30' 1979 Lancer MK IV Sloop Dsl.35,000 30’ 1976 Catalina Sloop Diesel.35.000 30' 1977 Catalina Sloop Diesel.31,500 29’ 1962 Rhodes Ranger Sloop 12hp ... 16,500 29' 1973 Cal Sloop l/B.29,000 28' 1977 Lancer W/Traller Sloop 7.5 OB . 17,500 28' 1967 Columbia Sloop Gas.23,000 27' 1980 Catalina Sloop Gas IB.24,000 27’ 1978 Balboa Sloop.Offers 26' 1977 Chrysler Sloop Diesel.20,000 26' 1979 San Juan Sloop6hp.18,000 26' 1975 Pearson Sloop 15hp OB.13,500 26’ 1969 Columbia Sloop OB . . 10,500 26' 1975 American Sloop OB .7,900 25' 1967 Coronado Sloop 6hp.7,900 25' 1968 Coronado. .11,000 25’ 1964 Cheoy Lee Sloop Diesel.22,000 _

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25' Buccaneer sloop. 7.5.13.500 25’ 1981 Catalina Sloop OB.14,600 25’1982 Capri Sloop.Offers 25'1968 Cal-25 Sloop OB.7,800 25' 1980 Cal-25 Sloop 7.5 OB .22,500 25’ 1979 Buccaneer Sloop 7.5hp .15,000 24' 1976 Northstar Sloop 4hp.15,000 24' 1968 Islander Bahama Sloop OB ... .8,000 24' 1967 Columbia Challenger Sloop OB. 6,500 24' 1971 Cal Sloop.7,500 -23’ 1974 Ranger Sloop OB.9,500 23’1970 Ericson, Sloop 6hp.5,950 22' 1978 Chrysler Sloop.Offers 22’ 1971 Bristol Sloop OB ..7,950 21'1968 Venture Sloop 8hp . .2,800 21'1978 Spirit 6.5 Sloop OB.9,000 16' 1980 Hobie Cat Sloop.Offers 16’ 1974 Hobie Cat Sloop.Offers 16’ 1972 Hobie Cat Sloop.Offers 14'1977 Hobie Sloop.1,800 14'1976 Force 5 Sloop.1,700

POWER 42' 1966 Trojan Cruiser, Chevy.568,500 42' 1965 Comm. Fish Boat, Turbo .59,500 41' 1967 Hatteras Sportfish, TW 8V-53.. 79,000 38’ 1929 Cruiser, Chrysler.39,000 38’ 1966 Chris Craft Roamer, Chrys. ... 43,900 37' 1972 Calif, Trawler, TW Trbo D.69,950 35' 1973 Roughwater Trawler. 120hp Dsl52,500 34' 1963 Owens Cruiser Gas I/O.26,000 34' 1977 Executive Fiberform Crsr.62,500 32’ 1973 Trojan Cruiser, TW Ford.39,000 29’ 1929 Trawler Mtrslr, Diesel.42,000 28’ 1979 Chris Craft Cruiser, 225hp_34,000 27.5 1981 Bay liner Victoria Crsr, Gas. .28,500 26’ 1975 Sportfisher Cruiser, OMC.17,950 26' 1977 Reinell Cruiser. 235hp .Offers 25 1980 Wellcraft Comm , gas 24,950 . 25’ 1979 Farlone Cruiser.29,500 23* 1983 Custom Trawler Diesel.23,500 17' 1979 Hondo Ski, 455 Gas.6.000 17’ 1954 Chris Craft Run. Gas IB 5.000

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Wells Fargo offers a wide variety of pre-approved boat loans, with a choice of plans that can be fitted to your individual marine financing needs.

Ask about our new Variable Interest Rate and Adjustable Interest Rate marine loans—they personalize boat financing even more. Don’t wait for your ship to come in—contact Wells Fargo now about financing it. Call, toll-free, 800-238-2733, send in this coupon or stop at any Wells Fargo office. /

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LEADING EDGE SAILS Your Full Service Loft on the Peninsula

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FINEST IN CUSTOM RACING AND CRUISING SAILS

GENERATOR SALE LIFE SAVER: EM-600 HONDA EM-600 portable generator is easyto-start; rugged; reliable; economical; compact; lightweight.

7.5 & 10 HP SHORT SHAFT or LONG SHAFT

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□ Free shoreboat for you and your guests during wharf hours □ Private Dingy dock □ Wharf shuttle to parking

Moorings also available for Half-day ($5), Overnight ($10), Weekly ($45) and Monthly ($150). Call for reservations: 408/462-2208.

Reserve your mooring now.

408/475-8750 or write

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Elite 37 The Elite 37 is another remarkable example from this outstanding French line of yachts.

This 37’ yacht offers high quality, luxury and performance that are the result of an extremely favorable exchange rate between French and U.S. currency. With too many quality features to list here, this beautiful

yacht may never be offered at this value again. So hurry and visit us at Cruising World Yachts and get true European quality at a super savings.

SPECIFICATIONS* LOA: LWL: Beam: Draft:

Full Keel _ Centerboard Displacement: Ballast: Sail Area: Mainsail: Genoa: Spinnaker: to 10 berlhs in 4 cabins Freshwater: Fuel Capacity:

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Freedom 32

This may sound like a yacht that’s getting ready for racing only, but the Freedom 32 is a cruiser.

The interior reflects it’s true cruising purpose. With two separate sleeping cabins, a circular social area, complete galley, navigation station, and a private head with shower, this 32’ yacht offers the space and elegance most 40-footers woutd envy.

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SANTANA 20 1977.$7,000 POCKET ROCKET 1983.15,000 SANTANA 22 1967.6,900 TANZER 22 1975.7,500 CUSTOM C&B MARINE 28-FT.24,500 NEPTUNE 24 1980.15,000 NEPTUNE 24 1979.16,500 MOORE 24 1977.15,000 SANTANA 525: 2 TO CHOOSE FROM (’77, 78). . . 14,000-16,500 LANCER 25 1978.13,900 ISLANDER 28 1978.

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Built of lightweight, state-of-the-art materials, and offered with Admiral’s Cup quality deck hardware, the S-33 is a yacht for both racing and cruising skippers who insist upon Soverel quality, and who live for the pure thrill of uncompromised performance

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As a result, the proven, race-winning hardware is offered as standard equipment.

For the ultimate in full-speed racing and high-performance sailing fun, Mark Soverel and Soverel Marine offer the new S-33. Put yourself at the helm of this powerful, yet sensitive bully.

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Prices effective thru May 31, 1984.

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(916) 635-1932

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300 Harbor Drive Sausalito, CA 95964

2430 Sonoma Boulevard Vallejo, CA 94590

Mon.-Fri. 10-6 Sat. 9-5 Closed Sun.

Monday-Sunday 9-5:30

Tues.-Sat 9-5:30 Closed Sun.-Mon.

(415) 961-3940

(415) 332-5172

(707) 643-7179

40% OFF T ANCHOR-LOK™

REGENCY COMPUTER CONTROLLED HAND HELD VHF TRANSCEIVER

Adjustable bow pulpit mounted anchor holder designed for your safety and convenience.

List $22.95

6 GALLON GAS TANK Easy to stow. Easy to carry. Fuel Gauge.

Full 55 channel capability • Thumb-wheel channel selection • 3/1 Watt selectable power output • Four weather channels • Channel 16 override switch • US. & International marine channels • MT900

SALE

List $479.98

$18.95

NOW $259.95

NOW $19.95

List $28.00

BATTERY SWITCH PEPKO

STANDARD NO.8501BX. List $25.75

SALE $17.95 WITH ALTERNATOR FIELD DISCONNECT No.8503BX. List $31.50

SALE $19.95 SAME AS 8503 WITH KEY LOCK NO.8509BX. List $36.25

SALE $23.95

BATTERY BOXES

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BOAT ARMOR ® 40% OFF List $7.69

SALE $4.59 FIBERGLASS RUBBING COMPOUND or BOAT WAX

CHARCOAL BAG NO.A10200. List $22.95

STAINLESS STEEL STARTER NO.A10150. List $12.95

BUTANE LIGHTER No.A10170. List $15.95

ICE BOX CONVERSION UNIT 40 Watt/to6.ocu.tt. List$419.95 SALE $390.60

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80 Watt _ 6.0 to 12.0 K cu.ft. ' vj. List $699.95

SALE $651.00

COMPACT REFRIGERATOR List $458,00 SALE $399.95 * N Easily fits under a counter, into a closet, or into a wall. Ice compartment with trays. Indoor stroage.. Fits nmost Sea Ray Boats

CALENDAR Non-Racing May 2 — Safety at Sea seminar, sponsored by the Coast Guard and Midget Ocean Racing Association at Government Island, (408) 987-2839.

May 3-6 — Discovery Bay Boat Show. All proceeds go to charity.

(415) 634-5928.

May 5 — Boatwatchers picnic at the East Brother’s Light Station.

Tour the historic lighthouse, watch the sailboats race to Vallejo and enjoy a picnic lunch, all for $20. 233-2385.

May 7 — The Oceanic Society sponsors a program on “Hi-Tech Sailing” featuring Ray Taber, owner of Maritime Electronics in Sausalito. 7 p.m., Building C, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

Free to Oceanic Society members, $2 for all others. 441-5970.

May 10 — Celestial navigation course starts at Cass’ in Sausalito. $130 for 42 hours of instruction. 332-6789.

May 11-13 — Tower Park DeltaFest and Boat Show. Boats, accessories, services! Free admission. (209) 369-1041.

May 12 — Marine swap meet at the Sacramento YC. (916) 371-9850 or (916) 371-5058.

May 12 — San Rafael Marine Flea Market at Stowaway Marine.

459-4955.

May 14-18 — Seminar on Emergency Medical Training for Seagoing Personnel, sponsored by the California Maritime Academy.^ (707) 644-5601.

May 15 — Full Moon. Ooouuuwwwwww!

May 19-20 - The Festival of the Sea at San Francisco’s Hyde Street Pier. Nautical crafts, sea chanties, films and tours of historic ships. (415) 771-3488 or (415) 556-0560.

May 19-20 — Overnight cruise to Horseshoe Bay with the Coronado 25 fleet. (408) 378-9510.

May 26-28 — Classic Boat Show, sponsored by the Wooden Boat Foundation of California at Richmond’s Marina Bay. (415) 548-3191.

May 27-28 - Maritime Days in Sausalito, highlighted by tours aboard the SS Jeremiah O’Brien. (415) 331-0469.

June 1 - State of the Bay conference, sponsored by the S.F. Chapter of the Oceanic Society. (415) 441-5970.

June 1-3 — Sixth annual Santa Cruz Boat Show and Harbor Festival. Boats, music, demo races and the Rube Goldberg Contraption Race! (408) 475-8586 or (408) 476-0827.

June 2 — Membership drive and open house at the Northpoint YC on San Francisco’s Pier 39. (408) 738-7292.

June 9 — Marine swap meet at the Pt. San PabkrYC in Richmond. Food, free parking. (415) 232-4645.

June 9-10 — Isleton Festival in the Delta. Come to the carnival and see the parade on Sunday. (916) 777-6082.

June 10 — San Francisco YC’s second annual collector’s car and boat show. Restored yachts and autos. Proceeds go to junior sailing.

(415) 435-9133. ,, June 18-29 — Start of Sea Camp ’84 for kids 8 to 12. Daily field trips to the Bay Area’s seaside wonders. (415) 441-5970.

Racing May 2 - Opening night of the 1984 Wednesday evening race series for “Woodies” off Golden Gate YC. Race or watch aboard the Rendezvous, dinner afterwards. 331-5263.

May 5 — Trans-Delta Hobie Race for the Coors Cup. A 38-miler from Sandy Beach Park to Ladd’s Stockton Marina. (209) 478-6501.

May 5-6 — Tenth annual Raisin Bowl Regatta on Millerton Lake northeast of Fresno. Receive your trophy from the National Raisin Queen! (209) 293-6028. page 27

NOT FOR PANTY WAISTS! This is a learning experience for serious sailors who someday want to cruise,and want to find out what it’s like NOW! Aboard the 45’ ketch rigged yachts Americana and Adventure you'll learn coastal navigation by hands-on use of Radar, Loran, ADF, VHF, Celestial and all other aids for safe coastal navigation.

All cruises include: • An on-board licensed instructor/captain plus watch instructor • Certification

‘Individual instruction ‘Provisions ‘Charts and instructional material

Coast Guard Safety Equipped

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CALENDAR

SANTA CRUZ

May 11 — Singlehanded TransPac seminar on weather and navigation at the Island YC. (415) 523-6200.

May 12 — Women’s Racing Association trophy presentation for the winter season and general membership party at the Berkeley YC. (415) 454-6327.

May 12-13 — Olson 40 one design regatta in Santa Cruz, part of the 1984 Olson Cup. (408) 475-8586.

May 12-13 — Fourth annual Hard Chine regatta for Lightnings, Snipes and Mercurys at the Richmond YC. (415) 237-2821.

May 17-20 — Windsurfer District Two championships at Lake Del Valle near Livermore. A qualifier for the Olympic Exhibition regatta.

(415) 455-4008.

May 18-20 — Stone Cup regatta for IOR racers off the City Front.

563-6363.

May 19 — The DULBAR, or Duxbury, Lightbucket and Return race for singlehanders. (415) 523-6200.

May 19-20 — Lake Oroville YC’s Golden Feather regatta. (916) 533-9563.

May 19-July 1 — Start of sailing classes for juniors at the St. Francis and Corinthian YC’s. (415) 435-3262 after 6 p.m.

May 21-25 — Women’s offshore clinic at Newport Harbor YC. Learn from Anne Gardner Nelson, Peter Isler, Dennis Durgan, Bill and Mary Menninger and Christy Steinman. (401) 849-5200.

May 26-27 — The 20th annual Whiskeytown regatta for everything from El Toros to Express 27’s plus Saturday evening match racing for mini 12 meters. Fifteen miles west of Redding.

(916) 223-1800 (d) or (916) 241-8084 (e).

May 26 - First of three Sunkist-Quick Stop Funboard Cup series for boardsailors. Also on June 2nd and 16th. Pick up entry forms at your local Quick Stop market. (415) 924-9229 or 924-0777.

May 27 — Master Mariners race, an annual salute to sailboats built or designed prior to World War II. Get on a boat or watch from the City Front. 921-3388.

June 2 — Catherine Eavenson Memorial ladies race on Folsom Lake. (916) 961-3592.

June 9 — Lake Tahoe’s Southern Crossing race, a 27-miler on the south side of the Lake. (916) 541-0176 or (916) 544-4224.

June 15 - Onion Patch series on the East Coast, sponsored by the New York YC. Brad Herman’s Secret Love will be there. Look out, large ships.

June 16 - Start of the Solo TransPac. Over 28 entries already registered! (415) 523-6200.

June 21-24 - Santa Cruz 27 Nationals at the Richmond YC. (707) 642-1589 or (408) 425-1617.

June 30 — MORA Long Distance race to San Diego. Rooster tails to Lotusland. (415) 522-1396.

Spring Series — Island YC, 5/4, 5/18, 6/1, 6/15, 6/29; (415) 786-6944/d or (415) 521-4780/e. Sausalito YC: Series 1 — 5/1, 5/15, 5/29, 6/12, 6/26; Series 2 - 7/31, 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/25; (415) 332-1020. Golden Gate YC: Series 1 - 5/4, 5/18, 6/1, <3/29. Series 2 - 8/10, 8/24, 9/7; (415) 993-6634. Encinal YC: 5/11, 5/25, 6/8, 6/22; (415) 522-3272. Corinthian YC: 5/11, 5/18,5/25,6/1,6/8,6/15,S/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7; (415) 435-4771.

Sausalito Cruising Club: 5/11, 5/25, 6/8, S/22, 7/6, 7/20, 8/3, (415) 332-9349.

Please send your calendar dates by the 18th of the month to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. Send early, send often, but please only one announcement per page!_ page 29

& HARBOR FESTIVAL

JUNE 1, 2 & 3

ISLANDER 30 Palmer auxiliary, roller furling 110% jib, wheel steering, sail covers and much more. Please call for free list on gear.

Serious Offers.

MORGAN OUT ISLAND 41 KETCH Long list' of electronics and general inventory make this world class center cockpit cruiser a must see.

BANK REPO. We Need Offers.

ISLANDER 36 1977 model with Atomic 4, working sails, custom interior, VHF, stereo, knot&log, self-tailing winches, sail covers, boarding ladder.

Priced Right: $58,000.

Lowrie Yacht Harbor 40 Point San Pedro Road San Rafael, CA 94901

(415) 454-7595

32 ERICSON Built 1972, Atomic 4 auxiliary, VHF, fat ho, auto battery charger.

New interior, New mains, 2 jibs, whisker pole. New winches. $32,000.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE YAWL 40’ of serious cruising yacht built in the finest tradition at one of the most highly respected yards. 1974 fiberglass hull with teak decks & trim. $77,000.

YOUR BOAT COULD BE FEATURED HERE NEXT MONTH.

SCHUCKER 436 MOTORSAILER^ 40’ of true custom comfort & cruiseability. Perkins main, 3.5KW dsl gen., 200 gal fuel, 200 gal water, full roller set up + long long list of extras. SHOW CONDITION. $189,000.

Call: Bruce S. Jacobs or Jay deBeaubien

35 ERICSON SLOOP (1979) This 35 has been immaculately maintained and cared for. She has a good inventory for safe & enjoyable sailing. Please call us for full particulars. REPO, OFFERS.

WE NEED HELP! We have added Sales Docks and need quality listings to fill them.

38 BENTLEY DOUBLE END CUTTER A true blue water cruiser based on the famous Ingrid, designed by Wm. Atkins. This yacht boasts a 6’7” standing headroom salon + comfort & convenience not found on yachts of over 40-ft. $80,000.

CT 41 PILOTHOUSE CRUISING KETCH (1976) Hard to find P/H w/inside helm + traditional cockpit steering.

Gear inch VHF, fatho, ADF, knotlog, autopilot, cockpit dodger, pres. H/C. wtr, sails inch working main, roller jib, genoa, club stays’l, mizzen. DISTRESS SALE / NEED OFFERS!

Q UALITY LISTINGS NEEDED Let us feature your yacht next month.

We have 20 front row slips available for outstanding brokerage yachts.

CT-47 AFT COCKPIT CUTTER FAST CRUISER KETCH/CENTER COCKPIT AVAILABLE $134,500

ONITOR HANK DEKKER: SAILING BLIND FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HAWAII “The MONITOR worked so well I did not have to lay a Finger on the tiller until half an hour ago,” was Hank’s comment after 24 days at sea. '

CT-47 46*1114” 37’6” 13’2” 6*0” Draft Disp.

29,395 lbs 12,000 lbs Ballast Eng. Perkins 4154 M/62 HP Water 160 gals Fuel 150 gals

LOA LWL Beam

MARK SCHRADER: SOLO SEATTLE TO SEATTLE — 199 DAYS

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Mark’s Valiant 40 Resourceful, was equipped with an Alpha electronic autopilot and a MONITOR vane gear.

Mark says: “Typical Southern Ocean conditions of 30-40 knot winds and 20-30 foot seas pushed Resourceful for 6 months in the latitudes 40°-50° South. The MONITOR steered 99 + % of the time, doing an exceptional job, day and night, in these conditions.”

Mark’s experiences contrast with those of the partici- w| pants in the BOC race, where a lot of problems were experienced with other vane gears. The MONITOR performed around the world without a single malfunction.

The only maintenance was a routine change of delrin roller bearings in the pendulum strut, carried out in Hobart, Tasmania, after 20,000 miles.

CT-44 CUTTER $112,000

CT-44 LOA 43’2” Beam 13’IW’ Draft 6’ or 4’9Vi” Displ.

20216 lbs Eng. Perkins 50 HP 9267 lbs Water 120 gal Fuel 100 gal

NAVIK VR 10

VERSION AVAILABLE Designer: Y.M. Tanton

CT 38 SLOOP $79,500

CT-38 LOA 37’9” Beam 11’6” Draft 6*7” Disp.

16775 lbs Eng. 30 hp Yanmar Ballast 8527 lbs (lead) Water 60 gals Fuel SO gals Designer: Alan Warwick

JUST ARRIVED

NEW NAVIK AT- 50 Ullerpilot — $450 introductory

ZODIAC GREAT NEW LINE OF TENDERS AT I, BOATS AND RAFTS ON SALE

OTHER CT YACHTS TRADITIONAL: CT 34-41-42-54-65 MODERN: CT 49-CT 52 (RON HOLLAND)

ORDER YOUR CUSTOMIZED CT YACHT NOW FOR SPRING DELIVERY

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Special Guest:

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Refreshments will be served.

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GOLDEN STATE YACHT & BOAT SALES WILDERNESS 21 w/trailer ready to move — make offer

DUFOUR 28’ diesel — race ready

ROBERTS 55 CUTTER iiveaboard extrodinaire, repo

OCEAN 37 owner transferred, must sell

llVz °7o SAILBOATS *15’ 20’ *21’ 21’ 22’ 23’ 23’ 24’ 24’ 24’ 25’ 25’ 25’ 25’ 261 2<$ 26’ 26’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 28’ *28’ 28’ 28’ 29’ 29’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 33’ 34’ 34’

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’78 '79

West Wright Potter w/o.b.

Sloop w/trailer.

Wilderness w/trailer, 8 sails.

Venture.

Bristol, equipped.

Spirit, outboard.

Ericson, complete.

Cal, w/trailer, must sell.

Farr 'A ton sloop.

Bristol, w/diesel.

Samourai cruiser.

Nordic Folkboat, complete.

Albin aft cabin.

Merit, Horizon sails.:.

Columbia, outboard.

Pearson, clean.

Excaiibur, w/trailer.

Pearson,’75,’76, (1 w/electncs).frm CS sloop, diesel, cruiser.

Balboa, w/trailer.

Stilleto, w/trailer, clean.

Islander, sloop.

Auxiliary sloop.

Dufour, diesel cruiser.

Ericson.

Pearson, Triton.

Ericson.

Cal 2-29, diesel.

Clipper.. .Hunter, w/diesel.

Santana, beautiful.

Pearson.

Pearson Vanguard.

Islander...,.

Westsail cutter.

Tartan 10, race equpment.

Ketch, wood.

Islander, cruiser.•* ■

$3,995 6,200 offer 3,900 7,800 11,000 9,900 7,000 15,000 19,950 9,900 7,600 25,000 19,000 9,500 15,800 7,950 17,900 28,500 offer 29,900 offer 12,500 offer offer 12,750 28,000 34,500 9,950 33,000 44,500 59,950 34,500 offer offer 39,500 offer offer

ISLANDER 36 cruise equipped, clean, sistership

NOVA 39’ SEDAN twins, loaded, great buy

Fixed Loans thru May 35’ 35’ 35’ 35’ *36’ 36’ 36’ 37’ 37' 37’ 38’ 39’ 39’ 39’ 40’ 41’ 40’ 41’ 41’ 41’ 43’ 43’ 43’ 46’ *55’ 70’

’81 ’58

Coronado, center cockpit.

42,500 Dufour... repo Ketch, beautiful.

41,900 Ericson, totally equipped. must sell Islander, very clean. offer NEW Islander Freeport. offer Watkins center cockpit.

83,000 CSK Catamaran.

62,000 Fisher MK1I, motorsailer. offer Irwin, center cockpit.

77,500 Farallon Clipper. offer Irwin.

89,500 Pilothouse, sloop, Hess design.

78,000 Cavalier sloop.

68,000 Ketch, Stadel.

65,000 Irwin racer, like new. offer Custom ketch. repo DownEast cutter.

78,000 Morgan Outlsland. repo Formosa ketch.

79,000 Endeavor ketch..

143,000 Polaris, cruise equipt, Perry dsgn...

109,500 Stephens motorsailer.v __ 165,000 Dufour 1200 ketch.

148,000 Roberts cutter, repo/offers.

138,000 Ketch, charterer.

295,000

13’4” 16’ 16’ 16’ 16’ 16’ 18’ 22’ 22’9” 22’ 23’

’81 '74 ’73 ’76 ’82 ’76 '82 ’80 ’81 ’81 ’73

POWER Boston Whaler w/trlr (no motor)...

Tri-hull w/trailer.

Wreidt ski-boat w/130 hp.

Glastron w/75 hp outboard.

Sunrunner w/120 hp.

Steury tri-hull w/45 hp o.b.

Wellcraft ctr console w/115 hp o.b.

Boston Whaler w/’83 235 hp o.b.. ..

Wellcraft w/260 hp, exc. cond.

Holiday cruiser.

Thunderbird, no trlr.

’80 ’79 ’81 ’80

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2,900 1,950 9,200 4,250 7,400 3,300 9,900 14,000 19,900 22,500 6,500

Thompson hardtop w/260 hp Merc.

14,500 Seacraft, twins, loaded, 135 hp o.b.s 14,900 Reinell hardtop w/155 Merc.

8,900 Fiberform w/225 hp Volvo&galv trlr 12,500 Monterey dbl-ended w/dsl.

13,500 7,900 Chris Craft Cavalier.

Fiberform S.F. twins.

19,900 offer California S.F. twin dsl.

Trawler motorsailer.

42,000 Fisher Craft hsbt w/200 hp.

29,500 29’ Scarab, twin 370 hp trlr.

35,000 30’ Uniflite, twin 220 hp Crusader.

56,000 32’ Wellcraft Suncruiser.

39,500 31’ Wellcraft twin dsl.

78,000 31’ Monterey trawler/cruiser w/dsl pwr.

50,000 32’ 58,500 32’ ’73 > Grand Banks.

Carver, twins loaded w/gear.

33,500 33’ ’76 Lagunar twin GMC. 55,000 33’ ’74 CHB Sedan.

57,000 34’ ’73 Trojans, ’74,’76.frm 23,000 36’ (2) Owens.

39,900 37’ ’64 TRAWLERS/CRUISER offer Seahorse Sedan..

31’ ’79 CHB Sedan dsl...

57,000 34’ ’73 Golden Gate.

59,900 35’ ’80 CHB, loaded.asking 79,900 37’ Golden Star, 165 BMW. 83,000 38’ ’83 Nova Sedan, twns, loaded.ask’g 97,500 *39’ ’84 CHB twins, loaded. offer 42’ ’81 CHB Sedan, twins, loaded. b/o 42’ ’81 45,000 Cruise-A-Home, loaded w/gear_ 40’ ’73 Owens, twins, owner finance.

38,000 40’ ’62 CHB Sedan, twins, loaded.

112,500 42’ ’81 Defever.

175,000 44’ ’82 71,000 Stephens twins.

53’ ’25 148,000 Chris Craft.

55’ ’54 425,000 Cruiser yachts. ’65 '78 MAY SPECIAL: NEW 49’ Pilothouse 1984, twin diesels.. reg. $185,900 . .$139,900 23’ 23’ 24’ 24’ 21’ 27’ 28’ 29’ 29-

’78 ’76 ’72 ’77 ’72 ’65 ’79 ’72 ’29 ’82 ’79 ’76 ’79 ’81

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16,000 24’ Moore.Repo 25’ Ericson.29,500 25’Cal.reduced 19,500 25' Laneer.10,950 25’ Custom 1/4 Ton.Repo 25’ Coronado.9,000 26’ Reinel Sloop.Repo 26’ Balboa.15,290 26’ Seafarer. 20,000 26’ Islander.24,000 26’ lnternation’1 Folkboat (f/g).22,000 27’ Newport.(2). . . 17,500 27’ Santa Cruz.14,900 27’ Catalina..'.21,000 27’ Hunter. 23,500 27’ Sun Yacht.33,500 27’ Santa Cruz.Offers 28’ Twister.,... 26,000 28’Cheoy Lee.32,000 28’ Herreshoff.36,000 28’ Islander. >.Several 29’ Ranger.\.. Repo 29’ Ericson.24,900 30’ Bird Boat.7.500 30’ Irwin.45,000 30’ Lancer.35,555 30’ Catalina.(2). . . 35,000 30’ Cheoy Lee.45,000 30’ Islander.(3). . . 25,500 30’ Spitsgatter.35,000 31’ Bombay pilot house.42,950 32’Traveller cutter.69,500 32’ Ericson.(2).. . 28,000 32’ Aries.43,000 32’ Columbia Saber.iO.OOO 33’ Hunter.46,500 34’ Cal. 34,500 34’ Islander.53,000 35’ Ericson.(2).. . 40,000 • 35’ Fantasia.65,000 35’ Cheoy Lee Lion.33,000 35’ Cheoy Lee.69,500 36’ Moody ketch.105,000 36’ Islander.68,500 36’ Ericson.79,900 36’J/Boat.reduced 106,000 36’ Islander Freeport.89,500 37’ Gulfstar. 125,000 37’ Island Trader.63,000 37’ Fisher. 125,000 37’ Lancer.Repo 38’ Easterly.90,000 39’ Cavalier. 69,950 40’ Garden Ketch wood.90,000 40’ Cheoy Lee Mid-Ship.87,500 40’ C&C.115,000 40’ Cheoy Lee.(2). . . 79,000 41’ Alden Pilothouse.85,000 41’ Islander Freeport.119,900 41’ Garden ketch.119,900 41’ Morgan Outlsland.127,000 41’CT.77,500 41’ Cheoy Lee ’80.89,500 41’ Newport.(2). . . 59,000 42’ Golden Wave.145,000 42' Excalibur.Offers 42’ Westsail. 126.000 43’ Holcomb Schooner.69,500 43’ Cheoy Lee Motorsailer.159,500 44’ Hardin.119,500 45’ Columbia MS.106,000 46’ Garden ketch.125,000 47’ Olympia.125,000 52’ Cheoy Lee Motorsailer.279,000 35’ 38’ 41’ 43’ 44’ 47’ 52’ 55’ 44’ 32’ 36’ 38’ 41’

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The keel is deeper, thinner, heavier, with a more modern high aspect ratio shape to increase upwind performance. The rig is a taller triple spreader section with discontinuous rod rigging that allows the chain plates to be further inboard resulting in a closer

To improve the IOR rating I have shortened the aft end by six inches, moved the aft girth stations forward, used a slightly larger prop/increased the beam slightly, eliminated the penalty poles, modified the transom, reduced the fortrinagle slightly and re-designed the interior to get the boat to have a slight bow down trim. The net effect is a lower rating superior sailing Santa Cruz 50.

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□WE NEVER THOUGHT ANYBODY WOULD GET IT It took me a while to figure out your Mystery Rectangle [Volume 82, page 122), but suddenly it all became clear. My simple but elegant solution follows. Do I win the t-shirt huh? huh?

My subscription — which was arranged by Rod Park of Richmond, a very kind man indeed — is a big help to making it through the winter up at the ragged end of the corn belt. Each issue of Latitude 38 travels about 100 miles in small circles after I have read it; the waiting line to read them is as long as your arm (how long is your arm, anyway?).

1 don’t know how much more I can stand reading about all you guys sailing around in the sun and the heat while it just gets colder and darker up here. My boat is covered with snow and ice and cedar tree bits, and I can’t even ski into the marina. And, it’s still two months until launch day. I can’t stand it!!!

Tom Montgomery Dorval, Quebec, Canada Tom — Of course you win a t-shirt, that was a great solution.

We’re sending you a large blue one. If it’s too big you can use it as a blanket.

Now here’s a solution for your problem. When life really starts looking endlessly bleak up in Quebec around the end of March, come down to La Paz, Baja California Sur, and take part in the Second Annual Sea of Cortez Race Week. You’ll be glad you did.

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DSEA OF CORTEZ RACE WEEK I know that Richard is writing an article regarding the Sea of Cortez Race Week and will fill you in on happenings.

But 1 would like to express my thanks to Richard, Alberto Morphy, the La Paz Tourist Office, and the Governor of Baja California Sur for organizing such a great boating activity. My family and 1 had a

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□MORE Sea of Cortez Race Week 1984 Inaugural at Bahia Partida was a complete success. The Mexican government, the people of La Paz, Latitude 38, and, of course, the yachties, allowed me and the folks on about 80 boats in a beautiful, previously isolated and lonely bay in the Sea of Cortez, at least four action-packed days of consummate boating fun.

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□AN OLD GOODIES TWO KEELS I know you’ve heard this before, but let me reinforce it. You put out the best boating magazine around, better than any of the glossies and head and shoulders above any of the non-glossy magazines.

The boat 1 own is a 1963 Russelmar 20-ft twin-keel sloop, manufactured in England. There aren’t many of these around and I can’t find any information about them anywhere.

If any readers out there have an information, specifications, pictures, sail dimensions, etc. pertaining to these boats, I’d appreciate hearing from you.

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According to the manufacturers — and most of the salesmen — you would be a fool to embark upon a world cruise without the most expensive, all-channel VHF that they make. They also want you to find room — and dish out money — for a SatNav, radar, ham radio, S S.B, hand-held VHF (all channels), and a mini-computer to save

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LETTERS afraid I’ll have to pass on most of the toys.

Now, about the VHF. 1 would like to have some darn good reasons why I should have any more than the following channels: WX-1, WX-2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 22A, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 68, 69,

Confused about LORAN? What More Could You Want?

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1 have omitted all the international frequencies. Who uses them?

Will there be some harbormaster or yacht club in a far corner of the world that has only channel 60 and cannot use any of the channels

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listed above?

Perhaps someone who has “been there” can come up with some specific channels used in specific areas and convince me that I will be considerably — rather than mildly — inconvenienced by having only the channels I have selected.

Jack Clarke San Diego Jack - We’re not old salts and hauen’t sailed around the world, but we’re pretty darn sure you wouldn t be inconvenienced at all if you have the VHF channels you mention in your letter. Many people are out cruising with older VHF s with many fewer channels.

But don’t leave home without one.

□ IT’LL BE OUR PLEASURE Your interesting magazine has found its way to Rush Creek in the Trinity mountains because of Hank Jotz. When Hank moved up here about 4V2 years ago we, his neighbors, knew little or nothing at all about the sailing world. We watched with interest as his temporary living quarters underneath a very large tarp — probably a retired boat cover — amidst pine and fir trees were transformed into a beautiful A-frame sail loft.

After Hank got us hooked on cappucinos, he took us out sailing.

Some of us love it and some of us — the undeniable landlubbers — got cold feet, but we all ask to see the latest issue of Latitude 38 whenever Hank returns from Bay Area races.

Sometimes he forgets to get one or can’t find a copy anywhere.

This is annoying because it interrupts our close following of the strange voyage of the crazed Urbanczyk and his photogenic, virtuous cat, the Cardinal. Another favorite story in Latitude was Dawn • Gaston’s recounting of how not to sail to Hawaii and live to tell about !t So, please put Hank on your subscription list and we will rest assured of Latitude’s consistent arrival. Hank told me last month that he fully intends to subscribe, so if he has done so already, please use this check to extend his subscription.

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Kawasaki~— We doubt the word would ever get that far or that Hank himself would tell you, but he’s one of the Bay’s all-time great sailors - and characters. We hope the mountains are treating him well.

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^ fmus^agree with “Brother Broker” [March ’84) and point out that your “fingering” of the unknowledgeable boat buyer as the cause ot his own problems is unrealistic and unfair. If you are in effect saying, “Let the buyer beware”, then you are supporting your own unfortunate example: “. . . an Olson 30 or a Columbia 45 some new sailor is going to show up on the starting line with his Columbia 45, or worse, take off on his dream voyage to the South Seas in his new “Offshore-Olson 30”.

I believe that you ought to support your readers as well as your a page 45

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LETTERS vertisers. We brokers who have extensive listings, and new sailboat dealers with varied inventories, are fully capable of matching a buyer’s needs (or wants) to a product and still make a good profit in what is one of the most enjoyable retail businesses around! We do not have to confuse the issues to push an unsuspecting buyer into a boat he neither needs nor wants „ So, yes, yes, some know-it-all know-nothing buyers can be a real pain in the ass, but, please give the average guy trying to get himself and his family into our sport a little credit and a little help. He knows not what he gets himself into ... A magazine such as yours can help — educate!

Another brother Oakland A.B. — Apparently we didn’t make ourselves as clear as we could have. Our contention was not that some boat buyers weren’t know¬

Pride of the pilothouse motorsailers! See true Scandinavian craftsmanship as made famous by Nautor-Swan and Baltic Yachts in the Nauticat 36 by Siltala Yachts of Finland as approved by Lloyds Register of Shipping. The Nauticat 36 is finely and stoutly constructed to withstand the worst, and finished inside and out to make an owner proud.

ledgeable enough about boats, but that they weren’t knowledgeable — or perhaps we should say realistic — about what they want or need in a boat. And because of this uncertainty they are more prey than they should be to the salesman who wants to put them in any boat rather than match them with what they really need.

So we’re not saying “Let the buyer beware”, but “Let the buyer be smart”.

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□FROM PURSER’S’ CAME ‘PUSSER’S’, NOW THIS How did the Prairie 32 get named? Well, I understand the designer/builder had no thought in mind of the vast grass lands of North America. Rather, the name came about as a result of the many supplications made during the design and building that the boat should float when launched. You see, the name is merely a corruption of “pray ye”.

Ed Laak Palo Alto

□PRETTY EXCITED I’ve got Magnolia listed with Bob Tefft in Sausalito and Skipper Yachts in Alameda and Vallejo. I hope she sells soon.

As for me, I’m off to the South Pacific on Kolea. I spent New Year’s weekend onboard and was invited then. She’s a 1970 43-ft Sparkman and Stephens sloop. What a beauty!

She’s out of Kaneohe Bay, and owned by Greg and Nancy Gillette. We met them over here in 1982. They were preparing for the “Big Cruise” then. We’re going crazy now with last minute items,

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Isaac. Isaac has been sailing since he was a few weeks old and is pretty excited about the ‘big trip’.

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The itinerary includes Palmyra, Christmas and Fanning Islands, then our French Polynesia landfall at Bora Bora.

I finally get to do it! See you this summer.

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□ GO WEST YOUNG BOAT I found the “boat of my dreams” in South Florida. It’s a Liberty 28, of which there are only 30 in existence. I hope you’ll agree from the specification that she has a fine cruising potential. My quandry is this: How can I best bring her home to the San Francisco Bay? Various alternatives come to mind. One is to sail back via the Panama Canal. This is an exciting prospect but I’d need a few likeminded people to make it happen. Another alternative is to simply call the trucker and pick up the tab. The $5 thousand this will likely cost is prohibitive. Maybe you can suggest a way to cut this cost, such as by finding a California yard with a deadhead between here and California. Any suggestions to save a bit will be appreciated.

Another tantalizing alternative is to sail to Galveston, Texas, and then truck to San Diego or San Francisco. It’s rumored that one can connect with independent truckers and reach an arrangement to everyone’s satisfaction. Are you or is anyone you know knowledgeable of this alternative? In fact, I’m eager to learn more about any of these or other alternatives that may be available.

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David L. Houtrouw West Palm Beach David — You seem to be aware of most of the options for getting a boat from Florida to the West Coast.

Sailing by way of the Panama Canal would certainly be the most exciting and slowest method, and in the long run very possibly the most expensive. But folks do it, and in boats the size of yours.

Shipping by truck direct from Florida is the most common way of getting such a boat to the West Coast, and would normally be the most hassle free. If you shop trucking companies diligently, it may not be that much more expensive than any other route.

There is a chance you could save a few bucks by sailing the boat to Galveston before having it trucked — another fairly common alternative. However a lot will depend on how well your boat is currently equipped; you may end up spending more money getting the boat prepared to sail to Galveston than you’d save by eliminating the first half of the trucking job. Sailing in the Gulf of Mexico is not the best of all worlds either.

Blair Fuller wrote about one other alternative in the February issue of Latitude 38. This would involve sailing your boat to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, having it taken by train across the isthmus to Salina Cruz, Mexico, and then sailing up to San Francisco. The cost of getting across the isthmus - everything included - is about $850. But like going by way of the Panama Canal, this route would require balls of brass because by the time you got the west coast of Mexico it would be hurricane season.

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□irs NOT ANDREW WHO’S OUT OF HIS MIND Andrew Urbanczyk is in a confused state of mind concerning the value of the South African Rand. I suspect he’s got the Rands and the cents mixed up. At RIO for a local telephone call, he’s paying $9.

No wonder he’s making so many friends! His first friend, Dick Young, lent him the equivalent of $9, not 90 cents, which wouldn t buy much. If he thinks R3 is 30 cents US, he must be ecstatic at the price of his favorite drink, Cinzano Bianoc for 30 cents.

Besides the confusion, it was good to read his good words on South Africa. Like all countries, South Africa has good and bad points. Unfortunately, the news media only seems to consider the bad as news and invariably we only read adverse facts about it.

Gwen Cornfield ^ San Diego

□LATITUDE 38 FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE FEW? I like the latest Equatorial Challenger, but where did you get the exchange rate for the South African Rand and the U.S. dollar?

One Rand equals about 0.9 $ not 0.09 $.

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The next morning I awoke about four to the sound of a halyard slapping its mast. After checking to find that the sound was from another boat, 1 noticed the lonely fender alongside our boat. It was then 1 first realized that our dinghy was gone. My immediate thought was that it had come loose. So I searched the area with a spotlight.

No sign of it. Then I started feeling my anger build up as I realized it couldn’t have come loose by itself. 1 remembered tying it both bow and stern to separate cleats alongside our boat. I took a deep swallow as it began to sink in that we were ripped off during the night. Probably someone with a silent trolling motor on a small power boat. As soon as it was light enough we searched the area in the Cove, then motored around the Island. But it was to no avail, for our beautiful lapstrake Dover Dory was nowhere in sight. And the loss we felt was as if someone very close to us was now gone.

We went to shore and notified the Park Ranger who suggested we report it to the Tiburon Police Department. We filed a report with them along with the San Francisco Coast Guard. And we were informed by both agencies that because the dingy was registered with the DMV (CF1526 HK, hull ^PRASAO154077), that it would be listed on the current “hot list” of missing boats.

We really don’t have much hope of getting our dinghy back. But we do hope that our letter will caution other yachting visitors so that they may secure their dinghies with lock and chain or wire rope.

P.S. Our loss was lessened somewhat after reading your March issue profile article on the El Toro. We’ve decided to send $15 to the El Toro Association for a set of plans and start building ourselves a new dinghy. So thanks Latitude 38 for that neat article.

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LETTERS Chapter of the Native Sons of the Golden West. As you might guess, membership is a major problem.

The North Carolina coastal sounds plus the Intercoastal Waterway provide some truly delightful cruising grounds. Beaufort, North Carolina (that’s bo-fort) is a terrific anchorage and also one of the few safe inlets between the Chesapeake and Charleston. There’s also a Beaufort, South Carolina, but that’s pronounced b-you-fort. You have to be careful. These grits can spot you very quickly if you don’t learn the language.

The sounds are shallow, but shoals are well charted. Inlets are another problem with constantly moving shoals. Even local knowledge is risky. We sail a San Juan 34 that draws 6’6”. We know where all of the shoals are. The bottoms are soft. The only tides in the sounds are wind blown. Groundings are usually only minor irritations.

Anyway, my travels take me back to the Bay Area every six months where I usually try to hook a copy of your rag. Enclosed is my check for a subscription. If you are interested in any information regarding southeast coastal sailing, let me know.

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Why, we asked the police, did both sides of the road have to be blocked off for a race that only had 100 runners? Again we were told because they had a permit and we didn’t.

My crew and I — as well as the crews of several other boats — walked from the freeway to the yacht club where our boat was rafted up. Several cars and trucks decided to run the baracade; they were chased and ticketed. Profanity filled the air; 1 waited for the sound of gunfire.

If the city of Berkeley has such disregard for the majority, and if its law officers want to do the Gestapo thing (being total assholes), then they have seen the last of this sailor and his wallet.

Denis Mahoney Lafayette Denis — A few kind words often work miracles. We suspect that if you would have just stayed calm and promised never to recite the Pledge of Allegiance again, they would have let you right through.

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□ CABO SAN LUCAS A lot has been said about Cabo San Lucas already, but as a first time visitor I felt compelled to write about it anyway. Since we only had two weeks off from our jobs, my wife, daughter Lisa, and 1 flew down for five days to take a firsthand look at our future sailing

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destination.

It appeared that most of the cruising yachties had departed, as 1 guess there were 80 percent fishing and powerboats, and just 20 percent sail left in the inner and outer harbors. The sailboats and powerboats generally anchor away from each other.

The beaches were the best we’ve ever seen, and clean. The only boat left on the beach from last year’s disaster is a double-ender from Los Angeles.

A delivery skipper on a Hatteras told us there are no docks and slips in the inner harbor because seasonal storms from the south would wipe them out. The buoys in the outer harbor are going from $240 a month for a 30-40 footer.

The Las Palmas beach bar was the place, and we delivered ten Latitude 38's there. And no, we didn’t sell them. We talked to Matt on Grace from Sausalito, and she said Jay was back in California looking for a transmission.

We found hotels rather expensive, and not very many of them.

The Hacienda wanted $105 a night, and the Sol Mar $63. We stayed at the latter for one night and the next day were told to move or pay $90 for a suite. We packed. Cabo Baja was full and expensive, so the balance of our stay — and the best deal — was the older Mar'de Cortez Hotel on the main drag in the center of town. It was $40 a night. . , On another note, we ordered five wines and two pina coladas at the Hacienda and the waiter delivered a bill of 4,000 pesos — which is about $33! A loud scene with the manager in the bar brought the price down considerably.

Eating out of town is inexpensive. A taxi is 200 pesos to go anywhere in town. The airport is 28 miles away and a 40-minute, 2300 pesos taxi ride. , In all we loved it and would recbmmend it to all. Bring cash and VISA, but no checks.

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They won it on the Cityfront, and in the same boat they won the season championship in. But that isn’t surprising, both Claussen and Lindsey have been winning championships in different classes for the last ten years.

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LETTERS Cabo.

A couple of comments. There are no slips in the inner harbor at Cabo because the government has only recently been accepting bids from potential concessionaires. Berths will be put in — although when and if they can last through the hurricane season each year is uncertain.

While there are buoys you can rent, you can still anchor for free in good holding ground in the outer harbor. Or the inner harbor for that matter. We’ve also been repeatedly told that you can have your very own mooring sunk, also. But don’t hold us to it.

The fancy hotels used to cost a lot more a couple of years ago, but as you noted they are still pretty expensive. But let’s face it, these are some of the very best in Mexico and are in a spectacular setting. This is where the Rolling Stones, Raquel Welch, and all those types go for their many marriages. And even at those rates there are plenty of takers; Fonatur told us that the big Cabo Hotels have 85 percent occupancy. Complaining about the prices at the fancy hotels in Cabo is like complaining about the prices at the Mark Hopkins.

And frankly pretty much the same thing is true of the drinks, especially the wines and concoctions like pina coladas. You may have thought the Hacienda was trying to screw you with a $33 bill for seven drinks. They weren’t, that’s what a fancy hotel like the Hacienda charges for fancy drinks. In last December’s issue we reported an Amaretto was about $4.50 at the Hacienda. You may have been able to knock down the price with “a loud scene”, but you won’t be welcomed back very often. Small wonder yachties leave the high roller hotels to the high rollers and do most of their chowing and drinking at the many great inexpensive places in town.

One last comment. If you’re going to sail all the way down Baja, please don’t make Cabo San Lucas your ultimate destination. It’s just one jewel, albeit a particularly shiny one, among the many treasures of Baja.

And thank you for delivering the copies of Latitude 38/

□ NO MORE EMPTY THAN FULL In the April issue of Latitude 38 you ask if anyone has any further comments regarding disposal of plastic at sea. I would like to comment about Norman Devall’s March letter and Rick Johnson’s April letter regarding disposal of plastic while on the ocean, or anywhere else.

My wife, Fran, and I are not ecologists and even feel that some ecological attitudes go to ridiculous extremes. However, we do fee! that if you have the ability to transport the full containers there is no excuse not to bring the empties back.

In our 1980 trip to Hawaii and 1982 return, in our 33-ft Morgan Outlslander, it took 32 days going and 38 days returning, a rather long time.

Believe it or not, we found that the plastic containers didn’t take up any more room empty than they did full, so we kept ’em aboard until landfall. Biodegradable material was tossed over because as it rotted it would begin to stink. Besides, we felt that it would work into the ecological system. Everything else was packaged in plastic garbage bags.

I must admit that we did throw nine plastic bottles overboard but each had a note and a $1 bill in it. The money to pay postage to have the note forwarded. The only note forwarded was picked up by Emilio Toledo, of Hilo, Hawaii. He found it at the south tip of the big island of Hawaii about four months after it was launched.

Thanks for your great magazine and the opportunity to vent my feelings.

Albert E. Armstrong Pacifica page 61

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□REACHING OUT I read an article in the January issue of Cruising World titled Sailing Blind. It was about some sailors in England who teach blind people to sail, to be part of a cruising crew, and to use cruising-type boats for one week a year.

Sailing is my main interest, and I thought I might like to get involved with a group such as that. I have looked around the Santa Cruz area where I sail my 22-ft boat, but could not find a similar project going on. If you or any of your readers know of any such project in the Bay Area, I would like to know how to get in touch with them.

My wife and I were at the Alameda Used Boat Show on Sunday.

One of the people we talked to was your ‘Roving Reporter’, and he seemed to think you were going to change the design of your t-shirts.

I hope not. I was going to order two, but will wait until I see what the next design is going to be.

By the way we thought the show was on the low side of fair, but not good.

John and Suzanne Dunn Watsonville John and Suzanne — Back in 1981 what’s called the Adapted Boating Program was started at Oakland’s Lake Merritt. The purpose of the pilot program was to give people with handicaps — some of them very severe — the opportunity to enjoy sailing. Those without sight are a part of this program; various materials are made available in braille.

Although it’s not exactly like the program in England, we’re sure the woman who runs it, Glo Webel, can give you all the information you’d need to know to start or help with a similar program. You can reach her at (415) 465-1287 Wednesday through Sunday.

In regard to Latitude 38 t-shirts, we expect the current design to be around quite a while. But there’s no need for folks like you who are thinking of helping out in a sailing program for the blind to buy the shirts. Send us your sizes and we’ll be happy to pass two along for free.

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LETTERS this is particularly grievous when I really want to save some infinitely valuable articles such as those of the Milk Run series.

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□TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR I can’t help but respond to Dana Smith’s letter. He asked if races are called off on account of inclement weather — and he also seemed to ask for support of his decision to proceed to Pillar Point after being warned against it by the Coast Guard.

His situation was reminiscent of the 1974 Half Moon Bay Race which was cancelled by the Coast Guard after the participants were already out the Gate. After the start the committee boat, a Freeport 41, was nailed pretty badly by a wave on the south Bar. So badly that they required Coast Guard assistance. After straightening things out the race committee asked the Coast Guard to help turn the racers back.

At the time Chris Corlett was in the vanguard on Animal Farm (where else would he be?). They had already powered up to a larger sail that would keep them going in the breakers, when the crew of a Coast Guard 44-ft motor surf boat — a powerboat that does Eskimo Rolls — reached them and strongly recommended heading back in.

Animal Farm did turn back and the fleet followed their example.

What were the conditions? It was March, the first ocean race of the year — in fact it ran on the same day as the Ano Nuevo Race. A real bitch of a southerly was terrorizing the coast. Pillar Point Harbor entrance, where one fishing boat skipper cracked a couple ribs coming in, was close to impassable. The San Francisco Bar was breaking.

Supposedly the only channel open for small boats \vas through that slight notch in the SW bar. One participant was planning on making that passage, but turned back when he considered the probable situation at Pillar Point and the fact that he’d be the only boat left out.

As to a warning from the Coast Guard, I don’t believe the San Francisco Bar is a “hazardous bar” where the Coast Guard can terminate a voyage as “manifestly unsafe”. This law applies to the several bars in the Northwest and I think Morro Bay, but the sea lawyers can correct me if I’m wrong. I do know that the Coast Guard will not terminate any voyage without cause, and are extremely careful in the application of this rule.

To paraphrase Herman Melville, the San Francisco Bar has murdered amd insulted sailors since Drake. 1 believe our mini-Fastnet took place in March/early April. I’m not sure of the actual dates, but the Aeolian Lightship Race lost a man overboard one year. I recollect a submarine skipper washed off his bridge not too long ago. We also have a tragic accident now for 1984. The common elements: the time of year, and a nasty Bar. Without careful planning, and a good eye for the weather, maybe March and early April are too soon for the ocean?

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□ I PROTEST A serious problem has been called to my attention, namely The Bay Conservation and Development Commission move to assume control of our harbors, marinas, and anchorage areas.

I was born and raised in San Francisco as my mother and father before me. My family has been here almost 100 years; I started boating as a young boy with my father. I watched our Bay being polluted, and I have watched it make a comeback; the latter through good management.

1 am very much in favor of the original plan of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, namely to curb the continual building of Bay waters. I do not believe the original intent was for this Commission to have regulatory powers over the boats on the Bay. As 1 see it, they will start with this little corner in Marin County, and as power has a tendency to do, it will feed upon itself until they control everything that moves within the Golden Gate. To look at it from a dollars and cents point of view, I don’t know how many millions of dollars the Bay economy attributes the boating community, but I am sure it’s a staggering amount.

I therefore implore you to take whatever action necessary to stop Supervisor Albert Aramburu and his assault; 1 cannot call it anything else on the right of the citizens of this beautiful Bay. Joseph N. Wineroth, Jr. San Francisco Joseph — An interesting point that many people overlook is that the BCDC has not yet approved the BCDC Staff Report on which all the controversial proposals — such as the Richardson Bay Special ■ Area Plan - are based. It’s the BCDC Staff that has been charging recklessly into waters they are not familiar with.

There is some reason to hope that the adverse public reaction to the Staff Report will prevent the Commissioners from using the substandard report as the basis for public policy. If, however, they do rubber stamp it, the only recourse is the courts.

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LETTERS normal cruising flow. We expect you might have much better luck with these boats. You can contact some of the boats by scouring the Cruising Crew List that appeared in our last issue or by taking out your very own Classy Classified in the back of Latitude 38.

Incidentally you’re mentioning that you’re a diabetic reminded us of an article about cruising with.diabetes. If it’s not in this issue, it will be in the next.

□ SERVICE SELLS BEST Thanks for putting out such a great magazine. We read it whenever we can get our hands on a copy, which will probably be more difficult in French Polynesia than it is here in Mexico. We would really appreciate your mentioning another one of the “good guys” in your Letters column.

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I too own a Ranger 33, and am anxious to equip it for some extended cruising. With this in mind 1 would, very much like to know, among other things, how much fresh water was carried onboard, • and how and where it was stored.

Would it be possible to get the owner’s name and phone number, so 1 could discuss this with him?

Keep up the great articles on cruising in general, and Mexico in particular.

Jim Jensen Coyote Point 349-6413

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We must tell you, however, If it was us planning a cruise in a Ranger 33, we’d be thinking about how to install a good back-up rudder rather than how to carry water for 54 days. Sailing the ocean is fun, but 54 days is a little too much of a good thing.

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Your joking remark about parking meters on mooring buoys at the Embarcadero reminded me of Victoria, British Columbia. There, a few years ago, public metered dock space was available at a reasonable cost. It worked just like metered auto parking and seemed to serve boatowners very well.

To have easily accessible and readily available boat slips around the Bay might promote water transportation, the boating business, and business in general.

It would certainly make it easier to go somewhere other than the dock, and I would not object to paying for the convenience of casual docking.

I’d welcome response to this idea.

Mordecai Mill Valley Mordecai — We’re all for it. Pier 39 was operating such a program, where guest slips were available by the hour on a first-come, first-serve basis. Unfortunately the berths were not available during the construction of their new breakwater.

A number of other locations around the Bay Area offer free temporary berthing, usually restaurants with their own dock space. Examples are Sam’s in Tiburon, The Rusty Pelican in Mariner Square, and Marriott’s over in Berkeley. There are more.

With the tremendous increase in the number of berths in San Francisco Bay, more hourly berthing is becoming available. For further details, see the Bay Wanderer this issue.

Unfortunately such berths are in short supply or are non-existent in the most popular destinations; Sausalito, San Francisco, Tiburon.

The near future prospects for San Francisco and Tiburon don’t look too good, but several more marinas are planned for Sausalito, and who knows, there may eventually be hour by hour space available%

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□ NO LONGER NUMBER ONE IN MURDER AND RAPE? I have been reading a lot in recent publications, including yours, about the terrible conditions in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. And it makes me wonder where has the old tradition of presenting both sides of a problem gone to.

I went down there a number of years ago to join a big charter ketch Maverick for a week’s cruise out through the islands and back. I was in Charlotte Amalie for only a day, and I met only one incident of native resentment. But I heard a considerable amount of comment from respectable sources as to the situation there.

