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The racing season never really ends on San Francisco Bay. But several regattas in the early spring signal the start of a new year. The One-Design Invitational, sponsored by the St. Francis Yacht Club, is one of them. And this year it offered both light winds and heavy in a challenging City Front series. Finishing first in the ten-boat Newport 30 class was Dick and Pam Aronoff s Harry. Outfitted with a new main and two new headsails from Pineapple Sails, Harry is off to a good start. Dick, with his former partner, Thom, took delivery of Harry\n\91A and the boat has been "powered by Pineapples" ever since. Another good start! The best races begin with good starts. And they end with great finishes! Pineapple Sails provide the staying power to get ahead and stay ahead. (Ask any Thom, Dick or Harry!)

DEALER FOR: Henri-Lloyd Foul Weather Gear • Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: West Marine Products in Oakland or Stockton Svendsen’s in Alameda • Seabird Sailing Center in Berkeley

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BENETEAU When You Demand the Best

A perfect family boat for all reasons. Fast, easy to sail, and comfortable, the 310 features a furniture grade cherry interior, 2 private cabins, furling genoa, main, Volvo diesel, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, shore power, shower, hot & cold pressure water, stove & oven and much more at a very reasonable price.

FIRST 35s7 The room and speed of a 38-footer in a stunning and exciting package. The perfectly executed cherry interior rivals the 45f5 for elegance and beauty. Features include rod rigging, furling genoa. Harken deck gear, refrigeration, shore power, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, battery charger and much more.

FIRST 45f5 Designed by Bruce Farr, the 45f5 has excellent sailing manners and incredible speed. The level of finish and interior accommodations are approached only by much more costly yachts. Very well equipped with windlass, refrigeration, battery charger, furling genoa, rod rigging, basic electronics, shore power and exceptional beauty.

Beneteau 45f5 • 41s5 • 38s5 • 35s7 • 35s7 310 • 440 • 370 • 350 At Our Docks

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BENETEAU 375.1985. Exceptionally clean performaneecru iser.Traditional teakinte¬ rior. Don't miss this one. $74,500.

1983 BENETEAU FIRST 456. Frers-designed racer/cru iser boasts 3 cabi ns i n large interior. Priced to move at $135,000.

PASSPORT 40, 1986. Impressive list of upgrades including max prop, radar. Very low time. Must see to appreciate. Immacu¬ late. $159,500

BENETEAU 42,1985. The German Frers designed classic. Racing or cruising, this yacht is a proven winner. Sails, electronics, and all the gear at $129,500.

PARTIAL LISTING 27' CATALINA, 1974.14,500 27' ISLAND PACKET, 1988 .55,000 28' ISLANDER, 1984.22,900 30' ALBIN BALLAD, 1978, excellent 22,500 30‘ DUFOUR, 1970, refurbished .... 19,900 30' SANTANA, 1976, diesel.21,500 30' LANCER, 1985.24,900 31' ISLAND PACKET, 1986 .69,000 32' VALIANT, 1977 epoxy bottom .38,000 32' ERICS0N, 1976 .moke offer 24,000 32' WESTSAIl, 1979.52,500 32' ISLANDER, 1977.28,500 33' APHRODITE, 1977.24,000 33' PEARSON, 1986 ....61,500 34' WYLIE, 1980.33,000 35’CKC, 1972.31,900 35' CHRIS CRAFT, BY S&S, 1963.39,900 35' NIAGARA, 1981 .59,500 35' ISLAND PACKET, 1989.129,000 36' PEARSON, 1985 .69,500 37' PASSPORT, 1988 ....139,000 38' FINNSAILER MS, '78 ..must sell 59,500 38' SABRE, 1988. 159,000 38' MORGAN, 1979.61,000 38' ISLAND PACKET, 1989.139,500 38' FREEDOM, 1989.135,000 38' BALTIC, 1983.135,000 38' CABO RICO, 1988.160,000 38' CALIBER, 1988.134,000 40' PASSPORT, 1986.159,500 40’X-119, 1990.128,000 40' CAPE DORY, 1985.135,000 40' TARTAN, 1986.145,000 41' FRERS, 1988.149,000 41THANS CHRISTIAN, 1986.169,500 41' CAMBRIA, 1986.249,000 41' MORGAN OUTISLAND ....2 from 69,900 41'CT KETCH.59,900 41' PASSPORT, 1989.179,500 41' NELSON-MAREK, 1982.59,900 41' C&C, 1984.99,500 42' TAYANA, 1987.115,000 42' HALLBERG-RASSY, 1984.160,000 42' TARTAN, 1982 ....115,000 43' YOUNG SUN PH, 1983 .89,900 43' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1985.189,000 43' SHANNON, 1986 .229,500 43' MASON, 1982.145,000 44' ALDEN, 1980 .210,000 44' CSC, 1987.149,000 44' GULFSTAR, 1980.128,900 44' LAFITTE, 1985.175,000 44' HYLAS, 1986 .2 from 149,500 45' BRISTOL, 1983.235,000 49'TASWEll, 1991 .449,000 49' HINCKLEY, 1973 .285,000 50' PASSPORT, 1990.395,000 59' HINCKLEY SOU'WESTER, 1984 500,000

illf * BENETEAU BROKERAGE • 3V BENETEAU FIRST RACE, '91--69,000 34' BENETEAU FIRST 34$, <88_,79,000 34* BENETEAU 0CEANI5 350, '89 69,000 3S' BENETEAU FIRST 35<5, >90 ...... 87,00G 3V BENETEAU FIRST 375/85 —74,500 40‘ BENETEAU 405, 1987 ♦k.•«*»**<+* T 19,000 42* BENETEAU, 1985 129,500 HYLAS 44, 1984. Excellent example of 43' BENETEAU 432, ’87 ....2 from 118)000 highly regarded liveaboard cruiser. 45' BENETEAU FIRST 45f$, '91 ..... 239,000 $149,500. 4F BENETEAU 456, '83 ...-135,000

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FITTINGS: Island Packet uses all pre-tinned wiring throughout insuring that you do not have any electrical failures from corrosion. All anhydrous hose is used throughout the sanitation system so no odors permeate into the boat. All components-engine, winches, pumps, lights, and fixtures carry a two-year warranty compared with 1 year for all other manufacturers. Engines are installed for maximum accessability so mainte¬ nance is easy. Engines are mounted on rigid stringers with drip pans beneath.

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29' CAL 9.2R .26,950 Race, cruise. Has diesel.

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46' CAL III, 1977 Offshore veteran with generator, cruising genny, dive com¬ pressor, two windlass systems, RIB dink w/outboard and electronics for days! Your ticket to paradise, just add food and CRUISE!

If you missed her at the Boat Show, call today for an appointment and private viewing of this elegant yacht. Then you'll know why the Celere 47 has set a new price-performance standard for the discerning yachtsman and is certain to become a benchmark of quality, luxury and performance.

gy? BROKERS CHOICE 27’ SUN . . New Listing 28’ HUNTER 28.5. .29,500 29’ . .19,750 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA. . New Listing 30’ CAL9.2R. .26,950 30’ NANTUCKET. .28,500 31’ MARIAH. .67,500

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.49,950 .35,000 CREALOCK . ....129,000 ALOHA. .62,500 CUSTOM BABA. .85,000 FORMOSA. .39,500 CATALINA. .66,500 FREEPORT ISLANDER. .59,500 MORGAN OUT ISLAND. .39,500

36' SABRE . .98,000 36' CSC. .48,500 36’ CSC, 1981. .52,500 36' SPARHAWK. .69,800 37' ENDEAVOUR. .69,500 37' TAVANA . .88,500

37' HUNTER . .49,500 37' RAFIKI. .85,000 37' PEARSON . .119,000 38' CSC. .from 125,000 38' D0WNEAST. . 58,500 38' ERICSON. .119,000 40' HUNTER. .74,500 40' CHE0Y LEE . .2 from 59,000 40' CSC. .79,900 40' VALIANT PH. . 125 000 41' CSC. . 1 18 500 41' CORONADO . .New Listing 41' MORGAN 01. .69,000 41’ a. .69,000 42' HUNTER PASSAGE.. . 177,500 43' MORGAN. . 104,500 43' 0CEANIS 430 . . 159,000 46' CAL III. .129,000 48' MAPLELEAf. .169,000

V CORONADO.Just Listed Great, affordable center cockpit.

Like the name says: Go cmising.

40' C&C.79,900 Excellent cond., performance cruiser.

UNION.New Listing Great ocean going cruiser.

48' CHE0V LEE. .114,900 50' COLUMBIA. ...2 from $97,000 50' CRUISING KETCH.... .89,000 51' PASSPORT. . 299,000 52' IRWIN. .329,000 55' TAYANA . .369,500

36' FREEPORT ISLANDER 59,500 Pullman berth model, needs offers.

32’ ERICSON.67,500 Bay, coastal, Mexico and more.

36’ MORGAN Outlsland.39,500 Just waxed & buffed & ready to sell.

32’ MORGAN.42,500 A must see at our docks.

r ATTENTION SELLERS HOW DO WE MARKET YOUR BOAT? With 3 California offices, 10 professional sales people, advertising in 5 or more West Coast publications, member of BUC International Listing Service, mem¬ ber of Ca. MLS, attendance in numerous boat shows, on site display slips and more. If you don’t have your boat listed with us, WHY?

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For accurate navigation the world over, Raytheon has you covered. OPQ RAYSTAR 390: A high¬ ly ■ O performance GPS at a price you can afford. With the waterproof RAYSTAR 390 GPS, you get all the high-tech features you need in a compact, super-reliable unit. Features include: a 5-channel fast multiplexing receiver; 300 waypoints with up to 10 routes; multiple chart da¬ tums; cross-track error indicator with steering guidance; NMEA output; man overboard function and more.

L0RAN/GPS Thisadvanced Loran is GPS compatible. Covering all loran chains, worldwide, the remarkable RAYNAV 575 provides accu¬ rate position data in lat/long andTDs; steering guidance; up to 300 waypoints; speed; course; time and distance to go; and anchor watch. When teamed with the RAYSTAR 100 GPS Sensor (pic¬ tured above), or the RAYSTAR 900 GPS Sensor, the RAYNAV 575 Loran gives you the ultimate in high-tech navigation

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TRADEWIND INSTRUMENTS Ltd. 2540 Blanding Ave., Alameda, CA 94501 • (510) 523-5726

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LOCATIONS

48' AMEL (French) Ketch, 1985.

45’ BENETEAU 456,

One of the world's

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57’ RASMUSSEN, 1925 Ketch. Classic yacht in every sense. Diesel power, WWI1 veteran.

FREE BERTHING AVAILABLE AT OUR ALAMEDA SALES DOCK

35' BRISTOL, 1981.

Exceptionally clean, 6 sails. Asking $49,900.

An excellent example of classic wooden design.

LANCER 30,1981

FORCE 50, 1979.

51’ PASSPORT, 1984. Asking $289,000.

45’ LAP WORTH, 1956

Asking $68,000.

Hardin design: spacious, warm interior. Full electronics - offshore ready. Asking $139,500.

Clean, well equipped. A bargain at $23,000.

Asking $39,000.

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26’ ERICSON/88 dsl.27,900 32' BENETEAU, '81 .39,500 32’ PEARSON 323, 78 . 32,000 37’ TAYANA CUTTER, 78.69,000

36’ CHEOY LEE PEDRICK, '85 .69,000 37' STEEL SWEDISH KETCH, '68 .55,000 37' RASMUSSEN (diesel) '29.49,000 38' HINCKLEY, 70 .110,000

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36' JEANNEAU, 1983. Castro design

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44’ NAUTICAT PILOTHOUSE M/S,

(means quality, performance & style).

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Asking $59,900.

Asking $120,000.

40' MASON GAFF KETCH, '68.45,000 40' PEARSON (C-Board), 79.74,900 41’ MORGAN O/l.69,000 50’ FORCE 50, 73.149,000

39’ C&C CUTTER, 1973

Upgraded & loaded for long distance cruising. Asking $87,500.

34' HUNTER, 1985 Rigged for cruising in comfort. Asking $45,000

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csi — """ 1972 AtDIN 32' ttS Unusuol lor os to offer o boot of this vintage, but when one bos os mud* icare and (harm os ttts one, were : happy to include it on our list. This toll keel dual steering motorsmler may : not be your boot of choice, but : someone's been looking for her and

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BOAT OF THE MONTH BAY & COASTAL CRUISERS

1983 LIBERTY 458 CUTTER

LIVEABOARD CRUISERS • 50’ MIKELSON PH.. . 258.000

. 36’ ISLANDER .31.000

• 46’ CAL 2-46. .119,000

. 36' ISLANDER.34,950

. 45’ LIBERTY 458. T89XJ00

32’ ALBIN MS.

44' NORDIC. . 144,900

32' ERCSON 200

• 44' JEANNEAU ODYSSEY,. .179,500

30’ S-2 AFT-CABIN

• 34' HC CHRISTINA. INQUIRE

28' ISLANDER

27.900

■ A t our sales dock or in-harbor

A center cockpit, den forward model designed by Passport Yachts, for the cruising couple who want the ease of single¬ handle with the comforts of home. Boasts B&G Instruments, Genset, SatNav, AP, Radar. Insulated hull and teak decks round off just some of the highlights. Asking $189,000.

. 41' MOODY CC. ...89,500 . 39' O’DAY. ....76,500 • 37' ENDEAVOUR. ,...59500 33' FREEDOM CAT KETCH .... 62.500

May. 1993

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CALENDAR held Saturday evening at the Brickyard Cove Recreation Center. Jere Patterson, (408) 293-4400. May 21-23 — NOOD Regatta at Los Angeles YC. Sailing World, (401) 847-1588. May 22 — Golden Gate YC’s Ong Triangle. YRA, 563-6363. May 22-23 — North Bay Series kicks off with three Martinez YChosted races. Other dates are June 26-27 (Vallejo YC) and July 24-25 (Benicia YC). Kathy Folsom, (510) 671-9400. May 28 — Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race. Pray for wind! Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. May 28-30 — Cal Cup, the unofficial buoy championship for ULDB 70s. Which owner is the best driver? California YC; Tom Leweck, (310) 454-4455. May 29-30 — Whiskeytown Regatta for divisions B, C and D of SBRA. Worth the road trip! Ron Smith, (408) 732-6758. May 29-31 — Corlett Ocean Race, hosted by IYC and HMBYC. A total of 101 rhumbline miles over three days. Kenn Lewis, (510) 426-7860, or Don Lessley, 765-3580. May 29-31 — St. Francis YC Memorial Day Regatta. One design racing on the Cityfront and the Berkeley Circle. Invited classes are Express 27s and 37s, Folkboats, J/24-29-35-105s, Knarrs, Santana 35s and ll:Metres. Proceeds of T-shirt sales and raffle will benefit San Francisco Sailing Foundation. StFYC, 563-6363. May 29-31 — Bay Area Multihull Association (BAMA) Arthur Piver Memorial Day Cruise. Three days of fun at Corinthian YC, including speed trials .and the dubious-sounding "Arthur Piver LookAlike Contest." Gary Helms, 865-2511. May 29 — Master Mariners Regatta, the biggie for the wooden boat clique. Dan Drath, 851-7601. June 11-13 — 14th Annual Long Beach Race Week(end). Long Beach YC, (310) 598-9401. June 12 — Delta Ditch Run, a delightful run through San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and the San Joaquin River. Stockton Sailing Club and Richmond YC. John Dukat, (510) 522-1396. June 12 — San Francisco YC’s Farallones Race, the classic Northern California ocean competition. YRA, 771-9500. June 12-13 — Go For the Gold Regatta, including the Lido 14 NorCal Championship. Held on Scott’s Flat Lake; Bill Charron, (510) 490-1147. June 18-19 — 21st Annual Stockton South Tower Race. One of the only chances left to race upwind for 70 miles (followed by a 70 mile spinnaker run home). Stockton Sailing Club, (209) 951-5600. June 18-20 — StFYC Woody Invitational. Info, 563-6363. June 19-20 — Clear Lake Regatta for all SBRA boats. A 'mustdo' for dinghy sailors. Vince Casalaina, (510) 642-5846. June 25-27 — 9th Annual Trimble Navigation/North Sails Race Week(end) in Long Beach. Bruce Golison, (310) 438-1166. June 26 — SSS In the Bay Race. Pat Zajac, (510) 232-9965. July 1-4 — 37th TransPac. See Race Notes. TPYC; Fin Bevan, (818) 795-3282, ext. 111. July 2 — OYC/ElkYC Boreas Race: San Francisco to Moss Landing. Toby Hickman, (408) 722-2995. July 3 — Encinal/Santa Barbara Coastal Cup; 2 p.m. off Bakers Beach. Encinal YC, (510) 521-0966. July 4 — 15th Annual Catalina Race. Metropolitan YC of Oakland, (510) 893-MYCO. Summer Beer Can Races BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness. First half: 5/10, 5/24, 6/7, 6/21. John Super, 243-0426. BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Series (through September 24). Free! Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968. CORINTHIAN YC — Friday Night Series (through September 10). CYC, 435-4771. ENCINAL YC — Twilight Series on the Estuary. First half: 5/7, 5/21, 6/11, 6/25. Larry Duke, (510) 531-1860.

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J1HTESTOSTERONE eruption I have two tales to tell. One, an engine room misadventure. The other, my impression of Latitude’s Crew List Party at the Encinal YC. The first was a simple screw up. I bought a small pillow stuffed with feathers at West Marine. Some ecologically-oriented entrepreneur had learned from the Exxon Valdez incident and was selling these pillows to rest quietly in your bilge soaking up oil. I stuffed one under my engine and forgot about it. The next Saturday I was to compete solo in the Rites of Spring Race. Early that morning I backed the boat out of the slip and discovered that my transmission was locked in reverse. Pressure and curses did not budge the cable toward neutral. 1 turned around to notice that my transom was rapidly nearing the opposite dock and, characteristic of Murphy’s Law applied to sailing, people had come out of nowhere to watch from the docks. Once the boat was secured, I opened the engine room and slithered in with a flashlight. The ecologically correct cloth pillow had slipped aft and caught a nut on the crankshaft. As the shaft spun, the feathers flew, sticking to overhead, engine room gear and bilge. The whole space was lined with what looked like dark gray flocked wallpaper. I had to laugh. One of those laughs that hurt. My engine room was tarred and feathered! But a sailor’s life is a varied one, right? So a few weeks later I thought I’d try my luck ashore by going to the Latitude 38 Crew Party at Encinal YC. One can always use more friends who know what the pointy end of a boat is called. I made my way through the line at the door, lost a shot at a T-shirt, filled out a Patagonia raffle — my optimism never seems to wane — and made for the beer. I recall rocking back and forth on the balls of my feet wondering who I should approach, when I looked to my left over the shoulder of a woman who was looking up at a man. The man’s face got my attention. It looked like one of those Mexican ceramic wall ornaments: wide eyes, intense smile, sun-weathered face, wavy grey hair swept back in confusion. He was answering the woman’s question, and rose slightly on his toes — I gather he wanted extra height — as he beamingly replied, "I’m looking for a first mate." I was arrested by his expression; it was as if I had just witnessed a testosterone eruption of sun spot proportions. The woman, whose expression I could not see, backed up a step. I have to admit that I did the same. She quickly scurried away. I also found something intensely interesting to explore on the wall on the other side of the club. Why does the Crew List Party have to be such a singles meat market? Or is this only my impression? Can’t Latitude 38 sponsor a third evening for skippers of racing and cruising sailboats who are happily married or otherwise involved and do not want to mix libido and sailing? I’ve not been to many of the Crew List Parties, so perhaps one learns to separate the wheat from the chaff with more grace. But I’m a little out of practice and, frankly, not one with much patience for cocktail party patter. My wife and I are very busy people. We love to sail. While we can handle our 44-ft cat ketch easily ourselves, we prefer company. Sailing is fun to share. So is the adventure of voyaging. We’d like to assemble a manageable group of people interested in day sailing and coastal cruising with the idea of inviting those who become friends to share one, two, or more weeks with us as we cruise around the Caribbean and Europe. However, I don’t think clutching an Anchor Steam and pressing myself on various strangers is going to work if they have other agendas. So consider sponsoring a third event. Perhaps hold it on a summer evening on Angel Island. Invite couples who have boats and belong to YRA or who have cruising experience or ambition, and ask everyone to meet for sailing as the first priority, not the second. Lansing and Monica Hays Ivory Goose __ Palo Alto

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LETTERS Lansing & Monica — We do try to make sailing the 'first priority' of the Crew List Parties, but can’t be 'behavior police' who try to stop members of the opposite sex from being attracted to one another. Were there men at the Crew List Parties looking for women? Yes there were — as surety as there were women looking to meet men. And while the fellow you described might have been a little too intense for you and the woman he was speaking to, it’s hard to fault someone for being straightforward. Actually, we think you hit the nail on the head when you spoke of perhaps needing a little practice in order to better be able 'to separate the wheat from the chaff. Anytime you mix with a large group of strangers, almost everyone is going to have an agenda somewhat different than yours. You need to accept this and make the best of it. After all, it’s completely unrealistic to expect a couple to appear out of the crowd and say, "Excuse me, you’re not looking for people to share time on your 44-footer along the coast and later in Europe, are you?" It just doesn’t happen that way. If you realty want to find people in a crowd looking to share coastal cruising and perhaps time on your boat in the Caribbean and Europe, you need to actively 'work' the crowd. It requires effort and you probably won’t be successful right away, but you’d have a better chance at a Crew List Party than at a Giants or 49ers game. You can most effectively work such a crowd by letting as many people as possible know specifically what it is you’re looking for. Caps with signs sound stupid, but help get the job done. You and your wife could wear ones that read: "Happily married, looking for stable couples to coastal and foreign cruise with us aboard our 44-footer." That’s going to eliminate the need for a lot of useless patter. As for additional Crew List Parties, we’ll have to pass. Three a year is our limit. For people with rather specific desires such as yours, we’d recommend that you also try a Classy Classified. We were very pleased with both spring Crew List Parties. Attendance was up at both — particularly the one at the Encinal — and the consensus was that both featured ’quality crowds'.

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Having sailed with Olympic Circle Sailing Club for some years, I .. recently purchased a 19-foot Cape Dory Typhoon. Hull #38, she’d apparently been built in California in 1980. When I bought her, she’d been out of the water in a barn for several years. Now restored, she’s ready for the water. When I wrote to the Cape Dory people in East Taunton, Mass., for information on the boat, I was told they were in receivership. The suggestion was made that I write you, to see if you have plans, brochures, or information on sailing recommendations that you could photocopy for me. I’d also like to get in contact with other owners on the Bay. Incidentally, the boat is on the Bay, not here in Winters. If you look on a map, you’ll discover why Winters is not one of America’s historic seaports. Noel Peattie Fair American 23311 County Road 88 Winters, CA 95694 Noe/ — We have big plans, but alas, none for the Cape Dory Typhoon. But perhaps one of our readers can help. We get a seemingly endless stream of letters from owners ofnewto-them boats looking for 'manuals’. The truth of the matter is that few boats, especially smaller ones, came with manuals. And when manuals were provided, they were virtually worthless, primarily offering guidance on subjects such as how to keep the hull looking shiny and the cushions from getting dirty. While acquiring a brochure, plans and a manual might be useful for a scrapbook, they’re not going to reveal any mysteries you

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LETTERS couldn’t otherwise discover by spending a few minutes crawling around your boat or discussing her with a boatyard manager or surveyor.

Munsafe on any sea I thoroughly enjoy Latitude, particularly the free expression of ideas found in the Letters column. My personal 'tilt' light came on however, when I read your "there was no attempt to suggest that they [multihulls] are in any way inferior to monohulls". This was back in last November’s issue. My immediate reaction was 'Whose toes is Latitude trying not to step on?' — with the obvious conclusion that you don’t wish to offend the multihull people. So, I’ll do the toe-stepping for you, with the single purpose of informing any prospective multihull world cruiser that going to sea on One of these boats may be the last thing you do. Talk about manifestly unsafe voyages! The basic lure of the multihull is that you can buy or build a big, fast boat for less money than you can a monohull. The first problem, as any seasoned sailor knows, is that you can’t put two or three hulls together and hope to have them stay together in extreme wind conditions. The light construction which these boats rely upon for speed mitigates against the strength needed to keep the hulls together — as the late Howard Hughes would attest. Hughes spent millions on a large power catamaran which was subsequently lost off Florida when the two hulls decided to go their separate ways in rough seas. An even more significant concern is the basic instability of sailing multihulls. Specifically, their propensity to capsize in even modest weather conditions. And no one, so far, has come up with a reliable way to get them upright again. The fanatics who sail multihulls on ocean voyages have as their idols Nicol, Cooke, Piver and Cross — all of whom came to grief on multihulls. These facts are covered in detail in the article Unsafe On Any Sea that appeared in the September 1976 issue of Motor Boating & Sailing. If there exists any doubt on the subject, I suggest that the skeptic find a reputable marine insurance agent and ask him to insure your 40-foot sailboat. Then, after he gives you the quote, tell him that you forgot to mention that your boat is a multihull. If he doesn’t throw you out of his office, the revised quote will make you give up the whole idea anyway. Frank Taylor Lewiston Readers The Motorboating & Sailing article documented a ' number of problems and tragedies with early multihulls. In the year 1976, the Newick 60 Kriter flipped in 25 knots of wind with just a staysail up; the 70-ft tri Kriter III broke up and sank in the Singlehanded TransAtlantic Race, and a 35-ft home-built tri flipped off Bermuda. The crew of the latter boat was found 15 days later; the four boys were safe but the father had died. The article also noted that two tris designed by Mill Valley’s Arthur Piver flipped in 1965. Three years later, Piver himself would disappear on a voyage from San Francisco to San Diego aboard one of his boats. Another early multihull advocate, Hedly Nicol, had problems with some of his designs. One of his 35-footers flipped in 1966 and two were killed. Later that year Nicol and a friend were lost off Australia on another of his multihulls. When the remains washed up on a beach months later, Tried to right by filling one float", was scratched into the hull. Two more Nicol designs capsized in 1968 without loss of life, but in 1969 another of his boats flipped claiming four lives. It was about that time that a Piver 46 disappeared in the Pacific with a family of eight. • While the article continued in that vein, there are arguments against Taylor’s conclusion that multihulls aren’t safe for ocean voyaging. The first is empirical; lots of mariners, including several

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A Young Family Follows Their Dream "Setting out in the Crealock 37 makes cruising all that much easier" Bill Meanley When Bill, Patty and Kelly Meanley set sail for a distant haradise in Dolfin, their Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37, they weren't quite sure what to expect. "We'a never been out longer than an ovemighter before we left San Diego for a 3,100 mile passage to the Marquesas," smiles Bill. "But everything was just fine."

steers great with the windvane," says Bill. "Coming from Raratonga to Niue the trades were blowing really really hard-a sustained 30-35 knots, and up to 40-the seas were building and we were sailing under greatly , reduced sail. Some steep ® cross seas were trying to knock the stem around. The waves were the biggest we'd seen. But still the boat tracked beautifully and the windvane kept us right on course.

"Ua Pu appeared as a huge castle, nature's shrine," writes Bill in a letter to friends. "Its steeples and spires rising literally to the clouds. With daylight fading rapidly we entered the small bay of Halcehau. A tropical sunset to the west set fire to the clouds and cast a pink glow to steep peaks whose shadows divided lush green valleys into every imaginable shade. For the first time we truly felt we were in tropical paradise." And the adventure had just begun. Nine months later, with over 7,500 miles under their keel, this young cruising family is in New Zealand and still going strong. Exploring the world with the confidence of Pacific Seacraft.

Dolfin at anchor at Manihi in the Tuamotus. "The Crealock 37 is a perfect boat for a small family like ours." Pacific Seacraft peace of mind "Setting out in the Crealock 37-a boat truly designed and built for real offshore cruising-makes cruising all that much easier," says Bill. "We don't have to put up with the compromises inherent in so many other boats. Dolfin definitely gives me peace of mind." And with good reason. Pacific Seacraft • boats have long been the focus of sincere and heartfelt praise. Renowned sailing author Ferenc Mate' writes in his newest book. The World's Best Sailboats that "without a doubt the most outstanding cross section of cruising boats in this book is built by Pacific Seacraft." FORTUNE magazine has included Pacific Seacraft in an issue devoted to the 100 American products recognized to be the finest of their kind. And perhaps most important, countless Pacific Seacraft's boats - from the mighty Flicka 20 to the stunning Crealock 37s have been sailed with confidence and comfort to the far comers of the world. The construction details are unsurpassed Pacific Seacraft's boats are beautiful; they are superb performers; and they are strong. Very strong. The construction details of every Pacific Seacraft boat are unsurpassed: 100% hand laid and squeegeed hulls and decks,- double flanged, thru-bolted hull-to-deck joints; uncompromised structural bonding of bulkheads to hull and deck; solid bronze

Bill and Patty underway in Bora Bora. deck hardware, thru-bolted andbackplated; solid bronze U.L. approved seacocks; heavy bronze gudgeon supports at rudder bases; fully protective propeller apertures; one piece solid lead ballasts; superb engine access through cabin and cockpit-sole hatches; and American production ensuring immediate service for any reason. A family affair Cruising aboard the Dolfin is decidedly a family affair. Kelly, who celebrated her 8 th birthday’in Moorea, contributes her share to the progress of the adventure. Bill writes of a dinghy trip to a tropical river in Nuku Hiva: "As we approach the shore where river meets bay the surf is breaking and Kelly informs me in no uncertain terms that we must not try it. Kelly seems to have arrived at the age of caution, aided no doubt by her participa¬ tion in many of my infamous exploits. I grudgingly retreat at all possible speed to the calmer waters at the other end of the beach, carefully masking my gratitude to Kelly for saving me from certain humiliation." Bill smiles, "Kelly even sails the boat. We were on a broad reach from Huahine to Raiatea in 25 knots of wind and covered the 25 miles in 3 1/2 hours. The seas were steep, choppy and slapping against the hull pretty good-and kelly steered just about the whole way. She had to straddle the cockpit seats to reach the wheel, but she steered the boat with no problem. She really enjoyed it.

"We sailed out of Nuku Alofa, Tonga on a beam reach in 15-18 knots of wind with a full main and 100% jib; then we sailed for 3 days straight averaging 150 miles per day, literally without touching a thing. Down below it felt like we weren't even at sea." Bill laughs, "I'd run up topside and look at the Knot meter which would be sitting between 7.3 and 7.4 and I'd just shake my head. I couldn't believe it. It's a fast, comfortable boat." Bring your dreams home with Pacific Seacraft "This is my third boat," says Bill, "and quite a move up from my old 27 footer. At first I was worried there would be a dramatic difference in sailing the 37. But I'll never forget how surorised I was when I discovered I could actually handle the 37 easier than my old 27 footer: Of course everything on the 37 is better rigged: much better winches and more of them and everything is laid out perfectly. Right from the beginning I was confident with the Crealock 37. It just felt natural. It's a wonderful boat for a small family like ours. There's lots of stowage space, With drawers and lockers everywhere. A lot of boats bigger than the 37 aren't nearly as well conceived for cruising. Take the anchoring systems, for instance: I love the way the Crealock 37 is set up with three separate chain lockers and rollers. I have three anchors ready to go at a moment's notice, nothing to put together or hunt for. She is very, very cruisable. "I'm so happy with the boat. If I had to do it all over again, there's not another boat I'd rather own." The Pacific Seacraft Crealock 37. Let Pacific Seacraft bring your dreams home too.

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SELECTED NOR CAL TRADE-INS CS 27, 1979. Great family starter boat. Deep cockpit, lines led aft, safety netting and diesel engine.

LETTERS from Northern California, have made successful circumnavigations with multihulls. Elm Street and Anduril are just two that pop to mind. A second argument is that multihull design and construction is much more sophisticated now than it was 20 or 30 years ago. Given the technology and materials of the time, Howard Hughes may not have been able to hold a power catamaran together in the '60s. Proof that things have changed zips across San Francisco Bay each day in the form of the catamaran ferries. Much more extreme catamaran ferries have been providing reliable service for years all over the world. Heck, the Radisson Hotel chain even operates a catamaran cruiseship — see photo below — in the Caribbean.

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One also has to appreciate that there is a wide variety of multihulls available today. There are the huge maxi dragsters favored by the French which have hit 35 knots and have covered more than 500 miles in a day. They do cartwheels and disintegrate with disturbing frequency. There is also a whole new breed of more stable multihulls, many of which have found great popularity in charter fleets. Invariably they have traded top-end performance for increased stability and luxury. Then too, there’s the matter of how aggressively they are sailed. The 55-ft catamaran Eagle has been safely ferrying tourists between St. Martin and St. Barts almost every day for years. It’s upwind against the trades to get to St. Barts and downwind to come home. They’ve never had a problem while sailing conservatively with passengers, but when someone screwed up on a backstay runner at last year’s Heineken Regatta, she went over and stuck her mast in the bottom. In our opinion, most multihulls are neither as dangerous as their detractors suggest — especially those who rely on data from a quarter of a century ago — nor are they the end-all, be-all cruising solution that some advocates maintain. They’ve got their advantages and disadvantages. It’s up to each individual to evaluate them with regard to his or her own requirements. And while it’s true that an unfortunate number of early multihull designers died while sailing their own designs, Norm Cross is one who did not.

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MWOULD LIKE TO MEET THE OTHER OWNERS 1 have an Islander 37 and understand there are others on the Bay. I would like to meet with the owners. Can you direct me to an official spokesperson? Carl Mazzuca (fax) 510-794-6210 Carl — The Bruce King-designed Islander 37 hasn’t been built in many years and thus the class organization has fallen apart. But we’ve included your fax number in case another 37 owner might want to 'talk boat' with you.

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Ml DEDICATE THE FOLLOWING SONG Being an avid yachtsman and racer on the Bay since 1985, it pains me greatly to see the abuse of power that handicap racing committees have repeatedly demonstrated during the past several years. Rules and ratings that are unique to the Bay Area seem to favor committee members and their friends, while discriminating against owners outside their elite circle. To this abuse, I dedicate the following song, sung to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies: Let me tell you a story about a yachtie named Chris, Chairman of the PHRF, Won the Big Daddy in a boat he just sold, but he had to change the rating to win the gold. (J/105 that is, 90 to 94) Second place went to a boat named Bang, operated by the Chairman of the Tech Committee and his gang. And if you weren’t there, or you were just born, Third place went to IMS measurer, Dick Horn. The moral of this story is sad but it’s true, beating a member of the committee clique simply won’t do. "You’re too fast," is what the committee will say, "We lowered your rating, effective yesterday." David Falkowski Foster City David — Any time handicap ratings are as arbitrary as they are under PHRF, those who set the ratings will be prime targets for those who are dissatisfied. And it makes no difference whether they deserve the criticism or not, for there isn’t a sailor on the face of the earth who doesn’t believe his boat shouldn’t get another six seconds per mile. If anything, we feel that PHRF Chairman Chris Corlett and his volunteer committee (Jim Antrim, Norman Davant, Dave Few, Dick Horn, Carl Ondry, Kame Richards, Carl Schumacher and Steve Toschi) do a fine job and we should all be grateful for their services. The administration of the PHRF rule in other regions, particularly Southern California, is so screwed up it’s unbelievable. And PHRF, like rock n’ roll, is here to stay — so you’d better learn to live with it. One of the editors here just helped get the Olson 25 rating changed from 156 to 159, and reports that the process was reasonable and relatively painless. "If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em," he advises. Ml HOPE THEY’RE FEELING BETTER I’m sorry the Amarals lost their boat as the destruction of a fine

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vessel is always heartbreaking — but they’re placing the blame on the wrong shoulders. Their loss wasn’t the result of their choice of insurance companies — A.W. Lawrence is a good one. Nor was it the result of their choice of delivery skipper — whose primary responsibility is the safety of his crew. No, the loss was the result of their decision to try to have the boat delivered from Alaska to California in April — which in Alaska is still the middle of winter. Had they waited until July, they might be cruising right now. In the interim, they could have had their boat put back into seaworthy condition. Their statement that they are "stuck in the same stupid, unfulfilling jobs for the rest of [their lives]" strikes me as self-pitying exaggeration. They have sold their house. They have bought their dream boat. They both have jobs! In a few years they should be able to save enough money to go cruising — the teenagers can pitch in, too. In the meantime they can sail on weekends and vacations. They’re in far better shape financially than many other would-be cruisers. I hope the Amarals are feeling better now that they’ve gotten it off their chest. Clare Holt Jofian Monterey — but headed south Clare — We’re not sure it’s all that simple. We think the Amarals’ complaint about the ambiguity of the zone coverage document has merit. After reading their letter, both Jim and Sue Corenman, who recently took off to the Marquesas with Heart of Gold, and we examined that document carefully. We had good reason, as we both own expensive boats insured by A.W. Lawrence. We agreed that the document in question, which should be very clear, is anything but that. (Incidentally, we have no reason to believe that A.W. Lawrence is either a good or bad company. But as both we and the Corenmans have boats insured with them, we’d love to know the grounds for you’re regarding them as a "good" company.) We also believe that the delivery skipper had greater responsibilities than you suggest. Given the fact the Amarals had no ocean experience and the delivery skipper was a professional, it. would have been incumbent upon him to make his potential clients aware of just how risky an 'outside' passage would be at that time of year. Indeed, he may well have cautioned them. By putting his ass on the line, he obviously thought it could be done. As for the Amarals’ disappointment, we feel it deeply, too, and hope that somehow they’ll be able to cast off soon.

U-flTHE ADVANTAGES OF A BOAT PARTNERSHIP FAR OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES Jack Albrecht of Pacific Grove asks for information on boat partnerships in your February issue. I have been in a boat partnership for about three years. With the exception of a few very minor incidents, it has been a very good way to own a yacht. The most obvious advantage is that it substantially reduces the cost of ownership and operation. If you can afford a 27-footer on your own, with a partner you should be able to afford part interest in a 30 or 34-foot yacht. If you can afford a 30-footer by yourself, you and a partner should be able to afford a 36 to 38-footer. Our partnership contract is one we negotiated ourselves. It covers the following issues: 1) How the yacht will be titled; 2) Voting rights; 3) Contributions to capital and expenses; 4) Budgeting and monthly contributions; 5) What happens if someone doesn’t pay; 6) Insurance amounts; 7) Unreimbursed accident charges; 8) Paying of bills; 9) Authorization of expenses; 10) Individual and joint expenses; 11) Where yacht will be berthed; 12) Who can operate and use the yacht; 13) Pets,

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smoking and other 'rules'; 14) Schedule of authorized use one year in advance; 15) Personal items on board; 16) Maintenance philosophy; 17) Sale or transfer of ownership. All of these issues and others are negotiable between the parties, but it is important to thrash them out prior to putting money into the partnership. A key to the success of the partnership is probably a previous friendship with the other partner(s). You need to know how the other partner looks at maintenance, for instance. If he never washes or services his car and you get yours washed every week and the oil changed every 2,000 miles, you can anticipate disagreements. Similarly, if you are rigid about paying your bills on time and the other partner(s) has a very relaxed attitude about financial issues, you may be in for lots of stress. So know as much about your partner as you can in advance. Although our boat partnership is between two families, it seems to me that we could have a third family in the partnership and rarely encounter a situation where we couldn’t use the boat when we wanted to. Just look around at the marinas on a busy holiday weekend; most boats are still at the dock. In the three years of our partnership, we’ve been able to use the yacht almost everytime we wanted to go sailing — even if it wasn’t 'our week'. In my opinion, the advantages of a partnership far outweigh the disadvantages. With a good contract and some good judgement about who to enter the partnership with, you’re able to co-own and use a much nicer yacht at a much lower cost. Incidentally, if you are planning to join a yacht club — which I highly recommend — you need to find out what special rules, if any, apply to members who are in partnerships. Our yacht club has flag members (members with yachts) and regular members (members without yachts). In a partnership, only one of the partners can be a flag member and hold office. The other can only be a regular member. As with any relationship, both parties must want to succeed. Each must be responsible and considerate of the other partner and their needs. This means treating the yacht as though it were another person’s boat that you are lucky enough to get to use on a regular basis. Don’t mistreat either the boat or the partner, and most likely the partnership will succeed. I would be delighted to send Mr. Albrecth a copy of our partnership agreement. Keep in mind that any partnership agreement should be reviewed by your own attorney. There’s big bucks involved. Chuck Cheffer 173 Grandview St., Leucadia, CA 92024 Readers — Members of the Latitude staff have been in a number of boat partnerships. More often than not, they’ve worked out well.

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I am writing this letter regarding the opinion of Kelly and Linda O’Neill, who seem to agree with the Jessies. First of all, I dare Kelly and Linda to criticize the great sailors they mentioned in their letter: Guzzwell, Knox-Johnson, Dumas — and also Moitessier — whom, thank goodness, they forgot to mention! After all, who are the O’Neills to decide whether or not the sailboats these great sailors used to circumnavigate were, as they put it, "bad". The O’Neills should be embarrassed by their comments regarding these magnificent sailors. Do they imply that these great navigators were so stupid and uneducated enough to put to sea aboard unsound vessels? Well, don’t forget that these sailors taught us a lot through their courage and knowledge. I confess, after a while I become tired of cruisers who claim to know it all. The truth is, what is best for one might not be suitable for another. By the way, Kelly and Linda, I own a full keel sailboat with, yes, a bowsprit and, of course, a boomkin. I feel like an idiot sailing my little ship now. But thank goodness for my windvane, it allows me to hide below deck just in case I come across another sailboat. I sure hope that I don’t sail in your full view, lest I be ashamed. Michael Seigneur Thalassa, Flicka 20 St. Petersburg Michael — You’re accusing the O’Neills — who did a circumnavigation aboard their 32-foot trimaran — of saying all kinds of things they neither said nor meant. We think the O’Neills would agree that the sailors they mentioned made reasonable boat choices given the technology and finances available to them at the time — which is a far cry from denouncing them as being stupid and/or uneducated. Similarly, we’re certain they admired their skill and courage — all the more so, in fact, given the boats they had to sail. Do we believe that all of revered sailors mentioned above would, had they the opportunity, take advantage of at least some of the great advances made in boat design and construction? Absolutely. In fact, Robin Knox-Johnson just attempted an 'Around the World in 80 Days' endeavor with an extreme 80-foot catamaran named ENZA. Does this mean that full keel boats with bowsprits and boomkins are worthless and something to be ashamed of? Only if you lack self¬ esteem. We’ve owned everything from heavy cruisers, likeaFreya39, to ultralight racers, like Olson 30s. Both of these were great boats and the only way we’d be able to choose between them is if someone specified what kind of sailing it would have to be used for. Different boats for different purposes — and different people. Sail what pleases you and the hell with everybody else.

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LETTERS ^ANACHRONISTIC THINKING I’m thinking about GPS and sextants. Every letter to the editor — and comments by the editor himself — warn about not going to sea without a sextant. Why? Because the GPS batteries may fail, the electronics may crash and so forth. Thus the need for the trusty sextant. I believe this is anachronistic thinking. What if you drop the sextant overboard? Or if the chronometer is off? Or if the radio fails so you can’t get accurate time. Or if a bird pooped on the H.O. 211 tables? My recommendation is to buy two — even three — GPSs and a box of AA batteries. Can a sextant really be any more reliable? Maximillion Kirk Richmond Maximillion — There are on/y two kinds of sailors who don’t think that GPS is the greatest: 1) fools, and 2) those who haven’t used the system. VJe agree with you completely, but have been hesitant to be so blunt about it so as not to shock those who haven’t had an opportunity to see the light. VJe don’t keep a horse and buggy in case our car breaks down, so why carry something as outdated as a sextant? While there is a chance a GPS can fail, the chances of two of them failing are slight. And even so, unless you’re mucking about in Fiji or the Tuamotus, you should be able to DR your way to your next destination without any trouble. Especially if you have a radar — another great navigation tool which has dramatically dropped in price and risen in quality. As you point out, sextants are overrated as backups. They’re completely useless, for example, if it’s overcast or even very rough. Just because sextants were the only option for centuries doesn’t mean they didn’t have many serious shortcomings.

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I bought a Statpower 600 watt invertor from West Marine back in about November of 1991. All I did with it until January of this year was fool around and show it off. Once, for example, I used it — with the aid of jumper cables — to send a fax via cellular phone from San Pablo Bay aboard an Ericson 32. Anyway, this January I finally installed it in my pickup truck. My business requires that I frequently visit construction sites that haven’thad power hooked up. Anyway, having only used the Statpower a few times, one day I turned it on and the dang thing caught on fire! As the unit was already a year or so out of warranty, I faxed Statpower to see if I could get schematics or a repair manual. I got no such thing. Instead, Statpower’s Lindsay Hardle almost immediately sent me a fax explaining that they would replace the unit under warranty. I was so pleased that bowel control became difficult! The only 'problem' was that they had changed the Statpower 600. The S.O.Bs sent me a unit exactly the same size — that is 30% more efficient! Statpower is a good company and Lindsay Hardle is a good businessman. P.S. I think I’ll be getting my 'Six-Pak' license real soon, at which point I’ll start a non-profit organization to take out 'special' children, hospice patients, and physically impaired folks. (I hope Island Packet Yachts is listening!) Henry Lotz Napa Henry—A tip of the Latitude hat to Statpower — and you. Please let us know when your program gets underway.