Rich people from all over the world were buying up the desirable properties and businesses and crowding out the people who had been born there and to whom it was their native land.

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that a number of times in these pages. The comparison is always made with the relatively violent free British Virgins, where locals were not allowed to sell out foreign interests.

However the criminal systems in the two different groups have also been cited as playing a major role in the difference between the island groups. In the British Virgins justice is reputed to be sure and swift, in the U.S. Virgins it’s very slow and uncertain.

However there’s been good news from the U.S. Virgins in the last year or so. Three different groups of friends who live in or near Charlotte Amalie report that relations between visitors and locals are substantially improved. Not perfect, mind you, but much better.

□THE CHOICE IS OURS In answer to the letter from Dana Smith of San Francisco [Volume 82], thank you for referring Mr. Smith to us. Not only is our Nor’West 33 a larger version of his Farallone 29 and had a good deal of ocean experience, but we know of another Farallone 29 right now in Tahiti, and our neighbors in Alameda plan to leave this fall on theirs.

Here is Gene’s response to Mr. Smith: Dana: No matter what the circumstances are, once you have made your choice and decision, never doubt yourself. By your own stated facts, you learned first to walk, then jog before trying to run the marathon. My own feeling, when talking to prospective ocean-going sailors, is that they jumped the gun and were not prepared to tackle the open sea. A good case in point is the powerboat you mentioned in your letter, that went out with no navigational equipment whatsoever.

Leaving the Bay in foul weather can be more serious than facing a storm at sea, for the sight of land can give a false sense of security.

Also in the open sea you generally are not faced with the currents, tides and winds coming from all directions at once, as the Golden Gate can throw at you. Our Bay is one of the greatest proving, grounds in the world, and therefore cannot and must not be taken for granted.

But the challenge is there and only you can answer a yay or nay to that call. You did what was correct in all the thorough pre-planning; I can only add that be as equally prepared to get yourself back home, on your own wit and strength.

By the way, Dotty and 1 did not “pitchpole”; we were pooped by 30-ft high seas. There’s quite a bit of difference and although it was serious, we both thank St. Peter and Neptune for the lesser of the two evils. And, we’d rather go to sea and deal with fate on that basis than Highway 17! The odds are a whole lot better, and the choice is ours.

Gene Haynes, Commodore Singlehanded Sailing Society Dotty Haynes, First Mate Gene and Dottie — Sorry about the ‘pitchpoling’ error; there is indeed a big difference.

□ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Please find a check enclosed fof a year’s subscription. After moving from the Bay Area last September we find ourselves suffering withdrawal symptoms from your great publication, from sailing, and from the YRA. But life in Oregon does have some advantages. No traffic jams, and Ashland, where we live, are two of them.

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□ HAVE WRENCH WILL TRAVEL My final retirement comes up in about two years. After that, I will be doing some extensive sailing in and around French Polynesia. My retirement income is adequate, but 1 would like to augment it by being able to repair small diesel engines.

Is there a school for small diesel engine repairs in the Bay Area? I am not interested in the “watch me do it” type school. 1 want to get my hands dirty, know what tools to buy, what repair parts to buy for my traveling repair shop, and be generally known as someone who ha^the parts, can fix your engine and not charge an arm and a leg. [realize that I cannot carry a complete line of spare parts in a 45-ft boat, but I could carry a lot of the common items.

I would also be very interested in hearing from anyone who has ever contemplated doing this and how it worked out.

I love your magazine and pick up my copy early before they run out at the Ship’s Chandlery in Campbell.

P.J. Moe Campbell P.J. — Popular cruising areas are always fertile territory for mechanics who can repair and rebuild diesel engines and generators.

We called around looking for schools, but couldn’t turn up any specifically for marine diesels — and they have different problems than regular diesels. Perhaps one of our readers knows of one.

In the course of our inquiries we did learn that it takes about two years to become competent and know the idiosyncracies of one brand of diesel engines. So if we were you, we’d started getting our hands greasy right now.

□ SAN DIEGO BAY I read with interest your latest report on the BCDC [Volume 82, April 1984] having lived aboard in Sausalito until cruising to San Diego last September with my 12-year old son, Ray. I am currently anchored in Glorietta Bay and involved in the battle for the rights of cruising sailors and Ijveaboards.

The city of Coronado is attempting to revise the certified LCP Land Use Plan adding a number of City Ordinances designed primarily to curtail anchoring in Glorietta Bay. Upon being submitted to the Coastal Commission for approval, the Ordinances were returned without consideration as being outside the jurisdiction of the city (letter enclosed dated March 23, 1984). A previous letter from Don L. Nay, the Port Director, dated December 15, 1983 (enclosed) also advises the city of its questionable jurisdictional position.

Coronado, however, is still proceeding with its plans to hire a Harbormaster to be operational by May 1st with a patrol boat in use by June 1st. In a conversation with Chief Art LeBlanc of the Harbor Police I was informed that the Corondao Police Department and Harbormaster had “concurrant jurisdiction” over the areas within the city limits of Coronado and would assist the Harbor Police in enforcing the rules and regulations of the Port District and various State Regulations. The Port District, therefore, was not required to specifically arid officially grant authorizaztion to the city of Coronado.

Chief Jerry Boyd of the Coronado Police Department advised me on Thursday. April 5th, that the city would continue to attempt to have the city ordinances approved, but in the interim, the Harbormaster would, in fact, operate in a manner consistent with Chief LeBlanc’s position. He.stated that the Harbormaster would also serve page 77

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LETTERS the boating community in Glorietta Bay by monitoring Channel 16, provide continuous broadcasts of NOAA weather, and by their presence, hope to cut on theft and vandalism of boats in the area.

This all sounds like an assistance, rather than an adversary role, and hopefully will turn out to be so. The Federal Government in Federal Regulations CFR 110.210 of 1915 specifically mandated San Diego Bay to be a free and open anchorage and therefore cannot be restricted by any local municipality.

However, upon close scrutiny, it appears that every agency is attempting to gain control of certain bay waters at the expense of cruising sailors and liveaboards. For example, 1) the Port District’s Master Plan for Anchorages drastically cuts back on the areas and number of boats that will be permitted to anchor in the bay. 2) The impossibility of living aboard under the city of Coronado Ordinances if adopted.

3) And now the U.S. Navy has entered the fray with a formal request to the Army Corps of Engineers to restrict certain area of Glorietta Bay (including one of the anchorage areas in its entirety).

Needless to say, the time, effort, and finances required to combat the combined fores of government are beyond the means of most cruising sailors and liveaboards. A letter-writing campaign is now under way in an attempt to urge the Corps of Engineers to reject the Navy’s request.

It’s sad to think that cruising or living aboard as a way of life in California may soon be unpleasantly difficult if not down right impossible. I hope that I’m not being unduly negative in assuming that the big boys will eventually win out. It is, indeed, sad, to contemplate the passing of yet another freedom.

Bob Difley Merdeka Coronado Bob — It’s like they say, there’s no government like no government.

Realistically though, it seems to us that most populated waters are eventually going to come under some kind of greater regulation. And in many instances they probably should be. The big question is whether the regulations will be adversarial and punative — such as being proposed by the BCDC Staff and the Richardson Bay Special Area Plan Steering Committee — or whether they will recognize the rights of boatowners.

As we understand it the San Diego Unified Port District recently released a master plan for mooring and anchoring in all of San Diego Bay. Even though there would be no more free anchoring for permanently moored vessels, it seemed like a reasonable plan to us.

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□ CHART ATTACK I would like to respond to Mr. Peterson’s letter [Volume 81, page 53], where some incorrect points are made about charts in the South Pacific area.

Mr. Peterson states, “ . . . we do not agree with Mr. Neal’s statement that it requires an expenditure of $1,300 for 100 charts for the South Pacific. Thirty to thirty-five Admiralty charts will provide very satisfactory coverage from San Francisco to the Marquesas, through French Polynesia, the Cooks, Tongas, Samoa, Fiji, and thence on to Auckland, New Zealand. A total expenditure, therefore, of approximately $350 to $400.”

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LETTERS IT’S Tuamotus, or Fiji; areas which are some of the most exciting cruising grounds in the world, but certainly require more than a bare minimum for safe cruising.

An advantage that we have in our Chart Portfolio Service, is that either myself or my partner have cruised extensively in nearly every country which we cover with our charts, from Alaska to Panama to Australia and Micronesia. This experience is of real value to the person buying charts, because instead of recommending specific charts on second or third-hand information, or from looking in an index, we are including them in our portfolio because we have cruised the area, often with several different charts (French, U.S., British, N.Z., or Australian) of the same area onboard, to get a comparison of the accuracy and coverage. We are also able (and happy) to answer questions about particular passes, anchorages, or harbors from firsthand experience.

An area which is of highest interest to our cruisers is French Polynesia. Last week — for the second time in a year — 1 spent several days photographing reefs, passes, shorelines contours, and anchorages from an airplane and boat, to use in comparing the accuracy of the newer French charts of the area. It is interesting to see the difference between the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) and British Admiralty charts, then to look at the aerial photos and the newer French charts. The U.S. DMA charts are no longer updated (since 1977) unless a new edition is issued, and the British are fairly good about adding or deleting lights, but the shapes of the reefs, and in some cases, even the shape of the islands are different from the newer French charts. The French send sophisticated survey ships to the territory nearly every year — there’s one working off Tahiti this week — using the latest electronic equipment, including side-scan sonar, satellite positioning, and computers.

A good example of French versus British coverage in the Tuamotus is Tikehau, the atoll next to Rangiroa. The Admiralty chart (#1175) shows only one small plan of the pass. On the French chart (#6363, included in our #8A Portfolio) there is a chart of the pass, a chart of the passage from the pass to the anchorage off the village (a distance of seven miles, with many coral heads on either side), and a chart of the anchorage off the village of Tuherahera.

So, it might be possible to sail from the West Coast to New Zealand with only 30-35 charts, but you’d miss many of the best islands and anchorages along the way, and be taking, from my experience, an undue risk.

The original charts are, of course the best, if you have no budget limitation and the time to track them all down. But, if you have a budget to stick to, I think it is far better to buy more charts at an average of $1.74 eaclT (the average cost of our reproductions) than fewer charts at $12 to $15 each. We do not include large, overall charts for plotting, but recommend that cruisers buy the original U.S. or British charts for plotting positions, distance planning, and RDF plotting.

As to the delivery time of foreign charts, in the original letter, Volume 80,1 stated that the French, British, and Mexican charts may take up to six months to obtain from the issuing country. We have waited up to six months for French and Mexican charts, but if you are buying Admiralty charts from one of the agents on the West Coast, they may well have the chart in stoclq or may be able to have it in two weeks.

Mr. Peterson states, “It would appear that the majority of the charts reproduced by Mahina Cruising Services are from British originals and some from the French Hydrographic office.” It sounds like he may have never seen our charts, because out of our total of 657 charts, only 16, or 2.43 percent are Admiralty charts. page 81

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LETTERS We don’t use “ordinal copying equipment” as Mr. Peterson states, but use a new, $120,000 Diazo-BIackline printer, which is highly accurate and is used daily for close-tolerance engineering design printing. We print on a plastic-surfaced blackline process paper, which is fairly sturdy, and lighter, easier to stow than the original charts.

Chart reproductions are not for everybody. If you want to check out the quality, we’ll be happy to send a sample French, Mexican, or U.S. chart to you for $2, including postage.

In response to Norman deVall’s question about what to do with plastic garbage, my response is, “please don’t throw it overboard!!!”.

Even if weighed down and dropped in deep water, most plastic floats and will make its way to the surface eventually. It is sad to walk on a deserted, uninhabited, white sand beach in paradise and trip over plastic crap thrown overboard by an unthinking sailor.

The best solution is to keep disposal in mind when you’re provisioning, i.e. buy as few things as possible which are wrapped or stored in palstic. For the few things that come only in plastic, wash out the container or bag in salt water, let it dry in a rack over the sink, and then stow it away in a plastic garbage bag in the lazarette, to be disposed of on land at the end of the passage. This has worked out well for us, and usually we end a 20-day passage with a medium size garbage bag full of compressed plastic. Organic garbage and cans — punch holes in the unopened end — and bottles — fill with saltwater before tossing — are not going to do damage mid-ocean, but it real tacky to toss them in a clear shallow lagoon, or where people are going to be fishing or anchoring.

John Neal Friday Harbor, Washington

□THE END OF THE PRAIRIE In response to your request for information in March Letters column, 1 thought everyone knew the source of the name Prairie 32.

This fine Oriental boatbuilder built a fast but “wet” boat. It was going to be called the Wong 32 but the name didn’t gel. When sailing on the prototype boat the designer’s wife in her very Oriental accent would continually say “Pray-re don’t get vet tooday”, and “Pray-re all be okay”. The designer picked up on the sounds and thought what better way to convey a “dry image” than Pray-re or Prairie.

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Wash my mouth out with soap! Last month we had two race reports in which the 40-ft sloop Prime Time appeared. Once we identified it as a Santa Cruz 40 and the other time as an Olson 40.

The former was in error, which is what Olson 40 dealer Paula Blasier immediately informed us. In some leagues, batting .500 would be considered a miracle; in this league, it’s a sin. Our apologies.

Opening Day up north in Seattle is on May 5th and over 5,000 craft and 100,000 spectators are expected for this event which dates back to 1908. The Seattle YC is hosting the activities and the theme for the day is “Golden Opportunities”. For information, call Steve Koch at (206) 454-1495 or Donna Kline at (206) 821-6058.

Roger Eldridge of San Rafael, California, has been named as a regional administrative judge for the northern section of the U.S. Yacht Racing Union’s Area G. He shares those duties with Newport Beach’s Bill Ficker, who is in charge of the southern part of Area G. Speaking of Ficker, who was the helmsman of the 12 Meter Intrepid in 1970 when she beat Australia’s Gretel II for the America’s Cup, he’s involved with a new 12 meter campaign. Based at the Newport Harbor and headed by George Tooby, the “Eagle Syndicate” has announced plans to participate in the quest to return the Cup to the United States. Within two weeks of commencing fund raising activities, the group had already come up with 20 percent of their target of $6.5 million! “We found there were a lot of people in Orange County who wanted the Cup,” says Ficker, the group’s spokesperson and chief advisor.

Johan Valentijn has been chosen as a designer. He was responsible for the ill-fated Liberty, Dennis Conner’s losing boat in 1983. The Eagle Syndicate must figure Johan will be seeking revenge and come up with a competitive boat.

Here’s a little rhyme for Franklin Potter: Cruisers with SatNavs do it with machines; But celestial navigators Do it with heavenly bodies.

Is this what’s meant by innovation?

Reader Hugh Cassidy of San Rafael sent us an interesting clip from the March 27 Wall Street Journal. The item reports that Yamaha Motor Company of Japan has agreed to pay $400,000 to Outboard Marine Corporation (makers of Evinrude and Johnson outboards) to settle patent infringement litigation. In the face of the suit Yamaha also agreed to redesign a number of its outboard models.

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Our March’s issues’ picture of the eye-grabbing graphics on the stern of Larry Harvey’s new lOR racer Brooke Ann have more meaning than we originally thought. According to John Selbach, who crewed for Harvey during the recent SORC series, the comely young lady depicted climbing up this transom represent Larry’s wife.

Under new rulings for lOR racers, the number of people allowed onboard during a race has been limited. This change was aimed at preventing competitors from loading up on bodies during windy races to compensate for poor stability characteristics of the yachts.

Many owners, such as Harvey and Piedmont’s Irv Loube, cried foul.

Guests and family members would now have no opportunity to go along for the ride. Considering the big bucks these men are spending for their boats, the ruling was a real slap in the face. Hence Harvey’s pointed illustration of his wife’s attempt to be with her man. The resemblance of the drawing to the real Brooke Ann must have been more than passing — crewman Selbach says Harvey disapproved of anyone taking a leak off the stern!

Did you like those pictures of the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit (SORC)? If you’d like some of those shots, or others, get in touch with the photographer, Larry Moran. He can be reached at 5914 Manton, Chicago, Illinois 60646, or by calling (312) 685-6725.

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Hey, let’s talk it over.

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We’ve also been enjoying the stink the Greeks have been sending up over the proposed transporting of the Olympic flame from Greece to Elay. Traditionally the torch has been lit in Greece after which endless numbers of relay runners jog it all the way to whatever the current site is. This hitch is that the Los Angeles folks have been selling commercial Space on the torchbearers at the tune of $3,000 a mile, and the Greeks find it disgusting. We eventually lost track of the dispute, but last we heard the Greeks weren’t going to let the Angelinos anywhere near the flame and the L.A. folks were talking of shooting the flame to L.A. via a laser beam. This is the kind of human drama movies of the week are made of!

There’s a sailing angle to this commercialization, too. The folks at Sebago, who we best remember for having created and marketed those dazzling red, white and blue leather boat shoes, have been welcomed on by the United States Yacht Racing Union as the first corporate sponsor of the U.S. Olympic sailing team. Exactly what it took to become a sponsor was not revealed, but Sebago will be outfitting all the U.S. lads with sailing footwear.

For those who have been so overwhelmed by the commercialization that they no longer can remember what Olympic sailing is all about, there are seven Olympic classes: the Finn, Flying Dutchman, 470, Soling, Star, Toronado, and the Windglider. Trials for spots on the U.S. team will be held in April, May and June. The rush for the gold itself will start in July off Alamitos Bay in Long Beach.

The U.S. sailing team is expected to do well in the competition, and it’s likely that several of them will be in the Bay Area.

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LATITUDE 38/RICHARD

rhodes day on the bay It was just about 30 years ago that Dusty Rhodes performed in the role of pinch hitter for the then New York baseball Giants. Dusty filled the role well, even heroically. In the;World Series he won a couple of games with pinch hits and made a big contribution in yet a third victory. He was the toast-of New York City.

Although a lot of people don’t know it, Dusty almost immediately retired from the game to start designing boats. His most famous design was the Rhodes 19, a design he loved so much that he had his famous World Series bat shaped to be used as the tiller on hull number one. * cont’d on next sightings page

santa cruz Put June 1st to 3rd on your calendar for the sixth annual Santa Cruz Boat Show and Harbor Festival. The word from the land of “Fast is Fun” is that the channel to the small boat harbor is open, so you can stop in by land or sea for the boat displays, dinghy and boardsailing races, paper boat building contest and the infamous Rube Goldberg 500 Contraption Race. As the name implies, anything goes in the latter. Consider last year’s entry called “The Human Screw”, a page 98

SIGHTINGS rhodes — cont’d The Rhodes 19 has been a popular one-design class on San Francisco Bay for a number of years. In fact some of today’s big racing names cut their teeth on the Bay in the quick little boats.

For those of you who have a Rhodes and would like some tips on how to sail them well on the Bay, the San Francisco Bay Rhodes 19 Fleet will be holding a sail training day on May 12 at the San Francisco YC (The SFYC, incidentally, is located in Belvedere, not San Francisco). Such training sessions have proven both popular and effective with a number of class associations.

The training is free to all members of the local Rhodes 19 fleet. A charge of $35 is made of non-members; however payment of that fee automatically makes you a class member.

To participate for further information, call Gary or Carol Coburn at 254-4310. (‘This paragraph is a bunch of baloney. The Rhodes 19 was designed by Phil Rhodes, who to our knowledge never got a pinch hit in his life.)

the law (& the sea Navigating the seas of maritime law can be treacherous and about as much fun as sailing through the Potato Patch when you have a heavy northwest swell and an outgoing tide. Like navigating, knowing the rules, the way things are done and taking the proper precautions makes for a successful voyage.

This is the first in a series of columns which will deal with such areas of maritime law as collision, rules of the road, insurance, contracts of sale and all of the fascinating ancient and new reasons why these laws developed.

Just to show that I am a regular guy and to make a good impression, I would like to start off with a little humor before we get on to the serious stuff. I noticed back in the January issue that some comments were made about the hassles a few women have in signing up on the Crew List. You can take heart because maritime law has a statute for everyone. For example, it is a crime for any master, officer, seaman or other person employed on board of any American vessel who, during the voyage under promise of marriage by threats, by the exercise of authority, by solicitation or by the presentation of gifts, seduces and has illicit sexual intercourse with a female passenger. It is called seduction, which has been defined as “the act of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse by enticements which overcome her scruples” and also as “any act, solicitation or statement by a man which overcomes the unwillingness of a woman and causes her to yield her virtue”. Now this usually applies to a passenger on a vessel but who knows, it may be that a female crewmember could be considered a passenger. Something to think

boat show 40-ft racing yacht shell powered by a manual corkscrew.

Boats on display at the show will include the new Express 37, Santa Cruz 40, Olson 40, J/22, Hobie, Olson 30, Windsurfer, J/29, Moore 24, Santa Cruz 50, Express 27, Beachcraft, C&B Marine, Newport, Catalina, Sunrunner, Santana, Bic, Lighthall Marine, Frog Craft and many others.

Show hours are noon to 7 p.m. on Friday, cont'd center of next sightings page page 99

about, anyway.

I also noticed on the Crew List an admonition that you have to be willing to put up with discomfort, arguments, hostility and plain getting yelled at by the captain or the owner of the ship. Owners and captains take heart. Say your crew doesn’t do what you tell them to do? Well, if a crew should compel the master against his will by threats or otherwise to navigate the ship or manage her concerns according to their own directions and prevent him from the free exercise of his own judgment, that ^would be an effectual usurption of command of the ship, and in the sense of the law, a revolt. A revolt is synonymous with mutiny.

So all you uptight crew members should remember, if you actively resist the master of your vessel or stir up and excite your shipmates to join you in your active disobedience or resistance, you will be committing mutiny.

Whether arguments are active resistance is a question you’ll have to answer.

Now on to the serious stuff. This writer is always impressed by the technical knowledge and skill possessed by many of the crew and owners sailing on the Bay and out in the ocean. It always amazes me how you people can finecont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS law <8fe sea — cont’d tune the ships to sail so well. I took my 7 x 50’s out on the Bay a couple of weeks ago to watch some of these highly skilled mariners. I realized that a whole lot of people weren’t following the rules of the road — you know, those things that tell you how to signal an approaching vessel, which side to pass on, and things like that.

When the rules of the road are properly applied, it should be physically impossible for collisions to take place. That they do happen indicates either unfamiliarity with the rules, negligence, or both. I’m sure that no recreational boat operator would wish to find himself described in terms similar to those used by a Federal District Court Judge when he referred to inept small boat handlers in the Gulf of Mexico. He said that these rig tenders and crew boats, more often than not, are operated by illiterate persons who are unaware even that rules of the road exist.

The rules of the road apply to all vessels on navigable waters, irrespective of size and speed — wind surfers take heed. 1 saw some close calls out on 4he Bay. A great percentage of collisions do result in property damage and serious personal injury. I. won’t even begin to tell you about the insurance hassles in this article. TheViext step of course — and it has been proposed — is for legislation to be passed requiring boat operators to have licenses. I .bet you can’t wait to be tested for your license. I wonder who will be giving the test?

I’ve heard some gripes about collisions at night. A recent article in a boating magazine extolls the pleasures of boating after dark. One of the advantages of night boating it states is the factor of extension of the boat’s cruising range by an early weekend start on Friday night and travel on waterways uncrowded by daytime traffic.

It’s really great to be out on the Bay, Delta or the ocean at night, but there are those moments of tenor. There’s no road ahead lit up my automobile headlights or a well defined road to drive on. A boat can come to you from any direction and usually does. It’s kind of like being forced to drive continually in an intersection uncontrolled by traffic lights. Compounding all of these collision problems of course, is the injury of guests or crew members.

It’s a subject covered in part by the Jones Act which I’ll discuss in later articles. There is also the legal problem of seaworthiness.

Although I have an outline of things to write about in the future, I would be more than happy to briefly comment, advise or explain any aspect of maritime law that you might be interested in. Just write me at Latitude 38 and I’ll be glad to answer your questions.

In closing I have this pithy little comment made by Samuel Johnson in March of 1759: “No man will be a sailer who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in jail has * more room, better food, and commonly better company.”

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santa eruz crime doesn't pay Two years ago last April, the misnamed 44-ft ketch Mia Amore sunk five miles off Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. The two aboard, Santa Cruz fisherman Thomas George and his girlfriend Alita Rose, were both rescued.

Now sailboats do sink from time to time, but when one goes down on a clear, calm day so close to land as Mia Amore did, insurance investigators start to get a little curious. And the investigator in this particular incident indeed uncovered an insurance scam by the boat’s owner, Donald Moore, who the Santa Cruz Sentinel describes as a “prominent businessman” from nearby Brookdale. cont’d on next sightings page

10 a.m. to 7p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call Bill McMurray (408)

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Not one, but five lawsuits have been filed in opposition to the surcharge, including one by the Chicago Park District.

crime — cont’d Moore was brought to trial earl; ; this year, and,with the heat on, explanations of what happened began to c hange. George testified that Moore offered him $5,000, a rubber raft, and a v.an in exchange for sinking Mia Amore. Not only is this below minimum wage: for this kind of dirty work, but Moore apparently only came through with a small fraction of the wages. Rose, who was given immunity for her testimony, backed Moore’s version.

No doubt feeling double-crosse id by the time he got on the stand, Moore testified that he had nothing to do with the sinking and that George had stolen the boat. Moore probably shouldn’t have done this because George had craftily made a tape recording of a meeting between the two on Seabright Avenue in Santa Cruz. cont’d ciTt next sightings page

SIGHTINGS crime — cont’d Although the transcription of the recording has not been released, the Assistant District Attorney reported that it contained an offer from Moore that would have increased George’s take to $30,000 if he would change his testimony. Moore is further alleged to have said that he would then sue the insurance company for $4 million, settle for $2 million, and give half of the settlement to George. With that kind of money, Moore is said to have told George that he could move to any nujnber of countries without extradition treaties, and live like a king for the rest of his life.

As everyone knows it’s almost impossible to convict anyone of anything in U.S. courts these days, so it’s not surprising the first go-round ended in a mistrial with the jury leaning 11 to 1 for a conviction.

On March 26, the day before a second trial was to begin, Moore pleaded no contest to charges he had the boat scuttled. He faces a maximum of three years in state prison and three years on parole. Additionally he must pay back the $70,000 his insurance company paid to the bank that was holding the mortgage on Mia Amore, and probatbly forfeits his chances of ever getting marine insurance again. The prosecutor in the case agreed not to take action on the allegation that Moore offered Gciorge more than $1 million to change his testimony — an offer I^loore’s attorney refused to characterize as a bribe.

AH charges against George have been dismissed. As stated earlier, Rose was given immunity for her testimony.

dps on scuttling In these days when the courts seem to tacitly encourage crime, more people than ever seem inclined to scuttle th e*ir boats rather than wait for them to sell. Most are novices, however, and botch the jobs, Apparently they are unaware that insurance investigators and surveyors have been on to such schemes for years and can usually smell a ruse from a continent away.

If you must scuttle your boat, take A few tips |from S.C.A.M. (Scuttlers Chasing After Money). The first is to malke a sinking look real, which requires the boat go down at least 100 miles offshore and in a minimum of 4Q knots of wind. Experienced seamen know that id's pretty darn hard to sink a boat, even if it has a hole in it. Lord knows how many scuttlers boats have resurfaced to haunt them. And even a Kansaih could see right through this clear day, calm weather baloney.

Once you’ve made sure the boat is goin cj down — i.e. put a hole four feet by five feet in the bilge and open all the hatches — don’t get into a well-equipped and fully prepared liferaft and turn on an EPIRB. That will never play. What you should do is climb into a battered dinghy, taking with you the last six inches of a ragged painter of a liferaft that supposedly broke away. After about a week of drifting around you can turn oin the EPIRB. When authorities ask why you didn’t switch the EPIRB on before, tell them you didn’t know how.

Responses like that are true to life and usually will pass muster with even the most suspicious investigators.

In addition, it’s important that there bo at least some injuries and plenty of suffering. A minimum of some dehydratiion mixed in with a couple of drops of hypothermia. Deaths are even better hey, you want the money or don’t you? — as they provide almost instant credibility. But as the Freedom case outside the Gate a few years back pr owed, deaths in themselves aren’t enough. Everybody knows that was a b&gus deal. And even though living the life of luxury in paradise isn’t as fun if you had to kill a few friends to do it, it does have one advantage. As they say iin all the old gangster movies, ‘dead men don’t tell tales’.

S.C.A.M. realized that a lot of people (don’t have what it takes to making money in scuttling. For those of you wil h the wrong stuff, SCAM suggests you make money the Smith Barney way, you earn it.

a step News releases pour into our mailbox at what seems like about five pounds a day. We try and read them all, and once in a great while find one that we’re able to use in some way. This is such a time.

What struck us about the new product hailed in the release that caught our eye was how out of step with the times it seems. For in an era when hard booze distillers are shuddering at the dramatic drop in consumption and the ciggy manufcturers are facing a similar decline — puffing by our employees has dropped from 220 to ten a day, American Foreign Industries of Conpage 102

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back cord has seen fit to introduce a teak twodrink holder with an ashtray in the middle.

Doesn’t it seem like a product of the 40’s — we can picture Bogie and Bacall on Santana puffing and drinking away — than the 8Q’s? A more youth-oriented company might have come up with a razor blade holder with a mirror in between. Or maybe a teak fresh vegetable holder. # Well far be it from us to judge. If you’re interested in the drink and ashtray holder — which makes a unique gift — you should know it retails at $31.95.

crew list parties The Latitude 38 Crew List parties are history for 1984. Whether they were successes or not will depend on how many people get on boats, but from all outward appearances they looked good. The crowds numbered in the hundreds both nights, and people weren’t shy about'striking up conversations with strangers. There were more rqen then woman, but a good mix.

The first Crew List party was held at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon, which overlooks the Bay. We lost count of how many people attended, but the bar reportedly did well over $1,000 in business. We’re glad about that, because it does a little to repay the Corinthian for the gracious use of their facilities.

As for the listees, they got along famously. In fact a little too famously for some purposes. A brief slide program on the Sea of Cortez Race Week and sailing in the Channel Islands had to be held over the roar qnd din of the crowd, about half of whom were far too engaged in conversation to be cont'd on next sightings page

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parties — cont’d silenced. The slide show came off a little better the following night at the party at the Metropolitan YC in Oakland. It wasn’t because there were any less people, it’s just that the Metropolitan had an upstairs and a downstairs, so those who wanted to see the slides could be effectively separated from those who wished fo continue talking. Again we didn’t get a full count of the house, but the gentleman behind the bar allowed that it was “much busier than New Year’s Eve’’.

A special thanks go to the Corinthian and Metropolitan yacht clubs for the use of their fine facilities, and the great folks who staffed the parties.

The 50-ft racing yacht Great Fun, which suffered considerable damage last November enroute from San Francisco to San Diego, has been sold. The insurance company which took possession of the thoroughbred sloop, valued in the neighborhood of $400,000, auctioned it off to Curtis Lind of Hayward for $26,000 at the end of March.

Lind, a contractor who works with cranes, plans to put the boat back together “as good as or better than new”.

Lind originally thought he could do the job himself. He’s lined up naval architect Bob Smith and surveyor Jim Jessie for technical support. His work, however, has gotten

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Two looking to crew.

As was the case last year, there were plenty of free treats to go around.

The folks from Fusser’s Rum passed out “cannonballs” for the first hour. In addition to this they gave away 150 Pusser’s enameled cups, and several dozen t-shirts. A Mr. del Vecchio from Half Moon Bay also donated a couple of ship’s model kits, of Minot’s Light, that were given away. And of course we at Latitude 38 couldn’t miss the opportunity to give away two hundred shirts and visors. We hope you got one.

That wraps it up for Latitude 38 Crew List parties this year, although the final installment of the Crew List, the social sailing list, starts on page 124 of this issue.

There is one more social gathering that Latitude 38 sponsors each year, the Cruising Kick-off Party, complete with free guacamole. It will be held at the very end of October, probably at the Sausalito Cruising Club.

Back in the old days going to the movies was a pleasant escape. Films were all comedy and romance until producers discovered that audiences enjoyed paying to be terrified by a variety of horrors. This identification of tastes brought us the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and a whole genre of other destructive movies.

There’s another one of these to be released at your local theatre in May. It’s called Aussie Assault, and is being distributed by Offshore Productions of Seattle. A documentary, filmed by Barry Holt and Bill Scholer, it tells the story of numerous teams of international rogues who attempt a jewel heist from the New York YC and battery on the long winning streak in sports.

To spare the suspense — and a possible Greetings from DownUnder.

delta is dandy this year In general newspapers you only read about places like the Delta when something goes wrong. You know, when the levees are about to collapse, when the water hyacinths are smothering everything, when the fishing is suddenly terrible, or when some misguided human has committed mayhem on another.

Thus it’s fallen upon the shoulders of Delta Chambers, Inc. — sort of an area wide Chamber of Commerce — to let everyone know when there’s good news up in the Delta. Like there is right now.

According to the group, light rain and balmy spring weather have com-

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busy, so he’s now looking for someone to do the repairs. On the docket are a new mast and rigging, fixing the cracks that resulted from the boat’s near sinking off Santa Cruz in November, lightening the interior by 500 pounds, and fixing the keel and rudder.

“I’m not a millionaire,” says Lind, “so 1 can’t campaign the boat like Clay Bernard (the previous owner) did.” He may sell Great Fun when he gets it finished, or he may form a syndicate to race it with himself as a partner. If you’d like to offer your services on getting the boat back into shape, call Curt at 786-0547.

bined to put the Delta in the best shape it’s been in years. “It’s almost boring out there now”, they quote one dredgerman as saying since the levees are so secure. You’ll remember that in the last several years it always seemed that levees were always either breaking or about to break.

Another Delta problem, the ubiquitous water hyacinth, is now under control thanks to Cal Boat’s spraying program. There had been an injunction against spraying in Contra Costa, but that’s been lifted, so Delta Chambers expects all Delta waters to be rid of the growth that clogged waterways, props, and water intakes.

If these two bits of news weren’t enough, Jack Gordon, who is president of the California Striped Bass Association says bass fishing is the best it’s been in ten years. All of this adds up to good news for the Delta business folks who’ve been spending money improving and expanding their facilities for boaters.

The Delta has long been a favorite summer boating destination for Northern California sailors, and for many it’s the big sailing adventure of the year.

Everything points to a good year up the river, and Latitude 38 will be running guides to the area in our next two issues.

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heart attack — we’ll give away the ending.

While most of the international rings flounder, a group of beer drinking, koala hugging, marsupial loving sailors from the wrong side of the hemisphere finally do manage to make off with their prize. It’s all very Bond-ian, as they accomplish their theft with a secret winged device that was forever shrouded from public view. The film stars John Bertrand.

For further information — or complaints on this negative type of programming — call Barbara Piercy at (206) 323-3040. Offshore Productions maintains a large selection of sailing films that are available for rental to yacht clubs and sailing organizations, and are often used as fund raisers.

You would be too if you had just found out you had lost the prestigious San Francisco Cup match race series because a typist entered the wrong time allowances for your boat. Chris Corlett is pointing at those erroneous figures.

Skipper Corlett and his crew from the St. Francis YC lost the last race in the best of five series on March 24-25 by three seconds. The only problem was that Scarlett O’Hara, the Serendipity 43 owned by Monroe Wingate, rates 33.0 feet under the IOR and the times used in the handicap for the series was based on the boat rating 34.0 feet. “It was a clerical error!” says the disappointed Corlett. If the correct numbers had been used, they would have beat Chuck Winton’s Nelson/Marek 41 Chimo from the San Francisco YC by 27 seconds and taken the series three to two.

Why didn’t the race committee just make the correction, you ask? Corlett says there have been cases in other regattas, such as the Hawaii Clipper Cup and the St. Francis YC Big Boat Series, where the wrong was righted and the cont’d on next sightings page page 105

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Corlett didn’t discover the error until after the race. He filed a protest, but it was disallowed for not being submitted within the time limit. (Corlett has since filed an appeal to that decision). There was much discussion at the St. Francis, site of the racing, about what to do and not all of it was polite and cont'd on next sightings page

long Most races, be they in sailboats, on feet or in cars, have definite marks around which contestants must pass. The folks at the Singlehanded Sailing Society, though, have come up with a'uhique idea. What if, they suggest, we just went out to a certain longitude and then turned around and came page 106

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gentlemanly. Even the sailors on Chimo didn’t feel too great about the whole deal. Steve Taft, part of the afterguard for the SFYC yacht, says, “It’s too bad things turned out this way. Now the race isn’t news, the controversy is.”

Even so, Taft isn’t keen on the idea of turning the Cup over to the St. Francis, which has won the event for the past three years and 13 out of the 17 times they have had the competition since 1967. He’d rather see a tie declared and both names on the trophy for 1984.

It’s interesting to note that the trust for the San Francisco Cup reads, “The purpose of this trophy is to promote good fellowship and a friendly competitive spirit between the two yacht clubs.” That purpose has been seriously betrayed, and while the ego bickering will sell a lot of drinks at the clubs’ respective bars, it speaks poorly for sportsmanship and any sense of fair play.

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Commander B.F. Folce, Hearing Officer of the Coast Guard, has assessed a $1,800 fine against Brad Herman, owner of the Peterson 45, Secret Love.

Folce ruled that Herman’s boat violated two sectionss of federal law last September 11 when she crossed very close in front of the bow of the auto carrier Nada II during a St. Francis Big Boat Series race.

Fourteen hundred dollars of the fine was levied for violation of Inland Rule of the Road 9(b) which prohibits a boat under 65 feet from impeding a commercial vessel in a fairway. The maximum fine possible was $5,000. In addition a fine of $400 was imposed for the negligent operation of Secret Love.

The maximum possible fine for that violation was $1,000.

When informed of the Coast Guard’s findings on the case earlier this year( Herman chose to defend his actions during a hearing at Government Island on March 13. He was represented at the informal session by attorney Irving Loube, a frequent racing competitor. Secret Love’s helmsman, Lowell North, and bow man, Donnie Anderson, testified on behalf of Secret Love.

Loube made a number of arguments in Herman’s defense. He said although the vessels had passed close, that Secret Love was never in any danger and that they had been in full control of the situation all along. He also maintained that it is by definition impossible for a small vessel to impede a ship such as the Nada II. At the conclusion of the March 13 hearing, Commander Folce ruled against Secret Love on the matter of negligent operation of the vessel and assessed the $400 fine. He said he would have to consider Loube’s arguments and study case law on the impeding issue before rendering that decision.

On March 30 he informed Herman that on the basis of the available information, Secret Love had indeed been guilty of impeding Nada II, and that an additional $1,400 fine was appropriate. Noteworthy in his explanation of the decision is that Commander Folce said he found that the evidence supported Secret Love’s contention of how close the boats had come rather than that of the pilot aboard Nada II. By nonetheless imposing the fine, he in effect said, ‘I believe everything you say, but you were still too close’.

We at Latitude 38 were the closest eye witness to the incident except those aboard the two vessels in question, and photos we took were used by both sides in support of their arguments. Although we h^ve the highest respect for the skills and judgement of the people on Secret Love — and helmsman Lowell North in particular — we think Secret Love’s course of action in this case was almost indefensible. We’ve watched every single Big Boat Series race since 1977 and have never once seen another boat cross even a third as close.

Unfortunately specific guidelines explaining how close is too close are not on the books. And the ruling in this case does nothing to clear that rather cloudy issue. Is half a ship length too close? Is a full ship length too close?

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secret love — cont’d Consequently it may well continue that pretty much whatever a pilot or ship captain feels is too close is too close. Since pilots are all different, so will their concept of what is dangerously close. We have, however, been told by a knowledgeable source that virtually all pilots and captains will freak out with a small boat crossing 200 feet from their bow. So if you come that close you can almost be assured that a complaint will be filed against you. If you cross half a ship length in front in very good conditions, some pilots can live with that. If you cross a full ship length in front, quite a few pilots and captains can live with that. Remember these aren’t recommendations of how close to cross, just of when those in command feel abused. You should also note that you don’t even have to get anywhere near this close to be cited and fined.

We are now looking over a case that happened a year ago outside the Gate; Commander Folce fined the recreational vessel even though it was nearly a mile when in front of the ship in question.

Perhaps what’s needed is for the YRA or the yacht clubs to get together and come up with some specific guidelines. For example they might say that a boat will be protested and thrown out of a race if it passes within one ship length of commercial traffic — even if the commercial vessel doesn’t file a complaint. Without such guidelines competitive sailors like those on Secret Love are going to feel compelled to cut it closer and closer until such time as everybody starts getting fined or the Coast Guard prohibits racing in the heavily trafficked parts of the Bay. The time is right for a little firm, but reasonable leadership.

Incidentally, the fines levied by Commander Folce are still preliminary. Mr. Herman can still appeal the case formally, although as yet there has been no indication whether he will or will not.

The following is Commander Folce’s thinking behind the decision he rendered: “I feel the evidence is sufficient to show that the pilots’ estimates of distances are incorrect and that the Secret Love probably passed 170 feet ahead of Nada II and 75 feet at closest point of approach.

“The Coast Guard investigation states the pilot of Nada II slowed and then sounded the danger signal. You claim the slowing was needed because of an upcoming change of pilots and the danger signal was after the Secret Love was already dead on the bow of Nada II. Rule 34(d) of the Navigation Rules requires the pilot to sound a danger signal when in doubt. The fact that the entire incident, from doubt to dead on the bow to clear by 75 feet took about 15 seconds in Mr. Norton’s estimation and that it takes five seconds to give five short blasts, leads me to believe the pilot took what action he could as soon as he was in doubt. The statement that the pilot went to “slow ahead” made in the Coast Guard’s investigation is not supported in the pilot’s original complaint, however, the pilot is very definite about sounding danger signals.

“The basic question becomes, can impeding take place when no change of course or speed is or can be made by the vessel claiming to be inpeded and no collision occurs? At the 46th session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (then IMCC) on April 5, 1982, Circular 320 entitled “Guidance for the Uniform Application of Certain Rules of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972” was prepared. Circular 320 clarified “not to impede” as “[w]hen a vessel is required not to impede the passage of another vessel, such vessels shall so far as practical navigate in, such a way as to avoid the development of risk of collision.” [emphasis added] “The development of a risk of collision was certainly evident in this case.

Mr. North states that at first no change in bearing was noticed. The fact that changes in bearing did occur later doesn’t alter the fact that a risk had already developed. This later change should have also been viewed with Rule 7(d) (ii) of the Navigation Rules in mind, stating that “[s]uch risk may sometimes exist even when an appreciable bearing change is evident, particularly when approaching a very large vessel — at close range.” [emphasis added] Mr. North admits this is as close as he has come to a vessel as large as the cont’d on next sightings page

long pac 500 miles west of San Francisco. All the other boats have their handicap translated into distance and given a corresponding longitude (closer to San Francisco) which they must “tag” before turning around and coming home. Sort of like a game you used to play as a kid, no?

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secret love — coat’d Nada II. The Secret Love was aware that a risk was involved and was depending on her own maneuverability to avoid a collision if needed. By doing this the Secret Love was in fact impeding the Nada II feven if the time frame left no courses of action except the danger signal available to Nada II. Also by causing the pilot to focus his complete attention on the Secret Love the Nada II was impeded and she and other vessels in the area were placed in danger by the Secret Love.

SIGHTINGS lyle galloway The sport and art of sailing lost one of its most talented practitioners on March 31st. Lyle Qalloway, Sea Scout, ocean voyager, artist and sculptor, was killed on March 31st off Newport, California. On his way to tie a reef into the mainsail of the boat he was racing in high winds, Galloway received a blow to the head when the boat jibed unexpectedly. He was knocked into the water and by the time-a Coast Guard helicopter could fish him out, he had

longpac you can’t trust a fellow SSS jnember, whom can you trust?”

Although the Long Pac, as the race is to be known, is designed to alternate years with

heads The number of deaths caused by sailboat masts striking powerlines has increased dramatically. For more than a decade Coast Guard records showed that there had been a steady average of 3 or 4 deaths attributed to this cause. But in 1982 there were 14 fatalities.

But those are just Coast Guard figures.

Boat/Us reports that the manufacturer of Hobie Cats estimates that more than 100 sailors have died in the last 15 years from masts striking powerlines.

Apparently most of these deaths have occurred in areas not under Coast Guard jurisdiction or in cases where heavy rainfall has raised water to far above normal levels. Five sailors were killed in a single Idaho incident;

an evening with One of Lyle Galloway's many nautical drawings.

expired. He was 54 years old and had four grown children.

Born in San Francisco, Galloway grew up in the Mission District. His involvement with sailing ships started early, and he prowled the decks of abandoned schooners and barkentines that littered the Bay’s shores during the Depression. He became a Sea Scout, attaining the rank of Quartermaster on the sailing whaleboat Navigator. Later he served aboard many notable vessels, including the cutter Orient, the schooner Yankee, Sterling Hayden’s Wanderer, and George Kiskadden’s New World.

Galloway was best known, though, for his drawings, illustrations and carvings. He was a self-taught artist and his first commission was to design the turtle logo for Zack’s Restaurant in Sausalito. He designed several restaurants / afterwards, such as Pier 39’s Neptune’s Palace and Delaney’s in Laguna Hills and Anaheim. He illustrated a variety of books. He also had an annual line of nautical Christmas cards and in 1979, he produced a calendar on “The American Working Schooner,” for which Oakland attorney Bill Vaughan served as a business agent. “That calendar has since become a collector’s item,” says Vaughan, although sales were not as great as they had hoped.

Galloway developed a skill as a wood sculptor too. His carvings stand in restaurants around the West, such as the one of Spike Africa now located at Alameda’s Rusty Pelican. In 1983 he won a national prize for his sculpture of the figurehead on California’s official tallship, the Californian. A small model of the final version was completed a few days before his death.

A “fit and proper wake” was held on Friday, April 13th, for Galloway aboard the Balclutha at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. Galloway helped rig the ship for display. Two days later, his ashes were scattered on an outgoing tide off Raccoon Straits by a crew of Sea Spouts aboard Lyle’s old ship, the Navigator. After his Sea Scouting days, Galloway served as skipper, or adult leader, of the Navigator for 25 years. It was a fitting end for a well known, admired and talented sailor.

If you haven’t already got plans for the evening of May 2nd, the San Francisco Bay Folkboat Association invites you to the opening races of the Wednesday night ‘‘Woodies” races. Partaking in this 23rd annual series off San Francisco’s Golden Gate YC are the classic Knarr, IOD, Bear, Thunderbird and Folkboat designs. To celebrate the occasion, spectators will be treated to a mini-cruise aboard the 78-ft square rigger Rendezvous,

what’s the state If that question is one you want answered, then plan to be at Fort Mason on June 1st.

The San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Oceanic Society will host an all-day conference on “San Francisco Bay: Trends and Agendas” from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Included on the agenda are topics such as “Chemical Dynamics/Pollution in the Bay”, “Public Access and Recreation”, “BCDC —

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In an effort to combat these tragic losses, many manufacturer of trailerable boats have been putting big warnings of their masts to beware of electrical lines. And the USYRU, in its recent semiannual meeting, had the One-Design Council pass a resolution using all one-design classes to prohibit the holding of championship events on any site found to have dangerous powerlines.

So folks, let’s be careful when trailering boats cause 50,000 volts can fry you just as effectively as a big nuke.

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The circumstances of Lyle Galloway’s death were repeated on San Francisco Bay on April 14th when Tiburon’s Jay Schwarz was also hit in the head by the boom and died after being pitched into the water. Schwarz, 48, was an IBM executive who was daysailing off the Berkeley Pier at the time of the accident. With him aboard his C&C Makai II were his wife Sherrye and another couple.

According to Rich Weirick, the harbormaster at Richmond’s Brickyard Cove who handled communications for the rescue attempt, the steering cables either broke or jumped the quadrant aboard Makai II. The boat was out of control and during a jibe, the boom caught Schwarz in the back of the head. His wife went in after him. The other couple onboard had little sailing experience, but did manage to fire some flares. Several boats from the Richmond YC which Were returning from a weekend cruise saw the trouble and tried to lend a hand. A whaler assisting a dinghy regatta on the Olympic Circle also came to-help. Andy Bates, operator of the whaler, rushed Schwarz ashore to a medical helicopter, but the injured man was dead by the time he got to the hospital.

These two fatalities are not pleasant news, but they serve as reminders that there is an element of danger when you’re out sailing, even on the Bay. An errant jibe can turn your boom, whether it’s on a 14’ dinghy or a 35’ cruiser, into a lethal weapon. Don’t assume everyone knows they should get their head out of the way. These recent disasters point out the fact that even experienced sailors can be caught unaware. Ignorance, in this case, can be deadly.

watch out for “wildfire” This may not look like the underbody of a Ranger 37, but that’s because it’s not just any Ranger 37. It’s John Clauser’s Wildfire, which he has just finished modifying to the extent that it could more appropriately be described

a 50-year old replica of an 18th century French sailing ship. You have to buy an $8 dinner ticket to get onboard, but after the races you can enjoy a buffet at the yacht club. All the action starts at 5 p.m. when you can climb aboard the woodies, followed by the departure of the Rendezvous at 6:15.

Call Mike Weber at 285-3952 or just show up at the Golden Gate YC guest dock. i :

Agendas for the Future” and “Shoreline Development Plans”. Speakers include Clem Shute, former Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Unit, and former BCDC attorney, and Michael Herz of the Oceanic Society, a long-time sailor. The registration fee for the day is $15 for Oceanic Society members, $20 for non-members.

Call (415) 441-5970 for more information.

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Left to right, Bobbi Tosse, John Clauser, and Paul Rosenthal.

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Berkeley Yacht Club’s John Clauser is a physicist, who believes, like most physicists, that yacht design is merely a subset of physics. He has been fantasizing about boats for most of his adult life, and what we see here is his latest dream expressed in lead and fiberglass.

After removing the standard keel, John and his crew — Paul Rosenthal, Bobbie Tosse, and Peggy Hickman — built a high-aspect ratio fiberglass fin with less than half the wetted surface of the original.

Hanging precariously from the bottom of the fin is lead bulb, which weighs a hefty 7,000 pounds. The fin is an extra thick section for better lift properties, and the bulb is a flattened oval shape in cross section. He’s already cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS “wildfire” — cont’d cleared it with IYRU of course — the bulb does not constitute keel wings — although John expects to gain considerable advantage from the bulb’s “endplate effect” in' somewhat the same way that Australia IFs wings made that keel more efficient.

Wildfire also has a new rudder, much deeper and more powerful than the one it replaced, and a longer boom. The new mainsail will be three feet longer on the foot, and hav'e an oversize penalty headboard to give the boat added power to take advantage of the increased stability.

John says that under the old age provisions of the IOR, low center of gravity is very lightly penalized. Based on the results of his own computer programs, he predicts that the new Wildfire will have greater speed potential than anything else around with the same rating. “We’re out to beat Wall Street Duck (the state-of-the-art Schumacher 38) boat for boat,” he says.

Even though Wildfire has missed the first races of the IOR bay series, John feels he has a sound chance to win the season. Already known as ‘Wildflyer’ by the crew, undoubtedly a result of certain racing strategies employed last season, they now have even more justification for the nickname.

John Clauser’s real dream is to design a complete yacht from scratch. Who knows, maybe next year wVll find him building a new hull to go with his new keel, rudder, and rig?

— paul kamen and joanne catz

great idea The first event is the building leg, to determine the fastest building time. For the building, each team will be given 2V2 sheets of plywood, six 2x4’s, a pound of 3-penny roofing nails, a 4x8 sheet of sailcloth, six grommets, 20 feet of rope, and all the Sikaflex 241 marine sealant they need. For tools " each team will be allowed two sawhorses, four 4-inch C-clamps, measuring tapes and pencils, hammers, a caulking gun, and a circular saw. Any additional tools must be carried in the boat during the water borne part of the race.

Last year the fastest building time was 1 hour, 24 minutes and 22 seconds.

The second part of the event is an on-thewater race that includes rowing, sailing, and a free-for-all rowing and sailing dash to the

recreational boaters to tackle sixty bills Recreational Boaters of California is actively involved in another hectic legislative session, the State Legislature having introduced sixty pieces of legislation that have the potential to affect recreational boating in this state.

The Board of Directors of Recreational Boaters, consisting of nine directors selected by the Southern California Yachting Association and nine directors selected by the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association, will be discussing each of these measures at their next meeting, to be held in Sacramento. At this time, the board will adopt positions on the bills and direct the efforts of Recreational Boaters’ legislative advocate, Jerry Desmond, Sr., to address these bills as they proceed through the legislative process.

The large number of boating bills introduced in 1984 is a sign of the increased attention legislators have been giving to the areas related to boating during the last few years. In 1983, the primary areas of legislative activity were the attempts to license boat operators, take boating gas tax dollars out of the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, and adopt plans to reconstruct Sacramento — San Joaquin Delta levees and transport water south.

A new state fiscal picture has taken shape in 1984, with the leadership in both political parties predicting that state revenues in 1984 will exceed state expenditures by a significant margin. The point of contention has shifted from possible sources of extra state revenue (such as the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund) to the preferred recipients of the additional state money that may be available.

Despite this change, however, attacks on the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund have not disappeared entirely, as seen in the recommendations of the Legislative Analyst and a bill introduced by Assemblyman Pat Johnston.

The Legislative Analyst has recommended to the State Legislature that $570,000 be transferred from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation to finance the costs of boating safety and enforcement on waters under the jurisdiction of the department in the state park system, and that $1,230,000 be transferred from the fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation in order to shift the costs of programs serving boaters at state park reservoirs and lakes.

These recommendations are currently being heard in separate subcommittees of the Senate and Assembly fiscal committees. cont'd on next sightings page

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giginot The Contessa 32 Gigi, enroute from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, was delayed in the Pacific from keeping her ETA of April 20th. According to Detroit’s Ty Techera, owner of the yacht, there was little breeze to push skipper John Kretschmer and crew Bill Oswald along their course. Techera planned to arrive in San Francisco on April page I 14

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Overall winners of the event last year were Dick Golden and John Battaile, who took over two hours to build their boat, but clobbered everybody in the on-the-water race.

The deadline to enter this event is June 1.

A design review committee, whjch includes professional boatbuilders and a naval architect, will select the 6 teams to compete. Winning entries will be notified by June 4. Complete rules and instructions for this great sounding event are available from the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley Street, Seattle, WA 98106. Or call (206) 382-2028.

The event is sponsored by the makers of Sikaflex 241 polyurethane marine sealant, which we at Latitude 38 have found to be really great stuff.

and John Kretschmer toast "Gigi” with their sponsor's brew.

here yet 27th to greet the sailors, who are attempting to equal the average Clipper Ship of 120 days from New York to San Francisco. The voyage is being sponsored by Stroh’s Signature Brand Beer and the company plans a big celebration when the voyagers do finally make it under the Golden Gate.

bills — cont’d In addition, Assemblyman Fat Johnston (D-San Joaquin) has introduced AB 3715, legislation that would prohibit the making of loans by the Department of Boating and Waterways unless the department finds that any marina facility for the berthing of recreational vessels to be created, rebuilt, or otherwise constructed with all or any portion of the loan cannot be constructed and operated under fair and reasonable terms by private enterprise.

This measure, which is currently in the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, represents the efforts of private marinas to limit the use of boating gas tax dollars for loans for the construction of public boating facilities throughout California.

Another piece of legislation which may become a significant issue this year is AB 2826, legislation sponsored by Recreational Boaters and authored at its request by Assemblyman Tom McClintock (R-Ventura).

The bill is intended to guarantee that there will be statewide uniformity regarding marine sanitation devices in the event the federal government decides that it will step out of the MSD picture. Recreational Boaters will actively pursue passage of this measure if this does happen, to avoid the problem of individual local governments adopting conflicting MSD requirements.

Other legislation of.interest to boaters in 1984 includes: — SB 2273 (Marks), which would require any person engaged in the business of small boat salvage to obtain a small boat salvor’s license issued by the Director of Boating and Waterways. The bill would prescribe rights and obligations of persons rendering aid or assistance to distressed vessels, and would specify requirements applicable to any small boat salvage operation.

•The bill is in the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee.

— AB 3881 (Filante), which would allow licensed yacht and ship brokers to charge purchasers dealer documentary preparation charges of up to twenty dollars. The measure is in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

— AB 2573 (Cortese), which would expressly exclude from the definition of vessel, for purposes of registration requirements, a stationary waterborne residential dwelling meeting specified criteria. This bill would also require renewal of a certificate of number for a vessel before midnight of the expiration date. This legislation is in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

— AB 3631 (Brown), which would require the State Water Resources Control Board with the cooperation of specified agencies to undertake a comprehensive review of all existing data on water quality standards for the protection of San Francisco Bay. The bill would require the board, by January 1, 1987, to adopt standards for the protection of the reasonable and beneficial uses of water in the bay and to protect the bay from pollution. The measure is in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

— recreational boaters of California Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC and formerly known at B.O.A.T.) is a non-profit group that busts its butt watchdogging and working with legislators on legislation that affects recreational boaters in the state. It is a very careful organization that only takes stands that are approved by 100 percent of the Board of Directors — nine of whom come from the Southern Calfornia Yachting Association and nine of whom come from the Pacific InterClub Yachting Association. .

Latitude 38 urges all boatowners to support RBOC’s work. Most yacht club members do so through their individual clubs, while others can make contributions directly to RBOC at Suite 220, 925 ‘L’ Street, Sacrqmento 95814.

It’s money well spent.

more money for bcdc?

Many Latitude 38 readers will be interested to learn that there are funding bills before the California Legislature to increase the BCDC budget by $265,000 for next year. Because of the BCDC’s Staff’s substandard work on cont’d on next sightings page

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bcdc — cont’d Houseboats and Liue-aboards and the Richardson Bay Special Area Plan many boatowners are writing to their state senators and assemblymen/assemblywomen and asking that this increase not be approved.

Robert M. Strebeigh is one of those individuals, and the following is the letter he wrote to Assemblyman John Vasconcellos. He wrote a similar letter to Senator Alfred Alquist, the only change being the Senate bill is (SB 1378/1379). Latitude 38 urges every one who agrees with this viewpoint to write their representatives similar letters. These have tremendous effect, and if enough are written will bring pressure upon the BCDC Staff to do better work.

Dear Assemblyman Vasconcellos: A $265,000 increase in funding for the Bay Conservation and Development Commission is being proposed in the budget (AB 2313/14) for next year.

We believe that BCDC funding next year should be substantially re- 1 duced, certainly not increased.

The staff of this hitherto excellent commission has been running wild for more than a year now, squandering private foundation money and public staff time on projects that have caused much distress in the Bay «• Area.

As expressed by Mayor Diament of Alameda the staff has been engaged in “another attempt to usurp local land-use regulation.”

Essentially the staff is seeking to take control of Bay Area harbors, marinas and anchorages. It has published two reports to that end: the “Staff Report on Houseboats & Live-aboards” and the “Richardson Bay Special Area Plan.” The staff wants to persuade the commission to incorporate these documents in the San Francisco Bay Plan.

The reports are based on appallingly shoddy research and obviously were put together to support staff intentions from the beginning.

While putting together these terribly flawed documents, the staff has forced a great many citizens to spend countless hours and thousands of dollars resisting the staff’s onslaught on their liberties and local governments.

A legislative review and redefinition of the BCDC’s mission is urgently needed, not higher funding.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Robert M. Strebeigh

hey mister, like my boat?

Don’t let the appearances of this trio fool you. On the left is Carl Eichenlaub, San Diego boatyard owner and a genius when it comes to cont’d on next sightings page

must not For various reasons — some defensible and some not — multihulls have long been the outcasts of the yacht racing world. But there finally seems to be some future for them in some YRA races in Northern California.

According to Barry Parkinson, the YRA has agreed to allow multihulls to race in the Aeolian Lightbucket race on June 16, the

big doings There are two large real estate development projects under way in Alameda, both using land that used to be shipyards. One is John Beery’s Alameda Gateway, formerly the 55-acre Todd Shipyard, located next to the Alameda Naval Air Station. The other is the Marina Village, a 206-acre area east of Mariner Square. Both will be multi-use projects with residential, recreational, office and commercial spaces.

John Beery, who developed the Mariner Square area, bought the Todd Shipyard late in 1983. The property includes a mile of waterfront along the Estuary and a group of buildings, some of which served as repair shops for electric trains back in the 1910’s.

Most of the structures will be renovated and the piers will become part of a 550 berth marina. The berths are expected to be ready

by January, 1985, while the whole project is due for completion by mid-1987.

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Silver Eagle Long Distance Race on July 14, and the Ocean — Vallejo Race on August 25. It’s uncertain as yet whether the multihulls will start first or last.

If you have a multihull and would be interested in participating, call Barry Parkinson at (707) 762-9694. Multihulls will compete under a multihull PHRF system for which they are trying to collect data.

in alameda The Marina Village property was a major shipbuilding and repair facility from the 1900’s to 1940’s. In 1918, they set a world record there for construction when workers built the SS Invincible, a transport vessel, in just 24 days! One of Alameda’s landmarks, the 85-ft high, 552-ft long Bethlehem Building next to the Island Auto Movie Drive-In is earmarked for a much needed restoration as part of the Marina Village project. Before it took on the appearance of a victim of the London Blitz, the huge, red brick building was used to fabricate components for ships and later to make steel plates.

The boating segment of the Marina Village project is pretty well complete, with a 550-berth marina and harbormaster’s office finished last year. Another marina with 100 berths for commercial use is due for completion this year. The entire project is scheduled to be finished by 1990.

SIGHTINGS hey, mister-cont'd repairing sailboats. In the middle is Brett Mikus, who’s building Carl a new aluminum 45-footer designed by Doug Peterson. The new boat, which you can see in the background, will replace Carl’s well-travelled and successful Cadenza, a Peterson 40, also of aluminum. (Eichenlaub likes aluminum. He built San Francisco Bay’s Leading Lady, the Peterson 40 now owned by Stan Reisch and Bob Klein). On the right is Lionel Knutt, who’s expertise is painting boats. You may remember him as the fellow who did the Charlev monster on the 1983 TransPac winner’s bow.

Eichenlaub started his new boat in March and hopes to have it ready for June’s Long Beach Race Week. Then he’ll take it to Hawaii for Clipper Cup and San Francisco for the Big Boat Series. In between then he’ll serve as shipwright for the U.S. Olympic Sailing team, a job he’s held for the past two Games. He may not dress fancy, but he gets the job done.

fly home on alaska eagle Why would anyone pay $1,150 for the privilege of sailing a boat from Hawaii to L.A.? That’s usually a trip a yacht owner will pay you to do, assuming you have the skills and experience needed to make the 2,200 mile, mostly upwind passage. If you don’t have those skills yet, though, then the training voyage aboard the 65-ft sloop Alaska Eagle might be just what you need.

The former Todd Shipyard, future site of Alameda Gateway.

An entry in the last two Whitbread Around The World races (She won in 1977-78 under the name F/yer), Alaska Eagle is now owned by Costa Mesa’s Orange Coast College. She’s the flagship of their extensive sailing school which trains 2,500 people a year in Lido 14’s, Shields 30’s and three bigger boats in addition to Eagle. This summer’s big expedition will be the round trip to Hawaii. The ten crew spots are filled for the June 23rd passage to Maui, but there are still berths left for the return starting oh July 15th, according to Brad Avery, director of the academy.

“The trip on Alaska Eagle offers people who want to make their first ocean passage a good way to do it,” he says. The boat is big, strong, comfortable and fast. Students will learn celestial navigation, how to operate the electronic gear onboard, and gain blue water experience from three trained instructors. Also, once you hit the dock at Newport, you can simply grab your gear and head home.

Avery says anyone who wants more information should call him at (714) 432-5880. Applicants will be screened. There will be three day-long sailing sessions available for those who are going on the trip. These sessions will be in Costa Mesa on June 3, 10 and 17.

DOUBLEHANDED * ALL PHOTOS BY LATITUDE 38/SHIMON

“And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover. And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over. ” John Masefield

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or almost all of the 290 sailors who participated in the fifth annual Doublehanded Farallones race on April 21, it was a glorious day. Lots of sun, a robust but not overpowering breeze, favorable tides both coming and going on the 55-mile course out to the Islands and back, and a good ocean swell perfect for surfing on the way home. Many described it as one of the best days they’ve ever had out on the Gulf of the Farallones, a stretch of water that can just as easily turn nasty in the springtime^ For the second time in three years, however, a pall has been cast over this race. In 1982, a vicious storm struck the fleet of 127 boats. Two entries disappeared and their crews were never found. Many boats withdrew and several were destroyed on the beaches of Marin, driven ashore there by the southerly winds. This year the sea came back Above right, Joe Therriault’s '‘Sundowner” set a new elapsed record. Below, sailing through the lump in the Gulf of the Farallones.

to claim one of the survivors of that race.

Dennis Madigan, 35, expired after the boat he was crewing on, Greg Sawyer’s Stiletto catamaran California Crew’d, broke up on the way back from the Islands. In 1982, the pair had beached another Stiletto near Duxbury Point and watched as the surf destroyed their craft. Last year they were first to finish in the race and they looked like they

would repeat that finish this year before tragedy struck.

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ew others in the fleet knew anything was wrong during the race, because there was little reason to suspect it. After beating out the Gate with a favorable ebb tide pushing them along, the fleet went through

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some light air until a 20 to 25-knot northwesterly filled in an hour after the start.

Smaller jibs and reefed mains were needed and the lumpy seas made foredeck work difficult, but not an impossible chore. The wind clocked as they approached the Island and the boats to the south had no trouble fetching the Island, while those to weather had to crack off.

First around was Sundowner, Joe Therriault’s Buccaneer 33 trimaran. Joe is the president of the Bay Area Multihull Association, sponsor of this incredibly popular race.

Since its inception, the contest has drawn over 100 entries except for the initial running in 1980. Bay Area sailors relish the idea of going out there in pairs, and for the speedy multihulls it’s a chance to show their potential to monohullers, a group they don’t get to race against very often. Therriault ended up setting a new course record of 6:25:23, breaking John Mizulo’s 1982 mark by almost half an hour.

Sundowner was followed at the turning point by the biggest monohulls in the fleet, including a pair of Santa Cruz 50’s and Rod

Dennis Madigan, left, and Greg Sawyer got off to a great start in “California Crew’d”.

Park’s Santa Cruz 40 Shaman. With the wind abeam, Park and his son Malcolm elected to put the 150 jib up rather than risk the hazards of trying to carry a spinnaker.

That move earned them a second in their division, behind Jennifer Dunbar’s Olson 30 Navstar. Jennifer and Skip Allen, a veteran of many ocean racing miles, pushed Navstar quite hard. “We pumped the main on the waves,” she says, “and ducked down on the waves to stay on the rhumb line.”

cJ ennifer adds that the fleet split behind them, some going north to get upwind and then set a chute, others setting at the island and sagging to the south as they went. Franz , and Ian Klitza in the Santa Cruz 27 Bloody Mary took the former approach, but lost out in the long run to rival Bren Meyer sailing his Santa Cruz 27 Hot Flash with Mike Schamberg. Meyer jib-reached halfway in before popping a special tri-radial which had the shoulders cut out. “It was like sailing with a blast readier,” says Bren, who won his division and ended up second overall. “We didri’t crash once.”

The corrected time victor was Commo¬

dore Tompkins, sailing with crew Juliet Bloxham on the fractional rigged Farr 1020 designed by New Zealand’s Bruce Farr. They got off to a great start in the largest division and led the longer Lois Lane, Bill Erkelens’ Wylie 40, out the Gate. Erkelens was ahead at the island, but set a chute and lost ground to leeward while Commodore jib-reached in, averaging 8.5 knots with bursts of over 12 on the waves.

Tompkins decided to set the spinnaker at Mile Rock, where “we had it just under control”. They jibed at the bridge, but screwed up and a messy hourglass resulted. By the time Commodore got it free they were close to the finish off the City Front. He decided to keep going and not lose time getting it down, so with the kite standing straight out from the mast they "finished the race. Although not pretty, the move proved successful — they corrected out overall by 13 seconds over Hot Flash!

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inners in Division Five were owner Robert Holm and Curt Frederickson on the Lapworth 36 Wild Wind. Holm has made many trips to the Islands, including over 20 races and a half a dozen delivery trips when he ferried scientists back and forth for the Oceanic Society. He was surprised the race

DOUDLEHANDED only took eight and a half hours; usually he expects it to last ten hours.

For the smaller boats, such as Andy Halls’ Newport 30-11 Danville Express, second in Division Six, and Neil Mosher’s Cal 28 Nebling, winner of Division Seven, the race also went extremely quickly. Both were able to keep moving in the sloppy seas and the jib-reach back didn’t put them at too much of a disadvantage to the ultralight entries. Hall corrected out to sixth overall, which pleased him greatly in his first attempt at this race.

Hall and crew Bill Ordwein were one of several boats to spot California Crew’d as she rounded the Farallones at 1 p.m. Rod Park remembers seeing the sleek catamaran with dark-molded hatch covers on 6ach hull

that goal during last year’s Boreas Race from San Francisco to Moss Landing. “We were euphoric,” says Greg about their frame of mind.

Sawyer estimates they were surfing at up to 24 knots, riding each wave for two to three minutes at a time. They had just passed to leeward the only boat in front of them, a Santa Cruz 50, when they felt so/nething bang the leeward hull. When they realized the hull had been holed, Greg’s fijrst impulse was to jibe and try and keep the damaged hull up to weather. They decided against it, though, since they were the leeward most

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chance of staying upright, but the rigging cutters were also underwater in the starboard hull. Greg remembers noting that at 2:06, the boat started capsizing. The port hull stayed filled with air for about ten minutes, but it too swamped. Fortunately, the boat didn’t sink, but it sat too low in the water for Dennis and Greg to get their bodies out of the chilly sea.

“We kept talking during the whole thing,” says Greg, a dentist from Saratoga. They knew their main enemy was hypothermia, or loss of body heat. Greg had five layers of clothes on, but Dennis had only two layers.

Neither had eaten since before the start of the race. Their thinking was that eventually one of the 144 other entries in the race would come by and spot them and they would be saved.

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sail past about a quarter mile to weather. He could see they were hitting some high speeds as they roared down the face of a wave and soon sailed ahead out of sight.

C3 reg Sawyer says he and Dennis were pushing extremely hard. They "knew they were on a record setting pace and estimated they would finish by 2:50, less than five hours after starting. They were particularly hungry for the record after narrowly missing

Rod Park, left, and his son Malcolm took second in the big ultralight division.

boat and a starboard tack would have taken them away from the fleet and potential help if things got really bad.

Things got very bad very quickly. AH the electronics were in the hull filling with water.

Greg got on the radio to issue a Mayday, but never heard a response and figured the wires had shorted out. He and Dennis knew if they could cut the mast away they had a better

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e had a line tied to the boat, but every time a wave would wash over us we’d get pulled away,” recounts Greg. “The mast had apparently broken free underneath and the boat was rolling. We were afraid we’d get caught underneath it. I was at the stern and Dennis was at the bow. Eventually he became delirious and slipped away from the boat.”

Greg himself lost consciousness not too long thereafter. He has no memory of being sighted by Josh Pryor, who was racing in his

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body temperature was down to 83 degrees when he got to the hospital). “If I get another boat,” he says, “I’m going to require everyone to have a survival suit on when we go out the Gate.” He also feels EPIRB’s should be required for the race — they were listed as option in the instructions, he says.

As for the argument that a multihull is more or less safe than a monohull, Greg points out that a holded monohull with ballast would probably have sunk and both of them would have died. He admits that a single hulled boat probably wouldn’t have being going 24 knots and the damage from hitting something might have been less severe at slower speeds, but he adds that an ultralight can go almost as fast and their hulls aren’t substantially stronger than the Stiletto’s. The question to be addressed is not one of boat types, but rather preparation for the possibility of being in the water for an extended period of time.

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the finish.

64-ft steel sloop Ruby with Liz Abrahams.

Josh heard someone yelling and spotted a man overboard pole. He dropped his jib and came by, spotting only Sawyer in the midst of the wreckage. Josh radioed in to the Coast Guard, who dispatched a helicopter.

Pryor was afraid to get too close to attempt a pick-up — he feared he might hurt Greg pulling him out of the wreckage, and it wasn’t long at all before he saw the chopper coming.

(The Coast Guard reports they had received a Mayday, but didn’t get a fix on the boat’s location. Pryor gave them that information and they were on the scene “within five or ten minutes”, according to Josh).

The next thing Greg knew he was in the emergency room at Peninsula Hospital being told that Dennis had died. The two had met four or five years ago and Greg took Dennis for his first sail on a charter in the Bahamas.

The pair became a formidable team, winning the Stiletto 27 Nationals twice and competing in the smaller Prindle 16’s. Tfiey had plans to race a Prindle 18 this year and worked hard in the past year to improve their boat speed. “Dennis was quiet and preferred to remain in the background,” says Greg.

“His family told me the happiest time of his life had been the past few years while we

were sailing together.”

reg hopes the loss of this friend won’t pass without some lessons being learned.

Little boats, big bridge.

For one, he wants to tell people how deadly hypothermia is. He reports feeling cold, but no worse than when you go skiing, and he was optimistic about being rescued right up to the moment he became incoherent. (His

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loss of Madigan is indeed a tragedy. Besides crewing for Sawyer, he was sailing master on the Cal 34 Perennis sailing out of Sausalito. Owner David Smith says Dennis had moved out to California from Michigan several years ago and his contracting business had just begun to take off. Smith remembers talking with him two weeks before the accident, and he had expressed

some concern about proper clothing for the race. “It’s okay,” Dennis told Smith. “I never get wet on the Stiletto.”

(A memorial fund for Dennis’ 12-year old daughter is being set up. We’ll have more details next month for those who would like to contribute).

— latitude 38 — sue

DOUBLEHANDED FARALLONE RESULTS

DIVISION 1 (Multihulls — 9 boats) David Custodlo Joe Therriauli Rich Tate Neaie Ensign Peter Hogg

Piver 30 Buccaneer 33 Brown 37 Prout 37 Newick 40

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DIVISION 2 (UL-DB rating PHRF 120 or less Jennifer Dunbar Olson 30 Rod Park SC 40 Jack Halterman Oaxaca SC 50 Roland Brun Apocalypse Olson 40 Perry Matthews Naked Aggression Olson 30

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Hot Flash Bloody Mary Legs Flying Circus Bear Grotto

Navstar Shaman

DIVISION 3 (ULDB rating PHRF 121 and above Brendan Meyer SC 27 SC 27 Franz Kiitza Lester Robertson Moore 24 Roger Heath Moore 24 Hank Jotz Custom

.Pittsburg Richmond Milpitas Berkeley Sausalito 12 boats)

Richmond Richmond Santa Cruz Lake Tahoe Sunnyvale • 16 boats)

San Francisco Richmond Lake Tahoe San Francisco Weaverviiie

DIVISION 4 (PHRF less than 130 - 31 boats) Farr 1020.

Warwick Tompkins Mill Vailey Richmond ... j Swede Hdigra Jim Walton San Francisco Santana 35 Henry Grandin Fremont Tartan 10 Leonard Jackson San Jose ; Santana 35 Bill Van Pelt

1. Satiation 2. Temptress 3. Tinsley Light Wizz Lass 5. Great Expectations 1. Wild Wind 2. Wonder Woman 3. Farr Out { 4. Half Fast 5. Meridian

DIVISION 5 (PHRF 130-170 - 27 boats) San Francisco Lapworth 36 O. Robert Holm Tlburon J/24 Andy Bassis Tiburon Wayne Kipp Farr 30 Oakland Ron Landmann Merit 25 Vallejo Morgan 382 John Jonas

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DIVISION 6 (PHRF 171-200 - 27 boats) Redwood City Ranger 26 Ed Towle Alameda Newport 30-11 Andy Hail Greenbrae Cat 27 Brian O’Donoghue Petaluma Ranger 26 Roy Kinney San Francisco Cal 29 Tom Caylor

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Nebling Slartibartfast Latin Lass Blue Goose Royal Scam

DIVISION 7 (PHRF rating over 200 Neil Mosher Cal 28 Bill Waters Santana 22 Bill Chapman Catalina 27 Jeffrey Kurteck Cal 25 Catalina 27 Rpn Kuehin

23 boats)

San Francisco Sausalito Alamo Oakland Alameda

Overall Winners: 1} Satiation; 2) Hot Flash; 3) Mischief; 4) Wildwind; Wonder Woman; 6) Danville Express; 7) Bloody Mary; 8) Legs; and 91 fall/Wlldflower. >

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his month’s issue brings the final installment of the 1984 Crew List, the listing of folks who wish to go on social daysails and the list of boatowners willing to take small groups of people out on such social daysails.

The intent behind this category was to offer a less intense entre into the sailing world than might be afforded by the Racing and Cruising Crew Lists. We think it’s ideal for people who’d like to get a little taste of sailing to see if they like it, or for people who only wish to sail at a relaxed pace, and for people who’d like to use sailing as a means of meeting a new group of friends.

Although we’re not making any rules on how to use the social sailing list, we think it would work best if someone and a friend on the looking-to-social-sail list call up three others on the list and put together a little group. Once the group has been formed you can call one of the boatowners and suggest that if he or she provide the boat, your group would be more than happy to bring a little chow and some beverages. Then just let things spring from there. \

T 1 he next time you want to go you can form an entirely new group or keep part or all of the old one together. If you do this several times and keep adding a few new faces each time, we’re pretty certain you’re both going to have a lot of fun on the Bay and meet some pretty interesting people.

Of course we can’t guarantee everything will work out, so we must once more advise everyone that they take full responsibility for participating in or using this or the other Crew List advertising sections.

We all know that both sailing and dealing with the public can offer risks, so remember you’re completely on your own.

Stay warm and enjoy yourselves!

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WOMEN LOOKING TO DAYS AIL Julia Borosewicz, 27, (408) 462-5523; Miki Pryor, 39,1227 Cole St., San Francisco 94117, (415) 661-1739; Debbi Anne, 30, c/o Harbormaster, San Francisco Yacht Harbor, Foot of Scott, San Francisco 94123; Laurie, 34, (415) 397-7111 (M-F, 9-5); Celia, 29, (415) 845-8393; Cathy Winn, 38, 735 Roble #2, Menlo Park 94025; Terry Jae, 26, c/o Harbormaster, San Francisco Yacht Harbor, Foot of Scott, San Francisco 94123; Helen Hancock, 39, (206) 632-6954; Lorraine Anderson, 33, 821-1290; Darth Dunbar, 28, 573-0241, Foster City; Jackie Schafer, 34, (408) 336-3175; Sharon Flood, 45, 359-7641/h, 442-7394/o; Faye Hayertz, 37, 461-4455; Michelle Price, 31,339-2347/h, 676-9768/w; C. DaMassa, 35, 457-7548; Carol, 29, 7614 Valentine St., Oakland 94605, (415) 568-0542; Michelle, 31, 681-9608; Nonie, 32, 653-6567; Judy Groff, 45, (415) 964-8954; Kathy Hansen, 33, P.O. Box 160, Fort Bragg 95437; Christie Edwards, 35, (415) 658-7800/(415) 547-0431; Mickey, 38, 435-1659; Shelley C. Gebert, 37, (415) 367-0808/w, (415) 967-5191/h; Alexa Knight, 34, 522-7422; Nancy Kreinberg, 37, 664-7305; Joyce Bell, 30’s, 98 Main St., Suite 253, Tiburon 94920; Mary Lou, 36, 453-8648; Laurie, 26, 571-8461; Susan Matulich, 34, (408) 722-3577/w, (408) 722-3710/h; Ellen, 30, P.O. Box 1842, San Anselmo 94960; Dee, 27, (415) 324-0630; Sandy Darrington, 40, 924-7683; Edwina Pellikka, 34, (213) 467-0565; Marie Parker, 40, (408) 446-1300, 10348 Bonny Dr., Cupertino; Arlene, 36, (707) 584-7605; Toni Chestnut, 39, 848-8287; Debi Dean, 29,285-7884; Pat Schuler, 40, (415) 372-7258,2038 Rainier Dr., Martinez; Grace DeGeorgis, 32, 6658 Alhambra Ave., Martinez 94553; Darlene Carroll, 20, 835-1402; Heidi Anne Benson, 20,1031 Camino Del Valle, Alameda 94501, (415) 521-8601/after 5; Hilary Ann Benson, 40, 521-8601,1031 Camino Del Valle, Alameda 94501; Juanita Carmen, 29, 331-1303; Marsha Wyman, 36, 477-2451/M-F, day; Susan Pearson, 39, (415) 327-4950, Palo Alto; Maggie McGurk, 38, 8377 Rasmussen Cir., Elverta 95626, (916) 991-5012; Rhoda, 31, 794-3713/w; H. Sherman, 32, (213) 255-3696; Beth Weissman, 26, (415) 681-8695; Kris Gothe, 32,386-5198; Peggy Peterson, 36,6116 Merced Ave. #142, Oakland 94611; Rebecca Garnett, 21, 583 Spruce St., Berkeley 94707; Roberta Campos, 32, (415) 526-7776; Ellen F. Thomas, 33, (415) 435-4140, Tiburon; Sunny, 44, (415) 932-8954, P.O.

WOMEN LOOKING TO DAYS AIL Box 4871, W.C., 94596; Tori Stradtman, 27, P.O. Box 535, San Rafael 94915, (415) 485-0678; Carole, 32, (415) 851-3795; Julia Jackson, 1005 Alfred Avenue, Walnut Creek 94596,944-1976; Peggy, 34,945-8036; Carol Gould, 33,661-9718, 1287 A Third Ave., San Francisco 94122; Denise, 30, Box 3790, San Diego 92103; Julie Braskamp, 30-35, 924-6365; Laurie, 24, (415) 655-7245; M.L. Higgins, 39, (415) 931-4674; Debbie McLeod, 28, (415) 431-4718; Annemarie H. Verleni, over 30,1398 Dale Ave., Mountain View 94040, (415) 969-4837; Terese Schwartz, 35, 331-2406, Sausalito; Gladys Zygadlo, 28, P.O. Box 11363, San Francisco 94101; Linda J. Barncord, 28, 238 Louis Ct., Livermore 94550, (415) 422-2459/w, (415) 443-8229/h; Linda Dunn, 36, 524-9199; Sharon L. Baker, 34, 623 Main,St., Juneau, Alaska 99801; Mary Lambert, 26, 752-8321; Patricia Brady, 34, 863-1258, 522 Utah St., San Francisco 94110; Beverly Davilla, 30, (408) 280-5067; Adrienne Krause, 33, 232-7183; Teri Perez, 33, P.O. Box 2091, Los Gatos 94031, (408) 947-0633 x.34/w; Carson, 31, 388-3663; Christie, 33, 547-6502/M-F day; Fran Clader, 22, 459-3792; Barbara Madel Bell, 38, (415) 932-1962; Joan E. Manning, 31, (415) 768-5228/w, (415) 778-0206/h; Lynn Muros, 29, 332-7207, Sausalito; Nancy B. Hill, 40, (707) 553-5533/w, 228 Broadway, Vallejo 94590; Stacy Cooper, 27, 328-0952; Patty, 40, 769-8303, Alameda; Jane, 30, (415) 521-9512; Kathy McNulty, 36, 521-6995, P.O. Box 2338, Alameda 94501; Sandy Crumpton, 34, 673-7603/h, 495-8811/w; Ellie Sluls, 48, (916) 223-6279, 1079 Pineland Dr., Redding 96002; Andree Jackson, 26, 368-5169 (5-9 pm), Atherton; (name?), 32, 787-2134, 204 Bay St., Crockett; Susan Hall, 39, 524-7939; Pam, 38, c/o 454-3000; Catherine Bordner, (415) 592-2629/d; Pamela Dunn, 24,331-3470; Polly Birtwistue, 40ish, 584-8399; Kathy Foster, 28, 283-5813/w; Jennifer Gomez, 33, (415) 441-1870; Amyre, 1433 Citrus Ave., Chico 95926; Kelli Slaughter, 26, (415) 752-9932; Kristine J. Scott, 35, 331-5268; Helen L. Thomas, 55, (415) 967-7527; Mavis Winefeldt, n/a, (415) 828-5610/w; Sharon Holmes, 41, (408) 446-3972; Tamar Truesdell, 37,1Q1 Ashbury St., San Francisco 94117; Connie Jensen, 23, (415) 751-9167; Susan August, 29,383-1379; Dominique J. Beccat, 33, (415) 857-6705/d, (415) 595-0437/e; Marti Sheldon, 31,541-6821/d, 435-1798/e & wknd; Donna Rahe, 26, 541-6887/w, 668-3081/h; Pat Furney, 32, c/o Total Look, 6658 Alhambra, Martinez 94553; LindaSchoenberger, 40, 383-6137, 32 Meadow Dr., Mill Valley 94941; Helen Marie Hlrtz, 29, 30 Andrew Dr. #122, Tiburon 94920, 383-6382; Shirley Barso, 25, 3586 Curlew St. San Diego 92103; Barbara Culver, 30, (415) 346-0841; Lynda, 33, 461-0478, 474-6600/w; Marsha Kohler, 37, (415) 497-7512/w, (415) 961-6508/h; Cheryl, 35, 824-3607; Jeana Levinthal M.D., 61, (707) 762-5215; Joanna Howard, 44|, 839-9950/h, 540-2935/o; Elizabeth Snyder, 42, 685-1139, 540-2935/O; Bev Barth, 40, P.O. Box 23882, Pleasant Hill 94523; Barbara, 45, (408) 353-1877; JoLene Cruse, 33,36 Corte De Oro, Moraga 94556; Good Ketch, 24, 16 California St., Suite 505, San Francisco; JoAnn, 34, 947-1037; Nancy Balles, 34, 591-5717/h, 588-8624/w, 507 Alameda, Belmont 94002; Sexy Sloop, 22,16 California, Suite 505, San Francisco; Starboard Sally, 22, 16 California, Suite 505, San Francisco; Patti O’Neal, 29,'747 Teresita Blvd., San Francisco, (415) 334-2224; M. Christine Torrington, (415) 921-6333/h, (415) 986-6767/w; Tamara Collins, 42, (415) 435-4387, Tiburon; Diana Thornton, 38, 582-5202, Hayward; Allxandra, 30, San Francisco, 826-2519; Lisy Plank, 23, Menlo Park, 328-7397; Rita, 32, Berkeley, 526-5602; Mary Martinez, 37, (707) 938-0674, (415) 553-0261/msg, P.O. Box 534, Sonoma 95476; Linda Stern, 32,1130 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz 95062; Fran Winchwench, 33, (415) 441-1454.

MEN LOOKING TO DAYSAIL Frank, 30,653-6567; Jean-Jacques d’Aquin, 45, (415) 892-2229; Stephen Grinnell, 25,422-0707; Jon Mailing, 31,220 Redwood Hwy. #181, Mill Valley 94941, (415) 383-5420; Tom Walerius, 37, (408) 425-8945, Monterey Bay area; Craig A. Schmidt, 822-3371/h, 552-2155 x.239/w; Steve Bertken, 27, (415) 523-2765, 2335 34th Ave., San Francisco 94116; Mike Myers, 41, (415) 791-2773, 919 Mowry #76, Fremont 94536; Joe Riemer, 32, P.O. Box 487, San Martin 95046, (408) 779-6832; Tony Hiegel, 32, (415) 493-6329/msg.; Peter Andree, 32, 367-1534/w, 364-8028/h; Bob Taylor, 31, 28504 Mission Blvd. #907, Hayward 94544, (415) 889-0770; Stan Cotton, 35, (408) 264-1394; Jim Ralsner, 37, (707) 433-4694; Andrew Blake, 33,388-1443,457-9688; Chris Smith, 40, (408) 399-6303/w: M-F 6:30 am-4:30 pm, (408) 723-3828/h: e after 8, S-S; Ted Abbott, 33, (415) 434-0770/w, 386-3003/h, San Francisco; Russell Breed, 30,1041 Shell Blvd. #1, Foster City page 124

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MEN LOOKING TO DAYSAIL 94404, 574-2251; Mike Wilson, 38, (408) 263-1240; Matt Novak, 33, 653-9356, Berkeley, Ron Ellsworth, 36, (415) 222-0497/h, (707) 553-5533/o; Joel Erickson, 26, 465-2907; David C. Bruce, 26, 258 Collins Ave. #2, San Francisco 94118, (415) 221-9539; Bill Lutkenhouse, 57, 841-8729; Bill Van Dervoort, 35, (415) 969-1475; John Carroll, 29, (415) 261-6236/h; Ken Karda, 1780 Leimert PL, Oakland 94602, (415) 530-8389/h; George Coleman, 30, (415) 458-0287; Karl Dake, 29, 548-8979/h, 642-5050/w; Jim Best, 29, 486-0652, Berkeley; Mark Belinsky, 27, 1649-0 Belleville WWay, Sunnyvale 94087, (408) 730-8393; Bill Napoli, 23, 567-8855; A.R. Newhouse, 46, 777 W. Middlefield #178, Mountain View 94043, (415) 968-6364; Bob, 23, (408) 249-6630; Forrest W. Cox, 45, (415) 532-6405; Mark Synarski, 29, (916) 481-2918, 5201 Kenneth, Carmichael 95608; Frank Rodrigs, 41, (916) 966-9543; John King, 38, (415) 886-3004/e, (415) 886-4700/d; Tom Watson, 22, 535-1177; Ed Voigt, 43, 371A Chestnut St., San Francisco 94133, (415) 781-5092; Michael Parish, 41, (415) 328-7555; Ed Jordan, 42, (415) 790-3511/h, 796-9040/w; Dave Plummer, 39, (415) 521-0196,1401 High St., Alameda 94501; Schmuk Niklaus, 28, 474-0351/h, 434-0432/w; Rich Fregosa, 30, 60 Curtis St., San Francisco 94112; Jerry Pappalaldo, 30, (415) 487-6037, 34855 Starling Dr. #3, Union City 94587; Mike Malone, 44, (415) 321-7719, (415) 852-7348, Bob Rapasky, 43, * 827-7336/w, 825-9623/h; Will Hasler, 37,332-8896,664-1873, Box 191, Sausalito 94966; Tom Bennett, 23, 733 San Bruno Ave. #1, Brisbane 94005, (415) 467-9667; Don Lyon, 24, (415) 285-0370; Gary Ford, 29,285-0326; Craig Whitney, 24, (415) 386-6167, 4044 California St., San Francisco 94118, Rodger Terry, 43, P.O. Box 1583, Antioch 94509; Roland A. Swirsky, 37, (702) 588-3000/msg., P.O. Box 10291, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448; Richard Silva, 31, (415) 562-5452, 60 Sunnyside Dr., San Leandro; Ken Willrich, 49, 975 North St., Greenwich, CT 06830, (203) 869-1520; Sy Gold, 50, (916) 753-2001; Rick Kowall, 45, 655-9469, 835-4230; Jeff Toreson, 30, 1532 Beechwood Drive, Martinez 94553, (415) 229-1554; Ciif Jarman, 51, (707) 864-8172, (415) 273-7359, 4900 Silverado Dr., Suisun 94585; Herb Kelty, 42, (415) 321-9667; Don Daley, 52, (408) 734-9684; John Foley, 28,661-3047,1270 46th Ave., San Francisco 94122; Hans van Boldrik, 33, 332-3096; Ronald J. Kriss, 26, (415) 893-8352; Frank Magnotta, 37, Lafayette, 947-1463; Martin Cooper, 35, 1136 Haight St., San Francisco 94117, 552-0323; Rob Bastress, 37, (415) 533-6195; Don Bragg, 24, (415) 234-6688; Bob Neal, 39, (415) 671-7370/h, (707) 745-7576/w; Thomas Martin, 27, 469-7813/h; Al Delgado, 52, (415) 930-8430, 430 N. Civic #503, Walnut Creek 94596; Jerry W. Gerald, 44, 768-2143; Arnold Susman, 50, (408) 985-8862/0800-1600 only; Peter Goddard, 33, 55 Tan Oak Circle, San Rafael 94903; Jack Brummel, 32, 642-4670/d, 845-5579/e; Richard Kurz, 32,1567 Masonic, San Francisco 94117, 665-5083; Steven M. Johnson, 36, 989-6714/h, 421-5134/w; Joseph Heinen, 29, 1015 3rd St. #9, Santa Monica 90403; Chris Vangelos, 25, (415) 435-9393; Mark White, 30, (415) 921-8897; Dan Raurch, 35, (415) 857-6689/d; Greg Fuller, 31, (415) 992-4784, 202 Palisades Dr., Daly City 94015; W.L. Snyder, 37, (415) 458-5261; Bob Ryan, 38,600 Rainbow #106, Mountain View 94041, 964-5909; Reid Neubert, 36, (415) 383-3959; Jon Skullestad, 20, 495 Warden Ct., Saratoga 95070; Alan Nevl, 23, 386-8543; R. Perkins, 29, (415) 581-6718, San Francisco; Warren Turner, 32, 552-2426, 41-B Lyon, San Francisco 94117; Dale Speroni, 43, 552-2426,41-B Lyon, San Francisco 94117; Walt Boyling, (415) 933-3344; Charles Martin, 47, 368-3709, 3651 Florence St., Redwood City 94063; Mika Borgerding, 36, 655-7115/e; Todd Cook, 29, P.O. Box 11363, San Francisco 94101; John Poggi, 38, (415) 324-2721/w, 366-2571/h, 1003 Fulton St„ Redwood City 94061; Patrick J. Hwang, 30, (408) 559-4822/h, (408) 735-3801/w; Stan Zaroda, 28, (415) 322-2538, 346 Bryant, Palo Alto 94301; Jerry Cody, 31,431-3514; Seth Schwartz, 30, 757 Richmond St., El Cerrito, 527-4485; Ed Hughes, 37, 386-9003; Patrick Woodworth, 42, (707) 878-2286/w, 874-3259/h, Box 146, Camp Meeker 95419; Will, 52, (415) 383-2532; Joel Waldman, 55, (415) 941-6486, 235 S. Clark Ave., Los Altos 94022; Donald Fowler, 42, 444 30th St., San Francisco 94131, 285-1345; Brendan Kelly, 39, 843-1032; Joe Gouvelia, 30, 13259 Bodega Hwy., Sebastopol 95472, (707) 778-1752; Manuel Anderson, 23, 101 Ashbury St., San Francisco 94117; Tim Schaaf, 35, 366-0786; Peter Standish, 25, 147 Blake St. #3, San Francisco, 392-7750/w, 387-6602/h; Tom Lauderbach, 33, 24 Highland Ave., San Francisco 94110, 826-4139; Harry Goodman, 35, 332-5945, 1733 Bridgeway, Sausalito; Roger Underhill, 37,2038 Divisadero St., San Francisco 94115,931-6385, 385-0460; Chris Clader, 30, (415) 369-5472/h, (415) 595-1900/w; Ray Young, 66, 897-3229; Richard Silva, 31, (415) 562-5452, 60 Sunnyside Dr., San Leandro. page 125

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Craig Zimmerman, 34, 2515 Santa Clara, Suite 103, Alameda 94501; Ross Bowling, 34, (415) 342-4313/0, (415) 342-9277/h; Rick Cattell, 30, (408) 735-7225, Sunnyvale; Darryl Coe, 40, 595-2765, 931-BOAT; Steve Bertken, 27, (415) 523-2765, 2335 34th Ave., San Francisco 94116; Don Ross, 41, (415) 228-4131; Dave Lenschmidt, 40 (415) 521-1667; Jack Dausend, 50, (408) 738-1450, Sunnyvale; Sandy Harrill, 35, 548-1101, P.O. Box 4612, Berkeley 94704; John Hallander, 44,424-5488/d, 237-8412/e; Joe Bianchi, 43, P.O. Box 2787, Alameda 94501; Pat Traynor, 50, (415) 657-2700, 40442 Leslie, Fremont 94538; Rodney Lomas, 45, (415) 552-6074, San Francisco; Michael Dunev, 32, 331-1240, 112 Cazneau Ave., Sausalito; Russell Breed, 30, 1041 Shell Blvd. #1, Foster City 94404, 574-2251; Fred Siedow, 48, (408) 226-1763, 1286 Stayner Rd., San Jose 95121; Dave Izant, 41, 948-3545; Don Chandler, 36, 543-4600/O, 641-0155/h; John Carroll, 29, (415) 261-6236/h; Karl Dake, 29, 548-8979, 642-5050/w; Gene Budinger, 45, (408) 356-2003; Jim Rowland, 38, 644-1025, 2320 Le Conte #3, Berkeley; Michael. Lloyd, 39, P.O. Box 29851, Oakland 94604; Bill Lutkenhouse, 57, 841-8729; Oliver Sanders, 41, P.O. Box 13473, Sacramento 95813, (916) 921-9623; Brian Larsen, 29, P.O. Box 2202, So. San Francisco 94083, (415) 583-6418; Ray Young, 66, 897-3229; Mark Belinsky, 27, 1649-0 Belleville Way, Sunnyvale 94087, (408) 730-8393; Harry Wygant, 62, Box 1201, Redwood City 94063, (415) 367-0660; Rob Michaan, 39, 653-0859, Emeryville; Wayne Pesuit, 39, 44522 Parkmeadow, Fremont 94539, (415) 651-7800; Andrew Kurtz, 25, 3335 Standish Ave., Santa Rosa 95407, (707) 584-4565; Lan E. Krug, 43, P.O. Box 3965, San Francisco 94119; Dean Wilson, 42, 644-0123, P.O. Box 9409, Berkeley 94709; Rodger Terry, 43, P.O. Box 1583, Antioch 94509; David, 37, 548-7044; Bob, 57, P.O. Box 314, Pt. Richmond 94804; Tony Day, 49, (415) 367-8874, P.O. Box 937, Redwood City 94064; Paul May, 34, (415) 852-4730/d, (415) 366-8096/e; Dave Plummer, 39, (415) 521-0196, 1401 High St., Alameda 94501; Bruce M. Westrate, 45, (415) 589-8463; Frank G. Monaghan, 47, (707) 554-8855; Ed Jordan, 42, (415) 796-9040/w, 790-3511/h; Jerry, 42, 333-9295, 324 Ridgewood Ave., San Francisco 94127; Craig Kauffman, 30, Box 6795, San Francisco 94101, 668-9112; Al Kottman, 47, P.O. Box 243, Vallejo 94590; Noel Duckett, 35, 344-0238; Bruce McHugh, 26, P.O. Box 652, So. San Francisco 94080; George Backhus, 29, (415) 969-9421; Dave Leach, LTJG, 26, USS Haleakala, FPO San Francisco 96667; Tony Hiegel, 32, (415) 493-6329/msg.; Daniel Butt, 35, (415) 964-8027, Mountain View; Rob Bastress, 37, (415) 533-6195; Guy Le Roux, 57, 892-8309, 325 Rowland Blvd. #11, Novato; W. Nothnagei, 55,364-3158; Dean Brennan, 25, (408) 984-8741/h, (408) 946-0552/w; Jerry Furst, 37, P.O. Box 108, Martinez 94553; Charles Lane, 35, 849-3125, 849-0859; Bob A. Dries, 39, 1250 Masonic Ave., San Francisco 94117; Ron Kemper, 42, 383-1950, Mill Valley; Ken Welchman, 39, P.O. Box 300, Glen Ellen 95442; Frank Parker, 32, P.O. Box 1413, Watsonville 95077; Cloud, 37, 465-2522; Bob Ocegueda, 39, 616 El Camino Real #302, San Carlos 94070; Philip J. GiOia, 37, 2851 Fillmore, San Francisco, (415) 921-1797; Howard Gomes, 40, (408) 867-5296/d, (408) 246-8772/e, P.O. Box 3184, Saratoga 95070; Seth Schwartz, 30, 757 Richmond St„ El Cerrito, 527-4485; Ed Hughes, 37, 386-9003; Larry Sturhahn, 50, 388-7979; John Coe, 43, Box 1653, Mill Valley 94942; Tim Schaaf, 35, 366-0786; Alan Potkin, 39, 540-6345 x.110/a.s„ 527-7383/h; Robert E. Huddleston, 44, (415) 422-2628/b; Sy Gold, 50, (916) 753-2001; Rick Kowall, 45,835-4230,655-9469; John H. Berger, 34, (415) 333-0196; Richard Paquette, 34, (408) 926-6005/h, (415) 365-9167/w; Alan R. Erickson, 37, 10270 Parkwood Dr. #7, Cupertino 95014, (408) 973-9169; Bernd U. Aehler, 34, Fuhlsb.

Damm III, 2000 Hamburg 63, W. Germany, 040/504711; Martin Cooper, 35,1136 Haight St., San Francisco 94117, 552-0323; Bob Neal, 39, (415) 671-7370, (707) 745-7576; Al Delgado, 52, (415) 930-8430, 430 N. Civic #503, Walnut Creek 94596; Jerry W. Gerald, 44, 752-0970; Bernie Kay, 28, 1900 Stevens Dr., Richland, WA 99352, (509) 946-1180; Roger Elsholz, 31, (408) 281-2939/24 hr. svc.; W.L. Snyder, 37, (415) 458-5261; Greg Fuller, 31, (415) 992-4784, 202 Palisades Dr., Daly City 94015; Stephen D’Angelo, 36, (408) 721-6741/d, (415) 726-4972/e; Hans Lowhurst, 56, (415) 854-2874, P.O. Box 7187, Menlo Park 94026; V.C., 58, Box 122, 2515 Santa Clara Ave., Suite 103, Alameda 94501; Joss Wilson, 35, (415) 566-7826; Hunt Conrad, 28, (415) 566-7826.

WOMEN WITH BOATS WILLING TO TAKE DAYSAILORS Jan Saksa, 40, Oakland, 834-8921; Jeana Levinthal M.D., 61, (707) 762-5215.

COUPLES WITH BOATS WILLING TO TAKE DAYSAILORS Hap/Z Smith, 25/35, 761 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon 94920; Gene/Anne Del Vecchio, mid-30’s, (415) 726-6749.

PALACE OF FINE

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ever pass up an opportunity to go out sailing with a sailmaker. It’s likely to be an intensive, personalized course in the theory and practice of sail trim and design.

Of course, these trips tend to be rather expensive for the boat owner, so they are generally much more enjoyable on someone else’s boat. But if you make it known to your yacht-owning friends that you’re available for this sort of thing, you’ll have no trouble getting invited.

That’s exactly what I did as soon as Daylight Time went into effect this year. A friend with a 30-foot racer/cruiser was having boatspeed problems, so I managed to invite myself out with him and his sailmaker for an afterwork sail check.

We were already motoring out qf the harbor when a familiar face popped out of the companion way.

“High, Max! Nice evening for a sail!”

It was. Lee Helm, my naval architect friend. Between her and the sailmaker, it promised to be a very informative trip.

“Nice to see you, Lee.” I said, “But I thought you go windsurfing every day after work.”

“Not today. It gets kind of, you know, routine, when the wind’s under 20. Sol decided to go out and look at sails with you guys instead.”

As we cleared the breakwater we waved to the skipper of a small sloop sailing into the harbor. One of the other boat’s crew leaned over and pointed at the side of his hull, then at us, then back at his hull.

“What’s he trying to tell us?” I thought out loud.

“Dammit! The fenders!” said our skipper.

“First time I’ve done that in years.”

“Funny how this only happens when the sailmaker is on board,” I remarked to Lee as we each untied a fender from a stanchion base.

We spent the next few minutes getting the sails up. The 12 knot breeze was perfect for getting a good look at the heavy number one. Once everything was set and we were sailing to windward, the sailmaker went forward to do his thing.

He called for an adjustment to halyard tension, then took some pictures straight up from the middle of the foredeck and made some notes on a pad. He asked fpr some more adjustments, we tacked twice to facilitate changing a lead block, and then took some more shots of the sail. Lee and I

Sure enough, the number three batten was gone.

“Oh shit,” said the dismayed owner. “It must have shaken out when we raised the main. This hasn’t happened in years.”

“Funny how this only happens when the sailmaker is on board,” I remarked to Lee.

--i— . FORWARD STAGNATION POINT AFT STAGNATION POINT A? STREAMLINE

SKETCH I: Theoretical flow of a frictionless fluid around a wing section. There is no lift and no drag. But in reality, the aft stagnation point must be right at the trailing edge.

were eavesdropping from the mast.

“Well, what do you think?” yelled the owner from the cockpit.

“This sail sure has a flat entry,” answered the sailmaker.

“Isn’t that, like, just a nice way of saying that the draft is way too, far back?” asked Lee. “Lets put it this way,” confided the sailmaker, “if I cut off the luff tape and sewed it back on to the leech instead of the luff, that sail would look a whole lot better!”

We agreed with him, and went aft to have a look at the main.

“I know the jib has seen better days,” said the owner apologetically. “But the main still has some races left in it. What do you think?”

“First of all,” answered the sailmaker, “I think you need to put a batten in that empty batten pocket up there.”

Even without the batten, though, we could see what the sail’s problems were: Leech stretched, too much draft too far back. We had to put way too much twist in the sail to get the top batten anywhere near parallel to the boom.

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T 1 hen the sailmaker asked to drive for a while, so he and the owner switched places.

“This boat’s a lot of fun to steer,” he said.

“Very light and responsive helm.”

“Just think how much fun it would be with new sails,” added one of the crew.

“The ma® usually looks a lot better than this,” insisted the owner. “In stronger wind the top part flattens out nicely, and eases the leech. I think the jib is where my pointing problem comes from, and that’s what I want to work on first.”

“I agree,” said the sailmaker. “You’ll be amazed how much faster this boat is with a new 150.”

One of the crew asked the sailmaker to explain just exactly what it was about the old sails that made the boat so slow.

“It’s mainly the draft moving so far back, and the extra stretch in the cloth. There’s a lot less forward thrust and a lot more drag.

That’s partly because the air flow breaks away from the back of the sail and pulls to leeward and aft on the leech.”

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“Actually,” said Lee . . .

“Let’s tack!” interrupted the sailmaker.

We came about and cranked everything in on the other side. Then the owner took the helm again, and the sailmaker took some pictures of the main.

“I’m going to go below and get my float-

force by definition is at right angles to the undisturbed wind direction. Induced drag is strictly a three dimensional effect.”

My comment had the desired result, however. She went over to the chart table, pulled out a pad of paper, and started to sketch a series of airfoils. 1 sat down on the

“For frictionless flow it can be calculated. It turns out there’s a simple set of equations in complex variables that are exactly analogous to the laws of physics that govern frictionless flow — you know, conservation of mass and angular momentum.”

I didn’t stop to question how you could have “simple” equations in “complex” variables.

“In reality,” she continued, “you wouldn’t actually see flow like this. That’s because the fluid would have to have infinite acceleration where it goes around the trailing edge to get to the aft stagnation point.”

“Uh-oh.”

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SKETCH 2: The flow is adjusted by adding a circulation term so the aft stagnation point is where is belongs. There is lift, but no drag. There is low pressure on top of the wing and higher pressure below. Mote the upwash and downwash angles. The flow around a real vying can be very close to this two-dimensional frictionless ideal case.

coat if we’re going to keep on sailing upwind,” 1 said as I went down the hatch. Lee followed me down the companionway, also to put on some more gear.

“There’s hot soup in the thermos,” shouted the owner. “Help yourselves!”

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e passed some cups of soup up to the cockpit, and then poured a couple for ourselves.

“What were you going to say about sail shape just before we tacked?” I asked Lee. “Only that the real reason that old sails are slower than new ones has more to do with spanwise lift distribution, which affects induced drag. There’s some good wind tunnel data that shows that draft location alone has a very minimal effect. And, you know, from watching telltales you can see that early separation’s not really the problem. Induced? drag is a very big factor, but like, nobody talks about it because nobody seems to understand it.”

“I thought induced drag was the backward component of the lift force on the pdrt of the sail that’s trimmed in further than parallel to the boat, like a hooked leech.” (I knew 1 was on shaky ground, but my own explanation sounded technical and seemed to make sense.)

“No, Max. Don’t you know anything? Lift

edge of the seat next to her.

“I’m going to draw wing sections instead of sails because the leading edge condition is a lot less complicated. The principles are the same, though.”

“Let’s say we have a two-dimensional airfoil in a frictionless, incompressible fluid. By two-dimensional 1 mean the wing can be thought of as infinitely long, with no ends. If you calculate the flow over the section, it would look something like this.”

O he finished the first sketch.

“Notice there’s no lift, and no drag. Also otice that the flow is reversible. By the way, rese lines are called ‘streamlines,’ and show re paths that particles of fluid would follow, he points where streamlines hit the surface nd split are called ‘stagnation points’.”

“How do you know that that’s what the nw would look like?” I asked.

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o we need to modify the flow to set the stagnation point right at the trailing edge.

This is accomplished by introducing an overall rotational motion to the flow around the foil. In other words, if you had a little probe to measure fluid speed right at the surface of the wing, you’d find more fluid and faster fluid velocity going around the wing counterclockwise than clockwise. We now have a foil producing a lot of lift, but no drag.”

“This looks a little more realistic,” I said, looking at sketch number two.

“In fact, a real airfoil does work very much like this diagram. Air can be thought of as frictionless and'^incompressible at the speeds and sizes we’re concerned with.”

“Okay,” “Now let’s look at what goes on at various places around the wing section. On the top surface, air is bending towards the surface, so centrifugal force tends to pull it away and the pressure is reduced. On the bottom surface the centrifugal force acts towards the surface, so the pressure increases. But the really interesting regions are in front of the

leading edge and behind the trailing edge.

As the air approaches the leading edge, it gets sucked upwards towards the low pressure area on top of the wing. This upward angle is called upwash. Then, at the trailing edge, the air comes off the wing at a downward angle called downwash, but is pulled back toward horizontal by the low pressure above and higher pressure below.”

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studied the sketch for a minute.

“Upwash, by the way,, is what gives you the little lift when you lee bow another boat.”

“So if I understand this correctly,” I said, “for the two-D case we have Jift, but no drag.”

“Right. Frictionless flow is reversible, so there can’t be any drag. Lift is a consequence of the flow rotation around the wing, which

out.

“Nice looking spinnaker!” said the sailmaker, who had built the sail just one year ago.

After a few minutes Lee cleated off her sheet, and we went below again to continue

SKETCH 3: Near the end of the wing, air spills around the tip from high pressure to low causing a tip vortex. The effect is to reduce the pressure difference, which reduces the upwash angle and increases the downwasb angle. The lift force becomes inclined backwards, and the backwards component of this force is catted induced drag. , -

is symmetrical in magnitude front-to-back, so the lift goes straight up, at right angles to the undisturbed flow.”

“But what happens in three dimensions?”

“I’m just getting to that. Suppose we’re looking at the edge of a three dimensional wing. High pressure air will spill around from the bottom towards the low pressure on top.

The effect is to greatly reduce pressure difference. So the incoming air doesn’t get sucked up nearly as far into the upwash angle, and the exiting air at the trailing edge doesn’t get pulled back aft from the down wash angle.” , She was working on sketch three when we were called back on deck to set the spinnaker.

We were ready to set as soon as Lee took her position on the sheet and I took the halyard tail.

“Hoist!” shouted the skipper as we bore off to a run. The chute went up, the pole came back, and the sail popped open in a perfect hour-glass.

“We haven’t had an hour-glass on this boat in years!” protested the skipper.

“Funny how this only happenss when the sailmaker is on board,” I remarked as I released the jib halyard.

iventually the twist was straightened

our discussion.

“Now, where were we?” I asked as I looked at sketch three again.

“Oh yes. The flow ardund the tip of the wing reduces the pressure difference, so it reduces upwash angle and increases downwash angle.”

“Okay — but is the flow still reversible?”

“Not anymore — we’re taking energy

lift force, which is always at right angles to the undisturbed flow, is inclined backwards by the same amount. The lift vector now has ' a backwards component, and this is called the induced drag.”

“But this only effects the tip area, right?”

1 or a square wing, that’s right. Now, it turns out that induced drag is minimized if it can be distributed evenly over the whole wing. In order to do this, the spanwise distribution of lift should be elliptical. That way, instead of having one big vortex spilling off the tip, you have an evenly distributed sheet of vorticity coming off the whole wing. So the ideal wing is elliptical, or at least tapered to approximate the lift distribution of an ellipse.”

I remembered reading somewhere once that the most efficient shape for centerboards and rudders was an ellipse.

“I think I understand so far,” I said. “But how does this relate to sails? The only sail plans that come close to this ideal ellipse shape are fully battened catamaran sails.”

“That’s true, but the closer the better. Also remember, Max, the lift distribution depends on a lot of things. Like the spanwise distribution — that is, for a sail, the vertical distribution — of draft and angle of attack. All you have to do is look at pictures of boats sailing to windwartf from head on. The new sails are powerful and evenly shaped right up to the top. The slightly older sails show a Corn-

Comparison of wing shapes or sallptans for induced drag (not considering effects of twist or variable draft).

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away in the form of a ‘tip vortex’ that spills off the wing. But look what the change in downwash and upwash angles does. It’s as if the undisturbed flow was inclined by an amount equal to the change in these angles. So the

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bination of twist and draft that depowers the top, which throws the lift distribution much further away from the ideal.”