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ferry suddenly accelerated, altered course, and passed about 25 feet from our stern on its way to a dock just north of the Bay Bridge. In order to avoid being swamped, we had to spin our craft 180° to meet the 6-8 foot wake bow on. There was absolutely no reason for the ferry to pass so close to our sailboat. There were no other boats in the vicinity and the ferry had plenty of time to choose a course which would kept her from coming so dangerously close to our craft. If we had been in a less seaworthy vessel, we might have foundered. Margaret W. Siegal Huck Finn Oakland Readers — Margaret received an apology for "having to resort to such extreme maneuvers to avoid the ferry wake", from E.A. Robinson, Manager of the Ferry Transit Division. Robinson said he reviewed the importance of navigating at a safe speed and distance when in the vicinity of small craft with both the Operations Manager and Captain who had been in command of the ferry. He further requested that similar incidents be reported to him in the future so he could determine if additional steps need to be taken. It can be a crowded Bay sometimes, so it’s important for all skippers, of commercial and recreation vessels alike, to cut each other as much slack as possible.

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After reading Doug Wood’s suggestion of installing air starting motors for diesels in your April issue, 1 thought your readers might be interested in an alternate solution. As a marine engineer, the most common starting system that 1 see on merchant vessel lifeboats is the hydraulic start. Basically, a hydraulic motor powered by a nitrogen charged accumulator is used to power the starter. The system is very reliable and the engine, while running, recharges the hydraulic fluid accumulator. There is a built-in hand pump for manual recharging if the engine fails to start the first time. Best of all, these systems are off the shelf and very compact. I see them on all Westerbeke-powered lifeboats on merchant ships. John Diegoli Oakland

MSHE’LL START LIKE SHE WAS CONNECTED TO PG&E Some years ago 1 developed a device (patent pending) that, when attached to a SCUBA tank, provided more than enough kick to fire up my 40 hp diesel. I manufactured and sold a few of these "SCUBA - . Starters" at a retail price of $239.00. This price did not include a tank or first stage regulator, both of which are required. (Most sailor/cruisers have at least one tank and regulator aboard.) Because of other business interests I did not pursue the marketing of this very useful device. Recent letters to Latitude indicated great interest in emergency non-electrical starting of diesel engines. My system will start your diesel like it was connected to PG&E. Anyone interested in the re-introduction of this product give me a call at 1-800-736-4509 or outside the U.S. at 1-707-987-3971. Matt Morehouse Middletown, CA

Mthat fun is now in jeopardy I’m uncertain if your magazine is the appropriate forum for my subject, but I was so upset by this situation that I couldn’t think of a better place to turn. Over the past five years or so I, along with several different crew members, have shown up at many of the premier Olympic sailing events racing my old Soling, US 645, Delusions of Grandeur. We’ve had a great deal of fun, but that fun is now in jeopardy. After a three week, out-of-town business trip, I was shocked when

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I returned to find that a great deal of our best racing equipment and sails had been stolen out of the covered Soling. The boat had been residing in my dirt road driveway at the top of Tweksbury Avenue in Point Richmond for over a year. Until now, it had been a safe haven. At first, 1 tried to believe that the theft was accomplished by 'bag people' who wanted the aluminum parts. I couldn’t believe that a sailor would actually steal a Soling boom and spinnaker pole. But after further investigation, 1 discovered that my two new mainsails and two new jibs had also been taken. There were many other sails stored in the covered boat, but the thieves had gone through the bags and only taken the new sails. It really strikes me as odd that these items were stolen, as the Soling community, not only the Bay Area, but also nationally, is a close knit bunch and detection of these items is relatively easy. One does not remove sail numbers without some hint of their 'ghost', especially with the sun shining from behind. These sails also held the stamps of the World Championships of 1992 and the Adams Cup, donated to me for loaning my boat to the Corinthian YC that same year. I doubt seriously that a story in your magazine will help me find these items, but it can’t hurt to have look-outs everywhere. If anyone has any information, they can contact me through Lou Windhurst at Whale Point Marine in Point Richmond, (510) 233-1988. Without this equipment, our season is over before it starts. We were hoping to go to the Olympic Classes Regatta in Alamitos Bay, but now that’s history. Naturally, we had no insurance for these items. Bob Baldino Pt. Richmond

Mtears running down my face I go to the bookstore and look under Humor and find none. 1 go to the library and look under Humor and find none. I listen to a million stand up comics and hardly hear any comedians. But in Latitude 38 there is a humor in your letters and articles that is priceless and unparalleled. The tears were running down my face so hard I could hardly finish reading Doug Wood’s Mine’s Bigger Than Yours letter. And I was sober. Tonight, after work, I’ll have a couple of beers, reread it and it will be even funnier and better. Your writers are both gifted teachers and humorists. Thanks for Latitude 38 and the editorial staff that puts it all together! George Schneider Oakland George — One of our biggest goals at Latitude is to get people to laugh and enjoy life a little more. We’re absolutely delighted it’s working for you.

IMtTHE BOTTOM LINE I recently raced in a well-known weekend regatta which up until just a few years ago annually attracted close to a hundred entries. This year only 39 boats signed up! You really can’t blame the weather. Most skippers decided to enter — or not — a week or more in advance. Why the low turnout, then? I believe a major factor was the $50 entry fee, (before the so-called $5 "USSA Member Discount" — which really isn’t a discount, but a $5 surcharge for non-members — but that’s an issue for another letter). Many reasons have been put forth for the general decline in racing participation in recent years, but little focus has been placed on the pattern of steadily escalating entry fees. I don t mean to pick on any specific yacht club here, as it seems to me most clubs have been blind to an obvious fact: more and more racers are simply refusing to ante up $45 or $50 for a single weekend regatta on top of the other fixed costs of racing! Having served on race committees, I understand the budget dilemma yacht clubs often face. And I have heard the typical argument: "Entries were down last year, so we have to raise the fee

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The protected water of Ayala Cove at Angel Island provides a great spot to stop for lunch during the day, watch the moon rise while sharing a glass of wine in the evening, or spend the weekend 'boat camping'. The mooring buoys are secure, well-maintained and generously spaced. Why is it then, that mariners take up two moorings by tying off to both their bow and stern? This practice not only reduces the number of boats which can moor up and enjoy the tranquility of the cove, but the mooring lines stretched all over the place creates a hazard. Boats moored there remind me of a bunch of wagons forming a circle during an Indian attack. Why do people do this? Are they ignorant or is there reason to their madness? If it is the former, does the Park Service, which maintains the moorings and charges a mooring fee, ever enforce a one mooring only situation? If it is the latter, please enlighten me. Greg Nickols Sea Ya Sausalito Greg — Ranger Lem/ey explains: "The buoys, which are available for $9 a night, are to be taken on a first-come, first served basis. From the very beginning tradition established that everybody takes two; one for the bow and one for the stern. There are no specific rules or regulations regarding their use as long as they are used safely. Once all the buoys are taken, etiquette calls for latecomers to raft up to boats that are already moored to buoys. We only occasionally get complaints." Frankly, we think there’s more to tradition in grabbing two buoys. We suspect the fact that strong winds and changing currents would allow boats moored to single buoys to slam into each other might have something to do with it also. It’s hard to sleep when your boat is banging into another boat. As for the etiquette of latecomers rafting up to already moored buoys, it certainly doesn’t appeal to us. Mariners moor at Ayala Cove to 'get away from it all' for a little while, not to be forced to become intimate neighbors with strangers. If we were to arrive at Ayala Cove to find all the mooring buoys taken, we’d anchor on the lee side of the island rather than intrude on someone else’s tranquility. What would you readers do? Ranger Lemley reports there are 24 buoys in Ayala Cove, each of which is held down with half-inch chain attached to a 4,000-lb concrete block — probably similar to the one containing the remains of Jimmy Hoffa. Each buoy is checked for maintenance once a year and replaced every two years. In the four years Lemley has worked

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for the Park Service at Angel Island, no Ayala Cove buoys have drifted away. The same cannot be said for the buoys that are — or were — off Quarry Point. They were originally put there by the California Department of Boating & Waterways in one of those federal government spend-the-money-now-or-lose-it deals. The reason only four of the original 30 are left is elementary. The idiots drove wooden piles — notorious for their poor resistance to the ravages of saltwater — into the bottom, then drilled holes to run chain through and up to the buoys. Naturally, it didn’t take long for the chains to work through the wood and the buoys to break loose. A State Parks dive team discovered the problem and put metal plates over the top to try to prevent the rest of the chains from pulling out; it wasn’t entirely successful. Lemley says there is a possibility that the Park Department will get submarine net anchorages from Mare Island and use them to moor buoys at Quarry Point. We think this must be what’s intended as recreational boaters’ share of the 'Peace Dividend'. tillSAIL THE 1-5 TO OLYMPIA I read with interest John Kidd’s April letter about the overland transport of boats. I’d like to know the cost of transporting an eightton Aries 32 from the Bay Area to Puget Sound. I’m also curious about how well the hull on a heavy displacement boat would be supported by a bouncing trailer. If the boat’s weight rests primarily on her keel, I can see the potential for stress damage at the keel to hull transition that might only be detected by ultrasonic tests. When East Coast boat manufacturers ship their boats to West Coast dealers, do the boats rest in custom-built crates? Is ship transport safer and less or more expensive than truck transport? Perhaps you could publish the names, addresses and phone numbers of a couple of reputable firms that truck or ship boats. I’d also like to know John Kidd’s address and would be interested in comments from boaters who have trucked or shipped their boats. On a different subject, what’s your expert opinion on stuffing boxes? My stuffing box does not leak one drop, yet the prop shaft doesn’t get the least bit warm when motoring. My bilge is dry like the Sahara, my prop shaft is cool like the Bay, and I love it! Books on the subject say this can’t be possible. I’ve hauled my 1985 Aries once since I bought her in 1990.1 didn’t touch her stuffing box during the haul-out and have no idea whether the seal has ever been repacked. I’m inclined to leave it alone as long as it does the 'impossible' so well. However, some folks tell me that I better have it repacked at the next haul-out. I asked one yard owner if I should replace my conventional stuffing box with one of the modern dripless shaft seals. The yard owner said, "No, these new shaft seals are dangerous; they can break and let in tons of water in minutes. I would repack your seal and adjust the packing nut until it drips a teeny, weeny bit." That’s what all the books say, too, but if it ain’t broke, why fix it? I’m looking forward to your opinion and that of other sailors. Svend Hoyer-Nielsen Arion, Aries 32 Brickyard Cove, Pt. Richmond Svend — Transporting boats by truck is far more common than you apparently realize. Jim Baxter of Dudley Boat and Trailer Transport of East Sumner, Washington —just one such company — reports they send 10 trucks to California each week with boats. And they’ve been in business for 30 years. Like all boat transporters, they’ve got special trailers and other equipment. Solidly-built vessels such as yours won’t suffer any damage as a result of being trucked. Baxter says the only boats at risk are racers with balsa cores. A 32-footer such as yours would pose only a minor trucking

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Mno trouble with the ladders Regarding the Dog Watch letter in the March issue, Kelly had obviously never been to Palmyra when the dogs lived there. Army and Navy, which is what the two dogs were named, were the only permanent inhabitants of the island at the time. Just wanting company and perhaps some food, they regularly climbed boat ladders with ease. Can’t wait to see those penguins fly, Kelly! Rita Moore San Francisco Rita — In addition to climbing boat ladders, one of the dogs was bitten by a shark!

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P.S. I agree with the Wanderer’s assessment of St. Barts and his 18 reasons why it’s the best place to spend New Years. But there’s a 19th reason for me, one that qualifies to be in the top five: the great, folksy museum beneath Fort Oscar. It has fine black and white photographs of life in old St. Barts and also of past hurricanes and considerable nautical artifacts. Jack Cohan Bittersweet II In the British Virgins headed for Antigua Jack — Silvio, a friend of ours with the Freya 39 Pricilla who used to do subcontract electronics work out of CMO, has recently been to both Trinity Yachts and CMO. He reports that the yard at Trinity has been extremely busy while CMO — which was packed a year ago — appeared to be almost empty. "Price is certainly one reason," he said. "At CMO they wanted about $390 U.S. a month to dry store my 39-footer. At Trinity Yachts in Trinidad they only charged me $160 a month. But we’ve have to recommend Trinity for more reasons than just price. Trinity manager Don Stollmeyer, we believe, truly wants everyone to leave his yard satisfied and basically operates on the principal that 'the customer is always right’. The attitude at CMO couldn’t be more different. As a customer, we felt like supplicants who were an annoyance to their raking in money. The management was uncommunicative, raised prices without warning and, as far as we were concerned, couldn’t be trusted. This is not to say that all boatowners left CMO unhappy. Some were very happy with both the prices and work, and occasionally we did see some examples of what appeared to be nice spraying. Nonetheless, as Silvio puts it, "The longer people were at CMO, the more they tended to be unhappy and angry." We must caution you, however, about the difficulty in finding skilled labor at either yard. There are a few guys who know some things, but there’s a tremendous lack of qualified labor. The difference is that Strollmeyer at Trinity will admit it while the people at CMO didn’t supervise workers who wouldn’t know a thru-hull from a pitchfork. Absolutely no work should be allowed without the owner’s close supervision. Furthermore, bills at CMO frequently exceeded the quotes, often by large amounts. As much as we can recommend Trinity Yachts, contact Don Stollmeyer in advance to inquire about whether he has the necessary skilled workers to do the jobs you want done. He’ll give you an honest answer. Richmond YC member George Gliksman, who has been moored at the Trinidad YC for years, might be able to direct you to capable independent contractors. Nonetheless, we’d assume both yards are for "do-it-yourselfers" until proven otherwise. We spent a lot of time and money trying to get work done in Venezuela and Trinidad. While both yards would be fine for do-ityourself bottom jobs, based on our experience we’d caution anyone thinking about getting major work done in the Third World. There is terrible frustration at every step, as so many of the things, services and attitudes we take for granted just don’t exist in the Third World. Had we known then what we know now, we’d have probably sailed up to the Carolinas. There are a number of fine yards where you can get excellent American-style work at probably the same ultimate cost and at half the frustration. We’re certain there are exceptions, but we now think major boat work in Third World countries is a false economy. Especially if that Third World country starts with the letter 'V and is located on the northern edge of South America.

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Strewth! I never imagined that my humble role in Nalu IV’s adventure was going to become so famous! But since the crew has been touted as one of the reasons for the success of the Jessie’s circumnavigation, I feel entitled to join the fray by contributing an outsider’s inside view of cruising life aboard Nalu. I, too, have circumnavigated — but as a hitchhiker or hired hand, not an owner. Having achieved that distinction by crewing on a variety of boats that included everything from a Whitbread Around the World Racer with 17 others to a 30-foot wooden gaffer, and with equally diverse crews, I consider myself qualified to comment on 'the Jessie Way'. My time with Jim and Di accounted for eight glorious months and — by longitude — a quarter of my watery way around the world. Indeed, I was one of "the muscular and enthusiastic men" (Latitude, February) sighted hanging around the Darwin YC looking for an ongoing passage after the race to Ambon, Indonesia. The Jessies took me on based upon the recommendation of my Darwin-based skipper in the race to Ambon — who had been pleased to find that at least one of his pub-picked crew could function without shaking on a boat that had never been sailed 'dry' before. That was my only credential — apart from a smile on my face, two unsuccessful attempts to sail west-to-east to America, and $5/day worth of expense money in my pocket. I was the undisputed sailing novice on Nalu IV, and from the moment we extricated ourselves from the tangle of the Ambon fleet — a disadvantage of arriving first — and casually bore out of the harbor at nine knots, a new phase in my sailing education was begun. The first lesson was that fast is fun. The second is that it was indeed possible to marry the hitherto — to me — disparate sailing styles of 1. cruising (i.e. fun afloat) and 2. performance sailing, in which the team aboard is dedicated to maintaining the boat’s optimum effectiveness. The two need not be mutually exclusive. This marriage of styles required being able to steer one-footed from the low-slung comfort of a beach chair and still hold a 'course' of eight knots or so. Any lapses in concentration — which might cause sails to luff or the boat to heel more than necessary, were surely greeted with a polite but stern reproach from the companionway. The change of watch also seemed to be characterized by the oncoming team making slight but pertinent changes to the sail trim, belyingwhat I’d been content with for the previous four hours. These improvements, registered by higher numbers on the applause/knotmeter, never ceased to impress me. Gradually I learned about the subtleties of cause and effect tweaking — knowledge I never picked up during my dinghy-less youth. It wasn’t until I later took command of my own boat that I really put those lessons into practice and fully appreciated their real worth in terms of the effective and efficient means of handling various craft in different situations. Meanwhile, though, back in the southeast trades aboard Nalu IV,

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there always seemed to be someone keener, racier and more expert than myself to trim sails. So I mostly satisfied what performance skills I was developing by 'trimming' the shade umbrella mounted over the steering station and wondering when lunch was going to be served. Ah, yes, food, one of my favorite topics! Anyone learning from the Diana Jessie school of provisioning, will know that she is even more strict in her galley than she is on deck. It was a shock to my ocean air appetite to learn that between meal snacks were rare and that meal portions were metered out meticulously. 1 felt like Oliver Twist and Pavlov’s dog combined. I wanted to ask for more, but knew that another plateful would only appear — albeit like clockwork — in the proper context of the Jessie’s inexorable eat, sleep and steer routine of ocean passaging. Personally, I’m more from the 'eat when you’re hungry' and 'hot and lots of it' schools of cruising cuisine. But the Nalu budget was tight and sacrifices had to be made by all to help prolong the cruise — and defer for as long the possible the need to stop and earn. 'K’rew' rations were one way to put off having to work! Mealtimes were also a cultural shock to my sensitive Australian digestive system. It was simply not used to the Bisquick-based staples that the all-American Jessies seemed to thrive on. And despite the bouts of hunger, I actually started to develop a gut! It’s a paradox that I can only assume was caused by my habit of 'inhaling' the eagerly awaited breads, biscuits, pancakes, muffins, bagels and waffles — which in turn deprived most of my alimentary tract the benefits of absorption in lieu of the shorter term satisfaction of a full belly! In any case, it was a dose of para-typhoid acquired through careless use of Indonesian water that had the final word on my intestinal grumblings. Only when hovering outside the mouthwatering eateries of Singapore, knowing that at best I only had 20 minutes to savor the delights, would the "once muscular and energetic" description have been applicable! But enough food talk — except to say that Nalu must have been the only American boat in all of Thailand to celebrate Thanksgiving in truly traditional style with a turkey. So, between frequent feasts like that, my delving into the supplies of Vegemite, and the religious observance of Sunday morning gin fizzes, I really have no grounds for culinary complaint. Nor do I want to jeopardize future dinner invitations at Chez Nalu! I’ve been spoiled by an overabundance of gourmet foods on some charter boats. I sailed for 30 days on another boat with a diet of onions, garlic, cabbage and potatoes. The Jessies practiced the happy medium. Much has been said about their custom Lapworth 48, and equipment it wouldn’t be seen with and some gear that others might consider luxury items. It all depends, I suppose, on which side of the quay you grew up on. But Nalu’s operation is based on her design. She lent herself to speedy cruising as naturally as to the complementary features of safety and comfort. I can understand the Jessie’s boast of "The Proper Yacht" — which most proud boat owners would also echo for themselves, even if they didn’t emblazon it on their insignia! For most of my time with Nalu, she was sailed with due respect for the fact that repairs are often an avoidable cost, or sometimes — given the West Marine-less environment — not possible at all. So it was a surprise and yet another lesson for me to see her being put through her paces in Phuket, Thailand. Jim finds it hard to resist committing both his and his boat’s reputation when the starter’s flag is waved in his face, and the threeday regatta in early December, while waiting for the monsoon winds to swing northeast, was temptation enough. Nalu was stripped of cruising paraphernalia and the four of us became eight for the event. With the boat bobbing 3-inches higher in the water and rigging put under testing loads, the 20-year old lady leapt out of the stalls as if she were off on her first TransPac! Being a bit bewildered by the frantic pace of the race, I did what I was told to do on the foredeck or

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sat on the rail — and watched the other boats follow in our wake. While celebrating our first-race line-honors with a beer in the Rocks Bar above Nai Horn Beach, I overheard a couple of disgruntled competitors rationalizing their own performance by assuming that Nalu had "professional" crew aboard! Hah! Quite a pat on the back for me, who’d only ever set a spinnaker once before. And a backhanded compliment also, to the Jessie’s ability to squeeze the best out of a mixed bag of crew and a boat geared for cruising. I’ll always be a better cruiser than a racer, but I’m glad to have savored the thrill of seeing a great boat expertly pushed and responding in kind. In fact, I’m grateful to the Jessies for not only taking me on a voyage that I’d dreamed of, but for a great deal of general nautical knowledge. Going fast is one thing and stopping is another. And with very few exceptions, I’ve rarely been on a boat where the ground tackle was handled as well or with such a minimum of fuss. The fine art of anchoring, setting or weighing, is a pleasure when done properly — even if it takes repeated attempts and you are the winch! I also learned through observation and experience the wisdom of attending to all those details in need of attention when they first become apparent. This fundamental rule, which can keep you out of heaps of trouble, was often neglected on other boats I sailed on. And they were the ones whose sails would chafe; whose shackles would be lost by loose pins; whose frayed rope ends would snag in blocks; whose steering would finally fail when the bearing in the pedestal, which clunked at every wash of the rudder, ultimately fell to pieces as it had been threatening to do since Miami! Preventive maintenance is a principle akin to this, and a further reason why mechanical faults were few and minor on Nalu. The obvious exception were the incidents that necessitated the keel’s removal and replacement, which no amount of lubrication or Neverseize could have prevented, eh, Jim? The Col Regs are full of qualifying clauses along the lines of "with due regard to the observance of good seamanship". Such practices are mostly concerned with common sense and courtesy — race courses not included — and the Jessies time and again proved the value of those traits that these days are too often ignored or considered old-fashioned. But as unwritten codes, they are still as internationally pertinent across cultures as a smile is between strangers. In short, Nalu was an excellent training ship for me, a veritable floating, working Bowditch. But that feature was just part and parcel of the Nalu package; the real task at hand was to cruise the world and experience the joy and freedom of travel — albeit with a coastal bias. And my experience in that world is broad enough to assure readers that the Jessies are the sort of cruisers who have the attitude to make the game the great one it can be. Jim and Di may come across in print as being pretentious or sanctimonious, but to brand them as such is not to know them. Although — as those of us who have shared sea time and sundowners with them well know — in their books there are fewer ways to skin a cat than the rest of us might consider. But they live by their beliefs and their achievements bear testimony to their worth. Judging by the current success of their lecture tour and 'how to' cruise guides, there are many aspiring cruisers who feel they can distill a lot from what is brewing in the Jessie’s vat of knowledge. Some from the cruising world would question and challenge the same — this is good and patently necessary, given the very personal nature of life afloat. Cruising, it seems to me, is a lore we all develop individual preferences for, and as a community there will always be as much inherent discord as there will be consensus among the different schools of thought. Such perennial topics, after all, are what make for colorful cockpit conversations — not to mention Latitude letters. Just be grateful Jim never mentioned frozen snot! P.S. I’d like this note to also serve the long-winded function of a roundabout plea for employment. Out there somewhere there’s a

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I’ve got another helpful hint for mariners in quest of a simpler and more enjoyable lifestyle. This was involves the always perverse problem of trying to light the barbie in 25 or more knots of breeze. As anyone who has tried knows, lighting up briquets in such conditions can be tough — unless you have a blow torch. My solution is as follows: Pour on the usual amount of lighter fluid — and maybe a few extra squirts. Wait for the fluid to soak in, then toss on one capful of stove alcohol. It should just take one match to get the alcohol going, which in turn will ignite the lighter fluid. As for the alcohol, I’m sure everyone carries a bottle of it to clean up the messy polyurethane caulking. Cress 'Capt’n Cool' Baxter El Cerrito C.C. —Lighting our 'Q' in a breeze— we have one of those round propane jobs — was the scariest thing we did all last summer. The only way we could get the thing going in a Delta breeze was to turn the gas on full blast and leave the top on. Five minutes and 50 matches later, a match would finally stay lit long enough to get some results. Unfortunately, the result would be a small explosion which would blow the top right off the damn thing. The kids thought it was funny as hell, but we had a hard time finding the humor in it. At least we learned something. We’d always thought Magma put a wire between the base of the 'Q' and the top to keep the top from sliding off and into the drink during a pounding beat to weather. Now we know the purpose of the wire is to keep the top from being launched upon ignition. God knows how many 747s would have been brought down with 'Q' tops were it not for that wire. Frankly, we think you stumbled past the ideal solution to the problem of starting the ’Q’ in a breeze: the blow torch. It’s fast, fun and saves you from mucking around with lighter fluid and stove alcohol, both of which are heavy, sloppy and create more pollution.

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Blind ambition. Hank Dekker is going sailing again. You may remember Hank as the blind Marin sailor who, among other feats, took third in division in the 1986 Singlehanded TransPac aboard his Laser 28 Outta Sight. Well, this time he has his, er, sights set on the Atlantic. Sometime this summer, he’ll try to become the first blind sailor to cross from the United States to Europe. Dekker had just gotten the go-ahead from his major sponsor, the National Federation,for the Blind, headquartered in Baltimore, the day before we went to press. So the only other thing we know for sure is that he’s planning to sail an Olson 30. Project coordinator Ron Povtak (who has helped Hank on his other sailing ventures) thinks they can put one together and have it in New York by the tentative departure date of July 4. Between now and then, Dekker plans an intensive reacquaintance program with sailing, as he hasn’t done too much in the last few years. Dekker, now in his mid-’50s, was a successful businessman in Hawaii before going blind in the early ’80s. He now makes a living as a motivational speaker. For more information on the project, or if you’d like to offer "any moral, physical or financial support," call Povtak at (415) 332-4770. Christmas is over, we want our radio back. We were out on Christmas Day, trying to enjoy the Bay, but eventually some Scrooge-like weather drove us to park for a spell at the Angel Island docks. There we met the owner of an old 20-some foot gaffer who was at his wits’ end. "Would you take my wife and mother-in-law back with you?" he asked. Apparently, the boat was such a handful in the breeze that he was fearful for their safety when he made a run for home in Richmond. We tried to calm the guy, telling him to just wait it out for a while, but the next time we came on deck, he was untying lines and pushing off. His mother-in-law’s eyes were about the size of dinner plates. We again tried to calm the guy — we didn’t get his name or that of the boat. "Just call for help if you need it," we said. "You do have a radio, don’t you?" He shook his head. So we lent him our radio. Hey, it was Christmas — goodwill toward men and all that humbug. It seemed like the least we could do to make them feel a little more secure. We just told him to get it back to us when he got home safely. Well, to make a long story short, we never saw our radio again. So if the fellow who 'borrowed' it reads this, please get back to us at (415) 383-8200 — and return our radio! On the road again. The Metropolitan Yacht Club of Oakland is changing addresses once again. Its new one will be the ground floor of Shenanigan’s Restaurant, which is located at 30 Jack London Village. The grand opening was April 24. Certainly the most nomadic of Bay Area yacht clubs, this move marks the fifth for MYCO since its inception in an old hotel in Oakland in 1957. In the early ’60s, the club moved to the 'cupola' building in Jack London Square, where it stayed until 1987. It then moved to the Embarcadero location for 2Vz years, until the deck fell off and the club was forced to leave. At the end of 1990, MYCO took over the old Victoria Station restaurant, whose seawall has been suffering severe erosion lately. "This time we’re trying a building on solid, dry land,” says MYCO’s Betty Gray. Among other events, MYCO runs the Catalina Race every July, and has plans to host the first Mo’ikeha Cup Race from San Francisco to Kona, Hawaii in August, 1994. For more info, contact Gray at (510) 893-MYCO. The envelope, please. The California Water Pollution Control Association has announced their selections for 'clean' companies of the year, and we’re pleased to announce that Richmond’s Sanford Wood Boat Yard is a winner in the 'Small Industry' category. They received their award April 23 —

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Back to the future — maybe. Remember Steve Cooper? We did a piece on the South Bay sailor a fewNyears ago when he modified the engine on his Rawson 30 Rainbow to run on natural gas. It worked fine and burned clean, but lugging that big cylinder off the boat every time he needed a refill got to be a bit old. So Steve got rid of the tank and the engine, dug about 300 pounds of ballast out of the keel of the boat and installed six golfcart batteries and a big old DC electric motor. In its present configuration, Rainbow can cruise comfortably at 5Vz knots for about an hour. Then it needs recharging. Immediate future plans call for the addition of more batteries, eventually doubling the present output of 36 volts. One day, Steve hopes to devise a fuel cell like those used in the space program, where an the electrochemical reaction of the 'fuel' provides the needed electricity. For now, Steve is really enjoying the reaction of the dock committee when he pulls in and out of his Oyster Cove slip to go do Tuesday night races. "There’s no sound and no exhaust," he says. "It really makes people look." Medicinal purposes only. After winning at Pebble Beach, golfer Brett Ogle now has to endure the merciless, microscopic dissection of his now-celebrated life from the time he was knee high to a wallaby (he’s Australian). We couldn’t care less about this except that one facet of his rise to stardom could one day come as an immeasurable help to injured boaters, so scribble this down in your first aid kit. Seems back in 1990 at the Australian Open, one of his two-iron shots ricocheted off a tree, came back and whacked him in the knee. While everyone started run¬ ning around looking for ice, someone in the crowd produced a chilled six-pack of beer, which was applied to the injury to reduce swelling. On an only marginally-related topic, scientists have discovered evidence of beer being brewed at least 5,100 years ago — which makes it older than writing. Some archaeologists now think beer’s role in civilization was significant. Said one: "It may have been one of the major incentives that convinced people to settle down." Would you believe . . . ? We were perusing the fascinating tabloid Weekly World News when, amidst such articles as 'Elvis Was Cloned' and 'Liberace is Alive and Well and Living in Las Vegas as a Woman', we found a piece on a guy named Teddy Cole. Seems Teddy and his buddy Ralph Roe didn’t perish in a 1937 escape attempt from Alcatraz. No, for the last 50-some years, they’ve been hiding out in subterranean tunnels under The Rock. The article notes that the pair lived on rats, lizards and birds they caught, and that Teddy did particularly well after Ralph passed away several years ago. "Those rats ate him right down to the bone and got real fat," he is quoted as saying.

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a beach of a day It wasn’t the best way to start the season. While rounding a mark during the first race of the WBRA (Wooden Boat Racing Association) racing season, my IC Xarifa was T-boned by a sistership. The collision resulted in a hole through which you could pass a 30-gallon trash can — without touching the sides. Were it not for the quick actions of my crew, our fleet might well have lost another boat. The incident occurred on April 17, which anyone who was out there will remember as a rainy, blustery Saturday with 25 to 30-knot winds out of the South. A strong ebb tide added to the complexity of what evolved at the rounding of Buoy 23 off the eastern side of Angel Island. Xarifa (IC 78) en¬ tered the two-boatlength circle ahead of Never Again II (IC 75), and helms¬ man Martin Gordon attempted to get inside us at the mark. He might have made it, had the rough conditions not caused his main to catch on on the spreaders, fouling up his jibe. With no room and no time to take our stern, continued outside column of next sightings page

How the world has changed in one short generation. We’re dating ourselves, but re¬ member bomb shelters? In the ’50s, every¬ one was so afraid of Kruschev that they started digging holes in their backyards, installing bomb shelters and stocking them with enough canned food to survive a nucle¬ ar attack — like you’d want to. Thankfully, the cold war never did become a hot one. Still, from the end of World War II until just a couple years ago, it seems like our entire military-industrial complex was geared toward one thing: war with the Soviet Union. Now it’s 1993, and last month former

SIGHTINGS by the bay Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev formally accepted two historic buildings in the Pre¬ sidio for the west coast headquarters of his nonprofit Gorba-chev Foundation USA. The buildings are familiar ones to many Bay Area sailors: the former Coast Guard Station at Crissy Field. More than 100 years old, the buildings have been vacant since Station Golden Gate moved across the Bay to the more protected waters of Horseshoe Cove two years ago. Current landlord is the Gol¬ den Gate National Recreation Area. (GGNRA will get the rest of the Presidio

beach of a day — cont’d Never Again T-boned us amidships. Since Xarifa had already jibed onto port and was heeled over, Never Again’s bow penetrated four to five feet into our cabin. (One of my crew remembers looking below and seeing her CF numbers

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On the beach. "Be sure Spencer gets credit for this picture; his camera gave its all."

inside our boat.) The resulting hole measured 6 by 3 feet, and extended 18 inches below the waterline. Luck played an important part in what happened next. First of all, the two boats separated almost immedi- ” ately. Secondly, the impact lucky and thankful missed our chainplates by about two feet and the rig remained As mentioned, aside from being hit, we standing. This allowed us to stay were lucky — and thankful things went as heeled over and keep the hole well as they did. To hit the salient points: mostly out of the water. — Once hit, we remained on course, There was no question that which allowed us to place the boat on a safe beaching the boat was our only and sandy beach. option. The bad news was, the — The two boats did not get tangled in nearest prospect was the beach the collision. If they had, it very possibly north of Angel Island’s Point could have resulted in the loss of both Xarifa Blunt, almost a mile away. Two of and Never Again II. my crew, Spencer and Rena Ful— The rig stayed up, allowing us to weiler, trimmed everything in tight maintain our heel angle. Had the boat stood while Steve Manning jumped be¬ upright, I’m certain it would have sunk in low to supplement our bilge pump less than a minute. — We did not panic, and were able to with frenzied bailing. Even with the hole mostly out take immediate steps to assess our situation of the water, we never knew for &nd safely prepare to abandon ship. We then pulled together as a team to overcome the sure if we were going to make it. Wind-blown chop kept slopping in rather sizable possibility of sinking. (I only and Steve bailed relentlessly, wish we could trim the sails with that degree throwing gallon after gallon of of coordination and concentration during a water back out the hole. For a race!) long time, we couldn’t tell who — We put the boat on the beach at nearly was winning, the Steve/pump high tide and it was out of the waves in team — or the Bay. Life jackets about 90 minutes. and gear bags stood ready in the — We were escorted to shore by mem¬ cockpit in case it was the latter. bers of our fleet who were ready to pull us In response to our hail for help, from the water if we sank. two ICs escorted us into shore, — Vessel Assist happened to be monitor¬ Dennis Jermaine’s Hecate and ing the radio when news of our peril went Never Again II — which suffered /> out across the airwaves. suprisingly minor damage in the — You know the old saying about the collision. Fortunately, the wind best bilge pump being a scared man with a remained steady, heeling us about bucket? Steve Manning proved it was true. 30° the entire way in, save one almost round-up. I called for the main to be let out to ease the weather helm, but a loud cry from Steve that green water was rushing in caused the main to be hauled in tight once again. We barely made it. We sailed the boat right onto Quarry Beach and waded continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS beach — cont’d ashore through waist-deep water in front of a surprised audience — 250 hikers who were making their way toward Point Blunt as part of a 'Save the Parks' protest march. Within minutes of hitting the beach, two Park Rangers were on hand to help us remove sails and other gear from the boat. This was rather tricky. In normal conditions, this side of Angel Island is calm and tranquil, but the Southerly storm had kicked up 2 to 3-foot waves. These crashed against the boat every few seconds, filling it with sand and sending spray 5 to 10 feet high every time they hit the hull. It was about this time that morale hit the low point of the day. With the crew pumped on adrenaline and elated to have saved the boat, we weren’t prepared to see a wave remove the bag containing our lunches from the boat and spew sandwiches and drinks into the surf. We did manage to save a few of the drinks. Tim Parker of Vessel Assist had overheard our radio calls and was soon standing by. Once given the go-ahead, he and his crew responded immediate¬ ly, patching the hole at low tide with a 4 by 7 piece of plywood and a rubber gasket. The boat was refloated on the next high tide and towed to Anderson’s yard in Sausalito, where it was hauled at 10 p.m. that very night. The owners of Never Again II have taken full responsibility for the accident, and as this is being written, the owners and insurance adjusters are making arrangements to repair the hole, as well as some mostly cosmetic damage caused by beaching the boat. With luck Xarifa will be back in the water in time for the May 8th race. On behalf of my crew, I’d like to offer special thanks to two individuals. First, Terry Koening of the Red and White Fleet for getting the Xarifa crew aboard the 3 p.m. ferry to San Francisco and providing a ride to Marina Basin to retrieve our cars. (We made it back to the St. Francis in time to have drinks with the rest of the fleet by 4:30!) And second, a special thanks to Angel Island Ranger Dan Winkleman. He provided replacement bag lunches, transportation and assistance in storing gear that could not be carried off the island. Without rangers responding, the Xarifa crew would surely have suffered hypothermia and would have been disoriented as to what to do with gear and how to get off the island. Dan is yet another fine example of why Angel Island State Park should remain staffed. Finally, I want to express my gratitude to the 1C fleet. Since the accident, nearly every boat owner has called me to offer condolences and offer help. What a fleet! Somewhat humorously, however, every time I hear the story told by someone else, the course of events sounds more and more disastrous. This article will hopefully serve to get the facts straight for everyone, and hopefully be of some use to skippers who might someday find themselves in a similar situation. — paul manning

ray of hope Ray Thayer decided to buy a sailboat 30 years ago. He’d owned a power¬ boat for a while, but didn’t like it very much. So he sold it and began saving his pennies. Last month, three years after breaking the bank, he launched the boat he really wanted. Wild Thing is a 60-ft, full-on racing machine aboard which Thayer plans to compete in the next BOC Singlehanded Around the World Race. For someone who openly claims his total sailing experience is limited to "six or seven times on friend’s boat and a few hours of windsurfing," putting together a project of this magnitude — Wild Thing is the first and only Class I BOC boat ever built on the West Coast — well, isn’t it a bit like starting a baseball career by batting leadoff in the World Series? Ray gestures toward Shilshole Marina in his homeport of Seattle. "Most people seem to buy smaller boats than they want then spend most of their time working to pay for them instead of sailing them." Instead, he chose to work 12hour days and 7-day weeks as a sheetrock contractor, raising a family that now includes seven grandchildren. At age 55, he started construction of "the only boat I’ll ever own, with the freedom to sail all the time." To make up for his lack of experience, Ray has plotted an ambitious 18continued outside column of next sightings page

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gorbie when the Army vacates in 1994.) Gorbachev’s visit in mid-April involved the usual round of speeches and dedication ceremonies. During one talk, he announced the formation of a U.S. national task force

s’no problem "Dealing with 16 to 18 feet of snow is a slightly uncommon form of marine mainte¬ nance," writes Jim Lane of Obexer’s Boat Company in Homewood, California. You may remember Obexers, which services Lake Tahoe, from a Sightings item last fall wherein they were hauling a J/29 in a driving snowstorm. Well, as we all know, the Lake Tahoe

SIGHTINGS on the conversion of our soon-to-close mili¬ tary bases to civilian use. The main focus of the Gorbachev Foundation is on internation¬ al projects involving the environment, world peace and childhood health issues.

ray of hope — cont’d month training schedule that he hopes will have him up to speed by the time the BOC starts in September, 1994, off Charleston, South Carolina. This includes two round trips to Hawaii this summer, then a solo circumnavigation, Seattle to Seattle, starting in November. He’ll also sail to Charleston singlehanded via Cape Horn. From beneath the 93-ft carbon fiber rig that will carry 5,500 square feet of sail when the big chute’s flying, the Ted Brewer design looks and feels like a speedster. And down below, she certainly looks the part: exposed aluminum stringers and frames, two pipe berths, stove, nav station, microwave and a small, double sink. But at 40,000 pounds, she comes in almost twice the displacement of most of her high-end competitors. The weight includes 16,500 pounds of fixed ballast and the capacity for 9,000 more in external trim tanks. "We designed a multi-purpose cruiser-racer that will be competitive in the BOC," says Brewer. "She’s as long on the waterline as possible, and as light as we could build to be consistent with Ray’s requirements for strength." Ano¬ ther feature Thayer specified is that the boat be easily modified for extensive offshore cruising after the race. Ray is realistic about the boat’s potential in a racing environment. "She’ll continued outside column of next sightings page

PHOTOS COURTESY JIM LANE

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be fast in a blow but the lighter boats will go over the horizon in light air," he says. He feels the security of not worrying about coming apart in heavy seas is worth the tradeoff. Mike Plant’s ghost haunts the discussion about keels. "I don’t believe a super-thin fin and bulb is the most efficient shape for all around performance," says Brewer. So David Vacanti was engaged to design a low-draft (for these boats) fin with winglets that will provide downwind stability and performance going to weather. Wild Thing draws about 13 feet. Since Ray is concerned about the possibility of hitting debris or having to do below-the-waterline repairs at sea, Brewer designed stern-mounted twin rudders with shear-pin, kick-up mounts. If one hits anything, it folds back Hobie Cat style. Fold it back down, put in a new shear pin and you’re back in business. Auxiliary power currently comes from a, ahem, jet outdrive coupled to a 150-horse diesel. Wild Thing will do 10 knots under power and Ray

area got quite a dusting of the white stuff this year. (We heard one resort was planning to be open through the Fourth of July!) The result, as far as boats were concerned, definitely was something out of the ordinary. "The boys — Rick Howell, Sean Cookman, Mark Wood and Jim Lane — definitely had their hands full this winter," says Lane — "with snowshovels!" Though it’s been "a real pain and a lot of hard work," Jim says that everyone at Obexers "is thankful for the water and are looking forward to a great boating season up here at the lake."