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ON DRAG owner. “Can you have the new jib ready by then?”

“For you, no problem,” answered the sailmaker. “I’ll also take that main back to the loft for a little work. The cloth is old and tired, but 1 think we can get you through the season with a few adjustments.”

The docking would have been perfect, except that we made a little too much leeway in the last few seconds and bumped the corner of the finger pretty hard. Then the end of the boom dragged across the piling to leeward, and we accelerated into the berth, finally ending up with a scrape and a thud at the end of the slip.

“Don’t worry, the scuff marks from the dock edging come right off with a plastic pot scrubber,” assured the sailmaker.

“I sail in here all the time,” said the skipper, “and this is the worst docking I’ve made in years!”

I looked at Lee. “Funny how this only happens when the sailmaker’s on board,” she said.

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“I think it’s much more significant than section shape. Air behaves much more like our frictionless, incompressible fluid than you’d think. 1 mean, like, induced drag is a big number!”

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L Another one of the crew came down below to see what on earth we were doing, so Lee went through most of (ter lecture a second time. 1 think I almost understood it by the time we were approaching the marina.

“Ever wonder why too much headstay sag is slow, even when the sail is cut to maintain the proper section shape?” she asked as we scrambled on deck to lower the spinnaker.

We went up to the foredeck with the spinnaker bag, and packed the sail right into the bag as it was slowly lowered behind the main. Then we jibed and approached the berth under main only.

“My next race is in two weeks,” said the

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his is Krystyna Urbanczyk. She’s the wife of Andrew Urbanczyk, who is currently on the last leg of his solo sail around the world. Krystyna lives in Montara and works in Pacifica as a radiology technician in a doctor’s office. Although quite busy with her work and her position -as official secretary for Andrew’s Equatorial Challenge, Krystyna has spent many sunsets on this beach. Her thoughts go to Andrew, his cat Cardinal Virtue, and the Ericson 30+ Nord IV as they make their way around the globe.

Krystyna says she rarely worries about her man, except when she doesn’t hear from him for a long time. Andrew can only send , messages via passing ships and she realizes those meetings are only by chance. She knows that such a ship could just as easily run over Nord IV in the middle of the night while Andrew and Cardinal Virtue are asleep. “It is a big ocean,” she says to herself. She never feels left behind, rather she is proud of her husband who can sail so well over such a long distance.

This is not the first difficult voyage for Andrew and Krystyna. They both had successful professional lives in Poland, but decided

to defect, sailing to freedom in the Mediterranean 12 years ago. They still have family behind the Iron Curtain. Now, however, they are free to climb mountains and sail around the world as they wish. Krystyna is an excellent athlete herself. She was captain of one of Poland’s best women’s basketball teams for ten years. Now she runs, plays tennis and basketball, and climbs mountains with Andrew. Her goal is to ascend Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s highest peak.

Krystyna is also in charge of collecting rent from the house Andrew built in Montara and in which they used to live. That money has paid for her trips to Darwin, Australia, and Cape Town, South Africa, where she spent a month each visiting with Andrew on his stopovers. She realizes she would never have visited these places if it weren’t for the circumnavigation. “Have you ever petted a koala bear?” she asks. “Your hand just sinks into their fur!”

O o now there is a homecoming to plan for Andrew. He has plans to write a book in English and have it published here in America. He hopes many people in Russia and Poland heqr about his success and that they understand that it is possible to be free.

For Krystyna and Bazia, Cardinal Virtue’s cat mate, it will be good to have their men back again. “He told me he will stay home for a while,” says Krystyna, but she knows there will be more voyages in the future. The prospect does not frighten her.

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THE CALIFORNIAN

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ising out of Spanish Landing, a stretch of sandy beach close to the San Diego Airport, is a wooden schooner called the Californian. The construction site for the 90-ft, 130-ton schooner is appropriate. In 1542, Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo reportedly set foot in California for the first time not far from the same location. Thinking he had found the mythical paradise of Califia, an island of blue skies, warm breezes and bright sunshine, Cabrillo named it accordingly. On May 28, this year’s Memorial Day, the long, sleek ship will slide into San Diego Bay and start her life as a sea cadet ttaining vessel and goodwill 'ambassador.

She will be both a living monument to the past and a vessel destined for a great future.

There are many players in this-real life drama. The primary figure has beeh Steve Christman, a lean, driven man who, has literally created reality from a lifelong dream.

A Sea Scout in'his youth, Christman has always thought the best way for teenagers and young adults to learn about going to sea was to actually do it. After a successful career in advertising, he decided to retire and found the Nautical Heritage Museum at Dana Point, an organization dedicated to promoting our nautical heritage. Christman’s goal for the Californian, which is funded en¬

Details of the ship's hand-carved stern.

tirely by private, tax-deductible donations made to the Museum, is to serve as a youth training vessel.

Recently Christman wrote that “the Californian and the tiny number of traditional sailing vessels that still exist,” he writes, “have an opportunity to extend the

The emblem on the metal coin you receive for donating $25 to the "Californian” project.

thread of wooden sailing ships into the future and on to another generation. The key to that continuation is sailing training . . . We believe that an aggressively promoted sail training program, properly backed by modern business techniques will allow a ship to be professionally sailed and operated.”

With a permanent crew of seven, the

Californian will have room for two watches of six cadets each. They’ll range in age from 16 to 26 and they’ll have to qualify in order to make the voyage. “The kids "will come from the Sea Explorers, yacht clubs, the Navy League, groups like that,” says Christman. The first trip is scheduled to depart on October 12th with youths from Orange County Sea Explorers.

While most of the 11-day training voyages

other adventures are planned as well. First and foremost will be the tallships parade on July 4th, one year after the ship’s keel was laid at Spanish Landing. The Californian will lead an armada of sailing ships and thousands of smaller craft along the Los Ancjeles waterfront to celebrate the 1984 Olympic Games. In 1986 she will partake of a similar event in New York harbor to mark the Statue of Liberty Centennial. Also on the agenda are voyages to Hawaii, Japan, and hopefully a circumnavigation timed to coincide with Australia’s 1987-1988 Bicentennial festivities.

The Californian joins a small, but growing number of new and restored historic sailing vessels. Bay Area sailors are very familiar with both the Wanderbird, Harold Sommer’s 85-ft pilot schooner, and the Pride of Baltimore, the 90-ft clipper schooner. These two classics held a series of races on the Bay last year. While the former was built in 1881 and page 136

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TALLSHIP Lawrence. Built in Washington, D.C., in 1848, the Lawrence was assigned to the West Coast. Her maiden voyage around Cape Horn took an excruciating 11 months — three times the normal length. When she arrived at San Francisco, most of her goldhungry crew jumped ship.

For the next year, the Lawrence worked at curtailing smuggling and assisting vessels along the coast, acting as a forerunner of today’s Coast Guard. Unfortunately, on November 25, 1851, the ship grounded off Fort Funston and was abandoned to settle in the sand of Ocean Beach. Christman has been working with the National Park Service at San Francisco’s Fort Mason to try and locate the remains of the Lawrence. Their unsuccessful efforts didn’t stop Smith, though, and he drew up plans for the ship based on available records about the Lawrence and similar ships of the Campbell class.

Smith credits much of his design work to John Willis Griffiths, known for his work with early New York clipper ships. Griffiths was

Melbourne Smith's rendering of the “Californian" under sail.

restored recently in Sausalito, the Pride is an early 1800 design constructed by the city of Baltimore in 1977. The man behind Pride project was Melbourne Smith, who was invited by Christman to design and oversee the building of the Californian.

mith is an impish soul with a colorful background as sea cadet, whiskey smuggler, professional artist, cruise ship captain and now expert historical ship builder. Originally a Canadian but now living in Annapolis, Maryland, he hit upon the idea of the Pride as a historical vessel that would really sail and not just sit beside a dock and occupy a slot in a waterfront tourist attraction. The ship would be authentic, built as much as possible by traditional means, and seaworthy as well. The city of Baltimore bought his idea

and funded the project. After ten months of construction in the city’s downtown section, the Pride slid into Chesapeake Bay. Her visit to San Francisco Bay last summer was part of a goodwill tour and a unique way for the East Coast metropolis to promote itself.

Smith modeled the Californian after the first American revenue schooner to come to the West Coast, the Lawrence. The first revenue schooners were commissioned by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 at the cost of $1,000 each!

Designed for speed, their function was to patrol the nation’s coast and collect import duties from privateers attempting to smuggle in goods. These two-masted, gaff-topsailed schooners did their job well, helping elminiate the country’s $80,000,000 Revolutionary War debt.

I n the 1840’s, a new set of revenue cutters were funded, one of them being the

Steve Christman.

an advocate of the steam-bent frame for his craft, a technique that made for a stronger hull than those built with double-sawn frames. Smith has achieved the same effect with laminated hard pine. Another emphasis, not unlike one used on modern racing yachts, has been to keep weight low and out of the ends. Griffiths reasoning was that this would put maximum strength in the middle of the hull and prevent the bow and stern from hogging, or sagging, prematurely. Today’s state-of-the-art racers use the same technique, although the reasoning is that

such a distribution of weight makes for better performance. In yachting, as in everything else, there are few things that haven’t been thought of before.

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Vhristman had originally wanted to

TV star Catherine Bach is also the poster girl for the ship.

build the Californian at Dana Point, but when that didn’t work out he sought help in San Diego. Howard Thomas, president of the local automobile club and a charter boat operator, became interested and put together a deal whereby the ship could rent the beach location for only $1 a year. It’s hoped that downtown San Diego will eventually become the ship’s main port with a maintenance facility near “G” Street Mole. The city planners are reportedly considering whether or not to put in a fast food restaurant at the same spot. The city of Oxnard, north of Los Angeles, would be a likely alternative if french fries and burgers win out.

Once the keel was laid, the Californian project began to build a momentum of its own. A few key individuals formed the backbone of the construction crew, in particular master shipbuilder Japheth Hazell of Bequia.

Known as Jay, this trim sexagenarian also worked on the Pride, and is one of the few men left today who can handle an adze with proficiency. Experts like Smith and Hazell have drawn others to Spanish Landing, such as master caulker Gene Furrow. The project, like the building of the Pride beforehand, has thus become a living classroom for others in the work crew, a rare chance to study and learn from the masters. Most of the crew are being paid a minimal wage, but the skills they

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take away will be priceless.

Finding supplies and raw materials for the ship designed almost a century and a half ago hasn’t been easy. The windlass; for example, has to be especially cast by a foundry in Nova Scotia. The bronze.winch and eight cannons were cast in Maine,. The hard machich wood used for the keel and the pine planking were both hand picked by Smith himself in the Central American country of Belize.

As the Californian began to take shape, it was natural for passers by to be drawn for a look-see. A month after the keel was laid, a group of watchkeepers started making themselves available to talk to visitors. A small bleacher section covered with a canvas top was erected beside the construciton site. San Diegans and visitors from out of town began making regular visits, checking out the ship’s progress. Watchkeeper Mac MacDonald, a semi-retired aerospace worker, says almost half the visitors have been repeaters. Many, he added, are sailors themselves and ask pretty technical questions about the ship’s history and phases of construction. “I constantly have to go look things up,” says Mac. The reviewing stand also offers one of many fund-raising opportunities for the

Melbourne Smith.

Californian. On display next to samples of wood and a bronze cannon are metal slugs resembling $50 gold pieces used as currency in California during the Gold Rush days. A $25 tax deductible donation earns one of these keepsakes plus a pass card which can be used to board the ship when she is in port.

“We survive by donations,” says Ted Naughler, a former client of Christman’s ad agency who has put $115,000 into the project. With less than two months to gc until launch date, they were still $750,000 short of their goal of $2.5 million. A variety of options are available for potential supporters, such as the “Admiral” category. For $100,000 you can get two full days use of the ship during the first year after launching, berthing for four qn the Maiden Voyage, and other privileges. Naugler and Earl Rippee are the only two “Admirals” so far. Lesser denominations earn lower nautical rankings page 138

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Large enough for two couples, the suite will be outfitted with authentic period antiques.

A watertight bulkhead, one of two in the ship’s hull, will separate the aft cabin from the main hold where the cadets will reside.

At night they will string hammocks for sleeping and during waking hours the same space will serve as the galley and dining area. The forwardmost cabin, also separated by a bulkhead, will house the permanent crew.

In addition to money, Christman has also been accepting goods and services. The Loran C and SatNav used for navigation, for example, came from Lewis Electronics of Newport Beach. The list of angels runs long, including such names as Pacific Marine Supply, San Diego Gas & Electric, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Big Sky Concrete Pumping, Tuna Marina Supply and a host of others. Anyone who has 30,000 pounds of lead might want to get in touch with Christman — he needs it for internal ballast.

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and correspondingly fewer perks.

augler, who grew up in San, Francisco, has been one of Christman’s staunchest backers, both financially and otherwise. He bought Christman out in 1983 to give him the seed money for the Californian. Naugler has never had any doubt that Christman would see the project through to completion. He is now helping line up corporate sponsors for the cadet program, looking for a commitment of $15,000. This amount would sponsor one watch per year for five years. Companies enrolling in thi§ plan would have the opportunity to send representatives on the voyages. “We’d like to appeal to businesses who have a stake in youth training,” says Naugler, thereby ruling out virtually no segment of industry.

Sponsoring guests would berth in the Governor’s cabin in the Californian’s stern.

Above, assembling the hull. Below, working on the main cabin.

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the Californian have created considerable publicity of their own. On February 11th, the ship’s stern was ceremoniously unveiled to reveal 300 man hours of hand carving, including a seven-foot wide American eagle flanked by a pair of gilded grizzly bears, stars and the Great Seal of California as well as the Revenue Marine Service seal. These were the work of Lee Kutz and Bob Beakins.

Below is the ship’s name and port of registery (Sacramento), carved by Fred Hecklinger.

The bow of the boat is also due to have ' some spectacular woodwork. Chosen as an appropriate figurehead was the Queen of Califia, leader of the ferocious Amazon warriors reputed to have inhabited the mythical

CALIFORNIAN island. Actress Catherine Bach, best known for her role in the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard”, posed as a model for this project, a fact actively promoted by the Hollywood public relations writers and photographers.

Bach was chosen not only for her good looks, but also due to her family roots in both historical California and Mexico.

Noted marine artist Lyle Galloway had completed a small model of the final sculpture shortly before his tragic death in March.

Christman was looking for a replacement in April to complete this most important task.

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ith launch day rapidly approaching, Christman, Smith, Hazell and the rest of the crew continue their seven-day a week schedule. The plan is to have the Californian completely finished and ready to go by the 28th. Having been officially declared the State’s Tallship Ambassador, the Californian will be christened by our first lady, Gloria Deukmejian. The ship will then slide into the Bay at high tide, around 8 p.m. For the hundreds involved in the project it will be a glorious moment, not only as a fulfillment of a dream, but as the forging of a link with our nautical past.

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with the Californian. The Bay Area will be an integral part of the ship’s itinerary on her training voyages. Ports of call locally included Oakland, San Francisco, Sausalito, Vallejo, Sacramento and hopefully Rio Vista as well. Five Bay Area yacht clubs — Metropolitan, Oyster Point, Berkeley, Sausalito and the Sausalito Cruising Club — are part of the gold coin membership program where you can make your $25 donation. If you’d like to do even more, like the ten individuals in Oxnard who donated $2,500 a piece in order to make their city an operational port of call for the ship, then contact either Ward

Ted Naugler, one of the largest contributors to the ''Californian'' project.

Cleaveland, 624 St. Mary’s Road, Lafayette, CA 94549 (phone 415/283-2249) or Phil Graf, c/o Craig BrOwn, 1001 Bridgeway *F, Sausalito 94965, (415) 332-3890. Graf adds that the Californian will also be available for day charters and special events.

Steve Christman’s Nautical Heritage Museum at Dana Point can be reached at (714) 661-1001. They are all waiting to welcome you onboard!

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ifteen months into our hypothetical South Pacific Milk Run finds our boat up on the hard at Oram’s boatyard in Whangarei, New Zealand. .Having done much of the dirty work in preparing the boat for the trip back through the South Pacific, we’ve decided to travel through parts of New Zealand oil land. It’s a spectacular and dramatic country.

1983 was the worst weather year for French Polynesia.

It’s fall here in the southern hemisphere, which means it’s spring in the northern hemisphere. That in turn means it’s time for many U.S. and Canadian boats to start out on their own Milk Runs. Some boats have already left the west coast of the United States and Mexico, others are about to leave. All are heading for the Tuamotus, the Marquesas, and especially the bright lights of Tahiti.

Although the pace in French Polynesia isn’t .quite as fast as that of the States, things still change rapidly. Consequently we’re going to take a brief break in the Milk Run series to update the situation in Tahiti for all those about to make the voyage down.

During my March visit — which u>as part of a Mahina advanced ocean cruising seminar and included many Northern California sailors — 1 found that Tahiti hasn’t yet fully rebuilt from the devastating series of cyclones that ravaged the islands of French Polynesia in 1983. Along the windward side of Tahiti there are still quite a few houses without roofs and windows. There are also still a couple of wrecks that litter the beaches on Tahiti, and another at Moorea. At Cale de Halage, Maeva Beach, and Marina Lotus some yachts are still out of the water being repaired.

I f 1983 was the worst weather year for French Polynesia in the last 82 years, then 1984 will go down as having one of the mildest cyclone seasons ever. Only two small depressions — with winds less than fifty knots — came through the territory this season. Unfortunately there were hardly any cruising boats to enjoy the especially good

weather.

There was a marked absence of North American cruising boats, with less than a dozen U.S. and ^Canadian boats at the Papeete quay. In fact the quay was the emptiest it’s been in ten years, with mostly French

boats that are permanently there. Most of the foreign boats that had been in French Polynesia moved omto New Zealand for the hurricane season; those that might have come from the States simply decided to wait a year and see if the weather pattern would return page 142

TAHITI UPDATE Marquesas. The majority of the boats in these outer islands are French, some of whom are trying to pay importation bonds or charter their boats.

Not only is the cruising population way down, but tourism in general is suffering in the territory. Two of the largest hotels, the Taharaa and Club Med Moorea have closed.

However the weather is only part of the

1984 has been one of the best weather years. reason; other factors include the Tahiti hotel strike of ’83, hard economic times in France, higher air fares, and some hotel remodeling.

So it’s been a great time to visit Tahiti for all those yachties who like it uncrowded and quiet!

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The popular anchorages at the Maeva Beach and Beachcomber Hotels had a total of sixty yachts, but again the majority of these were French whose owners work, ashore. In Cook’s Bay on Moorea there were page 143

several German boats, and a smattering of French, U.S., and Canadian vessels. The rest of the Society Islands also had very few yachts: Raiatea with 13, Tahaa with two, Huahine with eight, and Bora Bora with six.

Similarly there were just 16 yachts in the /

quoted as 142.31 for cash dollars and 142.936 for traveler’s checks. This is about double the value of 1977. This means that items that are made in France or EEC countries — such as fuel, anchors, etc. — are nearly the same price as they were two years ^igo. However U.S. items — such as food and spare parts — have soared.

Some sample prices from March 22, 1984, include: diesel at about $1.40 per gallon (which is about the cheapest in the Pacific except for Hawaii and American Samoa); a 25-lb CQR anchor is $210; a 35-lb CQR is $237. A 90-hour deep-cycle marine battery is $93 and a Whale Gusher 10 bilge pump is also $93. All prices are U.S. dollars.

The above prices are from Marine Corail in Papeete, wh’ich has the widest selection of ^marine parts and supplies. This includes paint, varnish, rebuilding kits for pumps and heads, diving gear, marine electrical supplies, stainless rigging, good quality swage fittings, and an excellent selection of stainless Wichard shackles of all types. Prices are comparable to the States, and Marine Corail will give a discount to yachts. They also accept Visa and American Express.

Not far down the road in the Fare Ute district of Papeete is Nauti Sport. This is the Johnson outboard dealer, which also stocks

SOUTH PACIFIC MILK RUN: some fishing, diving, and boating supplies.

There a 2 hp outboard currently goes for $346; a 4 hp for $415; and, a 7.5 hp shortshaft for $883. Further down the same road is Comptoir Polynesian, the -Volvo marine dealer and supplier of Petit paints.

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miss it!

Latitude 38 readers already kndw that over on Bora Bora the Oa Oa Hotel recently hoisted a large sign on their dock saying “Yachties Welcome”. Owners Greg and Elaine Claytor — who are originally from \ Los Angeles — have positioned five heavy-

often take some money sent from home.

The quickest way to get small amounts — up to $125 — is by taking your Visa card to the Bank of Indo-Suez. The maximum you can get in a week is $230 U.S. For amounts over $125 U.S. they must telex and charge you a commission that totals about $10.

Another place to get cash is at Tahiti Tours, the American Express office. The friendly — and very lovely — ladies there are glad to inform you that your green American Express card is good enough to guarantee your personal check for up to $1,000. Folks with the Gold Cards are good for !j>2,000.

Actually you write a personal check for American Express traveler’s checks; your credit card just guarantees your check. On amounts over $200 the girls telex for approval, but they’re very sweet and don’t charge you a cent. Incidentally you can go right up to your limit every 21 days with American Express.

duty moorings in front of the hotel and have built a dinghy dock. You can anchor in front of the hotel, where it’s 85 to 90 feet deep.

Anchors hold we'll in the smooth sand bottom, but after you’ve pulled the anchor up from that depth just once you’ll appreciate how easy the mooring buoys can make life.

If you come ashore you’ll discover that Greg has started a scrapebook for all the visiting yachties. Actually it’s one of the more risque of the genre, with some yachties inserting photos of their crews in the buff!

Besides the good browsing, the Hotel Oa Oa offers yachties free showers and heads, and some of the best prices on the island for cold Hinano beer.

The hotel is also home to a most unusual group of personalities. The clients are a combination of French draftees on holiday from Papeete, and European and American budget travelers. And the hotel staff is outrageous in the best sense of the word!

The owner Greg speaks no French. He addresses his French guests in English as he puffs on Havana cigars. The Tahitian staff is perhaps even more interesting. Madola, who functions as sort of a concierge, speaks some English and has an excellent sense of humor.

The smallest little thing sets her — and her girlfriend, lovely Francine — into gales of laughter and endless giggles. If you learn a little Tahitian and listen as they talk while serving meals or pouring drinks, you’ll see a whole other side of the Polynesian personality.

n the food front, provisioning is more expensive than ever if you buy American goods. But New Zealand meats and cheeses remain an excellent purchase as do French wines. Dinner at “the trucks” is now about $3.15, for which you get a piece of BBQ chicken, a serving of poisson cru (marinated raw fish), and Tahitian potato salad.

Dinner at my favorite Chinese restaurant ran about $12 each for three people; we had lemon chicken, shrimp curry and vegetables (fresh local shrimp), shrimp chow mein, and poisson cru. This restaurant is A la Soupe Chinoise, and it’s on rue Gauguin. Don’t

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just laughs and says, “I don’t understand vot is happening here!” To complicate matters, Sylvie only ties her parus at the shoulders and hips, which covers her body only part of the time. Consequently men often order incorrectly or forget what they ordered in the

first place.

If you want to have a good time on Bora Bora, stop by the Hotel Oa Oa for dinner and say “la Ora Na” to the crazy crew. Incidently the food is superb and the prices the best on the island for dinner.

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very slow and no pressure — the Oa Oa, or the new water buoy at the yacht club.

Speaking of the Bora Bora Yacht Club, it’s still there as reported in Latitude 38, but under different ownership. Marcien Navarro and his wife, both from France, are en¬

couraging visiting yachts to anchor off the club and come ashore for dinner, drinks, and free showers. There are now several floating quasi-Polynesian styled bungalows directly in front of to the south of the yacht club dock. These are rented out by another page 146

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Frenchman for $134 per night, but don’t seem to attract many customers.

Since the floating bungalows are moored in front of the yacht club, cruisers wishing to enjoy the facilities need to anchor to the north of the dinghy dock, in front of the page 147

marae, in about 80 feet of water. Marcien, manger of the yacht club, graciously put in a floating water buoy about 100 feet from the dinghy dock. If you need water, first row ashore, have a cold drink or Hinano, and ask him how his water situation is. Unless there is a dire shortage, he will probably invite you to tie up to the buoy, put the coiled hose into your deck fill, and fill your tanks for

tank hasn’t been finished, so you need to go to Tiva wharf for water. One of our group of South Pacific Yacht Charter boats weathered hurricane Riva in this basin last year without any problems, despite winds of over 90 mph. There is a store with cold Hinanos, just behind the marina basin.

Sailing to the south, through the wellmarked Grand Banc Central coral reef which

five minutes: It would be very tacky to just tie up to the buoy, take on water, and leave without going ashore to ask permission and buy a drink.

Marcien used to be a chef at a fancy resort on the Spanish Riviera, and has photos of some of the gastronomical delights he has prepared at the yacht club in the past six months. Two other services still offered by the club are the yachties mail drop (the address is still: Yacht Club de Bora Bora, Bora Bora, French Polynesia), and laundry service for 1000 francs ($7.04 U.S.) per load.

is between Tahaa and Raiatea, you’ll see the masts at the marina near the airport. South Pacific Yacht Charters have expanded their fleet to ten boats now, and are soon going to be leasing the entire marina and improving facilities for visiting yachties. As of now there is still no charge for tying up here; but that will eventually change. There are new heads and showers in the marina, but they haven’t been hooked up yet either. SPYC is planning to put in a small restaurant and possibly a couple of bungalows alongside the marina this year.

I—< lsewhere on Bora Bora, there is a new post office in the main village of Vaitape, where you can buy the exotic stamps which French Polynesia is famous for, and call home to, the U.S. of A. — or wherever home may be. On the northwest side of the island, across from the motu that the airport is on, a new Hyatt Hotel is under construction. It will more than double the number of hotel rooms on the island now. It is questionable how much business it will actually generate. Tourism has dropped for two straight years, and many of the hotels are operating with poor occupancy rates.

Moving through the Societies, the new marina in Tahaa — in Baie Tapuamu just north of Tiva village, and the western pass of Tahaa — was completed last year. It is ready for use, but is empty except for a bonita boat.

There are concrete bulkheads and steel bollards set in concrete. It has water faucets every 50 feet, but the fresh water storage

n the next bay to the south, a new haulout and storage facility is nearing completion. The government has already dredgecl, filled, and leveled the area to be used. A local businessman is buying a travel-lift and cradles. This will be one of the few travel-lifts in the Pacific, and will offer a much quicker, easier way to haul out than in Papeete on the railway. Completion is planned for fall of this year, but whether or not it is working by then is a matter of Polynesian planning and motivation. But this will be a good and fairly safe place to haul your boat out and leave it on the hard while flying back home to work in the land of plenty for awhile — which is a lot easier way to get ahead than working abroad while cruising.

That’s what I found new in Tahiti and her environs. I think you folks sailing down will have no trouble falling as deeply in love with the area as I have.

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Grasshopper: Roger and Margo Wheelis left the Seattle area in June 1983 on

days they spent on Fanning, but the island was in the middle of a drought.

in Seattle had a heart attack and retired.

Roger says, “I sure didn’t expect that fo

Spindrift. Some folks come to French Polynesia with big crews, others — like Ken Constantine of Washington, D.C. — sail most of the way from their homeports singlehanded. Constantine has been out almost five years now, and plans to make a run up to Honolulu before heading for

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Small World is a CT 54 owned by Bob McGowan of Orinda.

The crew includes first mate Sarah Rikly of San Fraficisco; Bob’s son David from Chico; and Larry Rassek of Sausalito.

McGowan had the boat custom built in

their Fast Passage 39.

Their first long ocean passage was from Neah Bay to Kauai; it took 19 days. After a month in Kauai, Grasshopper had a fast 11-day passage to Fanning Island. They had hoped to spend longer than the ten

South Pacific Yacht Charters Marina. Raiatea.

Roger and Margo have now spent about six months in the Society Islands, and had planned to sail on to New Zealand by this November. But the plans took a change when the doctor that is filling in for Roger at Virginia Mason Clinic

happen — the guy’s only 58! Now we have to sail back to Seattle by this September and go back to work!”

They are very pleased with the Fast Passage 39, and say that it makes the ideal cruising boat — stiff, comfortable and fast!

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Constantine reports that his Seawind has been a good strong boat, although perhaps not as Weatherly as a more modern boat.

Taiwan and spent three months there overseeing construction. The boat has all the bells and whistles, including a washing machine, microwave, watermaker, interfaced SatNav and Omega, a generator, and a radar.

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ready put quite a few miles on Small World, all the bells and whistles still work.

After picking up the boat in Taiwan they SRent three weeks in Japan. Bob says it was an unexpected but total delight. During their stay in Japan

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they saw not one other visiting yacht, but were able to visit many small fishing villages.

From Japan Small World made the 2500-mile passage to .Midway in 20 days.

They were allowed to stay at Midway for three days after U.S.

Naval authorities had gotten permission from Honolulu via radio.

Midway currently has a population of 300, all but 20 of whom are contract laborers for ITT from Sri Lanka.

There are still many military buildings and clubs left on the island,

and the crew of Small World was well fed and entertained by the inhabitants.

Their next passage was from Midway to Honolulu, 1,200 miles which they covered in ten days. They spent five months in Hawaii before departing Honolulu February 13 on a 20-day passage to Bora Bora. Future stops are planned at the Societies, Tuamotus, Cooks, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Red Sea, Greece, Egypt, and then back to San Francisco some time in the next three to five years. Sounds like a fun trip!

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Skylark. Phil, Betty and daughter Natalie Parish left San Diego last in January of 1983 arid cruised Mexico in their Offshore 40 before departing Acapulco for the Marquesas. After a year in French Polynesia they will be sailing back to

San Diego soon by way of the Tuamotus and Hawaii.

Phil is a retired naval • officer who apparently didn’t get enough of the sea. He keeps Skylark in immaculate condition. Daughter Natalie is a gorgeous 21:*year old blonde, who as you might well imagine, makes Skylark the center of at-

tention at every anchorage.

Destiny. Joe and Sandy Moyer left Detroit nine years ago, where Joe had been a stockbroker. Since then they have covered more than 50,000 miles of the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and now the Pacific. They used the same boat, a superbly

Christopher Robin (Not pictured). Yet another Westsail 32 in the South Pacific, this one hails from Orr’s Island, Maine. Owners Max and Honnie Fletcher departed Maine nearly two years ago, when son Christopher was only eight months old.

Many others may not believe this, but they’ve had a great time. Chris had no trouble adapting to the cruising life and is a real water baby.

The Fletcher’s had a fast 22-day passage v from the Galapogos to Fatu Hiva, which along with the San Bias Islands, they rate as their favorites.

Drummer. When you sail from the Pacific Northwest, sometimes you get your roughest weather at the very beginning of the voyage. This was the case with Louis and Sylvia Beaurivage of Vancouver, B.C., on their . run from Victoria to San Francisco.

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recovering in San Francisco before making a non-stop 28-day passage from Nuku Hiva in their Westsail 32. To date Tahiti has been their favorite spot, with good prices on food and beer.

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TRAVELLERS maintained Alberg 35 for the whole trip.

Their current plans are to sail to Hawaii and settle down in a home ashore for awhile. Sandy says the house will have to have waterbeds and a hot tub to make up for being off the boat.

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Shaitan of Tortola. Olivier Lafourcade of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, apparently believes in cruising first class. He previously circumnavigated, chartering most of the way, on his Swan 65. Developing a lot of new ideas

friends provided live music and the yachties a potluck dinner.

Someone even remembered the green food coloring for the Hinano beer.

The Beaurivages plan on sailing to the Cook Islands, Tonga, and New Zealand by November.

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and ways to improve on the old boat, he commissioned Ron Holland to design his new aluminum goldplater. The boat was beautifully constructed

by Naviral of France, and launched in November of 1981.

If you’ve got a little

bit of money, say $8500 a week for six people, you can charter the boat also.

The boat comes with a crew of three, and everything is included in the charter fee except alcohol.

Cook. From Shaitan of Tortola.

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ho was Colin Archer and why did 50 doublenders sljow up on April 7th for the eighth annual race in his honor?

Well, Archer was a Norwegian designer, bom in 1832, who took the double-ended fishing boat and improved its seaworthiness without sacrificing its beauty and utility. His redningskoites, or sailing rescue boats, became legendary for their ability to handle well in stormy seas, especially those found off northern Europe. In fact, his first such craft, called Colin Archer, assisted 1,500 other sailing vessels and saved 237 lives in its career for the Norwegian fishing fleet from 1893 to 1933.

Archer’s design concepts have passed down to our times, notably through the work of William Atkin. The Westsail 32Ms a fiberglass version of an Atkin design, with the characteristic outboard rudder attached to the long keel. Other double enders in fiberglass are also popular today, such as the models by Slocum, Hans Christian, and Tayana.

^^ccording to Rick Oliveira, organizer of this year’s Colin Archer Memorial, it was eight years ago that Tom Kimball came up with the idea for a race. Kimball was selling Rafiki (now Slocum) 37’s at the Yacht House in Alameda at the time. Other doublender fans liked the notion. For the first four years, the course took the fleet out

the Golden Gate to Point Bonita, back around Angel Island and then to the finish in Alameda. The typical strong spring ebb tides and fickle winds were hard to deal with sometimes, though, and the last four versions have all been held inside the Bay. Fifty boats has been the average attendance, although one year, says Oliveira, they drew 78! “ First to finish and winner of the division of over 35-footers with outboard rudder was John Abbott’s Edward Bernard, a Rafiki 37.

Abbott,, a data processor from Sacramento, has been trying for line honors for the last four years. He and his wife Doreen consider the Colin Archer a “fun” race and take a low key, yet determined approach.'Their most trying moment came as they neared the final weather mark and the primary winch pulled itself out of the deck. The line stayed wrapped around the drum and they simply overstood the mark to make sure they could fetch it, tacked and headed downwind.

“Fortunately, it was our last port tack of the race,” says Abbott.

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division. Freeman, who delivers coffee for a living, says he had never raced the boat before but signed up for the Colin Archer after a friend kept nagging him that Seaweed was fast. He won another race the following weekend, but claims he’s not ready for TransPac yet. Leute, an international businessman, races Rosy Option regularly and was second to cross the finish line, due in part to being almost five minutes late at the start. Both skippers found the crowd at the Encinal YC for dinner after the race very friendly, “I enjoyed the day very much,” says Leute. page 152

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DIVISION I (Outboard Rudder, up to 30 feet) Spitsgatter Ed Freeman Alameda Storefidra v Rudolf Schroder San Rafael Northsea 27 Barry Nix Hayward

DIVISION II (Outboard Rudder, 30 to 35 feet) Laurin 10 Meter Ken Weller Redcrest 35-ft Sloop John Young San Rafael Cutter Jacques de Kervor Berkeley

DIVISION III (Outboard Rudder, over 35 feet) 1. Edward Bernard Rafiki 37 John Abbott Sacramento 2. Aurora Alajuela 38 John Walsh Tiburon 3. Windlass Alajuela 38 Patrick Hayes Alameda

DIVISION IV (Inboard Rudder, up to 35 feet) 1. Walrus Hans Christian 33 Gary Fitts 2. Helgoland Flying Dutchman 35 Hans Roeben 3. Amazing Grace Flying Dutchman 35 Philip Tippett X, DIVISION V 1. Rosy Option Esprit 37 Richard Leute 2Adios Hans Christian 43 Ron DeVries 3. Blown Away Hans Christian 38 Charles Eddy

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First wood boat to finish: Alhena', second: Karoline, Hans Christian Trophies (given by Cruising World Yachts): Walrus, Blown Away, Adios.

Ken Weller, owner of the Laurin 10 Meter Alhena, a Swedish boat built in 1949, also couldn’t complain. Short of help on race morning, he did some quick recruiting in Sausalito. “I got one from Fred’s, two from the Cafe Trieste and one on the dock,” says Ken, a real estate salesman. Even with this motley crew, Alhena won her division for the third time in four years, besting perennial rival Karoline, John Young’s 35-ft wood sloop from Sausalito.

A nother repeater was Gary Fitts’ Hans Christian 33 Walrus from Berkeley. Fitts, a computer consultant, has won hi? division each of the four years he’s competed, although he admits “it gets tougher every year”. This time he had trouble with Hans Roeben’s Flying Dutchman 35 Helgoland, which has better speed to windward. On the run from Yellow Bluff to Southampton Shoal, Fitts outfoxed his rival. A day earlier the two had sparred against each other on the same course. Helgoland decided to sail down Raccoon Straits while Fitts opted for the east side of Angel Island. (The race instructions allow either route). Fitts saw that he was doing better than Roeben, but broke off the practice race before that fact was verified.

During the actual race, Fitts trailed Roeben after the weather leg. Again the two rivals chose their variant paths, only this time Walrus was able to reach up in the lee of Angel at greater speed than Helgoland could run down from Raccoon Straits. That was the race. “The same thing happened last year on the leg from Harding to Blossom,” explains Fitts. “The other guys reached up in the heavy air and had to run in the lighter wind along the City Front. I went low early and reached up behind Alcatraz. Maybe I shouldn’t tell ydu this because I’m giving away my secrets!” Chances are he has nothing to worry about.

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ere’s a little story for those readers who may feel a bit overwhelmed by articles weeping perfectionism from their watertight arguments. It’s for sailors who wonder if anyone ever goes to the sea anymore in boats with rust streaks showing

We’ve owned her since 1971, when we sailed her from San Francisco to New Zealand on the strength of a 1970 hull and rigg¬

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and the bilge pump on active duty. I don’t want it to be an excuse for you to slack off in the battle to keep your wooden boat vital and strong, but rather let it restore the faith that King Neptune tolerates boats which need a few jobs to be done during the next haulout.

Fri logged 10,000 miles in 1983, her 71st year afloat. A 107-ft. Baltic trader built by J. Ring Andersen in Svendborg, Denmark, she

By keeping the boat actively sailing on major passages, we’ve kept current with her slightest quirks. is heavily built of oak on oak with a full ceiling. Aside from a new deck laid last year — made of Burma teak from the decks of the Manxman, the last steam packet in the Irish Sea — and hull repairs from two collisions in the 1950’s, she’s never had a major rebuild.

“Fri", carrying cargo out on the ocean from Nevis bound for Haiti, July 1983.

don’t have a cozy wheelhouse).

Mostly the ship has been kept to an every six-months haulout schedule. Each slipping of the 71-year-old boat requires some caulking to be hardened up, usually butts, and especially those around the chainplates.

Chalk in hand, we scrutinize the bottom after scrubbing. In particular we closely observe the damp streaks that take longer to dry, where the water is compressed from soggy seams. Also we usually leave some water in the bilge so many leaks along the garboard will show more easily.

By keeping the boat actively sailing on major passages with regular haulouts, we’ve kept current with her slightest quirks. As extra insurance we’ve put lead tingles on butts that have proved repeatedly troublesome, and we’ve always had a power pump with high capacity on standby, or a variety of hand pumps at different stations.

n our last voyage — laden with nearly 50 tons of relief and development cargo for St. Vincent — we developed a troublesome leak that kept us pumping, even in port. On the principle that 6Fri leaks more the harder it blows, it is fairly evident that zero leaks are the best to start out with. Since after our March, 1982 haulout in Holland —

ing survey. In those 12 years we’ve logged 75,000 miles in the Pacific, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Indian Ocean, Atlantic, and the Caribbean We’ve worked at repairs as we’ve travelled, for example, refastening her in 1974, and replacing 600 feet of bottom planking and 150 feet of topsides planking in New Zealand, Japan, Macau, and Amsterdam. There was an article on one such job in Volume 44 of Wooden Boat, called “Firebranding with the Dragon’s Tongue.” And the relentless battle goes on; there’s always another plank quietly giving up the ghost. a

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e’ve been in enough rough weather to trust the ship as a good sea keeper. But we have learned that the harder it blows and the rougher the seas, the more we must pump. Typically, in a gale we’ll spend 15 to 20 minutes at our old iron pitcher pump every 3 hour watch. The pump has a 3V2-inch inside diameter pipe, and moves nearly a half gallon a stroke. It can be a blessing in disguise during cold weather because the 1,000 or 1,500 strokes really gets your circulation going on a shivering watch (we page 156

during which we fitted 130 through bolts in the hull and did extensive caulking and complete pitching — we sat for six months during re-decking without pumping once. We knew we had some work to do. But we were fortunate that this leak gradually worsened while we were in and out of several Caribbean ports unloading the cargo.

Because of a tight schedule and an even tighter budget it wasn’t realistic to treat the leak as a haul out problem'; nonetheless it had to be tended to soon. Since most of the cargo had been off-loaded by the time we reached St. Johns, Antigua, and snorkel diving still had not located the problem, we began an interior search. Fortunately we were able to reach two more bilge inspection and access points in the main hold that had previously been covered with cargo.

Because of her full ceiling planking, tracing such a leak on Fri is an art based on deduction. My method is to pump the bilge as dry as possible. The big aft pitcher pump’s pipe is situated so it always leaves about 5 inches of water in the bilge. To get the remaining water out we have a 50-year-old Lister gasoline/kerosene engine with a little Jabsco pump that we can get the water down to just one inch.

Once the water is out of the bilge a visual inspection, beginning at the forwardmost ac-

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cess point, will reveal any streams of water originating from that region or forward. Fortunately the water always drains aft through the limber holes if the ship is in proper trim.

In this instance the galley inspection point just forward of the mainmast showed nothing but minor weeps, so we knew the trouble had to be further aft. The actual inspection point is a hole cut in a removable plank beside the keelson. If the ship were empty

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and unballasted those planks could have been removed to expose all the floors. Unfortunately Fri has some cement block ballast stowed nearly the entire length of the hull on top of the ceiling, so there are only a half dozen places where the bilge can be reached with removing ballast.

O ur usual bilge measuring point is beside the pipe where the aft pitcher pump enters the bilge. For some time we had known the leak was forward of that area, since we monitor it regularly and there was no cargo stowed over it. Some rearrangement of the remaining cargo in the main hold permitted us to get to two more inspection points under an iron fitting stash at the aft end of the main hold, and a wire rope stash at the forward end of the main hold. After a short sweaty root to the bottom of the aft main hold iron stash we could see the big stream coursing its way aft.

Armed with that information we hacl sufficient authority to get a search warrant for the wire rope stash at the forward end of the large main hold cargo space. Thirty minutes and 100 kilos of wire later, I could pry up the little bilge access plank and poke the flashlight deep down between the closely spaced floors. No stream there either. So the leak must be somewhere aft of the wire — but where was that? On the other side of the keel, the flashlight revealed a long lost wooden mallet head, a relic of the redecking.

1 had to retrieve the mallet lest it eventually end up clogging one of the limber holes. The yoga position required to even get near it is only taught to those students with a fearless yearning for submission in the form of upside down suicidal tendencies. My partner in this quest, Henk, our Dutch engineer stood by ready to pry my elbows and thighs out from under the ballast deck timbers. “Hey, I can hear it!”, I managed to say with my chin pressed into my chest and my eyes closed

Reaching for the lost mallet eventually led the way to the leak.

tight from the exertion of trying to reach the mallet.

“Hear what?” said Henk.

“The leak,” I said. Sure enough, and it sounded something like I imagined the Fountain of Youth might have sounded to Ponce de Leon. We, however, weren’t in search of eternal youth, just some respite from the full promise that this fountain might sink us, young and old alike.

Once Henk pulled me out of the bilge the search shifted to the beams ends air space where we could hear the fountain equally well on port and starboard sides. By the volume of noise it was easy to determine between which two frames the leak was located. A small mirror and a flashlight permitted inspection down between the planking and frames. We couldn’t see anything/, so we deduced that the leak must be beyond the turn of the bilge. Since the sound suggested it was near the middle of the ship, it would most likely be a garboard seam.

Feeling extremely pleased with ourselves, we set about rigging a line around the outside of the hull, making sure it was carefully lined up with the proper frame. The line would be a diving guide to lead us as near as possible to the leak to avoid wasting precious diving air. Suited up in scuba gear, full of confidence and carrying one of our best thinbladed butter knives to use as a probe, Henk and 1 eased ourselves over the side into the murky St. Johns harbor water. It was clear enough, however, to see dozens of jelly fish around us to give the project a pinch of tension . I only wish 1 had the nerve to try to get you to believe a barracuda bit the line through and there were sharks waiting in line to have a whack at us.

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ive minutes of probing with the butter

knife gave us no indication of the precise source of the leak. Taking a different tack I positioned myself under the keel so that my air bubbles streamed up the side of the keel and skeedaddled away over the planks towards the surface. Very quickly I was rewarded with the rather amusing disappearance of several of my bubbles, like the usual few commuters nipping into their favorite bar on the way home. The knife confirmed the size of the 3-inch long section of soft garboard caulking.

Contrary to some philosophers’ beliefs, air bubbles do not emerge from underwater hull leaks into the sea, unless you are in a submarine. The astonishing thoroughness of the disappearance of those silvery bubbles left no room for revisionist theories. Also small bits of paint, hull growth and plankton rushed into that dark, narrow little doorway. Breaking away from the perverse delight of seeing what it looks like to be sinking, we returned to the surface for our bucket of caulking tools.

Working with oakum underwater was reasonably easy. Safety strings attached to the caulking irons was rule no. 1. Having an assistant really helped. It was no more than a three minute job to caulk the seam. Being free’floating and without a firm foot stance was a bit strange as I seemed to be constantly moving away from the job. But a slightly heavier than normal hammer seemed to help. It was more tiring than I expected, probably on account of overcompensation as a learnet.

With that fountain plugged dinner tasted better, the sunset was prettier than usual,

1,500 strokes on the bilge pump can be a blessing in disguise. It gets the blood circulating. and sailing to Haiti seemed like a much better idea. Of course Henk and I were quick to remind everyone that we had all agreed whoever found the leak would be relieved of bilge pumping duties on watch for the remainder of the voyage. And we didn’t charge anything extra for stopping that old fountain of uselessness.

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he Singlehanded Farallones races on April 14 turned out to be a group triumph for Team Hurrah. Hurrah is a Yankee 30 that’s won her division in MORA for the last several seasons.

The corrected time winner in the Farallones race was 41-year old Bud Fraze of San Ramon on his Buccaneer 295, Seafire. Bud works foredeck on Hurrah and picked up most of his sailing technique from her crew.

Second on corrected time was Jim Fair, a crewmate with Fraze on Hurrah, and one of his sailing mentors. Fair sailed h^urrah, which he borrowed for the race from owner John Wright.

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Third on corrected time was Richard Hodges of South Lake Tahoe with the Express 27, Grey eagle. Hodges had never sailed on Hurrah and didn’t learn his sailing from her crew.

Forty-five entries crossed the starting line in the eighth running of this 55-mile event, including four multihulls which weren’t eligible for corrected time honors. The first boat to finish was Barry Parkinson’s trimaran, Waimea, which had also lead the fleet around the Farallones. Finishing the race just

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a few minutes later was the first monohull, the Wylie 40, Lois Lane, with Bill Erkelens at the helm.

Waimea s elapsed time was about ten hours, well off the record pace. The last boat to finish the race was the Farallone Clipper, Credit, which suffered a cracked manifold and therefore couldn’t power in when the wind disappeared. Skipper Bill Belmont spent 22 hours on the course before finishing.

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rewmates on Hurrah for the last three years, Fraze and Fair — the latter of which won the Singlehanded Farallones three years ago — razzed each other about their prospects for the race.

“All it has to do is lighten up,” joked Fraze. His Seafire is basically a Peterson Half Ton, with a huge “J” and a pinched stern.

These are great characteristics for light air sailing in San Diego, but the boat quickly becomes very difficult to manage when the typical winds of Northern California start to blow.

“Fat chance of that happening,” Fair responded to the possibility of light air for the event. Yet race day dawned with a clear sky, hot sun, and a prediction of light air and flat seas. Cognizant of this, near the starting line Fair yelled to Fraze that it looked like it might be his day.

Ultimately it would be, but you couldn’t tell from Fraze’s start. Somehow he’d rigged his spinnaker through one of the jib hanks, so when he raised his jib at the start the spinnaker went up, too. It was an embarrassing moment for a foredeckman. It wasn’t his last mistake, but he didn’t make the big one at the finish that hurt so many competitors.

The race weather remained ideal, about as

SINGLEHANDED pleasant as imaginable off the coast of Northern California. The sea and swell — which had been huge all week long — were pancake flat. Few if any boats took even a drop of water on deck.

As predicted, the wind was uncharacteristically light — in fact a little too light for most peoples’ liking.. Gene Haynes on Wither Thou, for example, was pretty upset. “It was like Lake Tahoe,” he groused. “I’ve always thought the Singlehanded Farallones ought to be a nasty, real ocean race.” Maybe next year. The wind peaked at perhaps 12 knots, with hour after hour of five to eight knots.

Before turning northwesterly in the early afternoon, many boats were able to carry chutes from Point Bonita halfway out to the Lightbucket. Fighting a powerful flood, everyone needed the help.

3 uf most spectacular of all was the brilliant sun and sky. It was nothing short of hot out on the course, and many sailors sailed without shirts, even around Farallones. And the sky — well there wasn’t a trace of a cloud or a patch of fog. When darkness fell a huge moon arose over the City. Its reflection created what one contestant called a “silver river” down the main ship channel at which entries only needed to point their spinnakers. It was lovely, and early finishers were able to sail home across the Bay in t-shirts.

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entries who didn’t finish early ate it. For about 10 p.m. the Farallones suddenly disappeared in a layer of thick fog. A few minutes later the City disappeared in anothershroud of fog. And just a few minutes after thatthe entire coast was socked in. Even though the moon was sometimes still visible overhead, visability fore and aft was just about zero.

Fifteen of the 45 entries dropped out, 14 of them because of this thick fog and the dearth of wind that accompanied it. Among those who eventually tossed in the towel was Mike Lingsch, who was looking for this third Singlehanded Farallones victory with the Alberg 30, Odyssey.

For those who did make it under the Gate in good visibility, the powerful flood created the biggest problem. Four or five skippers, distracted by the tricky spinnaker gybe that had to be made under the bridge — got disoriented and rocketed past the outside of the Golden Gate YC finish line before they realized it. Having done this they had no choice but to beat back against the flood in agonizinglylittle breeze. Some skippers reported blowing as much as 50 minutes because of the error.

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ome days I h$te cruising. I hate Kibitka, my wife,, the kids and the dinghy. I’ve thought of buying a dog just so I could kick it. My wife says it’s the weather, but I don’t know. I think it’s ju$t the cruising blues and nearly everyone gets them at cer-

Cruising is not an escape from reality. It is the reality s most of us have been protected from all our lives.

tain stages of their cruises. The only ones who seem to be immune are the drunks; they don’t have time.

The blues come on suddenly some times, other times they creep up on you. They can be caused by too much sun, not enough sun, too much wind, not enough wind, too much money (hmm . . . that doesn’t seem right somehow). Well, you get my drift, there may not be a cause that you can put a label on. They’re just the cruising blues.

Maybe it’s our lost expectations. Cruising is hardly ever the way we pictured it. That doesn’t mean that it’s better or worse, just that the life can’t be sampled in small gulps; you have to chug-a-lug to get the real flavor.

And cruisers don’t talk about the blues much either. Who the hell wants to hear about how bummed someone is with the life many Americans profess to desire? It’d be like treason to bad-mouth cruising. After all, we only have to lay around deck all day, drink beer, and read books. And it’s so cheap, it’s practically free.

I know that I had a problem in the transition from the go-go pre-cruising life to the laid-back Mexico existence. I had to quit my job twice to go cruising; the first time didn’t

take. My problem was that I had worked all my adult life with some sort of a title before or after my name. These titles were bestowed upon me by grateful companies in return for my services. When my services were no longer rendered, the titles were taken away and given to others. Just what the hell do you say to someone who asks you what you do for a living when your biggest chore that week was to take the garbage ashore and haul thirteen thousand galldns of water to a boat in five-gallon jugs just so everyone can shower?

sliced bread and defies me to dislike it. She told me the other day that another grain of rice, left over or no, and she takes the next Winnebago north.

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T hen things start to break. That sailboat you spent thousands of dollars and man hours on finds countless clever ways to break in such a way that you can neither find a replacement part nearer than San Diego nor the money to buy it and pay off customs.

Stainless fittings which last millenia in the States drop like flies under the combined assault of tropical sun and saltwater. And you discover that the Seagull and round-shaped inflatable won’t get you from shore in a Gulfnorther unless you hold your nose and play submarine. Then the Seagull breaks . . . and the inflatable sports a bunch of pinhole leaks that all the hypolon patches in the world won’t fix. We won’t even talk about the diesel engine, the refrigeration and the SatNav. And, lest you think that those with no gadgets have it easier, ponder the choice you get with no engine: beat north in 35 knot Gulf-northers, or slat around waiting for the next Gulf-norther. There are few people who can live that way, I’ve met only one. He used to run 17 miles from Loreto to Puerto Escondido a couple times a week last summer just for fun. I get tired just writing about it.

Women sure aren’t immune to the cruising blues. My wife read all those nifty articles about how great the cruising life is. You know the ones: baking saltwater bread, the joys of motherhood at sea, how easy it is to teach your school age kid using homestudy courses, thirty-six thousand things you can make using leftover rice and beans. Well, for starters, she doesn’t like lighting our kerosene stove. Ask her how much fun laundry is — and then duck. She buys store-bought The plain truth is that woman’s work is never, ever done. Us men, bastards all, putt around from boat to boat talking about an-

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chorages, engines, sails, and the quality and price of beer while our ladies sit home listening to the engine charge the batteries and making dinner or teaching school or doing

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abuse. Yours might not.

T 1 he single biggest misrepresentation of the cruising life is as one of escape. Article after article and book after book gloss over the routine, mundane, and downright dangerous aspects of this life to babble rapturously of idylic anchorages, beautiful sunsets, and glorious passages. They don’t tell you about getting scared your kid has appendicitis between Turtle Bay and Cabo. Nor do they talk much of such things as getting a bad load of water, becoming sick and then dehydrating because of a fear of drinking that water, hallucinating, and then grabbing the first available assistance. Then scuttling'your boat so it won’t be a hazard to others. If they talk about it, no one believes it could happen to them. Well cruising blues is realizing that it can, by God, it can.

Cruising is not an escape from reality. It is the reality most of us have been protected from all our lives. It means being the final, unequivocal arbiter of your life and the lives of all those on your boat. Cruising is responsibility with a capital R. If you have a heart attack in an out-of-the-way anchorage, you — and your wife and kids if you don’t make it — are literally on your own.

devils run around at loose ends. They’ll end up wanting to go home and making your life hell. You can’t expect your wife to handle all the home chores all the time, nor can you leave the tending of the kids to her. And if she needs the security of some sort of in-

It means being the final, unequivocal arbiter of your life and the lives of all those on your boat. Cruising is responsibility with a capital ‘R’.

come, by God you’d better figure one out before you go cruising. There are damned few opportunities for yachties to work once they’re clear of the USA. Do I make it all sound horrible? It can be > — and has been — for some. For others it is just great. I know that none of you reading this and planning to cruise will believe that you’ll get the cruising blues. But at least some of you will.

ruising blues can start any time after you realize that, by golly, some of those cruisers (of whom you once said you’d never one you didn’t like) are jerks, after all. For many it reaches maximum when they realize that they’ll never speak Spanish well enough to do more than order dinner. That they’re n forever banned from learning how the “real” Mexican lives and thinks. It’s the‘realization 1 erhaps the best cure for the cruising that you’re isolated from your culture with blues is to keep on the move. The constant few ties to anything solid. challenges of new places and passage-makCruising won’t cure a bad marriage or alleing may not remove the “culture shock” viate a mid-life crisis. If anything, it’ll make you’ll have qt being away from home, but it both worse. The big problem is that few will keep you from thinking about it. The Americans realize that they have a bad mar- , most serious cases of cruising blues were riage or mid-life crisis. They’ve been too busy from people who had spent too long in one working and saving in order to enjoy their area. big dream. For some the dream turns into a For us, the cure was a new job that alnightmare that’s all the worse because, damn lowed us to cruise while I worked — and that it, they should be having a good time. allowed Sue and the kids a chance to go Cruising with children can be fun, but only home from time to time. We’re now goalif you work at it. You can’t just let the little oriented once again, with a future that we can plan. Perhaps that’s the only cure for cruising blues.

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t happened on the morning of Wednesday, March 28, at Caleta Partida Beach on Isla Partida in the Sea of Cortez.

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from their minds for the next four days. The Queen then popped the cork on a bottle of champagne, signaling the beginning of the first-ever Sea of Cortez Race Week.

Judging from the fine attendance, the good times that followed, and the support of the Mexican government and business, it certainly won’t be the last such Race Week.

During the course of the week perhaps as many as 300 people from 84 different boats participated in the 14 organized events — and several that weren’t. Official activities were well run and covered a wide range: from sailboat dinghy, inflatable, and boardsailing races, to wet t-shirt and bikini contests for the men and women, to fishing and sandsculpting competition.

While there was plenty of drinking and fooling around, there was no sloppy drunkenness or rank behavior. It was certainly tamer than most Antigua Race Weeks are reputed to be. In fact it was a week characterized more than anything by old time family fun. Perhaps the one event that typified the

Week’s good times best was the pinata party near the conclusion, with one pinata for children and one for adults. We realize that

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'been found than the Mexican government and Mexican businesses. For example when Laurel DeForest was crowned Queen at rather formal ceremonies behind the Grand Baja Hotel in La Paz, there were dignitaries present from state and city government, from the departments of tourism and fisheries, from the Port Captain and the Navy. In addition the Navy staged a flagraising ceremony and provided a drum and bugle corps.

If that wasn’t enough to make everyone feel welcome, Luis Armando Canalisch of 'the Department of Tourism said, “We feel very happy having all of you here in Baja Sur waters; we are grateful you are holding this event and that you have come to visit us.

We are happy to have events like this because it improves the friendship between the United States and Mexico. Next year we hope that the Sea of Cortez Race Week will be even bigger and better.”

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was so popular came as a huge shock to everyone. We at Latitude 38 had only thought of the idea back in December, and the first public announcement of the event — in our January issue — brought absolutely no response. In fact we never heard a single word of feedback until Alberto Morphy Jr. called us from La Paz in early April. Senor Morphy heads NAO yachts in La Paz, the first company to legally charter boats in Mexico, and continues to be instrumental in the formation and running of the big races between the United States and Mexico each winter.

The unlimited hydro racing through the middle of the anchorage was a roaring success.

A G-03 just outside the anchorage with a doctor on call 24 hours a day. The captain of the vessel also performed several important Race Week official duties, not the least of which was the difficult job of selecting the winner of the wet t-shirt contest. Several members of the ship’s crew also came ashore each night and provided music, and two volleyball teams were rounded up to compete against yachtie teams.

Yet certainly the most refreshing support came from the amigos at Cerveza Pacifico.

It’s a little hard to believe, but this beer distributor shipped countless cases of beer, tons of ice, two big tents, many tables and chairs, a generator and some lights — all the way from La Paz to Caleta Partida by boat!

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John Spence of “David Oliver Jones” shows off his free Sea of Cortez Race Week t-shirt. The entire event was free.

Morphy told us the idea was a good one, but that there were problems with the details.

He suggested that he work with the Mexican government for approval and Mexican businesses for support, that the dates be moved back three weeks so as not to conflict with Mardi Gras in La Paz, and that the name be changed from Baja-Ha Race Week to the more dignified Sea of Cortez Race Week. We readily agreed with his suggestions. Just before we hung up, we agreed that Latitude 38 would bring down 75 free Race Week t-shirts and that he would get the ball rolling with officialdom in La Paz. Even with Race Week just a very few days away, neither of us had any idea that more than a few -boats would show up. And "Freight Train” and “Sundance" tangle in the third race.

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neither of us had the time — in fact Senor Morphy missed all of the Race Week itself but the last day — or were in a position to “make it happen”.

Thus the responsibility for the success of the first Sea of Cortez Race Week belongs primarily to the yachties in La Paz who picked up the idea and ran with it. The folks on Icarus, a Perry 35 from Alaska, were in from the beginning; so were Brett and Debra Hilton on Mistral; and Phil Hollywood and Sandra Hill on Wiki Win from Victoria. Later Frank and Judy Lara from Amistad, a Hans Christian 38 from Moss Landing, got heavily

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out during the week, because it didn’t. This was partly due to net operator Jean Turrentine’s activity and result updates, every hour on the hour over 06 — until the batteries on her hand-held VHF pooped out.

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involved, with Frank eventually ending up as head honcho. Naturally there were many others involved, most of whom had been meeting in numerous committees,two weeks before the events began.

The yachties did such a splendid job of organization that when we arrived there was nothing for us to do but participate. And thus it was that the first Sea of Cortez Race Week was plucked from certain chaos. The chairpersons and members of the many committees had all taken their work seriously, and did a bang up job. Perhaps everyone was a little hungry to briefly return to shouldering the kinds of responsibility they’d had in previous jobs back at the States. And it’s not as though the organization petered “Saratoga”, making her move on the first race spin naker run. page 169

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_ Two nights later during relatively elaborate proceedings at the Gran Baja Hotel, Laurel DeForest of Olympia, Washington, was crowned the Queen. Throughout the week she carried out her responsibilities with dignity. She was attended by two six-year olds, Amy Seidor of the Rafiki 37, Perpetua, from Point Richmond, and Kristy Jungers of the Westsail 32, Kibitka, from La Paz. After several days of self-promotion, Laurel’s husband Dale — with whom Laurel had spent the winter cruising the Sea of Cortez on their Balfour 28 — became widely known as the King of Race Week. It was good having royalty around.

All major racing events have feeder races, and this one was no exception. It was from near Pichilinque on the outskirts of La Paz to the old open-ended volcano crater at Caleta Partida some 20 miles away. A big fleet started the race, but many dropped out as the afternoon winds faded. Wally Barbor of Oceanside finished first with the Islander 41 sloop, Warpath, but was nipped on corrected time by Randy Gillespie on the Islander 28, Rhiannon, from Kalama, Washington. The two would remain racing — and boardsailing — rivals all week long.

As was the case with all racing, PHRF ratings were used, as provided by the Long Beach YC. After the 59-boat armada had finally set their hooks in Caleta Partida, everyone was relieved to find that the anchorage could comfortably hold so many boats. Nobody had really been sure in advance, because by best estimates there had never been more than 15 boats in the anchorages at once.

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Thursday morning saw the start of the first of three big sailboat races, a 12-mile triangular course of about 12 miles, around Los Islotes, then a buoy 3.5 miles off Caleta Partida, and back to the harbor entrance.

Although the finer details of the race results get sketchy, about 20 boats entered. The smallest was Freebird, a Montgomery 17 sailed by Marc Hightower of Toyon Bay, Catalina. (The 17-footer has five sails, including a Cal 20 spinnaker;Marc plans to sail it to Hawaii). Among the larger entries was Ptarmigan, Jim and Cheryl Beck’s Westsail 43 from Breckenridge, Colorado, crewed by Captain O’Malley the parrot and Salty the dog. The entries included gaff rigs, sloops, cutters, ketches, and even a cat-ketch rigged tri, Meschach, sailed by an all-female crew.

There were two Cal 40’s, including Dave Lastufka and Kim Harbeck’s Ariel from San Francisco; ultralights like the Santa Cruz 33 Freightrain from San Diego, and a Bermuda One-Two Race winner, the Freedom 44, Freedom.

Almost all the entries carried crew from boats that didn’t enter the races. For example on our Freya 39, in addition to Willie and Dr. Bob who were on the boat anyway, we had John and Randy Sanger of the Valiant 40 Grebe from Santa Barbara; Michael, Sherry and Ben Irby from Elusive, a Lancer 25 from Boulder, Colorado; and a brief guest appearance by A1 MacDiarmid of the Freedom 28, Broad Reacher, fr-om Alviso.

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e actually snuck off to a quick lead at the beginning of the first race, but were rapidly overtaken on the spinnaker run by the Fowler family on the Islander 41 sloop, Saratoga, from Redondo Beach. Rounding Los Islotes they had a comfortable lead in the light winds and headed out toward the middle of the channel, with most of the fleet following. We stuck close to land, were first to catch new wind and its huge shift, and thus took first to finish and corrected time honors. A rapidly closing Saratoga was second to finish and second overall; Rhiannon was third.

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ond race, but another Islander 41 sloop, Wally Barbor’s Warpath jumped off into an early lead, followed by the Santa Cruz 33 Freightrain, the San Francisco Cal 40, Ariel, and the bikini-ed dancing girls on Meschach.

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offshore buoy, around Ballena Island, and back to the finish.

On the beat to Ballena Island the wind dropped to almost zero and the lead boats either got caught out in the adverse current or in the case of Ariel sailed too far in the lee of Ballena. We played the cone of Ballena just like you play the cone of Alcatraz, to catch up witji the fleet. After a swimming break on the weather side of the island — it was boiling hot and almost still — we went for shore while co-leaders Freightrain and Warpath inched along offshore. As the 12-knot offshore breeze tantalizingly worked down to the three boats, it was clearly going to be a tight race to the finish. Warpath and Freightrain caught the wind first, but we were closer inshore and to the favored end of the line. Thus we again lucked out to finish first and correct out first. Warpath was second to finish and on corrected time; Freightrain, carrying the minesweeper’s Captain, was

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11 was a frustrating race, not only because of the light air, but because nobody wanted to be late for the bikini contests and other activities back on the beach. Actually the two contests sort of flopped. The ladies’competition, which unfortunately was scheduled first, sputtered for lack of participation. Contestants included a black dog in a yellow bikini, several infants, not to mention the eventual winner — pleasantly pluynp Judy Lara, wearing a bikini over long underwear.

Outstanding bikini performer of the day was actually the eventual men’s winner, Lee Washburn of Eo/o, a beautiful 55-ft cutter out of San Diego that had been built for the first Sydney to Hobart Race. Lee, who’d been working and playing on boats in Mexico since the late 50’s, isn’t shy. He stripped to his red shorts — and rainbow suspenders — and did some great little herky jerky steps while prancing about. Unfortunately it was too late, and the events more or less fizzled.

The evening was saved by 16-year old Michelle Dehaven, who figured you can always study geometry but you can’t always go cruising. She not only won a spur of the moment beauty contest, but later she showed up under the big tent with a maxi ghetto blaster, her David Bowie and Pretender tapes, and a tupperware container of Cuba Libres, and proceeded to encourage dancing. It was tough going at first, but after assistance from her fun-loving mother Carol, some beer, and some other free spirits,

Todd Rogers get^a kiss from the Queen for winning the boardsailing competition. The gentleman in the Fame t-shirt is the Captain of the minesweeper.

things finally got rolling. Carol’s husband, Mitch Mitchell, was there to video the goings-on. H£ later announced “We do have tapes, and you all will be blackmailed”.

S aturday’s third and final race was a quickie; a 3.5-mile reach out to the buoy and 3.5-mile reach, back. Winds were again five to eight knots, enough to keep the tallrigged Westsail 43 Ptarmigan out in front.

She took both first to finish and corrected time honors. The Cal 40 Ariel and Warpath had looked strong, but then drove each other up and almost out of the race. Halo, a very well-sailed Cape George cutter, took second on corrected time, and Sundance, the charter Stevens 40 sailing for the La Paz YC, took third.

We dropped to sixth, which was still good enough to finish first for the series. Warpath was second for the series, and Sundance was third. Rhiannon was fourth, and Ptarmigan fifth. Christy’s Meschach was the

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women on Wet Dream, a Downeast 32 from San Francisco. Third in heat two was Luise Merchi, of the trimaran Siesu from Santa Cruz.

Todd Rogers from Yo Ho Ho — a Cheoy Lee 36 from Newport about to head out for

The scoring of the racing was a little peculiar, as boats that didn’t finish were scored the number of the boats in the fleet plus one. Usually the penalty for not finishing is more severe, but perhaps in the light airs of Baja it should be the way it is.

This last race was short, and gave plenty of time for the completing the other competitions. Earlier that morning Michelle and Mitch on Freedom II won a quick, noisy unlimited hydro” dinghy race through the anchorage. Tom Reiche of the Out-Island 33, Arion, from Marina del Rey took the low horsepower dinghy race.

Margaret and John Spencer off the San Francisco-based Oliver David Jones won the blindfolded dinghy race; a race that organizer Lee Schell of Mar y Vent from Santa Cruz said had been one of the week’s best.

Margaret and John also won the sandsculpture competition, their great rendering of an eagle snatching a fish. Second was a 15-foot sculpture of an alligator.

John and Randy Sanger, Sherry Irby, and Dr. Bob. Light winds meant a lot of lee rail sitting.

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and wooly dinghy free-for-all. Keith off the Freeport 41, Baby B from South Lake Tahoe, walked in with the last minute — and winning entry — in the fishing contest. Jim Kirby from Valyermo, California, was second .

The popular wet t-shirt contest came down right to the wire between a couple of lovely women who believe it or not, are mothers of teenage children. It was finally judged a tie when the Captain of the minesweeper couldn’t decide who got the most applause, the wonderfully sculpted Patti from Aurelle, or the always smiling, always happy, delightfully energetic Carol from Freedom II. While that ended the competition, it was only the beginning of amateur talent night.

Under the big tent and lights of Cerveza Pacifico, countless performers entertained to an enthusiastic crowd. There was ukelele playing, “comedy hula”, Richard Prince on harmonica, Jeff Newman and Alfred Riggs who played guitars and sang, TamaruvianDarlene who played the electric piano, a sax player, A1 MacDiarmid who sang a cappella, and an elderly woman \from Canada who put on a 10-minute yoga demonstration to thundering applause.

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Again on hand were several dignitaries as well as a member of the press from La Paz. Everyone was thanked for coming, Providence was thanked for having blessed Baja for such lovely resources. Alberto Morphy concluded the ceremonies by saying, “I won’t say ‘adios’, but ‘hasta luego’.

Hasta luego, indeed! The second annual Sea of Cortez Race Week will be held at Caleta Partida the last week of March next year. The second annual event will no doubt be even better run than the first, because the committee members all met after the festivities to work out details on how to improve the event. While many of those who attended this year won’t be around for the second Sea of Cortez Race Week, both NAO Charters of La Paz and Latitude 38 will return as Mexican and United States sponsors respectively. If you’re sailing to Mexico next year, plan to attend. If you won’t be taking your own boat down, plan for a charter during that period. We’ll be updating dates and arrangements as next March draws closer.

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The Pokai Bay race, sponsored by the Hawaiian YC, was an easy downwind run as usual. Wiley Wabbitt was first to finish — and was then carted back home on a trailer!

It takes a bulldozer to win the Waikiki YC’s return race through the stiff chop and heavy headwinds. Bill Alexander’s Gerontious proved worthy of its nickname — Grunt — during the race, even with a shortened crew. Yours truly was aboard and got to skirt the headsail with veteran Don Rogers on each battle-like tack. In this race all hands had jobs.

Lee Budar, who recently turned 18, handled the main as usual.

Folks in the Santa Barbara area should take note that she’ll be attending UCSB as a freshman this fall, and she wants to keep sailing.

Michael Light’s Prism was out ofythe April 6 Friday night race with an injury, so Graham Eder — who built Gerontious in New Zealand and usually skippers Prism — guest started at Gerontious’ helm while owner Alexander trimmed. The new regimen and a couple of conflicting commands to the combined Prism/Gerontious crew caused her to drop the spinnaker in the ocean at the leeward mark. Thus we finished out of the money, er — champagne.

Going to Maui Lahaina YC Staff Commodore Bill Wookey tells us the club is getting ready for the mid-July arrival of some 35 entries in the Victoria, British Columbia, to Lahaina, Maui, race. Both participants in that 10 to 14-day race and the Pan American Airlines Clipper Cup are also invited to compete in the Sauza Tequila Triangles off Lahaina in July. Write the LYC, Front Street, Lahaina, Maui, for further details.

Joannie Watkins, Lahaina YC secretary, gave us some last minute information on the Victoria to Maui entries. Charley, Nolan Bushnell’s 67-ft Holland ultralight, which was first to finish in the 1983 TransPac, is expected to be entered, as are race veterans Ajax and Cadillac Snapper. Scotch Mist II, a Santa Cruz 50 that won the race in 1982, is entered again as are a number of other Santa Cruz 50’s. Pressing these Lee designs will be Jumpin’ Jack Flash, the Davidson 50 under charter to Steve Gary of the host club.

The Victoria to Maui race is much different than the TransPac. The first day of racing is on the inland waters of Puget Sound, and an entry that does poorly in the light airs can lose the race right thereif the fleet manages to break away in a strong weather system outside.

Maui Notes This blustery April day on Maui I can see the Alenuihaha “flying foam” Channel kicking up big whitecaps in the slot between the Hana Coast and the Big Island. It’s windy conditions like these that make Hana — a nice big bellied bay on Maui’s easternmost tip — so hard to get into. Winds almost always take the easy path around the 10,025-foot Halaakala volcano, so the wind and waves are right on the nose from Nuu landing on.

A hundred years ago sailing vessels plied this coast with supplies and made near landings to pick up cattle and molasses. During research for a novel I wrote, Mahele O Maui, I found that $4,000 had been set aside in the 1884 budget of the Kingdom of Hawaii for the construction of landings at Muloea, Nuu, and Makaalae on the Hana coast.

The landings were constructed — that kind of money went a long way back then. But today the rugged Makaalae (eye of the mudheh) Point has nothing left but a rusting iron ring set in a patch of cement,

a few giant vats in the ground, and a couple of walls remaining from the nearby Reciprocity Sugar Mill.

The Nuu landing, such as it is, is still visable on the east or lee coast of the bay, towards Kihei from Kaup.

Down on the point at Muolea — halfway between Hana Bay and the Seven Pools National Park — there is nothing left of the landing, even though a dirt road still leads to the site. A century of wind and LATITUDE 38/RICHARD

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The breakwater at Kahului, Maui. A good harbor

waves have chewed the concrete structure to rubble. Those must have been some sailors to work this coast in the days before steam!

If you decide to sail into Hana Bay, don’t enter at night for the first time or it’s likely nobody will ever hear from you again. The north side of the bay is shallow ahd rough. The south side — up against Kauwiki Head — has offshore rocks that are visible in daylight but can sneak up on you at night.

Those who decide to overnight at Hana should use several anchors or mooring lines. The winds do change and the seas can quickly build; many a boat has been driven aground here. If you must go aground and have some control over it, use the beach. It’s more forgiving and closer to Tutu’s hamburger stand which serves decent burgers, ice cream, and plate lunches.

When skirting the north coast of Haleakala, give the shore a wide berth. Winds are onshore 99 percent of the time, and what a shore to come up against! It makes Big Sur look like a flat beach. If you do get in trouble you can try and flag down a Kodak-toting tourist on the road 700 feet above.

If you’re crossing over from Hawaii at night, be aware that Kauiki’s lighthouse has a dim beacon in comparison to the floodlights of the Hana Airport three miles to the northwest. This is designated as an emergency airport and her powerful searchlights scan the sky all night long.

Kahului Harbor on Maui is a good port, but it does have a difficult entrance. Yachts are also asked to give plenty of room to the barges and other commercial traffic.

Cruising season is upon us. Write me at 350 Ward Street, Suite 106, Honolulu, with your itinerary — and keep me posted through the summer.

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SOUTHLAND SAILING

SUSIE KLEIN

drove down to San Diego recently to visit an old friend, Bruce Rifkin, who’s restoring Clara, a 35-ft cat-rigged yawl built in 1887 by Nat Herreshoff.

I found Rifkin, a marine biologist by education and woodworker by trade, ankle-deep in sawdust in a side room at Geraghty Marine.

Located in a spanking-new warehouse in east San Diego, the boatyard has produced such state-of-the-art racing machines as / America’s Cup contender Liberty, and Swiftsure, the first boat to finish in the 1984 Manzanillo Race.

Clara, one of the oldest pleasure yachts still sailing, was stripped of her rig, cabin top, interior, and outer hull planks, and had fresh patches of long-leaf yellow pine grafted to her hull. With her sleek lines and narrow girth, she looked like a shrunken but sturdy grandmother beside the behemoth, wide-bodied Nelson/Marek 42 and 55, Farr 60, and Frers 50 under construction next door.

Claras present owners, Kerry and Priscilla Geraghty, discovered her in Carl Eichenlaub’s San Diego boatyard in 1973 as they were combing the West Coast for “something old, with character and history that we could live aboard and sail,” Priscilla said.

The Geraghtys have sailed Clara regularly ever since. For three and a half years they made their home out of her two bunks, quarter berths and forecastle galley.

“We could sail her, but we had to do it with great caution,” Priscilla said, referring to Clara’s age. “With each haulout, it became more apparent that she needed a lot of work . . . Every rib was sistered, resistered, and sistered again.”

Kerry Geraghty was amply capable of restoring Clara, but was tied up with his burgeoning boat building operation. The Geraghtys had long talked of asking Rifkin, a friend and former employee, to take on the project. In January 1983, after returning from a marine biology research project in Panama, Rifkin readily accepted the undertaking.

“We hope to restore her as close as we can to her original condi¬

tion,” Rifkin said. “But no drawings of her original design exist and the boat’s bulged here and there and done other funny things.”

Some time during the 1930’s, one of Clara’s owners changed her from a cat-rigged yawl to a cutter-rigged ketch and built a new cabin top. Rifkin intends to make Clara a cutter-rigged yawl. Eventually he hopes to return her mast to its original position and rig, but a new mast and sail are not in the foreseeable budget.

Priscilla Geraghty has made a hobby of researching Clara’s background through books, letters and conversations with people who have known former owners. Clara’s builder and first owner, Nat Herreshoff, was a member of a family of talented boatbuilders and inventors from Bristol, Rhode Island.

Born in 1848, Nat designed the first America’s Cup contenders

and is the most well-known Herreshoff sibling in yachting circles.

One of his brothers invented baking powder and, reputedly, the modern baby stroller, and another developed a metallurgical process that brought the U.S. copper mining industry into existence.

Clara, name<£ after Herreshoff’s first wife, was one of many pleasure boats he built for himself throughout his life. He sailed Clara from 1887 to 1890, but eventually sold her because, Priscilla said, “he got real tired of reefing the main — it was an enormous sail with

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the cat rig.”

According to Herreshoff lore, E.D. Morgan, a relative of financier J.P. Morgan, was so impressed with the craft that he asked Herreshoff to build him another just like it. Nat refused to build two identical boats and instead built Mr. Morgan the cat yawl Pelican. Both boats were predecessors to Herreshoff’s Gloriana, which was a breakthrough in yacht design because of her narrow beam and long overhangs.

A picture of Clara in the book Captain Nat Herreshoff, by Herreshoff s son Francis, shows Clara at sail, her cat-rigged mast within inches of her vertical-drop bow and a graceful batwing sail stationed aft of the cockpit and crew. According to the younger Herreshoff, “her model was somewhat like the English cutters which at that time were popular in this country, but her sail plan was similar to the sailing canoes of that era with full-length battens and a batwing sail.”

Herreshoff sold Clara in 1890, and she went through a succession of owners, spending almost 20 years with Adelbert Barstow, proprietor of a City Island, New York, boatyard. During that time she was crushed by a coal barge in the East River and had to be reframed amidships. According to a letter from an acquaintance of Mr. Barstow, when the boat was refurbished, he found “her screw fastenings were made, not out of wood, but with what he thought to be a compound of white lead and beeswax. They were in excellent shape.”

During the 1940’s and ’50’s, Clara was owned by an Edward Fink, who had her freighted from New York to Southern California. During the early ’60’s she<was owned by a Jerry Burns and from ’67 to ’73, Ken and Mary Olsen sailed her extensively, including a 19-month excursion to Mexico.

Rifkin expects to have Clara seaworthy again by mid-summer. The Geraghtys will then keep her at San Diego Yacht Club and take her day sailing and racing in Ancient Mariners regattas. They may, however, be the last in Clara’s long line of owners.

“We’d never sell her to an individual,” Priscilla said. “If we ever had to give her up, I think we’d donate her to the Herreshoff Marine Museum.”

- susie klein

THE RACING

This month we report on Mast Destruction, the Yacht Club Challenge, Champion of Champions, Camellia Cup, Etchells and the Resin Regatta, plus an Olympic Update.

RACES PAST \ Mast Destruction This spring’s racing has been tough on masts. Both the Lightship race on March 31st and the ocean races the following weekend claimed more than their fair share. Including one due to a vicious knockdown and another to a collision.

Perhaps the most costly break occurred on the last half of the Lightship race. Lee Otterson and Ray Pingree’s Nelson/Marek 41 Clockwork was running into the Gate, a close second to Monroe Wingate’s Scarlett O’Hara, when a squall struck the fleet from the northwest. The Clockwork crew could see boats spinning out behind them, but failed to notice a gust with their name on it

Spring racing on the Alameda Estuary.

sneaking over the Marin headlands. The orange-hulled craft lay over on its starboard side and Pingree and another sailor were thrown into the lee lifelines which were under water. The boat came up, but was knocked flat again and the spar snapped. “I don’t see how any mast could have

survived,” says Pingree. A nelv stick was ordered and Clockwork is still on target for competing in this year’s Long Beach Race Week, the Bay Series and Big Boat Series.

The weekend of April 7th and 8th saw more carnage. On the Island YC’s Half Moon Bay race, the Santana 35 fleet lost three entries due to broken masts. Dream Machine and Sassenach suffered gear failure while American Eagle lost theirs after colliding with Capital Gains. The Wylie 34 Magic, competing in the Montara-Farallones contest, also had gear failure and a slow sail home.

Yacht Club Challenge Sailors from 11 yacht clubs around the nation gathered in Balboa, California, from April 11 to 15 for the first Yacht Club Challenge. The purpose of this event was to

determine the “best in the U.S.”, or as commodore John Griffith, Jr., of the host Newport Harbor YC put it: “The. time for settling the question of which yacht club is home to the best racing sailors has come.”

The final verdict went to the Eastern YC of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Except for a collision at the start of the final race, it could very well have been San Francisco’s St. Francis YC. Skipper Steve Jeppesen had led

his crew, including Hartwell Jordan, Tad Lacey, Conn Findlay, Dem Smith, Hank Stuart, Doug Holm and Kim Livingston into the lead after five races. In the pre-race jockeying with the Eastern YC crewj Jeppesen had put himself in good position. He was foiled, however, by Jonathan Ford of the Chicago YC, who tacked onto port in front of him and Caused a collision. By the time the St. Francis crew got untangled, Eastern helmsman Robbie Doyle had gotten away to lead the race and capture the regatta.

St. Francis crewmember Tad Lacey said the series was extremely well organized for a first-time event. He reports the New York 36 sloops used were good boats, but differences in sails made a crucial difference. “There was a hell of a discrepancy,” he says. He recommends that this problem has to be solved for the next Yacht Club Challenge in 1986. *

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assumed for a long time. Sailing their J/24 Frick & Frack (in which they’ve been fleet champions for the last three years), the Richmond YC pair topped 20 other YRA fleet winners of 1983 to claim the title of Champion of Champions. Winning only one race, the pair (who trade off steering from race to race) outpaced second place finisher Don Trask in the J/29 Smokin’ J by four points overall. A testament to good handicapping was the third and fourth place boats, two old woodies. James Rea and Terry Anderlini were close on Trask’s heels with their Knarr Benino, while Steve Robertson’s Bear Smokey took fourth. , Results: 1) Frick & Frack, J/24, Jim Lindsey/Bill Claussen, Richmond; 2) Smokin’ J, J/29, Don Trask, Oakland; 3) Benino, Knarr, James Rea/Terry Anderlini, Belmont; 4) Smokey, Bear, Steve Robertson, San Rafael; 5) Howlin Owl, Excalibur, Ray Mann, San Rafael; 6) Williwa, Islander 36, Richard For-

diani, Walnut Creek; 7) Mischief, Ranger 26, Ed Towle, Redwood City; 8) Carina, Olson 30, Tim Lane; 9) Crazy Jane, Thunderbird, Douglas Carroll; 10) Quickstep, IOD, George Degnan, Martinez; 11) Osprey, Challenger, Bruce Darby; 12) Alerion, Gladiator, Lawrence Olsen, Oakland; 13) Seis Amigos, Cal 34, John Carberry, Hillsborouugh; 14) Constellation, Islander Bahama, John Super/

Camellia Cup They call Sacramento the Camellia capitol of the world, which is why they have the regatta by the same name at nearby Folsom Lake every spring. This was the 19th running of the event, which has become one of the biggest inland lake series in the country.

This year was no exception, with 23 classes competing for individual honors as well as the coveted perpetual for the boat with the best record. They also had a special treat this year; a separate race with the various Camellia Princesses from nearby colleges onboard different boats. Steve Fargo’s winning Capri 25 carried, appropriately enough, the Camellia Queen, Miss Susan Evans.

Results: Catalina 25 — Ron Gibbs; Open Keel Blue — Ron Stout, Yamaha 25; Moore 24 — Rush Syndicate; Millimeter — Bob Smith; Defender — Bob Melville; Laser — Kim Zetterburg; Lido 14 — George Koch; Thistle — Dave Keran; Santana 525 — Gene Novak;

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Santana 23 — Mark Kempton/Carr McClendon; Wabbit — Chris Maas; Open Multihull —- Mike Rafuse, Hobie 18; Centerboard Blue — Bruce Raric, FJ; Centerboarfd Red — George Goodell, 505; Clipper Marihe 26 — Bob Jensen; Coronado 15 Jeff Osterlund; Hobie 16 — Jim Dotson; Daysailer — Len Fiock; Flying Dutchman — Dennis Hubbard;

gpff ™ alternating crew of Jerry Rumsey and his nephew Scott Easom, Hank had two bullets and a second in an abbreviated three race series. Hank, who brought the first Etchells to the Bay almost a decade ago, bought his new “600” this year and is obviously pleased, both with the boat and his performance.

“We’re trying a little harder with all this new stuff,” he says.

Hank Easom’s new Etchells 22 “600".

Santana 20 — John Cusack; Open Keel Red — Scott Easom, J/22; Capri 25 — Don brown; Catalina 22 — George Goddell; Multihull Division Champion — Mike Rafuse; Centerboard Division Champion — Dave Keran, Thistle; Keel Division Champion — John Cusack; Camellia Cup Perpetual — John Cusack.

Etchells Sausalito’s Hank Easom, who has been around the race course a few times in his life, still has the right stuff. On April 14-15 he topped 16 other Etchells 22 skippers in a four-race series off the San Francisco City Front. With partner Dr. Chuck Moan and

Results: 1) “600”, Hank Easom/Chuck Moan, St.. Francis YC; 2) Ultra Violet, Don Jesberg, SFYC; 3) Under Construction, John Busted/Rondy Hecht, St. FYC; 4) Panama, John Ravizza, St. FYC; 5) Puff, Clausen/Coggan, RYC.

Resin Regatta The San Francisco YC’s annual Resin Regatta for fiberglass one designs took place on April 14-15. Over 80 boats in eight classes took part in the three race series.

Blessed with great weather and ample breeze, the fleet kept an orderly house and only one protest resulted.

Results: Olson 30 — 1) Jennifer Dunbar/Mark Rastello, 2) William Coverdale; Moore 24 — 1) Jerry Huffaker, 2) Lester Robertson, 3) Roger Paine; J/24 — 1) Michael Stone; Wabbits — 1) Eugene Groen; Ranger 26 — 1) Bruce Darby, 2) Ed Lowe; Ranger 23

Jeff Madrigali, left, shows his injured arm to Bob Billingham, who’s driving an "official" car.

— 1) Gary Manners, 2) Don Wieneke, 3) George Mooris; Santana 22 — 1) Dave Hankel, 2) Anna Peachy; Cal 20 — 1) Kevin Friel, 2) Edward Still, 3) Julian Barnet.

OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN The American Olympic sailing trials started in Long Beach, California, on April 28th. We won’t be able to bring you any results until next month, but it’s safe to say that the competition is fierce. Those vying for the American berths — only one representative from each country competes in the seven Olympic classes — will care little about whether the Russians boycott, choose not to attend, or agree to participate with heavy security.

The singlehanded Finn and doublehanded 470 classes will conduct their ten-race trials from Arpil 28 to May 11. The former fleet has several,strong contenders from the Bay Area, including Sausalito’s John Bertrand, Richmond’s Craig Healy, Tiburon’s Russ Silvestri and Berkeley’s Rob Anderson.

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All had good performances in the regattas leading up to the trials and now hope to put it all together for a trip to the Games.

With no clear cut favorite going into the eliminations, John Bertrand likens the event to a trip to Las Vegas. “You can’t really say which way it will go,” says the winner of the 1980 Trials. Russ Silvestri, in writing to those who helped sponsor his nine-month campaign, said, “The road to success is nearly complete. All I have to do now is put my training together . . . and come out on top.

Not an easy task, but it will be done with a lot of determination and the best of my ability.”

The two-man Star and three-man Soling fleets will conduct their trials from May 12 to 25. Again, the Bay Area is well represented.

San Bruno’s Paul Cayard, sailing with Larkspur’s Ken Keefe in the Stars, narrowly missed winning the Star World Championship in Portugal on April 1st to 6th. The pair led after two races with a sixth and first, but stumbled with a 59th in the third heat. Going into the finale they could have won with a spot in the top four, but aggressive covering tactics by series leader Giorgio Gorla of Itlay pushed them back to third overall. The Cayard/Keefe team is currently the hottest Star team in the U.S., but could face stiff challenges from veteran Bill Buchan of Seat-

Soling action on the Berkeley Circle.

tie and San Diego’s Mark Reynolds, the latter sailing with Menlo Park’s Chris Gould as crew.

In the Solings, Jeff Madrigali’s Team Sausalito from Marin County has to be considered a dark horse. Madrigali suffered a setback at the Soling Nationals in late March when he dislocated his shoulder before the series began. Center crewman Bill Barton, whose business is pain and stress management, rigged Jeff up with a brace and they sailed anyway. Their third crewmember is Dave Steed, who runs the front end of the boat.

Even with a one-armed skipper, Team Sausalito ended up 13th in a tough 48-boat field, including a fifth in the second to last race. Upon returnign to the Bay, the trio took fifth in 23-boat regional regatta. Their

boat speed, says both Madrigali and Barton, is good, at times superior, and the Trials could well be a drag race type series with fairly predictable windshifts. It’s a long shot, but Team Sausalito could pull the trick off successfully. Also attending from the Bay Area \f/ill be John Kostecki, who has mounted an 11th hour campaign with Bob Billingham and Mark Heer. They were right behind Madrigali in the regional regatta and have the talent to do well also.

One final note: If you have a desire to see the Olympic racers in action, you’ll be able to get much closer to that action during the Trials. There will be relatively fewer restrictions for spectators during those series than for the Games themselves in early August. In fact, although yachting is one of the few nonticketed sports of the L.A. Games, there will be patrol boats keeping you a few hundred yards away from the competition. Don’t be disappointed.

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With reports this month from Elusive II in the Sea of Cortez; Magic Dragon in the Bahamas; Kealoha going through the Canal; Simoon near the Equator; Novia in Cabo San Lucas; Sea Pod in San Diego; Fandango in Australia; Ozma on her way to Alaska; Expectation on mainland Mexico; Hay Chihuahua in the Sea of Cortez; Serendipity in La Paz; Dorado back in Brisbane; Baba Wawa in Acapulco; and, Saoirse in San Diego.

Elusive II — Lancer 25 Ben Irby Treasure Hunting Sea of Cortez \ (Boulder, Colorado) You meet some great folks out cruising.

The guy pictured here, Ben Irby, is just one of them.

Although just six years old, Ben has something of a reputation as a treasure hunter in the Sea of Cortez. This comes as a result of his discovering the knife/sword he holds in his hand. Ben discovered it all on his own during a free dive at Pulpito, the big rock a few miles north of San Juanico. It was laying

Discoverer Ben Irby.

five feet from the entrance to a,cave, and all covered with rust. Ben cleaned it up quite a bit by rubbing it in the sand, and then his dad helped out with the final details.

This is Ben’s second season in the Sea of Cortez with his parents, Michael and Sherry.

Last time they were down for three months, this time they’ll be down for about five months. You might assume they must have a big boat, but that’s not true. They seem to get along just fine, thank you, with a Lancer 25 they trailer down into the Sea of Cortez.

— latitude 38 Notes On Cruising With Baby Magic Dragon — Valiant 40 Cliff and Barbara Kirkhart (San Francisco) It’s a great shock to get started on a cruise and realize you’re expecting. The tropical heat and humidity are very uncomfortable to the pregnant woman. I was terribly seasick, and have been told by other cruising mothers that they also were abnormally seasick while pregnant.

We opted to return home for the birth, partly because we’d planned to come home and visit anyway. Elizabeth was born with the help of midwives at home, and it was a great experience for the whole family.

Having a baby in tow guarantees that you’ll meet many more people than otherwise — no one can resist a baby.

We’ve used disposable diapers. They are available everywhere we’ve been — even in Roatan. Expensive, yes, but much better than trying to cope with washing cloth diapers.

So far — Elizabeth is 6V2 months old — adding the baby is like subtracting one adult crew member. Except when she is sleeping, she demands full attention; while we are underway and most other times, too!

The first mate — mother! — takes three times as long to provision, do laundry, cook dinner, or anything else than ‘before baby’.

All of the logistics of a baby — bed, a place to eat, toys, etc. — are easily solved with a

bit of imagination.

The real problems won’t begin until she’s mobile. I expect she’ll suffer more bumps and bruises than a shore-bound baby. But I also expect she’ll cope.

As with everything else, one’s attitude is the key. Everything is more difficult and time-consuming with baby, but as our 13-year old Jennifer observed, we’ve laughed more since Elizabeth arrived than ever before!

— barbara kirkhart

Kealoha — Mason 43 A1 Baker and Sharon Moy Portobello, Panama (San Francisco) The following is our account of going through the Panama Canal. We found that none of our ‘Canal guides’ proved correct; evidently procedures change with each yacht transit.

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back in Punta Arenas.

For the actual Canal transit everyone is required to have four 100-ft lengths of line, adequate fenders, as well as adequate bits and chocks. Additionally you need five strong bodies, the Canal advisor, and the ability to maintain at least four knots of speed.

Although our schedule was for 0600, we didn’t hit the first lock until 0800. Apparently this is quite common. While in the Canal office you are given three choices of the type of lockage; center chamber, sidewall (not

gave them our ETA. Upon arrival they told us we were to proceed directly to the Balboa YC and clear there. I don’t think there’s any • way you can avoid the Balboa YC — not that you’d want to.

There the launch attendant directed us to a mooring. After securing you signal the launch again and he takes you and your papers to the shore end of the club dock, where a Migracion officer takes your Zarpe and stamps your passport. Then you are almost cleared in Panama.

Since we were there, we checked into the : Balboa YC. It costs $15 in a one-time fee, plus 35 cents a foot per day for a mooring.

Cash or travelers checks only. Being a guest of the club entitles you to use the convenient fuel dock, where diesel is $1.60 a galien.

From the club I called the Canal admeasurers office and made an appointment for the following morning. At 0800 a very nice | woman by the name of Eva came aboard , and took 40 minutes gathering information jj and measuring the boat. Later she gave us a i ride to the Canal offices. There we were t

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given a very interesting tour of the dispatch and monitoring operations.

The charges for my Mason 43 going through the canal were $115 cash, of which I could expect a $40 refund within 60 days.

All of this was handled in a very efficient, friendly manner. There was no problem with scheduling, I could have gone the next day if I wished.

It was at the Panamanian Port Captain’s office that all the fun began. After nothing but good relations with Mexican officials over a period of a year and a half, this bit of paperwork turned out to be very trying. First we had to have a $28 cruising permit, then a Zarpe, $6 for Colon. For some reason this could only be obtained within 48 hours of leaving Balboa. With just a few exceptions, the officials were surly and unfriendly. It took an hour to finish the business. All that was left was a visit to the Migracion office for our visas — we should have taken care of this

"Kealoha” while tied up at Las Hadas.

recommended), or alongside a tug. I opted for the center chamber, but found that these choices don’t mean much. When you arrive at the lock the lockmaster tells you how you’ll go through.

Keoloha went center chamber through Miraflores and Pedro Miguel, and rafted with the Canadian yacht Drifter through Gatun center chamber (the first time any of our pilots have seen this but it worked well —

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with a bit of coordination). A few days earlier Sharon and I had gone through on Cera, an Australian boat. When they went through the first two locks they were rafted to Direction, out of London, which was in turn rafted to a tug. At Gatun all three were rafted to yet another tug. No damage was done, but there were anxious moments.

Center chamber is by far the safest and easiest for the helmsperson. But the four line handlers must be able-bodied, as they are required to do lots of tugging and pulling.

The Canal advisors we worked with were all competent. But still it was quite an experience! When those locks fill and the 700-footer in front of you starts to turn her screw — wow!

Having gone through the Canal we proceeded to the Panama Canal YC in Colon where we could stay for $10 a night. Some are side-ties and some are stern-to. Water and electricity is available. This club has laundry facilities and showers, and we found it to have a much friendlier atmosphere than the Balboa YC. But Colon is something else — beware! Mugging is rampant as the 50 percent rate of unemployment leads to some desperate people. Sharon and 1 didn’t have any problems, but we didn’t venture out late at night. We did however talk with several yachties who had been held up.

A couple of loose thoughts. Do all your provisioning in Mexico as prices in Costa Rica and Panama are high. The same coffee that runs $1.50 in Mexico is $8 in the other two countries. Gasoline in Panama was $2.25 a gallon, so taxis are moderately expensive. The islands in Panama are beautiful, and we found the Chiriquis, to be even better than the Perlas. Club Pacifica on Isla Coiba was great, we could have spent a week cruising that island.

For a little history, Kealoha left Alameda August 1, 1982. We reached Acapulco in February of 1983 and turned back to cruise the Sea of Cortez. We spent the summer and fall hurricane season in San Carlos. We left there in November of 1983 and expect to be

"Shenanigan” of Redwood City recently transited the Canal.

in Chesapeake Bay by the fall of ’84.

We are currently in company with Brooke and David Hollak on the Valiant 32, Shenanigan, out of Redwood City.

— e.e. baker (4/5/84)

Simoon — Columbia 50 yawl Bob and Gail Jensen San Diego (Ukiah and Sausalito) We’ve been at the Point Loma Sport Fishing Dock since December 1 getting Simoon ready for our voyage to Australia. The weather has been excellent for working on the boat.

For this trip we have new ham antennas.

Everyone here calls them a bird nest, but they sure do work! We’ve also added loran, SatNav, a weather fax and an electric windlass. The only small problem we haven’t solved is how we are going to keep the batteries charged.

Other completed jobs included installed new forward ports, all new rigging, new spreaders, a new folding prop, and rebuilding a new ham shack. And all this has been done between surfing mornings at Sunset Cliffs, entertaining guests, and seeing some of the other local sights.

We should have departed San Diego by April 2. Our first landfall will be Nuka Hiva in the Marquesas. We are carrying 8 packages

for Frank and Rose down there, so the boat is really loaded. I should have painted the bottom paint up about four more inches. Oh well, we’ll drink it up.

— bob & gail Bob and Gail purchased their Columbia 50 in Tahiti a number of years ago. At the time it had five inches of coral encrusted on the bottom. After bringing the boat back to Sausalito for refurbishing, they’ve made a number of trips back to the South Pacific, going as far as New Zealand. On this trip they plan to go as far as Australia, and perhaps all the way around the world. But that was before they received word that they are shortly in line for a slip at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu. So who knows what will happen after a summer in French Polynesia.

Update: On April 12 we spoke to Simoon via radio. She was at 14N and 127W, ten days out of San Diego and 12 to 14 days out of Nuka Hiva. The sailing had been good so far, with just one blow of 40 to 45 knots the third night out. That required hand steering, but it didn’t last long.

Bob spends a lot of time on the radio, and had found that there are at least five sailing vessels directly ahead of them and battling the calms and thunderstorms that are found just north of the equator. Radio reports from Nuka Hiva indicate there are already 22 yachts there. • N They also learned that there is currently no fuel available whatsoever. As a result they think they’ll try to sail through the calms as page 186

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Novia Terri and Jim Millett Cabo San Lucas (Newport Beach) Regarding the bummed out cruiser in La Paz, we have been in Mexico for three months now and found our highs have been great and the lows truly low. But you get low on the freeways back home, too.

We are in Cabo now and waiting to go north. We have loved this trip and all the experiences with it. Thanks Latitude 38.

— terri and jim Terri and Jim — You better wait until you make it back to Newport Beach before you thank us.

Sea Pod — Nor’Sea 27 Anne and Rob Spencer San Diego (Berkeley) Rob and Anne Spencer of the Sea Pod are sitting at the San Diego Police Docks.

Contrary to everything we’ve been hearing, the Harbor Police have been helpful, friendly and courteous.

We left Richmond Municipal Marina (Hi, Alan) last June for a Delta trip. Somehow we ended up north of Loreto, Sea of Cortez.

We suspect that a Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc was partly to blame. We just didn’t want the romantic evening to end.

The trip down the coast and up into the Sea of Cortez was great, but everyone tells you about that. It was the trip from La Paz to San Diego that was exciting.

We sailed up to Magdalena Bay from Cabo and attempted the Hull Canal without a chart. Well, we never saw Boca de Soledad. After making it halfway through, we decided that going aground every half hour really wasn’t all that much fun. But oh what a lovely place! The wildlife wasn’t wild. page 187

Bob and Gail Jensen are taking “Simoon” to the South Pacific for the umpteenth time.

Imagine rowing an anchor out to deep water to kedge off another mud flat. Around yo are Great Blue Herons standing five feet away, flocks of egrets, porpoises and seals.

The return to Magdalena Bay was easier.

We’d already made it once.

Due to minor engine problems, we headed for San Carlos for parts. Enroute we were waylaid by two mother and two baby whales.

We motored around watching them and them watching us for almost two hours. Ever have a whale slide its head ten feet out of the water thirty feet away just to get a better look at you? Who was watching who? We decided to move on when Anne, in her zeal to get Rob in for a close shot rode Sea Pod up on the back — within inches, no lie — of ol’ Ma whale with baby ten feet off to starboard. 01’ white knuckle Rob missed the shot, and the whale missed us. It took Rob a minute to remember how to breathe. Meanwhile Anne is yelling, “Did you get that picture? God! Wasn’t that great!” The morai here is don’t stand on the bow sprit when Anne is trying to get closer to animals bigger than your boat.

Our next port was Turtle Bay, where you don’t want to buy lobster or shrimp and get caught by the Federales. After fueling up, diesel is $.90 a gallon, and topping off our water tanks we departed Turtle Bay and made it to Cedros Island on our second attempt. No whales, just mucha venta.

The real excitement was our run that

started from the north anchorage on Cedros Island and ended at Cedros Village. In two days we covered 215 miles, but had a net gain of negative 15 miles. There we were off Sacramento Reef in 34 to 40 knots of wind under storm jib, trying to pull north with very little success and even less comfort. A ship steamed by as the sun set, so we called him up and he read us his weather information.

“Forty-eight to 55 knot winds northwest to west are expected in the next 8 to 12 hours.”

It had taken us IV2 days to get that far, and only 14 hours to return to the lee of Cedros Island. Fast boat.

The rest of the trip was uneventful.

Remember, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb! The weather cleared after ten days and we motor-sailed to San Diego for 3y2 days. It’s our new strategy “wait and run”, and it’s really much more pleasant. We enjoyed the comradeship with the other boats sailing north — Deliverance, Light Speed, Wind Shadow — all from the Bay area.

Only 400 miles to go. We are looking forward to a secure berth and Bay sailing!

— anne and rob

Fandango — Spencer 44 Ketch Dick and Helen Dinkins Australia (Newport Beach) Hello from Fandango “Down Under” in the Land of Oz. Our “planned” ten-month cruise from Newport Beach in December

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It’s fun to catch up on news of cruisers we've met in Mexico, Hawaii arid the South Pacific Milk Run. Would it be possible to include the date of each letter? [Editor’s note: “Yes”].

More on cruising pets! We left California with our two parrots. So far we’ve kept them from chewing the boat to pieces. I’m sure most people will remember us as “the boat with Rosa and Riff-Raff”. We’ve kept them

Spike and Elise on "Ozma”.

onboard all through the South Pacific, but check Hawaii’s regulations now! Both state and federal. Here in Australia they’re in cages when out on deck. The quarantine officer visits about once a week for a quick check, and we’ll have to keep the officials advised as we move up the coast to the Great Barrier Reef. Boats with cats and dogs are not allowed to dock even for fuel and water.

We’ve seen two other US* boats in this part of the harbor — Tekea from Balboa who has since gone on to New Zealand, and Bokonon from Minneapolis. Both have cats onboard and both have been in Australia for well over a year.

Three months is the maximum time a cruising pet can stay in New Zealand — and we’re told there are no exceptions.

Pets can really hamper plans for extended shore excursions as you have to find someone who is willing to care for them onboard, as well as watch the boat. We feel the fun we’ve had with our birds more than makes up for the extra work and worry.

Sydney is a great place to wait out the cyclone season if you’re ready for a big city — about three million people! There’s good public transport by bus, ferry, and train. Lots of interesting sights in the city and a tremendous harbor to explore. Pittwater — off Broken Bay — is about 18 miles north, and Port Hacking is about the same distance to the south, both excellent cruising areas.

In Sydney, the designated anchorage for cruisers is Ball’s Head Bay, but no one seems to mind if you anchor for a day or so at one of the many coves where you might be the only boat around. There are lots of marinas that will rent moorings to transients. We’re in one now, close to the very hospitable Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.

We “plan” to eventually get to the Med, but haven’t set a schedule, whatever that is.

Cheers to all.

— helen dinkins (3/26/84)

Ozma Spike and Elise Newman North to Alaska (Richmond) We of the ketch Ozma enjoyed your Crew List part at the Corinthian YC April 4th.

However we did not find a senior sailor interested in cruising with us for the next six months to southeast Alaska and back. But Pat Patrick joined us as far as Eureka.

We departed San Francisco Bay April 7th and passed three sloops with broken masts before we got to Point Bonita. We motored out the ship channel and turned northwest into northwest winds and seas. The weather map indicated westerlies to 15 knots! Well, those 20-knot winds built to 45 knots with 12 to 15-foot seas by Sunday night! Progress was very slow. Ozma s 145-lb CQR anchors were breaking seas on the bow, and the waves would catapult down the deck and up and over the wheel house! Fortunately our crew was snug in the wheelhouse.

Well, would you believe it, Monday morning the wind shifted suddenly to the southeast and rapidly built to 50 knots. The wind sustained 50 knots all day with peak winds holding the anenometer on the pin at 60 knots — frequently. When we turned the corner above Cape Mendocino we had that stuff on the beam. The seas were above ten feet; a few hit' us broadside and abruptly moved the boat six to eight feet to the side. A few seas tried to break in the wheelhouse windows but the V2-inch Lexan in heavy page 188

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38 ad — Chris Bock Instruments, Los Angeles. It is a JMC model FX-240 with a receiver that covers 100KC to 30 MC and can be used for a communications receiver with SSB U/L. It has AM and FM reception by digital thumb wheels, and uses aluminized paper ten inches wide by 197 feet long! Of the four pieces of equipment we examined, we felt it fitted our needs best — and the price was the most reasonable. Now — if the National Weather Service could only give us maps that would tell it like it is or will be!!!

How about that — three broken masts on sloops in 20-knot winds before you get to Point Bonita!!! What cracker boxes. I’m sure glad they didn’t tail along with us. Oh well, on to more pleasant cruising in British Columbia and southeast Alaska waters this summer and, um — those salmon, oysters, crab and shrimp!!! and the waterfalls and the mountains!! Ever been there? We are going back for more.

— spike and elise (4/16/84) Some of the boobies and frigates on Isla Isabella.

i bronze frames said, “no”.

After dark the only light visible — and just . occasionally — was an aero-beacon. We presumed that light was at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, but it turned but not being on chart #18620 at all! Anyway a Coast Guard 40-footer came over the bar to escort Ozma and a large fishing boat into the Humboldt Bay at midnight — and we had had trouble seeing the lights of Samoa at that time because of the rain. The bright lights onshore sure make the puny navigation lights ; hard to distinguish.

Anyway Ozma is high and dry in the I Humboldt Marine Services yard, having , been lifted out with their 150-ton Marine i Travel Lift and placed on blocks so that we rj can clean and paint the centerboard trunks and the bottom. Needless to say the bottom ! was pretty clean after that trip, even though j Ozma hasn’t been out for 2V2 years!

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power outlets all over this big black-topped yard. They’ve got beautiful heads and washup facilities, but no showers. Bill Arbuckle and his gang are doing everything possible to make our stay here a pleasant one.

“Clockwork’', a crackerbox?

Several people knew Ozma from your story in Volume 78 so we still have lots of people coming to look at her and asking many questions.

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Expectation — Peterson 44 Betty and Nick Coates Zihuatanejo (Aspen) When we bought our partner’s interest in Sea Nymph last summer, the plan was to rechristen her Expectation, make major renovations, take a shake-down cruise to the Channel Islands, and then head for Mexico in late November.

As they say, the best laid plans . . . There was no shakedown cruise and we were still putting Expectation together as we departed San Diego’s Mission Bay on November 20th.

It looked like an ill-fated trip. We promptly ran into a storm, lost the windsurfer overboard, found a bad short in the navigation instruments, discovered we hadn’t checked the new hatches carefully enough for leaks, and ripped the mainsail from luff to leach in an accidental jibe.

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country’s leading breast surgeons, started to mend the main. But after a couple of hours it was obvious that we were going to spend the rest of the winter in Guadalupe watching Paul’s fine surgical stitching. We finally set up a local senora as “Guadalupe Off-Shore Sail Repairs”; she did a beautiful overnight repair on our main.

Guadalupe is a fascinating island and we wanted to spend more time there, but we were now well behind schedule.

We had a beautiful spinnaker run to Cabo where we made a crew change, before going on to Jsla Isabella. This latter stop, a bird sanctuary, was one of the highlights of our trip. In late November and early December, the frigates and blue-footed boobies are in full production. We could walk within a few feet of literally thousands of the fuzzy, white, down-covered boobies that were anywhere from a few minutes to a month old. Isabella is an incredible island, with the land, the sky and the trees all full of birds feeding and nesting.

We spent the rest of December ^nd most of January in the Puerto Vallarta area making interesting side-trips; to La Penipa at Punta Raza, a seldom visited but extremely interesting anchorage; to La Cruz de Janacosta, and Yelapa.

The harbor at Puerto Vallarta was dirty as usual but we certainly found the immigration officials and Port Captain helpful and friendly. Hopefully some day they’re going to establish a real dinghy dock at P.V. — it’s badly needed. One of the big improvements we found this year was the new concrete pier at Yelapa. No longer do you have to risk your life — or at least your clothes — going ashore when the surf’s up.

Heading south, we stopped first at Punta Ipala where we hooked a huge red snapper just as we entered the bay. The natives were friendly and it seemed as though nothing has changed there in years. The area between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo has to be some of the nicest cruising in Mexico and we enjoyed it all. Chamela was beautiful

although we couldn’t find the sand that’s indicated off the islands in Charlie’s Charts, and had to anchor in the north part of the bay. Careytos brings you back to civilization, but the people at the hotel were friendly and our lunch was excellent.

Tenacatita and Navidad are just sitting there waiting for more development, but are fine anchorages. We were usually alone or with only one or two other boats. We arrived at Las Hadas just in time to watch the finish of the San Diego-Manzanillo race and then followed the boats around the buoys on the first race of MEXORC. They had sailed in nine days what it had taken us 11 weeks, but we have to think that our way was better.

Friends met us in Manzanillo for the sail to Zihuatanejo. Since we wanted them to get a taste of the more remote anchorages, we enquired from several knowledgeable skippers

Careyes, so much fun it makes you feel like dancing.

about stops in between. Everyone advised against it, but we decided to try Punta Cabeza Negra anyway. We’re glad we did.

The anchorage was about a five on a one-toten scale of rolling, but it’s a beautiful beach and well worth the stop. We next went to Ensenada de Pechilinquillo and liked it so well that we stayed for two days.

We were now in virgin country for us and couldn’t have been more pleased with Zihuantanejo. The anchorage is good, the town charming, and whoever wrote in Charlie’s Charts that “some provisions can be obtained”- hasn’t been to Zihuatanejo in a long time. The delightful part is you can spend a few days in Zihuatanejo and then take a two-hour sail to Isla Grande for a nice page 190

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We decided to skip Acapulco and head back north into the Sea of Cortez and San Carlos for the summer. Our cruise is half . over and it doesn’t seem like we’re even warmed up. > When we talk to friends at home they ask us about the unrest and problems of Mexico. . I guess we’ve been fortunate, but in the last three months we just haven’t seen any of it.

We’ve yet to lock the boat and haven’t lost a thing; we’ve heard of only a few instances of (very minor thievery.

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Hay Chihuahua — Falmouth 22-ft cutter Jay Ramos Sea of Cortez (Channel Islands) Some cruisers never want to come home.

Jay Ramos, who once travelled the world as a freelance photographer, is one of them.