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Above, 'Wild Thing.’ Spread, Ray Thayer on the maiden voyage.

doesn’t worry about a propeller snagging stray fishing nets that populate Northwest waters. The boat was also built with bow thrusters — Ray calls them "training wheels until I learn how to park." Both the jet and thrusters will come off before race day. Wild Thing didn’t exactly pass her first test of structural integrity, a trip to Seattle, with flying colors. It was more like running colors. After motoring into heavy seas for six hours, Ray realized that a fountain of water was coming in through the keel joint. With three watertight compartments and oversized bilge pumps, Ray wasn’t worried about sinking, but when the water level in the cabin reached 8 inches, he decided to shorten the trip by taking an inside passage between some islands — and promptly ran the boat aground. Ray laughs. "Running the boat aground is only a problem if you do it at high tide, right? Besides," he says, it gave me a chance to stuff some old shirts and wood into the hole." Wild Thing’s maiden voyage was also a wet one, this time from above. With 15 to 20-knot southerlies, it was altogether a crummy day. But Thayer wasn’t complaining. Around the yard, he had a reputation for being quiet and serious. But that day, under full main and borrowed 'sacrificial' jib, he was smiling, cheerful and attentive to input from the sailmakers and riggers aboard. Putting her through her paces, we trucked to weather across Puget Sound, getting up to about 12 knots before the main halyard parted. It was soon fixed and, with a double reef in the big main, we launched the 1.5-ounce asymmetrical spinnaker for a tight reach that pushed boatspeed into the low 20s. Ray was rea//y smiling now. "How’s she feel?" someone asked. "Okay, 1 think — but I don’t really know how it’s supposed to feel," he answered honestly. "I’ve never done this before." Stay tuned. — ed lawrence

fellowship of the ring When Donn Campion and Skip Stevely invited my family and I down to Santa Cruz late last year for a sail on Donn’s Lee 67 Merlin, we jumped at the chance. As expected, it was a wonderful time; we set the chute in light air and enjoyed a leisurely sail around Half Moon Bay. Typical of a big ultralight, though, sailing Merlin required a good bit of work and by the end of the day, I was sorry I’d forgotten my gloves. My hands were raw. It wasn’t until after dinner, midway through my salad at the Crow’s Nest, that I noticed the diamond had fallen out of my ring. Feeling sick, I tried to think where I could have lost it. Maybe it fell out when I washed my hands before dinner. I ran to the ladies room and went piece by piece through the garbage (don’t try this yourself) while my companions, most of the other diners and the whole kitchen staff combed the carpet and scrutinized salad remains looking for the stone. The heirloom value of the diamond made it irreplaceable — it had been my great-grandmother’s engagement ring. And to make matters worse, the insurance had just lapsed! As the search continued, we went through everything: the restaurant, the car, the parking lot. Donn, who is a dentist in Sunnyvale, even had the Crow’s Nest take apart the drain in the ladies room the next day. All to no avail. After a noble effort by all concerned, I sadly resigned myself to the fact that the diamond was gone. A month later, my phone rang and the man at the other end introduced itself as Peter Gibson. His fiancee, Ray Kuhn, had chartered Merlin for a Sausalito YC Midwinter Series race and had found the strangest thing aboard. It seems that while out for a sail one hazy evening — this is after delivering the boat up from Santa Cruz, after a week of racing and after numerous hosedowns — one of their guests spotted a sparkle of light down by one of the cockpit scuppers. He reached down and picked up a small, clear stone . . . Now, coincidentally, Peter and Ray had been shopping for wedding rings the week before. So, curious, they took what they presumed to be a stray cubic zirconia to their jeweler. Imagine their surprise when she informed them that what they had found floating around Merlin’s cockpit was actually a onecontinued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS ring — cont’d carat, antique, mine-cut diamond! Baffled by their fortuitous find, Peter and Ray then proceeded to track down every guest that had been aboard during their charter to ask if anyone had lost any jewelry. Everyone said no. Finally, Peter called Donn Campion and told him about the find, wondering if he might know more. Donn said a diamond had been lost, but that had been a month ago. It was then that I met two of the most thoughtful people ever. Peter and Ray invited me over to their house to see if the diamond looked familiar. Sure enough, it fit the setting like Cinderella’s foot in the slipper. After all those weeks, all that sailing and all that water running around the cockpit, it seemed like Merlin herself had managed to keep my only piece of jewelry from becoming expensive fish food. Needless to say, the setting has been super-reinforced, and is now my lucky ring. To Peter and Ray I owe my heartfelt thanks and to Merlin I owe the awe continued outside column of next sightings page

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honey, I blew up To tell you the truth, we’re getting a bit worried: If the Crew List Parties get much bigger, we’re going to have to reserve space at a bigger facility — like Candlestick Park. Over the past three or four years, partici¬ pants in the spring Crew List for racers, cruiV sers, daysailors, co-charterers and boatswappers has more or less levelled off in the 500 to 600 person range. But until this year, attendance at our Crew List parties, held last month on separate weeknights at the Encinal and Corinthian YCs, had rarely even ap¬ proached those kind of numbers. Exact stats aren’t kept, since there’s no reason to, but

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the crew list this year paying attendance to the Corinthi¬ an alone totalled almost 300, with only slightly less at EYC. We estimate there were at least another 100 to 150 who got in free at each party. (You got in free if you were on the published Crew List.) Altogether, that would put combined attendance at around 700. Wow. These were active crowds, too. Lots of people interacting, partaking of 'Tudesupplied munchies or enjoying the no-host bars. We’d like to say they were all there purely and simply for sailing, but we’re big continued middle of next sightings page

and respect due a boat that can work that kind of magic. For the next trick, Merlin will once again try to break her own Hawaii record in this July’s TransPac Race. After saving my diamond, 8 days, 10 hours should be a piece of cake — plus I’ll be aboard wearing my lucky ring. — heather flick

remembering arthur Check out this month’s calendar and you’ll see that May, as always, is a busy month for sailing events both on the water and ashore. One of the more intriguing of these is also one of the newest — the Arthur Piver Memorial Weekend Cruise-In at the Corinthian YC. Which may bring the question to mind, "Who Is Arthur Piver?" For the answer to that, we defer to local multihull enthusiast and Corsair Marine dealer Gary Helms . . . Heroes fall into two categories: those who are remembered and those who aren’t. Everyone knows who ’discovered' America in 1492, who developed the first mass-produced American car, who developed the theory of relativity and who invented the electric light. But who can name the first person to reach the North Pole, the man who invented the computer, or the father of the modern trimaran? Does Arthur Piver ring a bell? Arthur Piver came from our own backyard. Here he toiled, experimented, developed plans and produced prototypes for modern trimarans that were technically advanced, yet inexpensive and relatively simple to build. He worked two jobs to keep his ideas alive. Piver was reportedly a member of both the San Francisco and Corinthian YCs. (His father was a past commodore at CYC.) His wife still lives in Mill Valley and makes his boat plans available to the public. Piver was a difficult hero. His personal life was sometimes stormy, and he held strong beliefs. He believed in the common person and that by keeping boat construction cheap and simple, his tris could enable common people to actually live their dreams. They really could build cruising sailboats and sail to the South Pacific. Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, 1 remember the excitement of watching my best friend’s father build a 34-footer at a chicken ranch in Santa Cruz. I fondly recall the excitement I shared with them, admiring the half-finished hulls in the process of being decked over, waiting to see how the interior would shape up. , , Piver’s ideas led to happy thoughts. Flower pot thoughts. Maybe that s part of the problem. Piver and his multihulls came into popularity in the dreamlike, free-thinking culture of the ’60s. But that way of thinking became shameful, a waste of time in the yuppie culture of the ’ 70s and downright decadent in the serious, driven ’80s. Nowadays in the gritty ’90s, however, that old laid-back ’60s way of thinking sometimes looks pretty darn inviting again. In 1969, Arthur Piver planned to participate in a trans-Atlantic race. He needed to make a long singlehanded sail in order to qualify, so when a local owner-built Piver-designed trimaran needed to be delivered to Los Angeles,

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Piver set off to deliver it. He was never seen again. . Investigative reports of the time are contradictory. Some said that wreckage was found; others claim no trace of Piver or the boat were ever recovered. Why did Arthur Piver disappear? He had already crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific in his trimarans. Some people who knew him say he had just tired of the rat race — that he just sailed away and that he and his descendants now live on a SouthPacific Atoll. They say Piver lives, he just doesn t pick up his mail anymore.

-gary helms

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SIGHTINGS arthur — cont’d 29th with a short Bay Race, after which everyone will adjourn to the CYC. After dinner in the ballroom, there will be dancing and an Arthur Piver lookalike contest afterward (use your imagination). Sunday morning at 9:30, designer Jim Antrim and sailmaker Kame Richards will hold a seminar on advances in multihull design. Then it’s out on the water again for some speed racing. "We’ll time your fastest reach in front of the Golden Gate," says Gary. Other than dinner Saturday night, the event, sponsored by the Bay Area Multihull Association, is free. For more information on any of this, call Gary Helms at (510) 865-2511.

hail to s.a.i.l. Outside the sport, sailing has this image problem. Survey upon survey indicates that most of the major myths still persist: you have to own a boat, you have to be a young, godlike male and you have to have heaps of money. Skillwise, some people actually equate learning to sail with learning to drive a Formula One race car. A number of people and organizations are out to change all that. In an effort to alleviate elitist perceptions, our national sailing organization even changed its name a couple of years ago. The old United States Yacht Racing Union (USYRU) is nourthe United States Sailing Association (US Sail¬ ing). And they’re interested in a lot more than just racing. Like almost everyone in the industry, they’re interested in getting more people out sailing. The way it worked out, though, it was a group of local Bay Area sailing schools that seems to have made the biggest mark. Curiously enough, it all started at the last America’s Cup. With sailing coming into living rooms up and down the coast, the owners of a couple local sailing schools called ESPN to ask how much it would cost to run a 30-second regional spot during the Cup coverage. After paramedics had revived them, they realized the only way it was going to happen is if they co-oped the ad with other sailing schools. And S.A.I.L. — the Sail Advancement Information League — was born. The association, which was formalized under the auspices of NCMA, the Northern California Marine Association, is presently comprised of eight local sailing schools: Cass’ Marina (Sausalito), Modern Sailing Academy (Sausalito), Club Nautique (Sausalito and Alameda), Olympic Circle Sailing Club (Berke¬ ley), Pacific Yachting Unlimited (Santa Cruz), Spinnaker Sailing (San Francis¬ co, Redwood City and Mountain View) and Tradewinds Sailing Center (Point Richmond). You may recall seeing one of the spots on ESPN. You might have even been one of the hundreds who called the toll-free number for more informa¬ tion. But even if you didn’t, a lot of people did. And a lot of people started sailing who probably would not have otherwise — which is good news for the industry and sailors in general. It was immediately apparent to all involved that they were onto something. SAIL stayed together after the America’s Cup and presently holds meetings once a month. Their programs have grown to include flyer distribution in both sailing and many non-sailing outlets, booths in boat^hows and other consu¬ mer shows, and their newest and proudest achievement, the Argonauts Pro¬ ject, which this year should see upwards of 300 underprivileged kids getting the chance to go through a 10-week sailing program at each of the SAIL schools. "Since SAIL started, I’d say we’ve brought in several thousand new people to the sport," says Anthony Sandberg of Olympic Circle Sailing School. A cou¬ ple of surprises: the number of women who are signing up has gone from 10 percent a few years ago to around 40 percent for most sailing schools today. And a lot of people are coming into sailing for the social and/or family aspect of the sport. "If it’s not sailing with their kids, most people who go through our courses anticipate bareboat chartering with their significant other and at least one other couple," says Sandberg. US Sailing has definitely taken notice of all this. In fact, at the urging of many Bay Area sailors (including Latitude’s John Arndt), US Sailing went so far as to create a new division of their Community Sailing Council. The new Commercial Sailing Division is presently presided over by Don Durant of Alacontinued outside column of next sightings page

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crew list boys and girls. Sigh — we’re almost con¬ vinced the more we whine and moan for people not to treat the crew parties as meat markets, the more titillated some of them become. So enough about that. Fortunately, most of the people we saw or talked to were legitimate. That is, they were there to trying to hook up with either boats or crew for all sorts of different sailing endeavors from afternoon sails on the Bay to cruising the distant comers of the globe. Among those we talked to were: — Leha of Bodega, who had been sailing only once in her life, arranged a date to go sailing with Tom of Petaluma. What sparked the meeting was Tom’s Petaluma YC pin. — Ray and Darryl, who have co-owned the same Venture 24 since 1969 were there hoping to find some co-charterers. — Doug recently moved his Young Sun

SIGHTINGS — cont’d 35 down to the main Bay from the Delta and was looking for crew to sail it locally. — Myra, one of our T-shirt winners, recently learned the ropes at Spinnaker Sailing. She wants to hone her new skills on the Bay for a few years then try some long¬ distance cruising. — Jim of Tiburon found a couple of ex¬ perienced foredeck prospects for his friend’s boat, which fulfilled his 'assignment' at the Crew List party. He also hit it off with a cruiser who needed crew for the South Pacif¬ ic, a tempting offer he had to turn down. Other highlights: for once, we didn’t run out of munchies, the bars stocked enough li¬ bations to last until 'last call' at 9 p.m. (another first), and a few people went home with some nifty prizes. In addition to a passel of the coveted Latitude 38 T-shirts raffled

s.a.i.l. — cont’d meda’s Club Nautique. One current goal of the Commercial Sailing Division is to issue a set of standardized, workable guidelines for sailing schools: for teaching, Coast Guard certification, insurance and so on. All this would seem to suggest that SAIL and organizations like it may one day evolve into a group like NAUI and PADI. Those latter are scuba-teaching organizations which have set up very successful programs to keep that sport safe, sane — and accessible. Right now it’s hard to tell how far SAIL will go. But you better believe that when the organization talks, a lot of people listen, including such national bodies as US Sailing, ASAP (American Sail Advancement Program) and NSIA (National Sailing Industry Association). All are monitoring its successes with interest. As the bellwether cooperative in the nation, SAIL is also fielding a lot of calls from all over the country from the 'little guys' — other sailing schools interested in co-oping with their peers to have more of a voice in their local areas. Cooperation vs. competition — it’s one of the waves of the future in sailing. And it’s neat to know it started in our own backyard. For more information about SAIL, or about learning to sail, contact any sailing school listed in this article.

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SIGHTINGS blown away on carquinez strait Plans started to go awry for Benicia YC’s Opening Day on the Strait when the clergyman scheduled to bless the fleet called in sick. One wonders if he had inside information, because right after that the breeze 'filled in' — howling out of the South at upwards of 30 knots and carrying lots of rain. While masts were toppling and sails were blowing out down San Francisco way, Benicia YC officials wisely postponed the decorated boat parade and blessing of the fleet "until the wind died down." For many organizers, it might have been the final straw. Earlier, the Navy bowed out on supplying a ship for the blessing ceremonies, ostensibly due to budget restraints. And the tugboat that had been scheduled as a judging platform was out of commission. Then the wind not only didn’t die down, by noon there were whitecaps in the harbor and the lone sailboat that tried to brave the elements in the Strait had to be rescued by the Coast Guard. continued butside column of next sightings page

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crew list off, we also had a drawing for various foul weather gear setups generously donated by Patagonia. The winners — and this is the first they’ll hear about it, because there was no room for phone numbers on the entry forms — are Shelli Ashbeck of Santa Ro¬ sa, Mernie Buchanan of Benicia, Vince Camella of Scotts Valley and Roger Hoat of Hayward. As soon as those folks call to claim their prizes, we’ll get them in the mail. (There would have been one more win¬ ner, but some weasel stole the red foulie jacket we had on display at the Corinthian.

SIGHTINGS — cont’d We won’t spoil a fun party by denigrating him or her here, as tempting as the thought is. We’ll just say we’ve always been firm believers in what goes around comes around.) All in all, it was a good time. And certainly our most successful Crew List and Crew List Party ever. At the risk of sounding a touch, well, inconsistent, we hope every¬ one found what they were looking for in the 1993 Crew Lists and Parties — and that at least some of you will drop us a line some¬ where down the road and tell us about it.

blown away — cont’d But up in the gateway to the Delta, things have a way of working themselves out. The judges of the decorated boat parade — Kaati of Bay & Delta Yachtsman, Lynda Young of KISS Radio and Christine Weaver of Latitude 38 — waited out the elements aboard the 85-ft luxury yacht Defiance, courtesy of James Gabbert of KOFY-TV. By the time the replacement clergyman, Reverend William Embee of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Vallejo, arrived to bless the fleet, it was obvious a little wind and rain wasn’t going to put that much of a damper on the day’s festivities. It was decided, again wisely, that the boats would simply be blessed and judged on the docks. And right on cue, just as everyone left the comfort of Defiance, the deluge began. Said one of the organizers, "We’ve been doing this for 14 years and it’s never been like this before." To their credit, the crews of the decorated boats did not allow their spirits to be dampened. The overall winner this year was Shanti, a Columbia 35 owned by Walter and Ivalee Lew of Vacaville. Their schtick featured several grown men and women parading around the deck in Shirley Temple costumes to the tune of The Good Ship Lollipop. All, of course, were carrying big lollipops. Reflecting the lasting impression of the event, they kept going even after the judges, who by then resembled a pack of drowned rats, had moved on to other boats. —

Christine weaver

Editor’s Note — Opening Day on the main Bay occurred April 25, the day this issue went to the printer. If you took part, we hope and trust that it was at least as enjoyable — and a whole lot drier — than Benicia s.

the other end of the dial When it comes to putting electronic gear on your boat to go cruising, some folks like to take the KISS approach (keep it simple, stupid). Globetrotters/ journalists Lynn and Larry Pardey represent the apotheoses of this mind set with their go simple/go now philosophy. Dr. Larry Gold of Pleasanton occupies the other end of the dial, so to speak. He’s a proponent of electronics. The more the merrier, in fact, which is evident by the recent work done on his S&S 50 Chap. After buying the boat last summer in San Diego and sailing it back to the Bay Area. he told Steven LaViolette of Alta Marine Electronics in Alameda to "do it all." Gold, who’s chief of the medical staff at Berkeley’s Alta Bates Hospital, and LaViolette have worked together before. The nephrologist’s prior yacht was a Cal 39 that LaViolette outfitted with an auto pilot, radar, high output alternator, 12V reefer and other systems. For the new yacht, a pilothouse design with large wraparound windows in the main cabin, Gold has held nothing back. LaViolette started by putting an Alpha autopilot on the boat so Gold could sail it up the coast. After that, Chap got an entire electrical 'makeover', including new cabling and four monster 6volt deep-cycle house batteries. Separate batteries were installed to start the engine and to run the electronic cockpit winches. The 30-horse diesel generator and the boat’s auxiliary engine both received high output alternators and multistage regulators to tell the alternators what to do. To keep track of the batteries and other systems, Steve installed a CDM Systems monitor, which keeps tabs on the voltage, current and amp hours on the batteries. There’s also an inverter to make AC power out of DC. And that’s just the beginning. In the navigation department, the boat has two GPS systems onboard, both a handheld and a fixed one. The latter has a database which includes coordinates for 14,000 lights and buoys on the East and West coasts, the Atlantic and Asia. The boat also has two VHFs, including one located in the cockpit within easy reach of the helmsperson. One VHF antenna is mounted on the mast and the other is on the new stainless steel roll bar’ — okay, equipment arch — mounted on the aft deck. The arch, which Steve likes because it makes installation and repairs easier than the mast mounted approach, also holds the backup radar unit. Let’s see, there’s also a long range cellular phone with a long range antenna, two single sideband radios that will tune in to both Ham and marine rontinued outside column of next sightings page

SIGHTINGS dial — cont’d bands, a weatherfax and a Loran system. (Gold junked the SatNav because it’s obsolete at this point.) There’s a radar detector which lets you know if there are any other vessels nearby using radar, and of course a new 406 EPIRB, whose satellite-bounced signal alerts rescuers in the event of an emergency. LaViolette says all of the above is pretty standard stuff, although admittedly not all boats have quite so much of it. Especially the impending coup de grace: a 486DX-66MHz computer that will integrate all of the data being put out by the electronic gear. LaViolette says having one screen onboard to monitor all the systems will be standard fare in 10 years, but doing it now is still on the edge of the envelope. And this is no mere laptop, but a bonafide box that will be built in. "Almost all the electronic gear we’ve got onboard has a computer in it already," adds Gold. "They all have central processing units (CPUs). We’re just continued butside column of next sightings page

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ah. We were over at Jack London Square the other day when we spotted some friends of ours, an attractive young couple in the 'discovery' phase of their relationship. They

we had a car Policemen talk weird. It’s never, "The guy tried to get away so we shot him." Instead you get, "The individual attempted to escape custody at which time several weapons were discharged, halting his progress." As the speed sailing wars heat up — both the Bav Area’s Russell I nna and a twn-man

SIGHTINGS youth were coming from the direction of Kincaid’s Restaurant, so we asked how the food was. "Oh, we didn’t eat," said John. "Tina saw the name and thought it said 'kink aids'."

dial — cont’d adding another one that you can program." Gold and his wife Dorlis hope to have everything ready to head south by 1995. They haven’t figured out their exact itinerary yet, but plan on doing

like that

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Aussie boat are closing in on the 50-knot barrier — the boats aren’t pushing the enve¬ lope, they’ve burst out of the mailbox. And so has the lingo. When a wire failed on Yel¬ low Pages Endeavor at an estimated (unoffi¬ cial) 54 knots, its solid wing sail was said to have suffered "explosive disassembly."

Dorlis Gold next to the gear-packed nav station on 'Chap'. Mexico and Costa Rica before heading through the Panama Canal and up to the Caribbean. Finally, Gold is well aware of the problems that can arise when you mix salt water and electronics. That’s why he and Dorlis are presently in pursuit of the ultimate electronic navigation backup system — a course in celestial navigation. — shimon van collie

sail a tallship See the photo at left? That’s of high school students in school. And if you’re currently in high school grade 11 or 12, or in postsecondary or junior college, that could be you sailing the seven seas aboard a square rigger — and getting credit for it. The program is called Class Afloat. And do we think it’s a great idea? Let’s put it this way: we’re considering severe cosmetic surgery on the outside chance that we may be able to sneak in. The Class Afloat program has been operating since 1985. What it amounts to is going to school while going to sea. The 'classroom', new last year, is the 186-ft steel barkentine Concordia. The ship is homeported in Nassau — though she’s rarely there. Instead, she travels the globe, run by the students and a small crew while the former also attend classes aboard — taught be real teachers — in all the usual disciplines. They even have personal computers aboard. Students also learn how to sail, run a tallship, get to see some of the world, share classes and responsibilities with students from all over the world, etc., etc., etc. The ship accommodates 48 students in 12 cabins. Each fourbunk cabin has its own head and shower. The Class Afloat program is run through the West Island College in Quebec, a Canadian 'college preparatory' institution that’s the equivalent of a U.S. junior college. It is the brainchild — and the pride and joy — of Canadian Terry Davies, the school’s founder. The trips are not cheap. Each 5-month semester in 1993-94 runs $12,500 per student, or $19,000 for a whole year, during which the ship will circumna¬ vigate the world. There is also limited space available for a several-week 'summer school' aboard at $1,800. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify, as are scholarships from our own Sausalito Tallships Society. Several west coast students have taken part in the program, including Bay Area high schoolers Corinne Burnley and Erin Boyd. All who have sailed aboard said the experience has changed and enriched their lives. Another Bay Area connection: Chris Romero, whose father Ron runs the classic schooner Apache, will be part of the Concordia crew this coming year. The deadline for applications to the class afloat program for the 1993-94 year is June 15. Students interested in taking part should have their applications ($50 application fee) in by that date to Class Afloat, 450-1

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Holiday St., West Tower, Point-Claire, Quebec H6R 5N3, Canada. For more information, their phone is (604) 682-4353. Need more information on Class Afloat or the scholarship program? Contact Alice Cochran through the Sausalito Tallships Society at (415) 3321727.

It was Mark Twain (wasn’t it?) who once observed, "Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it." The same might be said about the 'San Francisco Riviera', the sandspit just inside the Marina breakwater that’s grown into a large beach. Over the past couple years, it’s taken over a bunch of what used to be slips, drastically altered the approach to the inner harbor and silenced the wave organ. How big is it? Under a little-known statute, the beach only needs another few feet of coast¬ line before it can apply for statehood. Why it’s still there can be summed up in four words: this is San Francisco. Anyplace else on earth, someone would have had a dredge out there the first week. Here, we

If you just want to get a better look at what the ship and program are all about, plan on coming over to Sausalito at the end of June. S/V Concordia is scheduled to dock at the Bay Model and hold open houses aboard through July 4. Finally, psssst, come a bit closer — we want to whisper something in your ear. ... If you do get aboard and one of the students looks like he, well, like he may have been 'kept back' a few grades, whatever you do, don’t blow our cover.

short sightings THE WILD BLUE YONDER — With the successful launch of the 23rd NavStar satellite from Cape Canaveral on March 29, America’s Global Posi¬ tioning System (GPS) is nearing completion. With the 24th and final one scheduled for blastoff in May, the 'constellation' of satellites (21 active and 3 spares) will be complete. Originally intended for military use, GPS almost continued outside column of next sightings page

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— and then you sail need three years of studies, environmental impact reports and political debate before you can kick a dirt clod across the street. But leave it to sailors to 'do something' about the situation. While waiting for wind at the St.Francis Spring Keel Invitational Regat¬ ta on March 6 and 7, the ll:Metre one de¬ sign contingent simply pulled into the beach and stepped off for an impromptu class meeting — as in, "who’s got the coldest beer?" Others boaters soon took the cue — including Matt Jones, who nosed the club’s venerable committee boat William L. Stewart in to join the growing crowd. Since this first trend-setting beach party, we understand that 'Riviera rafting' has become the cool thing to do between races, or while waiting for the wind.

immediately attracted huge commercial and recreational interest; interest which is expected to grow by leaps and bounds now that the 'complete' system is up and running. Besides boating, GPS is used in aviation, surveying, vehicle location and tracking, and natural resource management. The market created by GPS is expected to generate more than $6 billion by 1996.

RICHARDSON BAY — As many as 20 dilapidated vessels were cleared from Richardson Bay in late April, part of the ongoing war against illegal anchor-outs. According to the Sheriff’s Department, which conducted the sweep along with the Coast Guard and Fish and Game officials, all the vessels belonged to Rudy Homer. The boats, nine of which were over 25 feet, were towed to Richmond. Homer reportedly made his living by renting the boats out as living quarters. According to Sausalito Councilwoman Robin Sweeney, the remaining anchor-outs who signed an agreement three years ago to meet sewage regulations are not subject to seizure. THE DELTA — When the subject of poaching comes up these days, it usually doesn’t have anything to do with eggs. Instead, it’s usually a grim story of rhinos slain for their horns or elephants massacred for their valuable ivory tusks. But the fact is, poaching occurs here, too, right under our proverbial noses. For example, the Department of Fish and Game estimates that as many as half a million striped bass are taken illegally in Bay and Delta waters each year, either by keeping fish under the legal 18-inch length or exceeding the daily limit of two fish per person. The latest weapons in the fight against such activity are three new patrol boats, purchased by the State Water Contractors and delivered to Fish and Game last month. Outfitted with such varsity elec¬ tronics as radar, fish finders and night scopes, the 'stealth' patrols will allow game wardens to catch the bad guys even in the dead of night and in thick fog. Since the anti-poaching squad was started in 1992, citations for illegal fishing activity have more than tripled, from 600 in 1991 to 2,200 in 1992. MIAMI — It’s hard to believe, but experts say that more than 200,000 sharks were 'finned' in U.S. waters from Virginia south in the year 1991. After a shark is caught, the fin is cut off for shark fin soup — and the rest of the shark is thrown back in the water as junk. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, laws prohibiting this practice will soon be in effect. PEBBLE BEACH — Golf balls aren’t the only things lost near the world’s most famous golf course. In mid-March, the 42-ft ketch P.F. Flyer went aground near Bird Rock, about 3:30 in the morning. The two men aboard, owner Philip Frederico of Foster City and Douglass Richardson of Santa Rosa, fired flares, which attracted the attention of the Pebble Beach security patrol. They called the Coast Guard. Eventually, groups from the Coast Guard, Pacif¬ ic Grove Ocean Rescue Patrol, Sheriffs Dive Team, Carmel Fire Department and even Department of Forestry fire fighters arrived on the scene. By the time they arrived, Frederico and Richardson had abandoned the sinking boat and climbed onto the rocks off 17 Mile Drive, but were still stranded about 100 yards from shore. Under illumination from the fire department’s night-lighting unit, rescue swimmers made it out to the two men and guided them in aboard the boat’s inflatable, which they’d managed to save. P.F. Flyer was a total loss. Cause of the mishap was under investigation. Frederico had apparently been having engine trouble with the boat, and had been towed across the bar at Monro Bay by the Coast Guard only a week before the accident. NEW YORK CITY — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sci¬ ences awarded ESPN an Emmy on April 13. The sports channel earned the award for its coverage of the 1992America’s Cup. ESPN had been nominated in two categories; the win was in the 'Technical Team Remote category, which if we’re not mistaken includes the fabulous SailTrack computer imaging system featured in Latitude earlier this year. IN THE GRAPEVINE — We hope it’s not true, but according to Dan Spurr of Practical Sailor, IRS agents in some parts of the country are looking for people who own boats 30 feet or larger. The reason: they may have better 'audit potential'. May, 1993 •

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LOFTY THOUGHTS — CONVERSATIONS ^^aking the perfect sail is pretty simple, actually. Just create a light, durable foil that goes fast and lasts a long time. Easy, this is not, however, which is why there’s more than one sailmaker in the Bay Area trying to max out as many of those parame¬ ters as possible. Not everyone does it all, but it’s not from lack of trying. Following is a survey of Bay Area sailmakers regarding their plans for the new year. We encouraged them to talk on a vari¬ ety of subjects, including new types of sails, advances in materials or construction and special sails for special boats. We -were impressed with the breadth of knowledge they possess on the subject of sails, sail shape and technology. Somehow, that awareness is comforting, especially when you consider that sails are the engine of your boat. When you put the pedal to the metal, you want to make sure the power’s going to be there.

North Sails — Opened by the late Tom Blackaller 18 years ago, this Alameda loft has always been one of the major forces in the Bay Area sailing scene and is part of the world’s largest sailmaking company. And even though they’re best known for their racing sails, Steve Taft, who’s been manag¬ ing the loft since 1980, says that over half of their business is cruising sails. In addition to Taft, other key players at the loft include Jeff Madrigali, Tim Parsons, Bart Hackworth, Rich Owen, Roy Kutz, Cindy Lopez and Lin¬ da Coffey. (Larry Herbig, who used to be the

Shore Sails' Russ Williams.

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On the marketing front, North has seg¬ mented its sails to reflect what it sees as the three major’tiers of buyers. First there’s the basic customer who wants a good, quality sail without a lot of high tech gimcrackery at an affordable price. Next up the ladder is the serious Bay racer and/or cruiser who wants to do well in his or her fleet and/or cruise the California coast. At the high end of the scale there’s the Grand Prix customer, the one who wants top of the line equipment with all the cruising amenities and/or go fast gim¬ micks. By breaking things down this way, North feels it can deliver what each customer wants at a fair price. For putting sails together, North has been perfecting their three dimensional laminate (aka 3DL) technology. Working with two

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large molds located in San Leandro, the sailmakers now cut out the sail’s shape in Mylar film and lay one piece on a three dimension¬ al surface that replicates the sail’s desired shape. A gantry then comes across the sur¬ face and lays down Kevlar yarns on the film. The density and thickness of the yarns can be varied to fit the load patterns on the sail. Finally, the other layer of Mylar is laid over the top and the whole sandwich is glued together with a vacuum bag. A few of the sails made with this process can be seen on the Bay and Taft expects to introduce them as part of their regular line later this spring. Other developments include the consoli¬ dation of the Alameda,San Diego and Hun¬ tington Beach North lofts into one company, a move designed to cut overhead costs. Also,

WITH BAY AREA SAILMAKERS

LATITUDE/MITCH

Sutter Sails' Howard Macken, Terry McGuinness and Herb Hendrick¬ son.

Whether it's a stately old classic like 'Brigadoon' or a nifty new hot rod like an 11-.Metre (inset), every boat needs the right sails to do its best. North’s inhouse computer expert, Michael Richelsen of Denmark, is producing a propri¬ etary sail design software package that will allow North designers more flexibility than off-the-shelf programs. Sobstad — Local sailmaker/artiste Jim DeWitt sold his loft to Sobstad a decade ago (he still has a studio next to the loft floor). Since then, folks like Jocelyn Nash and Norm Davant have kept the wheels rolling as a local agent for the technologically aggres¬ sive Sobstad company. Davant, who now heads the operation, says that Sobstad’s Genesis sailmaking process, which simul¬ taneously produces the material and the sail,

has pretty well been perfected for high tech racing sails. More emphasis is now being put on sails for one design classboats and crui¬ sers. In addition to the Mylar/Kevlar sand-

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but costs less, has greater flexibility for handling and lasts longer than Mylar/Kevlar. "You’re getting more bang for your buck," says Davant. The other major development at Sobstad are some new faces. Seadon Wijsen has come onboard at the Point Richmond loft to focus on one design development. Bob Hayes, who worked with last year’s Spanish America’s Cup group, is now in production. Kevin Bagg handles rigging jobs from the deck up. Up in the Delta, Pat Brown now reps for Sobstad, as does Dave Hodges down in Santa Cruz. Pineapple — One of the few sail lofts ever named after a pizza (Well, they couldn’t call it "Ham Sails," could they?), Oakland’s Pineapple Sails is currently celebrating 20 years of business. Kame and Sally Richards are the owners and play the major roles, along with Mark Ondry. Head Pineapple Kame (named after the Hawaiian king Kamehameha — really) still has his fingers in what he calls "the meat" of sailing: the solid, one design classes like Cal 20s, Olson 25s and Newport 30s. "We’re still i developing and refining sail shapes and structures," he says. "The day we stop doing that will be the day 1 get out of the business." Adding spice to Pineapple’s current work, though, are some new projects, includ¬ ing making sails for the new Wylie Cat 39 and several of the new generation racer/cruiser multihulls. The former sports an unstayed mast, which means the only control you have

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the brighter the future pf sailing will be. By helping

those behind you, you help yourself." wiches being served up at Sobstad’s central¬ ized manufacturing facility in Georgia, they’ve been making all polyester sails. Polyester yarns are glued to Mylar (which is a sheet form of polyester) to make the sails. The polyester product weighs a little more

over mast bend is the leech of the sail. This sets up the kind of challenge that gets Kame’s blood stirring. He also sees a bright future for the wishbone boom and cat rig. "For the sailor who only has time for a two hour 'afternoon delight’ sail, this is the easiest

LOFTY THOUGHTS — CONVERSATIONS

Above, Hood Sails' Robin Sodaro. Right, Howie Marion of Sails By Marion.

business, Larsen is, and he and Bob White carry on this venerable concern. White says they’re keeping pace with technology and have been making some sails recently with Dimension Polyant’s new Technora Black fibers. Colored as the name sug¬ gests, the new material has the same strength characteristics of Kevlar, ultraviolet stability similar to polyester and Spectra, low mois¬ ture absorption and a resistance to degrada¬ tion after folding. The latter quality should make the sail more durable. White reports the only difficulty they’ve had so far was how to draw a black line on the black fabric in their sail plotter. A simple yellow pen finally solved that high tech crisis. The Larsen loft has been developing their

rig to get up and down," he says. He con¬ cedes that it will still take a while to convince the sailing public that a mast in the bow and giant windsurfer-type booms belong on a sailboat, however. Kame was never a fan of multihulls until recently when boats like the 40-foot trimaran Aotea convinced him that it was designed to stay upright. Making sails for these amazingly fast craft presents another intriguing chal¬ lenge, especially things like how flat to make their asymmetrical kites so they can sail downwind with lots of apparent wind speed. Pineapple will also continue its popular and instructive seminar series this year. The day-long format includes a morning of talks on starting and windshifts. In the afternoon, participants get a dozen or more chances to put the theory to work. "The more we, as sailors, know and share," says Kame, "the brighter the future of sailing will be. This isn’t the America’s Cup we’re sailing in out there on the weekends. Our goal is to convince the guy who’s winning the fleet championship that he’s obligated to help the guy who finished third. By helping those behind you, you help yourself." Hood — Formerly Mitchell Sails, the Sausalito loft became the local Hood loft in 1983. Robin Sodaro owns and runs the op¬ eration, but he still benefits from A1 "Punky" Mitchell’s 40 years of experience. Sodaro says business has picked up with¬ in the last year, although his crystal ball doesn’t reveal what the general economic future holds. As for boat projects, remember Sorcery, the big Mull-designed maxi that Jake Woods had a few years back? The boat has a new owner from Newport Beach and has been campaigning in local and coastal races. Robin is building some big (and we mean big) sails for the 80+ footer, which may compete in TransPac this summer.

Larsen Sails — Kurt Larsen started building dinghy sails in Santa Cruz 20 years ago and lived across the street from George Olson. When the latter needed sails for his ultralight displacement keelboats, he asked his neighbor. Although Olson’s no longer in Page 100

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Sobstad's crew (I to r): Norman Davant, Pat Brown, Jocelyn Nash, Kevin Bagg and Seadon Wijsen.

graphic skills doing race car awnings. That talent is now finding a place in making spin¬ nakers with commercial logos, such as those

in the 11 :Metre class. White says they’ve got the system worked out so they can create the graphics on spinnaker cloth and graft the logo into the chute so you don’t have any additional weight aloft. Santa Cruz Sails — After a dozen years of making sails for others, Dave Hodges de¬ cided to start his own loft, which has been up and running since October. Since then, he’s churned out 50 sails with a staff that varies from three to four. "I wanted to establish a low overhead shop," he says, "which means no secretary, no advertising, low rent and spending time on the floor doing work my¬ self. My labor is real cheap these days." He’s also cut back on his very successful J/24 racing program, which was eating up money that had to be put into the new business. With most of his sailing background in ultralight one design and offshore sailing, Hodges is focusing on that market. He’s put¬ ting together kites for the Santa Cruz 70 Mirage and will be aboard for this year’s TransPac. Life is not all ULDBs for Dave, however. He’s been mak-ing some seethrough jibs for Cal 20s that have monofilm on the luff and foot. Besides looking very cool, these sails let the skipper and crew see what’s happening to leeward and offer, ac¬ cording to Dave, a tactical advantage in those tight racing situations. Sails By Marion — Howie Marion started sailmaking two decades ago, working locally with Jim DeWitt before travelling around the world and learning the business from an international perspective. In 1985,

WITH BAY AREA SAILMAKERS sails") is another strong new fiber that comes in a directionally oriented film. It also wets out better when you glue it up in a sandwich construction, which means you can use less adhesive and make a lighter sail. All these products are intriguing, but aren’t fully available and haven’t replaced Kevlar yet. Another application that Howie finds interesting is a woven Dacron with strands of Kevlar added for reinforcement. This material is particularly useful in combatting shrinkage, which is a problem for all laminated sails. "It’s like a new dollar bill," he says. "Once you wrinkle it all up, it doesn’t quite measure as large as it did when it was new." Sutter Sails — The more things change, says Sutter’s main man Howard Macken, the more they stay the same at this Sausalito loft. Pete Sutter began sewing sails in 1953. Macken bought him out in 1985 and carries on the loft’s tradition of making fine cruising sails. Other key personnel include Terry McGuinness, who’s been there 20 years, and Herb Hendrickson, a 9-year veteran. "We’re trying to remain small," he says, "because that’s why people like us." They also make their own sails on site, another selling point with some customers. Material-wise, Macken likes the Bainbridge cloth called Cruise-Lam, which is a four ply sandwich that has woven dacron on the outside and a filling of Mylar and polyester fibers. The outside Dacron gives the material a supple finish. The sandwich makes for a strong sail. Macken’s had great

A working loft needs to be clean, well-lighted and big.

he was one of the sailmakers for the Aus¬ tralian Kookaburra defense campaign, after which he returned to the Bay Area to open his own loft five years ago. He and Dick Pino are the primary salespersons. Marion reports that they’re continuing to emphasize quality and their experience working with the new materials. The big dif¬ ference between cross-cut Dacron sails and triradial Mylar/Kevlar sails isn t so much the material costs (the high tech fabrics might cost 10% to 15% more), but the labor in¬ volved. While you might have 11 or 12 pa¬

nels in a cross-cut, you can have three times as many in a triradial. The labor required to shape and assemble those panels drives the cost up. Knowing what materials to use in each panel is the expertise that Howie relies on to make a sail that will be fast and hold its shape over its racing lifetime. As veteran of the America’s Cup sail wars ("You don’t have to make money in that situ¬ ation," he says, "you just have to make a good product."), Howie spent considerable time in San Diego last year getting the scoop on the latest materials. Technora Black, he says, can be used pretty much interchange¬ ably with Kevlar and the black color makes it kind of sexy. Vectran (aka "liquid crystal

What do sailmakers and football players have in common? Tough knees. This is Lynn Wright work¬ ing the floor at Shore Sails.

success using Cruise-Lam in biradial roller furling jibs. Also of interest is the woven Dacron cloth with thin stripes of black Kevlar May. 1993 •

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added to the weave. This "pin stripe" cloth is limited to light weights at present, but makes good sails for small performance keelboat racing and cruising. Macken plans to use some of it this year. As for full-battened mains, about which Macken gets asked all the time, he’s of two minds. For Bay sailing, the reduced wear and tear will add life. For serious long dis¬ tance cruising, however, chafe is still a prob¬ lem, as are broken battens (Can you find a 15-foot batten in Tonga, for example?). Recently, a customer brought up another issue: since full batten sails stay rigid during a jibe, the resulting force when the sail comes across can sometimes break the boom. Macken said it was the first time he’s heard that complaint, but there might be something to it. Hogin Sails — Bob Hogin’s shilmaking days date back some 25 years and 4,000 miles to the Virgin Islands. Fourteen years ago he migrated to the Bay Area. Although Hogin maintains that he likes all boats, the Alameda loft’s niche has been cruising sails. He and his partners Emiley Vanderhorst

Why sailmakers like windy races. It reportedly took two trips to get the remains of'Great Fun's main to the sailmaker for repair after this one.

(who’s also his wife) and Margaret Fago are also favorites among the Master Mariner crowd. Page 102 • teJt 12 • May, 1993

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LOFTY THOUGHTS — CONVERSATIONS

Hogin has been enjoying the new warporiented Dacron/Mylar/Dacron sandwich fab¬ rics. To build reefable roller furling jibs, he starts with heavier material at the leech of the sail and goes lighter towards the luff. The material’s strength thus creates a sail that can start out as a 120% or 130% jib with a padded luff that rolls up to a 90% blade, yet still holds its shape. "The feedback we’re getting is that cruisers like a sail that has a wider range of operation," says Hogin. One of the projects slated to fill a signif¬ icant part of the upcoming year is a suit of sails for the 82-foot motorsailor Argosy. Built in 1947 by Nevins, the 78-ton yacht needs a main, mizzen, riding sail and staysail. While cruising remains Hogin’s specialty, the shop is doing some big roach, full batten Kevlar racing sails for an unnamed client. "It’s a good laboratory for working with modern materials and shapes," says Hogin. Shore Sails — It’s stretching a point to say that Richmond sailmakers Russ Williams and Lynn Wright’s experience dates back to the days ofcotton, but not by much. They’ve kept up with the times, however, including the merger of Russ’s old Eclipse Sails with the larger Shore operation about eight years ago. Russ is pretty excited about the new generation of materials available to sail¬ makers, including Technora and a material from Dimensions called Fiberplex. The latter represents a breakthrough in gluing fibers to the film. Previously, the outer layers of film were bonded to each other and the large fibers were captured in between. The fibers themselves didn’t adhere well to the film. With Fiberplex, the fibers themselves are

Part of the crew at North Sails (I to r): Jeff Madrigali, Roy Kutz, Bart Hackworth, Cindy Lo¬ pez, Steve Taft, Tim Parsons and Josh the dog.

glued to the film and, as a result, can be smaller in diameter. The result is a material that has better stretch characteristics and less shrinkage. Russ expects to see more spinnakers made out of woven polyester fibers instead of nylon. The former don’t absorb water like nylon and therefore don’t gain weight if the chute gets wet. You get a better performing kite as a result, although it>s not as forgiving under sudden loading as the stretchier nylon. In cruising sails, Spectra has been gaining acceptance. With strength and stretch char¬ acteristics similar to Kevlar, Spectra has

Do you need a new main? Are the patches on top of the patches on your jib finally wearing through? If the last time you bought a new sail was during the Kennedy administration, here’s some information we gleaned from the local sailmakers on what to expect if you called them up today or dropped by their loft and ordered a new sail. Somewhere in your conversation with your sailmaker of choice, you need to discuss exactly what you expect from the product you’re buying. The types of con¬ struction and the different materials being used have become quite specialized. If you want a bulletproof sail with which you can sail around the world, you’ll get something totally differentthan one you’d use for a City Front racing series. "It’s important to recog-

much better ultraviolet resistance. Russ thinks the material will find its niche in cruising boats over 45 feet long, where it can be used in triradial construction and will last a long time. Also well received by Russ and the folks at Shore is the Cruise-Lam material, which works well for cruisers under 45 feet. Williams also likes the fact that they’re still cutting and assembling panels to make sails rather than going to mass production techniques. He feels the hands-on method allows him to take advantage of the new ma¬ terials as they are supplied by the manufac¬ turers and not get locked into one way of putting a sail together. Leading Edge — Steve Toschi was in high school when he started making sails with Punky Mitchell some 30 years ago. In 1976, he hung out his own shingle in San Mateo. A former International 14 dinghy champion, Steve, along with Joe Rushka and Will Oswald, covers both the racing and cruising scene. "We do roller furling jibs better than anybody," says Steve. In an effort to expand their capabilities without large capital costs, Leading Edge has been working in conjunction with Southern California’s Ultra Sails. Toschi designs triradial sails on his computer and then has the panels cut out by the Ultra laser cutter. Toschi says the most you’ll get out of your Mylar/Kevlar sails is two years of racing. If you want a sail to last five or more years, stick to Dacron. The latter has gradually improved over the years so that it now has pretty good ultraviolet resistance and less stretch than in the past. Spectra is also looking good, although it still has problems with creep when stressed over a long period.

LATITUDE/JOHN ARNDT

WITH BAY AREA SAILMAKERS

Sally and Kame Richards of Pineapple Sails.

"Spectra is made with a wax on the fiber, which causes the creep," says Toschi. "We investigated ways to get the wax off, but that process costs as much as making the fiber itself!" With a strong planing dinghy background, Toschi is excited to see asymmetrical spinna¬ kers finding their way onto bigger boats. They’re fun and easy to handle compared to a conventional spinnaker. PHRF has recently allowed the asymmetrical kites, so more peo¬ ple will hopefully be trying them out. And even though they work best on fast boats that generate lots of apparent wind, Leading Edge just made one up for a Columbia 45! Located next to Coyote Point, one of the hottest windsurfing spots in the nation, Toschi’s shop has also developed a Leading Edge repair facility for boardsails. "It took a while to get it worked out," he says, "but we think we’re the best repair shop in the Bay

Area." Spinnaker Shop — Don’t let the name mislead you. When Sally Lindsay decided to leave North Sails and open her own shop in 1979, she brought with her an advanced degree in spinnaker technology. Shortly after opening the doors at her Palo Alto shop, however, she branched out into mains and jibs and even canvas work. She’s now aided in those efforts by Susan Ashley (another North alumnae) and Diana Tull. Increasingly, Sally’s focusing more on

SAIL BUYING TIPS nize your priorities and let your sailmaker know what they are," says Sally Lindsay. If the sail you’re ordering has strict one design measurements, the sailmaker will work off the measurements they have on file. Otherwise, they’ll come to your boat and get the numbers. Then they actually start pro¬ ducing the sail. Turnaround time varies on the type of sail and the time of year. During the slow months, you can get delivery within a week or two. In the spring and summer, it might take a month or more. For an extra price, you can always shorten that time. Prices over the past four or five years have held pretty steady and even dipped a little last year, so buyers have the advantage these days. As a general rule, traditional cross-cut Dacron sails cost less than the

radial, laminated, high tech versions. Most lofts offer a discount during the winter months, especially October through Decem¬ ber. Prices may dip as low as 20% during that period. Don’t be afraid to negotiate. After you get your sail, it’s recommended that you take it out for a few test runs. Then call your sailmaker and ask him or her to come out with you to solve any problems that may have arisen. While it might be tempting to have your sailmaker come out on race day, this approach can be less pro¬ ductive than a non-race situation. "A sailmaker’s not that valuable when you’re racing," says Kame Richards, "because we’re out there trying to win. It’s better to have us come out and show you how to set the rig up to get the most out of the sail."