“Am I going back to the States? Not if 1 can help it. If the good Lord says I can stay, I’m staying. The people are wonderful here, and I’ve had the best relationship with Mexico that I could ever imagine. I’ve found my home.”

Ramos has been in Mexico for four years now. You’d be surprised how many Americans sailed to Mexico several years ago and have never left.

Summer — and fall in particular — are hurricane seasons in the Sea of Cortez.

Ramos has sat out a couple of blows at the far end of the inner harbor in Cabo with three anchors set — he was the only boat there — but recently he’s taken to spending the summer in Bahia de Los Angeles or Bahia Concepcion. Hurricanes rarely work that far north.

For a 22-ft boat it’s surprising how much room there is in Hay Chihuahua. There’s a big bunk up forward and pretty good standing headroom. Ramos doesn’t see a need for much more for living the simple, healthy life in the sun.

Serendipity — Trader 51 Richard Prince, Alfred Riggs La Paz Anyone who has been in La Paz on a boat for more than a week or so know some very fine folks on Even Star III, Fred and Jean Turrentine. They virtually took me by the hand and introduced me to La Paz, the people, Damiana (locally, at least, believed to be an aphrodisiac) and a few very pretty Mex¬

ican girls, not necessarily in that order.

Fred and Jean are well known locally, made many friends over the five or so years they have been there, making their own way selling some fine homemade rings and shell jewelry one shouldn’t pass up. But alas, Fred got a shot at a month-on, month-off job as a

Richard Prince of "Serendipity" out of Point Richmond.

rtiachinist on an oil rig. Regulations on the rig prohibited beards which we think Fred has had since birth. It was time for a party!

So on March 11, sporting a t-shirt designed for the occasion that read “Old beard long endeared . . . Job neared, beard sheared”, the folks from the following boats appeared: Special guest boat raft-up Anna Fernanda, Serendipity, Beachcomber, Oliver David Jones, Venus (“The Pad”), Yanqui Dollah,

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Wikiwin, Kontiki, Tamaru, Sky Bird, Armorel, Pampero II, Prelude, Cerulean, Myojo, Kibitka, a lot of people on two boats rafted.

So it’s a fact that Jean woke up the next morn to a man she hadn’t seen for . . . was it 18 years? and broke into hysterical laughter.

Thanks for everything, Fred and Jean. The finest time of my life.

Thanks, too, go to a very fine skipper for having me aboard for a grand five weeks, Richard Prince on Serendipity. She’ll be in La Paz thru May contingent upon the acquisition of crew. She’s in grand shape with room for the right folks. He is K6ABZ and ready for a call. Thanks again and good luck.

— alfred riggs Dorado — Mariner 32 Ketch Rick Cattell Mexico & Back (Brisbane Marina) On my leisurely two month trip to Mexico and back, 1 did a lot of harbor hopping. I thought your readers might be interested in some up-to-date information on California marinas, to help plan their trips along the coast.

The rates I show for each are based on my 32-ft boat. Nearly all marinas charge by the linear foot, so each reader would have to make an adjustment for whatever size boat he or she has. Some marinas don’t have slips for boats over 40 feet.

I never had to sail on for lack of a berth or anchorage, although things might not be so

Above, the harbor at Oxnard before the new marina was added. Below right, Santa Cruz.

flexible in the summer. Summer slip rates are higher at some marinas. Here’s the list of marinas 1 stopped at, all of which, incidentally, had showers: Santa Cruz: This was accessible only at high tide, but dredging was in progress.

[Editor’s note: the Santa Cruz harbor can be negotiated now]. The slip was $8 a night; a chandlery was within easy walking distance, but not a laundry or grocery. _ Monterey: There are limited guest slips, but the 24-hour harbormaster/harbor patrol are very helpful. It was $4, with a chandlery, but not a grocery or laundry in close walking distance.

Morro Bay YC: The folks are extremely friendly here, and the fee was $10 a night.

There’s a grocery nearby, but not a chandlery or a laundry.

Santa Barbara: It was $10 a night, but all goods and services available nearby.

Channel Islands Harbor: The harbormaster isn’t always around; it’s $11 a night.

They’ve got a laundry, grocery, and chandlery all nearby.

Marina del Rey: This is the world’s biggest marina. It was only $6 a night* and they gave me the first night free. Everything is available here, and it’s kinda fun to watch the parade of boats go by.

King Harbor (Redondo Beach): $10 a night, with excellent bars and restaurants around. The grocery is close; the chandlery and laundry a little farther away.

Newport Beach: The only slips I could find are at restaurant docks. Everything is here if you can find a place to berth. [Editor’s note: there is a transient anchorage area, stop at the Harbormaster’s office for information], Dana Point: They’re dredging here, so no slips were available. All goods and services.

Oceanside: It was $13 a night here, the most expensive on the coast. It was also probably the least entertaining spot!

San Diego Police Dock: Just $5 a night; a good place to stay upon return from Mexico.

San Diego, Harbor Island West Marina: $10 a night, and would you believe a pool and sauna? And the hotel next door has 88c drinks, free hors d’oeuvres, and a jacuzzi!

They’ve got everything here.

On my trip I discovered that gin makes great compass fluid, that my topping lift makes a better loran antenna than the real one, and that you shouldn’t leave home without > a good autopilot. I prayed to Zephyrus (god of the westwind) and we got just five minutes of sprinkle in 60 days of sail-

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— rich cattell

Baba Wawa — Peterson 44 Chuck and Debby Wolf Mexico (Portland, Oregon) Sometime, years ago it seems, we attended the cruising season kick-off party at the ; Sausalito Cruising Yacht Club, or was it really just last year — so much water under the keel since then, and so many of the boats and good people that we met there. They . are the nicest part of cruising, and it’s like moving into a new neighborhood to find all c your old neighbors have just gotten there.

Departing San Diego, Friday, January 13 (we were dared), we had a six-day three• hour run from a little over a hundred miles

Steve and Morning Waters.

offshore to Cabo. After an interval of rest it was on to La Paz via Los Frailes and Muertes and we were very pleased to see Dick and Kathy on Horizons whom we hadn’t seen since Morro Bay. Ran into them again in La Cruz Juancosta.

Our only bad weather so far as been across the Sea of Cortez from Los Frailes to Mazatlan. A force 7 blow from the northwest resulted in very choppy steep seas and a 31-hour run across under double-reefed main and storm jib. Nothing but clear skies and calm waters since while coming down the mainland on our way to Tehuantepec and the canal.

Our present stay at the Club de Yates Acapulco has been most pleasant and enjoyable and certainly no one should go this way without stopping in and enjoying what is perhaps one of the most beautiful settings of any yacht club.

White Cloud has departed Acapulco and headed south as has Mariah out of Stockton, and we are in company with Bug Off out of Long Beach.

Latitude 38’s reports out of Mexico have been of great help to us and although some things are changing all the time, Mexico, its officials and its people have been completely charming and helpful in all ways. We have yet to encounter a problem in clearing in or out or found an official that has not been helpful and friendly. We’ve found everyone to be law abiding and Mexico one of the few

places left in the world where you can wander anywhere day or night and not fear that you will be mugged or your boat robbed.

We would also like to give many Kudo’s to three organizations: Wesmar Marine Electronics, Texas Instruments and Johnson Hicks of Santa Cruz. Each of these companies has repaired equipment long out of warranty and gone out of their way to help us, and it really is a great feeling to find companies that are truly interested in your well being and satisfaction because they believe in their equipment. ,We do miss being able to beg or borrow any copies of Latitude 38 and when we are in a position to again be able to receive mail, a subscription will be forthcoming.

- chuck (4/15/84)

Saoirse — Atkins 23 Steve Stock and Morning Waters San Diego (Alameda) Steve Stock and Morning Waters of the Atkins 23 Saoirse were recently spotted at San Diego’s Driscoll Boat Yard. The couple, who were recently married, left Alameda in December of 1982 and cruised slowly down the coast, reaching San Diego in September of 1983. Steve has been working at Driscoll’s rebuilding the 53-ft Winthrop Warner ketch Felisi, built originally in 1930. Saoirse will head west on May 1st for the Marquesas and beyond, taking the Milk Run with side trips thrown in for adventure.

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SALE: Johnson 2 hp o.b.; Sirhpson-Lawrence windlass; Wallas forced air heater; 2 Barlow 24 (2 spd); complete CNG sys, stove (LPG convert), 2 tanks/regulator; 2 Santana 22 jibs; ElectraSan; complete hot wtr sys,'Raritan & pac. Wanted: drop leaf table or nice dinette table. Peter (415) 567-6433 DAWSON 26 Trailerable swing keel center cockpit ketch. Sistership finished 2 OSTAR trans Atlantic races. Trailer, 2 jibs, spinnaker & gear, VHF,- RDF, DS, DM, wheel steering, pres, water, shower, stove. $19,500.

(707) 552-2170 1974 SANTANA 21 Excellent condition. New Spars by Ericson for Bay winds. Good sailing boat. Trailerable with swing keel. $6,000 including trailer.

Call Wayne (415) 331-6266(d) / 381-5038(e) YOUR CHOICE Columbia 50' — hull, deck, ballast, engine, rudder, bulkheads, sole, more. Value $50,000 — asking ? H3' Cold-molded Atkin ketch — 90% complete. Value ? Asking $50,000, 798-9356 eves COLUMBIA 24 (CHALLENGER) Five sails. A great, solid, dependable family Bay sailor, with an active one-design class. 3800 lbs displacement, 1850 lbs ballast. $5995 (415)367-7212 FAST S^NTA CRUZ 27 10 sails including blooper, 4'"new sails, 4 hp outboard, hull #11, 1974, Emeryville slip, competitive, winner 1982 Metropolitan mid-winters with 3 first and 1 second. Priced to sell: $16,000 (415) 547-5819(h) / (415) 383-7740(w) MUST SELL CAVALIER 39’ ’76 New Zealand built f/g sloop, race/cruise. Fully equipt selfsteer’g, SSB, VHF, RDF, 8 sails, spin., 8-man liferaft, dsl. Beaut, mahog. interior. Surveyed in ’80 for $85,000. Priced now @ $61,900 for immediate sale by owner. (415) 367-1419 MAINSAIL FOR SALE Hoist: 24:8”; Foot: 8. Dbl jiffy reef from 25’ boat, used 1 summer then sold boat. $300. Excellent condition. Call at Spinnaker Shop (415) 858-1544(d), (408) 336 8022(e) 20-FT CATALINA FOR SALE ^ Built in 1962. Fiberglass over wood, full keel, recently rebuilt 6 hp Evinrude. 3 sails, Downtown Sausalito berth. This is an excellent first sailboat. Asking $3,000/best offer.

Call Joe at 332-3102

35’ SILVER QUEEN HOUSEBOAT Very clean liveaboard with slip in Alameda; Chrysler V-8 w/outdrive & low hrs, Montgomery dinghy on davits, lots of cstm interior appointments. Must see to appreciate. $27,500.

237-7743 days 521-4998 eves

DENNIS MADIGAN 1949—1984 • ' ' Tremendous human being. Tremendous sailor.

Love from friends.

“DESPERADO” 15’ Hawthorne daysailer. Lapstrake fiberglass hull, main and jib + Little Dude trailer, top condition. $2000/best offer.

After 5 (415) 799-2204 t

REGRETFULLY FOR SALE Westsail 32’. Factory built. Fully cruise equipped. By owner $54,000.

Phone 666-1126(d) /388-4608(e)

28’ WOODEN CRUISING CUTTER Sturdy built cruise ready Mexico vet. An affordable complete cruiser with Berkeley upwind berth. Exc. cond. Beautiful lines with bowsprit, boomkin, transom jstern, boom gallows, strong easy to handle cutter rig, 8 bronze opening ports. Warm roomy interior,full size chart table, Kero stove/heater, lamps. 60 gal. water, exc. sail invent, Say’s self-steering, Avon liferaft, Montgomery dinghy, dodger, all chnl VHF, RDF, EPIRB, solar panel, 3 Sestrel compasses, fjreiberger sextant, windlass, anchors, etc.

Must Sell. $25,000/B0.

Sacramento (916) 481-3545/e SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Sausalito Sailing Club is seeking two permanent, part-time sailing instructors. Great location, excellent lesson program. USCG license a must.

Call Wayne 331 -6266

USED DACRON SAILS — $175 EACH My Moore 24 has discovered HiTech & refuses to wear these sails. Some are better than others. If you want to add to your inventory, here is a chance at reasonable prices: J = 9.75’. 6.5 oz, 100% w/reef, foil luff 24’7’; 5.2 oz, 130% w/reef, hanks, luff 26.3’; 2.2 oz, 150% w/reef, hanks, luff 27.1’; 6.5 oz — main 2 reefs, luff 25;, foot 9.5’; .75 oz, tri-rad spin, luff 26.3, girth 26.6’.

Roger (415) 681-4150(e) / 387-4590(d)

SANTANA 22 Hull 41, five bags sails, VHF, knot, stove, 6 hp Evinrude, much more. $6,000/best offer 584-9473 eves .

RANGER 23 A terrific San Francisco Bay boat with a large fleet! Race or cruise in this well-outfitted boat. North sails/3 sets. All controls lead to cockpit. 7 Lewmar winches. Sausalito berth. $12,950.

(707) 838-7744 /(415) 368-3709

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SANTANA 30 Boat is fully race equipped and is in excellent condition. Nine bags of sails, ten winches, and lots more. Must see to appreciate. (d)331 -6266 / (e)381 -5038 1971 CATALINA 27 Sausalito Yacht Harbor berth, 5 sails including spinnaker with gear and 150 gehoa, full boat cover, good condition, inboard, full galley, sleeps 6, head, owner anxious. $15,000.

Call Doug at 332-8633(d) or 332-2941 (n) 45’ HUNTINGFORD “EXPLORER” KETCH Fast, strong, handsome. Center cockpit, pleasant interior, teak thruout. Radar, VHF, refrig., lightning protection, 4 batteries, much more. Boat is better than new. Perfect for cruising or liveaboard. $122,500, sales tax included.

(415) 339-1506 18’ MERCURY RACING SLOOP Wood hull'number 391 with trailer and two sails. $700.00 Leave message at (415) 641-0576

1982 STILETTO 27 ULTRA LIGHT CAT Race ready — 5 sails incl. spinnaker w/removable cruising amenities. Perfect high performance daysailer & Delta cruiser (longer trips via custom trailer). Loaded & way below replacement. Call owner at (408) 496-8045(d) / (415) 949-1637 (e).

PILOTING AND ADVANCED SAILING

CULLEN MARITIME SERVICES, INC. MARINE SURVEYORS — APPRAISERS — CONSULTING ENGINEERS COMMERCIAL AND PLEASURE Members National Association of Marine Surveyors Since 1975 2480 Fifth St., Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone (415) 849-3041 / Telex: 34395 CMS INC BERK

DELTA SAILING CHARTER Five-day round trip cruise from Sausalito into fabulous San Joaquin Delta.

We live aboard — each night in a different anchorage or marina.

Licensed skipper. $270 per person Call WESTWIND CHARTERS / (415) 435-0457

One classroom, 3 sailing sessions: course plotting, dead reckoning, cross bearings, compass steering, tide effects, reefing, heaving to, anchoring, spinnaker, night sailing. Experienced instructor, CG Licensed. $110 per person.

WESTWIND CHARTERS (415) 435-0457

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ERICSON 30 +

SAILBOAT FOR RENT 38-ft, sail, with roller furling, available for rent by weekend, week or month.

Boat is nearly new, diesel engine. Berth in Alameda.

Evenings (415) 941-4953, ask for Dan

YACHT DELIVERY From Anywhere in California to Hawaii/Fanning Isles Licenced, Insured Lowest Rate June & July Deliveries Available Thomas Bagot, Box 5601, Berkeley, CA 94705

HERRESHOFF CAT KETCH 31 Beautiful '82 boat. Superb sailor. Unique unstayed masts, wishbone booms. Full Datamarine electronics, dsl, Martec prop, much gear. Sleeps 5. Sacrifice. (415) 493-5923 eves

This 1982 Ericson 30 + is fully equipped for inside the "Gate’ ’ as well as outside with her Loran C and a -protection sea rail in front of the galley stove. Price: $53,800.

TATOOSH MARINE, INC. Pt. Richmond (415) 232-7778

DON’T BUY! LEASE (415) 486-8170

CS 33 New Canadian Racer/cruiser. Short-handed layout, sheet winches — 2 speed self-tailing; jiffy reefing; pedestal mounted compass and engine controls; diesel.

1 week per month $200.

(415) 966-2246, (415) 872-2544 (e) page 194

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CRUISING SAILS Genoa, 50Z soft white Carolon 50' luff x 26’ foot, like new, $700 High Clew working jib, 8.25 oz. soft tan Carolon, 50' luff x 18’ foot, like new, $700. .75 oz. spinnaker, 150, J15.7, $375 (415) 523-9011, (408) 683-0373

33’ SLOOP Tartan Ten One Design Cost $40,000 / Sell $30,000 Terms 383-5300, 388-4429 (e)

SANTANA 22 9 bags of sails including spin., blooper, drifter and genoa. New bottom paint, SS keelbolts, and SS chainplates. 6 hp o.b. $6900 with berth or $7700 with trailer or will sell trailer separately.

(415) 687-5636

1981 J/24 SAIL NO. 8404 Better than new condition with dark blue & gray custom factory gelcoat. 4 North sails, Signet knotmeter, compass, Mariner 4hp o.b., Horizon VHF, bilge pump, spinnaker twings, graphics, many extras. $17K/bo.

Tom (415) 369-2900/w, (415) 571-1868/h

FJ 4229 2 World Championship FJ built by Sailnetics, in race condition.

Proctor mast, Schaeffer boom, new Sailnetics centerboard & rudder. Oilman sails, in excellent condition. Extra jib, boat cover, new trailer. $2,900 or take Laser in trade.

(415) 237-4670

FOR SALE ’81 Zodiac 19’ MarkV; heavy duty; '82 EZ Loader trailer; mint condition — in water less than 50 hours. Must sell. $7,500 or B/O. Call David, 468-3700 x.713 (9-5).

FOR SALE 1—1.8 oz. tri radial Sutter spinnaker, used very little, fits Ranger 33, $600.1 — Tillermaster, $150.1 — Seatrek SSB100 with coupler, all TransPac channels, $500. (916) 662-6245 (after 6 pm)

CORONADO 23 SLOOP Tiburon berth. Large cockpit, solidly built, fixed keel, sleeps 4, head, sink, stove, trailerable, Evinrude OB, 3 sails, cushions, new bottom paint, much more. Good first boat. $8,000 or offer. Partner?.

Jody at 454-8130.

FREYA PEOPLE! Had one meeting in February. Cancelled raft-up in April. Call me for May! Anne 332-0202, 331-3354.

16’6” WHITEHALL Gary Mull design. Fiberglass hull with mahogany trim. Spoon oars, sailing rig, centerboard, trailer. Good daysailer, can hold 4-6 people. $2200.

(415) 285-4530.

SANTANA 30 '77 racer/cruiser looks new. Strongly built, comfort, dsl. sloop.

Cust. graphics/sleek lines. Good headroom, FG, ped. steer., 4 sails, spinnaker. Cozy teak int. 5 berths, private head, galley.

(415) 451-9350 (anytime) Alameda. Trade land/$36K.

FOR SALE Roberts Maritius 45 Hull. C-Flex, fiberglass. Solid professional layup. (415) 349-1735 or call (415) 570-6632 and leave message on my business tape answering machine.

FOR SALE — SANTA CRUZ 27 "Fast is Fun”. Hull #111. Hanalei Flyer. Trailer included. $18.5K or offer.

Call Don (408) 749-4087 (d), (415) 857-1301 (e)

SEIDELMANN 375 An exceptional live-aboard cruising yacht, 1980 sloop rigged, 24 hp Universal diesel, high beam-to-length ratio, spacious, comfortable cabin, three burner-gimballed stove & oven, icebox, refrigerator, enclosed head w/shower & vanity, hot & cold pressure water, wind dodger, tent cover, hatch covers, $65,000.

Call 747-0234 (after 7 pm or weekends), 571-1300 (wkdays) Ask for Dan

RANGER 37 — ESPRIT Race/cruise this Gary Mull design. New awlgrip hull paint, new copperlux bottom, completely refurnished inside/out. Great electron. incl. Si-Tex 767C Loran, new 55ch. VHF, d.s., single sideband, log, k.m., windpoint. Cust. rig has ultra strong Navtec rod rigging on double spreader rig w/dual headfoil. Edson wheel steering, Volvo 23hp dsl., 12 winches incl. Lewmar 55 & 45 3-speed. Race gear has 2 poles & reaching strut, Barient adjust, backstay, babystay & running backs. Traveller & turning blocks custom made for extra strength. 14 bags of sail. Beaut, teak int. has CNG 3 brnr. stove w/oven, fully end. head, cust. cush. covers, AM/FM stereo cass., shorepower, Dodger, full boat cover & 3 pgs. inventory. ’Esprit’ has been professionally maint.

■ & rates low 120 PHRF/25.7 IOR. Been to Hawaii/Mexico, ready again. $62,500. Fran (415) 254-1306/e, (415) 271-8746/d

HOBIE 33 Hull No. i4. Custom interior, trailer. Outfitted for racing. Excellent condition. Must sell due to job commitments. Surveyed at $46,750. Will take best offer over $39K. (707) 554-4503 (9-6 only)

CUSTOM HANS CHRISTIAN 43 Successful Pacific cruiser Contagious is immaculate and equipped for offshore. She is in the San Juan Islands where you may start your cruise or we will deliver to West Coast ports. She has a custom interior with 7' headroom, tile tub, shop, large ch^l table. High performance underbody (like Valiant 40 with longer waterline) matched with oversized American rigging and the best of deck gear including Barient self-tailing winches.

Large sail inventory & tropical awnings. Spare anchors & 400 feet new chain. Refrigeration & forced air furnace for liveaboard.

Electronics include best available of autopilot, radar, VHF, ham, stereo. All emergency gear onboard. Huge inventory. Owners anxious to sell.

(206) 378-4068.

PART-TIME CASHIER West Marine Products — 332-0202 Computer experience handy but not necessary

RANGER 23 “DEPTH CHARGE’’ Fully loaded race or cruise. Lots of sails and gear, all in good shape. Bottom and rudder faired professionally. New motor with alternator. Family of 5 now has a larger boat. Asking $14,500.

Call Jan (916) 662-5485 (d), (916) 666-7273 (e) CAL 2-24 Sturdy day^sailor, light cruiser, extremely seaworthy, 10 sails, 2 anchors, 2 spinnakers, all lines to cockpit, 7Vi outboard. $7,500.

(408) 426-6930

1969 ERICSON 30 “LA REINA” Immaculate. Complete rebuilt Atomic 4, main (jiffy reefing), 150%, 110% (reefable 90%), DS, VHF, KM, RDF, 2 compasses, shorepower, stove w/oven, stereo, cockpit cush. Danforth anchor. Alameda berth. Much more. $27,000. 325-5400/after 5pm

LEGACY No. 1 of the Gemini twips 31 ’ cold-molded custom Wylie racer.

New rudder, new non-skid, like new Westerbeke diesel engine.

Berthed in Alameda Village Marina. $32,500. (415) 832-6563.

CLIPPER 26’ Fiberglass, sloop rig, pop top w/enclosure cover, swing keel, Evinrude 6 hp outboard, galley, head, sleeps 5, inflatable dinghy, all in good condition, tandem trailer w/surge brakes. $5,500/financing available.

(408) 663-4033.

SANTANA 22 1969 very good condition, with 6 hp Evinrude. Spinnaker, Berkeley berth. $5,400 or best offer. Bill (408) 946-3900 (w), (408) 732-0720 (h).

STEAL IT! Fun, roomy, easy to sail. Great party boat. Sieldmann 25,4 sails, diesel and lots of extras. Alameda berth. Why pay more; this boat has the room of many 28 to 30 footers. $19,500 or best offer. Bill (415) 339-9601 (w), (415) 451-1184 (r).

SPINNAKER FOR SALE Expand your sail inventory. 3/4 oz. chute and hoop setting bag.

Cut for 1 of 23, J of 8.50. Replacement cost $600. Excellent condition, no chafe or tears. Sacrifice $325.

(415) 843-5731

NEW BABY — NO CRUISE — SALE Givens 6-man Res-Q-Raft $1995. Simpson-Lawrence rope/chain anchor winch $350. Ritchie Navigator compass $250. Folding prop $250.50-ft galvanized chain $130. Danforth anchor $50.

(415)233-4954.

CAL 24 Excellent cond. w/like new DeWitt main & jib. Also used main, jib, 165% genoa, spinnaker. 6 hp Johnson, bow & stern anchors, shore power, Barlow 16’s, Delta berth. $6800/O.B.O. (415) 449-1310

1979 CAL 2-25 Fully equipped for Bay/Delta cruising. Yanmar dsl., digital D.S., speedometer, 50 ch VHF, compass, self-tending jib, 130 genoa, alcohol/electric stove, shorepower, commissioned 1980. Delta berth. $26,000. Richard Paine (916) 922-1792.

35’ ULDB SONJIAS SPIRIT A canoe stern design by Gary W. Mull in coldnaolded wood. 30' DLWL, 9’ beam, #5200 displacement. Basic hull completed and available now for $14,000 or B/0. See display ad January 84, page 212. Don (916) 583-2263.

1964 O’DAY MARINER 19’, fixed keel, trailer, new sails, outboard. Our first boat — she’s got us ready for our new boat - Cal 30. Please call for list of extras; this sturdy daysailer is ready for overnight possibilities. $37,500.

821-4739.

WANTED — CHARTER BOATS We are expanding our charter operations worldwide and invite inquiries from qualified crewed charter operators. Must be reliable, skilled sailors and sound vessels with licenses and insurance.

Contact: CRUISING CONNECTION Attn: Les Lewis, P.O. Box 31496, San Francisco CA 94131 OLSON 40 — “SPELLBOUND" Available for Charter — Fall Mexico races, Swift Sure Victoria — Maui, Kauai '84 S.F. Bay and Oceag racing (916) 758-0700 or (916) 756-8297 SWEETWATER YACHT CHARTERS BAREBOAT SAILING CLUB Sail San Francisco Bay aboard a well-equipped bristol condition Oakland Estuary berthed, 1978 Ericson 27. Compare the boat and price of $925/year for 40 + days of sailing with anything on the Bay. Call now — only two openings left!! (415) 339-2838. page 195

EXCELLENT SAILING INSTRUCTION On San Francisco Bay. Instructor with 7 years experience offers: training onboard your yacht or onboard Cal 25. Private lessons taught anywhere in the Bay. (Inquire about special summer offer) FOR SCHEDULING, CALL (415) 254-JOAN; ASK FOR JOAN BURLEIGH

ORION DIVING MARINE SERVICES Hull Maintenance — Hull Cleaning — Race Preparation — Deck Cleaning Search and Recovery Michael Linhares 843-5946 (eves) Yvonne Ho 524-8916 (eves) LAKE TAHOE SAIL — CHARTER SANTA CRUZ 27 available for cruise/race charter on Lake Tahoe June to September.

2 time TransTahoe winner!! Cruise ready with custom interior & stereo. Race ready with competitive North sails.

Daily, weekends, evenings, weekly.

Reserve now! 1 (916) .WOW-SAIL (evenings only)

COLUMBIA 26’ MKI Full keel, gas inboard, 6 bags, VHF, ROF, depth, stereo, kerosene heater & lamps, Achillies'inflatable, main & jib covers, full boat cover! $13,000.

Robert (415) 757-7165 (after 6 pm).

TASAR FOR SALE Super fast, very good condition, 14’10”, 145 pound hull, 123 sq. ft. of sail, all Harkin equipment, sail bags, rare find, great boat! $2,200 firm. Trailer available: Call 375-2672 (d), 381-0539 (e).

FOR SALE — WINDLITE CATAMARAN (Twin-Hulled Sailboard)

ALDEN 33’ AUX. SLOOP

Safe, light, fast — can carry a passenger. Good for teaching boardsailing or sharing the experience. Length 12’, width 4'6”, weight 60 lbs. Price: $995/best offer. (415) 421-8353 (See at Pier 39, Dock A/See Sightings, 6/83, pg. 93).

To trade for buildable lot, S.F. Bay Area preferred. Classic design, well built, beautifully kept. Oak frame, cedar planking, mahogany and teak cabin, over 6’ headroom, sleeps 4. Grey Marine engin.

(415) 342-2704 (between 7-9 am)

1980 26’ ROBERTS CRUISING SLOOP

MOVING SALE

Leaving country—must sell. 6’ headroom, 2’6" draft, 2000 lb. bal, 4500 lb disp, head, galley, butane, DF, VHF, 9.9 Honda, main, jib, genoa, shorepower, berth available, trailer, $12,000 or best offer.

(408) 475-4142.

Leaving area and must sell my 25-ft J. Brown trimaran quickly.

Great boat for Bay, coastal sailing. Good condition, $4,000 cash.

See at Kappas #42C, Sausalito, or write Carl, 220 Redwood #97, Mill Valley CA 94941.

WESTSAIL 43

FOR SALE

BOAT BUILDERS

Just returned from Latin America/So. P@c./Hawaii, a proven cutter that’s ready to go again. Designed fOr comfort Cruising w/systems/equipment that work. Equip, incl. ham, fathometer, refrig., wind vane, autopilot, more. $132,000. (714) 673-6786.

28’ Alum, mast & 12’ boom. 3%”x5" oval mast (not tapered) with 4”x6” base plate. Eyes for fore, back and 2 side stays. Internal shrouds, sloted track w/gooseneck on boom. Excellent condition. New $1,400, asking $795/best offer. (415) 639-7131

34’ sailboat — partially complete. Professionally built fiberglass hull and Klegicell core deck. New Yanmar diesel, Bomar hatches, S.S. water tanks, alum, fuel tank, teak toe rail. Much more. (503) 359-9388

ISLANDER 36

BALBOA 26

FOR SALE CATALINA 22’ W/TRAILER & SAUSALITO BERTH

1972, one owner. Least-often used 1-36 on the Bay: Palmer engine has less than 300 hrs. Always maintained bristol fashion.

Fully equipped, Barient winches, with Coyote Point berth. $55,000.

(415) 574-1208 (e).

Swing keel, trailer with elec, brakes, 3 jibs plus cruising design furling system, Evinrude 9.9 elec, pulpits, lifelines, new curtains, full canvas cover, very clean, $11,500. (415) 943-1808 (M-F) or (916) 777-5352 (Sat.-Sun).

Rebuilt Johnson 6, 2 tanks, 1 yr. old battery, shoreline electric bilge pump (not inst.), portable mast lite, compass, 2 CQR, sail cover, bow pulpit, Porta-Potti, whisker pole, salmon pole, paddle, 4 life jackets, $6,000 or B/0.(707) 525-8374/w, 527-2231/h

CATALINA 27’ IB

’80 23’ PEARSON SLOOP

FOR SALE

Perfect condition. Roller furling 170 Genoa. New 110 jib. Atomic 4 like new. Dodger, awning, anchors' tank macerator, alcohol/electric stoves. KM, DS, VHF, radio/cassette, foldup table, custom extras. $21,000.

788-7950.

Excellent condition, very nice interior, stove, sink, Porti-Potti, sleeps 4,3 sails, new 7V2 hp Evinrude, can go anywhere on the Bay or trailered anywhere else. Must sell! $10,000 or best offer.

686-0437

16' Grand Banks rowing dory. Includes oars and trailer. Call (707) 763-3782 anytime.

FLICKA

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24

Must sell — $20,000. Give me a call at (916) 486-9840, leave a message if 1 am not at home, 1 will return your call. Ask me for the extensive list of equipment that goes with her. A good investment!

F/G, full keel, stiff, main, jib, club jib, 7.5 Honda outboard, topping lift, pulpit/safety lines, alcohol stove, Porta-Potti, rebuilt rigging, medical problems force sale — $7,000. Call (707) 546-9372.

1975 HUNTER 25 Fast and stable, sleeps 5, inboard “sail drive" type engine. Main, spinnaker, storm, 90, 110, 130, 150. $6500/B.0. Next to entrance at Gate 9, Marina Village. Also: 8’ F.G. “Guppy” row, sail $350.

254-9293.

ISLANDER 28 Beautifully maintained 1978 model with Volvo Penta diesel, teak and holly sole and many other high-quality accessories. $30,000 firm.

(415) 254-6026 or (415) 254-4723 (msg).

SACRIFICE! IRS knockdown. Must sell: J/24 — East Coast hull, new mast, outboard, trailer, full cover, full set sails, many other extras.

Asking $12,500/best offer.

(415) 232-1441. i

LESS THAN SIX MONTHS OLD

FPR SALE — CAL 20 Very clean, good racing record, good sails and rigging, 6 hp Evinrude. $4,800.

234-6580 (e).

Rix Scuba Compressor $1,999 Avon 310 and 4 hp Evinrude $999 652-3430

TIMESHARE AVAILABLE

31’ CRUISING YAWL

Are you a sailor without a boat? Have you always dreamed of sailing a classically designed ketch? Our beautiful 41-ft Yankee Clipper is available for 50% use to the right party. $350 per month. Alameda berth.

482-5330/542-0446.

Atlantic vet, British built & equipped for offshore work. F/G, teak decks, Sabb diesel, Aries vane, Avon liferaft and dinghy, 11 sails, Barients, etc. Easy to handle, good sailer in fine shape. Anxious.

(415) 254-8451

UNION 36 FOR SALE OR TRADE

PRODUCTION NEEDED

LIVEABOARD BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM 26’ DOUBLENOED CUTTER

1982, beautiful liveaboard cruising cutter, Perkins 4-108, teak decks, depthsounder, VHF, shower, anchor windlass, 7 Lewmars, 2 self-tailing, 3 burner stove/oven, trade for 30-ft sailboat or sell $76,000. Call Dave (415) 857-6575/d, 328-5258/e

Heavy displace, cruis’g sailboat, very fast, ‘name’ designer, terminated connection. Unique volume manufact. opportun. for experi., sound, sail lover. No exploration: buyers/dealers waiting.

Modest invest./you control. Box 1678-FB, Sausalito 94966.

Fiberglass over cold molded marine plywood, full length shoal draft keel, Seagull O.B., Sutter sails, roller furling jib, S.L. windlass, bronze sheet winches, oak, teak and mahogany throughout, no head. $5,500.

383-8639.

CHRYSLER 22 WITH TRAILER

SONOMA 30

RAWSON 30 — OIVORCE SALE

Like new. Used only a few times. Fully equipped for cruising Bay. Pop-top for headroom. Galley, head, Raytheon \(HF, compass, Barlow winches and many extras. Reef points in main and genoa. $8,900.

(415) 435-3173.

Winner Metro Midwinter series. Schumacher design gives easy launching from ramps on custom trailer. Bit. ’83. Exc. cond.

Feat, bunks for 6, Ig. cockpit, 5 Horizon sails, instruments, enc. head & navig. station. Bill (408) 720-8546/d, (415) 967-8451 /e.

Doc. Factory 62 Hull, excellent condition, w/new complete overhaul Atomic 4, February haulout/paint, VHF, Tillermaster, rigged for bluewater cruising. $19,900 firm. A solid good buy. Hogan, Box 520, Sebastopol 95472 or (707) 823-5755 after 6 pm.

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30,1979, MKIV

Diesel, genoa, Loran-C, VHF 50ch, Digital RDF, Kenyon — kts, log, wind, direction, polyaxiai, Tillermaster, heavy ground tackle, 12v & 110v elec., hot/cold press, w/shower, dbl. lifelines, teak interior, fast/seaworthy C&C design. $28,800. (707) 557-1980/e

YOU’LL LOVE THIS YANKEE 24 Excellent condition, well built sailboat. 6 hp OB, 3 sails, full cover, galley, head, safety lines, anchors, cushions, trailer, more.

Alameda slip. $7,500. John Scott (415) 573-5866 (wkdys), (415) 462-8199 (n), or Gary (415) 575-7959 (n).

KISMET CHARTERS Enjoy a skippered charter on S F 8ay aboard our spacious 36-foot galleon-style ketch Yesterday s K charm, today’s comfort (including piano) rAP.A. FREE BROCHURE Mi (415) 687-4496 after 6 OO pm or daytime message

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SAIL YOUR TAX SHELTER Wind Works Sailing School, Charters and Yacht Brokerage is looking for boats to include in their Leaseback Program in Seattle and the San Juan Islands.

For details write or call: Wind Works, Inc. 7001 Seaview Avenue N.W., Suite 133T, Seattle, WA 98117, (206) 784-9386.

SAUSALITO — ARCHITECT DESIGNED 2 story floating home, 3 beds, 2 baths, with spectacular view.

Moor your boat off the back deck of your home. $175,000. Call 332-7854.

Nau-T-Ko|T-M-Marine Refrigeration Systems in Stock Cold-Holdover Plates Available • Repairs on all makes Refrigeration Systems • Cold-Plate System Custom Designed for Liveaboards $1,495 Schoonmaker Point 331-7661 Sausalito •

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CHARTER IN SO. CALIFORNIA Come play in the sunshine on our 37-ft cutter.

Explore Catalina or venture further to less explored islands.

Sleeps six, large dinette, furling jibs, Tillermaster, and lots more.

Contact David Bergeron, (213) 392-3603

ATTENTION BOAT OWNERS

1980 BRISTOL 30

Complete interior/exterior cleaning kit—includes 8oz highly concentrated exterior detergent with wax, 8oz specialized windshield cleaner, 8oz interior upholstery cleaner for leather, vinyl, plastic w/sponge & directions. All for $25! 40’ boat can be washed & waxed minimum of 4 times!

Money back guaran. WORLD ENTERPRISE CO. P.0. Box 519, San Leandro 94577,415/483-8187

Beautiful condition. Diesel engine, roller furling.

Distress Sale Low or no down possible (415) 261-3844 „•

41’ FREEPORT CUSTOM CRUISING KETCH

SAIL TO THE OLYMPICS

New on the market. VHF, Autopilot, '83 radar, electric windlass tile galley, refrigerator/freezer.

Professionally redecorated with new cushions, drapes & carpets. $115,000 Bkr. HUBBARD & BRACKENBURY (619) 435-3188

Aboard our Gulfstar 50 7-Day packages including training Only 6 spaces available!

D’Anna Sailing Company (415) 261-3844 page 196

PARTNER WANTED

SANTANA 30’

Santa Cruz 40 with permanent berth in Santa Cruz New boat welt equipped.

(408)741-0466:

Absolutely beautiful condition! Wheel steering, diesel aux., self Ion nV(nVHF’RDF’knotme,er, #23 Barient self-tail, teak interior. $39,000.

David (408) 688-1775 (e) Fri-Sun, (408) 946-2227 x2301 days M-Th.

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ERICSON 29 Excellent condition 1976 Boat Show Model, Wheel, VHF, depth, knotmeter, black anodized mast & boom, many extras! $28,500.

(415)838-7275.

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ED MONK 25 FOR SALE

Classic sloop, built in 1947, cedar on oak. Beautiful, excellent condition, no rot. Fully set for local cruising/great Bay sailing.

You II be pleasantly surprised. 8.5 K or offers.

(415) 453-1029 /(415) 459-1857

CATALINA 22 SWING KEEL Great bay/delta boat. Exc. cond. New Larson main. Mast/boom newly painted. Tabernacled mast (this is a Santa Cruz boat) trailer, good 6 hp o.b., and a whole bunch of goodies. $610°

(408)336-2315

VALIANT/UNIFLITE BLISTERING? There are many of us. Let’s get together. If you have the Valiant/Uniflite blistering problem and want to discusss alternatives, please call (808) 947-2247 or write RRR, 1750 Kalakaua Ste 3-828, Honolulu, HI 96814.

BOAT COVER Formerly for a Santana 22’. Two piece boat cover fits over boom and pupit Snap in sand bags. Can fit over other 22’ sailboats Good condition. Originally $1300. Asking $600.

(707) 745-8275 after 6.

41’ PIVER TRI MARAN Sails, windlass, Avon liferaft, hard dinghy, VHF, DS. Powered by practically new 75 hp Volvo Diesel. Sleeps 6 comfortably. $30,000.

Dorey 788-7927(d) 654-9834(e).

505 FOR SALE NOR’SEA 27 Aft cabin - ideal blue-water cruiser - loaded with equipment. DS, KM, sum log, VHF, windvane, AUTOHELM 2000,8 hp YANMAR diesel - 5+ knots @ 2000 rpm - 6 sails, 5 anchors, 4 stays (1 insulated), 3 hatches, 2 bow rollers, Firdell ’’Blipper” at the spreaders, much more. S.A.S.E. gets 3-page equip, list. $50,000 gets boat.

S/V FREYA, c/o 95 Cedar, Seattle, WA 98121

A PROPER ROWING HULL

By Lighthall Marine of Santa Cruz where this 13’6" model is used for ocean rowing by individual members of skulling crews. 3 seats and oarlock sets. Can be rowed double w/ 2 or 4 oars. $1290 (415)234-1953

ERICSON 35 Save. Full ownership or partnership. Best upwind berth. Good condition. Modern design. Full galley. Sleep 6. Attractive comfortable mahogany cabin. Spinnaker race/cruise rig. wheel. 6 winches. VHF/RDF/DS/KM + (415) 366-0259,944-1532.

WANTED TO BUY Pr. men's original It-wt. rubber Sperry Top-Sider Sailing Boots.

Made in U.S. about 1972 solid black, white squeegee sole/heel Will pay $50. Med. or Ig. SPERRY, 527 Wellington, Seattle Washington 98122 (206) 325-0723.

(206) 447-1569

CHALLENGER 40 SLOOP

CUSTOM 34' RACER/CRUISER 1978-9 Geraghty marine, designed by Graham & Schlageter Hull Awlgripped white 1983. Teak deck, full teak int., 17 north sails. All-around performer. $55,000/b.o. Sue (414) 743-4412(e) (414) 743-7608 (Wisconsin).

CHARTS

O’DAY 17 $2200

(415)435-3168

I960 FREEPORT 36

26' PEARSON ’’ARIEL” 1963 f/g sloop designed for daysailing/overnighting for 4. 4 sails, new 9.9 hp Evinrude i/board well. Emeryville Marina berth.

Sailaway boat for $10,500 cash/seller financing w/$2,500 down + $200 for 48 mos.

Larry (415) 930 0930(d), 254-5696(e)

26’ STEPHENS JR. CLIPPER

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FOR SALE Cal 20 great condition. 2 sets of sails, racing rig and year old outboard. $5,000. Call eves or weekends 485-1698/540-7765.

MARINE SURVEYOR

BRISTOL CORSAIR

Loa 247” Full keel, roomy int., 5’10” headrm., 5900 lbs. displacement, 9.9 Johnson aux. equip, for ocean cruising w/dodger, self-steer., jiffy reef. Has cruised Hawaii & Mexico. $11,500 (415)582-2497

Dick Loomis

BANSHEE Excel, cond., dual controls - outhaul, trveler, boomvang, Cunningham; curved traveler - ball-bearing car, 2 sails, Elvstrom bailers, LPU paint, Ronstan & Harken hardware, yard dolly. $1200/offer.

Downing Smith (415) 492-9300/d,522-7380/e

Two genoas, mainsail, lead keel Emeryville berth $4 000/b 0 Call eves. 845-7454 or 431-8405.

TRANSPAC SSB LIFERAFT SSB Seal 12 12 mhz synthesized with coupler antenna cost 4000 plus sell 2500. Raft Lifeguard 6 man hardpack rare equipment 1350 (206) 572-9152(d) 265-2286(e) Fleetwood Jack

CREW NEEDED - EXPENSES PAID 36' Angelman gaff ketch is going to Florida November 1984.

Need 2 crew members. Sex & experience unimportant. Must have time for 2'k-Z mos cruise plus time to help prepare boat.

Call 939-8108.

HELP US PLEASE) Move force’s us to sell our 24' Gladiator. Cheap! Comes with everything you’ll need to race or pleasure cruise. Great condition. Must see!

Anytime 648-8362,827-1095.

certified. Includes survival gear pack. Maybe trade for 25 hp. outboard. $1,500.00 383-5037.

HAPPY, SAILOR?

APPRAISER

(415) 276-4351

Magneutotm System Exclusively 2. Owner’s Presence Not Necessary 3. Eliminates Deviation (415) 453-3923 days or eves

DREAM VACATION ON “CIRCE” Berths available aboard 40' cutter during circumnavigation. Valpariso to Cape Horn 1984 $1495.

Valpariso to Cape Town 1984 $1195. Cape Town to Mauritius 1985 $895. Custom Yacht Charters 105 Blair PI. Reno, NV 89509 (702) 826-4347

Has success brought you everything but what you want most? Using effective psychotherapy in a warm, supportive relationship, we have helped many lead more rich and satisfying lives. Call Aron Spilken, Ph.D. 824-8925 Queenelle Minet, MFCC 285-6996

SAIL BfEAUTIFUL LAKE TAHOE Bareboat or crewed. 1-7 days. Best service. Lowest rates. 25 years experience. Deutsch Sail Charters, Box 7223, South Lake Tahoe, CA 95731 (916) 541 -1453

A CRUISING GUIDE TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

By Fred Boehme 160 pages, 80 sketches with current information on islands, passes, anchorages, weather, etc.

Send $24.95 check or money order to author, 1290-D Maunakea St., #259, Honolulu, Hawaii $5817■ Allow 4-6 weeks delivery.

MARINE SURVEY

CAL-39 for CHARTER Sail SF Bay on the sharpest Cal-39 on the Bay. Available for day, weekend or extended Bay or Delta bareboat cruising by qualified skippers. Crewed charters also available. Venture Charters P.0. Box 3254, Saratoga, Calif. 95070 (408)741-1283 page 197

AVON REDCREST Good condition complete w/motor mount, floor boards, oars $400. Call Peter Bennett. 376-5175

FOR SALE

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING 1. Boat Remains in Berth

ISLANDER - BAHAMA 30-FT, 1980 Volvo-Penta MD7A dsl w/Racor filters, North main, 90% & 110% jib & Sutter radial headsail, km, d.s., 50-chnl marine radio, Lewmar halyard winches, ocean strobe, more. Perfect condition/1 owner. $39,900.

John 849-3848(e).

6 man liferaft w/hydro release f/g container just repacked and

JACK MACKINNON Call anytime

Sfrm1!9' Contact: Matt Morehouse 60 Precita, Greenbrae, CA 94904 (415) 986-4410(d), 461 2152(e)

1966 CAL 24

Daysailer II, outboard, Trailer

This yacht is loaded. Six sails, autopilot, VHF, Loran, SSB, Ham, boom gallows, liferaft, refrig., dodger, Datamarine depth, spd.Avind instruments. Sausalito berth. Cost $115,000. Will sacrifice. Asking $92,500.

(415) 595-3476.

Beautiful, fast, stiff, maneuverable, SF Bay proven, great single hander or learner. Well maintained, recent sails, covers, VHF, dodgers, Chrys. o/board & 2 tanks, head, sleeps 3. Will include lessons. $5800/b/o - Mike 457-3421

40’ BERTH - TIBURON/SF BAY July & August 1984 $175.00 mo. Includes: water, electricity &

MARIEHOLM 26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT Superb seaboat, beaut, lines, new dk. blue paint, polished teak below. Sleeps 4, galley, head: DeWitt cruising, Pineapple rac. sails (new) incl. Mylar jib. New Evinrude 7.5hp. Berthed Oyster Pt. $14,900. Dennis Mahoney 852-1500(o) 572-1837(h)

Full keel offshore cruiser, 6’10" headrm. F/g w/wood int., 135 gal diesel, 180 gal. water. AC-DC refrig., hold, tank, shower, 3 bat.,charger, VHF, RDF, fatho. Kenyon windspd., dir., speedo, stereo, 8 man liferaft. $78,000/trade.

(408) 353-1015

Noaa coastal and harbor charts/San Francisco north to Bellingham Bay, Washington, including the straits. $125. value for $75.

(415) 386-5800 week days 8am to 6pm only.

Rondar #5851 Jotz, DeWitt sails, trailer, sling, cover, harness, proctor boom & mast, lever vang and shrouds, exc. cond. $2200. Jeff Bayles (415) 457.1582

(415)522-1561

CAPT. HARRY G. BRAUN (U.S. Coast Guard Lie.) Professional Engineer (Calif. State Lie.) Call Sign: KE 6 RX Yacht Delivery 2814 Van Buren Street Alameda, Calif. 94501

CHINESE LUG NOR’SEA 27 South Pacific vet, unstayed mast, aft cabin voyaging yacht, excellent condition,-4 anchors, ham, Avon w/ob, Monitor vane, sextant, charts, fath, log, etc. Ready to go again, $39,900. (213) 340-4934, 19738 Gilmore St., Woodland Hills CA 91367.

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38' FOOT CUTTER 1/3 completed. Hull deck, bulkheads in, ballasted, bronze shaft, stuffing box, portlights, lots more: $7,000/best offer. Moving forces sale. Also 6 sails, genoa, main #1,2 & 3 jib, stay sail $4,000.

(707) 963-9007.

OLSON 30 Volvo IB—fold prop, cust. int. Datamarine gauges, C. Plath compasses, VHF, trailer, new bottom paint, 11 sails, cust. boom & rigg’g, fresh water sailed Tahoe for Nat'ls, extras. $43,000 replac./asking $33,500. (916) 541-0176/e; (702) 588-6211x.53/d

CAL 34 Tiburon berth, 9 sails including 3 spinnakers with gear (main & 130 genoa used 3 times). New Atomic 4 (under 30 hrs). Horizon VHF, Kenyon windguide, depthso;under, hydraulic backstay adjuster, 10 Barient winches. $35,000.

(415) 435-2777.

33’ DUTCH CUTTER 27’ LOD, 9’ beam, 60 hp Atomic 4, 3 sails with Oyster Cove berth. $6,800.

Ron (415) 753-0352.

ISLANDER 28,1982 Diesel, sailed only Lake Tahoe. Full instrumentation, bristol condition, full boat cover, cockpit cushions, 3 sails, burglar alarm, auto bilge, VHF, extra safety equipment, new bottom paint, $35,900. (702) 358-5217 (e/wknds)/Box 250, Spa'rks NV 89432

.FOLKBOAT 1959 Debutante model, varnished Honduras mahogany over oak, 2 sets of sails, full boat cover, Seagull outboard, Oyster Point berth, $6,500/best offer. Partnership tonsidered. Peter 856-7008/d, 961-4125/n; Steve 856-6977.

26’ 1969 ERICSON Racing/cruising sloop. With: main, jib, genoa, storm jib, extra line, head, hand bilge pump, 2 anchors, sleeps 5. Comes with slip. $12,000/best offer.

Cris Whyte 652-6752:-

CLASSIC RHODES 39’ Sausalito berth; replanked new alum, mast, s/s rigging 77, new stern/transom ’82, 7A cockpit, lifelines & pulpits, Shipmate LP stove/oven, s/s sinks, sleeps 4, 65hp Universal. Cabinhouse needs varnishing. Reduced from $55,000 to $39,000. 355-5831

O’DAY 23 Fully equipt: 6hp O/B, 4 sails (main/60%/80%/150% jibs), windex, compass, VHF-FM, depthfinder, galley, head, sail cover, jiffy reef'g, forward/stern pulpits, lifelines, Danforth anc., sleeps 4.

EZ Loader, Oyster Pt. dry storage. Exc. cond.

(408) 268-3794

WANTED — PLUS — FOR SALE Wanted: "Monitor’’ vane and Pernika radar detector.

For Sale: RDF (Aquaguide) 705. Has AM, FM, VHF, Beacon, CB, $190.

Harry (415) 522-1561.

ISLAND TRADER 37 Molded fiberglass cruising ketch, Angleman design. Especially beautiful boat, well equipped & in excellent condition. Great cruiser or liveaboard. Call Tom (408) 263-9310/w or 984-2766/h.

38’ YACHT TRAILER Air brakes, 5th wheel for truck, elec, lights, 8' beam, 26’ keelwell, 8 supports and adj. screwjacks, heavy duty axle and 4 wheels, adj. dolly. $8,000 value for $4,000 or trade for car.

355-5831

COLUMBIA 22 $5,500 with Berkeley slip, excellent shape, sturdy Bay Boat, sleeps 4, lines led back to cockpit, freshwater tank, icebox, anchor, VHF, fathometer, compass, 2 year old main, 3 jibs, 5 hp O/B. J. Jeffries, (415) 865-4720.

27’ O.S. CHEOY LEE — 1970 Rebuilt 7 hp diesel, new shipshore, new depthsounder, roller reefing, fulring jib, head, galley, cabin heater, etc. Mast overhauled. Buying larger vessel. Berkeley berth included. Only $22K. Ray Cook (415) 550-5174 (d), (415) 668-2423 (e).

SIDNEY 17 ^ 17' sloop plywood, glass, sleeps 2, Vk hp OB, holds claw tlr., main and jib, great family boat, sailed in Monterey Bay, some extras, cushions, fenders, anchor. $1,500.

(408) 475-9073.

1981 MACGREGOR 25 Good for Bay or lakes. Pop-top w/dodger, swing keel, head, slide galley, ice chest, sleeps 5. Main, jib, genoa, spinnaker w/pole, anchor, cover, safety equipment, more. Honda 7.5 w/tank, trailer w/surge brakes. Good condition. Best offer.

(415) 792-5056.

SUPER CAL 29 1974 loaded with gear: full North inventory, 9 Barients, pressurized hot water, all new wiring, electronics, newly rebuilt Atomic 4, CNG range, stereo, race or cruise. S.F. berth. Must sell soon, $29,000/offer.

Randy 621 -6968 (e).

YOUR GAIN / MY LOSS Must sell 30-ft wooden powerboat with no motor. Excellent condition, much recent work. Great liveaboard, very spacious, galley, shower, HW heater. SF berth included. Asking $28,000 make an offer & she’s yours.

928-6659 keep trying.

26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT Fiberglass, l/B diesel, jib roller furling, dodger, VHF, D/S, K/M, head, galley, sleeps 4. Many extras. San Francisco Marina sail-in berth. $19,750.

(415)386-8608.

24’ MAYA Partnership $3,000. Unlimited sailing, share expenses and work (it’s a wood boat). Sleeps 3, basic amenities. Fast, well built, S.F. Bay design. San Rafael berth, soon in S.F. (415) 641-1556 (after 6 p.m.).

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SANTANA 22 OWNERS Our membership is expanding! Over 70 members to date to share racing/cruising interests in one of the most active fleets on the Bay. Join today.

Howard (415) 521 -1020, Fleet Captain.

24’ AEROMARINE Great Bay boat, mini-cruiser designed by William Tripp for Bay, coast sailing. 4’ fixed keel and skeg, sleeps 4, galley, enclosed head, cabin and running lights, VHF ready, needs haulout, varnish. $4,750. Sausalito berth.

(415) 332-3479.

ERICSON 27 Great Bay sailor, 74 model, second owner. Fully equipped with inboard Atomic 4. All navigation and sails, must see. John (408) 356-4026 (e. only), (408) 257-6194 Jack.

1980-81 PEARSON 32 SLOOP Like new boat commissioned 10/80, DeWitt sails, Hood roller furling jib, Schaefer mast and boom w/internal jiffy reefing, Harken mainsheet traveler system, Universal diesel, dodger, full boat cover, VHF, RDF, knotmeter, depthsounder, AM/FM cassette stereo, cockpit cushions, whisker pole, complete ground tackle and safety gear, new bottom paint 9/83, teak interior and Pearson blue hull. Pearson quality throughout makes Sugar Magnolia a great family boat/club racer. New boat on the way must sell.

(408) 449-3257 (e).

36’ CAPE GEORGE CUTTER Beaut, f/g cruiser, extens. equip. Teak decks, cust. interior, 36hp dsl., refrigeration, 5 sails, roller furl’g, hydrovane, autopilot, 7 Barients, 4 anchors, elec, windlass, 2 depthsounders, sailing dinghy, Avon dinghy, liferaft. $99,500.

(415) 595-3476

PROVEN WORLD CRUISER Live your dream on this gaff topsail schooner. Custom built 74, 47’x16’x6.5’, strip planked, teak deck, Lister diesel, full headroom, ideal liveaboard, ready to go again. $149,000.

D.B. Gates, Box 791, Morro Bay, CA 93442.

FOR SALE Westsail 43, tall rig cutter, immaculate, world cruiser/liveaboard in luxury while you plan voyage, easily handled by 2, U-shaped galley, refrigeration, private forward/aft cabins, all wood int., extensive inventory of sailing gear.

(213) 549-5582/e.

42’ CUTTER Launched ’81, Isuzu diesel, Zodiac & O.B., complete sails, VHF, 8 winches, 5 self tailing, large roomy flush deck, beautiful spacious interior, aft owners cabin, forward work area. Excel, for charter or comfortable liveaboard. $80K. Rick (415) 453-0401.

MY FOLKBOAT NEEDS A NEW KEEPER No time to sail. No time to varnish. Mahogany over oak. New rudder. Refastened in bronze. Mariner 8 O/B. Pat Clancy (916) 444-2717.

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LEASE MY BOAT S250/MONTH 73 Cal T-2 w/new Volvo diesel in Santa Cruz Upper Harbor (J-52). If you are a sailor, you can have Popeye 50% time (to be negotiated) from now through December 84. (Further lease possible if this works out).

Dr. Keizer (408) 722-5248/e

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jlj. READY OUTBOARD SHOP “?ST7 245 ^TE 5 ROAD, SAUSALITO [L! NEW AND USED MOTORS tj"' Inflatable Dinghies and Tenders << 9 to 5 (415)332-5233

We stock Fir, Mahogany and Teak Marine Grade Plywood: 4x8, 4x4, 2x8 and 2x4 sheets We also have 4x12 Fir Plywood BOATERS SUPPLY (415) 365-7874 -1

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PATHFINDER SELF-STEERING VANES Buy Direct From Manufacturer “Successfully Used for Years” Call Bill Paulson: 453-8722 454-9285 Western Sales Mfg. Co., San Rafael, CA

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Experience the romance of a VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY in beautiful British Columbia.

Luxury cruising and instruction aboard new 40’ cutter. $700/week per person.

Crew and meals provided.

VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, INC. 4039 1.45th N.E., Bellevue, WA 98007

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Maintenance Repair Salvage (415) 232-0904

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1970 ERICSON 30 Coyote Pt. berth. Rigged for singlehanding. New upholstery, “u” shaped dinette, Atomic 4, autopilot, 5 bags & spinnaker, 6 winches, shorepower, stove/oven, KM, C, SL, VHS, DS, etc., etc. $26,500.

(408) 245-9255 / (408) 737-7150

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Wood • Glass • Rigging Deliveries • Maintenance • Repairs Reasonable Rates for Reasonable Folks STEVE JONES

Delicious YURIKA FOODS for Boat, Cabin, Camping, RV, Emergency.

Stores 5 years (not freeze dried). No Refrigeration. Entrees pre-cooked in vacuum sealed NASA foil pouches. Serve after 5 min. boil (microwave less).

Independent Distributor Fen Cady DDS (415) 461-6060 or 435-1071 (eves) page 198

PEARSON 22 5hp Chrysler outboard, spinnaker, stove, galley unit. Deep keel $4900. (415) 367-7212.

TRADING UP ’78 Newport 28 diesel. Well maintained C&C design fin keel sloop. Dodger, inflatable, stereo, knotmeter, depth sounder, head, galley, sleeps 6. Replacement $30K. Sell $25K or $280/mo. Trade equity for trust deed or offer. (415) 346-9746

38’ OF SWEDISH QUALITY Conqubin 38 — very fast boat built by quality wharf in Sweden.

Perfect for the Bay. Excellent interior. Must sell. Reduced to an incredible $69,000.

(415) 964-2384.

CAPE DORY 36 (415) 591-4879 (eves)

FANTASIA ’35 1978 Cruise equipped. Excellent condition. $72,000 (415) 523-9846 (d), (415) 922-7947 (8-10 pm)

1974 CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 YAWL By orig. owner. F/G. Rugged/fast/maneuverable, beaut, maint. world class cruis’g yawl. Tri-cabin, 2 heads, shower, sky-ports, s/s sinks, 4 cyl dsl. (122 hrs), h/c water 100 gal cap. VHF, RDF, full instru., roller reef. $75,000. (415) 388-3518/early am & eve

KETTENBURG 40 1961, outfitted for cruising, good condition. Aries, Faryman diesel (30 hp), Avon, S/L windlass, plenty of navigational & safety equipment. Wood boat. $42,500/B.0. Derek 383-8465.

SAILBOAT TRAILER / BOAT RIDES For Rent: EZ Loader, 4500# capacity, set for full keeled sailboats. Also sailboat rides/lessons available on Lake Mendocino on demonstrator Bayfield 25 / 6’ headroom, trailerable, plumbed heads and diesel engine.

(707) 485-0732!

— CREW — Sailing companion(s) wanted for mostly offshore passage to Mexico, C.R., Panama, Caribbean this fall, whole or part way — experience preferred. New 40’ steel sloop now being readied.

332-0145

TIMESHARE PEARSON 365 KETCH Fully equipped coastal cruiser, berthed in Santa Cruz. 1 week per month on 1 year lease for $250 per month. Call Bern (415) 961-3940 (d), (408) 253-9925 (e).

COME AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL 26-FT DAWSON KETCH It is well-maintained, well-appointed. Great for Bay or Delta. Has made several ocean passages. Wheel steering, aft cabin head galley, swing keel, draft 22’’ to 5’, and more. Sleeps 5!

Trailerable. $16,500.

(415) 388-1367.

MUST SELL — MERIDIAN 26 Clasic Rhoades design pocket cruiser. Built 1961 fibreglass, full keel, beautiful inside and out. New electrical system and instruments. Sausalito berth. Hate to see it go. $13,000 or best offer.

Call Lori/Paul 921-7917.

CATALINA 22-FT 1971 fixed keel model. Lots of extras including 5.5 hp Johnson, "galley” which is a sink and 2 burner alcohol stove. Berthed in Alameda at Ballena Bay Marina. $5495. (408) 353-2895 (eves/wknds)

WESTSAIL 32 — $45,500 OR B/O Owner finished/many details stronger than factory. 6 sails, roller jib, spare lines, other cruise gear. Dsl., 6 Barlow winches, 2-45 & 1-35 CQR’s, 300’ chain, S/L 555 windlass. Avon 6 man raft/ Avon dinghy. Vallejo berth avail. (916) 393-3119 (keep trying)

ERICSON 30 WINDSONG Pelican Harbor Slip 75-A, Sausalito 388-7422

OWN A BOAT IN HAWAII 1/4 ownership of Ranger 33 permanently located in Oahu, Hawaii. Excellent shape, includes 10' Avon w/10 hp Johnson. $200/month plus $3300 down payment.

R. Repass (408) 476-1900.

IN SEARCH OF AN ABLE, USED 35-40’ SAILING BOAT F/G or steel, well built/equipped yet properly priced. Send details, location, price, etc. to: Outward Bound Again, c/o P.O. Box 414, Point Richmond, CA 94807 (no brokers please).

NEWPORT 20 Fully equipped, roomy, Gary Mull design. 2 jibs, spinnaker, recently replaced standing rigging, 2 anchors, 6 hp outboard, custom galley, and much more. Excellent bay and delta boat.

Two boat owner. $5200/B.0.

Mike (415) 655-7115 (e).

YACHT SALESPERSON WANTED Exper., motivated salesperson to develop brokerage & new sailboat sales division for rapidly expanding co. Proven track record, lots of hands-on exper., & established client lists desired. Young, dynamic co./based in Sausalito. 331-1080 for appt

HELP WANTED: VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR Needed to teach boat maintenance skills to adults with developmental disabilities. Maintenance skills nec.; rehab, experience preferred; CA drivers license necessary; First Aid or WSI certification preferred. Start $6/hr—35 hrs/wk. 834-3990

NORDIC FOLKBOAT (FIBREGLASS) U.S. 102, 25’, full keel. Built by Svendsen’s Boatworks. 2 suits sails, outboard, Alameda berth, equipped for racing and bay cruising.

For sale $13,000 (will consider partnership).

Chris Harnett 254-5734 (h), 763-2324 (w)

RANGER 30 — $35,000 1978 in tip-top condition. Pedestal wheel steering, Atomic-4, VHF, RDF, full boat cover, full galley, head, shower, shore power, luxurious teak interior, sleeps 5. Complete description available.

Call (408) 365-8058 (e)

CATALINA 27 Excellent condition & well equipped. All the basics plus 150% genoa, spinnaker, VHF, man-overboard rig, stereo & more.

Vallejo berth available. Anxious to sell. Check it out & make an offer.

(707) 745-0249.

— WESTSAIL 32 — Flush deck, in the water, has made 2 offshore passages. Needs lots of work, rough interior, no motor, $18,000, serious offers only. John 523-1041. Also Avon 4 man liferaft, fiberglass Cannister, last check in ’82. $800.

23’ KELLS COASTER Custom built for Bay in Tiverton, R.I., 1980. Excellent condition.

Balsa-cored deck, berths for 5, Pvt head, jiffy reefing, Barlow winches, lifelines & bow pulpit, 6 hp Evinrude. Richmond slip. $7,000.

Mark (415) 522-2042

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COLUMBIA T26 Sail Lake Tahoe or the San Juan Islands on this 1975 26’ shoal draft mini-cruiser. 6’2” hedroom, sleeps 4,9.9 Johnson, alcohol stove, enclosed head. 3 anchors, genoa, VHF, fatho, with trailer, $11,000.

(415)726-6419.

$29,000

1968

18’ BRISTOL BAY BOAT 1983 fiberglass version of the famed 19th century fishing boats.

Open cockpit, centerboard, traditional sprit sailing rig. Cockpit motor well or 9' oars provide alternative to sail. Complete with 7% Honda and Sausalito berth. $5300.

383-6601.

LIFE RAFT 40 MCR Winslow self-inflating with radar reflecting canopy 26”x12”x8V2’’ 4 man, 1000# with soft pack carrying case.

Well maintained, carried below deck on TransPac races. $435.

Fred Leichtfuss (415) 634-2893

NEWPORT 27 $18,500 (415) 648-0745

1981 SPINDRIFT ’44 Ron Amy design. Pilothouse, cutter rig. Excellent condition, cruise ready, most comfortable and spacious liveaboard; 4 cabins, multi-level, 2 heads, sky-ports, refrigeration, gorgeous teak interior. Rebuilt 80 hp Ford Lehman diesel, fuel range 2,000 miles, excellent heavy weather handling, fresh bottom paint.

Proven ocean cruiser — made Honolulu to San Francisco crossing in 141/2 days! $130,000.

(415) 932-7780

SAILBOAT RIDES Sail on a Cal 28’ for the fun of it!

Available every day (weather permitting) $10 an hour per person (2 person minimum, 6 person max) Boat is at Pier 39 — Dock A, (415) 421 -8353

STARVING STUDENTS WORK HARDER Experienced sailor on lawschool summer break available to do any and all boatwork on sail or power. Including bottoms, topsides and engine work. Call Greg Barge (346-7213 (eves).

Repro. charts, entire Pacific Coast, .Alaska to Panama, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Cooks, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, etc. Excellent quality, about 1/5 cost originally.

Free index, $2 for sample chart of Bora Bora, Marquesas or Puerto Vallarta.

MAHINA CRUISING SERVICES, John Neal, Box 800, Friday Harbor WA 98250 / (206) 378-2393

If not, call us. Dave 459-2707 / Noel 892-9421 Teak is a speciality. Wash & Wax. Bottom cleaning. Mechanical.

Free estimates

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MARINE SURVEYOR Wood — Glass — Steel 31 Years in Yachting (415) 388-8034 / P.O. Box 1122 / Sausalito, CA 94966

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36’ CUSTOM SLOOP A double end fibreglass w/teak decks and interior. Built N.Y. 1962. Excellent cruise/liveaboard. 100 gal water, 100 gal fuel = 1000 mi. power range Westerbeke diesel, autopilot, $35,000; cash & smaller boat considered.

(415) 726-3499.

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ROWING BOAT 16’9" x 3’10'/2”, Herreschoff/Gardner design. Double end.

Woqd construction, lapstrake over spruce frames. 2 rowing seats, one stern seat. 122 lbs. 8’ spruce oars with leathers, $1700.

(415)388-0900.

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CAL 2-24 2 mainsails, 6 jibs, 2 spinnakers with all spinnaker gear, Eriksson spar, Barient 10 winches, 6 hp outboard, knotmeter & fathometer. All lines lead to cockpit for safe, easy singlehanding. $6,500.

(408) 426-6930 or Rt. 1, Box 80, Zenia CA 95495

SO YOUR FINALLY GOING TO DO IT!!!

Pack up and go .. ..finally! Adios stress, adios boring job. New life good fun — finally — here we come. If you want to do it in style, comfort and with class in one of the West Coast’s finest, ready to go cruising yachts, give us a call. Alyssum is a fully (!) equipped, 1978 Fantasia 35 with the Robert Harris modifications, a truly lovely sea home. She's been there and back, she's buffed out for maximum comfort and safety. Time for us to hang it up. Time for you to GO. $89,000 (firm).

Larry or Carol (408) 996-2828 or (408) 476-8793

HELP WANTED — FULL/PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE Experienced boatworkers needed for rigging, bright work, cleaning and general repair work on sailboats. Own tools, car needed.

Racing exp., engine knowledge, USCG licence helpful. Wages match qualifications. (415) 331-1080 to schedule interview.

WINDROSE 20 WITH TRAILER AND OUTBOARD MOTOR Heavily rigged with all controls to cockpit. 2 jibs, 2 anchors and too many extras to list. Great for Bay, lakes, Delta and ocean sailing or fishing.

Call (415) 355-6531.

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB Is expanding its membership.

For further information regarding Northern California’s only Gay Boat Club Call (415) 753-5017

CREW NEEDED We’ll exchange your skills (maintenance, art, publicity, etc.) for sail training lessons aboard Our 70-ft schooner. Also we need a live-aboard Bo’sun mate. Send letter with salary requirements, qualifications, etc. ‘Stone Witch', Pier 33, San Francisco 94111

LIFE RAFT SALE — TRADE — EQUIPT. WANTED 4-man Lt. Wt. valise-type w/canopy, sea anchor, compact Bay & coastal safety. $300/trade. Need anchors, winches, blocks, jib, line, etc. See in Marin.

(707) 857-3868-.

ANCHOR WINDLASS Powerwinch Model 415 in factory box, 750-lb line pull, 12v.

Handles 5/16" proof chain & line up to 1" at same time. Lists at $659. Usually sells for $400. Steal it from me at $300. (415) 543-0845 (d)

1938 SPAULDING CLIPPER 20' sloop, 2 sets of sails, completely redone, trailer, full cover, good Bay boat. $1,200.

Call 550-1850,641-8592.

CORONADO 30’ I.B., refrig., hot/cold press, water, stove/oven, Force 10 heater, stereo, custom interior, 110V, VHF, DF, heavy duty ground tackle. (Transferred). $25,000.

(707) 437-3420,425-8600.

BRISTOL 35.5 Ted Hood design, single hand, cruise, race, liveaboard. Diesel, hot water, stereo. Must sell to pay for new 48-footer. Appraised $66,000. Replacement $110,000. Priced to move at $59,000.

(415) 834-1387

COLUMBIA 22 Richmond berth, Johnson 5 hp OB, roomy, sleeps 4, head, galley, anchor & safety equipment, $5,500. (415) 784-5358.

DINGHY FOR SALE 8-ft Sailnetics Pram $1,200/OBO. 1 yr. old. Set up to sail or row.

Positive flotation, car top carrier, F.G. water proof storage compartment. Aluminum mast and boom, motor mount. 774-2190 '(d), 685-6392 (e).

ENTHUSIASTIC CREW. Oliver Davis, 19, wants to crew passages/races/deliveries after May 12. Coastal cruising, bareboat charter, boatyard experience.

Marblehead-Halifax race. Hard-working and energetic - really.

(503) 775-6531 or Box 275, Reed College, Portland OR 97202

SANTA CRUZ 27 3 headsails, main with jiffy reef, inboard engine, whisker pole, knotmeter, porta-potti, custom interior and.rigging. L.P. painted topsides, good beginning and Bay boat. Asking $12,000 with terms or make cash offer.

Tony (415) 367-8874.

COLUMBIA 22 '69, good condition, well maintained. Extensively equipped, eg, 6.5 hp outboad, 5 sails, freshwater built in with sink, 2 anchors' Whale pump, and a lot more. Berkeley berth. $4,500/B.0. Call Peter (415) 653-1538 (e)

3.5 KW GENERATOR / VOLVO DIESEL 12 HP Still in crate, never used, complete, ready to install, comes with hush cover gauges, alarm, battery. Make me an offer. Needs selling desperately.

(415) 268-0400 (after 5 pm).

BRISTOL 32 1979 sloop, Ted Hood design, full keel, 22 Yanmar dsl., pedestal steering, interior/exterior teak, VHF, RDF, depthsounder, knotmeter, excellent ground tackle, windlass, Avon Redcrest. $48,500.

(805) 642-2582 Tom or Chelsea (msg)

28’ TWISTER Cruising sloop. Efficient design with plenty comfort & stowage.

Glass hull/decks & wood interior. Separate galley & navigation station. Enclosed head. A sea boat. Emeryville marina-north gate TiriTiri on west end. $24,000.

(415) 841-6962.

FOR LEASE Catalina 30 cruise equipped with diesel, wheel and roller furling jib. Emeryville berth. 7 days a month for only $170. Please call John at (415) 229-2227 (after 6 pm) or Jim at (415) 933-7900 (daily).

26' INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT F/G, 70, bow and stern pulpits, 0/B, K/M, VHF, main & jib (North), U.S. 150. All halyards & lines led to cockpit for S/H. $14K/B.0.

349-9187 (h), 363-4100 (o).

AKKA Amuthon 36, Van de Stadt design, Dutch built (Kok shipyard), a truly proper yacht, OSTAR veteran, steel hull, teak decks, mahogany cabin, bronze winches, MBZ diesel, variable pitch propeller, 11 bag sails, all basic ocean cruising gear.

36x28x10x4.5 feet, 16,600 lbs., very good condition. $54,000 (reduced price to counter higher interest rates) — consider smaller boat in trade.

(415) 658-1194.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31 Proven/successful cruis’g yacht, bristol cond. Volvo dsl., VHF, fatho, KM/log, Signet wind instr., 5 bags, cust. interior. Newport Beach liveaboard slip, only $10,000 down w/loan assum. Will consider smaller sailboat trade.

(714) 675-9137.

CAL 20 6 hp Seagull, 5 bags of sails including spinnaker, Barient winches, Danforth anchor. Needs a little TLC. $4200/offer.

(415) 758-0709.

CATAMARAN HULLS Tonga 40 W.E.S.T. built Kelsall design hulls, w/bulkheads & cedar stringers. Glassed 8 oz-2 layers below water. Performance cruiser w/4 dbl. staterooms, full headrm. Great liveaboard, charter or cruise. Incl. plans. $15,000. (213) ‘>391 -2484 (e)

RAWSON 30 — 1975 Cabin boasts large icebox, alcohol stove/oven, loads of storage lockers, sleeps 5; gear includes Benmar VHF, depthfinder, Ritchie compass, 4 Lewmar winches, 4 bags sails, Volvo MD2B diesel. Bristol condition. Asking $37,500. (916) 723-9691.

V LIVEABOARD CORONADO 27 Like new diesel auxiliary, newly refinished black mast/boom, new rigging, 4 sails, VHF, knotmeter, compass, inflatable, good bottom, many extras. $18,500. Call Makai (415) 540-8373.

OLSON 30 “CODE BLUE" 1982, hull no. 172, perfect condition. BMW factory installed diesel inboard, 7 North sails, Signet 1000 & 2000, Micron 22 bottom paint. $33,995.

Henry Kleinberg (415) 851-7065.

CRUISING SAILBOATS 1980 Rafiki-35, Airex hull, teak decks, Volvo diesel, VHF, depth, etc., like new, $68,000/offer.

1971 Tylercraft-24, twin keel sloop, 10 hp Merc., trailer, $6,900/ offer. Bill (408) 925-1295/wkdys; (408) 867-9202/after 6 pm

25’ LANCER SLOOP 1976. New Honda 7.5. New mahogany washboards. New Porta Potti. 6’2” headroom, sleeps 4. Excellent condition throughout. $8,500 or trade for property, vehicles, etc. Ask for Doug at 864-3318 (9 to 5).

BOAT REPAIR TRAILERABLE BOATS Bottoms, painting, fiberglass repair, woodworking, rigging, finishing, deck layouts, boat interiors All work performed inside Reasonable rates — Check us out MILLIMETER MARINE — 485-1783

AFFORDABLE CHARTERS Fully equipped yachts from Anacories or Seattle. Cal 29 ($450), Erickson 35 ($650), Ranger 37 ($750), Redeye 39 ($750), Islander 40 ($895) and C&C 40 ($995).

For available dates please contact Yacht Master Charters, 9500 21st Ave. NW, Seattle 98117, (206) 784-8429 (e)

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boat carpentry dry rot repair remodeling refinishing free estimates contemporary techniques FRANK SAYRE 897-4461

HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES. Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel on a personally tailored 3-5 day live-aboard instruction cruise in Santa Barbara's offshore islands.

Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108, (805) 969-4195.

BRISTOL BRIGHTWORK LTD. Custom Refinishing • Touch-Up • Maintenance • Masts • Rails • Interior Exterior • Brass Polish & Coating • Decking • Hardware Repair/Commissioning Traditional Class • Modern Techniques • Top-Line Materials For Free Estimates, call Geoffrey M. Roberts (415) 897-0575

SAIL AN ISLANDER ‘36’ Seafarer Sailing Club out of Berkeley Marina has membership available, $225 rent/mo., 60 days work-free sailing per year.

'Seafair' is in first class condition and fully equipped.

Call (916) 756-3918

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Offering bareboat and skippered charters, Half-day, full-day, weekend, or more.

Reasonable rates. '(415) 386-2070

*«rt Xmttmhtg Order durable Dry Paint' boat letter, individually designed to your specifications, selecting from over 400 color combinations on our convenient order form!

Registration numbers and specialty art too!

A TO Z SIGNS & GRAPHICS, 782 Haight St„ San Francisco 94117 552-2441

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FEMALE CREW NEEDED FOR SOUTH PACIFIC Cruise and dive southern waters with single male. Must have some sailing experience, entrance bond, share expenses. Leaving end of June from San Diego. Write Hyseas, Box 821 Coronado, CA 92118.

CAL 34 SLOOP, 1968 Exc. cond., great sailer, roller furling, Unifridge, Loran, Omni, cust. int., VHF, D/S, Tillermaster, 8 Barients, alcohol 3 brnr w/oven, apparent wind ind., awning, Atomic 4 30 hp recnt. overhaul, must sell—moving up. $38,000. (415) 398-2465 Wayne.

EXTRA GEAR Spinnakers — 1% oz. star-cut, 3/4 oz. tri-radial — $850 each.

Spinnaker pole $100, reaching strut $50 — 1 = 44', J = 13’3".

Sony multi-band radio $25.12v refrigerator $200.115v Loran C $200.

Ted (916) 444-6166 or (916) 665-2008.

29 FT. TRITON Excellent condition, 6 sails, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter. Just hauled and surveyed. Must sell $16,750.

(415) 323-6523.

OLSON 30 — “HANALEI-FLYER” Tired to trailing the fleet around the course only to finish after the party? Become a partner in a fast and friendly racing team.

The boat is well equipped. Prospectus. Call Don (415) 857-1301 (e), (408) 749-4087 (d).

30’ LANCER — 1978 Sloop, 130% jib, 150% genoa, spinnaker w/pole, whisker pole, wheel steering, VHF, depth finder, knot meter, teak interior, stove, shower, hot-water heater, Yanmar 15 hp diesel, and more!!! Asking $29,000.

Call (415) 932-8962. Ask for Ken. SANTANA 22 — PRICED TO SELL! Built in '69; center-rigged mainsheet, black mast & boom; lifelines; anchor; 2 mains; 2 jibs; 6 hp OB; clean, great shape; berthed in Emeryville. $4,900. (415) 852-7890 (d), (415) 441-5345 (e).

HERRESHOFF ROZINANTE “HONALEE” Reluctantly for sale at $22,500. Excellent condition. Beautiful, fast, comfortable, seaworthy. Like to see her? Call 521-3078 (after 5 pm)

PRE-ESTATE SALEH! Last chance to buy my Cal 29 before 1 end it all! '72 w/spinnaker, VHF/Loran C/weather cloths/adj. backstay/etc. Very nice int. w/stove & oven, new bottom 4/83, safety gear, etc. Surveyed @ $25,000. Must sell $21,000 or ??

Tim (619) 275-2268/e 19’ MOTORSAILOR FIXER-UPPER Universal Atomic 4 inboard. Custom trailer. Classic Atkin design.

Shoal draft with centerboard. Internal ballast. Like-new sails.

Club-footed jib. Sleeps 2. Ideal for Delta, Bay, lakes. Needs some work. $1,750/offer/trade.

Stockton, 477-5913.

1973 CT-41’ Teak interior/decks, 6 sails, 3 anchors, RDF, refrig/ice box, Wood Freeman autopilot, S&L windlass, Cat propane heater, 4 cyl. Isuzu diesel, 3 burner propane stove/oven, automatic bilge pump. $72,000.

365-6692 (d), 369-0454 (e).

1978 COLUMBIA 7.6

Chasing Rainbows, 25-ft, very comfortable pocket cruiser, excellent condition, knotmeter, fathometer, VHF, stereo, 110%, 150%, berthed in Alameda, $17,000 or best offer, anxious 521-0895

1978 CATALINA 27 Atomic 4, KM, VHF, compass, anodised mast & boom, backstay tension adjuster, traveler, boom vang, cockpit cushions, teak hatchboards, brown, 2 jibs — excellent condition. $21,000.

(415) 961-7759 (e)

WANTED 50+ foot alum, mast IXX 79 in 4, IYY 35 in 4, no boom. 1/2 SS turnbuckles, 5/16 SS wire, etc. 2 #28 winches or Murray winches. Call (916) 371-3471 W. Sacramento, (916) 925-0633 Sherri.

MUST SELL 27' Ferro sailboat, 3/4 completed, lots of extras incl. Sea Lab 1, marine radio. Thomas Gilmere design, $3,500/offer. Super deal.

Buzz (408) 475-6691, Clark (408) 335-7647

WANT TO LIVE-ABOARD 1 will help with rent, maintenance, and/or crewing for room to liveaboard your sailboat (East Bay preferred). Also looking to rent a sailboat one weekend every month or two in Monterey area. Steve 523-2765 or 681-3698, 2335 34th Ave„ S.F. 94116.

LANCER 30 Fractional rig. 1980. 15 hp diesel, knotmeter, depth finder.

130% genoa, pressure water, oven. Seller-assisted financing. $34,000.

(415)367-7212.

O’DAY 25 AND TRAILER Comfortable Bay/Delta family cruiser in great shape. 5 sails, Honda, Trailrite tandem axle trailer. Sleeps 5, full galley, extras.

Fresh water sailed. Bay area delivery. Boat $13,850; trailer $1,500. Both $15,000. (209) 586-3685/d, (209) 586-2924/e.

EL TORO GEAR Everything but the boat! New sail; varnished wood mast, boom, rudder/tiller, centerboard and oars. Excellent condition. $300.

Call (415) 567-0770 (6-11 pm)

CAL 21 Fun daysailing boat. With main, jib, genoa, new 4 hp Evinrude ob and trailer. Retractable keel. Fast, lightweight and easy to launch. From trailer to sailing in 15 minutes. $3300 (415) 843-5731

HEADSAILS 2 white Dacron jibs from Lam Sails: #1 Luff 39’/Foot 20’6'’/Leach 38’6”, 4 oz. cloth; #2 Luff 37’/Foot 15 /Leach 34', 6 oz. cloth. No mold, no tears, no chafe, like new. $800 for both Call (707) 822-4464 (e).

ARIES WINOVANE — 10' MELODY New Aries windvane, still in crate, complete set of spare parts, $1500, value—$1250. 10' Melody, mahogany, varnished throughout, new sails — a great car-top sailboat, $500. Cali 934-7928 (e/wknds)

34’ NICHOLS YAWL An economic crisis forces us to sell our boat. It was built by Barney Nichols in Alameda in 1961. Marine plywood with fiberglass sheath. Mahogany cabin, cockpit, interior and trim.

Asking $25,000.

(415) 531 -5056.

i NOR’WEST 33 PARTNERSHIP Experienced cruising sailor seeks partner to share equity & expenses in superb bluewater boat. 1981 Bristol condition, Westerbeke diesel, complete offshore inventory. Loran 3, VHF, safety gear. Exquisite joiner work & appointments. 526-1149/e

CHARTER WANTED Have Marin berth but no boat. Want 1 to 2 yr. charter on 30-footish sailboat that has race capabifity. Have top qualifications and references. Call (707) 585-0742. Also open to suggestions.

ORAMSCOMBE LUGGER W/TRAILER Trad, yawl rig 18'9” trail/day sailboat built in England. Beaut, strong F/G const. Luggers have made notable voyages incl.

Webb Childs ‘Open Boat Across the Pacific’. Ideal stable family boat w/roomy/comfy cockpit. $5,500/B0. (916) 481-3545/e

30’ CRUISING SLOOP Double ended with full lead keel, cedar on oak, 45 hp Universal Super Four auxiliary, spacious and comfortable cabin, low maintenance, Sausalito berth, $6,850. 332-3580 (wkdys), 331-8073 (eves/wknds)

ISLANDER 36 Only $54,750 and in wonderful condition! This superb and powerful ocean—bay cruiser and champion racer is complete with full liveaboard accomodations, including a heater, A.C. and telephone system, pressurized hot and cold running water with shower, stainless steel galley and much more. This boat includes a full sail inventory including spinnaker, complete electronics including S.S.B., and full instrumentation including R.D.F. Call (415) 563-2111

FLICKA 24’ Overall 6’3" standing head room in 2 separate cabins, VHF, RDF. depthfinder, OB, 4 sails, radial drifter, 6 bronze opening ports, 2 burner gimbaled kerosene stove, cutter rigged. Custom built to cruise South Pacific. $22,500.

(818) 762-9069.

“RUMPUS’ FOR SALE 32’ Auxiliary rac’g sloop. Fast/roomy world cruiser. Riveted honduras on oak. Engl. bit. ’61 for 1st OSTAR. Metic. maint’d by profess. Fully equipt. All rigg’g/sails/dsl. fresh '83. In San Diego. $43,000. Deliv./trial on w.cst. (619) 225-9353/(415) 644-0972

BRISTOL — 35.5 This 1982 Bristol 35.5 is another cruise-ready yacht with two pages of extras from the factory and additions by the owner. Offers Please.

TATOOSH MARINE ■ (dba) Pacific National Yachts / (415) 232-7778

OFFSHORE CRUISING SEMINARS Will help planning your dream cruise + save time, money and hassles. Weekend seminar covers: boat selection, outfitting, tropical medicine, coral piloting, anchoring & much more. Lectures, movies, slides, charts, 140-pg Seminar Notebook. Tiburon: Sept. 22-23; Seattle: Oct. 6-7. $95/single; $145/couple.

MARINA CRUISING SERVICES, Box 800, Friday Harbor WA 98250, (206) 378-2393

FOR SALE: 32’ ISLANDER — FULL KEEL Reg. 1975; diesel; S.S. water tanks & fuel tank; new main, jib, staysail, storm jib; reacher, genoa, 90% jib in excellent sheet winches; spinnaker pole; 35 lb cqr; 35 lb hi-tens. Danforth; 12 lb Danforth; 250’ chain; 300’ line; windlass, loran; VHF, RDF; depthsounder; Signet knot-log; wind-vane; Cole cabin heater; Kero stove; Sutter Dodger; lee cloths; oversized rigging. A strong able boat with very comfortable motion at sea. $42,500 Alan 332-3392 (d), 332-8075 (e)

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Does your yacht need TLC? Experienced sailor available for maintenance — wood and fiberglass, rigging, brightwork, winches, engines, electrical, and other gear.

Experienced with sail and power to 80 feet.

Reasonable fee.

(415) 234-2152 (e), (415) 652-1636 (11 to 3)

Downeaster 38, skippered charters to Santa Barbara’s offshore islands. Learn cruising techniques, sailing, and seamanship by hands on experience during unique sailing vacation.

Contact: OCEAN SAILING CHARTERS (805) 966-5452 1016 Cliff Dr., Suite 122, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

ARIES SELF-STEERING $1225 NOVA MARINE /1801 CLEMENT AVE. / ALAMEDA, CA / (415) 865-6088 page 201

32 RANGER & 33 RANGER 32’ with full race gear, new Sobstad main & genoa, nice electronics. PHRF-156/162, IOR-24.5'.

Owner is anxious. $33,900.

(2) very clean, little used 33’s now available. Well equipped.

Both owners must sell-looking for offers.

ESTERLY YACHT SALES, 2302 Shelter Is. Dr., San Diego 92106, (619) 224-3277

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WANTED — FULL TIME CREW One engineer — experienced with GM471 diesels, 15kw Onan, marine electrics & refrigeration systems, knowledge in marine electronics. One crewperson — experienced at brightwork rpfjnjching <stfifil yacht upkeep, general maintenance, care for rigging and lines. 70' ketch rigged twin engine steel hull motorsailor. Full electronics and cruising gear. Berthed Berkeley Marina, cruise Mexico winters & Canada summers. Send resume and picture to Akua Kanaloa, c/o Jerry Carter, 121 S. Hartz Ave., Danville, CA 94526, ,(415) 820-3447 (days).

WANTED TO CHARTER

WORLD WAR II NAVY CAPTAINS GIG — 35’

Santa Cruz 27, Moore 24, or Wabbit. Two experienced Bay Area sailors (now landlocked) are looking to lake sail this summer (June-Sept). The boat must have a trailer and be reasonably priced.

(503) 772-2788 or 482-8316.

Restorable, sound, no dry rot, needs caulking, woodwork, paint, etc. Custom cabin with headroom and dinette, 105 hp diesel has all new parts, needs to be put together, $1,500/best offer. (805) 496-5152.

24’ NIGHTENGALE SLOOP

CRAZY? 57 YR. OLD MALE CAUCASIAN ('Rowing with only 1 oar in the water') selling 57' Chinese Junk.

Having new 45' Foochow sailing junk bit. in Orient. Looking for equally unbalanced lady to share adventure. Destination? Come back? Will be mutual decision. J.D., Box 351, Isleton CA 95641.

TRI-SJAR 30 TRIMARAN

POCKET CRUISER

Cruise/Liveaboard. If you think you need at least a 40-footer to cruise or liveaboard — you haven’t seen the Tri-Star 30. This is the most spacious 30-footer afloat. Excellent condition throughout. Full galley, head, mahogany interior, cabinets, counters, hanging lockers — stowage space galore. 2 double/2 single berths, S/S rig., roller reefing, S/S Barients, 2 poles, 6 sails, 5 anchors, Atomic 4, Martec prop, VHF, OS, RDF, auto BP, Sumlog, AC/DC conv., FM/tape stereo, USCG documented.

Berkeley berth.Exceptional buy — $35K. (916) 988-2951 (e).

20’ Classic Sloop, great for singlehanded sailing, mahogany on oak, full keel, recently restored and clean as a whistle. 6 hp OB, sailaway for $4,500.

(619) 437-8507,

Bay Area boat designed by Tom Wylie & built in Alameda. 5 North sails including spinnaker. Barient winches, Chrysler outboard. Excellent condition. $14,500. Will consider selling half interest.

237-7743 (d), 521-4998 (d).

WANTED USED TILLERMASTER AUTOPILOT (415) 223-0978

1978 MORGAN 41

SABB DIESEL / CQR 20 LB.

One of the few slodp rigged Morgarl 41 's around. Performs better than the ketch version because of larger main sail. Great liveaboard cruiser. Extras include new Perkins 4-154 engine. $87,500.

(916) 481-4242 (d).

Sabb diesel model G with variable pitch prop. Approx. 700 hrs.

Well maintained. Includes good spares kit, $2,000. Also CQR 20 lb. with 30’ chain, $125. Call Steve at 332-7068 or 332-7161.

MOORE 24

RANGER 33 — $39,000 Fast Gary Mull designed racer/cruiser. 1977 — very clean and never raced. Many extras including diesel and 5 sails. Located in San Diego. Call Jim Browning (619) 436-8649 (b), (619) 226-1753 (h).

RHODES 33 # This boat is for those who want the superior performance of the modern ultra lights as well as the traditional looks of one of the prettiest boats on the Bay. Well maintained. Berkeley upwind berth. $7,000/best offer.

(415) 568-2129 or (415) 687-9672

Winner Corinthian Mid-Winter '83 Champion Bay One-Design class. 2 years new. Full race equipment. New North 95% and spinnaker. New Micron 33 bottom.' Sausalito berth. $17,500/best offer.

924-7134.

35’ ERICSON

STOVE WANTED

SANTA CRUZ 27 S

Full keel, Atomic 4. It looks & sails good but needs repairs. Must sell, make offer around $25,000. (415) 841-6500, ask for Seals.

Two or three burner propane stove with tanks and regulator, etc. if available.

Call (415) 952-6258 anytime.

J-24

1978 BRISTOL 32’ KETCH — $47,000 Sojourner back from Mex. winter. Fully equipped (SatNav, auto¬

Race-ready and competitive. New North main and jib, Johnson 6 hp O.B., K.M., dark blue poly., Oakland berth. 521-6153 (e).

Paul. $14,000/offer.

helm, 6 sails, Yanmar dsl., prop, stove/oven, VHF, stereo, etc).

Avail, about 4/1/84 in San Diego area. Accustomed to TLC. (415) 593-9644/msg in SF area after 5. Will return call on arriv. in SD

Blue hull in freshwater since built 1979. Race ready 9 sails with new 1983 Sobstad spinnaker and Mylar main. Self-tail Barients, depth, knot, outboard, trailer. $22,000. Call Lake Tahoe (916) 541-7610.

J-24 Full class sails, trailer, dry sailed, knot, new compass, Evinrude OB, head foil, safety equipment. Very clean inside and out. $15,500/B,0.

(408)248-8522.

1980 CATALINA 27

MAC GREGOR 22

MARINER 31 KETCH

Roomy traditional interior with unique special mid-cabin queen size bed kit, inboard engine, depthsounder, compass, VHF radio, furling jib, full head, full galley. Berth’s for 5 with oversize cushions. Mint condition.

(707) 429-1359.

Model year 1982, pop top, Porta-Potti, trailer w/brakes. Excellent condition. Located in driveway in Saratoga. Please call (408) 866-6427. $6,300/0ffer.

1969, 25 hrs. on rebuilt Perkins, 3 kw. diesel gen., good ground tackle, AC/DC fridge, autopilot, plus much more. Vessel in good condition. Liveaboard slip in Morro Bay. Anxious! $41,900. ' (805) 922-2997 (e)

EXPRESS 27 Trailer, 5 sails, knotmeter, compass, 4 hp motor fresh water only. Very good condition. Fresh water only. $24,500.

(415) 531-1731.

CAL 31 #44 Excellent condition. Fully rigged, completely equipped with spinnaker, Volvo diesel, knots, depth, radio, Barients. Commissioned 1979 for us. Carefully used and maintained. Financing available. $46,500.

(415) 856-1444 (eves. only).

BERTH EXCHANGE WANTED Exchange berth at N. Basin, Embarcadero Cove, for a Delta berth on the San Joaquin during June, July & August, or a part thereof. Length 30’-40'.

(916) 967-7382 (eves).

C&C 35’ 1971

FREYA 39

Great sailing, cruising and singlehanding. Lots of storage for a liveaboard. Sale by original owner. Wheel steering, cockpit cushions and dodger. Fiberglass sailing dink, all the amenities.

Very clean.

Call 235-0184.

Partially completed $35,000 (415) 488-4305 (707) 778-8670

RAWSON 30 — DIVORCE SALE Doc. Factory 62 Hull, excellent condition w/new complete overhaul Atomic 4, February haul-out/paint, VHF, Tillermaster, rigged for blue water cruising. $19,900 firm. A solid good buy.

Hogan, Box 520, Sebastopol 95472 / (707) 823-5755 (after 6)

> QUARTER PARTNERSHIP Yours 1 week each month, bristol Pearson 10-M 33-ft sloop, congenial co-skippers, new Sutter sails, many extras for safety and comfort, S.F. Marina berth, $12,000 cash. Low monthly maintenance.

(415) 956-3260 or 499-0278.

RHODES BOUNTY II YAWL “TIARE” Sturdy, sleek f/g classic. Excellent condition. Imron hull, many sails, dodger, VHF, fathometer, knotlog, 400’ chain, windlass, dinghy. $65,000 (no sales tax in Hawaii!). (808) 487-5817.

Doug Vann, 1739C Ala Moana, Honolulu, HI 96815.

MARINE BATTERIES For the Highest Quality, Dependability and Lowest Prices In Marine, Automotive and Industrial Batteries Call San Rafael Welding Supply (415) 457-0550

TRAILER 23’-28' shoal draft sailboats fit fine — EZ Loader with low mileage (less than 15!). $1,750 — a real buy — (209) 948-4404. Ask for Ken.

HOUSE FOR SALE ON THE ESTUARY IN ALAMEDA 30-ft dock. Boat house. 3 bedroom, 1 baths. Double detached garage.

Agnew/Codiga Realtors 523-4000 or 522-1930 or 522-3128

,LL STUART E. RIDDELL Marina turvayor and consultant

(415) 332-9036

4k

ERICSON 23 GREAT BAY BOAT! 7 Bags includes spinnaker, 6 hp OB A $5,500 Bargain.

Stan (415) 861-2587

ENDEAVOUR 37 FOR SALE

WIND WORKS SAILING SCHOOL AND CHARTER

A STATEMENT OF EXCELLENCE Unique teak interior design, aft cabin, shower, pressure water, refrigeration, cutter rigged, extra sails, self-steering vane.

Only $78,500.

Call anytime (415) 553-0460 (leave message for Chris)

Learn to Bareboat Charter 5 Day "Cruiseti Learn" Sailing Vacations, Bareboat & Skippered Charters in the magnificent San Juan Islands in Washington. Special 10th anniversary 2 for 1 prices: WIND WORKS, INC., 7001 Seaview Avenue N.W., Suite 133T, Seattle, WA 98117 (206) 784-9386

THERE’S A SCHOOL IN YOUR MAILBOX!

Learn practical navigation directly from Solo TransPac vet Mike Pyzel. Home-study course has 8 concise, complete and enjoyable charting lessons. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Brochure.

PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108 / (805) 969-4195

CANADIAN SAILCRAFT

CS 36

Beautifully maintained and equipped.

Save over $15,000. Must sell.

Call (415) 261-3844, for a test sail and more information. page 202

CAL 20 One of the sharpest 20's on the Bay. Race rigged by Seal. New jib and Pineapple main plus 150 genoa. New custom interior cushions with backrests. New 4 hp Evinrude. New standing four Lewmar winches and custom bridgedeck. Blue polyurethane hull paint. New Digital knotmeter/log with racing countdown.

This stiff Bay classic is a steal at just $6,000.

(415) 865-3865, (415) 521-5427

CATALINA 30

EXPERIENCED B.M.W. SEEKS JOB

76 Dsl. New condition., VHF, KM, windspeed, D.S., blk anodised mast & boom, internal halyard, 5 bags sails, rigged for solo sailing, ext. heavy rig., backstay adjuster, much more. Survey replace. value—$45,000. Sell $28,900/offer.

(415) 934-7928.

On a Pacific cup or cruising boat in the Bay Area. 15 yrs. I0R racing experience; 8 yrs. experience as a rigger, sailmaker, and sailing instructor in a top-notch boatyard; 5 yrs. experience maintaining/deliverying lOR/cruis’g boats. (415) 621-4680/early

WESTSAIL 32

O’DAY 34 Spinnaker, main and jib. Hot and cold running water, propane oven, shower, full electronics. Fast, strong, and safe. $60,500.

(415) 367-7212

MANAGER/RETAIL SALES POSITION AVAILABLE

Mint condition, all factory built. Volvo Penta diesel, too much equipment to list. Will consider trading $60K + equity for unencumbered Northern Calif, real estate or sell for $52,000 cash.

(916) 644-7316

1981 MOORE 24

PEARSON 31

In new Alameda Chandlery. Excellent career opportunity for the right person. Marine experience preferred. Good benefits, salary commensurate with experience. Please contact Larry or Steve — 332-7330.

Excellent condition. Complete with trailer & storage box, 5 Horizon sails (150/120/100 in Mylar) heavy duty spreaders, Kenyon digital knotmeter, twin Ritchie compasses, boom tent & 2 hp outboard motor. Moving/Must sell. $16,800/8.0.785-3408

78 racer/cruiser in excellent condition. Well equipped with diesel, wheel, digital instrumentation, VHF, RDF, stereo, highaspect 7/8 rig with tapered spar, internal halyards & controls, spinnaker, dodger, and much more. $39,900. (415) 966-1795.

CLASSIC — CHEOY LEE 35' LION

Immaculate. Yanmar diesel, main (jiffy reefing), jib, spinnaker, s/s oven, shore power, pressure water, ds, VHF, km, compass, many more extras. Must sell, moorage available. Must be seen. $41,250 or best offer.

(415)892-9636.

1980 O'DAY 30’ Excellent condition, full inventory sails and cruise equipped.

Must sell. For full details call (415) 935-8262 (eves).

RANGER 28 — 1978 Gary Mull design. Excellent condition. VHF, depth sounder, Atomic 4 30 hp inboard. Sleeps 5, has lived mostly in fresh water. Price $25,950.

(408) 923-8875 (e).

NAPA 35’ YAWL

RHODES 19’ SLOOP

Lovingly cared for, mahog. on oak,, mahog/white interior, 6'6'’ headroom, VHF, RDF, DS, KM, new main & mizzen sails, complete cover, sail covers, Grey marine engine overhauled ’84, must see to appreciate. $35,500.

754-6024.

YANKEE 30

Excellent condition. Great for daysailing or learning how. Good sails, anchor, motor, etc. Hauled year ago. Sailed out of Martinez. With slip and trailer. Moving, must sell. $2995 or best offer. Dan (415) 372-9191 anytime

Sparkman and Stephens designed racer-cruiser. Totally refurbished exterior and interior. Fully equipped including diesel and cruising gear. $32,500. Call (415) 381-0111 and leave message.

RANGER 33 — GREAT LEASING DEAL

1962 COLUMBIA 29 #8, MARINE GEAR & STAINLESS SHEET

1980 30' IRWIN

For qualified skipper. Lease (1/3 time) this highly regarded yacht for half present day costs. Fast, safe, seaworthy; every creature comfort and sailing amenity. Sausalito berth. $233/mo. Don Norwood (408) 735-8511 (e), 733-1136 (d)

Long keel fg sloop w/16 hp hvy. duty Palmer. 6 sails, 2 whisker poles, 4 anchors, windlass, 8’ fg dinghy w/sail & 3 hp, VHF, RDF, CB, fatho. $20,000. Ebco sextant $50, Zenith SW revr. $75, 2 props/new $30/20, stainless 3/16x35x36 $75. 415/352-4373

Citiation w/Datamarine depth, knot-log/wind pt, wind spd.

Storm/110%/150% genoa. Yanmar 2QM15, h/c press. H20, shower, refrig., head, Fatsco stove, Pro-Mariner chgr/conv. ped steer w/dodger. Sausalito. 40K. Robin 332-5013/msg; 332-2052

SEARUNNER 40 COLUMBIA 26

PIRELLI LAROS 30 INFLATABLE BOAT

Excellent condition, like new & beautiful rigged for singlehanding. Barient winches, Volvo Penta MD2B diesel, Avon dinghy, new sails still in bag, depth sounder, log, anchors, etc. Lots of stainless and teak. $65,000.

(415) 797-0778.

Made by Pirelli Tire Co., really rugged. 121/2’, rigid keel, wooden floor boards. 1430 lb. capacity, handles up to 45 hp motor. Accessories included. Was $3200 three years ago, asking $2000.

(916) 652-9362

2 jibs, 1 main, Seagull kicker. Beautiful Bay boat. Call 843-1862 (after 6 p.m.)

HOBIE 16 — READY TO RACE Double trapeze, skipper & crew buckets, 6:1 main sheet, 6' hiking stick, Tequila Sunrise sails w/yellow hulls, trailer w/winch and sail storage tube. $2400. Judy (707) 577-3767 (d); Jim (707) 557-4096 (e).

FUJI 32 CUTTER

ANYONE WHO WITNESSED A collision between two boats, Oakland Estuary, inbound, in front of Barnhill Marina, on April 1st, at 4:45 p.m., please call Tom at 522-7702. If no answer, leave message at 278-2493.

The best looking Fuji on the Bay. A Mexico cruise vet with 3 pages of inventory which includes autopilot, windvane, dodger, and custom canvas. A must see. P.0. Box 1749, Sausalito 94966 or call (415) 332-8296.

A SANTA CRUZ BERTH? Is yours with a 1/2 partnership in my 25’ Samouri, a clean exracer enjoying retirement on beautiful Monterey Bay, 5 bags, VHF, fatho., 6 hp Evin. trim tab, recent haul and lots of mahogany. $6,500/B.0.

(408) 688-7139 after 6 pm.

ERICSON 35’ Affordable partnership. Richmond YC berth. Sails great. $2600 / $30. Call Lane 547-4749.

84 license, no engine, liveaboard type. $700 or B.O. 924-2020

1980 Cal 31. Has all Cal 31 factory options plus beautiful dodger and extensive gear list. Low time on diesel powerplant. This is a must-see boat in mint condition. $49,500. (415) 364-8810 (eves/wkends)

CAL 25

NORWEGIAN DOUBLE-ENDER

1971 Fast and fun, race or cruise, w/spinnaker, 3 jibs, stay’sl & custom traveier/mainsheet; dinette, stove, Delta awning, swim ladder, deep cycle bat., speedo, compass, anchor. New bottom paint. $10,500.

(408) 289-1226 (e/wknds)

Fiberglass cutter, built 77. 34' LOA, 30' LOD. Aries, Barient, Castlok, Sabb, aluminum spars, SS rigging w/twin forestays.

Dodger, awning, liferaft, more & spares. Impeccable. Ready. ' Warm, cozy cedar/ash interior. $49,500/B.0.

(408) 462-5588

US-30 1981, excellent condition, pedestal steering, knotmeter, depthsounder, VHF, stereo, hot/cold pressure water, shore power, shower, Volvo diesel, perfect liveaboard, last bottom paint 1/84. $36,000.

Bob Raos (415) 361-6428/d; (415) 797-8370/e.

CAL 31 28’ CONVERTED STEEL LIFEBOAT

1979 LANDFALL 39' PILOTHOUSE CUTTER

SPARKMANS & STEPHENS 40’ TEAK YAWL Griffin, 1960. Beautifully maintained classic. Recent Hawaii veteran. Winner, China Sea race. Many, many extras. Look and compare at $67,500.

(415) 834-8566 or 848-1535.

Great sailing cruiser, 60 hp Isuzu eng. Excellent for liveaboard, hot/cold pressure water, teak interior, well maintained, must see to appreciate. Has been used as demonstrator. $75,000.

(408) 988-1173

TAKE A PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE SAIL THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS Charter this brand new Passport 40. She is equipped with everything from roller furling headsail to self-tailing winches. She also has a fuily equipped galley. Call (206) 821-1208 for more information.

35’ SPARKMAN STEPHENS CLASSIC WOOD SLOOP ’56 Built at Knutson. Lovingly maintained. New cushions, paint and full canvas boat cover. New tricolor drifter, kerosene stove and much more. Live aboard, cruise or just admire! $39,950.

Bkr. HUBBARD & BRACKENBURY (619) 435-3188

Sea^Betdlfs' cu$Utn/btdjkutf foryourbeat/ 4is 775-054 ISLANDER - 36 This 1980 Islander-36 is cruise ready from her roller furling/reefing 130 genoa to her S/S barbeque, dodger and stereo. $95,000.

TATOOSH MARINE, INC. Point Richmond (415) 232-7778 page 203

BRIAN O'DONOGHUE And Sailboat Consultant (415) 461-6347

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

PORTOBELLO

Near Jack London Square, Estuary berths, 28 ft. - 32 ft., $4.00 per foot.

Call (415) 452-2987.

MARITIME ATTORNEY Resolution of Construction, Repair, Collision and Lien Disputes for surveyors, owners and builders for over 20 years.

Thirty-six years of Bay racing and cruising!

William E. Vaughan, Esq. 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland 532-1786

PROFESSIONAL MARINE SERVICES YACHTS OUTFITTED AND DELIVERED WORLDWIDE Captain Gary L Hoover David Sutter (415) 570-5135 or (415) 332-2510 COMPETITIVE RATES

QUEST — TAHITI VET / REDUCED TO $57,500 36-ft Clipp er Ketch.

Documented, all teak, Lloyds 1C)0A Cheoy Lee, fiberglass hull, f/w cooled Mercedes diesel 40 h ), reduction gear, flexible couplings, spruce mast with steps, Cj 1 equipment emergency steering, dinghy, Seagull, raft, Aries v ane, Shipmate stove with oven, cabin heater, kerosene tankage, saltwater pump, f/w pressurized, 2 speed anchor windlass, 4 anchors, 200' 3/8" chain, 300’ 5/8" nylon rode, and more, extra cordage, 5 berths with leeboards, 2 bilge pumps, batten charger, shore power, dodger, sun cover, San Francisco berth possible. Instruments: 55 amp Variable alternator, voltmeter, d epthsounder, Walker log, VHF, RDF, UVH overseas radio, alarm system for oil and engine heat, Electrolysis system. Sails: Hooc furling plus ten more. Extras, Best offer/trade Extras, Extras! s.

Jack (415) 471-2377

MOORE 24 — FASTEST! Like new! $16,000 (h) 332-0563 (w)552-3744 \

SAILS FOR SALE Main 110% & 150% w/reefs. Very good condition, for headfoiled S-525 or other (P-29', E-10', 1-26,5' & J-8.75’). Offer.

(916) 363-5095 ISLANDER 30 MKII PARTNERSHIP 1/4 share in a '75 fully equipped boat. New dsl engine, new radio & batteries, 4 sails including spinnaker & gear. 9 winches and much more. $1500 down & $150/month. (415) 820-5954

COLUMBIA $HARE 32’ International racing class, new paint in & out, new mast & rigging, full sails incld’g 2 spinnakers, Evinrude o.b., hauled & painted 4/16/84. Berthed at Richmond YC, $9000.

(415) 376-0505 anytime or 938-3140 after 8 pm

ALBIN 28 Swedish built. Full electronics, diesel inboard. Solid, dependable.

Bank repo: flexible terms.

(415) 367-7212

WANT TO OWN A NEW 38’ or 42’ RACE/CRUISE SLOOP At dealer’s cost? With 3 partners? Shared and exclusive use provided. Operating expenses shared.

Call Bill (d)(408) 720-8549, (e)(415) 967-8451

SKIPPER 20 20' '80 f/g sailboat, shallow draft keel, lapstrake dbl-ender. Incl.

7.5 hp Honda (exclnt cond) & cstm trlr. LB. motor well, sleeps 4, large comfortable cockpit. 2000 lbs, 400 lb ballast. $6,000. (d)(415) 437-3227, (e)865-7007

ISLANDER 30 MKII 1974 Everything needed for Bay/Delta/whatever cruising. KM, DS, VHF/More. Exceptionally clean/well maint. Motivated owner must sell this unusual value for $24,900. All reas. offers considered. Chuck Jones (408) 745-1400(d) / (415) 326-0876(e)

OUTBOARD/GENERATOR Evinrude 6 hp wAank $275. Dinghy 7' $40. Outboard 2 hp brand new $175. Honda generator EM500 never used, still in box $250. Sail cover 22’ boat $20. Wanted: Sails for 22' boat.

Call Dave (415) 939-8081 after 6:00

MY FIRST CHILD MAKES ME DO THIS! Dearly loved, well-equipped 77 Clipper 23 sloop. '80 7.5 Johnson, roomy overnighter & great sailer. Nice San Rafael berth, see why people love their Clippers! Asking $5,40O/no reasonable offer refused!

(707)996-0724 eves best

1983 CATALINA 38 Fully equipped — replacement value $75,000 $69,500 or best reasonable offer (415) 483-3390

SANTANA 35 — $47,000 CASH Fresh water boat. Race equipped. Portland partnership needs to liquidate.

(503) 295-6237 or (503) 292-3302

BOATBUILDER/BOATYARD EMPLOYMENT WANTED Unemployed sailor with engineer degree and 3 years experience in fiber composites at Lockheed seeks temporary or permanant emplyoment in boat industry.