Sally Lindsay of the Spinnaker Shop.

long range cruising, both personally and pro¬ fessionally. She finds customers are especial¬ ly interested in preventive maintenance and how to make their sails last longer. To that end, she’s conducting seminars to educate sailors on why their sails fail and how to May, 1993 • UuUilS • Page 103

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correct chafing and other problems. She’s currently selling repair kits and hopes to have on hand soon a demonstration model for a portable sewing machine that runs either on manual, 12 volt or 110 volt power. Sally’s been sailing big boats more recently (she used to be a 505 dinghy cham¬ pion) and testing out many of her ideas and products. She’s also the dealer for Survival Technologies, the offshore safety equipment company. She’s got the lists of what you need to be safe when going offshore and will help put the material together for your

The Hogin crew (I to r): Emily Vanderhorst, Bob Hogin and Margaret Fago.

Mateo’s Bud Bailey and his son Brett have been in the sailmaking game since 1979. They import all weights of Dacron sails for

It's like a new dollar bill. Once you wrinkle if all up, it doesn 't quite measure as large as it did before.H both Bay and offshore cruisers. Lower prices are Bailey’s drawing card, but he can point to performance results, too. A couple of years ago, one of the Catalina national championships went to a boat using Lam Sails. Material-wise, Lam is now using a Dutch cloth called Contender, which Bailey says sews up well and holds its shape better than other cloths he’s seen.

Steve Toschi of Leading Edge Sails.

excellent adventure. Bailiwick/Lam Sails — The local rep¬ resentative for Hong Kong’s Lam Sails, San Page 104 •

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the service of a small one." Leech is currently working on new sails for a trio of interesting yachts. One is a 70foot replica of the 1874 English cutter Blood¬ hound for a Ventura client. The boat recently hit the water and Leech has been commis¬ sioned to deliver a jib, staysail and main. The latter will cover 1,703 square feet on a 47.5 foot boom! Later to come will be top¬ sails and flying jibs. Leech also just did a fisherman for an Alden Schooner. On the faster end of the scale, he’s got orders for Marc Ginisty’s new 38-foot catamaran being built by Frog Force Marine in Sausalito. The cruising cat will have a wing mast and full battened main. Haynes Sails — For the past 15 years, Mike Haynes has run a one-man operation at his San Rafael loft. As he sees it, the sail¬ buying public has split into two directions. "The big bucks guys go to big lofts and the economizers go offshore to buy sails," he says. 'That leaves me in the middle with a full service loft where I make and repair sails and do some canvas work. I do cruising sails and club racers." Haynes doesn’t pretend to offer high tech

Neil Pryde — A veteran of the Sutter loft, Jim Leech began representing Hong Kong’s Neil Pryde in 1983. Always a techno¬ logically advanced company with a large share of the global windsurfing market, Pryde also features racing and cruising divi¬ sions. The worldwide reps now have the facilities to send computer sail designs directly to the company’s plotter/cutter at its Guangdong Province production factory in mainland China. "You used to just send them the luff, leach and foot dimensions and a few other parameters," says Leech. "Now, a sailmaker can modem the exact shape. It gives the local rep the clout of a big loft and

solutions, although he will take advantage of the new, improved Dacron weaves. In fact, his specialty is out-of-the-ordinary orders, like sails for Sharpies that have a vertical club at the end of the main boom. He’s also done split and gaff rigs and sails for tradi¬ tional dinghies, like Whitehall and Peapods. "It’s pretty hard to stuff a gaff rig into a computer!" he says. Lee Sails—Another Sutter veteran and one of the first to design and build a good radial head spinnaker, Donald Goring now represents Hong Kong’s Lee Sails along with his son Morgan at their Alameda location. In addition, they are one of the few, if not only, loft in the state that cleans sails. Using their own secret cleaning solution, they lay the sails out and scrubadubdub. The process bleaches the sails slightly (whites only, please!), gets the grease out and leaves them softer to the touch for easier flaking and reefing. While they’re washing, the Gorings discover trouble spots, which they can repair as well. — shimon van collie

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Zlt 3:14 p. m. on April 7, in light breeze, the 53-ft trimaran Great American II slipped past the Boston Light Buoy and sailed into history. She had just set a new sailing record from San Francisco to Boston via Cape Horn, making the 15,000-mile passage in 69

Naturally, there were a few rough spots — four days of gale conditions off Chile and a couple more blustery fronts rolling through

“ § p * days, 19 hours, 44 minutes. That betters the old record, set in 1853 by the clipper Northern Light, by more than six days. Several hundred family and well-wishers turned out to greet the boat, both on the water and ashore. Perhaps the most mean¬ ingful contingent to GAII sailors Rich Wilson and Bill Biewenga were the scores of gradeschool kids, some of whom came from as far as Atlanta to see the men and the boat whose exploits they had been following for the past 2V4 months. Under the auspices of the Ocean Challenge project, the two sailors had kept in daily contact with schools across the country through a combination of hightech communications links. As a result, an estimated 200,000 schoolage students in 700 schools followed the ad¬ venture via weekly written updates and one¬ way radio broadcasts. Many teachers used the opportunity to include curricula on marine biology, geography, meteorology and other pertinent disciplines along the way. Surprising to both sailors was how many adults also followed the voyage, either through the Prodigy computer hookup or the 'Newspapers In Education' link. The latter featured weekly updates in 14 major news¬ papers across the country, including the San Francisco Chronicle.

TP he voyage itself was fairly uneventful, just as Rich and Bill hoped it would be. Page 106 • UVUJUH • May. 1993

"Our standars operating procedure was to sail the boat conservatively," says Biewenga. "We set speed limits — 12 knots upwind and 14 downwind. The boat could have easily outdone that, but we didn’t want to take the chance of breaking anything but the record." That’s not to say that the boat didn’t some¬ times accelerate so fast that the rules tem¬ porarily went out the window. "I came off a wave once and hit 24 knots," says Bill. As far as gnarliness, though, Biewenga says even the aforementioned storms with their 30 to 40-knot winds weren’t as bad as the storm that stopped their first departure. Less than a day out of San Francisco on Jan¬ uary 11, they were bashing into the teeth of a 40-knot southerly when a breaking wave hit tore 5 feet of the leeward bow off. They limped back to the Bay and began a mara¬ thon repair session at the Arquez Shipyard in Sausalito. In only two weeks, the support crew, which included local multihull builder Marc Ginesti, had fabricated a new bow for the damaged ama and reinforced the good one. One January 27, they were on their way out the Golden Gate once again.

Rich Wilson and Bill Biewenga.

north of Bermuda. But it was nothing that particularly worried them or their three-yearold Nigel Irons design. Both men are experi¬ enced ocean sailors — Rich, a 43-year-old Boston entrepreneur, began his racing career more than 20 years ago by becoming the youngest skipper ever to win the Bermuda Race. He has since done a couple of singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Races on multihulls. Bill Biewenga, a 45-year-old professional sailor from Newport, RI, has also done a

O f course, compared to what hap¬ pened in 1989, that setback doesn’t even qualify as minor. Longtime readers of Lati¬ tude will probably remember how Rich Wil¬ son’s first attempt at this record ended — on Thanksgiving Day of that year, the first Great American was capsized by a savage weather system just short of Cape Horn. A second huge wave wrenched the boat back upright, but she was a wreck. Rich and crewman Steve Pettengill were rescued after 17 hours by a container ship.

COMMODORE BEATS FOGG Another significant record was 'broken' by another multihull last month. On April 20, the huge, 85-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer sailed into Ouessant, France, breaking the fabled (and fictional) 'Around the World in 80 Days' mark. As its name suggests, the race was inspired by the 1872 Jules Verne novel in which English gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg accepts a bet that he can’t make it around the world in 80 days or less. Explorer, the only one of three boats which started the 'race' to have made it all the way around (the others retired with damage), had a wild ride, to say the least. They had to average just over 14 knots. And just like Phileas Fogg, it was nip and tuck as to whether or not they’d make it right down to the wire. Then, with just five days to go, the five-man crew — American Cam Lewis, and Frenchmen Olivier Despaignes, Marc Vallin, Jacques Vincent and skipper Bruno Peyron — recorded their best day’s run and top speed: 507 miles in 24 hours and 32.4 knots. Their official elapsed time is 79 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes, 36 seconds. Eerily, the same day they arrived, Cantinflas, who played Passepartout in the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days, died in Mexico. singlehanded Trans-Atlantic race, as well as the last three Whitbread Round the World races. These guys know what they’re doing.

So, figuratively at least, Wilson had been on this quest a lot longer than 69 days. Counting all the background work — fund-

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they were," says Rich. "If anything, this trip has given me even more respect and admira¬ tion for the clipper ship sailors. They had it much rougher than we did."

Above, GA II off Boston. Inset, one of many jubilant receptions ashore.

raising, setting up the school programs, finding and preparing the boat(s), it’s been more like five years. A lot of people, includ¬ ing us, feel he’s more than earned a place in the record books. There are others — as always — who say this record doesn’t mean squat. They point out that Northern Light was a 200-foot, fully loaded merchantman displacing more than 1,000 tons. She was sailed by a professional crew who knew that the faster they got their cargo of cigars, bamboo chairs, silks and hides to Boston, the more money there was to be made. Great American II on the other hand, is about the same length as one of the clipper’s

minor yardarms, and probably weighs less than her anchor. Comparing the two, say many, is like comparing apples to oranges. "It’s really more like apples to bicycles," says Wilson. "There’s no way to compare the two, and I don’t want to try." He goes on to say that Northern Light’s heralded time of 76 days and change (the time is even etched into captain Freeman Hatch’s tombstone) is a benchmark that should and will endure. Nevertheless, it was the logical mark for the Great American II crew to aim for, and cer¬ tainly provided a useful and interesting historical tie-in. "I will never say that breaking Northern Light’s record makes us 'better sailors' than

aturally, one of the highlights of the trip, especially for Wilson, was finally rounding Cape Horn — ironically in mild weather. And they only had to go swimming once, off Southern California to dislodge some of the infamous San Diego kelp from the rudder and daggerboard. Other than that, it was pretty much business as usual — four-hour watches, writing copy, maintaining radio schedules for the various shoreside programs and the usual housekeeping. Like all long-distance voyagers, however, they had only been underway a few days when it became obvious that some of the things that sounded good on paper needed changing out in the real world. "We weren’t getting any sleep!" says Bill. "After running the boat, cooking and so on, we’d come off watch and need to spend an hour writing for the shoreside stuff. There wasn’t enough time to rest. So we changed to four-hour watches between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., then five hours the rest of the time. We still didn’t get enough sleep, but that system worked a lot better." Remarkably, the boat suffered virtually no significant gear problems—no fittings failed, no sails blew out and the Profurl roller furling on the headsails — all three of them — worked perfectly. While in part due to con¬ servative sailing, the lack of trouble also ^speaks well for the preparation of the boat and how well it was set up to begin with (built in France in 1990 as Dupon Duran II, the boat already had three Trans-Atlantic races to her credit when Rich bought her). The only failure of temporary concern was an on-board telex, but with a communi¬ cation system that would put most aircraft carriers to shame (necessary for the various shoreside programs), they had backups for May. 1993 •

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their backups.

how did they get along? Bill laughs. "The first question we were asked at the kids’ press conference (because of demand, there actually ended up being two seatings of 450 students each in the auditorium at the Boston Aquarium) was, 'Did you ever argue?' The second question was, 'How often did you fight?"' Surprisingly to many, Bill and Rich’s friendship not only survived intact, but according to Bill, "We’re better friends now than when we left. "Spending two months no more than 25 feet from another person around the clock would strain any relationship," says Bill. "But I can say honestly that we had virtually no arguments. Our attitude was that the most important thing was the project, and that’s what most of our energy went toward."

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In the tradition of the clippers, Rich attaches a stars and stripes pennant to the rigging on the final approach into Boston.

in Boston, tugging gently at her docklines. Rich and Bill are enjoying being away from sailboats, getting reacquainted with friends and family, and getting a taste of the lecture circuit. But the Ocean Challenge, which Rich has always insisted was done 'for the kids, not

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classic," Mark Twain once observed, "is a book which everybody praises and nobody reads." Sailboat races are different. They must earn both praise and participation — sometimes | years worth of it — before they’re worthy of being called 'classic'. On its way to wearing the title, the Doublehanded Farallones Race has taken perhaps the most circuitous route of all, and one that bears a brief review before we formally 'begin the show' here. Consider: the first running of the Doublehanded Farallones was little more than the spinoff of a goofball publicity stunt (which itself became the Singlehanded Farallones Race). Then in 1982, the race paid the heaviest dues possible: three boats sunk, five driven ashore and four sailors lost in a fast-moving and unforecasted southerly storm. It remains the worst disaster in U.S. ocean racing. In 1983, another participant died. Ocean racing off San Francisco is nothing to be taken lightly. " But people kept coming back to the Doublehanded Farallones, and it’s a rare year where participation doesn’t grow. In the last few years, it’s gone up steadily from 140, through 150, past 160 — and this year, an all-time high of 177 boats hit the starting line on April 10. If that isn’t a classic, we don’t know what is._ ! Above, Dave Hodges and Scott Walecka. Spread, 'Adios' boogies down the homestretch.

DOUBLE Eittingly, this year's race was a classic in the other sense of the word, too: Everyone was summarily flushed out the Golden Gate

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on a big ebb and no wind. Once outside, the westerly filled in, the fleet fetched Southeast Farallon with room to spare, spinnakers went up and everyone sailed and surfed for home in a perfect breeze 15 to 20-knot breeze. And for the fifth time since 1987, a classic California ULDB — sailed by a couple of classic Santa Cruz big wave sailors — won it overall. There’s just no getting around it: the Moore 24 is the ideal boat for the Farallones race, this year garnering 6 of the top 10 overall finishes. And there’s no getting around the fact that Dave Hodges and Scott Walecka can wring more out of one of the little Santa Cruze hot rods than any mere mortals. By the way, four of those five past wins belong to Dave and Scott: ’87, ’89, ’91

They certainly weren’t alone with the latter. With a 4.9-knot ebb running when the eight divisions started counting down at 8:20

Race day, 9 a.m. Nothing to do but ride the tide.

wrong side unable to get back. Another Moore 24 suffered the latter fate, and things just seemed to go downhill from there. "Rule one: do not get downcurrent and downwind of the starting line in light air," says Lester Robertson, owner of Legs. He and crew Terry Ogg ended up being half an hour late for the start which, says Robertson, "set the tone for the day." On the way in, they managed to get the spinnaker wrapped around the head of the mast, which jammed the halyard and ripped off the Windex and other stuff up there. The chute finally shredded, but still wouldn’t come down. "We had to take the mast out to get it off," says Les, who ended up taking a DNF. "It was pretty pitiful." •

Above, Al Blair and Hank Easom. Right, 'Yucca.'

and ’93 — which also happen to be the only years they’ve ever done the race. Even Nolan Ryan would kill for stats like that. So how did this year compare? "This was the fastest ever," says Hodges, a Santa Cruz sailmaker. "Fastest to the island, fastest back — and our worst start!" Page 112 • itiXUM

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a.m. — and practically no wind — a lot of boats found themselves either swept through the line ahead of intentions, or caught on the

^^eanwhile, Hodges and Walecka were heading the rest of the fleet off at the pass. Ending up in the middle of the starting line after a windshift, Dave says Adios was bringing up the rear of the division going out under the Golden Gate. But one by one, they started to pick off boats. By the time they reached the island, they were starting to overtake boats in the divisions ahead. After shedding their foulies and shoes in favor of bare feet and shorts — "It was hot!" says

FARALLONES '93 body finally got smart." Easom and Blair, who runs Marin Boat Works in San Rafael, laid the island easily, one I’ve been on in a long time, and very well run. My hat’s off to the race committee. "Back in the old days, they used to start

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despite a bumpy ride out. "Yeah, it’s a wet boat. When I used to race regularly in the ocean we used to joke that we needed anti¬ fouling on the deck," says Hank. Still, Yucca made good time on the way out. On the way in was another story. "Once the chute goes up, we do 8 knots and that’s it," says Hank.

Dave — they set the chute on the backside and skirted the island right outside the surf line. Then they jibed off the South end and started working their way north again. About halfway in, they squared back and started working the swells. They fin¬ ished nearly 20 minutes ahead of the second Moore. "A lot of it this year had to do with the #2," says Walecka, a Cu¬ pertino software developer. "A lot of people had #ls or 3s up, but we didn’t \ feel that was quite right. The #2 was the perfect sail to have up and we carried it all the way to the island."

As long as we’re beating this 'classic' theme to death, look who’s heading up Divi¬ sion III but the most classic boat — and crew (we mean it as a compliment!) —- out there: Hank Easom and A1 Blair on the 56-year-old wooden 8-Meter Yucca. "Now that you mention it, I do sort of recall saying I’d never do another ocean race," says Easom. "But that a few years ago. I’m getting old and senile and forget those things!" "Anyway, this race changed my mind," says the Sausalito boatbuilder. "It’s the nicest

The Express 37 'Spindrift V slicin' and dicin'.

"Those little popcorn farts (ULDBs) passed us like we were standing still."

the (crewed) Farallones races at midnight off the St. Francis with a big searchlight so you could see the starting line! Thank God some-

ailing his 'popcorn fart' to the first division win in three tries was Dan Nitake and crew Randy Lakos on Dan’s Olson 29 May. 1993 • UxmMU • Page 113

DOUBLEHANDED Tsiris. "My first race in 1990 was a survival exercise, the second was a reacher. This year was definitely the most enjoyable sail," says Dan, whose 29 — the second to last one made — enjoyed a boat-for-boat drag race with the Olson 30 Mas Rapido most of the way out and about a third of the way back. "I

think we finally got him because we’re able to reach a little higher. We were able to get up to the north side of the channel and start riding some waves." A systems engineer for a South Bay computer firm, Dan ran some numbers after the race to see just what it would take to beat Hodges next year. The result: "Do the ’94 race in a Moore 24."

The race was pretty well wrapped up on 'Legs' when they passed under the Gate.

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the tops of their games this year were skippers Peter Hogg and John Bowen. At 5 hours, 50 minutes, Peter was first

across the line sailing his 40-ft trimaran Aotea, with designer Jim Antrim on board to pull strings. While many participants still do the Farallones races for the accomplishment itself, to Hogg it’s like stretching before running a marathon. Last year, the intrepid Kiwi set a new sailing record from San Francisco to Japan with the same boat, and may try to do the same, thing from here to New Zealand later this year. He’d own this race record, too, if it weren’t for the ProSail

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ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE 38 40 catamaran TomCat, which last year got ideal reach-reach conditions to finish in the sizzling time of 3V2 hours. It’ll likely be many years before most boats top that time — even going one way. "We had light winds all the way," says Peter of the ’93 race. "We never saw over

our strategy this year: we took lunch. What I should have done is say we’d be home for lunch. Next year, lunch is definitely off the list!”

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the top, but it’s certainly one of the best two he’s ever done. "I’d have to say ’91 was the best. We not only won our division in this race, but also took first in division in the Three Bridge Fiasco and the Lightship." 1 John credits the conditions for his good showing this year. "The boat goes to weather very well in rough conditions, and we’re able • \

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5. It sounds like the good stuff filled in right iehind us. "But I know where we really messed up

Current Asset, with son John H. as crew, in every Doublehanded Farallones Race except the inaugural one. He won’t put this one at

"Those little popcorn farts passed us like we were

to carry a 150 to 20 knots, which most boats can’t. That combination gives us a chance to make time on the smaller boats going out." He’s also one who tries to stay north on the way out and the way in. Most of the time, anyway. "On the way back, it never pays to May. 1993

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go down the middle — except for this year!"

like any good classic, has a couple of special perpetual trophies. One is the Stewart Kett Memorial, for first monohull to finish, which went to Carl Nelson on the MacGregor 65 Black Jack. Kett was a longtime Farallones participant on his Santa Cruz 50 Octavia. The other is the Dennis Madigan Memorial trophy for the crew of the first boat to finish, in this case Jim Antrim on Peter Hogg’s Aotea. Madigan was lost in the 1983 race when the catamaran he was sailing on capsized. One of the more surprised award recipients was BAMA’s Don Sandstrom, who has done a bang-up job of chairing this race for the last nine years. He and several other BAMA members received well-deserved certificates of merit.

"C V-^an you believe all the hotshots out there?" says Mike Lingsch, another fixture on this race — and once again a division winner with his Wylie 36 Alert. "You got some real players — Commodore Tompkins, Stan Ho¬ ney, Randy Smythe, Dave Wahle, Robert Flowerman, Billy Erkelens. This race has come a long way since the mom and pop 'just ’cause it’s there' days." The fact that the race was positioned between Good Friday and Easter Sunday wasn’t lost on Lingsch, either. On the way back, he looked behind at all those backlit spinnakers and radioed the race committee that "There’s a migration of Easter eggs coming into the Gate!" Finally, there was Fred Hess aboard the O’Day 30 Andrea II. Fred was another skip¬ per caught on the wrong side of the starting line at the gun, and it took a loooong time to get back for a proper start — so long that by the time he got out the Golden Gate, he started meeting the early boats coming in.

Andrea II became tail-end Charlie for this year’s race, finishing at about 10:30 p.m.

The Doublehanded Farallones Race,

XXnd what better way to end the eve¬ ning than the classic retort to the question, "How are we ever going to stop Hodges?" Said a voice from the crowd, "Next year, we’ll make him carry all his trophies!" — latitude/jr

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SUDDEN SINKING "I1 f there’s any way we could ever afford another aft-cockpit Tayana 52," says Mar¬ shall Saunders, "we’d buy her and pursue our cruising dream once again." That’s quite a statement considering Clam Bake, their previous Tayana 52, lies on the bottom of

The initial blow had apparently been caused by the bow plane — the underwater bulb — of the 700-ft Korean container vessel

down fast, we’re going down now!" was his last transmission. To this day he doesn’t know if it got out.

7 saw opalescent green at the

bottom of the lazarette. It was obvious we were going to sink fast. “ :

the Pacific. And that Saunders, his wife Dee, and dear friend Joe Ballard almost lost their lives while sailing her. The calamity occurred in the wee hours of March 16 about 40 miles off the coast of mainland Mexico. Saunders and his wife, both 49, and Ballard, 39, had departed Puerto Vallarta the day before for the Marquesas. Their boat, which had been homeported in Anacortes since they bought her seven years before, was fully equipped with the latest GPS, radar and 406 EPIRB in anticipation of a trip that would take them across the South Pacific to New Zealand — and very likely the rest of the way around the world. Originally from Redding, the Saunders — who sold their real estate business, home and everything else for the trip — are not new to ocean cruising. Having owned a Spencer 51 and Santana 37 among other boats, they’d already made three trips to Hawaii and one to the South Pacific. This trip, however, was to be the culmination of 15 years of working and planning. And Clam Bake, even after seven years of ownership, was not just another boat. "She was our home, our life, our pride and joy," admits Saunders. People familiar with this particular Perry-design report that the Saunders kept her in immaculate condition.

cJ ust before 0100, about 70 miles out of Puerto Vallarta, the crew of Clam Bake experienced one of cruising’s ultimate night¬ mares. Marshall and Dee were sleeping soundly below, Dee in the double quarter berth, Marshall on a main cabin settee, when they were "jolted and awakened by an in¬ tense screech". This came as a tremendous shock. "Conditions were perfect," remembers Saunders. "Visibility was excellent, seas were flat and Clam Bake was sailing beautifully at 7 and 8 knots." As Saunders reached the companionway, Clam Bake was hit by an even stronger jolt. Page 1)8 •ItKlUiVi* May, 1993

Hanjin Savannah ramming into the under¬ body of Clam Bake. The screech was caused by the Tayana’s mast — which never did tumble — scraping against the hull of the container ship. The second jolt occurred when the prow itself of the Panama-bound ship struck Clam Bake. The impact spun the yacht around, and the two vessels passed each other starboard to starboard. "I rushed on deck and called for Joe," Saunders remembers, "at first I couldn’t see him anywhere. Then I saw a pair of swim¬ ming trunks and legs sticking up out of a lazarette, the lid of which had disappeared. Somehow he had ended up head-first, squeezed tightly into the small lazarette. He was dazed and cut and I had to struggle to pull him out." Ambient light from the Hanjin Savannah illuminated the deck. "Even today 1 can remember exactly what 1 saw at the bottom of the lazarette," says Saunders — "the opalescent green of the ocean. I didn’t see any damage to Clam Bake’s gunnel, but apparently the ship’s bow plane had knocked off the bottom of the Tayana in the rudder area. It was obvious she was going to sink fast." Saunders claimed that all three of Clam Bake’s crew remained relatively calm and cogent. "It was really pretty simple what we had to do," he says. He handed Ballard a Litton 406 EPIRB that he had purchased specifically for the trip. The strobe came on, and they assumed the unit was functioning properly. Saunders then broadcast a 'Mayday' over the VHF while in the cockpit. His wife Dee did the same over the SSB down below. An unidentified vessel responded on VHF that they were tracking the distressed boat’s position. By the time Saunders could reply, water was over the floorboards and batteries. "We’ve been hit by a freighter, we’re going

ith Clam Bake rapidly sinking stern first, Dee and Ballard went forward to untie the 13-foot Zodiac inflatable, which served as the vessel’s liferaft. It was inflated and contained their survival pack. Saunders made a last dash below to try to grab some better flares. It was too late. "I had to swim back to the companionway in chest deep water," he says. Despite the chaos, Saunders remembered a line securing the Zodiac to the mast that the others didn’t know about. While crawling along the cabintop, now awash in water, Saunders hoped there would be an air poc¬ ket in the bow that would slow the sinking, giving him time to untie the line securing the Zodiac to the mast. He had no such luck. "The boat sank faster, not slower," he marvels. "You just can’t believe a boat that big could sink that fast!" In a life and death race to untie the inflatable before Clam Bake pulled it under,

Saunders struggled until he and the cabin top had slipped beneath the water. Ballard came to the surface first. Dee, after being temporarily dragged under when one leg got caught in the rigging, was next. Unable to untie the knot and being pushed

THE LOSS OF CLAM BAKE they were taken aboard and rushed to the ship’s infirmary. Fortunately, none of the injuries were life-threatening. It’s unclear if it was the Mayday over the VHF, SSB, or the flares that caused the Han¬ jin Savannah to turn back. Saunders doesn’t believe anyone aboard the big ship could have felt the comparatively small Tayana actually being run over. "The skipper and crew were delightful, and did all they could do to make us happy," says Saunders. "No effort was spared to take care of us and the crew was very nice." The three spent five more days aboard the vessel before finally being dropped off at Panama.

further under by something soft — probably the mainsail — Saunders finally thrashed his way to the surface. He found Dee and Ballard calling for him. And to his surprise, the Zodiac was floating upside down nearby. Apparently, the line had broken, allowing the Zodiac to pop to the surface on its own.

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into the air. At first there was no sign from the Korean freighter. But after a couple miles, she began to slow, and then turn back. "Although it seemed like years, it probably took the freighter about an hour to circle back and pick us up," said Saunders. "They had no boat to launch and for some reason let us drift down to them rather than provide us with a lee. Communication was hard, as they didn’t speak English. "A line was thrown that fell short, then a monkey’s fist was tried. Saunders swam to

I laving never been an admirer of the U.S. government’s efficiency, Saunders was nonetheless impressed with the efforts of both the Coast Guard and State Department in resolving the incident. "Once somebody had forwarded our Mayday, the Coasties had a C-130 ready to depart Sacramento and were arranging refueling in Mazatlan," says Saunders. "They reacted very quickly." Having apparently not reacted at all was Clam Bake’s brand new Litton EPIRB — one of the expensive new 406 units that’s supposed to transmit directly to satellites. Although the strobe blinked for

COURTESY PECGY BALLARD

upturned inflatable. All were injured. Ballard and Dee both had deep and nasty gashes in their heads and Ballard had some broken ribs. Saunders had a broken nose. All of them were bruised and cut, but alive — at least for the time being. Clam Bake was on her way to Davy Jones’ locker, Hanjin Savannah was on her way to Panama, and the three of them were sitting on an upturned inflatable in the middle of the night 40 miles from shore. Ballard and the others estimate the whole scenario you’ve just read — from impact to climbing aboard the Zodiac — took no more than 90 seconds. They judge this in part from the fact they still had to look way up to see the container ship’s transom.

Better times: 'Clam Bake' off Puerto Escondido.

Saunders dove into the surprisingly warm water to retrieve the 20 flares in the survival pack, which had come adrift from inside the inflatable. He began firing them

the monkey’s fist and dragged it back to the inflatable. The Zodiac was pulled aft to the Jacob’s ladder at the back of the ship where

90 minutes, the Coast Guard never picked up its signal. Normally highly reliable, Clam Bake’s unit was sent to the Coast Guard and then Litton to determine what might have gone wrong. The State Department was a big surprise, May. 1993 • Ut3? • Page 119

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too. "They did such a good job," says Saun¬ ders. Our son-in-law and daughter had con¬ tacted them in Washing¬ ton, and they in turn contacted the Ambassa¬ dor to Panama. Having lost all our passports, the Coast Guard had recommended we stay on the ship until it reached a port on the Gulf Coast of the United States. "But unknown to us,'', our children along with Mr. Heaps of the State Department arranged for us to leave the ship in Panama. When we arrived on a Saturday morning, a small boat picked us up and took us to a dock where the Ambassador himself was waiting! He had ar¬ ranged a hotel and air¬ line reservations home for us. The efforts to co¬ ordinate everything were exceptional." (One thing that needed serious coordi¬ nation was Saunder’s wardrobe. While few aspects of a tale like this are funny, Saun¬ der’s shipmates did have reason to smile on the way to Panama. Like the others, all he escaped with was what he was wearing at the time, which was shorts and a T-shirt. The only thing the relatively small Koreans had aboard that even remotely fit him was a three-sizes-too-small silk bathrobe, in which he walked around the ship for several days.) Exactly how such a collision could occur

ders explained, adding, "Cruisers have no idea how many personal ef¬ fects and other valua¬ bles they accumulate on a cruising boat — unless they lose it, like we did. Everything we had in the world was on that boat." Marshall and Dee loved their Tayana 52 and loved cruising. "Our plan was to keep going as long as we enjoyed it — and we were really enjoying it. The the last 18 months in the Sea of Cortez were terrific. Since I’d already been to French Polynesia, I was sure looking for¬ ward to sailing further into the South Pacific."

in conditions of ideal visibility is not exactly clear. No doubt it will be argued by admiral¬ ty lawyers for years. Saunders reports hear¬ ing several versions from different members of the Hanjin Savannah crew, the single uni¬ fying theme being that 16 of the 17 crew¬ members had been asleep at the time of the incident. Saunders and his crew weren’t per¬ mitted to speak to the individual who had been on duty at the time of the collision. Clam Bake was insured, but only for about one-third of her value. "We assumed nothing like this would ever happen," Saun¬

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StFYC MATCH RACING INVITATIONAL: —Q-V-<Jometimes we really love our job. Just today, out of the blue, Bill Koch sent our office a whole bunch of America3 collared shirts — seriously. A few months ago, Mick phoned from England to ask us if we wanted to play bass for the Stones (just kidding). Okay, the real reason we love our job is for all the great sailing opportunities that come with the territory, such as participating in the inaugural St. Francis YC Match Racing Invit¬ ational on April 16-17. Art Ball, congenial owner of Blackhawk, made us an offer we couldn’t refuse: how would we like to crew with him for eight different brand-name skippers in this new round-robin J/105 match racing series? We’d stay on the boat as each rockstar and his two hired guns rotated through. The line-up was awesome — John Bertrand, Dave Dellenbaugh, Craig Healy, Gary Jobson, John Kostecki, Chris Perkins, Russ Silvestrf and Seadon Wijsen — and, well, we didn’t have to think twice before accepting. Sailing with the pros! It all sounded like one of those fantasy baseball camps with Jose Canseco, or maybe like playing the Pebble Beach Pro/ Am Golf Tournament with Jack Nicklaus. .. Other than some crappy weather on Saturday, the weekend turned out perfectly. Don Trask — whose previous brainstorms include the Laser Slalom, the Masters Regatta and J/Fest — deserves credit for coming up with the idea and promoting it along with Matt Ciesicki. Trask provided his demo boat Pokin’J, and prevailed upon five other J/105 owners to do the same: Art Ball (Blackhawk), Allen Bray (Midnight Express), Jim Cascino (Jest), Dave Tambellini (Bella Rosa) and Chuck Winton (Chimo). "These guys are the real heroes of the weekend!" claimed Don. Scott Wollaston, current president of the World Match Racing Conference, was draft¬ ed as the Principal Race Officer. And the line-up of umpires was almost as illustrious as the skippers themselves: out-of-towners Pete Ives, Mort Bloom, Kirk Brown, Whit Davis (Rod’s dad), Chuck Fuller, Gary McPike, Ken Morrison, Mike Tapert and, from the St. Francis, Tom Allen and Tom Roberts. They viewed 28 matches from motor boats behind the competitors, re¬ cording 27 'Y' flags which resulted in 10 penalties. There were plenty of near misses, but fortunately no collisions. When it was all said and done, John Bertrand emerged the overall winner. But truly there were no losers; everybody there was a star. In fact, it was about as 'feel-good' a weekend as we can ever recall at the St. Francis. For more on the actual racing, and a few of our miscellaneous observations, just turn the page. — latitude/rkm

Above,‘Blackhawk', our ride for the weekend, pins 'Bella Rosa' against the Cityfront. Spread, 'Pokin’J' to weather of 'Midnight Express'. Photos by Debbie Eash.

StFYC MATCH RACING INVITATIONAL 1) JOHN BERTRAND, 5-2. From left: Greg Prussia (31, San Francisco, pro sailor), Bobby Wilmot (30, Huntington Beach, pro sailor/salesman for Omohundro Spars) and John 'JB' Bertrand (37, Newport Beach, pro sailor/head of US Racing Group). The multi-talented Bertrand — an Olympic silver medalist, Stars & Stripes vet and currently project manager for the new IMS R/P 70 Windquest — opened with a loss to Wijsen in the windy first race due to a messy spinnakeYfakedown. John also lost his match with Healy, who had an otherwise tough weekend. JB won his other matches, in¬ cluding what proved to be the tie-breaker with Silvestri. The two still don’t talk due to their infamous Finn fracas at the ’84 Olympic Trials. Intense, but calm under pressure, Bertrand made winning look easy. "This was a great homecoming for me," said JB, a 'favorite son' of the St. Francis, at the awards ceremony. "Thanks to the boat owners and to Don Trask for providing us with this opportunity."

2) SILVESTRI, 5-2. From left: Mike Herlihy (31, Belmont, pro sailor), Scott Inveen (31, Mill Valley, hydrographic surveyor) and Russ Silvestri (31, San Francisco, investment banker). This group had the most practice time in J/105s, and also the most experience with asymmetrical kites from sailing Russ’s Ultimate 30 Hexcel. Unfortunately,* Silvestri seemed a little unfamiliar with the match racing rules, drawing a disproportionate amount of penalty turns. Ironically, Russ lost the regatta before the start of his first race: he failed to enter the starting zone on time and subsequently fouled opponent Dellenbaugh twice — incurring a total of three penalty turns right after the start. "It wasn’t pretty," admitted Herlihy. Their other loss, to JB in the last heat, pushed them into the runner-up position. Mike and Scott were really mellow onboard — perfect foils for Russ, a brilliant sailor who tends to be aggressive, loud and occasion¬ ally hot-tempered. Together, their chemistry worked well.

3) KOSTECKI, 4-3. From left: Hartwell Jordan (30, Discovery Bay, pro sailor), Steve Erickson (31, Seattle, pro sailor) and John Kostecki (28, Greenbrae, pro sailor). John flew back from Bangor, Maine — where he recently moved to join the PACT ’95 America’s Cup team — for this regatta. "This was new and different for the Club," he said. "I wanted to be part of it." His 'all pro' crew has their own A-Cup aspirations: Jordan signed up with the Nippon Challenge and moved to Japan last week, and Erickson, a world-famous Star crew, is contemplating an Italian offer. Kostecki, currently ranked 37th on the match race circuit, and Bertrand were the pre-race favorites. Losses to Russ, JB and Jobson, the latter in one of Saturday’s windy non-spinny races, knocked him out of contention. "It was a combination of little things," he said. "Anyway, we were there to have fun, not to be hardcore." On the wat¬ er, Kostecki was all-business: cool, organized and, well, professional. 4) DELLENBAUGH, 4-3. From left: Dave Dellenbaugh (39, East¬ on, Connecticut, marketing director for North Sails), Ken Keefe (36, Larkspur, 'between jobs', formerly manager of Anderson’s Boatyard) and Jack Halterman (41, Santa Cruz, rigger). "We’re a tight-knit crew," quipped Dellenbaugh, the only non-St. Francis YC skipper invited. "We go way back — to last Tuesday." Coming out on short notice to replace Kimo Worthington, Dave did a great job with guys he’d never met. He nailed most of the starts ("Other than knowing where on the line I’d like to start, I don’t really have a plan. I just react.") and Kenny and Jack simply took care of the rest. Their losses (Perkins, JB, JK) were all close ones. Success at the A-Cup hasn’t gone to Dellenbaugh’s head: he’s a down-to-earth guy who still sees the fun in sailing. We found him softspoken, unflappable in combat and a pleasure to sail with. Dave’s presence, along with Team Jobson, lent a national flavor to the event.

ROCKSTAR RENDEZVOUS 5) WIJSEN, 4-3. From left: Seamus Wilmot (25, Oakland, Cal Adventures marina manager), Seadon Wijsen (24, San Francisco, salesman for Sobstad Sails) and Dobbs Davis (31, Los Gatos, PhD candidate in geology/freelance sailing journalist). Youthful Wijsen (rhymes with 'bison'), an 11th hour replacement for Chris Corlett, was definitely the regatta’s darkhorse. His only significant previous match racing experience was at UC Berkeley, where he met Wilmot (no relation to Bobby), now his constant J/24 crew. "1 didn’t really know what to expect," said Seadon, modest and mature beyond his years. "I was just happy to be invited." With tactical input from Davis, a veteran of many match races, Seadon tied for third, but fell to a still respectable fifth in the tie¬ breaker due to close losses to Dellenbaugh and JK. His only other loss was to Russ. "We had problems with starts and spinnaker handling," admitted Wijsen, who’s off to the J/24 Nationals on April 30-May 2. 6) PERKINS, 3-4. From left: Mark Heer (32, San Francisco, selfdescribed 'house husband'), John Sweeney (23, San Francisco, yacht broker for City Yachts) and Chris Perkins (31, San Francisco, senior manager with Ernst & Young). Perkins, a gifted corinthian sailor, and Wijsen were the only two skippers without America’s Cup backgrounds. A versatile fleet racer (J/24, Knarr, Etchells, J/35, etc.), Chris also has done his share of match racing, including the Prince of Wales Trophy and SF Cup. He acquitted himself well, finishing solidly in the middle of the fleet with wins over Julia, Dave and Craig. He probably should also have won his heat with Seadon, but fouled out on the last leg while overlapped. Quiet and relaxed on the water ("Mark does enough talking," he joked), Perkins — like Healy — seemed almost too nice a guy to be competing at this level. He’s looking forward to racing Gone With the Wind in the TransPac, as well as campaigning his J/35 Major Damage.

7) JOBSON/TROTMAN, 2-5. From left: Mark Fischer (34, Bal¬ timore, CEO of advertising agency), Jim Brady (30, Annapolis, pro sailor/North Sails rep) and Gary Jobson (43, Annapolis, entre¬ preneur/ESPN commentator). Jobson, who has done more for the sport of sailing than perhaps anyone in our generation, had a pretty grim regatta. Seemingly a bit out of practice, he went 1-3 (beating JK) on Saturday before leaving for a USSA commitment on Sunday. Julia Trotman, ’92 Yachts¬ woman of the Year (and Brady’s girlfriend), materialized to replace him. She went a respectable 1-1, losing to Perkins and beating Healy. Brady, whose sailing resume is a mile long (Olympic silver medalist, Gaucho, Vibes, Full Cry, etc.) called the shots for both helmspersons. Both Brady and Fischer, who runs the Columbus Cup match racing series, seemed frustrated all weekend. "But it was great to spend some time in the Bay Area," said Fischer. "What a beautiful place to sail!"

8) HEALY, 1-6. From left: Keith Stahnke (34, Sausalito, captain with the Blue & Gold fleet), Nick Gibbens (34, Sausalito, leasing executive) and Craig Healy (35, Pt. Richmond, dentist). Etchells buddies Healy and Gibbens teamed up with Stahnke, an International 14 sailor, for this series. The only trio with 'real world’ jobs, they got beaten up pretty badly. Ironically, their lone victory was over Bertrand, the eventual winner. Taking a cue from the Congres¬ sional Cup, Healy was awarded a book (The Yachtsman’s Omnibus) for finishing last. Always a gentleman, Healy accepted it graciously. An accomplished dinghy and fleet sailor, Craig was off his usual pace this weekend. Plagued by poor starts, too many penalty turns and unfamiliarity with J/l 05s, Healy couldn’t seem to buy a break. To his credit however, he never lost his temper or sense of humor. "Well, someone’had to finish last," laughed Craig. "I don’t plan on making a habit of it though — just wait ’til next year!" May. 1993

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you see here. Yeah, we know. Some of you think Mr. D is a big joke. That it’s really wind eddies around the base of the tower that wreak havoc on boats sailed too close. Think what you will. Old, bold ocean sailors know what’s really going on. We’re told that when you’ve put in enough ocean miles, you can actually see the Demon beckoning boats closer with a crooked finger and wicked smile. However they rationalize it, most experienced ocean sailors give the South Tower a wide berth when reentering the Bay. But early in the sea¬ son, there are always a few who forget — or, who knows — are perhaps lulled into complacency by some sinister Demon mind-meld or something. The prey in this particular encounter, Dick Bates and Greg Melanson’s Tartan Ten QE3, was on her way back from the windy Lightship Race of April 17, one of few boats opting to carry a spinnaker in the blustery 25 to 30-knot Southerly. Perhaps thinking the Demon 'doesn’t do Southerlies', helmsman Jim Bradley tried to sneak by only a boatlength from the tower pier, anticipating picking up a wind change on the other side. And verily, they were smitten. They got a wind change, all right. From our vantage point, a 17-ft Whaler, it looked like the resulting broach was going to fling the boat head-on info the base of the tower. We had visions of picking fiberglass bits out of our foreheads as we plucked her pulverized crew out of the water. Wacky headlines popped into our heads: "QE3 Hits Golden Gate,1' Rescued By Dinghy.'' he can be, however, the Demon has proven to be essentially a benevolent entity. In the fiendish equivalent of a 'friendly reminder', he let the crew of QE3 recover, finish the race and change their underwear — not necessarily in that order. As for the rest of you,

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hat course should 1 steer?" "Anything near magnetic north," Lee told the owner of the boat. "Just pick a course you can hold precisely." "If there’s anything this boat can do well," I remarked, "it’s hold a straight course!" We were motoring across a calm part of the Bay in on clear spring morning. The boat was a very big Taiwan-built cruiser owned by a friend from the yacht club. He was finally getting ready to go cruising. After years of local sailing, he’d decided it was about time that he adjusted his compass, and he,wanted to do it right. But what should have been a simple exercise had turned into a baffling disaster. That was last week — now we had an expert on board to straighten us out. When 1 first asked Lee Helm for her help, all she did was make some disparaging re¬ marks about the boat being "just another big plastic crab-crusher.” But with the bribe of an expensive brunch at the yacht club after¬ wards, we had enlisted her assistance. "I still think we should be doing this at slack tide," said the owner. We had been through this argument several times before. "Why?" asked Lee. "All we care about is a uniform current field. 1 mean, it doesn’t matter if it’s slack or moving. For sure, we don’t want to cross any tide lines, but that’s no problem in this part of the Bay. What we don’t want is wind, which would cause our marker to drift relative to the water surface. That’s why we’re out here so early." Ten-thirty didn’t seem to be especially early in the day for me, but Lee Helm, a graduate student at the university, gets to keep somewhat different hours. Anyway, it was her show. If she prefered current to wind, that’s what she’d get. The last attempt had been at slack tide in the afternoon, and after hours of messing with all the adjust¬ ments, we couldn’t get the compass any¬ where near an acceptable deviation. The magnetic adjusters built into the compass didn’t seem to have enough range for some headings, even when we tried to use 'navb gator’s balls' — those two big iron spheres

magnetic north. "Take a minute to get it stabilized," said Lee. "Then let me know when you can hold it within one degree." "Roger that," he acknowledged, showing^, off his newly-acquired ham-radio style of speech. "Holding three-six-zero, plus or minus one!" he said after a short interval. "Good — you’ll have to hold this for about three minutes," said Lee as she picked up the man-overboard pole leaning against the taffrail and tossed it over the stern. It seemed to me that we should at least be checking this heading on the chart. "Don’t you think we ... "Shhh!” Lee insisted. "No talking during the outward leg!" We ran silent and dead straight for three minutes or so, compass locked on magnetic north. At least, magnetic north as indicated — I knew it had to be off about 10 degrees from all our fooling around the previous weekend. Then Lee undid a big wad of bio¬ degradable toilet paper from the roll she had brought just for this purpose, and threw it down over the stern into our wake. "Okay, now! The 'procedure turn' that we practiced!" It would have been hard to explain in real time, but after two trial runs the owner knew exactly what Lee wanted. He turned the boat about 70 degrees to starboard, held course for a couple of seconds, then swung a full 250 degrees to port, leveling out on the reverse of our original course and lined up to run right over the spot marked by the tissue. We were now steering right at the overboard pole. The point was simply to sail the exact reverse course. "This is called the Williamson turn," noted Lee. "Why 70 degrees?" I asked. "It would be 90 degrees if the speed and rate of turn were constants. But it takes time to put the helm over, and the speed slows as

"It will never look right without the balls, " said the owner. "They gotta go," said Lee. mounted on either side of the binnacle. It only made things worse.

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the turn tightens up. Depending on the ves¬ sel, the initial angle for a Williamson turn is anywhere between 60 and 90 degrees. And notice that current doesn’t make any differ¬ ence as long as the current is the same over the test area. Wind would throw this off,

because the pole would drift and we’d also have to compensate for our own leeway." She studied the compass carefully. "We do have a problem here," she said. "I mean, this thing’s been adjusted into the next galaxy!" The compass should have read 180, of course. But instead it indicated 202. She took the special non-magnetic brass screw¬ driver, and turned the north-south adjusting screw. "Don’t take your eyes off that pole!" she scolded, catching the skipper looking on. "You don’t have to see the compass right now. That’s our job. Yours is keeping the boat aimed straight at that pole!" She explained, as she adjusted the screw in small increments and each time waited for the card to settle, that she was removing only half the error on this course. When she announced, "Okay!", the compass indicated 191 degrees. "Now we can relax. Pick up the pole and let’s do it again on an east-west course." The owner put the engine in neutral and swung the boat around to pick up the pole. I walked over to the rail and caught it as we coasted by.

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On a westerly headin induced, so there is stil on the compass. "Now it’s the same drill on an east or west heading?" asked the owner. "For sure. But let’s start by heading east, so we’ll have the sun behind us on the way back when you have to aim at the pole." "Good idea. Coming up to course zeroniner-zero." With the engine back in gear, we estab¬ lished a steady course — according to the boat’s compass — of due east magnetic. We repeated the marking and adjustment proce¬ dures: deploy overboard pole, track dead straight for three minutes, reverse course with the aid of the TP marker, then run back at the pole on the exact reverse course. This time Lee made the adjustment to the other compensating screw, again taking out only

Lee pointed out. "All I said was that I’m done. That means that the compass is now compensated for the error due to the perma¬ nent magnetism of all the magnetized objects on the boat. Any errors now are errors in installation. You fix those by simply rotating the compass in the binnacle." "I think we better check this again," I said. "It can’t be that simple." "Good idea," agreed Lee. "Besides, there

On the east-west course we were within one degree, so we left it alone. "See? Almost dead on." Meanwhile the owner had given me the helm for the last run, while he went below to check something on his chart table. He came back up with the chart and course plotter in hand, and a couple of courses to check. "Aim the boat right at the south tower," he instructed. "Should be 223 degrees." I complied, and we all huddled around the binnacle for a look. "229! More than five degrees off!" 1 said. "That’s interesting," said Lee. "Now try another heading. I’ll bet it’s going to read about six degrees too high in all directions." We tried aiming at a small island, then at a high-rise building, then at a radio tower. Sure enough, all our readings were five to six degrees too high. Lee took the helm for a minute, and crouched down to where she could see the pin in the middle of the compass card, the lubber line, and the boat’s mast all in one view. "This compass is crooked in the boat." she informed us. Rotate the binnacle five degrees to the left, and you’re all set." "Crooked?" said the owner. "Really? I wanted to make sure this binnacle was installed right, so I had the boatyard do it!" Lee and 1 looked at each other and nodded. "See for yourself," she said. "Couldn’t we make the correction with the deviation adjusters?" asked the owner, not relishing the thought of taking apart his binnacle and drilling new mounting holes for the compass. "No way!” said Lee. "The adjusters are permanent magnets, and they introduce a compensating magnetic field that turns with the boat. Sometimes this compensating field aligns with the earth’s magnetic field, and then there’s no effect on the compass reading. Sometimes it’s at an angle to the

half of the error.

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last task was complete. "But you never even looked at a chart!" said the owner. "Or used a pelorus, or calcu¬ lated a sun bearing! How can you possibly know that it’s accurate without checking against something outside the boat? "I didn’t say the compass was accurate,"

might be some out-of-plane fields from the east-west compensator that effect the northsouth calibration, or vice versa." So we did the north-south runs again, and this time when we reversed course, the compass was within two degrees of 180. "This could be just experimental error, but I’ll try to get that last degree out of it anyway," she said as she went back to work

earth’s field, so it will pull one way or the other. Point is, the effect varies with heading. A combination of a sine and cosine function of the heading, in fact. There’s no way to get a constant correction over all headings with permanent magnets — it will always be a sine wave. You have to re-install the compass." "I think that’s what those iron balls are May. 1993 •UVMJcli* Page 129

MAX EBB supposed to be for," said the owner. "We should never have taken them off." "Give it up!" Lee replied. 'Those quadranal adjusters may look salty, but they have no function on this boat. 1 mean, there are two basic sources of compass deviation. One, the permanent magnetism of the boat and everything on it. That’s what we just took care of. The little magnets inside the compass are now producing an equal and opposite field to cancel out deviation. The other source of deviation — and this is by far the more interesting one, actually — is sometimes called 'soft iron' error or 'induced magnetism'. The magnetic field from the earth — and from the field of the compass needle itself, which is aligned closely enough with the field from the earth that we don’t need to think about it separately — induces a new magnetic field in ferrous objects. If the objects are big and long, the induced field will tend to align itself with the longitudinal axis of the object." "I thought the compass was just attracted to metal objects," I said. "Not exactly true. What the compass is trying to do is align itself with magnetic fields, and the shape of the metal objects is important in determining the shape of the field induced around it. Think of a metal hull as a giant bar of iron..." I took the chart from the owner and turned it upside-down in front of Lee, and

there’s an up-and-down component — mag¬ netic dip — but we’ll ignore that for now." She sketched out a rather simple diagram — at least, simple for Lee — showing a boat, magnetic field lines, and a compass needle. "Suppose you have a big bar of iron, like this. Not a magnet, just a piece of iron.

on it, oriented parallel with the boat’s centerline, and the field lines running athwartships. "So on east or west headings, no effect on the compass. But now look what happens on north-south headings. . ."

he drew new field lines, running fore and aft. "A big field is induced. One end of the bar becomes a north pole, one end becomes a south pole. Remember your elementaryschool science lesson, with the magnet and the iron filings? Remember what the field lines looked like when you held the magnet under a piece of paper, with the iron filings on top?" Actually, I did remember that day in science class. I remembered plunging the magnet right into the pile of iron filings, ruining the experiment and getting yelled at by the science teacher. "The field lines from the bar, now with magnetism induced, go something like this," she said as she drew in the new field lines. "Note that there’s still no effect on the compass needle! So no error on north-south headings, either!"

Above, compass error proportional to the sine of the compass heading, characteristic of error caused by permanent magnetism. Below, compass error proportional to the sine of twice the compass heading, characteristic of error caused by induced magnetic fields in 'soft iron'. then handed her a felt-tip pen. "Okay, here’s the boat, and here’s the magnetic field from the earth. Actually Page 130

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There’s no field created in the bar if it’s lined up east-west, like this." She drew the boat with the big iron bar

"This isn’t very interesting so far," 1 said. "If there’s no effect on all four points of the compass, how can it make any difference?" "Wait! There’s more! Look at the situation at a 45 degree heading. Here’s the earth’s field, here’s the induced field. What happens to the needle?" I wasn’t sure. (I probably still have a phobia about magnetic field lines, traceable back to that fateful day in fourth grade.)

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A) These are the directions that the compass would indicate on cardinal headings. B) Adjusting the compass to indicate reciprocal headings on reciprocal north-south courses moves the circle back over the longitudinal axis. C) Adjusting for reciprocal readings on reciprocal east-west courses moves the circle back over the transverse axis.

"Think of the vector sum of the two fields..." Lee actually thought this was a useful hint. Fortunately the owner of the boat figured it out for me. "Aha!" he said. "It pulls the needle towards the bow. Or stern. Whenever the boat is between the cardinal points, the effect will be to make the needle more parallel to the bar." "Right!" said Lee, "although I actually should have drawn the compass in the field lines inside the bar rather than outside. The point is, you get two positive peaks, two neg¬ ative peaks, and four zero crossings as you go around all the compass headings. The ef¬ fect is proportional to the sine of twice the angle. (Or the cosine of twice the angle, or a combination of the two, if the axis of the ’bar' isn’t lined up with the axis of the vessel.) And you can’t neutralize it with a permanent magnet compensator, because that will al¬ ways introduce a correction proportional to

between the two balls. By moving them in and out, you can create an induced magnetic field that’s exactly the right strength to compensate for the induced field of a big steel ship." "Now I see why they call them 'quadrantal adjusters'!" exclaimed the owner. "This kind of deviation only shows up when the heading is in a quadrant, between the cardinal points of the compass! I’ve wondered about that for years!" You could almost see the light bulb go on over his head. "The trouble is," Lee pointed out, "your boat is plastic, and it’s unlikely that you have any significant amount of 'soft iron' cor¬ rection to cancel out. Especially with your engine deep in the bilge and the compass up here in the binnacle." He winced at the word 'plastic'. "I’ll bet those balls were what was causing all the problems last week," I said. "For sure," said Lee. "You were using a

What should have been a simple exercise turned into a baffling disaster. But that was last week. the sine or cosine of just the angle, not the sine or cosine of twice the angle. "What do those balls do?" I asked, still a little confused. "The effect of two pieces of iron, Max, is to create a simulated 'iron bar' along a line

cosine-two-theta correcting device to try to eliminate cosine-theta error, and you had a constant error term on top of that." "But I searched long and hard for just the right antique binnacle. It will never look right without the balls."

"They gotta go. No place for them on a plastic boat." Lee seemed to enjoy using that word to describe a boat with wood spars, teak decks, a bowsprit, a boomkin, and artificial planking stripes in the hull. "Actually," she continued, "there are nine possible components to the 'soft iron' correc¬ tion. The field has a component in each of three directions, and each component can be induced by earth’s magnetic fields in each of three directions — what’s known as a threeby-three tensor. And to be strictly rigorous, note that the horizontal induced field pro¬ duced by the vertical component of the earth’s field is a cosine single angle, not double angle, because this vertical field doesn’t change with heading."

E^y this time we were almost back at the marina. "I’m still confused about just what we did to remove the magnetic error," I said. "We adjusted the compass so that two sets of reverse courses read as proper reciprocal courses — but what does that prove?" "Think of it this way," she explained, starting another sketch on the back of the Chart. "Let’s say you have electronic instru¬ ments that measure longitudinal and trans¬ verse magnetic field strength. If this direction is forward, and this is to port, and the boat is heading at like, 45 degrees magnetic, the two readings can be represented by these two arrows." "I’m with you so far," I said as she drew the arrows on the diagram. "The actual total field strength, of course. May. 1993 • UKUjU 12 • Page 131

MAX EBB is the vector sum of the two measurements, like this. As the boat turns, the strength of the two measurements will vary, but the total strength will stay the same while it rotates around in a circle, like this." She drew a circle around the center of the diagram. "But what happens if there’s some stray permanent magnetism in the boat? The in¬

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Lee. i remembered plunging it into the pile struments will be affected by this extra field in the same way, regardless of heading. So there’s an additional transverse field and longitudinal field, which are constant. Now we’re adding all four arrows together to get the result, instead of two. What does the shape of all the possible total field vectors look like now?" "Um, let’s see — an ellipse?" "Wrong! Think again." "Hmmm. You have a circle, then you’re adding a constant in each direction ..." Lee was too impatient to let me figure it out myself, even though I’m sure I was on the right track. "You still have a circle, Maxi Only the center is displaced. So it looks like this." She drew another circle, this one relo¬ cated slightly in proportion to the lengths of the two arrows representing the additional field. "See where the error is? When the boat is at 45 degrees magnetic, the compass needle will point this way, and not really at 45 de¬ grees. What we did by making the recipro¬ cals read as reciprocals was first move this circle over to be on top of the longitudinal axis with the north-south run, then we pulled it down over the transverse axis with the east-west run." "Let me think about this. You’re saying that as long as two sets of reciprocals really are reciprocals, then this circle has to be centered on zero?" "You got it. We could have also just mea¬ sured deviation in the usual way, comparing with fixed landmarks or sun bearings, and then fit a sine or cosine wave through the points. Maybe even adjust the axis up and down to take care of the installation alignment error, too." "But I’ve seen deviation charts that were much more complicated than sine waves," said the owner. "They were probably wrong," said Lee, Page 132 • UWUJUli • May, 1993

three points, anywhere on this circle, and you can calculate the error." "Do the electronic compasses actually do this?" I asked. "They could, if they were smart enough," Lee answered. "Electronic compasses mea¬ sure the field strengths in two directions, just like my diagram. But all they do is calculate the angle of the resulting total field. The magnitude of the two components gets thrown away — straight into the bit bucket!" "So the electronic compasses just dupli¬ cate a mechanical magnetic compass?" "Right. Even though they take enough measurements to automatically compensate themselves every time the boat turns. But the software is brain-damaged." "Hard to imagine that there isn’t a com¬ pany somewhere taking advantage of this possibility," said the owner. "There is, actually. ETAK in Menlo Park developed a navigation system for cars in the ’80s. They do primarily map database devel¬ opment now, but their software for making a magnetic compass work in a car is the only system that does it right, as far as I know." "I tried a compass in my car once," I said. "Totally useless." "Me too," said the owner, as he dropped fenders over the side in preparation for docking. "Worse than useless. The readings would change from day to day, even on the same stretch of road." "It’s the compass correction problem from hell," Lee proclaimed. "You have magnetism from electrical circuits, significant soft iron effects in all nine terms, frequent shocks from slamming doors and trunks that remagnetize big pieces of metal depending on which way the car is facing — even the magnets from stereo speakers can have an influence." "And you’re saying that with all that going on, this ETAK system actually got a magnetic compass to work?" "It’s all in the software. Even with the nine

terms of the soft iron effects, where the error is proportional to the sine and cosine of twice the heading angle for most of the terms, the shape of the field vector versus heading curve has to follow a relatively simple mathematical path. Something like a skewed ellipse. Three points define a unique circle, and four points define a unique ellipse. So all they have to do is measure four points every time the car makes a big turn (actually they use 16), and the compass is recalibrated. So as long as the sensors are properly lined up with the car’s axis — that’s the easy part — then it’s deadly accurate." "Where can I buy one of those for my boat?" we both said simultaneously. "No place," Lee said. "Trouble is, when differential GPS is online, we’ll all be getting our heading info from the GPS display, and all this compass stuff will be even more of a lost art than it already is."

1 he brunch at the club was buffet style, and Lee, ever the starving student, made sure that the club lost money on her ticket. "How would you do that on a windy day?" asked someone at our table when I described our calibration procedure. "Or what if you don’t have an overboard pole to use?" "Any fixed, distant landmark is good. It doesn’t even have to be on the chart," said Lee. "Again, the actual heading isn’t impor¬ tant. The trick is to do the run away from the object first, with one person driving, one sighting through the rigging calling out 'mark' or something whenever the stern is exactly in line with the landmark, and someone read¬ ing the compass on the 'mark' calls. Then you steer exactly toward the landmark, and make half the correction that would make the compass read the reciprocal heading." "Still better when the wind’s light," I suggested, "and the flat water makes it easy to steer straight." We finished lunch, the wind was up, and Lee was off to the other side of the marina to go windsurfing. A couple of days later I happened to be walking past the berth where my friend keeps his big cruiser. To my horror, I noticed that the navigator’s balls were back in place. I knocked on his hatch. "You put the balls back!" I said as his face appeared in the companionway. "Don’t you care at all about having an accurate compass on your boat?" "Relax," he smiled. "They’re plastic!" — max ebb

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With reports this month by naval architect Carl Schumacher on the virtues of cruising In catamarans; an account of the Magnetic Deviants YC’s delightful charter out of Grenada; the lure of chartering back in Maine; and the usual smattering of interesting charter notes.

The Case for Catamarans

Last January, my wife Marilyn and 1 had the pleasure of joining our good friend Ralph Schacter in the British Virgin Islands for a week of cruising. Ralph was the original client and developer for the Alerion-Express as well as the original owner of my Express 27 Moonlight. Joining us were Ralph’s girl¬ friend Joy Terrell, Bengt Jornstedt, another Alerion-Express owner and editor of the Swedish magazine Segling ("Sailing"), and Jimmy Egan, a friend of Ralph’s from Connecticut. Great company, but what made this cruise even more interesting — to me at least — was that Ralph had chartered a Lagoon 42 catamaran. I was a member of Sailing World’s panel that selected this boat as their 1992 Boat of the Year. During the judging at the Annap¬ olis Boat Show, I was impressed with the potential this boat offered, but one of the flaws with the selection process is that we don’t get to sail the candidates. Our cruise was a great opportunity to not only sail it, but to live on board and see it in the

space, both inside and out. The Lagoon 42 is the largest multihull available for bare boat charter at this particular facility and was very comfortable for all six of us. In the hulls are four staterooms, one in each bow and stern — which makes for much better privacy than even larger monohull charter boats. The staterooms are separated by a head and galley on one side and a head and storage/pantry on the other. Up in the bridgedeck, inside the super¬ structure, is a chart table and a large circular dinette. The windows are large and the view from this table is just grand. The cockpit would do justice to the Oakland Coliseum — it’s huge! We ate all our lunches and breakfasts here at the outside table, usually in the shade of the bimini top. This was also where we spent most of our lounging and 'watching the world go by' time — we dubbed it our "floating gazebo." The net that fills the space between the bridgedeck and the bow crossbeams also saw a lot of use. While underway, we’d lie suspended over the

environment for which it was designed. We picked the boat up at The Moorings base in Road Town on the island of Tortola and spent a bustling morning buying pro¬ visions and familiarizing ourselves with this new craft. The first impression is one of Page 136 • U&UM 32 • May, 1993

The Lagoon 42 impressed even diehard monohull racer Carl Schumacher. “Multihulls actually make a lot of sense for cruising," he now says.

water, allowing the spray keep us cool. At night it was a big hammock from which to watch the stars.

But how did the cat perform, you ask? If your vision is of a Hobie Cat skimming across the water, forget it. This is a cruising boat with anchor and chain, 200 gallons of fresh water, two fixed blade propellers (one for each hull) and all out gear and pro¬ visions. The all-up displacement is probably that of a moderate cruising monohull. However, we were able to sail everywhere we went, which is more than I can say for some of the other charter boats I have tried to sail. In January, we had the famed Christmas Winds, which averaged about 20 knots. Upwind, our speed was roughly 8 knots with a wide tacking angle of 100-120 degrees. With the self-tacking jib, it was easy to make a lot of tacks, and we were certainly a lot more comfortable than the heeled-over 45foot monohulls with genoas. Given my years of monohull sailing experience, I was surprised at how much I noticed and apprec¬ iated sailing upright. I think neophytes would adjust to the motion of sailing better and quicker in a multihull because they could relax more. Reaching and running we seemed to have the speed of the 50-footers. However, the boat didn’t power as well as

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Deviant Behavior

Grenada getaway, clockwise from above: 'PT-109'-inspired coconut graffiti C'When do we go again?"), dinner with Commodorissimo Brad Jeffry (far left), sailing the Beneteau 445s, group portrait of the Deviants. All photos courtesy of Bill Riess.

I expected. She had plenty of horsepower, so perhaps the problem was in the pitch of the props. Maneuverability in tight spaces is a concern with all boats, particularly so with beamy multihulls. But the twin screws make it easy to turn and back, very much like a powerboat. When all our votes were cast, this Sailing World panelist could breathe a sigh of relief that we hadn’t made a mistake. It was a thoroughly enjoyable week, with the boat proving to be a perfect platform for enjoying the fabulous BVIs. We were all hooked on multihull cruising! Of course, if the boat had been mine, a few upgrades would be in order to improve performance (once a racer, always a racer). Folding props would be a start, along with a water maker and davit system so we wouldn’t have to tow the dinghy. Also, a better sail inventory would have been nice — but even without any of these improvements I would jump at the chance to cruise on a Lagoon 42 again. But what of the catamaran’s inherent potential to capsize? Having heard both sides

of this argument for years, my answer is philosophic. Monohull diehards point out that catamarans can and have tipped over and stayed there. (The Lagoon 42, like most large multis, has escape hatches built into the hulls. It’s hard to pass these hatches and not realize they were put there for a purpose other than watching the water go by or playing jokes on your mates.) Multihull buffs point out that monohulls, with their lead ballast, can and have sunk. Both arguments are pointless because both are true. I feel that if your concern about capsizing is overwhelming, then multihulls aren’t for you. Conversely, if all you think about are the thousands of monohulls that have sunk over the years, stay off the ocean in a ballasted boat. The approach I take is that both of these things can happen, so do what you can do to minimize the possibilities. In other words, exercise prudent seamanship. If you can get to this point of understanding, there are some great cruising grounds in the world just waiting for exploration. — carl schumacher

Several years ago in an article titled "Learning to Sail" (Latitude, March 1990), we featured a happy-looking group clowning for the camera with a photo caption des¬ cribing the unlikely-named Magnetic Deviants Yacht Club (MDYC) that had emerged from a Spinnaker Sailing School Caribbean charter three years earlier. One might think the name alone would be enough to sink the enterprise, but rather than a post-mortem, we have a progress report. After a one year break without a charter trip, 15 MDYC members set off for their fifth sojourn to the tropics. Led by "Commodor¬ issimo" Brad Jeffry and Jean Orsini, "Queen of Sevens", the intrepid group invaded the island of Grenada in mid-January. "What¬ ever the real reason for the Reagan invasion/ liberation of this island a few years back, we may never know," said MDYC member Bill Riess. "But the reception we got during our two weeks of cruising there was anything but hostile." Like their previous four biennial excursions (two to the BVIs, one each to St. Vincent and St. Lucia), the Deviants once again turned to The Moorings for their charter boats. This time they got three virtually out-of-the-box Beneteau 445s, two of which sported three double cabins, the other, four. The boats were set up sensibly (lots of water, big enough winches, lines led aft, etc.) and sailed well both on and off the wind. Unfortunately, they had their share of expected early shakedown problems, such as poor battery connections and leaky head fittings. As usual, however, The Moorings staff was immediately responsive, concerned and helpful. High points of the sailing trip — which took the group as far north as Bequia — included snorkeling in Mustique, a great hike and dinner on the beach at Mayreau, and the exhilarating downwind passage on the return to The Moorings base at Secret Harbor. Anchorages proved to be especially lively and interesting in Tyrell Bay on Carriacou and Bequia. Both harbors were abundantly "endowed with locals in their motor-powered skiffs, offering everything from delicious, freshly baked bread, bananas, oysters, lobsters and ice to handmade dolls, wooden turtles, jewelry and the inevitable T-shirts. Competition for the Yankee greenback was fierce. "Etiquette requires that you at least look and express appreciation for the goods, even if you don’t make a purchase," ex¬ plained Riess. "As our homeless people have told us, it’s awful to be treated as if you don’t May. 1993 •

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exist." The several days of shore time on Grenada before and after the charter also proved to be delightful. The group par¬ ticularly enjoyed the restaurants and Saturday’s market day in the picturesque town of St. Georges. (One Deviant woman bought a machete with a two-foot blade, which she stowed under her mattress for the duration of the trip -—hmmmmm.) The Deviants offered the following advice for those that follow in their path: 1) to avoid jet-lag, spend the night in Miami before flying on to Puerto Rico and then Grenada; 2) check out the Red Crab Restaurant at Prickly Bay — informal ambience, superb food; 3) bring plenty of current Latitude 38's along to hand out to news-starved cruisers; 4) rum punches are tasty and cheap, but the 'punch' part can be a killer on an empty stomach (especially if they use the 150% proof stuff without telling you!); 5) leave the lightweight foulies at home — save the room for other things; 6) with an abundance of restaurants in almost every harbor, it’s more fun to join the locals and other cruisers ashore than to fire up the charcoal and cook aboard; 7) never sail to weather. "We’ve picked Guadeloupe as our ’95 destination," said Commodorissimo Jeffry. "But Grenada was probably our best trip yet. It will be a hard act to follow." The Maine Alternative

Recently, in one of our many conver¬ sations with cruisers, we asked a guy seven years and 30,000 miles into a world cruise where he’d most like to go back to? His answer — Maine! Frankly, the answer caught us by surprise. But if you consider that Maine boasts a coastline longer than California’s (if you include all the many islands, harbors and inlets), and that Maine probably com¬ bines sailing, history and unspoiled beauty better than any state in the union — well, he may have a strong case. And what better way to experience the 'Down East’ ambience than a bareboat charter or sailing vacation aboard one of the handful of two-masted schooners that ply the coast of Maine? The schooners were the workhorses that made settling the Northeast possible, carrying the freight and gathering the fish. As times changed these sailing vessels became obsolete. However, in the early 1930’s a few were fortunately reborn to a new life — cruising the coast of Maine. Recently, the heart of this fleet, the Lewis R. French, Isaac H. Evans and American Eagle — all National Historic Landmark vessels — and one new vessel, Heritage, have banded together in Rockland, Maine, to share in the operations Page 138 •

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Wooden ships on the water, very free. Above, the 'Isaac H. Evans'. Right, happy 'Mainiacs' aboard the ’Heritage1.

of a wharf and full service shipyard. The windjammers take passengers on three to six day voyages 'Down East' along the coast of Maine. These aren’t your typical cruise ships, because the groups are small and personal. You can really sink your teeth into this sailing vacation. "We love to get people involved," says captain Ed Glaser of the 107-year-old Isaac H. Evans, the oldest original oyster schooner still sailing. "Folks like to be part of the operation of the vessel, and we give them every chance. They can haul on the halyards, tend a jib sheet, or steer into the harbor if they want." John Tucker of the Boater’s Friend in Berkeley is one Bay Area sailor who has taken a couple of trips with Captain John Foss aboard American Eagle. The schooners are well-catered affairs: John fondly recalls incredible feasts of lobster, clams and other Down East delicacies. He spoke enthus¬ iastically of quaint New England towns, stunning scenery and generally pleasant sailing. He also remarked on the excellent care the schooners receive. "They’re all in impressive condition," said John, who’d be happy to talk with anyone considering such a trip. "We love to sail around Penobscot Bay," says Captain Dan Pease, age 34. "I’ve been sailing here my whole life so far, and I’m still finding new harbors. It’s incredibly beautiful — a place you can’t get tired of." Pease and his wife Kathy own the Lewis R. French, the

oldest commercial sailing vessel in the US, built in 1871. Each schooner trip is as unique as the passengers and the weather. Very little planning is evident in the captain’s eyes as he sails down the bay. "Basically we wing it. Each day has its own challenges, depending on the wind and tide and the next day’s forecast," says Glaser. But no matter where they end up, everyone is happy. Each trip begins in Rockland with the week’s worth of groceries packed in the galley, the water tanks topped off and the firewood bins overflowing. The vessels are self-sufficient for the trip, allowing them to travel without disturbing the environment and the coastal ecosystems. The beauty of the trips are the unplanned destinations, the quiet fishing villages, the cove nestled between three offshore islands, the spectacular anchorage at the foot of a 650 foot cliff in Acadia National Park. "These are places you can’t go by car," says Captain Doug Lee of the Heritage, "and if you could you wouldn’t be able to see and appreciate the area or be as comfortable as we are on board the schooner." For more information about schooner trips in Maine, you can contact these vessels at: Schooner Captains, Box 482P, Rockland, Maine 04841, or by calling (800)-648-4544, or (207) 594-8007. If the 'historic' approach to Maine isn’t for you — or if you have a longer or even more

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Above, the 'American Eagle' struts her stuff along the Maine coast. John Tucker of the Boater's Friend recommends these trips highly.

unstructured trip in mind — there are a number of bareboat charter companies that offer access to the same pristine cruising grounds. Boats are available from Hinkley Yacht Charters (207)244-5008, Bay Island Yacht Charters (800)421-2492 and Morris Yachts (207) 244-5509. Whichever way you go, you’ll probably find more than you ever imagined in Maine. Towns such as Boothbay Harbor, Camden and Southwest Harbor offer marinas, fine dining and the best of charming old New England. Then you could spend weeks exploring the more remote harbors and coves in the outlying islands with names like Isle au Haut, Vinal Haven and Mount Desert. While the tides and fog can sometimes present challenges, the normal summer weather is sunny and clear. The best months are July and August, when you’ll usually have calm evenings and mornings combined with a reliable 10-15 knot afternoon south¬ westerly. During these months, the evenings are long and the sunsets usually spectacular. If any readers are planning a Maine charter this summer, be sure to drop us a note about the experience. We’d love to hear more. Charter Notes As this issue was being put to bed, an unprecedented number of Northern Cali¬ fornia sailors had flown off to the Eastern Caribbean to take part in what’s indisputably

the world’s biggest and wildest international tropical regatta, Antigua Sailing Week. If we remember correctly, there are four bareboat charter entries from the Sausalito YC, three more from Club Nautique, one from the Tiburon YC — and there are probably others. Greg Dorland, who has been running a Baltic 42 in the Caribbean all summer, will be there with Escapade and her all-plastic sail inventory. Big O, Latitude’s Ocean 71, will be entered in the cruising division with guests from San Francisco, Discovery Bay, Incline Village,

Whidbey Island Race Week, one of many reasons to check out the Pacific Northwest this summer.

Santa Barbara, Texas and Florida. It should be a good time, particularly as the Wanderer and Wanderette plan to host a Northern

California raft-up during the lay day at Dickenson Bay. Based on a lack of boats in Antigua in early April, there was some concern this might be an off year for Antigua Sailing Week. "To the contrary," reports Jol Byerly, both an Antigua and Sailing Week instit¬ ution. "We have more than 200 entries — an all time record. And that doesn’t include the 40 yachts signed up for the Classic Regatta the week before." You may expect a full report on the antics and action in the next issue. Immediately after Sailing Week, Big O and another charter group will head south¬ west to the Panama Canal. Then it’s up to Mexico and the Sea of Cortez for a month or so, followed by California and the Pacific Northwest. For details on charters, call (415) 383-8200, extension 111, after May 15. Speaking of great regattas, if you’re looking for an excuse to visit beautiful Puget Sound why not consider participating in the 11th Annual Yachting Race Week at Whidbey Island, an event which usually attracts about 2,000 sailors and 160 boats. Held July 11-16 out of Oak Harbor, this northwest sailing classic features great racing for as many as ten classes and equally legendary post-race socializing. For more information on Race Week, call (203) 661-6945. Sup¬ posedly, it’s fairly easy to walk down the docks and get a ride. However, if you want to charter a hot racing boat for the series, we suggest you call any of the larger sailmakers in Seattle (or their affiliates in the Bay Area, who can tell you who to call up north). If you’re looking for peace and solitude, definitely stay away from Whidbey Island

during this time! Incidentally, if you’re planning to charter in the Pacific Northwest this summer, you’d better get your reservations in soon. Some companies are booked as far in advance as October, with September being May, 1993 • Lt&JtZg • Page 139

WORLD OF CHARTERING

a particularly popular month to visit these scenic, uncrowded cruising grounds. We’re looking forward to exploring this area firsthand this summer, and welcome our readers’ advice on where to go, what to see and so forth. Best responses will be printed next month and earn the author a Latitude 'roving reporter' T-shirt. Looking for a special summer spot to charter with your kids? In addition to Maine, covered previously in this section, we can highly recommend French Polynesia. The Societies are often overlooked by charterers because their prime sailing season, the Southern Hemisphere winter, coincides with California’s prime sailing season, Northern Hemisphere’s summer. But since late June and early July are traditional foggy and cold along the California coast, there’s no better time to charter out of Raiatea for the nearby islands of Tahaa, Bora Bora and Huahine. It doesn’t ever get foggy or cold at those islands. There’s no drive-by shootings either, just beauty and tranquility. Even the Wanderer, who suffers from Type A hyper¬ tension from time to time, was beguiled by the serenity and has vowed to return. There is another way to live, and a South Pacific

M A I N K

charter is a great way to sample it. The major charter outfits are The Moorings, ATM and Sun Yacht Char¬

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ters, which are located side by side in Raiatea. You can reach The Moorings at (800) 535-7289; ATM at (800) 634-8822; and Sun Yacht Charters at (800) 772-3500. Last month, we wrote about the pair of behemoth J-Boats, Endeavour and Sham¬ rock V, that are available for day charters in Newport, Rl. Not to be left behind, the Bay Area will soon boast its own bit of America’s Cup nostalgia, also to be available for day charters. Defender, the gorgeous blue 12Meter which Tom Blackaller unsuccessfully campaigned against Liberty in 1983, recently was purchased by the Peninsula’s Sherry Geddes and James Gibby. "She’ll be avail¬ able for charter as soon as we iron out all the details," said Geddes. Another 12-Meter, Eagle, is expected to follow soon. Who knows, maybe Bob Cole will even reactivate his two 12s (Duraftame and USA) that are in mothballs at Anderson’s in Sausalito. We’ll have a full report next month. A final thought, courtesy of poet Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream defer¬ red? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? . . . Or does it explode?" We say don’t risk finding out the answer — start making your dreams come true today.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on the lightly-attended Wheeler Race; the recordbreaking Singlehanded Farallones Race; the San Francisco Cup; the nasty Lightship Race; another pleasant J/Fest; the slow Newport-Cabo Race; the inaugural Commodore’s Challenge Cap; the SBRA season opener on the Richmond Riviera; the annual Resin Regatta; the Camellia Cup blow-out on Folsom Lake; results of two more midwinter series; an update on collegiate sailing; box scores for theAiio Nuevo Race and the Doublehanded Lightship; and the customary race notes at the end.

Wheeler Regatta Colin Moore’s Wylie Wabbit Kwazy thumped a relatively small 34-boat fleet in this year’s 21st Annual Wheeler Regatta, hosted by Berkeley YC on March 27-28. Conditions were perfect for the skinny Wabbit: two moderate air 8.2-mile reaching races on Saturday, followed by a 13.3-miler on Sunday in an 18 knot westerly. "Once we start planing, such as on Sunday, there’s just no way the PHRF rule can rate us fairly," admitted Colin. "The problem will be even more obvious as we start to see more of the new generation of planing monohulls — boats like the Melges 24, B-25, Carrera 26 and Tripp 26. It’s going to be interesting." According to Moore, the Wheeler’s hefty $50 entry fee scared away most of the other

Next year, look for a lower entry fee, improved courses (especially to accom¬ modate southeasterlies such as on Saturday) and two distinct overall prizes: the City of Berkeley Trophy for planing boats such as Wabbits and F-27s, and the Wheeler Trophy for conventional displacement boats. DIV. I (PHRF 0-113) — 1) Bang, N/M 41, Max Cordon/ChrisCorlett, 3.5 points; 2) Petard, Farr36, Keith Buck, 8; 3) Bodacious, Farr 40, John Clauser, 9. (6 boats) DIV. II (114-155) — 1) Kwazy, Wylie Wabbit, Colin Moore, 2.25 points; 3) Blue Max, Dehler 34, J. & D. Freeland, 10; 3) Mr. McGregor, Wylie Wabbit, Kim Desenberg, 11. (6 boats) DIV. Ill 0/24) — 1) Wonder Woman, Dines/ Kennelly/Pugh, 2.25 points. (3 boats) DIV. IV (156-197) — 1) Hot Chocolate, Newport 30 Mk. II, Don Oliver, 6.5 points; 2) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber, 7.75; 3) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Boschman/Bentzen. (7 boats)

Peter Fowler, 2.25 points. (3 boats) WHEELER TROPHY (OVERALL) — 1) Kwazy, 3.5 points; 2) Bang, 17.75; 3) Petard, 23; 4) Bodacious, 24; 5) Wonder Woman, 27; 6) Hot Chocolate, 34; 7) Soliton, 36; 8) Blue Max, 37; 9) Carlos, 38; 10) Roadhouse Blues, 38. (34 boats) Above, Colin Moore's 1Kwazy1 is the hot Wabbit these days. Right, Joe Therriault set a new record in the Singlehanded Farallones Race.

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DIV. V (198) — 1) Temptation, Cal 2-27, Rollye Wiskerson, 5.75 points; 2) Honcho II, Paul Rosen¬ thal, Santana 27, 6.5. (5 boats) DIV. VI (Santana 22) — 1) Soliton, Mark Lowry, 3.5 points; 2) Carlos, Robert Ward, 4.75. (4 boats) DIV. VII (199-above) — 1) Upper Bound, Cal 20,

Singlehanded Farallones Race Richmond’s Joe Therriault, one of the Bay Area’s original multihullers, overcame the weather—and Peter Hogg’s faster Aotea — to set a new course record in this year’s Singlehanded Farallones Race on March 27. Sailing his 15-year-old homebuilt Buccaneer 31 Sundowner, the 50-year-old Therriault blazed around the course in 5 hours, 32

SHEET fish or a seal." Ironically, the wind lightened and then died as the rest of the fleet re-entered the Gate against the ebb, stranding several dozen racers outside who eventually chose DNFs. The first monohull to finish was Stan Honey’s Cal 40 Illusion, followed by Tony Soter’s J/105 Oneo and Dan Newland’s Pegasus. The door slammed after this trio, and it wasn’t until five hours later — around 10 p.m. — that the next monohull finished. Gear failure reared its ugly head on a number of boats: for example, Second Tri lost its rudder, Impossible broke its traveller, and Great Fun tore her mainsail, jammed her rudder hard over, and then couldn’t get the instruments or engine working. Fortun¬ ately, the cellular phone still worked and the Coasties were willing to tow the boat back in. In the end, only 34 boats finished. Each of them is listed below:

SC 50s 'Hana Ho' (foreground) and 'Gone With the Wind1 were the dueling weapons in this year's civilized San Francisco Cup.

minutes. In the process, he also pulled a 'hat trick' on the record 83-boat fleet: first to finish, first in class and first on corrected time. "Not bad for a cruising boat, eh?" laughed Joe, who reminded us that he spent 1981'83 puttering around the Caribbean on Sun¬ downer. Since he’s been back, Therriault s won "about 70" trophies with this boat, including this race’s Latitude 38 Perpetual Trophy for overall corrected honors once before, in 1987.

For everyone else, the race was some¬ what demoralizing. Many skippers bailed out before the Lightship as the wind rose to 25 knots, the seas grew steep and choppy, and the rain came pouring down. Southerly winds made the 57-mile race a chilly reach both ways, with most boats reefed most of the day. Therriault reefed Sundowner for about 10 miles on the way in, but only after stuffing a bunch of waves and almost pitchpoling. "I drove it hard, probably too hard. I actually scared myself," admits Joe, who beat Aotea by a minute thanks to un¬ reefing sooner. Defiance, Bill Maudru’s Cross 46, was the third boat in despite damaging her rudder on "something soft like a very big

DIV. I (multihulls) — 1) Sundowner, Buccaneer 33 tri, Joe Therriault; 2) Three Play, F-27, Rob Watson; 3) Defiance, Cross 46R, Bill Maudru; 4) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn; 5) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells; 6) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg; 7) Try Me, F-24, Cary Helms. (9 boats) DIV. II (ULDB) — 1) Oeno, J/105, Tony Soter; 2) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland; 3) Kangaroo Court, Moore 24, David Easter; 4) Chief, SC 27, Dwight Odom; 5) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami; 6) Dragonsong, Olson 30, Tim Knowles; 7) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Benjamin; 8) Curses, Express 27, Larry Blanchette; 9) Red Stripe, Sonoma 30, Buz Sanders; 10) Francis Who? II, Newland 368, Frank Dinsmore. (13 boats) DIV. Ill (PHRF < 127) — 1) Illusion, Cal 40, Stan Honey; 2) Nidaros II, Santana 30/30 GP, Bjarne Junge; 3) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce Nesbit; 4) Thunder, Wylie 34, Larry Mayne; 5) Audacious, Peterson One Ton, Carl Eshelman. (16 boats) DIV. IV (PHRF 127-168) — 1) George, Olson 25, Craig Douglas; 2) Sorcerer, C&C Half Ton, Ken Popplewell; 3) Pelagic Fantasy, Newport 33-PH, Richard Holway; 4) Movin On, Jeanneau 32, Bob Neal; 5) Patriot, Yamaha 33, Roy Kinney. (18 boats) DIV. V(169 & above) — 1) TGTITW, Santana 22, Jeffrey Brown; 2) Reliance, International Folkboat, Reed Overshiner; 3) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 4) Carolina Queen, 'Hans Christian'; Donald Crowe; 5) Amanda, Newport 30 Mk. II, Pat Broderick; 6) Fantasy, Cal 29, Douglas Clark; 7) Meschef, Peterson 25, Bruce Pon. (26 boats) OVERALL— 1) Sundowner; 2) Three Play; 3) Illusion; 4) Defiance; 5) Pegasus. (34 finishers).

San Francisco Cup St. Francis YC successfully defended the San Francisco Cup on March 27-28, beating arch-rival San Francisco YC 3-1 in the bestof-five interclub competition. The 'match race' was sailed in the commodores’ Santa Cruz 50s, with Chris Perkins emerging as the victorious skipper over fellow Etchells sailor May. 1993 • UUX*Jc32 • Page 151

RACING SHEET Bill Barton. St. Francis now leads the series 19-8, with one race in the 28-year history of the Cup unaccounted for. For the second year in a row, Bill LeRoy put up Gone With the Wind for the St. Francis YC, while Rolfe Croker countered with Hand Ho for the challengers. Unlike last year, the two clubs switched boats between races, with GWTW spotting Hana Ho seven and a half seconds per mile due to her smaller, higher aspect keel. St. Francis took the first two races on Saturday by 1:24 and 51 seconds, only to lose the third by 38 seconds to San Francisco YC. The first and only race on Sunday saw the two boats finish in a dead heat, but St. Francis in Hana Ho corrected out by 69 seconds to win the race and, with it, the series. In addition to Perkins and LeRoy, the St. Francis 'overkill' team consisted of tactician Craig Healy, Scott Easom, Mike Erlin, Nick Gibbens, Dave Gruver, Doug Holm, Scott Inveen, Ken Keefe, Mike LeRoy, Phil Perkins, Mike Ratiani, Russ Silvestri and Tom Relyea. The second place team was stacked with talent, too. Joining Barton and Croker for the weekend were tactician Jeff Madrigali, John Andrews, Carlos Badell, Jim Davies, Jeff Wayne, Steve Fentress, Duncan Kelso, Tad Lacey, Mark Maymar, Bill Melbostad, Tim Parsons, Eric Tjensvold and Steve Enzensperger. Lightship Race Gnarly. That’s the word we heard most often about the first ocean race of the year, St. Francis YC’s Schoonmaker/Stewart Light¬ ship Race on the gray day of April 17. Winds up to 35 knots made the 25-mile trip around the Bucket and back (pick one): 1) incredibly miserable; 2) incredibly exhilarating; 3) in¬ credibly expensive; 4) all of the above. Fifteen boats retired, including two which dismasted: John Clauser’s Farr 40 Bodacious and Arvind Sodhani’s J/29 Black Lace. Many of the boats that finished got beat up pretty badly, too: Aotea and Great Fun ripped mainsails, War II pulled the head out of their mainsail and sailed over half the race with just a #3 jib, the new R/P 50 Morning Glory broke its wheel and finished under emer¬ gency tiller, and so on. The race began in a puffy southerly and several boats set chutes off the starting line. Ten minutes later, all were back to #l’s for the fetch to the turning mark. Halfway out the wind really piped up, sending the crews scurrying for #3s and #4s as well as reefs in their mains. The way in was a classic firehose reach, particularly wet for small boats such as Mike Warren’s aptly named Cal 20 Culo Bagnato ("wet butt" in Italian). "We filled the Page 152 • UkuJcZ9 • May. 1993

boat up a few times — it was a bouncy ride," reports Warren, whose goal is to race 1,000 ocean miles in his tiny yacht this summer. J/35 —1)11 Pellicano, Andrei Glasberg; 2) Major Damage, Dave Wilson; 3) Equanimity, Randy Paul. (7 boats) IMS I — Not available; 5 boats. IMS II — Not available; 6 boats. PHRO I — 1) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan

Newland ;2) Kingfish, Olson 40, John Kerslake; 3) Ringmaster, Express 37, Leigh Brite; 4) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright; 5) Scorpio, Wylie 42, Lon Price. (13 boats) PHRO M — 1) Cheers, Spencer sloop, Kim Coleman; 2) Novia, Cal 39, John Webb; 3) Razz¬ matazz, Swan 46, Dennis Robbins; 4) QE3, Tartan Ten, Dick Bates/Greg Melanson; 5) Escape, Ericson 35, Bob Adams. (18 boats) MORA I — 1) Friday, Express 27, John Lieben-

Scenes from this year's wet and windy Lightship Race. All photos 'Latitude'/rob & jr.