Paul Steinert, 8250 Geary, San Francisco, CA 94121

CORONADO 41 1975 super liveaboard w/6’5” walkthough headrm, queen size aft cabin. Easy cruising with storm jib, lapper, 165 genoa, main, Perkins 4-107 diesel, Avon Redcrest, VHF, RDF, fathometer, electric windlass. Bristol clean. $64,500. (805) 985-7664

1981 ISLANDER 28 — 1977 O’DAY 27 Both are very clean with lots of equipment and priced to sell — will consider small trade — call for information.

521-4998 eves or 237-7743 days

FAST & COMFORTABLE!! — 32’ COLUMBIA SABRE 5.5 F/G sloop. Recently 'bristolized'. Refurbished spacious cabin w/head, s/s sink, icebox, FW, Ig. cockpit. New everything: Barents, pumps, rigging, o.b., etc. Sausalito berth. A bargain at $12,750. (415) 332-7543 (after 6) for specs/photo

CATALINA 22 Three sails, PopTop, trailer, never stored in water.

Must Sell $4900/best offer.

(415) 527-9368 eves

FANTASIA 35’ Perfect liveaboard for working couple, 12-ft of hanging locker space, double aft cabin, microwave oven, refrigerator, hot & cold pressure water w/shower. Four speaker stereo system, solid teak interior. Also the perfect cruising boat. Modern underbody.

Cutter rig w/6 sails, including spinnaker. Center cockpit with full dodger. Refrigeration is by cold-plate off engine or shorepower.

Propane stove. Complete cruising inventory. $79,000. Call Barbara or Lee, aboard evenings (415) 332-4071 or write P.0. Box 43, Sausalito, CA 94966

49’ CUSTOM CUTTER Beautiful, British classic. Built '64 to Lloyds 100A1 of teak/mahogany to designs by Robert Clark (Chichester's Gypsy Moths, British Steel, etc.) Three cabins, fully equipped, extensive,inventory. Exclnt cond. $120,000. (415) 826-9144

CLASSIC SWEDISH SLOOP Royal Viking 27 — all mahog. edge — glued & copper riveted.

Super Bay boat in exclnt cond. Near-new sails & inboard. Spec sheet, equipment list & photo avail. Asking $16,500.

(415) 983-8492 (d) / 284-4251 (e)

BOAT WANTED Fiberglass cruising boat — 27-30’. Prefer traditional keel, heavy displacement type with diesel aux. Under $20,000. Send details, equipment list, and price to: Joe, P.O. Box 5251, Redwood City, CA 94063.

1941 GAFF SCHOONER PORPOISE 38’ LOD, 50’ LOA, 12’ Beam, cedar on oak frames, aft cabin, rebuilt Volvo MD2,80 gals diesel, 150 gals water. A sturdy, salty classic. $28,500. May finance. Mike (415) 236-5236, Cliff (415) 586-9275

NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! Beg me to buy my 68 Coronado 25 w/berth; I’ll tell you about the new 7.5 hp Evin., all-new rig'g, the DS & VHF radio. Plead & 1 might sell this gem to you for $9500.

Trlrable, sleeps 5, lots of equip., & damn clean. If 1 like your face maybe u can beat me down. 332-9100(d), 588-1 §03 Norman F.

1974 cruiser/racer. Twin stay, 5 headsails, 2 spinnakers, VHF, DS, KM, windspeed, compass, 6 winches. Child's sail seat, 2 stoves, private head w/hoiding tank, long shaft Suzuki o.b. $19,950. (415) 932-4089 eves/wkends

Four races since new. Four sails, one unused. Outboard, trailer, knotmeter, depthsounder, many extras. Worth $13,000+ new, asking $7500, Can deliver.

(503) 285-7765 days, weekends

ERICSON 29

PARTNERSHIP — DUFOUR 27

1973, exc. cond., loaded, stiff Bay boat, sips 6,110,130,150, new cruis. spin. VHF, DS, stereo, alc/elect stove; dodger, stern ladder, Delta gear.

Days 877-8718; eves 697-7804 $25,000

1/3 share $3200 Diesel, roomy, strong, dry maint., berth, loan — $165.

(415) 839-5480(d) / (415) 654-9450(e)

BAY CLASSIC Cheoy Lee Flyer II, 25’, 1963, fiberglass hull, teak cabin & deck, 4 berths, VHF, depthfinder, Renault diesel (less than 80 hrs) installed '80. Maintained and sailed with love. $21,500.

Hays 326-1640(d) / 965-2953(e)

C&C 25 — EXCLNT CONDITION — FULLY EQUIPT

CREW TO LISBON (PORTUGAL) WANTED to help me sail my blue-wtr cruis’g boat. Leaving mid-Oct. Will take 9 months. Want someone w/sail'g exp./sense of humor/positive attitude. Send exp. w/photo (photo will be returned immediately) to: Sailor, Box 1799, Sausalito, CA 94966

PRACTICAL SAILING CHARTERS

Good potential.

Resume and References Required D'ANNA SAILING COMPANY (415) 261-3844

35’ CHALLENGER CRUISING KETCH

TARTAN 30 CHARTER / BAY OR DELTA Inboard, depthsounder, VHF, pressure water, head, stove, sleeps 4-5. $100/day Mon-Fri; $125/day Sat-Sun & Holidays 30% bjscount on extra days, half days.

Stiff, dry and roonfy: Berthed Pier 39.

339-3288

SAIL THE BAY $50 PER DAY

/ Two fully equipped Islander 28's. In mint condition.

Qualified skippers only. Minimum 20 charters/12 months.

Membership limited. Call J&M Charters (415) 763-1500 days, (415) 672-6586 eves

WYLIE WABBIT

SALESMAN WANTED

Choose between our two 36-ft yachts Located at Brisbane Marina (415) 591-4879

Just returned from Acapulco. Roomy and clean.

Heavy construction, good equipment and sail inventory, makes this a great buy.

Bkr HUBBARD & BRACKENBURY (619) 435-3188

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^ $66,000.

USED JOHNSON

and leave all your personal business management t0 us — t)ankin9 correspondence, mail forward many local services as well Peg Blair (415) 332-3110 Sally Austin

SEAGULL OUTBOARD MOTORS FOR SALE

& Perfect for sailboats. Also used Gremlin 13' sailboats for $300 & Pioneer 8; dinghies for $150, excellent for the youngsters or as yacht tenders.

Marine Market Place 2025 Old Middlefield Wy, Mt. View, CA (415) 961-3940

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TILLERMASTER AUTOPILOT

FOR TILLER AND WHEEL SAILBOATS We are a local Bay Area dealer for Tillermaster. Drop us a note for information. Better still, give us a phone call to get all your questions answered. We have a demonstrator to show you if you would like to see it. MEYER ENGINEERING, INC., Box 56, Los Altos, CA 94022, (415) 964-8844. page 204

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WINDSURFING MARIN

BOOK SALE NAUTICAL BOOKS

LESSONS, RENTALS & SALES WETSUITS PROVIDED

20% - 40% Off On All Stock

Lessons at 9 a.m. Daily

WINDSURFER SAILING CENTER TED McKOWN SINCE (415) 332-2777 / (415) 383-1226 1306 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965

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Capt’n Neili Insurance.76 C & G Marine.123 Charter Mexico.17 Chase Manhattan.96 City Yachts.215,216 Clock Shop, The.78 Coast Sailing Academy.133 Creative Investment Mgmt.... 95 Cruising World Yachts.11,23 D’Anna Sailing Co.175 Dickerson, R.E., Insurance. . . 28 Dorlon.40 Downtown Marine.43 Downwind Designs.205 E.M.I.C. — Houseboat 78 Edgewater Yacht Sales 8 Edinger Marine.52,88 Electro-Nav.76 Emery Cove Marina.34 Empire Sailing.44 Eriksson Spars.182 Farallone Yacfit Sales.49 Fifth Avenue Boatyard.20 Flying Cloud Yachts.212 Foredeck, The.26 Friendly Foam Shops.86 General Yachts, Inc.207,209 Gianola & Sons.4 Golden State International.

33 Gorman & Thomson.5 Joe Harris Clothing.43

Don Hatler Yachts.210 Haynes Sails.95 Hans Christian Yachts.73 Hinckley Pacific, Inc.39 Hogin Sails.81 Horizon Charters.61 Horizon Sails.37 J/Boats West.59 J/World.86 Johnson Hicks.41 Peter Jones Yacht Brokerage .213 Land-Trade — Kramer.206 Leading Edge Sails.22 Bill Lee Yachts.36 Magic Key Realtors.40 Marin Custom Boat Repair. , . 205 Marin Marine.16,26 Marin Motorsports.4 Marin Yacht Sales.30 Marina Bay.50 Marine Engineering.58 Marine Market Place.26 Marine Monitor by RMS.82 Mariner/Santa Cruz.69 Mariner Square Yachts. .24,25,73 Maritime Electronics.10 Maritime Legal Services.10 Maskell Marine Services.51 McGinnis Insurance.58 Meridian Books.205 Metropolitan Yacht Club. ... 183 Monterey Bay Fiberglass.16 Monterey Bay Yacht Center 209 Motorcycles Unlimited.22 Nau#T#Kol Marine Refrigeration.10 Nicro/Fico.22 Nikko Enterprises.69 NorCal Boatyard.83

North Sails.38 Ocean Yachts.74 O’Neill’s.14 Pacific Coast Canvas.53 Pacific Delta Insurance.54 Pacific Publishers.155 Pacific States Yachts.48 Palo Alto Harbor Association. 182 Paradise Cay.53 Kermit Parker Yacht Sales.8 Passage Yachts.6,7,9,82 Peninsula Marine Services.82 Point Bonita Yachts.108,109

Sika Corporation.84 Skipper’s Yacht Sales.214 Slocum Yachts.62 Smith & Co.70 Sobstad Sails.47.71 Solar Electric Engr’g.68 Spinnaker Shop. The.72 Starbuck Canvas Works.79 Star Marine Electronics.46 Sunset Yachts.60 Sutter Sails.75 Svendsen’s Boat Wks.65 System Three Resins.71 Tatoosh Marine.88 Tedrick-Higbee Insurance 54 Tradewind Instruments Ltd. . 64 TransPak Insurance.85

Pryde Sails.55 Pusser’s Rum.15 R Yacht Sales.209 Railmakers.97 Richards & van Heeckeren.3 Richmond Boatworks.40 Richmond Yacht Service.86 Alexander Roberts Co.76

U.S. Yacht Bureau.20 Vallejo Marine.26 Ventura West Marina.74 Voyager Marine.80,182 Walnut Creek Honda.70 Wells Fargo.21 West Marine Products . . 87,88.89.90,91,92,93.95.97

Sailboat Shop, The.2 Sailboats at Shilsole.206 Sailnetics.84 S.F. Bay Boat,Brokers.213 S.F. Boatworks.84 S.F. Federal Savings.79 San Francisco Yacht Service. .95 San Leandro Marine Center, Inc.77

Western Chrome Plating. . . . 182

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Will Trade Twenty pristine acres of alpine meadow and gently sloping wooded hillside northwest of Truckee at 7000 feet elevation. This beautiful property adjoins the national forest preserve and boasts several lovely building sites. It is fed by cold, clear springwater and will put its owner near fine trout-fishing streams and breezy lakes for daysailing.

For Your Cruising Sailboat ...or $79,000, if your passions run both nautical and alpine.

36 FOOT DANISH DESIGN BY NIELS JEPPESEN “SAILING IMPRESSIONS'‘ bv Tom Wvlie in “Bav & Delta”.February ’82 “We moved well under #7genoa and main, but under spinnaker we really took off.” “The in-' terior just simply had all the little things you would expect in a boat costing much more.”

WON: 1st Silver Eagle Race, 5/83. PHRF Divl.

2nd Mid-Winter Races, Corinthian Yacht Club, 1/84 Reduced from $65,000

I am willing to discuss just about anything that will result in a little salt spray in my face. A descriptive flier and photos are available on the property.

Bruce Kramer 20 Montsalas Drive Monterey, CA 93940

(408) 649-7809 days or(408) 649-8640 eves

PURCHASE PRICE: $49,900 Partnership Also Available

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Many of these boat owners desire trade for a propertf or home in Marin, Wine Country or Russian River. Broker inquiries invited.

Jim Graser, Trade Specialist (415) 331-1585

52,500 Garden ketch...

35,000 Farallon.try Clipper Freya.try RE trade 75,000 Steel ketch... try 35,000 Denmark sip. try 88,000 Flinckley ywl.try 120,000 Loki, bristol!...

59,000 C&C. 135,000 Wm Garden.... ketch 115,000 Hans Christ, try ketch 132,000 Cutter.

Westsail ktch.try RE trade 210,000 Perry cutter....

Lancer m.s.. .try RE trade 195,000 Moody m.s.

214,000 Gulfstar.

Loan FD 12.. .Assume 69,000 Cheoy Lee. 55,000 Steel cutter.

180,000 S&S yawl.... try POWER 125,000 Chris.try Commander 180,000 Chris Connie , try Flybridge NEW Chris.

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For Sale By Owner Custom Built Traveler 32 Cutter "Charisma” was bought to cruise, but personal circumstances now force the sale of this fine yacht.

Designed by Phillip Rhodes, these fast & comfortable cruisers have compiled an enviable cruise record.

Custom-built in the U.S. in 1978, this yacht is exceptional & not to be compared with production boats or other Travelers.

The finest materials & workmanship went into the building of this one-of-a-kind yacht. She is superbly finished inside & out.

She has been little used & maintained in like-new condition; low hours on engine; sails & rig in excellent condition.

Construction: Fiberglass hull, teak over fiberglass deck, teak hatches & trim, 11 bronze opening ports, 2 deck ventilators, large capacity fuel & water tanks. Large, well insulated ice box.

Rig: Cutter rigged, triple stitched cruising sails, boom gallows, tapered LP painted spar w/airfoil spreaders, heavily rigged, 3 Barient halyard winches, 2-speed Barient sheet winches.

Equipment: 2 C.Q.R.’s, all chain rode, windlass, diesel engine, VHF, 300-ft/fathom depthsounder, Signet instruments, diesel heater, stove w/oven, 3 batteries, stereo, & much more.

If you are looking for avpeautiful, fast cruising yacht this one’s a must see!

This yacht is seriously for sale.

The asking price is $62,900.00.

Phone Linda: (415) 853-5406 days, (415) 366-8399 eves or Nick: (415) 855-5465 days

SAMSON DESIGN 55’ KETCH 55 hp BMC diesel, 3KW diesel generator, Wagner hydraulic steering system with two station steering.

Outfitted and built as a live-aboard/cruiser. Full walk-in galley, gas range with oven & broiler, microwave, refrig., water pressure system. Complete sail inventory with matching muli-colored jib and mizzen staysail. Three additional pages of inventory. $90,000.

1-(619)-224-7792 after 7 p.m. & weekends

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LUDERS CHEOYLEE Boat just hauled & in bristol condition. Too much equipment to list.

One time at $59,500.

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YACHT SALES IN VALLEJO TO SERVE THE NORTH BAY

Robert Perry design; pristine condition; long cabin pilothouse; Perkins 4-108 49 h.p. diesel aux.; dinghy & davits; shower; refrigeration; windlass; self-tailing winches; knotmeter; ADF; two VHF’s; annenometer and windspeed plus much more; great liveaboard. $92,000.

37 HUNTER CUTTER 23’ 24’ 26’ 26’ 26’ 30’

SELECTED SAIL Aquarius w/trailer. . . .10,000 Triumph Tri w/trlr.2,500 Nor'Sea p.h. cruiser. .33,000 Ranger, many extras. 11,500 Thunderbird.2,800 Coronado.25,000

SELECTED POWER 16’ Apolla Jet skiboat w/trlr4,250 20' Enterprise o.b.7,500 22’ SeaRay 225, new motor..10,000 28’ Bay City Buda powered.11,500

FREEDOM YACHT Dealer/See Our Video Listings

(707) 557-5550 24 FLORIDA STREET, VALLEJO, CA 94590

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24’

PERFECT BAY BOAT, FULL KEEL WITH CENTERBOARD. BEAUTIFUL WOOD INTERIOR JUST REFINISHED. BRAND NEW VHF, :l HEAD, STERN RAIL, LIFELINES, INTERIOR LIGHTS, CUSHIONS, TEAK FLOOR AND MORE! SHELTERED BERKELEY BERTH. BETTER THAN NEW CONDITION. CRAIG GRAHAM, LODI, (209) 369-8520 EVES

“ODYSSEY” IS FOR SALE Like new 1979 CAL 39’.

“Corinthian” sloop sailboat with Monterey Marina slip. $105,000.

Race equipped with cruising accomodations. Tall rig, twin spreaders, rod rigging, Navtec hydraulic backstay & boom vang, headfoil, 12 Barient winches, 2 propellers (fold’g Martec & cruis'g 3-blade), Perkins 4-108 dsl eng., 2 spinnakers w/pole, strut & gear, main sail, mylar 150%, dacron 150%, 130% genoas, & 98% jib, Loran C & full Signet instrumentation.

1979 Model — aft cabin, seperate shower, wheel steering, 5 sails including booster; water heater; electronics plus more. Bristol.

MAY SPECIAL: $51,500

WE GUARANTEE A BERTH WITH EVERY BOAT WE SELL — NEW OR BROKERAGE SAIL BOATS 24’ COLUMBIA/CHALLENGER ’66 aux. 10 h.p.. Good Buy. 25’ CAL sloop, ’68, 3 sails, ’81 aux.. Clean...

25’ GREAT DANE ’56, full keel classic planked mahog. hull, Atomic 4. Quality Boat.

26’ EXCALIBER ’78, 7.5 h.p. auxiliary. Owner Anxious. .

28.54 POINTIN 29 ’77 sip, full race, 9 sails. Loaded.

29’ ERICSON ’77, sloop, 4 sails, new Atomic 4. Very Clean.

29’ COLUMBIA ’66 sloop, S&S design, 5 sail, Atomic 4, exc. cond.

30’ LANCER ’77, diesel aux., inc spinnaker plus much more.

30’ TARTAN sloop ’74, S&S design, Atomic 4, 3 sails, electronics.

30’ ISLANDER ’73 sloop, Atomic 4, price just reduced by owner.

30’ OLSON ’78, rebuilt ’83, 7 sails, Loran plus more! Owner anxious.

30’ O’DAY ’79 sip, dsl aux., 4 sails, loaded, big 30 footer.

35’ ERICSON ’80 sloop, dsl aux., loaded, sharp!.

35’ CAL sloop, ’80, diesel aux., 5 sails, loaded, inc Avon dinghy, sharp.

36’ MARINER ketch ’79, Perkins 49 hp dsl. Garden design, loaded, like new...

37’ TAYANA ’83 Mk II, pristine condition, loaded, w/dodger, Tanbark sails..

37’ TAYANA ’80 p.h. cutter, Perkins‘4-108, mint cond, loaded, see to appreciate..

37’ HUNTER cutter ’79, 4 sails, aft cabin, sharp.

38’ STONE Schooner, planked hull calssic, beautiful!..

42’ CSTM EXCALIBUR sip ’81. Crealock dsgn, pristine cond., all the right equipment.

44’ CHEOY LEE AUX. KTCH ’80, Perry dsgn, 40 h.p. dsl, elect, great liveaboard...

45’ EXPLORER ketch ’79, ctr ckpt, spacious cruiser, loaded, cruise ready, owner anxious.

50’ GULFSTAR KETCH MKII, ’79, custom, beautiful.

52’ TAYANA cutter ’84, all new Perry design on display, come & inspect.

55’ TAYANA cutter ctr cockpit, all new contemporary design on display now!..

TRAWLERS 33’ LA PAZ, ’72, sedan w/Flybridge, Ford Lehman 120 hp dsl., reasonable fixer-upper..

34’ CALIFORNIAN w/Flybridge, twn Perkins dsl, radar, a.p.,VHF, + much more, has salmon license & comm doc, marked down to sell.

WINDERS.

KELLY MORGAN, BROKER

MONTEREY BAY YACHT CENTER sistership

(408) 375-2002

(415) 834-8232

Oakland, California 94607

OPEN 7 DAYS — AFTER 6 P.M. BY APPOINTMENT

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Dave Garrett Dave Garrett Sailing 455 SEAPORT CT„ P.O. BOX 5525, REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063 (415) 367-7212

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’81 S2 GRAND SLAM w/trl RACE RIGGED $15,000 77 Mark w/trl, roomy, swing keel. 15,000 76 Ranger, great starter boat. 14,000 77 Santana 525, custom interior, 4 bags . 15,500 78 Ericson dsl, spin, Owner anxious .... 28,000 '82 Stiletto, gofast Cat w/trl. 27,900 78 Columbia 8.3, Clean, roomy, ib/gas . . . 28,500 77 O’Day, ob, immaculate. 21,500 79 SUN, Perry design, very clean. 27,500 ’81 Islander, dsl, spin, very popular. 37,500 79 O’Day, dsl, great buy. 32,000 70 Ericson, reblt Atomic 4, 5 bags. 34,000 74 Westsail, one of the best. 55,000 ’80 Ericson, tri-cabin. 97,800 76 Downeast, for the traditionalist. 74,000

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1978 aft cabin sloop one owner, many extras auto pilot, electronics refr. & nat. gas stove life raft & dingy five sails incl. spin. diesel heater & dodger anchor windlass & stereo COYOTE POINT BERTH sistership

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36’ Islander Freeport ’81

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-$H5tf0T $104,900

50’ Californian 1981 $289,500

27’ C/S Sip ’79 -$265500- $23,500

35’ Finclipper -$45i60T $39,500

35’ Monk ’68 -$39;50r $35,900

36’ Stephens 1949 $30,000

46’ Californian 1981 $275,000

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45’ 45’ 44’ 44’ 43’ 42’ 41’ 41’ • 41’ 41’ 40’ 40’ 39’ 37’ 37’ 37’ 37’ 37’ * 36’ * 35’ 35’ 33’ 32’ 32’ 31’ 30’ 30’30’ 30’ 29 28’ 27’ ★ 27’ .26’ 25’ 25’

SAIL Formosa custom ketch, ’79.

Gulfstar ktch, ’79,’80..2 from Gulfstar Sailmaster ktch,'79,’79,'81.. 3 frm Alden,’46 .

C & L Marine ktch,’79.

Gulfstar sloop, ’81.

Peterson sloop, ’75.

Westsail ketch, ’76.

Cooper Pilothouse sloop,’81 .

Cheoy Lee ketch,’80.

Downeast P.H. cutler, ’80.

Morgan ketch,’74.

Newport sloop, ’79.

Cheoy Lee Offshore yawl, ’74 .

Valiant cutter, ’79.

Cavalier sloop, ’76.

Apache, ’79..., ...

Fisher ktch Motorsaiier, ’80.

Fisher Motorsaiier, ’78., ..

Island Trader ktch,’77.

Ranger sloop, ’74 .

Islander Freeport sip, ’81.

Finnclipper sip M.S.,’71.

Yorktown Yachts sip,’78.

U.S. Yachts sloop,’81.

Ericson sloop,’74.

Westsail cutter, ’74.

Crane Bros, racing sloop,’76.

Bristol sloop, ’77.

Fisher Motorsaiier, ’76.

Fisher Motorsaiier, ’75.

Willard Vega M.S., ’74.

Rhodes sloop, ’38.

Ranger sloop, ’78.

Balboa sloop,’80.

CS sloop,’79.

Cheoy Lee sloop,’64.

Samurai sloop, ’70.

Santana V4 Tor., ’73.

$175,000 170,000 210,000 30,000 120,000 172,500 117,500 125,000 127,500 89,500 85,000 79,500 85,000 77,000 149,000 68,900 44,500 118,500 98,000 63,000 84,000 104,900 39,500 61,000 51,000 32,950 67,500 38,000 54,900 69,500 62,500 • 44,950 23,000 27,950 19,750 23,500 14,900 10,000 10,900

78’ 68’ 65’ 63’ 63’ 57’ 52’ 50’ 50’ 47’ 47’ 46’ 45’ 45’ 45’ 44’ 43’ 42’ 42’ 42’ 42’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 37’ 37’ • 37’ 36’ 3,6’ 36’ 36’ 35’.

POWER Feadship, ’64 .

Pacemaker, ’69.

Pacemaker, ’72 .

Bertram,’71.

Halvorsen, ’71.

Chris CrftConstellation, ’68.

Bluewater M.Y., ’82.

Californian, ’81.. ..

Defcver Trawler,’78.

Bluewater M.Y., (2)’82.2 from Master Fab Housebt,’79,’80,’81.3 frm Californian,’81,’81.2 frm Bluewater Sedan, ’79.

Carl Craft Houseboat, ’80 .

Southwest Boatyard, ’62.

Gulfstar M.Y., ’79 .

Chris Craft Corinthian,’66.

Gibson Houseboat,’82 .

Hatteras, ’80.

Owens Aruba, ’66 .

Thompson Houseboat, ’61.

Bluewater Sedan, ’79 .

Bluewater Flybridge, ’79.

Cruise-A-Home, ’73.

Trojan F40, ’79.

Vega Sport Fisher, ’75.

Bertram,’70.

Chris Craft tri-cabin, ’67.

Gulfstar,’80.

Harbor Master Hsbt, ’80.

Pacemaker Sportftsher, ’72.

Californian trawler.

Colonial, ’62.

Master Fab Houseboat, (2)’79.2 frm Carver, aft cabin, ’82.

Chris Craft tri-cabin,’51.

Gibson Houseboat,’80.

Stephens, ’49.-■..

Pacific Sportfisher,’68.

Tower Park Delta. Fest Mav 11-13

750,000 350,000 400,000 390,000 390,000 205,000 190,000 289,500 185,000 170,000 32,000 237,500 120,000 66,000 83,500 210,000 74,900 45,500 205,000 85,000 39,500 96,000 82,500 45,000 160,000 83,000 120,000 73,000 139,500 45,950 100,000 69,500 34,900 28,000 98,500 21,500 46,000 30,000 35,900

35’ 34’ 34’ 34’ 33’ 33’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 32’ 31’ 31,’ 30’ 29’ 28’ 26’ 24’ 19’ 40’ 26’

51’ 40’ 40’ -38’ 36’ 34’ 32’ 28’ 28’ 23’ 21’ 19’ 41’ 36’ 35’ 27’

Roughwater Trawler,’73.

Fiberform Executive, ’78.

Mainship,’78.

Silverton, ’83....

Carver, ’80.

Luhrs,’67.

Grand Banks, ’79.

Luhrs,’72.

Pacemaker, ’65..

Tollycraft, ’65.

Trojan F/B Express, ’73.

Monterey, ’78.

Wellcraft Suncruiser, ’81.

Tollycraft, ’72.

Fisher Craft Houseboat, ’80 .

Hunter, ’50.

Carver, ’80.

Bayliner,’79.

Mastercraft, ’79 .

COMMERCIAL FISHING BOATS LCVP Converted,’45.

Farallon, ’81. * AT OCR DOCKS POWER — NEW Boatel, ’84. ...v.

Mainship Aft Cabin, ‘84.

Silverton, ’84.

Californian, ’84.

Carver Marines, ’84.

Mainship, ’84.

Carver Aft Cabin,’84.

Carver Mariner, ’84.

Carver Riviera, ’84.

IMP, ’84.

IMP, ’84.

IMP Bow Roller,’84 .

SAIL — CSED Morgan ketch, ’74.

Islander Freeport,’81.

Finnclipper, ’71.

C S Sloop, ’79.

49,000 62,500 64,000 71,950 68,500 35,590 80,000 44,950 21,500 9,995 39,500 25,000 77,900 35,950 22,000 8,000 34,950 14,500 9,900 25,000 39,900

185,133 144,020 124,920 175,627 144,277.05 75,970 92,201.25 70,196.60 68,485.60 25.495 23,154 21,021 79,500 104,900 39,500 23,500

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SAIL Dsl. Cruis’g ketch w/cntrbrd, ’59, steel. $180,000 Nelson/Marek ctrbrd cuttr, alum. $240,000 Schooner, 'll, \vd, sd. $225,000 Woods Shutes schooner, ’26, wd, sd.$63,800 Formosa ketch, ’80, fg, sd.. >.. $205,000 Enderlein sloop, ’57, wd, sg.$98,500 Kettenburg Urg ketch, ’65, wd, sg. $118,000 Kettenburg ketch, '63, wd, sg. $110,000 TransPac 49 ketch, ’79, fg, sd. $152,000 Alden ketch, ’75, wd, sd.$95,000 Cal 2-46 sloop, ’69. $150,000 Formosa cutter,’81, fg, sd. $119,000 Kettenburg, ’69, wd, sd. $119,000 Tri-hull, ’83, fg, sd. $120,000 Custom sloop, ’82. $198,000 Freedom ketch, ’74, fg, sd. $140,000 Gibb cutter, ’72.,J. $149,500 Hans Christian ketch, ’78, fg, sd. $132,000 Westsail,’76, fg, sd. $154,000 Pearson ketch,’81, fg, sd. $139,000 Pearson 424 sloop, ’80, fg, sd. $139,900 Westsail cutter, ’78, fg, sd.,,. $135,000 CT41 ketch,’75, fg, sd.\.$67,000 CT 41, ’73,’73, (2) from.$72,000 CT 41, pilothouse ketch, ’74, fg, sd.j, , $79,500 Lord Nelson cutter, ’83,’82, (2) from.... $164,500 Morgan Ol, ’75, fg, sd.$89,000 Formosa Yankee Clipper, ’73...$78,500

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Atomic 4, owner wants to sell - Offers please!

40’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 39’ 39’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’ 38’

Anacapa42 ketch, ’74, fg, sd.

CheoyLee Offshore, '69, fg, sd.

Mariner ketch, ’71, sd.

Olson, ’83.

Sea Wolf ketch, ’69, wd, sd...

Cal 39, sloop, fg, sd.

Cal 39 sloop, '78, fg, sd.

Alajueia cutter Mkll, ’78, fg, sd.

Catalina, ’80, fg, sd.

Cheoy Lee sloop, ’83,’80, (2) from.

Hans Christian, ’81, fg, sd.

Hans Christian trad., ’82, fg, sd.

Hans Christian MK11, ’80,’81, (2),from.

Hans Christian trad., '76, fg, sd.

106’ 75’ 74’ 65’ 64’ 63’ 55’ 53’ 53’

$115,000 . $79,500 . $84,000 $139,500 . $74,000 . $94,950 .$95,000 $100,000 . $63,500 $100,000 $115,000 $112,000 $109,000 . $89,900

Fisher motorsailer, ’78.

Ranger 37 sloop, '74, fg, sd.

Tayana cutter, ’78, fg, sd.

Cal-36, sloop, ’66, fg, sd.

Freeport, ’79,’78, (2) from.

Islander sips, ’76,'73, (2) from.

Albin Stratus sloop, ’81, fg, sd.

Cheoy Lee Lion sloop, ’65, fg, sd....

Cheoy Lee Lion sloop, ’64, fg, sg....

Ericson MKII sloop, ’71, fg, sg.

Ericson 34T sloop, ’78, fg, sg.

Hans Christian, ’78, fg, sd.

Roughwater sloop, ’75, fg, sd.

Cheoy Leem.s., '69, fg, sd.

Rhodes Traveller 32, cutter, fg, sd...

Ericson sloop, ’78, fg, sd.

Angleman ketch, ’57, wd, sd.

Catalina 30, ’80, fg, sd. .

POWER Ventnor, fd, my, fb, 1944/81, wd, td.

Classic Fantail MY, ’24, wd, td.

Nevins my, wd, td.

Stephens, my, ’31, wd, td.

Chris Craft, my, fb, ’51, wd, 3d.

Bertram, sf, ’79, fg, td.

Chris Craft, fd, my, ’59, wd, td.

Hatteras, yacht fisherman, '79, fg, td.

Hatteras, conv. sf, ’79, fg, td.

$125,000 . $84,000 . $83,000 .$37,500 . $96,000 . $62,000 . $79,000 . $55,000 .$43,000 . $49,000 . $53,000 . $69,000 .$44,000 . $54,000 . $69,900 . $49,500 .$39,500 .$30,000 $595,000 $160,000 $475,000 $180,000 $200,000 $577,500

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SEE US FOR ALL YOUR BOATING NEEDS SAIL 20’ FLICKA ’78 sloop.OFFERS 22’ SANTANA ’69 sloop.5,950 22’ STAR ’79 sloop.10,000 24’ C&C ’76 racer/cruiser,...14,950 24’ MOORE ’79 one-design sloop.. . 16,900 25’ KIRBY ’79 daysailor.16.000R 26’ PEARSON (3) sloops.frm 13,500 27’ ERICSON’74 sloop.16,500@R 27’ CAL T-2 ’73 well-rigged.19,000 27’O’DAY’76 sloop.22,500 27’ SANTA CRUZ’78 sloop.... 26,500@R 27’ CHEOY LEE O/S ’65 diesel. .. .26,500 28’ ERICSON '82 sloop diesel. . ... .49,950 29’ SOVERAL '64 sh.draft sloop... 16,500 29’ GULF PILOTHOUSE ’81 dsl.. .37,900 30’ IRWIN CITATION ’80 dsl.45,000 30’ BRISTOL ’67 sloop.27,000 30’ SANTANA ’76 sloop dsl.35,000@ 30' ISLANDER (2) sloops.. .. frm 29,750@ 30’ COLUMBIA ’72 sloop.29,900@ 30’ CLIPPER MARINE’75 sip.10,000 30’ CATALINA ’76 dsl sloop. . . .31,000@ 30’ FISHER ’73 PH ketch.56,000 30’ ERICSON ’68 sloop.29,900 30’ CAL 3-30’74 sloop.35,900 32’ PEARSON (2) sloops, . from 29,900@R 32’ CHEOY LEE ’78 dsl sloop.62,500 33’ TARTAN TEN ’78 one-design. .33,500 33’ CHEOY LEE ’79 Clipper ketch. .66,770 36’ ISLANDER ’72 sloop.,. .68,500* 36’ J/BOAT ’81 dsl sloop.110,000* 37’ ENDEAVOUR '79 cutter rig dsl79,000* 37’ ISLAND TRADER ’77 dsl ketch.63,000* 40’ OFFSHORE ’66 Cheoy Lee.84,500 40’ COLUMBIA ’65 by Morgan. ,55,000@ 40’ TR1NTELLA’’72 ctr ckpt ktch. 129,000 40’ HINCKLEY Bermuda yawl ’65 dsl.99,500* 41' NEWPORT S ’79 dsl sloop.75,000 41’ ISLANDER (2) sloops... .from 89,000 41’ MORGAN O/I '78 exc cond... 105,000 42’ GOLDEN WAVE ’81 dsl sip. 145,000@ 43’ WESTSAIL ’76 dsl ketch.... 125.000R

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CHEOY LEE 35' ANGLEMAN 31 KETCH A fine young “woodie”, very well built in 1966

by Hardin Shipyards of Japan. Loaded with cruising gear. MUST SELL. $42,900.

ISLANDER TRADER 37 Another fine Angleman design. This one built in 1977, fiberglass inboard diesel, nicely equipped.

Asking $63,000.

Trawler. Superb cruiser has excellent range and speed. Arriving in June!

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GULFSTAR ’78 ctr ckpt sip... 127,500 SPINDRIFT ’81 dsl cutter. ... 138,000* EXPLORER ’79 ctr ckpt ktch. 122,500* MORGAN ’79 ketch dsl.179,000@ OLYMPIC OFFSHORE ’74 dsl ketch.’.125,000 48’ CLIPPER ’79 Cheoy Lee sch...200,000 50’ FORCE 50 ’79 ketch, beauty.. 145.000R 51’ FORMOSA ketch ’78 p.h.168,000* 52’ CHEOY LEE M/S ’80 ketch.. .279,000 60’ VAN DEN AKKER ’56 M/S. . 230,000 70’ BERMUDA ’53 ktch gd chrtr. .295,000 WOOD 31’ ANGLEMAN ’66 ketch dsl. .. .42,900* 32’ HOLIDAY sloop ’65.23,000@ 33’ WYLIE ’79 by Peters w/dsl.. .75,000@ 33’ MASON, dbl-ended ’68 dsl.. .56.900R 35’ CHEOY LEE LION ’57 Robb classic.33,000@ 36’ GILMER cruising ketch ’61.... 109,000 37’ BLUENOSE SCHOONER ’47 .76,500 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER ’57 Stephens.65,000 39’ FREYA '76 strong ocean racerl50,000R 40’ MARINER ’68 ketch loaded... .90,000 40’ RHODES’41 sloop.44,500* 40’ KETTENBERG *61 sip.45,000 42’ GARDEN DSGND ktch ’75 dsll35,000* 62’ LAPWORTH ’62 wrld cruz.. .295,000* POWER 28’ CAVALIER Express Cruiser.... 13,888 30’ TROJAN EXPRES ’76 f/b... .38,000* 33’ OWENS ’66 twn engines.24,000@ 40’ MONK ’75 sportfisher 2 dsls... .83,000 42’ CALIFORNIAN ’80.149,000 44’ MIDNIGHT LACE ’82.240,000 45’ NEWPORT ’70 p.h. trawler.. 149,000* 52’ MIDNIGHT LACE ’82.350,000 65’ COM’L TROLLER M/Y, ’78 f/g 5 dsls.300.000R 68’ NORTH SEA ’63 trawler.295;000 90’ CHEOY LEE ’83 MY, esquisite. .2.2M

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Falmouth Cutter.

Electra.

Bristol.

Ariel..

Albin Vega. .

Triton. .

Cal 2-29. ., .

O’Day . ., .u

7979 7967..

1967..

1963..

7976 7966 . .

1975..

Cheoy Lee Offshore Ketch. 1967 .

Traveller . 7976 ..

Targa Slooo .198t N Cal 34 .. ..2 amiable . ’68, W Islano Tracer Ketch .

7977 lngr'd retch . 7977. j Cheoy lee Midshipman Ketch 1975

$29,900.00 . 6,000.00 10,500.00 t11,500.00 22,500.00 19,000.00 . 31,500.00 . 42,000.00 . 35,000.00 72,500.00 \ 85,000.00 . Inquire

i 63,000.00 [ 88,000.00 f. 95,000.00 127,500.00

29’ 34' 35’ 36’ 38’ 40’ 40’ 40’ 45’ 50’

Auxiliary .fill Master Mariner Roberts 35 Steel Ci Gilmer Auxiliary Ketchl Fatal lone Clipper.

Master Mariner Cutter.

Sparkman & Stephens , Kettenburg K-40 N.Z. Cstm World Cruising Lapworth/Cheoy Lee Sloop

23’ 24’ 30’ 38’ 38’

Tremolino Tri with trailer.

Reinell.,.

1978.

Pacemaker Sportfisher. 1965 .

Pacemaker Sportfisher. 1965 .

Fellows & Stewart dbl cabin cruiser... 1931

1982 1979 I960 1936 1953 1961 1974 1962

. 15,000.00 .. 4,500.00 . 35,000.00 . 99,900.00 . 46,000.00 . 59,000.00 . 93,500.00 . 45,000.00 124,950.00 . 75,000.00 . . 5,600.00 . 15,500.00 . 14,500.00 39,995.00 . 12,000.00

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20’ W1NDROSE; trlr/outboard/lifelines and pulpits; ’80. $6,250 21’ VENTURE; trlr/outboard; good starter.4,250 22’ CHRYSLER; choose from 2; 1 with fixed keel; 1 swing.6.900& UP 23’ RANGER; 1973; 4 sails; excellent buy for S.F. Bay. .9,900 24’ WINDWARD; full keel; ’67; one owner boat; much loved.6,600 25’ CORONADO; 2 available; one loaded, one fixer-upper.from 7,900 25’ HUNTER; very clean; seven sails..6,500 26’ WOOD SLQOP; 1937; full keel.10,000 26’ RANGER; '72; 10 hp Honda; very nice.12,900 26’ PEARSON: choose from 2; very good boats.from 13,500 27’ MORGArtf; ’74; w/2 yr. old diesel; 4 sails; owner anxious... .22,250 27’ CATALIN^; ’78; 5 sails inch spinnaker/and all instruments.21,900 28’ O'DAY; ’79; radio/depth/stereo; submit all offers.23,500 28’ ISLANDERS: leading Bay one-desJfen; choose from two.34,000 28’ SAN JUAN; 3 sails; Atomic 4; 1978..!26,950 28’ PEARSON; 1977; new listing. ..31,500 28’ HALSEY/BERGER wood full keel sloop; 5 sails; nice.12,500 29’ CAL, 2-29; diesel; pedestal; 5 sails; good buy; ’74.27,900 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA; 1980; diesel; pedestal; many extras.34,900 3i’ PEARSON; ’78; instruments; 8 sails; gas & pedestal.49,500 32’ ERICSON; just listed; gas; 4 sails..32,000 32’ ISLANDER; ’77; beautiful interior; spacious yacht.51,500 34’ CAL; 1978; diesel; 2 sails.49,500 34’ SUNSET; wood classic, teak decks; full keel sloop; 4 sails.14,900 36’ ISLANDERS: choose from 2; both gas; good buys from.53,000 36’ HUNTER; 1980; diesel; many extras; very nice.58,900 36’ FREEPORT; pilothouse cruising model; unique design.Inquire 37’ O’DAY; ’79; cruising equipped; clean; hardly used.69,500 38’ C&C; many extras; 3 sails; instruments.99,500 40’ CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE; f/g; loaded with electronics.189,500

PETER JONES YA CHT BROKERA GE (415) 386-5870 BUYERS: If you’re looking for a boat & don’t see it here, or if you don’t know which boat among the many alternatives will satisfy your sailing needs, then please call. My listings change constantly, & 1 may have some suggestions if you haven’t decided on a specific boat.

BOAT OF THE MONTH 37’ TARTAN 78 Rare deep keel version of this Sparkman & Stephens design. Beautifully suited to West Coast waters. Below market at $75,000.

SAIL 54’ RHODES YWL ’49. Beautiful classic. Much recent work.$135,000 41’ PERRY CUTTER ’79. Extremely well built fast cruising boat in immaculate condition with Perkins dsl, wheel, Combi instruments, teak interior, Australian spars & rigging and more.130,000 40’ DANISH 8 METER ’57. Mahogany planks. Diesel. 40,000 40’ TRINTELLA ’72. Quality cruising ketch. Ready.129,000 40’ MARINER KETCH. SatNav, auto, dinghy, Barients, etc., etc. $58,500 39’ L1DGARD CUTTER ’81. Cold-molded beauty, diesel. 95,000 38’ FARALLONE CLIPPER ’60. Excellent condition. Diesel. INQUIRE 38’ MASON ’69. Well-built wood cruising ketch, bronze fast, dsl. INQUIRE 37’ ISLAND TRADER KETCH ’77. Much upgrading done on this Angleman design. Ready to cruise.

63,000 37’ IRWIN ’81. Aft cabin, center cockpit. Like new. . 73,000 37’ ENDEAVOUR SLOOP ’82. New boat in excellent shape. 89,500 36’ ISLANDER ’78. Very clean, Barients, CNG, diesel. INQUIRE 35’ MARINER KETCH ’64. Much work done 1982. INQUIRE 34’ CAL ’69. Clean, well rigged Lapworth design with Barients, new engine and good sail inventory. INQUIRE 34’ COLUMBIA ’70. Roomy liveaboard with refrigeration, wheel, VHF, RDF, and custom reinforced hull. 34,900 33’ PILOT CUTTER ’39. Dsl., Loranj Master Mariners Vet. 37,500 32’ ERICSON ’74. Clean with VHF, knotlog, depth and wheel. 32,000 32’ CHALLENGER ’73. Roomy fiberglass, San Francisco slip. 48,900 32’ LAPWORTH SLOOP ’60. Strip-planked mahog., clean & fast.!. 29,500 32’ ARIES ’77. Comfortable cruising boat. Diesel, VHF, etc. 45,000 30’ U.S. ’81. Volvo dsl, stereo, hot pressure water. 36,000 30’ SANTANA ’80. Like new condition with VHF, RDF, dsl & wheel.... 39,000 30’ NORTHSTAR 1000 ’73. Fast S&S sloop, Atomic 4 . 25,000 30’ LANCER ’76. Rooy sip.’, dsl., distress sale.. INQUIRE 30’ ENGLISH SLOOP ’69. Singlefiander, vane, Avon, diesel & more... OFFER 30’ PEARSON ’79. Atomic 4, VHF, clean. OFFER 29’ C&C ’78. Good inventory and diesel. Bargain Price!!. INQUIRE 27’ CAL 2-27 ’76. Original owner. Very clean.INQUIRE 27’ CAL 2-27 ’76. Clean class boat from Great Lakes. Extras. INQUIRE 27’ SANTANA ’67. Race equipped, VHF, Hondo o.b.'.. 16,500 27’ ALBIN VEGA ’76. Dodger, 5 sails, diesel, very clean. 22,500 26’ BALBOA ’74. Lots of gear, trailer, Honda o.b. 13,900 26’ ERICSON ’67. Very clean Crealock designed sloop. OFFER 25’ KIRBY SLOOP ’79. Well equipped by Laser designer. 16,000 24’ GLADIATOR ’68. Two of these popular one-designs. INQUIRE 24’ NIGHTINGALE ‘72. By Wylie. 7 sails & outboard, clean. 12,000

POWER 42’ CALIFORNIAN ’78. .American built trawler w/twin turbo charged dsls, flybridge. Very clean, ready for liveaboard, Delta cruis’g, committee boat, etcl30,000 35’ ROUGHWATER TRAWLER ’73. Much loved aft cabin Ed Monk design. 52,500

40’ PEARSON; 7 sails; excellent condition.120,000 40’ ISLANDER PETERSON; TransPac equipped; replace at $140,000.95,000 41 ’ 41’ 41’ 43’ 44’

FREEPORT ISLANDER; ready for world cruise. . 135,000 FREEPORT ISLANDER; ketch; creative financing.119,900 CHEOY LEE; offshore ketch; bristol condition.109,000 HANS CHRISTIAN; ketch; ’79; teak decks; sharp.120,000 PETERSON; ’75; diesel: refrig.; liveaboard.117,500 MANY OTHERS — INQUIRE

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SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in gd. cond. & want an honest & capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration and the inevitable bizzare Snafu, please call and list your boat.

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SAIL 5’ ALDEN. 50’ FORCE 50’.

47’ OLYMPIC. 46’SEA STAR. 45’C&L EXPLORER. . . .

44’ PETERSON. 44’ CHEOY LEE. 44’ RHODES. 43’ WESTSAIL. 42’ ALDEN. 42’ SPENCER. 42’ PRAT. 41’ MORGAN. 41’ CT. 41’ FORMOSA. 41’ FREEPORT. 41’ C&C REDLINE. 40’ TRINTELLA_ 40’ MARCONI. 38’ C&C. 38’ FARALLONE. 37’ ISLAND TRADER. . .

37’ WANDERBIRD. 36’ ERICSON. 35’ YORKTOWN. 35’ CORONADO. 35’ SANTANA. 34’ FORMOSA. 33’ RANGER. 32’ ENDEAVOUR. 32’ ERICSON. 32’TRAVELLER. 32’ ISLANDER. 32’ COLUMBIA. 30’ CORONADO. 30’ LANCER. 30’ ISLANDER. 30’ COLUMBIA. 30’ ALBERG. 30’ P-30.

. . .$100,000 .150,000 .... 128,500 .185,000 . . . .139,000 . . . . 117,500 . . . .160,000 . . . . 140,000 .... 150,000 .45,000 . 69,500 . 69,000 .97,000 .80,000 .69,900 ... . 119,900 . . . .110,000 .... 129,000 . 65,000 . . . A 59,500 .... .46,000 .63,000 . 73,000 .79,900 . 67,000 . 44,000 . 66,800 .72,000 . 47,000 . 68,000 .32,950 . 69,900 .34,500 .10,500 . 27,500 . 35,000 3 frm 28,000 . 33,000 . 30,000 .14,900

30’CLIPPER MARINE.15,000 30’ CATALINA. . ..36,000 30’ERICSON ...29,900 30’ BEN FORD.60,000 25’ CATALINA.*:.17,000 25’ HUNTER.6,500 25’ CHEOY LEE.22,000 25’ O’DAY.21,000 25’ NORTHSTAR.18,000 25’ WING.16,000 25’ VENTURE.8,500 25’TANZER.10,500 25’ FOX. 24,000 25’ SEIDLMAN.18,500 25’ SANTANA.17,000 25’ LANCER.13,900 25’ CORONADO.. . .2 frm 8,500 25’ CHEOY LEE.5,600 25’ CAL.2 from 7,500 25’ CAL.19,800 25’ BAYLINER.14,250 24’ WINDWARD.8,900 24’ NEPTUNE.17,300 24’ GLADIATOR.7,200 24’ NEWPORT w/trlr.13,500 24’ EMERSON. 4,200 24’ISLANDER BAHAMA.7,500 24’ CAL.5,950 24’ SAN JUAN.12,500 24’J-24.18,000 23’ RANGER.13,600 23’ SAN JUAN.13,500 23’ COX.9,000 23’ BEAR.12,500 23’ PEARSON.10,000 22’ COLUMBIA.7,000 22’ CATALINA.7,000 22’ BRISTOL.8,500 21’ WILDERNESS.11,500 21’ SPIRIT.9,600 20’ NEWPORT.7,500 20’ MARIEHOLM.18,000 20’ CAL.4,500 19’ HURLEY MARINE.4,500

POWER 65’ COLLEDGE wd.'.280,000 61’ STEPHENS. 225,000

60’ 60’ 57’ 57’ 55’ 50’ 47’ 45’ 45’ 44’ 44’

STEPHENS. CUSTOM-MY. CHRIS CRAFT. CARRI CRAFT. CLASSIC. CHRIS CRAFT. SUWANEE HBT. MATHEWS. COMM FISHER. GULFSTAR. MARINE TRADER. 42’ OWENS ARUBA. 42’GRAND BANKS. 42’ GOLDEN GATE. 42’ MATHEWS. 41’ MATHEWS. 41’ BELL BOY. 41’ CHRIS CRAFT. 40’ COMM FISHER. 40’ CHRIS CRAFT. 40’ VEGA. 40’ OWENS TAHITIAN. 40’ MARINE TRADER. . . .

40’ EGG HARBOR. 38’ HUNTER. 37’ PEARSON. 37’ SAN FRANCISCAN . .

37’ GOLDEN GATE. 37’ BRISTOL BAY. 37’ SAN FRANCISCAN . .

37’ CI-IRIS CRAFT. 36’ CHRIS CRAFT. ......

36’ TROJAN. 36’ ROUGHWATER. 36’ SILVER QUEEN HBT. 36’ GULFSTAR..

36’SLEEK CRAFT. 36’ GOLDEN GATE. 36’ COMM FISHER. 35’ OWENS. 34’ LIZZIE M CLASSIC. . .

34’ NAUTALINE HBT. .. .

34’ CHUNG WHA. 34’ CALIFORNIAN. 34’ CHRIS CRAFT. 33’ FIBERFORM. 33’ FIBERFORM FB. 33’ CARVER MARINE. . . .

33’ LUHRS..

32’GRAND BANKS. 32’ PACEMAKER. 32’ LUHRS. 32’TROJAN. 32’ CHRIS CRAFT.

175,000 . 360,000 .205,000 .125,000 . 69,950 .145,000 . .42,000 119,900 . .'60,000 205,000 116,000 . .85,000 . . 85,000 .139,000 . 50,000 . 44,000 .133,000 .135,000 , .50,000 . . 34,000 . 83,000 . 42,000 .115,000 . . . .173,500 . 49,950 . 55,000 .65,000 .82,500 .40,000 .65,000 .39,500 ..21,500 .3 frm 48,000 .49,000 .31,300 . 88,000 .42,000 .64,000 .25,000 . 27,500 .7,600 ...... 27,500 .63,500 . 67,500 .2 frm 24,000 .69,950 .70,000 .47,500 .34,950 .57,000 . 25,000 .49,500 ..58,950 .20,000

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ISLANDER $4,200 ' MAYA 6.750 BEAR 11.000 ' ERICSON 2 from 7.000 ' J 2 from 14,900 ' NIGHTINGALE 14.500 ' SAMOURAI OFFERS FARR SLOOP 2 from 13.000 DAVIDSON 25.000 FLEUR BLEU 8.000 • SANTANA 11.500/OFFER PACIFIC CLIPPER 13.000 ■ PETERSON 2 from 15.500 ' CORONADO 7.500 INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT 22.000 RANGER 2 Irom 14.000 ERICSON 27.000 ' CAL 2-27 22.500 SANTA CRUZ 2 from 18.000 MULL CUSTOM 2 from 13.000 ' ENGLISH SLOOP 26.000 1 HALBERGH SLP 12.500 ' ATKINS ENSENADA (F/G>‘ 7G)‘ 29.900 ' COLUMBIA 19.000 LANCER OFFERS ■ ISLANDER 34.900 ' CAL 3 from 28.500 ' BUCCANEER 36.000 RANGER 37.900 32.000 ■ CORONADO TARTAN 37.000 ' COLUMBIA 32.000 ■ CAL 3-30 34.500 WYLIE 3/4 TON 40.000 PEARSON 29.000 44.900 ISLANDER (BAHAMA) 39.500 ' BURNS 1 TON ' 36.000 ' US 33.000 ISLANDER MKII . 39.000 ■ FARR PETERSON OF OFFERS/TRADES 42.500 ' CENTURION 46.500 ■ NANTUCKET CLIPPER 'ISLANDER ' 2 from 52,500 ERICSON 32.000 CHEOY LEE 52.500 TARTAN 10 29.950 APHRODITE 101 49.500 WYLIE 75.000 CAL 39.000 CHRISTENSON 13.000 WYLIE 65.000 CORONADO 44.000 FUJI KETCH 69.000 A L BERG 45.000 ' S 2 SLOOP 70.000 LAPWORTH SLOOP 32.500 ' ISLANDER FREEPORT 2 from 100.000 ' ISLANDER 2 from 59.900 ' PEARSON 365 79.000 RAF.IKI CUTTER .

89.000 FISHER MKtl 125.000 ISLAND TRADER 63.000 CSC 2 from 59.500 FARR SLOOP ' 98.000 FARALLONE CLIPPER 2'from 46.000 124.900 ROGERS 'SALT SHAKER 92.500 ■CAL 59.500 ERICSON . 115.000 ' CSC 129.000 TRINTELLA IV • 139.500 ' OLSON FAST.BREAK’ 127.500 COOPER 416 145.000 WESTSAIL KETCH 149,000 DUBOIS 29.500 METER R BOAT 109.000 SWAN 185.000 ' SWAN 411 129.000 SSS ALUMINIM INCA 109.500 ' COLUMBIANS. 185.000 FUJI KETCH 195.000 MOODY CARBINEER 150,000 VAGABOND KETCH 125.000 OLYPMlC KETCH 200.000 SANTA CRUZ 2 Irom 165.000 GULFSTAR : MOTORCUTTER LUCIA 230.000 RACING/CRUISER NATOMA 270.000 MARCONI SLOOP 99.000 ONE DESIGN KETCH 850.000 •SAN FRANCISCO BERTH INCLUDED

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SWAN 43 CLASSIC. Flush deck mdl. Furling system, dodger, refer, B&G electronics, 12 Hood sails, very motivated seller has reduced price. Asking $109,000.

Considered to be one of the world’s finest boat builders. S&S design, luxurious interior, teak decks, & superb handling are just a few of the things for which Nautor is renowned. We have several other Swans for sale in Europe at very attractive prices. Give us a call with your requirements.

SWAN 431 Built in 1979 Very complete inventory, Loran, radar, B&G elec., steer’g vane, in perfect cond. reflecting exclnt care and little use. Very realistically priced at $185,000.

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PEARSON 365 KETCH RIG, diesel, dinghy, etc. You must see this boat! She’s in superb condition, and is ready to cruise. Seller is very friendly and will listen to offers.

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, inbrd dsl, excellent cond, dodger, self-tending jib, great Swedish const in a pocket cruiser. Will not last long at $22K.

• SPARKMAN & STEPHfwc 's beautiful todav J,HENS, she The finest alumin Ways wi" be. *x*s, Oita’"™ ™.«W. t..„ Tremendous invent S„a Swan ment cost: $350K Rep,ace‘ will sacrafjce at $129,000.

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TRINTELLA 40 KETCH, outstandmg combination of high quality of const. & comfort. Vet of many miles at sea but still looks like new Full range of equip. Seller recently reduced price.

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ERICSON 39, new LPU paint, new interior fabrics, roller furling, Volvo dsl just rebuilt with only 80 hrs, fast, roomy cruiser asking only $59,500 (what a steal!!)

Priced to sell, give us a call-

Paul Kaplan, Christine Kaplan, Mary Jo Foote, Hank Easom, Cindy Revel, Carolyn Revel Marcia Corbett, Charlie Corbett, Rollo D. Dog page 215

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