ASHS (MONO) — 1) Redline, J/35, Bill Fawns;-2) Tinsley Light, Santana 35, Hank Grandin; 3) Great Fun, Davidson 50, Stan Glaros. (8 boats) ASHS (MULTI) — 1) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter

berg. (1 boat) MORA II — 1) Culo Bagnato, Cal 20, Mike Warren; 2) Advantage II, J/29, Pat & Will Benedict; 3) Perezoso, Excalibur, Jeff Nehms; 4) Maybe, J/29, George Brewster/William Worthington; 5) Mona Too, Catalina 30, David Halaby. (19 boats)

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J/Fest "Bigger and better than ever," was how Don Trask summed up the 13th annual gath¬ ering of the J/tribe, held this year on April 3-

4 at St. Francis YC. A record-high 51 boats competed in six divisions, getting in four races for the big boats and six for the smaller ones. As usual, the weather was stunning (why do some regattas have all the luck?) and the popular J/Fest T-shirts listed all the crew names for the weekend. For all but the 44s and 29s, the regatta was a season counter — which, in part, explains the dramatic upswing in attendance. May. 1993 • U&UM 12 * Page 153

THE RACING Another contributing factor is the number of new owners, especially among the 24s and 29s. "A lot of these boats are on their second or third owners," explained J/Boat’s Dave Willke. "They bring new enthusiasm and energy into the fleets, which is nice to see." J/44 — 1) Marilyn, Monroe Wingate, 5 points; 2) Phantom, Jack Clapper, 8.25. (2 boats) J/35 — 1) II Pellicano, Andrei Glasberg/Ted Wilson, 10.5 points; 2) Esprit, Charlie Kuhn/Tim Russell, 12.75; 3) Jarlen, Bob Bloom, 14; 4) Major Damage, Dave Wilson & Chris Perkins, 16; 5) Equanimity, Randy Paul, 16.75. (9 boats)11 J/105 — 1) Midnight Express, Alan Bray, 5.5 points; 2) Jest, Jim Cascino, 12. (4 boats) J/30 — 1) Grey Poupon, Chris Kostanecki, 6.25 points; 2) Roller Coaster, Mike Hauser, 7. (4 boats) J/29 — 1) Power Play, Peter Cunningham, 5 points; 2) In the Bagg, Wodbrook/Bagg, 7; 3) Wave Dancer, Richard Leevey, 14. (5 boats) J/24 — 1) Snow Job, Brian Coepfrich, 8.5 points; 2) Cheech Wizard, Perkins/LeRoy, 10.5; 3) TIE, Hackworth/Wang, 11.75; 4) Electra, John Oldham,

Newport Cabo Race Don’t believe those rumors describing the Newport Harbor Yacht Club’s March race to Cabo San Lucas as the slowest Mexican race ever. Sure, it was slow, and if anyone keeps records of this sort of thing, the event will probably make the top — or would that be the bottom? — ten. Still, it was no slower than many of the November races from Southern California to the tip of the Baja Peninsula. However, this race may have set a record for attrition. Only six of the 17 starters made it to the finish line before the race time limit expired. The real problem was not the wind — it was the curiously short time limit. For some reason, NHYC established 1500 hours on Friday, March 26 as the drop dead time. Boats that finished after that time were simply not scored. For the small boats that started on Saturday, March 20, that was a full day less than the normal deadline for a Cabo race. The sleds and IOR maxis that went off on

1993 Newport to Cabo Race El Class IOR 1A 1 2A 2 IB 3 DNF A DNF A DNF A DNF A DNF A DNF B IMS 1A 1 2A 2 3A 3 4A 4 DNF B DNF B DNF B PHRF 1 IB 2B 2 3B 3 4 1A 1C 5 DNF A DNF A DNF A DNF A DNF C DNF C DNF C DNF C DNF C

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Chuck Brewer Kirk & Jocelyn Wilson Neil Barth Douglas Mongeon Norm Williamson Mike Campbell Brian Mock Mike Holleran Tim Collins Richard Teague Unknown Rick Linkemyer John Donahue Nikolai Tehin

Newport Harbor Cabrillo Beach

19; 5) Going to Disneyland, Peter Young, 30.75; 6) Small Flying Patio Furniture, Tom Purdy, 38, 7) Wonder Woman, Pugh/Kennelly/Dines, 42; 8) Sockeye, David Holscher, 49; 9) Itchy & Scratchy, Kimo Winterbottom, 51; 10) Max-J, Ray SanchezPescador, 59. (27 boats)

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Sunday had two days less than is usually provided. For some of the previous March Cabo races, this wouldn’t have been a problem. However, those who race regularly down the Baja Coast know it’s a mistake to take too

much for granted. The only sure bet is that it will blow real hard for the delivery back home. This year’s light air did not keep John DeLaura’s SC 70 Silver Bullet from winning IOR overall for an unprecedented third consecutive time. The Bullet jumped out in front at the start and stayed there to lead its class from wire to wire. For this race the fast track was close to shore, either right on or just inside the rhumb line. Boats that went out to sea looking for better breeze generally got hammered. Late in the race, Silver Bullet did stray a bit offshore to stay between the competition and the Cape. That opened the door for Doug Mongeon’s new-to-him Nelson/Marek 68 Swiftsure to make a move on the inside. Swiftsure carries more sail area than the newer sleds and was moving very quickly in the light air. All of this helped them take a big bite out of the Bullet’s 30 mile lead and produced a real race for the last 100 miles. However, DeLaura’s seasoned crew, which included Jeff Madrigali, Dave Gruver, John Jourdane and Mark Sims, kept their bow out in front and beat Swiftsure to the finish by 38 minutes.

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Richmond YC's Wylie 34 'Magic' runs downwind in the inaugural Commodore's Challenge Cup. Inset, winner Bill LeRoy of the St. Francis YC.

Silver Bullet, however, was not the first boat to the Cape. The 24-hour headstart the sleds gave the Saturday starters was simply too much to overcome, and three of them finished before the Bullet. The first boat to finish was Neil Barth’s new Alan Andrews designed Excel 53 Per¬ suasion . Although the boat was launched just five days before the race, it was obviously very fast. However, they went too far off¬ shore too often and could never open up a significant lead on Chuck Brewer’s yellow Wylie 46 Heartbeat. Heartbeat finished only an hour and 50 minutes behind Persuasion to win the IMS class by five and a half hours. Brewer also captured overall PHRF honors, beating Kirk and Jocelyn Wilson’s SC 50 Baywolf by 58 minutes. Rick Linkemyer’s Santa Cruz-based Olson 40 Outrageous was one of the first boats to the Cape after the time limit expired. Linkemyer did some heavy lobbying over the single sideband radio, trying to persuade the NHYC to extend the time limit. Obviously,

that didn’t happen, and all Linkemyer got for his time, effort and money was a DNF. Mongoose, Paul Simonsen’s SC 70 under charter to Joe Case of Long Beach, also could not make the time limit. When they i turned on the engine about 100 miles from the Cape, they knew they didn’t have enough fuel to make it all the way. Fortunately however, they encountered Nikolai Tehin’s 73-foot yawl Escapade, which had also dropped out of the race. Tehin generously shared some diesel fuel with the Mongoose crew, which included Simonsen, Zan Drejes and Steve Taft. Taft had raced on Blake Quinn’s SC 70 Holua a month earlier when Holua won the Puerto Vallarta Race by more than eight hours. When comparing the two events Jie commented, "I guess I must have used up alh my luck on one race!" But the real lucky ones were the folks who ran the fuel dock in Turtle Bay. The boats that dropped out of the race produced a steady stream of customers in need of fuel to get down to the Cape. A week later, those same boats were back again to reload for the last half of the return trip. As expected, there was a solid 20+ knots of breeze all the way

Commodore’s Challenge Cup The inaugural Commodore’s Challenge Cup, Encinal YC’s latest contribution to the sport of local yacht racing, attracted nine boats to the Treasure Island starting line on April 3. The innovative format of this new "once-in-a-lifetime" regatta called for current commodores of PICYA yacht clubs to com¬ pete against each other in boats rating 114123 under the PHRF rule. All the crew must come from the commodore’s club, too. "We were really pleased with the turnout, the weather and the ambience of the event," claimed EYC Vice Commodore Rich Pipkin, who’s eager to sail in the event next year. St. Francis YC, led by Commodore Bill LeRoy, won the Challenge sailing Art Mowry’s bright yellow Santana 35 Wild Flower. LeRoy took both races, a 6-mile windward/leeward and a 9.6-miler that ended with a run up the Estuary, by comfortable margins. Crewing for LeRoy and Mowry were Doug Baird, Nick Gibbens, Craig Healy, Mark Heer, Ken Keefe, Mike Ratiani and Mark Spitaleri. Encinal YC’s John Hughes sailed another Santana 35, Swell Dancer, to a pair of seconds. Hard luck story of the weekend was Del Olsen’s Richmond YC effort, which blew out their Wylie 34 Magic's #1 and .75 ounce kite in the 16-18 knot winds. Perfectly capturing the spirit of the event was Peninsula YC’s entry, a full cruising Freedom 42 named Del Cielo. Skipper John Roemer and crew, who were admittedly there just for the fun of it, joked that they were the only boat able to do laundry during the race. At Saturday night’s dinner/dance/awards ceremony, the date for the second annual challenge was announced as April 9, 1994. "This is the start of a new tradition on the Bay," claimed Pipkin, who hinted that there may be a smaller boat division for vice commodores next year as well. 1) Wild Flower, Santana 35, Bill LeRoy, StFYC, 1.5 points; 2) Swell Dancer, Santana 35, John Hughes, EYC, 4; 3) Wide Load, Santana 35, Bobbi Tosse, BYC, 6; 4) Mad Hatter, Wylie 34, Bob Neal, BenYC, 9; 5) Scoop, Wylie 34, Jim Samuels, SCYC, 9; 6) Magic, Wylie 34, Del Olsen, RYC, 12; 7) Petrouchka II, Ericson 38, Christine Franks, OYC, 14; 8) Del Cielo, Freedom 42, John Roemer, PenYC, 16; 9) Ester, Catalina 38, Rene Duzac, OystYC, 18. (9 boats)

SBRA Season Opener The Small Boat Racing Association kicked off its 1993 season in fine style on April 3-4 at Richmond YC. Conditions on the Richmond Riviera were perfect that week¬ end: warm, sunny skies and winds in the May. 1993

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mid-teens that were perfect for planing. Most classes got in six races, and with three different courses operating simultaneously, there was never a long wait between starts. Attendance and spirits were high. If you missed this one, console yourself in the knowledge that the biggest (and some say best) dinghy convention of the summer is yet to come: the popular Clear Lake Regatta will be held on June 19-20. EL TORO, SR. — 1) Hank Jotz, 16.5 points; 2) Tom Burden, 30, 3) Al Kenstler, 30.5; 4) Dana Shields, 39. (29 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Dana Jones, 4.5 points; 2) Nicholas Nash, 14.75; 3) Paul Saitta, 18. (12 boats) MILLIMETER — 1) David Huggins, 7 points; 2) Richard Hubbert, 14.75; 3) Peter Paradis, 15.75. (5 boats) SNIPE — 1) Packy & JJ Davis, 3.5 points? 2) Jim & Lynn Grubbs, 7.75; 3) Ned & MattNiccolls, 9. (10 boats) FJ — 1) Keith Minton, 7.25 points; 2) Allan Wycoff, 13.75; 3) Linda Branden, 13.75. (8 boats) LASER — 1) Patrick Andreasen, 8.75 points; 2) Matt McQueen, 13.75; 3) Hyde Perce, 20. (18 boats). SUNFISH — 1) Rich Straub, 5 points; 2) Bob Cronin, 9.75; 3) Darryl Coe, 14.75. (6 boats) FIREBALL — 1) R. Thompson/D. Thomas, 6 points; 2) Gordon Danielson, 8.5; 3) Scott Rovanpera, 15. (9 boats) LASER II — 1) Michelle Logan, 5 points; 2) Gary Bergero, 7.5; 3) Ron Loza, 14. (7 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Colin Moore, 5 points; 2) John Stewart, 8.5; 3) Kim Desenberg, 16. (11 boats) CONTENDER — 1) Jerome White, 3.75 points; 2) Gill Wopley, 12. (4 boats) 1-14 — 1) David Klipfel, 10.5 points; 2) Keith Stahrike, 11.75; 3) Larry Craig, 12.75. (13 boats)

Resin Regatta San Francisco YC’s annual Resin Regatta for modern 'plastic classics' on April 17-18 was a study in contrasts. Saturday was so ugly — rain and a 25+ knot southerly — that the race committee wisely abandoned all racing on the Berkeley Circle course and only held one less-than-fun race on the slightly less windy Knox course. Needless to say, the Saturday night party was illattended. How windy was it that day? The 'best' war story we heard came from a concurrent WBRA regatta (see Sightings, page 82). Any¬ way, the Bay was on her best behavior the next day, allowing each fleet to get in their allotment of three races for the weekend. The J/24s, however, only got in two races due to their enthusiasm for general recalls. Results of the abbreviated series follow: HARD KNOX COURSE:

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Orange Crate, Mike Schaumburg, 15.75; 3) SeaSaw, Green/Wonner, 31; 4) Farmers, Richard von Ehrenkrook, 33; 5) Aolele IV, Julian Barnett, 34.75. (16 boats)

points; 2) Celebration, Henry Fisher, 7.75; 3) Six Hundred, Hank Easom, 11; 4) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton, 12; 5) #860, Bob Park, 16. (11 boats)

SANTANA 22 — 1) Soliton, Mark Lowry, 3.5 points; 2) Shazaml, Bud Sandkulla, 6.75; 3) Riffraff, ErikMenzel, 11; 4) Albacore, David Demerest, 18. (9 boats)

Camellia Cup Regatta Thirty knots of wind greeted competitors in the 27th Annual Camellia Cup Regatta on Saturday, April 17. By the end of the first (and only) race on Lake Folsom that day, it had built to a peak of 53 knots! Few of the 37 boats (of 98 registered) that dared leave the marina escaped unscathed. A Thistle broke its mast, a Catalina 22 bent theirs, and countless whisker poles and sails were sac¬ rificed. Hardest hit were the two entries from the Stumpy Meadows YC, which lost both boats in unrelated sinkings. Fortunately, both Rick Nelson’s 505 and Jerry Hughes’ homebuilt catamaran were successfully fished out on Sunday. Of the 17 boats in the Open Centerboard Class (nicknamed the 'Bottoms Up Class'), only two boats — both Sunfish — were able to complete the race. Needless to say, the Coast Guard Auxiliary crash boats were kept hopping. That night, the Folsom Lake YC hosted a fine rib BBQ for some 300 shell-shocked sailors, followed by a righteous dance party. On Sunday, things were back to normal and two good races were held in 15 and 5 knots of breeze, respectively. Overall winner for the second year in a row was Jerry Ingall’s ugly old Catalina 22 Jer’s Jewel — proving

RANGER 23 — 1) Twisted, Don Wieneke, 3.5 points; 2) Last Chance, Roger Eldridge, 13.75; 3) Ductape, Terry Smith, 14. (7 boats) CAL 2-27 — 1) Temptation, Rollye Wiskerson, 4.75 points; 2) Con Carino, Gary Albright, 5.75; 3) Ex Indigo, Steve Seal, 7.75. (7 boats) CAL 29 — 1) (Grand Slam, Fred Minning, 3.5 points; 2) Fantasy, Clark/Clark, 4.75; 3) Cognac, Don Jenkins, 16. (6 boats) BERKELEY CIRCLE:

J/24 — 1) TIE, Hackworth/Wang, 6 points; 2) Out of Practice, Vicki Sodaro, 6.75; 3) Going to Disneyland, Peter Young, 7; 4) (tie) We Eat Veal, Al Sargent, and Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 15; 6) Wonder Woman, Dines/Kennelly/Pugh, 16; 7) (tie) #18397, The Unknown Sailor, and Hardtack, Charles Allen, 17. (21 boats) EXPRESS 2 7 — 1) (tie) Bessie Jay, Brad Whitaker, 6.75 points; 2) Moonlight, Franklin/Schumacher, 7.75; 3) Guneukitschek, 9; 4) Jalapeno, John Stewart, 13. (10 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Liquid Gait, Jack Easterday, 2.25 points; 2) Hoot, Andy Macfie, 9; 3) Zephyros, Dave Oliver, 12. (7 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) White Jacket, Sutak/Jesberg, 3.5

SHEET DIV. II (Spinnaker > 175) — 1) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Denny Sargent, 5.5 points; 2) Gabbiano, Islander 28, Chuck Kozlosky, 9; 3) Trey Shay, Catalina 30, John Jacobs, 9.5. (6 boats) DIV. Ill (Non-Spinnaker <175) — 1) Impetus, SJ 30, Ed Hevern, 6.5 points; 2) Procrastination, Soling, John Oliver, 9.75; 3) Dorcas Hardy, Hunter 35.5, Mary & Dick Hein, 12. (6 boats) DIV. IV (Non-Spinnaker > 175) — 1) Freja, Folkboat, Ed Welch, 3 points; 2) Tackful, Santana 22, Frank Lawler, 10; 3) Inshallah, Santana 22, Shirley Bates, 16. (8 boats) BEAR — 1) Little Dipper, Joe Bambara, 6.75 points; 2) Circus, Robert Jones, 9.75; 3) Trigger, Scott Cauchois, 10.5. (8 boats) (5 races; 1 throwout)

Cal 2-27s 'Con Carino' and 'Temptation' cross tacks in the Resin Regatta.

yet again you don’t have to be pretty to go fast. And if the weekend proved anything else, it’s that you should never under¬ estimate Folsom! Mark your calendars now for next year’s Camellia Cup, slated for April 16-17, 1994. — deborah radley CATALINA 22 — 1) Jer's Jewel, Jerry Ingalls, 5.75 points ;2) Slithey Tove, Terry Cobb, 7.75; 3) Late Start, Tom Page, 11. (20 boats) OPEN CENTERBOARD — 1) Big Kahuna, Sunfish, Darryl Coe, 3.5 points; 2) Kato, Sunfish, Byron Jonk, 22.75; 3) Redskin, Man-O-War, Cordon Wyatt, 25. (9 boats) C-25 — 1) Sea Nile, Scott Hefty, 3.5 points; 2) Therapy, Cary Rowett, 5.75. (5 boats) OPEN MULTIHULL — 1) #920, Hobie 18, Mike Rayfuse, 2.25 points. (2 boats) BLUE KEEL — 1) Goldrush, Wilderness 21, Paul Washburn, 4.5 points; 2) Thumper, Wilderness 21, Erich Bauer, 4.75. (6 boats) RED KEEL — 1) Hot Rod Lincoln, Moore 24, Hart/Witcher, 10.75; 2) High Frequency, Wave¬ length 24, Charles Hess, 10.75; 3) WPOD, Moore 24, Grant Cavasse, 12. (14 boats) SANTANA 20 — 1) Looney Tunes, Earl King, 3.5 points; 2) Blade Runner, Travis Wilson, 10. (6 boats) CRUISER — 1) Migration, Catalina 25, Chuck Herman, 2.25 points; 2) Shiloh, Capri 26, Phil

McCaleb, 8. (9 boats) CAPRI 22 — 1) Takedown, James Moody, 5.5 points; 2) Rat Racer, Douglas Lent, 7.75. (4 boats) THISTLE — 1) Synergy, Dave Keran, 6.75 points; 2) Flammable, Craig Lee, 8. (5 boats) FIREBALL — 1) Tachyon II, Chip & Cwen Hellier, 7.5 points; 2) Little Bankrupt II, Ryan Schofield, 13. (4 boats)

Final Midwinter Results, Part II Following are two midwinter series that ended too late to be included in last month’s midwinter wrap-ups. SANTA CRUZ YC MIDWINTERS: DIV. I — 1) Kabala, Olson 30, Jay Bennett, 10.25 points; 2) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake, 14.5; 3) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike Gross, 20. (8 boats) DIV. II — 1) Kamakazi, Moore 24, Dini/Wheeler, 10.5 points; 2) Summertime, Moore 24, Golsh/ Bassano, 13.5; 3) Snafu-U, Moore 24, Berryman/ Conerly, 15; 4) Cruzin', SC 27, Greg Miller, 26.75. (15 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Gandalf, Santana 35, Carl Quitzau, 8.25 points; 2) Gail's Warning, Cal 22, Richard Emigh, 14.75; 3) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, John Siegal, 16. (8 boats) (6 races; 1 throwout) SAUSALITO CRUISING CLUB MIDWINTERS: DIV. I (Spinnaker < 175) — 1) Hot Flash, J/30, George Kokalis, 5.5 points; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, 8.5; 3) Three Play, F-27, Rob Watson, 13. (10 boats)

Collegiate Sailing Update A slew of collegiate regattas have passed since we last checked in with Blake Middleton, Stanford sailing coach and occasional Latitude 'roving reporter'. One of the most significant events was the inaugural St. Francis YC College Invitational, the first time 'The Saint' has fired the guns for a collegiate regatta. Held in FJs on the Cityfront on April 10-11, the breezy 10-race regatta was won by University of Hawaii, which boasts a trio of potential All-Americans this year: Morgan Larson, Jeff Olson and John Myrdal. Stan¬ ford came in second, followed by the 11 other schools. The hopefully annual Invitational was a 'stand alone' regatta which will be a factor in the national rankings but not in the North Series (which actually determines who ad¬ vances to the Nationals). According to Middleton, the sailors enjoyed the new venue despite masochistically long windward legs and highly unusual starboard mark roundings (which kept the FJs near the clubhouse for safety and spectator enjoy¬ ment). The following weekend, on April 18, Stanford hosted the ninth and final regatta of the North Series. Berkeley and Stanford went into the weekend essentially tied, and the stage was set for a winner-take-all showdown. By the end of the day, freshmen Andy Zinn and David Houser had powered Berkeley to victory over the seagoing Cardinal, taking home the North Series Perpetual Bell ("One of the few perpetual trophies we can actually find anymore," foughed Blake). Final standings were: 1) Berkeley, 13 points; 2) Stanford, 15; 3) Cal Poly, 32; 4) UC Santa Cruz, 37; 5) Sonoma State, 41; 6) San Jose State, 59; UC Davis, 63. The top five teams will advance to the PCCs on May 1-2 at USC (the old LAYC facility), where they’ll face the best five schools from down south as well as the formidable University of Hawaii team. May. 1993 • UtUiJc 3? • Page 157

THE RACING The top two teams from the PCCs will then advance to the dinghy finals at St. Marys College (Maryland) on May 31-June 2. The women’s nationals will occur there on May 27-29, while the team racing nationals will be contested on June 4-6 at Old Dominion. Whether any teams from North¬ ern California make it that far remains to be seen. Current (May) national collegiate rankings have URI in first, followed by Tufts. Five West Coast teams cracked the top twenty: University of Hawaii (3), Irvine (8), Berkeley (9), Stanford (13) and USC (18). Does anybody besides us wonder how and when the top collegiate skippers find time to actually study or go to classes? Last Minute Box Scores Results of two races held on April 24, Monterey Peninsula YC’s Ano Nuevo and Island YC’s Doublehanded Lightship, follow. We’d love to tell you more about them, but unfortunately we’re out of room in The Racing Sheet. More next time, maybe. MPYC ANO NUEVO RACE (78 miles): DIV. A (up to 90) — 1) Ingrid, SC 52, Robert Mann; 2) Mirage, SC 70, Jim Ryley; 3) Terminator, Serendipity 43, Steve Sundeen; 4) Allure, SC 50, Chuck Jacobson; 5) Camelot, SC 40, Jerry Stratton; 6) Promotion, SC 40, Jeff Wiess. (6 boats) DIV. B (over 90) — 1) Ala, Swan 36, Alan Sylvestri; 2) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake; 3) Tres Equis, Beneteau 35, Niels Kisling; 4) Roundelay, Hinckley 38, Darius Ingels. (6 boats; 2 others DNF). OVERALL — 1) Ingrid; 2) Ala; 3) Mirage. (12 boats) IYC DOUBLEHANDED LIGHTSHIP (25 miles): DIV. A (multihulls) — 1) Sundowner, Buccaneer 31, Joe Therriault; 2) 2-Up, Crowthers 10-Meter, Ray Walker. (6 boats) DIV. B (ULDB) — 1) Brio, Moore 24, Tom Petty; 2) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland; 3) Fission Chips, Express 27, Mark Halman; 4) Flying Colors, Moore 24, Peter MacLaird; 5) WYSIWYG, Olson 30, Don Martin. (22 boats) DIV. C (0-131) — 1) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Dick Horn; 2) Audacious, Peterson 35, Carl Eshelman; 3) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer. (13 boats) DIV. D (132-167) — 1) Vivace, Olson 25, Bill Riess; 2) George, Olson 25, Craig Douglas; 3) Outbound, Bill Blosen. (12 boats) DIV. E (168-197) — 1) Current Asset, Islander 30 Mk. II, John Bowen; 2) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones; 3) Rampage, Cal 2-30, Bob Sleeth. (11 boats) DIV. F (198-up) — 1) Chaos, Ranger 23, Tim Stapleton; 2) Spaetalese, Catalina 27, Hans Fallant; 3) Cherubino, Ranger 23, Phil Gross. (9 boat) OVERALL — 1) Chaos; 2) Spaetalese; 3) Cher¬ ubino; 4) Current Asset; 5) Emerald. (72 boats)

Tim Stapleton, above, and crew Gregg Wrisley won the Doublehanded Lightship Race despite breaking 'Chaos's traveller on the way out.

Race Notes TransPac countdown: As of mid-April, 31 boats were signed up for this summer’s 37th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race, which features multiple starts between July 1-4. There are currently eight ULDB 70s enrolled, as well as four SC 50s and a number of older IOR and PHRF boats like Tomahawk, Jump¬ in’ Jack Flash and Merlin. Only five boats have signed up for IMS, which doesn’t bode well for that division. And only four NorCal boats are entered to date: Bill LeRoy’s SC 50 Gone With the Wind, John Kerslake’s SC 40 Kingfish, Donn Campion’s Lee 67 Merlin and Jim Ryley’s SC 70 Mirage. In their latest concessions to the times, the TransPac elders recently loosened up the minimum race requirements for PHRF boats even further: vessels no longer have to have an inboard engine, and the crew minimum has been ratcheted down from 5 to 4. There is still no limit on length, although boats must rate 120 or below. Effectively, this opens up the Transpac to Olson 30s, Wild¬ erness 30s, Express 27s with masthead kites and so on. Call Fin Bevan at (818) 7953282, ext. Ill, before the May 31 cut-off date if you’re interested in any aspect of the upcoming Transpac. Sweet Sixteen: The 16th Annual Kurt Zane Memorial Regatta, a non-spinnaker series for Catalina 30s, ended on March 27 in a cold and shifty southwesterly. Seth Bailey and his trusty Fat Cat took the race that day — as well as two earlier races on March 13 — to complete a sweep of the

three-race series on the TI course. Frank Nemeth’s Retrograde Motion finished second with 7 points, followed by Dave Jacoby’s Revision with nine. Ten boats sailed in the low-key event, which honors a 28-year-old sailor lost when his Catalina 30 broke up in heavy surf off Ocean Beach in 1977. Practice makes perfect: 40 boats with 160 crew attended the 2nd Annual Starting Clinic held at Berkeley YC on April 4. The day kicked off with Kame Richards sharing his insights on boat prep, starting strategies and upwind sailing. Boats were then divided into three fleets for several hours of starting drills outside the Berkeley Breakwater, followed by a short race back to the club for commentary and videos of the day’s activ¬ ities. Kame and Alameda rigger Steve Seal ferried from boat to boat to offer onboard coaching. After nine starts in breezy conditions, most boats were noticeably better and more aggressive. The event was sponsored by Pineapple Sails and the Santana 22 fleet; participating classes were Cal 20s, Tuna 22s, Catalina 27s and 30s, Cal 2-27s, Thunderbirds, Merit 25s and Olson 25s. Said spokesman Erik Menzel, "Special thanks go to John Clauser and Bobbi Tosse for their superb race committee work and for the courage to park Bodacious on the port end of the line." Smoke on the water: 'Newcomer' Dennis Conner ran away with his first Masters Regatta for Star sailors over the age of 50. Held in Miami in February, the fun threerace regatta attracted 20 other masters. Ding Schoonmaker was second. . . Speaking of Dennis, his boat is one of approximately 14 boats — eleven 60s (7 by Bruce Farr) and four maxis — entered in September’s Whit¬ bread Race. His 60-footer Winston is the lone American entry, though last we heard there weren’t a lot of Americans in the crew. Hopefully, we’ll have a race preview of sorts in the next issue. Worthy cause: Interlude, sailed by Tom Conerly, Richard Pasquali and Kim Han¬ cock, won Santa Cruz YC’s Worth Brown Perpetual on March 28. Formerly an IOR regatta, the series is now SCYC’s match racing championship. Interlude finished 6-1, the best record of the eight SC 27s that competed. Pat and Lynn Appley’s Wharf Rat was second, followed by Mark Dini and Dynaflow. Bragging rights: April is a big month for yacht club championships. San Francisco YC held theirs, the Harold Rosenblum Mem¬ orial Regatta, on the beautiful day of April 4. Topping the 26-boat fleet was the microscopic Amante, Kirk Smith’s orange "

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Rhodes 19. Topgallant (Newport 30 Mk. II, Frank Hinman) was second; Chimo (J/105, Chuck Winton) was third. SFYC put on two other small regattas that day, the Santana 35 Spring Tune-Up, won by Art Mowry’s Wildflower, and the Anne Shellabarger Perpetual, an all-women event won by Marcia Peck with the J/24 Wild Women. Club championships, cont’d: Athene, Chris Shroll’s beautiful S&S 63-foot yawl won the St. Francis YC Spring Intraclub Regatta on April 24 over 20 other boats. .. On the same day, 19 boats competed in Sausalito YC’s Twin Island Race. George Adams won the non-spinnaker class with his Cal 2-27 Margo; spinnaker honors went to the Jones/Schoen team with their Islander 28 Challenge. Right on the mark: Bullseye, Bob Garvie’s beautiful new IMS N/M 43-footer, arrived in San Diego in early April. She debuted in Newport Harbor YC’s Ahmanson Cup on April 17-18, showing great speed against the 'AAA' (Alan Andrews Armada of It’s OKI, Cantata II and Persuasion) but ending up fifth in an 8-boat class due to afterguard meltdown. Designer Bruce Nelson and his entourage — along with Garvie, Scott Easom, Tom Ross and builder Barry Carroll — sailed themselves out of contention with a DSQ in the first race (which they easily won) on a technicality involving the start/finish line. Persuasion, a new Alan Andrews 53 by Excel Yachts, end¬

P/ay, F-27, Rob Watson, 11; and Indigo, Dragonfly, Taylor/ Trask, 18. Big boats around the buoys: John DeLaura’s SC 70 Silver Bullet took Cabrillo Beach YC's Spring Sled Regatta off Long Beach on April 17-18, barely edging out Brack Duker’s SC 70 Evolution. Jeff Madrigali was DeLaura’s tactician for the moderate air 4-race owner/driver regatta. Bay Area sailors Bill Erkelens Jr., Robert Flowerman and Dave Gruver were among the Bullet crew. Nine boats competed, finishing as follows: 1) Silver Bullet, 6.5 points; 2) Evolution, 6.75; 3) Grand Illusion, 17; 4) Pyewacket, 17.75; 5) Holua, 20; 6) Alchemy, 22; 7) Maverick, 28; 8) Cheval, 30; 9) Victoria, 31. After two of seven regattas on the ’93 circuit, Holua is leading the overall standings, just one point ahead of Bullet and two in front of Evo and Pyewacket. The Cal Cup on Memorial Day Weekend is the next big sled face-off.

Above, the SC 52 'Ingrid. Left, the Farr 40 'Bod¬ acious'. Guess which one won the Aho Neuvo Race and which one DNFed the Lightship Race.

MACK GAMBRELL

ed up winning the class, followed by the Wylie 45 Heartbeat. Wild things: Participation at the second annual St. Francis YC Multihull Regatta was up almost 100% over last year as 11 boats enjoyed three quick Cityfront races in beautiful weather. The top five were: 1) Wild Thing, F-24, Vic Thiry, 4.75 points; 2) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, 6.75; 3) Trickery, F-24, Gene Mai, 8.75; 4) Three

model J/105 he found in Florida through the Latitude classies. The boat was damaged in the hurricane, then stripped by vandals — but should be good as new by mid-summer. . . The 11 :Metre class continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Paul Kaplan just ordered himself a new one, having sold Sight Unseen to Belvedere’s Doug Bouche, who painted it red and renamed it Anna. Tim Scheer and Michael Keene just bought a maroon one, which Seadon Wijsen will help them sail. "We expect 8 boats in the Vallejo Race and 11 at the Memorial Day Regatta," said ll:Metre salesman John Sweeney. Thinning ranks: According to Kenwood Cup promoter Ken Morrison, unless a miracle occurs, the US won’t have a team in this August’s Admiral's Cup in England. Also, the Two Ton Worlds and Barcelona Formula One event have been canceled due to lack of interest. "Lots of pro sailors are suddenly looking for a way to make a living,"

X-rated: Steen Moller recently picked up a lightly used 1989 X-119 from New York, which he renamed X-Dream. The boat’s a sistership to the Honolulu-based Peristroika and it replaces Steen’s Beneteau 405 Lykken. Moller intends to do the IMS Bay and ocean circuit, as well as the Catalina Race. . . Sam Hock, a permanent fixture at the head of the Islander 28 fleet with Jose Cuervo, is moving up to a tiller-

observed Greg Prussia. Quick notes: Randy Risvold’s Waverider won the five-race B-25 Nationals in Long Beach on April 17-18. NorCal entries Zilla (Mark Thomas) and Bloodvessel (Bob Harf) finished 6th and 7th in the sparse fleet. Designer/builder Leif Beiley reports they’ve built 39 B-25s now. . . The Lakeport YC Spring Regatta on Clear Lake, also on April 17-18, attracted a smaller-than-usual fleet perhaps due to conflicts with the Camellia Cup and the crash n’ burn weather on Saturday. Class winners follow: Pelican y — John Minkwitz; Day Sailer — Len Fiock; San Juan 21 — (tie) Jim Draeger and Reimar Bredthauer; Soling — Pete Dodson; E-Scow — Naim Shaw; Keel Boats — John Roberts (Ranger 26); Laser — Dennis Derickson. . . John Kostecki and crew Marcus Maher won the StFYC-hosted Star PCCs over eight other boats on the weekend of April 24-25. May, 1993 • UKUJ* Z9 • Page 159

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With reports this month from Maramel continuing her wag around the Pacific Rim; Escapade on a pleasant assist from the U.S. Navy near Panama; Heart of Gold on a swift and satisfying crossing from Mexico to the Marquesas; Tekin on pet regulations across the Pacific; Howard Blackburn on the cheapest Pacific crossing we’ve ever heard of; a book review of Jimmy Cornell’s Around the World Rally; and the usual cruise notes.

Pacific Rim Expedition Maramel — Wooden Schooner A. Olson, A. Lackey & J. Evans (San Francisco) I joined Alan Olson and Maramel on Pohnpei, one of the largest islands in Micronesia. Since it seemingly took me two days to fly there, I was delighted to get off the fourth overly air-conditioned plane and be hit in the face by a wall of heat and humidity. I was also glad to have all that baggage taken off my hands; I’d brought more things for the boat than I had for myself! I was lucky to escape all the rain we’d been having in California — as well as Maramel’s wet crossing from Hawaii to the Marshalls. We rejoiced in the relative dryness of Pohnpei, having only a few morning and late afternoon showers. The harbor in Kolonia is beautiful. The entrance is marked by Sokehs Rock, which is often compared to Hawaii’s Diamond Head. The winds and currents are quite strong, however, and almost every boat had two anchors set to prevent dragging.

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perseverance paid off and we eventually had plenty of juice to run the autopilot. Jane Evans, our third crewmember, joined us in time to help with provisioning. Shopping in foreign lands is always amusing, but there were several large supermarkets full of goodies from California. After leaving the relatively sophisticated main town of Kolonia, replete with restaurants and telecommunications, we weighed anchor for a short daysail to the Nan Madol on the southwest side of the island. Nan Madol is the ancient dwelling place of the ruling dynasty and was inhabited from 1100 to 1500. It had artificial islets built of local basalt, and shallow canals snaked their way throughout. The ruins were impressive; some intact, others in disrepair. Like the pyramids, it’s hard to imagine how they could have been built without the aid of heavy machinery. We next sailed to Ant Atoll, only 25 miles away. Ant is a low atoll with white sandy beaches and a wicked harbor entrance. The narrow, serpentine channel is deep, but bordered on both sides by shallow water. Micronesia uses a different buoyage system. After spending the last five years chanting "red on right returning", I now had to say "green on right returning". It just doesn’t have the same ring to it. But I drove in without any mishaps, due to the excellent spotting and arm waving by Captain Olson. After a few lazy days of snorkeling with giant bat rays and scrubbing the green stuff off the side of the boat, we took off for 350-mile distant Chuuk Lagoon. Olson had acquired a Garmin 50 GPS, which I immediately took control of. As befits the captain of a wooden schooner, Olson has always been fairly traditional, using celestial navigation in the past. But I love electronic gadgets. I took great pleasure in knowing exactly where we were during the three-day passage. I also needed something to pass the time during my watches, as we used the autopilot all the way. Navigating seemed to be a good thing to do. With 10-15 knots of northeast wind and gentle, rolling eight-foot seas, we fairly flew, averaging 140 miles a day. But having made such great time put us off Chuuk Lagoon at night, which is a really

bad time to try to enter any new harbor. Nonetheless, we decided to go in rather than standing off until morning. If I had to make this decision again, I’d stand off. We slowly putt-putted through the lagoon, desperately looking for channel markers we couldn’t find. 1 was glued to the radar, hoping to see the many tiny islands that sprinkle the lagoon. Fortunately, we made it into the lagoon without any problems. After a quick two hours and less than 10 miles, we finally anchored! With my frazzled nerves finally getting a rest, I slept like a baby on the now still boat. Chuuk is getting an unnecessarily bad rap in all the travel books and by word of mouth. They used to have a major alcohol problem there, which led to serious domestic violence. Several of the islands are 'dry' now and the hassling of women is much less frequent. 1 had no more problems there than I do here in the States. Even though Moen is a 'dry' island, we did find one liquor store and a few restaurants which served beer and wine. Fresh fruits and vegetables were plentiful, as

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There's all kinds of luck you can have fishing. Sometimes you can drag a lure for days and not even catch a cold. Other times you can't seem to keep the fish off your hook. And then there are the very special days when even a hook is superfluous. A few years back for example, a cruiser at Sea of Cortez Race Week discovered a good size dorado flapping around in the shallows. He herded the misguided taste treat onto dry sand and almost won the Fishing Contest with his 'catch'. Then there's the Spanish mackerel being hoisted in the inset and being filleted in the spread by a cruiser who, because of several ex-wives, wishes to remain anonymous. The mackerel had simply jumped out of the sea and had the misfortune to land in Mr. Anonymous' boat. While Spanish mackerel are considered by many to be likely carriers of cigatura poisoning, this one proved far more delicious than deadly.

was the everpresent breadfruit. The boiled breadfruit resembled really stiff mashed potatoes and tasted very much like paste. It’s not one of my favorites. The people we met were warm and friendly, and were constantly amused by our comings and goings. We went to buy ice for the cooler, hoping to find a big block. But it was only available in chunks. So when I returned with two canvas shopping bags, the owner was convinced I had lost my mind. He doubted that I would make it back to the boat with any unmelted ice, was glad to take my $2 nonetheless. He was certain he would see me again. Fuluwat, an island of navigators, was our next stop. It’s a small, low, out-island atoll in the state of Chuuk; a picture perfect paradise with turquoise water, white sand beaches and thatched roof homes in abundance. The men still wear loin cloths and many of the women are bare-breasted. It was only proper the crew of the Maramel at least occasionally conform with local customs. We had arrived in Puluwat after a 26hour sail from Chuuk. After sneaking through

the — again — narrow and shallow break in the reef, we anchored in an area relatively free of coral heads. Having wrapped the anchor chain around some coral in Chuuk, we learned to pick our spots carefully. We inflated ET, our dinghy, and took off for 'town' to meet the chief. There were boat houses everywhere around the lagoon, but one in particular called out to us. Indeed, it was the right one. We were taken to meet the mayor in a boathouse where many of the men had gathered to make rope from coconut fiber. We were told that each boathouse must have a sailing canoe, but were disappointed to learn that none had been taken out in the last two or three years. As few cruisers venture this far out into the Pacific, we were an interesting diversion for the locals. Private boats are really the only way to get here — there is no airstrip and the supply boat from Chuuk only comes every three months or so. The people of Puluwat welcome their visitors. While walking through the villages, for example, many called 'hello' and for us to come and eat. We had breadfruit — this time cooked in coconut oil — turtle and for a special treat on Saturday night, lobster.

Islanders were frequent visitors to Maramel, paddling out in small outrigger canoes. They brought shells, fragrant leis and headbands made of hibiscus and ginger blooms. The main attraction on Maramel was the GPS. Even Hipour, a famous local navigator, got a lesson in electronic navigation. When the traditional chief visited, we traded reading glasses for a lava lava, the traditionally woven skirt which I wore frequently. Women, even young girls, do not wear pants or shorts. The children — and there were a lot of them — were very open and curious. Though all understand English, most just giggled when we talked to them. But they followed us in large groups and were always there to lend a hand when we launched the dinghy. It was interesting to note that there is very little physical contact amongst the islanders. One day, as we went to see a model of a sailing canoe, several young girls held my hands as we walked. I think they were fascinated by my long, acrylic fingernails. One other boat was in the lagoon while we were there — Steve and Kay Van Slyke’s Kavenga. They had a TV and VCR. We visited and got a taste of civilization again: movies and popcorn. One night they took the VCR onto the island to show a movie. More than 100 Puluwatans showed up to see Beyond Thunderdome.

Even traditional Micronesian navigators went bananas over the appeal of a Gar min GPS.

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We waited two days to see what would happen. Nothing — until just after we left. We headed toward Guam and so did the storm. Fortunately, we were far enough away so there was little rain and 15 to 30 knots of wind. The seas, however, were at least 15 feet for the last 36 hours. We finally arrived at Guam, which meant we were back in the US of A. The island is quite developed and bustles with activity. The folks at the Marianas YC in Guam were helpful during our readjustment to civilization, giving us directions and rides into town. The highlight of my stay in Guam — other than hamburgers, fries and cold Cokes — was a trip on the Atlantis submarine. We had gotten comp tickets from a friend of Olson’s in Hawaii. The sub went down about 100 feet to cruise a reef in Apra Harbor. Since some of us have to work, 1 departed Guam after an idyllic month in the tropics for the uncomfortably busy life in back in the City where people actually expect you to wear clothes! But you’ll hear more from me in Japan and — hopefully — Russia. After returning to civilization, I decided I needed more sea time. So I quit my job and will rejoin Maramel in June. I only hope that we will be an inspiration to all those sailors who dream of cruising — but who have been afraid to take the leap. — angie 4/12/93 Escapade — Morgan Out-Island 41 Bill & Sharron Thompson California to Florida (Pete’s Harbor) Sorry for having taken so long to write our friends of the Bay Area — we sure do miss all our good boating folks there. We departed on Labor Day 1991 from the Bay Area bound for Florida. Our trip was a good one, through Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, the Cayman Islands, and then to Florida’s west coast. We took about nine months to make the trip and enjoyed 99% of it. The bad 1% were the storms and high seas encountered just after crossing the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It was a Papaguyo supreme, with 50 to 60-knot winds and 15 to 20-foot seas. The @#!!#! autopilot shorted out and there we were. I’d never done it before, but we were able to balance the ketch rig and lock the wheel. Although the storm raged on for 40 continuous hours, we didn’t touch the wheel once! Page 162 • UKUMW • May. 1993

As you might expect, we were separated from our cruising partners during the storm. When we finally arrived in Costa Rica, a car on the beach began beeping their horn at us, the only people in the harbor. On the VHF radio we learned that local members of the Ham net were concerned about our well¬ being. Our cruising partners were all okay and so were we. Other than usual breakdowns and repairs, the remainder of our trip was exciting and lots of fun. We have many Hispanic friends now and numerous memories of great friendships. By the way, our favorite spot, bar none, was Zihuatanejo! The real purpose of our letter is to tell you of the encounter we had with the U.S. Navy in the Bay of Panama, south of the Canal. We were trying to make headway north

toward the Canal, battling both 25-knot headwinds and a powerful current on the nose. So we chose to motorsail as high into the wind as we could. After four hours we had only managed to inch one mile closer to the Canal! Then a helicopter appeared out of nowhere and hovered over our stern. Using a VHF frequency, the pilot informed us they were a detachment from the U.S. Navy destroyer Deyo. They told us they were simply practicing maneuvers and not to be alarmed. Then they asked us if we needed any assistance. We told them we weren’t sure we’d have enough fuel to reach the Canal if the current conditions persisted. They said they would see what they could do — and disappeared. The next morning at about 0500, Sharron was on watch while I was sleeping. "Bill!" she yelled, "there’s a big ship out

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All greased up and ready to go! If we had to pick the most valuable piece of equipment weVe added to our boats in the last five years, it would be a tie between GPS, which we repeatedly rave about, and the three-bladed feathering prop you see to the left. Sold under the name Max-Prop, but known affectionately as the 'Wop Prop', they were originally developed as 'rule beaters' for large IOR racing boats. But they've since become a huge favorite with cruisers who enjoy good performance. The beauty is that you get threeblade performance under power — in reverse, too — with less drag under sail than with a normal two-bladed prop. We believe it's made our charter boat a half knot to knot faster than compared to when we dragged a fixed threebladed prop around with us. Such feathering props — there are a couple of brands — also eliminate the need for a shaft brake. There are only two drawbacks. The first is that you won't get great performance until such a prop is adjusted properly for your boat. It can require several haul-outs to get it right. The second is expense; three-bladed feathering props are not cheap. But for those who can afford them, they are the only way to go.

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here that’s going to hit us! No, we’re going to hit it! Now it’s signalling us with a large amber light." I jumped up and got on the radio. "This is the Escapade, please identify." They told us they were the destroyer Deyo, that they had a Coast Guard detachment aboard, and that they would like to do an inspection of our vessel. "Sure," I responded, "would you like a country breakfast?" They thanked us for the invitation but declined. They told us they’d be over in about 10 minutes — and wanted to bring us some fuel! While about 1,000 sailors waved to us from the deck of the Deyo — what a sight! — a huge inflatable was lowered over the side. The six men from the inflatable pulled alongside carefully and then conducted a simple inspection. I was missing the required

placard about not dumping oil! These guys also brought ten gallons of special diesel fuel, funnel and rags. They emptied the fuel into our tanks and then stayed for a little visit. Three of the boarding party lived very close to our former Florida address. It was like they were neighbors! When asked if there was anything else they could do for us, we told them we were both suffering from severe heat rashes. They contacted the ship’s doctor, who asked a few questions, then sent over three different medications for three different kinds of heat rashes. With handwritten directions. The boarders left after a short while and we exchanged photos, greetings, and gave many thanks to them. End of story. Thanks to the Navy, and especially the men of the destroyer Deyo, we made it to the Canal with plenty of fuel. Now who could complain about an encounter like that? 1 think it was wonderful of them! I guess I can never question the presence of our services. As far as I’m concerned, it was a great experience. And yes, I’m proud to be an American! — bill and sharron 3/93 Heart of Gold — Schumacher 50 Jim & Sue Corenman Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (Alameda) It seems to have been a goofy spring weather-wise for cruisers crossing from Mexico to French Polynesia. Generally there was light air with lots of squalls — what everybody feared it was going to be like last year with the El Nino. We were lucky, however, as we had adequate breeze for most of the trip and missed the major squalls. Our relatively easy Puerto Vallarta to Marquesas run, which started on March 15, took 17 days, five hours. The Powell family, our friends aboard the Holland 52 Blaze, left Puerto Vallarta in late February, which is early by most standards. But they also had a good trip, crossing in 18 days, 18 hours. Almost all the other boats, however, reported much longer crossings and experienced many frustrating days of light air near the equator. Those periods of light air were punctuated by squalls with winds of 40 knots and more. Prior to our departure from Mexico, there had been some consternation in Puerto Vallarta regarding exit papers. The Port Z

Captain decided that boats checking out for foreign ports needed a pilot — which for a 50-foot boat would cost $70. While paying the pilot fee was mandatory, actually taking on a pilot was, of course, discouraged. Many of the boats heading for French Polynesia simply checked out for another Mexican port — and then just left for the Marquesas. Their hope was that the French wouldn’t demand to see a zarpe (the international clearance document). They didn’t. When it came our turn to leave, we decided to do it right. We got our zarpe, then looked into hiring a pilot we neither wanted nor needed. When we discovered he was on vacation, we took off before he returned — and thus didn’t have to pay for the service he wouldn’t have rendered. Which proves once again, we suppose, that there is honor among thieves. The first few days of our nearly 3,000mile crossing featured delightful sailing in moderate northwesterlies. The wind shifted more to the north as we left the coast of Mexico to pass south of the Socorros — which are still off-limits, by the way, due to a blooming population of scientist-types attracted by recent volcanic activity on and around the islands. We otherwise had a couple of great days

Jim and Sue Corenman. After years of racing — most recently with ’Heart of Gold' — they're finally off on the Big Cruise.

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and later, as the wind shifted to the northeast, our 3/4 oz. spinnaker. We then had six days of fantastic sailing in 10 to 16 knots of wind, the kite up the entire time. Negotiating the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone meant a few dhys of erratic weather, with light and variable winds interspersed with squalls. However, we never did get nailed by the big squall everybody else talked about on the radio. In fact, while virtually all the other boats reported squalls with winds as high as 60 knots, we saw nothing over 22 knots. Fortunately, those hit by big squalls said they had enough warning to drop jibs and kites and reef mains. Crossing the equator was fun, and we shared a few tots with King Neptune at 0200. South of the equator things got light. Really light. We slatted, we drifted and finally we motored our way down to 5“ south before some fluky southeast trades filled in. Nonetheless, we were still subjected to another two days of squalls. The wind held at 15 to 18 on the beam for a day or two, but was still weird. Finally it got lighter but came far enough aft to set the kite again for the last stretch to the islands. We had a

Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina. Not! Try sailing the tradewinds toward the sunset with the chute up.

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After days of worrying whether we were reaching up high enough to lay the Marquesas, we ended up having to run way off and finally jibe to reach them! The southeast trades may be a lot of things, but predictable they ain’t. We arrived at Taiohae Baie, Nuku Hiva, to a great welcome from Puerto Vallarta friends Shibui, Serendipity, Whirlwind, Atlantian and BJaze. We checked in without difficulty — the gendarme refusing to even look at our zarpe. Our crossing’s only sour note — and it was a huge one — was hearing that our friends on the Tayana 52 Clam Bake had been run down and sunk by a Korean freighter. It took quite a while for us to get over it, and many other cruisers said it had cast a shadow over their crossing also. Clam Bake had occupied the slip next to ours while in Marina Vallarta, and we got to know owners Marshall and Dee Saunders while running around getting ready for the Marquesas. We became aware of the tragedy our first night out when there was chatter on the VHF concerning a Mayday. We were about 40 miles in front the boat in distress. Since Clam Bake was the only other boat we knew that was leaving Puerto Vallarta that day, we had an ominous feeling it was Dee, Marshall and their good friend Joe Ballard. But it still hit us like a ton of bricks when the sunk vessel was confirmed as Clam Bake. Unable to make contact on VHF and with nothing on the SSB, there was little we could do but wait and hope. We were delighted when we heard they had been rescued quickly and in relatively good shape. Marshall used the container ship’s SSB the next morning to come up on the net and report Clam Bake had been hit from behind by a southbound container ship, the Hanjin Savannah, which was bound for Panama. Why neither vessel saw the other isn’t clear. Sailboats are perhaps hard to see, but the night was clear. Ships are usually easy to spot, but puppies like the Hanjin Savannah cruise at 26 knots. This means they cover more than four miles — about the distance you can see a ship under average conditions — every 10 minutes. Anyway, they said the 700-ft ship hit Clam Bake square and that she went down in 90 seconds. It left them only enough time to get off a couple of Maydays and hop onto their Zodiac. At least three other ships besides the Hanjin Savannah responded to the Mayday.

All in all, Marshall, Dee and Joe were pretty lucky people. The Saunders were able to contact their daughter Sherry in Redding via a ham patch, and she organized tickets, documents, funds, clothes, etc. so that they could fly home when the ship reached Panama five days after the accident. Dee and Marshall are busy talking to their insurer, lawyers and the shipping company, trying to figure out how to get back cruising as quickly as possible. I understand legal issues prevent them from currently speaking freely about exactly what happened, but I hope it all comes out someday. It could provide valuable lessons for all of us out here. I know a lot of cruisers subsequently spent a lot of time thinking about their watch systems. We did what we normally do on an ocean crossing — taking turns doing threehour watches at night. We’ve tried a

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drinks are a buck. Each, not a six-pak. Bread, lettuce and some fruits were relatively cheap while eggs, cheese, and veggies were expensive. A beautiful French Brie, for example, was $6/wedge. Booze is cheaper than it apparently had been as a result of lower tariffs, but it was still expensive. On the average, however, things didn’t cost as much as we expected. — jim & sue 4/3/93 Jim & Sue — Those phony piloting fees can really piss you off, can’t they? We ran into the same situation on the Dutch side of St. Martin, where they wanted to assess a $50 piloting charge each time we came or left. The problem was, we were coming and going every week or 10 days. Paying $200 a month for phony services was such an outrage that we said the hell with them and simply stopped checking in. It’s surprising how often bad laws rather than bad behavior creates criminals. Readers wanting to know more about the Clam Bake incident should read the Sudden Sinking article elsewhere in this issue.

Regrettably no, cruising is not all smooth seas and cocktails at sunset. There's lot of work that must be done to keep a boat in shape. After a bucket of tools is left to rust in a lazarette, for example, somebody has to clean them. The involves carefully washing them with gasoline and then giving them a light coating of oil. Not on some convenient workbench, of course, but on a cement quay under the tropical sun. Then there's the backup anchor that's been rusting in the bilge for a season or two. The better part of a day can be spent chipping off the rust with a hammer, as in the upper left of the accompanying photography. When that's done, it must be prepped and painted. It can be very satisfying work, however. Unlike most of today's jobs, you can easily see and feel the fruits of your labors. And then there's the cold beers at the end of the day to be shared with other cruisers from around the world engaged in similar tasks. Once a boat gets up to speed, many cruisers find a couple of hours of work in the morning gives them the rest of the day to enjoy life. A little work and a lot of socializing and play — isn't that the way life really ought to be?

continuous deck watch — as some claim to do — but found we just can’t stay awake at night without something to do like reading or writing letters. Thus our rule is that the watch doesn’t always have to be on deck, but must take a good hard look around at least every 10 minutes. That means even a fast moving freighter should never been able to sneak up on us. If there isn’t good visibility — such as in cases of fog or squalls — we turn on the

radar. Electricity is cheap. Incidentally, there has been a major improvement in the refueling facility at Taiohae, as there is a new gas station adjacent to a wharf. Jugs and a dink are still required, but the whole operation is about as easy as it could get. Diesel is about $2.50/gallon. Cold beer is $2.50 and soft

Tekin — Hans Christian 36 Renee Olson & Kevin Hartig Whangarei, New Zealand (Oyster Point) We’d like to address the problems — and pleasures — of having pets while cruising. The ship’s cat on Tekin is Percy, a beloved member of our family who tips the scale at 8 kilos — one for each year he’s been with us. Although some have suggested we change his name to 'Ballast', he’s actually been energetic a few times. Before we left California on this cruise, we knew we would have pet problems at destinations such as Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia. We tried to find a temporary home for Percy with friends, but "Nothing doing!" he htssed. Putting him down was unthinkable, so we signed him on. Whenever ’ he gets wet or upset, I just remind him that he could have been a yuppie kitty in Palo Alto. Prior to leaving San Francisco, we had Percy examined by a vet and got his vaccinations updated. We then received a USDA Certificate for Interstate or Internationa! Movement of Small Animals. Our vet, we later learned, was wise to leave the date blank. During our Mexican paper chase in San Diego, we discovered that our cat needed a May. 1993 • UUUM 12 • Page 165

visa — which cost $20! Mexican officials also required a USDA certificate dated no later than two weeks before the application date. This is when we saw that our vet had cleverly left the date blank; we quietly filled if in. We kept Percy on board in Mexico, choosing not to increase the chances of picking up any more vermin than we did. We were never asked for our cat’s visa. Mexican fishermen, however, were impressed by Percy’s size. "El grande gato!" they would say. Our next stop was French Polynesia. Percy came through the long passage to the Marquesas with flying colors, although the heat got to him a bit. We checked in at Atuona, where the gendarme was more concerned about my aloe vera plant than le grand chat. Once I explained that an aloe vera was "une plante medicinale", everything was okay. "What about Monsieur Chat?", I had to inquire. There was no problem, I was told, as long as I kept him aboard. The problem in French Polynesia turned out to be cat food. When we could find it, it was very expensive — about $1.35 for a 7 oz. can. We found some sardine tins for about 50 cents that we substituted for a while. Jellimeat, a New Zealand brand of canned cat food, was easily available in Rarotonga and Tonga. It didn’t look that appealing to me, but Percy, having had his fill of sardines, ate it grudgingly. Rarotonga’s Agricultural Inspector was really nice, but he chose not to visit Tekin because she was rocking a bit in the harbor. He handed Kevin a can of aerosol, told him to go back aboard and spray, and return to shore. End of story. He didn’t say anything about Percy, we didn’t say anything Percy, and so I can’t honestly say what their pet policy is. Naturally we kept Percy aboard and didn’t advertise the fact we had a cat. Niue was are next destination. We checked in ashore at Alofi. The agriculture forms indicated that a $100 NZ bond would be required for animals. But when Kevin went to pay, the official waved him off. He said it wasn’t necessary as long as we kept the cat onboard. Percy finally struck it rich when we passed the Capricorn Seamount between Niue and the Vava’u Group, as Kevin hooked a big wahoo. Make sure you throw your hooks out when you pass over this spot as the fishing is excellent. It was real difficult getting Percy to eat cat food after two days of stuffing his belly with wahoo. Page 166 • tewt

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Tongan officials visit you on your boat at the Neiafu wharf. When the Agricultural Inspector saw Percy, he said, "Big Cat", in a basso voice. Our agricultural paperwork showed that we had two onions, two apples, and a bulb of garlic which were to be incinerated. And one live cat. Do they require dead cats to be incinerated? Once again it was stressed that Percy must stay aboard Tekin because he might infect their animals. Tongan cats were rare and don’t look too healthy, so there was no argument from us. We did not make it to Fiji this season, but Bandit passed on the following information. Fijian agriculture officials require visiting yachts to sign a waiver stating that you will forfeit $500 Fijian if your animal gets loose on shore. They never once came and inspected the boat in question. During our passage to New Zealand, we discovered another great use for Percy: a furry hot water bottle. As Tekin plowed southward, the temperature plummeted. We

Percy has had a lot of water pass beneath his tail. He doesn't appear to want to spend his other eight lives doing the same.

resorted to long undies and sleeping bags — we’d even turn the engine on during the wee hours to warm the cabin. The furry feline heating pad gave a new meaning to 'hot bunking'. The only problem with sleeping with Percy was that he hogged half the bunk. Our next hurdle was New Zealand. We’d heard all sorts of stories about the strict agricultural inspection we were to receive in Opua. We kept in communication with Kerikeri radio, and informed them that we were arriving in Opua with a cat and to inform MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries). Upon arriving in New Zealand, you must hoist your Q flag and not get off your boat. No one and nothing is allowed off your boat. And don’t try a 'quickie' because they know — don’t ask me how — you’re there. Once Customs and Agriculture boards your boat, the paper chase begins. When the agriculture official saw Percy, he groaned. So I made him an offering of some freshly brewed coffee and a muffin.

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Basically we agreed that Percy is quarantined to the boat. All quarantined boats fly a green pennant so the MAF can locate them easier. We also had to sign a waiver that we forfeit $1,000 NZ if he gets off the boat. Interestingly enough, the Agriculture people have this waiver in several languages — including Swedish and Japanese — so there is no excuse that you did not understand the agreement. The inspectors come to the boat three times a week to make sure Percy is still alive. The charge for this is $13 NZ per visit. You do not have to be on board, but they will come and peek through the portholes to make sure the animal is restrained below while you are absent. We also have to keep them abreast as to our whereabouts, but they gave us a phone number we can call collect anytime. MAF will allow you to keep your animal in New Zealand for six months, after which the animal has to leave or be put down. Technically, there is a way around it if you wish to stay longer, but I think it has a lot to do with the rapport you develop with the MAF.

You are also allowed to pull up to wharves, tie up to docks, and haul out on land with a pet. But your pet must be restricted to your boat by leash, net, or any other means of restraint. If you are not physically on the boat, your pet has to be locked down below. There is a boat in Whangarei Boat Basin in 6-feet of netting around the deck to keep an adventurous feline from dinghy hopping from boat to boat. We were allowed to stay in the Bay of Islands until January 3, at which time the MAF decided the main flux of cruisers had arrived in Opua, and thus it wouldn’t be necessary for them to make the hour drive up from their base in Whangarei. We were strongly advised to move down to Whangarei and join the rest of the Green Pennant Club or else we’d have to pay for approximately three hours travel and work time. The MAF has facilities in all the major ports in New Zealand, so cruisers with pets do not have to end up in Whangarei. We must say that the officials are very conscientious about their work and will be on the wharf shortly after you arrive — no matter what time you arrive. They work long hours when the yachties pour in during the months of November and December. So give them a break. The MAF have been very cordial with us. All the animal yachties affectionately call them the MAFia. Peter, one of the inspectors, is convinced that Percy is stuffed,

Infinity, I noticed that they had a toy stuffed cat that looked almost real. I asked if I could borrow it to play a joke on the inspectors, since they are always teasing us about Percy not moving much. The next day Peter rowed out, and asked me how Percy was doing. I answered, "Not too good." "Oh." said Peter with a little concern in his voice. "See," I said as 1 pulled out the stuffed cat by its tail. Peter’s mouth dropped open, eyes popped and then started laughing when he realized that this cat was really stuffed. As much as we love Percy, we think that next time we go cruising the kitty stays home. It hasn’t been restrictive until now, but we kind of resent the lack of spontaneity. There is no "Oh, let’s go to Tutukaka for the weekend", without fear that MAF may drive out to check Percy and charge us $60 NZ; or if we want to go to Great Barrier Island by boat, and MAF feels that they need to inspect Percy, they will fly an inspector out at our cost — which could run around $500 NZ.

Don't ever try sneaking into Opua, New Zealand. Conscientious officials have 'eyes' everywhere.

handful and a big responsibility. We suggest potential cruisers think hard about whether they want an animal with them on a cruise. It’s important to investigate the agricultural restrictions of each country you plan to visit. Incidentally, we found New Zealand

because he is always sleeping in one spot when he calls. I got back at him one day. While having dinner on another boat,

It’s a touchy issue. On one hand you have to be sympathetic with their point of view, because their country is based on agriculture. On the other hand, we know our pet is healthy and doesn’t require such extensive and expensive surveillance. Percy has given us much love and — When times were particularly tense — occasional comic relief. Admittedly, there have been instances when he’s been a

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consulates to be the worst places to go for information. Hopefully, this article will help cruisers contemplating bringing pets with them. Above all, we ask you be responsible for your pets. Don’t dump them in other countries or have them put down in places like New Zealand. The officials of MAF really hate putting animals down. — renee and kevin 3/93 Howard Blackburn — 28-ft Dory Steve Cass To Oz Aboard A $1,500 Yacht (Redondo Beach) I refer to my vessel, the Howard Blackburn, as "the poor man’s yacht" because I bought her for only $1,500 in Long Beach. While the 28-foot dory didn’t cost much, 1 nonetheless spent April through November of last year singlehanding her from California to Brisbane, Australia. The Howard Blackburn’s hull form is that of a traditional St. Pierre dory. She’s a very able design and I felt she was as safe or safer than most yachts I saw out there. For one thing, she had a safety advantage most yachts don’t: positive buoyancy. In addition to her wood construction, there was enough foam built and crammed into the available space to offset the relatively light 1,500-lb fin keel. In addition, she was built of 3/4-inch fiberglassed plywood over apitong frame construction, and thus is much stronger than many fiberglass boats. Besides being

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and thus kept up with larger cruising yachts on some passages. I spent little more than another $1,500 in preparing my boat for my six-month voyage across the Pacific. I built my own windvane, twin jib poles for sailing downwind, a 5V2foot dinghy to fit between the mast and hatch, and other gear. The Blackburn has simple, strong spruce spars for the gaff rig. 1 purchased used sails for the extras I needed. The boat has no thru-hulls, a traditional bucket for a head worked fine, and no sink. 1 used a large pot atop a single burner gimballed stove to cook on. The fuel was non-pressurized alcohol, which is very safe. Having no water tanks, I carried all my water in two-liter plastic Coke bottles. These were very handy to use and could be stored anywhere. Most of the 100 I carried were stored in the bilges. I never had a leak or a break. An 8 hp outboard mounted on a bracket provided auxiliary propulsion. For navigation, I initially planned to use basic equipment: a plastic sextant; a shortwave radio for time and weather; a VHF to contact ships, port captains and other yachts; and, a mechanical VDO log and a lead line for depth. But the day before I left, I decided to buy a GPS. I’m glad I had the GPS with me, as it’s more helpful to singlehanders who are unable to stand watch at all times. But I feel it’s kind of sad to no Steve Cass brought a whole new meaning to the term ‘budget cruising' with the dory ‘Howard Blackburn'.

longer have the challenge and pride of finding your own way. All in all, I spent less money for my boat

and outfitting her for the transpacific voyage than most cruisers spend on their inflatable/outboard combinations or their liferaft. And I carried neither of those. I departed Long Beach on April 26 and sailed directly to Nuku-Hiva and then Ua Pou in the Marquesas. For there I visited Takaroa and Manihi in the Tuamotus, and Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea and Bora Bora in the Societies. My next stops were Aitutaki in the Cooks, Pago Pago in American Samoa, Niuatoputapu in Tonga, and Suva in Fiji and New Caledonia’s Noumea. Finally, I reached my ultimate goal, Brisbane, Australia. I had a sign on my vane before leaving that read, "Bound for Brisbane". What a fantastic and beautiful voyage I had. There were so many great places I saw and really wonderful people I met — both locals and yachties from all over the globe. After spending two months in Brisbane — a lovely city with great people — I shipped everything home I wanted to keep — about 400 pounds worth — for $200.1 left the boat there and put her up for sale. For those with big dreams but shallow pockets, there are many strong and simple older boats that can be bought for very little money. After that, all you really need is ingenuity, sea sense and a yearning for adventure. — steve 4/13/93 Readers — We spoke to Cass over the telephone to get a few more details. The 45year old electronics technician reminded us we’d met him before, when he sailed Pez Vela, his homebuilt 14-foot catamaran, from Puerto Escondido to the 1985 Sea of Cortez Race Week. Cass reports he’s been sailing all his life, starting in dinghies and continuing on to a homebuilt 34-ft catamaran he sailed to Hawaii. While Cass admits the dory was what he could afford after a divorce and getting a place to live, he nonetheless believes she’s a very seaworthy boat. He averaged about 100 nautical miles a day with her. He’s hoping a friend from the Virgin Islands will buy the Howard Blackburn and continue on. "A lot of people in Long Beach, where a guy named Fred Bickham was finishing Maji, a homebuilt 31-footer with a junk rig, the same time I was finishing my boat, thought we were crazy," says Cass. "But we’re a couple of singlehanders who both made it. Bickham got a job and is still in the South Pacific."

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Cass hopes that his voyage will demonstrate that people with a dream, good sea sense and some mechanical ability, can cross oceans in inexpensive boats. "I’m a big chicken," he says, "I wouldn’t have done it if I thought it was risky." There are additional sailing adventures, reports Cass, in his future.

she's being cruised by a crew of just four. More next month.

Europa '92 Debriefing Jimmy Cornell If you’re thinking about going cruising, we recommend you pick up a copy of Jimmy Cornell’s somewhat mistitled Around The World Rally. The book is actually less about the Europa '92 rally than it is about evaluations of the boats and equipment that were a part of it. Most folks spend their pre-cruising years sailing locally or not at all. When the call of the sea finally becomes irresistible, they usually purchase a boat and equip her based on meager and often inaccurate information. To be sure, there are numerous books by 'experts' on the subject, but too often they reflect a pervasive bias. These run the spectrum from the Pardey’s somewhat dogmatic 'less is more' philosophy to the Dashew’s more open-minded — and expensive — 'more is better' outlook. (Despite the personal prejudices, all the Pardey and Dashew books are worth f reading). Cornell’s Around The World Rally is different, and therein lies its considerable advantage. The evaluations in Cornell’s book are based on the opinions of the 36 skippers who circumnavigated as part of the Europa '92 rally, and thus are collectively less subjective. These skippers from 14 countries sailed 24,000 miles on boats ranging in length from 40 to 72 feet. They sailed in everything from ultralight racers to traditional schooners, with relatively modern racer/cruisers predominating. Crews ranged in size from three to eight. While none were „ on shoe-string budgets, a few cruised with an open checkbook. The post-circumnavigation opinions of the 36 skippers carries a lot of weight with us because it represents nearly 1,000,000 miles of recent ocean sailing. Our complaint with the boat and equipment evaluations in the sailing magazines and Practical Sailor is that they aren’t based on realistic conditions. It takes time to really know, understand and appreciate boats and gear; 1,000,000 ocean miles sounds about right to us. May. 1993 •UWwtJ?*

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In addition to some brief remarks about the rally and the evaluations, there were some other interesting tidbits. On the weather, for example. We were, excuse the pun, blown away with Cornell’s report that the fleet’s strongest winds — other than short squalls — were three brief periods of 35 to 40 knots. In addition, there were prolonged bouts of 30 knots while heading up the notoriously windy Red Sea. In other words, if you can work your way up the coast of Baja and California, or feel comfortable out in the Gulf of the Farallones, you can cast off with reasonable confidence on an in-season tropical circumnavigation. Indeed, a lot more skippers complained more about their boat’s lack of light air performance and poor light air sail inventory than they did about heavy weather. Cornell compiled specific data on the following subjects: yachts and modifications; radio communications and weatherfax; sails, roller furling and fully battened mains; sailing instrumentation, integrated instrument systems and radar; autopilots and vanes; EPIRBS and liferafts; electrical generation and consumption; GPS and navigation; diesel engines and propellers; refrigeration and watermakers; crew and watch systems; breakdowns; maintenance routines; and, general conclusions. The encouraging news is that both boats and equipment received overwhelming good to excellent evaluations in terms of both performance and reliability. Some equipment was so good it scared people. GPS, for example. Almost every boat in the fleet had at least one. Those that didn’t rate theirs 10 on a scale of 10 came very close to doing so. "I’m horrified," confessed one, "to find that I’m not using the sextant at all. A friend warned me I wouldn’t use it anymore and it’s true!" Said another, "Before GPS, I used to work out our position every hour. Now we rely 100% on the GPS." There’s been a lot of talk in Latitude over the suitability of roller furling. Twenty-nine of the 36 Europa entries had roller furling. Of the eleven brands evaluated, almost all scored 9 or higher in both performance and reliability. That’s impressive. Furling mains weren’t as highly rated and, surprisingly, there were more than a few complaints about fully-battened mains. Every entry was equipped with at least one diesel engine and a couple even had twin diesels. Virtually all the engines received outstanding reviews. The 20 Perkins engines, Page 170 •

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"Only by such direct exposure [to faster boats] can one see for oneself how much more fun it is to sail fast and well. Even I came to reconsider some of my views and concluded that the trend toward faster, more efficiently sailed cruising boats is irreversible." Around The World Rally may not be the definitive book on cruising boats and gear, but the experiences of 36 recent circumnavigators offers rare insight and a wealth of excellent information. Published by Sheridan House, ARWR is available at most marine bookstores and many chandleries for about $17. We believe it’s money well invested. — latitude 4/8/93

We've written quite a bit about Philomena Garcia ofMelaque. Finally a decent photo of her and Trini at their Los Pelicanos restaurant.

for example, rated 9.9 on performance and 9.6 on reliability. If you’ve got a Perkins you’re treating right, that can’t help but give you confidence. Yanmar, Ford and Volvo diesels also rated 9 or higher. The equipment 'Europan’s' were most disappointed with? Freezers and refrigerators. This result was skewed, however, by widespread dissatisfaction with the Frigoboat brand which was on a disproportionately large number of boats. All other brands received high 9s or 10s. The sections on battery capacity and electrical use will be especially informative to those who’ve yet to cut the shore power cord to discover how much juice they really need. Cornell’s book also features a fascinating section on maintenance routines. Most first¬ time cruisers are surprised at what’s required, but this book will give a realistic idea. Readers will also learn there are a variety of approaches on how to handle this critical aspect of cruising. The book concludes with skippers evaluating the suitability of their boats for such a voyage. Most, although not all, professed satisfaction with their 'ride'. Cornell said the largest collective disappointment was among those who thought a faster boat would have been better. Cornell admits to being among them:

Cruise Notes: That’s cruising! Australian Phil Walsh, skipper of the New York-based Tabasco, a 75-ft cruising boat designed by Scott Kaufman and built by Baltic Yachts, believes the big red sloop recently established a new Honolulu to California record. Sailing with crewman Reno Rhind and Nelson Hunt, Walsh cast off from Honolulu on February 2 and arrived at Pt. Loma 10 days, six hours later. Before he left, a couple of Blondie crewman in the Islands told him the John Jourdane driven Santa Cruz 70 then held the record of 10 days and 12 hours. Walsh and his crew of two figure that late January and early February was the ideal time to make a trip back to the mainland. "I’ve sailed back to California against the trades a couple of times already and didn’t really want to do it again if we didn’t have to. Because lows to the north are dominant, late January can be the perfect time to sail downwind to California. "There was one big front that came through in late January — you probably remember it clobbering California a couple of days later — but we weren’t quite ready to leave. So we took off at the beginning of the second one. It was blowing 25 knots from the northwest when we left the Ala Wai. A day or so later it was blowing a steady 35 to 45 knots from the west and gusting 10 knots higher in the squalls. We were headed downwind for San Diego, just like we’d hoped. The wind topped out at 52 knots, allowing us to average 12 knots for a couple of days with the equivalent of three reefs in the mostly furled main and a #4 poled out. Tabasco is a heavy boat, so our top speed was 16 knots; ultralight sleds would have been doing 20s easily. The autopilot drove the entire time except in the afternoons when we preferred to hand steer."

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Would Walsh recommend a late January departure for owners of smaller cruising boats. "I don’t know," he said after a thoughtful pause. "Unlike most cruisers, we sail around the world for a living. I’ve been on Tabasco since she was new six years ago and have done two 'wrong way' circumnavigations on her. She’s a good boat and we know her well. But I’m not sure it would be the right move for average sailors on smaller cruising boats. Even from behind, 40 knots is a lot of wind. Crews could get seasick, the autopilot might break down, there could be a Chinese Jibe, the boat might have a tendency to round up." It other words, a late January passage from California to Hawaii might best be left to professionals. 'Swim naked for health', say physicians. That’s actually stretching the truth a little, but it is a catching intro, isn’t it? The deal is that about 10,000 people swimming off the coast of Florida, and thousands more in the Caribbean, are stung each year by jellyfish larvae. These are the too-small-to-see offspring of the thimble jellyfish that cause the temporary but painful stings and often result in rashes that last for days. According to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the rash is caused when the larvae gets caught between the skin and a swimsuit. "The larger suits trap more larvae," explains Florida epidemiologist Robert Tomchik. No suit, no rash. In Baja, where similar if not identical jellyfish larvae cause stings and rashes, it’s popular to wear Lyrca dive suits to protect the skin. Personally speaking, we think a little discomfort is a minor price to pay for the health benefits — and pure sensual pleasure — of swimming naked. The Pacific Pearl, a Mazatlan publication, reports that 13 vessels which had been sunk or abandoned in the Mazatlan Harbor are to be removed by May 1. The clean-up project is a welcome joint effort being undertaken by the Department of Fisheries and Department of Mercantile Marine. The vessels, which are of all different sizes, are to be resunk to create artificial marine habitats. Such clean-up projects are scheduled for all over Mexico. Way to go, amigos1. Where are they now? A few years back we used to received Changes from E.E. Green of the Mason 43 Kealoha. "I did the Sea of Cortez, Costa Rica, the Canal, the East Coast to New York, then the Caribbean and back to Fort Lauderdale," he writes. I’ve since sold the boat to a Palo Alto couple — who keep the boat in Turkey! They enjoy sailing there

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with their two young children and their Lab. When they’re done, they put the boat on the hard. It’s sure nice to know," says Baker, who now lives in Arizona, "that your ex-boat is being taken care of." Quite a few Californians keep their boats in Hawaii and the Caribbean, but Turkey? That’s a long ways away. Yet it doesn’t come as that great a surprise to us, as just about everyone who has cruised Turkey raves about it. Most people who haven’t been there find this hard to believe, but it’s true. We’re at 77 and still counting! Seventy-seven boat cards, that is, received from sailors for our 'Wall of Fame'. The most recent is from Bruce and Kaye Kernodle of San Diego who are cruising their cutter Antigua in the Sea of Cortez. "It’s really neat collecting the cards from all our cruising friends," they write. Thanks Bruce and Kaye. But we have a suggestion. While the line drawing of your boat on the card is helpful, it would be even better if her type or model were also indicated. It makes it easier for us, and fellow cruisers, remember new friends if we’re given the boat type. We’re always thinking of "Farr 37 Sam", "Westsail 32 Bruce" — that kind of thing. So please, boat types in addition to boat names, captain and crew names, radio signs, home addresses and home telephone numbers.

You’re in Trinidad with your boat and want to sail to Recife, Brazil. So you head southeast down the northeast coast of South America, right? That’s not the way Silvio and Michelle of the Freya 39 Pricilla they completed in Northern California see it. "We’ll be sailing to Brazil by way of the Azores, Canaries and Cape Verdes," advises Silvio. "We had a friend who tried sailing straight to Brazil; he beat to weather against the current for 51 days. We’d rather sail with the wind in a big circle around the Atlantic to get there. Silvio and Michelle have spent the last several years kicking around the Caribbean, Venezuela and Trinidad. They believe in working six months, then cruising six months — as opposed to waiting until they’re too old to cruise. It’s the little problems that can drive you crazy on a cruising boat. For about the last six months, we’ve been extremely annoyed with both our windlass and the starter motor on our diesel. The former seemed to have dramatically lost its speed and strength in the previous year, and the latter was taking much more juice to kick the diesel than ever before. In the case of the Maxwell windlass, we decided to replace the 24 volt motor with a 12 volt, which is theoretically less powerful. There were two reasons: first, it’s the only 24 volt system on the entire boat; second, 24 volt alternators are difficult to find and expensive in the boonies. Ironically, Maxwell has a new line of replacement motors that are much more powerful than the originals. Our anchor and chain fairly fly up from the bottom now! It’s a major improvement when you spend a lot of time anchored amidst 50 to 100 other boats. The starter for the six cyclinder diesel had been suspect for nearly two years, as it seemed to require more and more battery power to do its job. We figured it must have had something to do with the engine getting older. Sure, the starter motor had gotten wet, but that was a couple of years ago, it had been all cleaned out, and it still started the engine. We finally broke down and brought a replacement starter. We don’t suppose we have to tell you what a difference it made. The diesel fires up easily now, requiring just a fraction of the juice that the old starter did. What a relief to have those two nagging worries completely vanquished! Back in the '70s and '80s, Aries May. 1993 • iMUJUZi • Page 171

CHANGES IN LATITUDES windvanes were much respected and in demand. But then four years ago, in one of those strange business moves, owner Nick Franklin simply closed shop to concentrate on finishing his own 50-foot boat on the Isle of Wight. Franklin, who had a good reputation among his customer base, apparently didn’t believe he could find anyone as conscientious as he’d been. And decided he’d rather preserve the product’s reputation than cash in. How unamerican! San Lorenzo Marine Surveyor Jack Mackinnon returned from his fourth trip to Kauai since Iniki hammered the island last fall. His report: "Kauai looks much better — the hibiscus and other flowers are in a riot of bloom — but the economy is hurting badly. The 28% unemployment rate should decrease slightly now that three of the big hotels have reopened. The best news of all is that the Tahiti Nui — a long time Hanalei favorite with Singlehanded TransPac’ers and cruisers — is open and that the Oarhouse in Nawiliwili never closed. In the case of the Oarhouse, the termites must have held hands to keep the building together. We close this month with two geography

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13.5-FT ZODIAC MARK II sport boat. Inflatable

AVON REDCREST (9'3”) w/motor mount $500.

BUCCANEER 24-FT, 1975. Main w/reef, 3 jibs

keel, bronze air valves, older but well maintained

Avon Rover 3.10 sportboat (10’) $500. 21’ F/G

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pole. Galley, enclosed head, sleeps 6, 20 gal.

Mercury o/b with 6 gal tank, oars. New cost today

CB, xlnt. trailer - a classic Bay cruiser, $6,500.

water tank, 6' headroom. Mercury 9.9 hp o/b

ACHILLES 4-MAN LTD-4, (8'6”) w/thwart, wood

over $5,000. Come see. $1,500 obo. George,

Chris at (408) 423-4076.

floor and transom, oars, carry bag, CF # placards,

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and Johnson 3 hp motor. Like new, $950. (707) 257-7876.

electric start. Less than 100 hrs., 2 batteries. $4,500 offers. Hal (415) 961-5586.

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mast w/EZ load trailer. $850. (707) 527-7327.

22-FT 1985 MacGREGOR. 7.5 Honda, 150 genoa

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SUNF1SH 14-FT sailboat, yellow/blue, deck and

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US MARINE inflatable, 8’6”, high quality construc¬

trailer, fully equipped. $4,500obo.(510) 278-8386.

sails in good condition. Racks for car-topping.

Seagull motor, sail rig, fishing gear, Sea Lion

$700 obo. (415) 499-1618 (eves).

trailer. Great shape. (415) 728-9503, Jon. $2,500

tion with floorboards, oars. Takes up to lOhp motor. Excellent condition. $400.5 hp Force sail

J/24, 1984. East Coast built, faired keel, dry-

obo.

aux. motorw/self-containedgastank. Hardly used,

sailed, new o/b. Trailer and gear included. Excel¬

16-FT BILL SCHOCK, new sails, fully restored, fixed keel, beautiful condition. $995 with trailer. (510) 932-6992.

needs minor work. $250. (510) 228-3581, eves. A 30-FT DINGHY? Very fast day sailer w/trailer. Points hard, planes off wind. Very good condition.

SUNFISH SAILBOAT 13-FT7” in excellent con¬

$2,500. (209) 725-0627.

dition, ready to sail. Mahogany rudder and center

18.5 CAPE DORY TYPHOON, 1975. Single

KM, compass, bilge pump, lights, cassette. North main, jib, 155, 3/4 oz. spinnaker and gear, and

FJ, 1983 NATIONAL CHAMP, still competitive. 2

inland lakes and Bay. $900.

boat cover. $5,600. Trailer available. Call (510)

sets of sails, including crisp racing Pineapples, Hi-

939-6885.

656-2810.

performance center board and rudder, trailer w/

Call Norm (510)

trailer. $9,950 for a performing daysailer. Contact Jerry, (208) 726-2286.

LASER 14-FT with full size sail. In mint condition.

CORONADO 15. Excellent condition. 3 sets of

ing $1,300. But, don’t be shy. Call Rhett, (408)

Value new$3,000. Asking price$1,995 obo. (510)

sails, 2 centerboards, 2 rudders. Trapeze, trailer.

255-8635, eves.

284-1565, Iv. msg.

CAL 20’S GALORE. Get into a great fleet on the Bay. We have 4 Cal 20's available for $1500/ea.

Sailing lesson. $1,900. Must sell. Leaving soon (or Mexico. Call Bill, (209) 745-3822.

J/22,1984. Race-ready, in excellent condition,

board blue and white sail. Good family boat for

owner, great shape. Comes with o/b, anchor, full

rebuilt hubs and current tags for everything. Ask¬

lent condition. Great for racing or Bay cruising. $14,000 obo. (510) 848-7521.

All boats are ready to sail now. Great Bay boat for 9-FT 6” SAILING DINGHY. Wooden boat Nut¬

VANGUARD 470 SAILBOAT for sale. Excellent

shell pram design. West Marine plywood con¬

condition, includes Sportsman trailer. $1,600 obo.

1984 WEST WIGHT POTTER 19-FT, 4 hp o/b w/

struction. Spruce spars. Dacron sail. $2,200. (415)

Call Paul, (415)941-8153.

generator, electric keel hoist, slid up rudder, Harken

388-9309.

a great price. Call (510) 642-8556 for more info. NEPTUNE 24, 1984. Retractable keel, cruiser, galley, porta-potti, life lines, VHF, 7.5 Merc, dual

furler, tilt trailer w/5' ex towing, all in great shape.

axle trailer, 2 head sails-genoa & light jib, pop-top

Bud, Burlingame, (415) 579-7337, Jim, Santa

14-FT LASER with trailer, complete, ready to sail,

Cruz, (408) 438-3890.

just refurbished, take a look! $850 obo. Call (707)

24FEET&UNDER

head room, new upholstery in cabin. All-around fun boat. $5,800. (510) 937-5311.

643-6310, ask for Garry. 8-FT SAILNETICS F/G PRAM. Sail rig, oars, 1.5

1984 MacGREGOR, 22-FT swing keel sloop, w/

hp Cruise n Carry o/b and accessories, good

COHO (WHALER), 11-ft., w/very stable Cathe¬

SANTANA 22. New Pineapple main, standing

condition. $675 firm. (510) 838-7009.

trailer, 6 hp Evinrude, genoa, pop-top w/enclo-

dral hull, white F/G, unsinkable, with 25 hp Mer¬

rigging and chainplates. Includes 3 yr. old double

sure, sleeps 4, porta-potti, compass, tiller tender,

cury o/b and console steering used as a tender on

axle trailer, 6.5 hp Evinrude, extra hardware, etc.

pfds, DS, extra fuel tanks. Great condition, ready

a cruiser. $2,500/offer. (510) 820-3374.

Boat’s in Sonoma. I’m in Oklahoma, need to sell

to sail. $4,450 obo. (408) 266-8301.

16-FT FIREBALL, High power sail with 22' mast and trapeze. Very good condition with excellent

pronto. $4,000 obo. Mark, (405) 341-8247.

set of sails, plus spinnaker. Trailer and lots of

ACHILLES HB-90 9-ft. hard bottom inflatable

accessories included. $1,200. (408) 736-5832.

dinghy. Plus 5 hp Honda o/b. Both used 1 hr. Cost

WINDROSE 22-FT. 7.5 hp o/b, VHF, all lines led

sleeps 4,6 hp motor (Evinrude), main, jib, storm

$2,500, sell $1,390. Also Dahon folding bike stain¬

aft, 4 winches, main, jib, spin. $2,400 obo. Call

jib, 110 genoa & spinnaker. Call Fred at (707)

less $135. (415) 941-6107, eves.

Glenn. (408) 985-9271.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1964, full keel,

553-9164. $2,500 firm.

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(415) 453-3923 days or eves.

HARRIET'S SAIL REPAIR 2041 Taylorst. S.R^^ 771-8427 M

CATALINA 22, 1974. Pop-top, swing keel, tilt

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SANTANA 22, main, jib & genoa, hull #267, good

rudder, trailer, factory galley, 4.5 Evinrude, long

COLUMBIA 22,1968. Good condition, new bot¬

wood designs for sale. 1) 23-ft Wharram catama¬

condition, no motor. Berkeley Marina, downwind

shaft, lines aft, jiffy reef, topping lift, int/ext excel¬

tom paint, new keel bolts, RWC berth. $2,500. Call

ran. 2) 18-ft Caprice sloop. Good quality work¬

lent shape. Stored out of water, under cover

(415) 363-1390, Rich or Bob.

manship, best materials. Plans included. Inter¬

berth. $3,300. Will consider leasing for 1 year. Call (510) 526-7032.

$3,800. (510) 754-3093.

ested? Peter,(415) 973-2286, dys or 750-1245, eves.

CAL 20,1973 6 Evinrude, new bottom. In great

CATALINA 22,1987. Swing keel, pop-top, Honda 7.5, Signet DS, KM, amp, volt, hr. mtr„ VHF, mast step syst., 3 sails, redesigned cabin, fixed end.

Excellent condition 1982 pocket cruiser, swing

head, teak trim, full options, extras, primo trailer,

keel. $3,000 obo. (707)279-9389.

always covered, new cond. $10,000. Call (510) 284-2475. BE SOMEBODY, SAIL A BEAR. Historically the

25 TO 28 FEET

shape with no stress cracks. $1,500. Call (510) VAGABOND 17-FT w/trailer. Lake-sailed only.

865-4939. ISLANDER BAHAMA 24. Tough, Bay/Delta

NEWPORT 27s '79. Atomic^, VHF, RDF, 12vdc

cruiser, clean, well maintained. Honda 10, new

& 110vac shr pwr, rllr frlng jib, wheel, grnd tackle.

SANTANA 22-FT, fixed keel, 6 hp o/b, ready to

main, 2 jibs, one self-tailing, VHF, delta covers, 2

Beautiful teak intr w/galley, head w/hldng tank &

sail. Rigging, sails, hull good condition. Great Bay

anchors, porta-potti, halyards to cockpit, full cush¬

shwr, sips 4-5, 6'4" headrm & more. Sonoma-

boat. Berkeley berth. $2,500 obo. (510)886-2325.

best for one-design Bay racing, cruising, camara¬

ions, dinette, sleeps 4. Delta berth available.

Marin berth. Great Bay & coastal sailer. $13,500

$4,950.(510) 672-2910.

obo. (707) 838-0964 (hm).

derie for over 60 years. SF Bear Boat Association

SANTANA 22 AFICIONADOS. Barbecue and

can help you find a Bear of a boat. Affordable,

gear sale. June 12th, 6 PM, Richmond YC. Over¬

24-FT BRUCE FARR DESIGNED Northstar 727,

WESTSAIL 28, a true cruising boat. Factory fin¬

classy, colorful history. Chris (510) 339-1071, Bob (415) 765-6904.

night berthing available. Non-members are en¬

fast, fun Bay & ocean racer/cruiser. Stable, plan¬

ished, Bristol condition. Just a taste of what is on

couraged to come and take a look at the largest,

ing hull, superior sail inventory, head, galley,

board: SSB/HAM, radar, windvane, refrigeration,

friendliest Bay Area one-design fleet. Call (510)

sleeps 4. KM, DS, VHF, o/b, Harken & Barient

WX fax, life raft, 2 EPIRBs, cruising spinnaker.

525-9024 for more info.

gear, trailer. Asking $8,500. (415) 332-5970.

This boat is a must to see or compare to all others.

1964 O'DAY MARINER 20-ft. F/G sloop. 3 sails,

CORONADO 15. Complete with trailer, trapeze,

photos, call (619) 631-4452.

a well-loved boat. It deserves to be used and

Seagull o/b, fin keel, all gear, ready to go. Custom

custom cover & performance package. 3 years

maintained. We're relocating far inland. $1,500.

trailer, head, sleeps 2, easy to single hand, depth

old, sailed only 4 times. Beaching keel & rudder.

MacGREGOR 26-FT, 1989. Not in water last two

(510) 443-9899.

& knot meters. (Similar to Rhodes 19 with larger

Vang & Cunningham also. $2,200.(707) 746-0560,

years, new condition, 8 hp Johnson o/b, 2 hrs,

enclosed cabin) $2,200. Napa, (707) 252-3006.

eves, or Iv. msg.

sleeps 6, main and jib, centerboard and water

new cushions, new bottom, 3 sails, sleeps 4.

TEAK LADY. 19-ft all teak construction, 1949

RANGER 23, 1974. Single owner, well-main¬

w/dodger, must sell $8,000.Loren,(707) 433-4808,

Great family fun. $2,200 obo. Possible owner finance. (408) 423-0589.

classic pocket cruiser. Hand crafted by A. King,

tained. 8 hp Evinrude, VHF, 125% lapper, 90% jib,

wk, (707) 838-7067, hm, in Santa Rosa.

Hong Kong. Fixed keel, 2 berths, carved tiller @

class main, spinnaker, lines led aft, self-tailing

bulkhead, carvel planking, Dacron sails, o/b full

winches. Strong racing class. Stiff &fast day sailer!

DONATED BOATS FOR SAIL. 2 Cal 25’S from

FLICKA finished by Pacific Seacraft in 1978.

cover, Danforth. (707) 963-0546. $3,000.

Berkeley Marina berth. $6,000.(415) 343-1867.

$2,500. Columbia 7.6 in good shape $6,500 obo.

C & C, 24-FT, 1977. VHF, AM/FM, Loran, 7 hp ol

RESTORED WOODEN SNIPE, professionally

w/trailer, offers. Call (510) 642-8556.

19- FT LIGHTNING number 9124, cedar planking on mahogany frames. Stainless centerboard, alu¬ minum mast, trailer, and a host of goodies. This is

For info, or complete equipment list, specs, and

SANTANA 21. Swing keel, w/trailer, very clean,

ballast system, trailer, radio, porta-potti, pop-up

Upgraded 1989 with new sails, winches, o/b, head, VHF, Loran, Autohelm, Datamarine log and depth, ground tackle, rigging. Has black hull, cutter or sloop rig, all lines led aft. Sausalito slip.

Pearson 28 in great shape $10,000 obo. Moore 24 b, AP, rigged for singlehanding, all lines aft, 2

built in 1962. Cedar hull, new deck, paint, and varnish. Harken hardware and new lines through¬

SOLING 27,1974. Olympic class sloop, excellent

$15,900. (916) 583-9319.

spinn. good cond. $5,900/offer. Call Steve, (510) 906-8332.

out. Sails are in excellent shape. All on a ‘88 EZ

condition w/tandem axle trailer, auxiliary motor,

loader trailer. $3,250 obo. 776-1316. 20- FT ZEPHYR. F/G hull with trailer, aluminum

MERIT 23, WING KEEL w/trailer, excellent condi¬

extra sails and cover. Fast and stable, super learning boat. Used by largest sailing school.

mast rigged for chute, lots of extras. $1,700. Jeff,

tion. Only sailed 5 times. Always dry-docked, 3

CLEAN, FAST, FUN Moore 24. Rarely raced,

Many race on the Bay. Video instruction included.

(510) 523-3143, AM or (510) 521-8332, eves.

sails, complete spinnaker gear, stow away galley

regularly sailed. Please call for an exceptional

$4,000. (707) 528-3917.

w/sink, roomy V-berth & dinette. Great Bay or

value and viewing of a clearly classic winner.

23-FT STAR (Olympic Class Racer) w/trailer,

trailerable boat. Like new. Only $5,200 obo. (510)

$7,785. (510) 862-0313, (510) 862-2972, Iv msg.

RANGER 26,1973 std. rig., great racer/cruiser. 8

North sails, lots of extras. $950. Roberts 53-ft F/G

769-1628. 22- FT MacGREGOR Swing keel, epoxy bottom,

winches, 6 jibs, 2 mains, 3 spin. All lines led aft. Loran, VHF, compass, knot, 8 hp o/b. Well-main¬

Lapworth

stainless steel boarding ladder, galley, lazy jacks,

tained w/survey report. $7,500 obo. Call (415)

designed “plastic classic" winner. Custom inboard

all lines led aft, main, working jib & genoa, Honda

321-6685,(408) 954-4431, dys.

1956 WOODEN SLOOP 23.5' LOA - 9' beam

Yanmar dsl, Harken furling jib, 2 mainsails, spin¬

7.5 hp o/b, trailer.Lv. msg. w/Rick,(916)332-0960.

3’10” draft. 9.9 hp o/b, 3 sails - all C.G. equipment.

naker. One owner 28 yrs. Recently hauled, no

Berthed Clearlake, CA. (707) 274-8417.

blisters. Custom spade rudder. Offered at $5,200.

HOBIE HOLDER 20 Ultralight monohull, graphite

Contact Peter at 495-4911 (w) or 469-9150(h).

bottom & blue hull. North sails, main, Mylar genoa

pump. 100 self-furling jib, batten main. A+ mainte¬

& jib. Fully equipped w/Sobstad spinnakers .5 oz.

nance, includes sleeping bags, towels, kitchen

hull w/complete set of blueprints for completion of .i

cabin and rigging. $3,900 obo. (209) 357-1956.

GLADIATOR 24-FT, 1965

Run Free.

18-FT W. ATKIN Gaff sloop. Mahogany on oak.

CATALINA 27,1983 dinette model w/Atomic 4, head, holding tank, new macerator, auto, bilge

Bronze fastened. Built 1958, in storage since

SANTANA 22.3 mains (1 Pineapple), 1 jib, whis¬

1958. Inside needs finishing. Must sell. $1,800

ker pole, 10 hp Honda o/b, stove, head, sleeps 4,

& .75 oz., Lewmar winches & Harken blocks. Easy to trailer and launch, w/lift keel, new Johnson

supplies, linens, pans, 2-burner CNG. At great

: :

obo. (510)846-3941.

extras. Fabulous boat to learn to sail the Bay in. In

Sailmaster 4 hp o/b. $3,500. (916) 583-8835.

$7,500; future berthing and maintenance to be

Delta marina by Isleton. Will sell 50% share for

SF. Call Jan at (415) 731-2609, iv msg. $4,500 I| MOORE 24, 1981. One owner, trailer, lake/dry

obo.

shared 50/50. Has shore power, AM/FM cassette,

Renegade (ex-Danchg Bear)

shore radio, compass, wheel, dual batteries,

Smarter than your average Bear, a Mexico vet in

charger, 2 anchors, new carpet, curtains & more. Call (916) 366-2876 or 686-4842, ask for Barb.

23- FT BEAR #35

i: stored. Immaculate bottom, new main, 5 head li sails, 3 spins, o/b, VHF, Loran, depth, o/b pole,

PEARSON LARK 24-FT, 1966. Strong, safe, dry,

Bristol condition. Beautiful cruising interior, new

battery, new autopilot, 2 hp o/b. $10,000. (916)

easy to sail. Great boat for SF or Monterey Bay.

upholstery, full boat cover, and lots more. Loca¬

Lots of room in cockpit and on high flush deck.

tion: Sausalito Yacht Harbor, foot of “D" dock.

Santa Cruz lower harbor slip available for 1 year.

$7,500. (415) 332-9373.

221-2678 (eves). 20-FT 1990 PACIFIC SEACRAFT FLICKA. El-

spinnaker. Great family boat & active Bay Area fleet. KM, DS, VHF, auto, battery charger, 12 hp

$3,500 obo. (408) 439-0866. RHODES 19, O’DAY, fixed keel, Johnson 4 hp, 2

fi egant version of this “Mercedes” of pocket cruis¬

CAL 2-27,1976. Good condition, 3 headsails &

dsl. $15,000. (415) 383-6208.

ers. Customized with such luxuries as: AP, CD

BOATS & BOAT STUFF 24-ft International 110

sets of sails, spinnaker, anchor, lifejackets, lines,

ij stereo, refrigeration, and central heat. $46,000.

and Hobie 16. Also having a garage sale. Too

fenders and all necessary equipment. In the water

25-FT CORONADO, 1968. Very clean. 9.9 hp

H (415)331-0910.

much boat equip, and other stuff. Call (916) 742-

and ready to sail. Safe, fun, reliable boat for the

Johnson o/b in well, VHF, compass, KM, depth

5766 or come to (East Linda) Marysville, CA. 6161

Bay. $600 obo. (415)931-0576.

finder, stereo, lots of misc. equipment. Sail inven¬

SANTANA 22, new rigging 1991.7.5 hp Honda ol

Farrell Wy. May 8th & 9th from 8 AM to 4 PM.

(510)449-6176.

Price includes SF berth. $8,900. (415) 771-2111,

AQUARIUS 23. Swing keel, trailer, pop-top, new

new sail cover, VHF, spinnaker gear, 8hp Evinrude,

msg.

o/b, 2 boat owner - gotta sell. $2,800. Call (510)

hauled & painted ‘92. $5,000. (415) 744-2395,

932-4044.

day or (415) 355-4657, eve.

STEVE'S MARINE T

20-FT 1990 PACIFIC SEACRAFT "FLICKA"

has moved to Arques Shipyard

Elegant version of this “Mercedes of pocket cruisers."

(next to Bayside Boat)

Cruise anywhere, or it’s trailerable for that mid-winter cruise to the Sea of Cortez.

Custom Woodwork Dinghies

tory: old & new main, old & new genoa, spinnaker. C & C 24,1975. Quality boat, new North main,

.1 b. Lines lead aft. Berkeley D/W slip. $2,500 obo.

415-332-2500

WEST WIGHT POTTER 15 FT & 19 FT Trailerable Cruisers 1-800-433-4080

Teak Decks

Customized with such luxuries as: A/P, C.D. stereo, refrigeration, and central heat.

Repair

$46,000. (415) 331-0910.

& BOAT GRAPHICS WITH PERSONALITY! In pressure sensitive adhesive vinyl/mylar. i&W

From the simplest to the most elaborate we do it your way! And you can afford it. SeaScript (510) 651-7326.

May. 1993

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26-FT DAWSON YACHT. Dual cabin, sleeps 5.

ERICSON 27,1974. Boats and sails (main and 5

CONTESSA 26 SLOOP, long deep keel, rigged

SAN JUAN 7.7/26-FT, 1984. For sale in excellent

67" berth galley, porta-potti, 4 sails, 7.5 hp in¬

for single handed ocean cruising, 5 hp Petter

condition. Spinnaker never used. Fixed keel. Brand

jibs) in good condition. Bottom painted 3/92. Atomic

board, 8 hp Suzuki o/b. VHF, stereo, carpeting,

4 rebuilt in ?/92. Equipment includes: kerosene

Diesel inboard aux. $9,000 obo. (707) 864-2135.

new marine radio. Pristine. The perfect daysailing boat. Boat has been in saltwater for 6 months.

new dodger and seats, Autohelm. Loran, fishfinder,

stove, DS, VHF, swim ladder, dual batteries, etc.

Boat was in storage prior. Excellent condition.

off road trailer w/new brake. San Diego. $12,500.

$10,500. Sal, (707) 577-2797.

New bottom paint. O/b engine, mount set up.

(619) 443-0666.

White deck, dark blue hull, limited wood. Easy

ISLANDER 28, 1979 new wheel, new rigging, roller furling jib, Volvo dsl 350 hrs, self-tailing

ERICSON 27 in superb condition. Atomic 4, 6

Barient winches, KM, depth, 2 compasses, 2 batts, stove, charcoal broiler, the list goes on, owner may help finance. $25,000.3884818.

maintenance. Interior and exterior of boat are in

S-2 26-FT C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar dsl, new

sails, rigged to cockpit, wheel or tiller. Fully

excellent shape. Price at$9,500 obo. Phone (916)

galvanized EZ loader, new DS, complete new

equipped, 6’ 1 ”headroom, standupenclosed head,

489-4600, dys or (916) 737-8721, eves. Ask for

beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD

sleeps 5. Special safety features. Many extras.

stereo, all new canvas, lots of custom work. Per¬

Recent bottom job. Sausalito. $12,000, will fi¬

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1977. Prettiest boat on

Paul Bollinger.

fect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new cond.

nance. Call Bob (415) 331-9316.

the Bay. 5 red sails, 8 hp Yanmar, KM, DS, VHF,

28' WOOD SLOOP. Double ender, diesel S.F.

compass, 2 anchors, fresh water, full cover, teak

Must see. $19,500. (408) 371-7266, eves. ERICSON 27,1977. Atomic 4, wheel steering,

decks, bronze opening ports. South Beach berth.

25-FT SPARKMAN & STEVENS designed

main & 2 jibs, 2-speed Barientq, depthsounder,

Very nice. $15,500 obo. (415) 728-9148.

chain, Barient, ab refer, Ritchie, Signet needs

Northstar 500. Rebuilt 25 hp Atomic 4 inboard,

VHF, full headroom, sleeps 5, cockpit cushions,

spare Martec folding prop. Just hauled. Galley,

Delta awning, a good all-purpose cruiser/racer.

H-28, KETCH, 1958. Classic Master Mariners

finish work. $11,900. (707)829-0320.

head, sleeps 4. Electronics, 2 jibs, extras, extras.

Berthed in San Rafael. $12,850. (415) 388-2292.

competitor designed by L. Francis Herreshoff.

HAWKFARM 28. Locally designed and built for

per-riveted, teak/kauri, Awlgrip, Sitka spars,

Northern Calif, sailing. This contemporary classic

Yanmar, VHF, KM, DS, Loran, full cover, fresh water, head. $25,000. (408) 733-3420 (eves).

berth, 50 gal. alum. & ss tanks. All teak trim & deck, teak & holly sole, CQR with winch, 200-ft.

ERICSON 28,1984. Roller furling, new sails, new

Fast 1/4 ton campaigner yet fun. First $4,900.

dodger, dsl., wheel, Loran, VHF, speed/depth, 2

(408) 649-4455.

speed winches, new bottom, many spares and

Extensively reworked 1989. Double-planked, cop¬

upgrading. Will assist delivery. $24,500. (619)

CAL 2-27,1977, Atomic 4, KM, DS, VHF, folding

is fast, affordable and fun. Original condition.

281-9820.

prop, new bottom paint, active one-design fleet.

$10,000 firm. (707) 257-3577. CORONADO 27, 1973. 9.9 Evinrude w/electric

$13,500.(415)499-8097. HUNTER 28.5, 1985, excellent condition, little

start. In great shape but needs mainsail, boom,

used, less than 50 hours on original diesel engine,

andinterior cushions. Cruise orliveaboard. $3,500.

sets sails, spinnaker pole, lines back to cockpit, 7

25- FT GAFF CUTTER. 8' beam, 2’9" draft, ply¬

winches, new cushions, Loran, VHF, DS, KM,

wood & glass, flat bottom. Bowsprit, 4 sails, sail

full keel, wheel steering, VHF, 110v and 12v

(510) 8654939.

compass, stereo, full galley, teak interior, sleeps

cover, ex. 9.9 o/b, depth, lights, stove, sink, potti,

electrical, hot/cold pressure water system w/

sleeps 4, 4'6” headroom, good condition. San

shower, microwave, sleeps 6, all safety equip¬

CATALINA 27,1984. Clean, dsl., wheel, AP, new

6, roomy cockpit, tiller. $19,500. (707) 874-1208.

Leandro berth. $4,500. (415) 948-5874.

ment. $26,000. (510) 484-2848.

dodger, 3 jibs, 2 speed ST winches, lines afl, VHF,

cellent condition, well equipped. One: main, 35 hp

INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, 26-ftfull keel, F/

25- FT OLSON

OMC, VHF, AM/FM cassette, depth, knot, whisker

G epoxy, offshore rig, all lines aft, 6 winches, 7

11/84. Excellent condition, dry-stored. All Pine¬

sails, twin h.stays, small o/b, interior needs cos¬

apple sails, 2 mains, 4 genoas, 2 jibs, 2 spinna¬

ISLANDER 28, 1976. Well-maintained, 2 plus

KM, log, depth, compass, stereo, LNG stove w/

ISLANDER BAHAMA 26-FT. Cabin cruiser, ex¬

pole, Autohelm, flare kit, repair kit, integral tarp,

Honey’s Money built in SantaCruz

broiler and more. Well maintained, Richmond berth. $17,500. See this one. (707) 573-8480.

metic. Excellent single hander, ready to sail, ready

kers. Raytheon 780 Loran, Yamaha 5 hp 1989,

CAL 25. Awesome starter or racer. 2nd in Oak¬

rope ladder. Two: compasses, extinguishers, bat¬

trailer w/new spare. $18,250. (510) 547-5531.

land/Catalina race. 4 jibs, 2 Mylar, tri-radial chute,

teries, chargers, hand pumps. Three: Jibs, an¬

to sell. $7,000. Make offer. Call Ed (707) 644-2474

chors, charts, lifejackets, nav lights. New: sheets,

or (415) 380-8935.

zincs, seats, table, fan. Refrigerator, stove, 2

9.9 hp w/electric start. Oversized rigging, all lines CAT ALIN A 27,1977. Great condition, Delta berth,

led aft. Free lessons. $6,800 obo. Call Mike, (510) 373-8472.

sinks, head, BBQ, phone w/jack. Beautiful, roomy galley, high pleasure, low maintenance. Must see.

CORONADO 25,1968,1.5 yr. old Evinrude 8 hp, custom pilothouse hatch with 6’2” headroom, 2

inboard Atomic 4, main, 3 jibs, compass, VHF, DS, KM, AM/FM cass. stereo, dinette, dual batter¬

mains, 2 jibs. See it at Gate 4 Oyster Cove Marina.

ies w/charger, auto bilge pump, shore power,

CHRYSLER 26 swing keel sloop, galley, frig., h/c

$9,900 obo. (510) 549-4932.

$3,500 obo. (415) 615-0654.

head w/holding tank, 2 anchors w/chain and line. $8,700/trade up. (916) 487-0534.

water, enc. head, AP, o/b, VHF, fireplace, AC/DC, single hander/liveaboard. $7,000. (510) 523-6072.

26-FTTHUNDERBIRD sailboat. Well maintained. Comes with great Santa Cruz slip. 6 hp motor, full

26- FT EXCALIBUR, 1976, new oversized stand¬

inventory of sails, complete. Sturdy solid boat.

ing rigging, epoxy bottom, roller reefing jib, lines

CATALINA 27,1971. Excellent condition. Must

25-FT FLEUR BLEU, 1961. A fast and agile

Great starter boat/liveaboard. $3,500. Call (408)

led aft, Harken lazy jacks, VHF, Horizon, KM,

see to aprec. New 8 hp Merc, (w/cockpit controls),

sailer, beautifully restored. Mahogany on ipil.

stove, 6 hp Evinrude, 43% ballast ratio for fast,

new CD/stereo (4 speakers), dinette, sleeps 6,

Copper riveted. VHF, 5 hp British Seagull. $6,500.

safe sailing, very clean, located Benecia. $4,400.

VHF, WS, DS, dual batteries, 8 more. Very clean.

(415) 387-6922.

(707) 746-7931.

Call Ted or Cathy, $7,900. (510) 706-2878.

THUNDERBIRD 26-FT #764, Japan Marine built,

26- FT THUNDERBIRD, gd. cond. Recently

Evinrude w/electric start, inboard controls. New

completely restored inside and out, mahogany

painted. 5 sails, depthfinder, sleeps 4, pop-top, F /

dual batteries, charger, shorepower, heaters, AM/

462-0890. ALBIN CUMULUS 28,1982 (Aux. sloop), sleek

CATALINA 27, 1978. Excellent condition. 9.9

Swedish design, high quality construction, 12 hp Yanmar, 110 & 85% jibs. $14,750. (510) 2152340, (8:00-4:00) or (707) 646-4873, (5:30-9:00).

wood with f/g, Spruce mast, new bottom paint. All

G over wood, good starter/family boat, racer/

FM stereo, 1992 bottom. Very clean inside & out.

ERICSON 26,1969. New rigging & bottom paint

newly painted and varnished, recently launched,

cruiser. Located Mtz. Marina. $2,500 obo. Call

$8,500 obo. A must see, must sell.(415)456-9155.

last year, 10 hp electric start Chrysler o/b & VHF

ice box, main & jib, porta-potti, v-berth cushions.

R.C. (510) 370-0766.

radio. A good stout Bay boat, in Berkeley Marina.

Great starter boat. $3,499 obo. (510) 689-3384.

MORGAN 27. This boat is fast and fun to sail. CATALINA 25, 1984, very clean. Weekend at

Heavy 70's glass lay-up, disp. 7,000 lbs. Ballast

CAL 27, excellent famiiy/singlehand Bay boat.

great San Francisco berth. Fixed keel, Honda 10,

3,300 lbs. 9 sails including 2 spinnaker. Wind

NEWPORT 27,1970, in excellent condition. Atomic

Rigging, roller furling foresail, and hull paint 3

main and jib, whisker pole, VHF, DF, KM/log,

speed, wind point, boat speed. 9 Barient winches

4, epoxy bottom, new dodger, VHF, KM, DS, 2

years old. Two stage jiffy reef in main. Total

compass, stove, much more. $10,500. Call (415)

including 2 speed mains. 6 hp Johnson w/alterna-

speed winches. Cockpit cushions, dual batteries,

control from cockpit, dependable safe boat.

668-2874.

tor. Sail away condition with too much gear to

sails 5 years old, a great stiff bay boat, never

Autohelm, lifejackets, whisker pole. I have moved

raced. $11,500 obo. Call (510) 829-7365.

to Colorado, no water. $6,000. Contact Hugh

NEWPORT 27 SAILBOAT. Seayabis aGary Mull

Jones, (510) 533-4244 or Bill (800) 752-1901.

flush-deck design (1973). Rebuilt Atomic4 engine

$5,700/offer. (916) 721-4888.

mention. Upwind Berkeley berth. $7,800. (510) 649-7957.

(100 hr.) and new exhaust system. In very good

CLASSIC DANISH FOLKBOAT, amber, 25-ft

VHF, stereo, knot, depth, strong dsl, folding prop

28-FT TRITON, 1966, Atomic 4,2 sets sails, VHF

condition. 5 sails, VHF, stereo, etc. Very roomy

sloop, hull #93, Gashouse Cove berth, an ideal

& more. $9,995 or will trade plus cash for 32-ft.

radio, Monitor wind vane, and El Toro sailing

with large forward berth. Asking $10,800. Please

boat for the Bay with a fantastic location. $2,700

Westsail. (916) 265-9295.

dinghy. $11,500.(415)344-1294.

call (415) 348-0415.

obo. Call (415) 323-0856.

CAL 27, exc. cond., 2 mains, 3 jibs, spinnaker,

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28-FT TRITON #248, Yanmar diesel, new teak

ERICSON 27, excellent condition. 10 hp o/b w/

trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬

NONSUCH ULTRA 30-FT, 1984, like new, dsl.,

CATALINA 30-FT, 1978. VHF, KM, compass, 2

electric start & alternator. Main and 2 jibs, com¬

port, 133 cubic feet of underwater volume, gener¬

AP, dodger, Loran, VHF, stereo, propane stove/

Lorans (1 plotting), 2 depths (1 fish), 2 110's, 2

pass, VHF. Sleeps 5, galley, head, 6T head-

ous freeboard, liveaboard headroom w/4 berths,

room, cockpit cushions. New bottom paint, survey

oven, hot water, shower, documented. $70,000. Call (415) 467-6645 or 775-7359.

chute, Yanmar dsl., tillerpilot, windlass, #40

CATALINA 30, 1978 tall rig. Great condition.

ice box, spreader lights, Bimini top, 2 20 gal. water

two speed winches, new boom & cushions. Myron

'92. Sturdy and reliable Bay boat, So. Beach

Spaulding (415) 332-3721.

berth. $6,800. (510) 934-9652.

26-FT DOUBLE-END GAFF

sloop,

wooden

classic. $3,900. Sausalito. (415) 332-4741. ISLANDER 28,1981. Excellent condition. Main, 3

150's, 70 storm, reefable 90/70, and cruising Danforth, 200' line & 30' chain, AC/DC frig, plus

Atomic 4, VH F, depth, knot, tiller. Interiorin perfect

tanks, new cushions, 10' inflatable dinghy, whis¬

CATALINA 27T, 1985 North full batten, main

condition. Club jib, cruising gennaker, all lines led

ker pole, hauled 7/92.3 coats of bottom paint, boat

1990, Lazyjacks, 3 roller furling, jibs, gennaker,

aft. Great for singlehandling. $19,500. Call Mike

in good condition. $22,900. Call (707) 4484212

dsl, FWG, teak wheel, dodger, complete cockpit

(209) 369-0807, dys or (209) 745-5820, eves.

(msg). No dealers. 30-FT OWENS liveaboard slip at friendly Sausalito

cover, 2-speed self-tailing winches, KL, D, AWS,

jibs, gennaker, dsl, teak and holly, epoxy bottom,

VHF, automac, and much more. $20,500. Trailer

CATALINA 30,1984. Boat show special. New 24

lots of extras. This is a great boat. $18,995.

$2,000. Paul, (702) 322-8820 Cel. (702) 741-

hp dsl. & trans. Roller furling, drifter, ped steering,

Randy, (510) 655-1900, x124 or (510) 530-5220, eves.

Marina. Great hull, one good engine, good shafts

1073. Moved up to Catalina 34, which has a

KM, DS, VHF, stereo, refrigeration 12 volt, 110.

& props. Needs topsides TLC. $5,000. Also 25-ft

spinnaker and pole only used 6 times blue shad¬

Pressure water, 2 speed self-tailing winches, 2

F/G sexy sloop, 6 hp Evinrude longshaft, topsider

ing to lavender. $1,500 will take both.

water tanks, batt. charger, delta boat, new bottom

TLC. $2,900. (415) 332-5560.

CAL 27,1986 limited production 25th anniversary

paint '92. $34,000. (510) 684-3960.

model. Inboard Yanmar dsl, pressurized water,

DUFOUR 31-FT SLOOP, 1983. French built and

head w/holding tank, shower, VHF radio, ground

MOORE 30, 1985 with dual axle trailer, 4 hp

tackle, knot and depth meters. Main and jib. Good family boat. $17,000. Call (415) 572-9629, eves.

29 TO 31 FEET

‘lop of the line”. Sleeps 6, Volvo dsl., Loran, VHF,

Yamaha o/b, Ballenger spars, Sobstad sails. Boat/

Lewmar winches, new bottom, full set of sails.

motor/trailer all in great shape. Asking $21,500

Greatcondition. $25,500 firm. Call (510)933-7440, ask for Mr. Schafer.

obo. (714) 650-4172, (714) 642-9491.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII, Awlgrip hull, 7 sails w/new Lars’en main & jib, running rigging to cockpit, Johnson 6 hp, Santa Cruz slip available. Priced to

MOORE 30,1985, with trailer. $25,000 obo. (408) 732-8560 (please Iv msg).

sell at $4,900. (408) 425-7469. CAL 2-29. Built 1978. New dsl., Loran, VHF, DS,

31-FT BOMBA Y CRUISING SLOOP, 1979. Shoal draft. Excellent for Bay and Delta. Yanmar 15 hp

CORONADO 30, Yanmar diesel, VHF, DS, com¬

dsl., wheel, new dodger and furling jib. Shore

ker; dodger, cockpit cushions, sleeps 6, galley, head, & more. Priced to sell. $15,000 obo. (916) 349-2637.

pass, Signet knot log, sails: main, 3 jibs, spinna¬

OLSON 25, #102. Santa Cruz built - past nat’l.

KM, wind speed and direction. Very clean and

power, etc. Sleeps 5. Very good condition. $17,900. (707) 433-5817.

champ, breaking in 5.5 hp Nissan o/b, 8 sails,

ocean ready. Many extras. $22,500 obo. (415) 586-8173.

CATALINA 30,1987. New bottom paint, 2 new

1977 LANCER 30-FT Yanmar diesel, spinnaker,

batteries, DS, KM, H/C pressure water, CNG

depth finder, VHF, refrigerator, large chart table, pedestal steering, roller furling, extra'jib. Ideal

Loran, VHF, wind speed/direction, trailer, excel¬ lent cond., lots of extras. $17,400. (408)476-3995.

CAL 30, Coyote Pt. berth, good condition. Full

stove w/oven. $36,900. Ed, (415) 940-1333 (w),

1966 fin-keel, 4,000# F/G

keel sloop. Main, jib, genoa & spinnaker. All safety

(408) 247-4421 (h), Located slip K-3, Marina

liveaboard, in excellent condition. Hauled last

Crealock design. 4 sails (jib brand new) plus

gear, fenders, etc. Moving, must sell. $9,800. (415)726-3342.

Village, Alameda. Go by and take a look. This

July. $15,000. Vallejo berth. (209) 478-7074.

Lying Moss Landing A41 .Greatcondition. $5,600.

1978 CAT ALIN A 30, Extended rig dsl, new stand¬

CAPRI 30, diesel inboard. Masthead sloop design

lent condition, like new, roller furling jib, VHF,

Mark, (408) 633-6232.

ing & running rigging, 80%, 150%, new main,

by Frank Butler, 1983. Hydraulics, Autohelm.

depth, KN, wind indicator, Yanmar dsl, wheel

pressure water, SSB, white/cream/dark green.

Lovely interior. Comfortable cruising and good

steering, dodger, bimini top, stereo, much more.

$23,500. Sausalito slip. Call Tom, 472-3422, dys. 388-6154, eves.

racing. Spinnaker, Mylar jib. $20,000 value, best

$29,000. (510) 228-2852, (510) 228-7348.

offer takes it. John and Evelyn, (415) 854-3968.

handing. Lousy work schedule and no sailing time

TARTAN 3000,1982. Race version, Loran, KM/

UNIQUE CASCADE 29

7 sails,

or liveaboard, diesel low hrs. Must see. Boat in ad

forces sale. $7,800. Patrick, (415) 826-0520.

DM, Autohelm 1000, VHF, refrigeration, battery

25 hp dsl., Barient winches, teak cockpit, self¬

for North Marine canvas in this issue. Sacrifice first $14,995. (415) 883-5769 (eves).

EXCALIBUR 26

Alibi

spinnaker. Outboard, Loran, new VHF, DS, KM.

one’s in very nice condition.

Teak coamings & toe rail, mahogany interior.

MERIT 25. More than a dozen sails, Loran, DS, 2 anchors, many other goodies for racing and cruis¬

ISLANDER 30,1979, interior & exterior in excel¬

ing. Sturdy and speedy for full crew or single¬

EXPRESS 27, former national champ

OWNER FINANCING Newport 30, coastal cruiser

Wandering Star,

charger for 2 batteries. Fresh epoxy paint on

steering, 2-burner stove/oven, 1 owner, like-new

Summer

double spreader mast. 2 jibs, 6 winches, spring

condition, 2 ocean passages to Hawaii, Pillar Point berth, $28,000 obo. (415) 961-7835.

30-FT SHARPIE CRUISER needs completion,

30-FT RAWSON SLOOP. Extensively outfitted

for 25-30 hp dsl. Mike, (415) 728-1214, msg.

Palace, 2+ suits of sails, expertly rigged for bay or

vang, dsl, folding prop, teak interior. Call (415)

ocean, dry sailed, o/b, VHF, trailer. $18,000. (510) 524-2914.

892-3512. $29,950. CATALINA 30,1978. 3 sails, Yanmar dsl, pres¬

and tested offshore cruiser recently returned from

CATALINA 25,1982. Keel, Honda o/b 7.5 hp. 3

sure water, VHF, Loran, Signet knotlog, depth,

Mexican waters. 27 hp dsl, propane range, radar,

29-FT DEVRIES-LENTCH classic. Gaff-rigged

sails, compass, DS, VHF, dual batt., one gelcell,

stereo, battery charger. BBQ, galley w/natural gas

Loran, Aries vane, new standing and running

sloop, built in Amsterdam in 1932. Full keel, teak

batt. charger. Newly varnished. Shore power.

stove. Compass, wheel steering, w/rack & pinion,

rigging, dodger, heavy ground tackle, spares,

planks over oak frames, teak deck, mahogany

Excellent condition. $8,500 obo. (707) 252-6711

much more. Complete gear list and specifications

brightwork, wood mast and spars. 6 hp Evinrude

(day), (707) 255-4609 (eves). Ask for Bernard.

new rudder, need bottom paint 7/15/91. $19,500. (209) 931-3787.

available. (503) 267-3348.

o/b, mainsail cover, and full boat cover. $7,500.

28-FT HAWKFARM active one design fleet. This

WOODEN KETCH, Herreshoff H28 modified, 31-

HUNTER 31, 1984 Yanmar diesel, 150, 110,

has hull and deck, is on trailer. $2,000 obo or trade

Call (510) 655-2705. is a great boat to race or to cruise on the Bay. The

ft, double planked mahogany on oak, good condi¬

instruments, wheel, all lines aft, self-tailers. Fast,

NEWPORT 30II, 1978. Volvo dsl., wheel, 4 sails,

one design class is a very competitive, fun group

tion, no rot, needs cosmetic work, lots of varnish,

but still great liveaboard. A bargain at $26,500.

spinnaker gear, teak & holly floor, tabernacle.

of people. Please call (510) 937-7024, for more

advertised for $22,000, bought for $14,000 2

Call Joe or Suzan at (916) 872-2033.

Clean $21,000 offer. Santa Cruz. (408) 429-5111.

info.

years ago, $4,500 invested. $9,000 firm, since boat market down. (415) 468-3495.

CATALINA 27, just hauled 4/93. Tabernacle tall

COLUMBIA 8.7 (29-FT), 1979. Yanmar dsl, less

CATALINA 30,1978. Diesel, all teak interior, tall

than 700 hrs, VHF, DS, compass, 2 speed winches,

rig, roller furling genoa, wheel, 2 water tanks, pressure water, macerator, double lifelines, double

rig, custom dinette interior, dodger, IB 9.5 hr

CASCADE 29, hard dodger, furling, AP, wheel

3 sails, cockpit cushions, teak interior, sleeps 5,

Universal II, refrig., color TV, AM/FM stereo cass.

steering, radar, GPS, documented. $15,000 obo.

galley, head, stereo cassette, battery charger,

sink, radio, nonskid decks, shower in head. One

VHF, KM, DS, compass. Same owner 11 years.

781-3852.

auto bilge pump. Bottom cleaned, painted 4/93.

owner. Well maintained. $20,500. (415) 3874265.

Bristol condition. Must see at $10,000. Call (707)

$16,000. (510) 440-1132.

254-9260.

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CRUISE MEXICO '93. Dufour 35 cruising sail¬

'83 HUNTER 31 Excellent cond. Yanmar dsl,

NEWPORT 30,1971. Nice boat in good condition.

BABA 35 double ended ocean-going cutter. Best

good sail inventory, VHF, RDF, wind, speed & DS,

Atomic 4, spinnaker, storm sail, Autohelm. Enjoy

of Bob Perry and respected TaShing Ship Yard.

boat. Mexico/Hawaii veteran. Strong, seaworthy,

compass, 2 anchors. Great for Bay and Coastal

the ocean, bay or delta. Berthed in- San Rafael.

Just returned Panama single handed with ease,

comfortable. Cruise equipped with extras: solar

cruising. Asking S30.000. (707) 823-9669.

S10.500. (415) 381-2946.

top condition, many upgrades. Perkins, Aries.

panels, HAM/SSB, bimini, water purifier, custom¬

New Autohelm, Harken, teak dodger, custom

ized interior, GPS, more. $60,000/offer. T ed, (916)

bimini, surround. $77,000. Victoria,(604) 652-6740.

292-9172.

included. Hauled and painted 1991. Well-main¬

FREEDOM 36. Wonderful- boat. Room of 42-ft

CATALINA 34,1988. Great boat in exc. cond. 3

tained. S13.000. Berkeley slip. Call David (510)

below. Fast, stable and easy to sail. Continuously

cabin layout, roller furling, dodger, VHF,

CAL III 34, 79. Wheel steer, CNG stove/oven,

improved since I bought her in ‘88. Truly too many

depthfinder, KM, propane stove/oven, refrigerator

Harken furling, Loran/plotter. Westerbeke dsl.,

extras to list here. $125,000. Larry,(415)382-7766.

and water heated and pressurized. Call Don (415)

ERICSON 29,1971. Bruce King design. Atomic 4 .

32 TO 39 FEET

inboard, furling jib. All gear and 3-man inflatable

642-3132, (510) 883-9542.

696-6413, day or (209) 524- 9353, eve.

ISLANDER 30,1984. Excellent condition. Roller

VHF, RDF, Knotlog. Enel, head, sleeps 6, recent

furling jib, cruising chute, Yanmar diesel, exten¬

survey. Documented. Very good cond. Call (805)

PANDA 38 - TA SHING, 1984. Totally offshore

sive teak interior, many accessories. Must sell.

481-2595, (805) 489-8916.

equipped. Teak interior, insulated hull. 2 ProFurls,

DANISH RACING KETCH, the

all new stainless, Quickvang, boom brake, Muir

woody, an original design, full wood interior. Needs

HUNTER 33-FT, 1982. Excellent condition, many

electric windlass, 5 solar panels, quad cycle, 3 gel

a little work, but more importantly, a loving owner. (415) 994-1204.

Sausalito berth. $24,900. Call (510) 820-6569, eves or (714) 831-8557.

Ril,

37-ft, classic

extras: radio, Loran, stereo, refrigerator, pressur¬

cells, Alpha AP, Fleming vane, Furuno radar,

CC 31,1968? On of the classics. New standing

ized hot/cold water, stove, heater, club footed jib

Magellan GPS, Sitex SatNav and Loran, ICOM,

rigging, new halyards, all lines led aft, epoxy

for hands off tacking, wheel steering, sleeps 6.

HAM, and SSB, CARD radar detector, 406 EPIRB,

33- FT WINSLOW YAWL. 1946. Well-maintained

bottom, KM, DS, Loran, VHF, stereo, 2 mains, 3

Great family boat for coastal and bay sailing.

WEFAX, Heart Inverter, Isotherm water-cooled

■classic lines. Starred dsl., multiple sails. Many

jibs, spinnaker, Atomic 4. Well maintained.

•S28.750. (707) 557-6976. Photo & info.

refer, 2 watermakers, Balmar heater, 4 bilge

extras including Zodiac dinghy. Call Mark

pumps, offshore life raft, mast steps, 500 feet

Rubinstein at (619) 481-5490 to make an appt.

Si 8,000. Call Marty, (510) 443-6358 or Ted (510) 886-1725. BALTIC CRUISER 29-FT built 1960. Hauled out

34-FT GARDEN KETCH Mahogany on oak, roller

chain, complete spares, epoxied bottom, all heavy

furl, Autohelm, dsl, etc. S24.900. (415) 258-0309,

weather and safety gear. At 19,000 lbs. displace¬

(415) 457-7660. All trades considered.

ment, easily handled by a couple but lots of space/

1961, dbl diagonal planked hull Volvo dsl. engine.

storage. Turnkey for Alaska, Cabo, Tahiti. In Se¬

Full sail inventory, sturdy cruiser, great Bay boat. Asking S20.000. Neg. terms. (510) 540-7519.

and on trailer. Hull in excellent condition. Boat is middle of refit project. Need to use trailer for family

32-FT ERICSON, 79. Exc. cond., fin keel, wheel,

attle in pristine shape. S149.500. Call George at

move. Please make reasonable offer. Lowell,

90/110 genoa, Atomic4 with less than 270 hrs., no

(206) 625-1580.

(408) 942-9001, Iv msg.

blisters, DS, KM, VHF, Berkeley berth, fully

ISLANDER 30 BAHAMA, 1981. Excellent condi¬

35 CUSTOM WOOD SLOOP. One design built

ISLANDER 36,1984. Excellent condition, mam

equipped, professionally maintained. S24.000. Call

36-FT CAL CRUISING Pilothouse, 50 hp Perkins,

Al (916) 961-5634.

90 fuel, 90 water, inverter, refer/freezer, AP, wind

plus 4 jibs, 2 spinnakers, 30 hp Yanmar, hydraulic boomvang, outhaul & backstay, hot water heater,

gen, solars, watermaker, LoFrans windlass, dbl

natural gas stove, refrigerator, dodger, full boat

battery charger. Great sailing boat. S25.000. (510)

PRETORIEN 35 by Wauquiez, 1987. Performance

roller, 3 anchors, chain, Harken roller, self-tailing

cover & much more. S69.500. (209) 466-9704,

797-6139.

bluewater cruising sloop. Hand-rubbed teak inte¬

winches, new rigging, backstay adjuster, staysails,

dys or (209) 943-2525, eves.

rior. Loaded: sails, electronics, Autohelm, naviga¬

11 sails, radar, HAM, VHF, C-map, GPS, full

OLSON 30, ^982. Rigged and equipped for short-

tion equipment, Harken self-tailing winches. Volvo

instruments, dodger, covers, butane stove/oven,

35- FT, 5” BENETEAU, 1990 35s5. Excellentcon-

handed sailing, Navik wind vane, Autohelm 2000,

engine, low hours. H/C pressure water. Hauled 3/

butane BBQ, washdown pumps, removable Lexan

dition. Best equipped 35s5 on the West Coast.

BMW dsl, large solar panel, 14+ sails (new main,

93. Epoxy bottom, Micron. Meticulously main¬

storm windows, Max Prop, maststeps, deck boxes,

Cruise in luxury. Race ready, proven winner. Too

#3 & #4), emergency rudder, VHF and Loran,

tained. $82,500. (415) 334-1387.

custom mattress and cushions, TV, VHS, CD,

much to list. Please call for details. Asking $89,000.

stereo. Turn key cruise-ready. $58,000 offers.

(619) 455-6558.

tion, Volvo dsl, unused North jib, spinnaker, pole,

custom trailer, dry sailed, very good condition. HANS CHRISTIAN 38T. Beautiful condition. Ask¬

$19,950.(916) 366-0370.

(310) 374-6066. LAPWORTH 36-FT SLOOP. Excellent condition,

ing S119,000. Call (510) 444-8484 (wk), or (510)

new standing rigging, hauled 1/93, new topsides

534-0735 (hm).

CORONADO 32,1974. Bill Trippdesign. SI 7,500. Tomca/has Loran, VHF, DS, AP, and KM. Tall rig

and bottom paint, rebuilt engine, large sail inven¬

winches, lines led aft, Martec folding prop, low hour Atomic 4, CNG stove/oven. Very roomy teak

39-FT SAMSON C FARER, professionally built

with lapper, genoa, and main. Holding tank, ex¬

tory. This boat has been cruised to Hawaii and

double ended ketch. Well equipped ocean cruiser,

tremely reliable Palmer 4cylinder gas engine. Los

coastal. Offered with a Santa Cruz slip. Priced at

interior, VHF, stereo, much more. $18,500. (510)

spacious liveaboard. Excellent condition,

Angeles to San Francisco veteran. (510)794-8466.

S23.000. Call after May 16. (408) 475-8020, Jim.

889-8591.

liveaboard slip in Alameda. A real bargain at S25.500. See to appreciate. (510) 523-9432 (dys),

72 ISLANDER 36,10 Barients, main, jib, genoa,

34- FT WOOD ANGLEMEN KETCH. In great con¬

(408) 265-8807 (eves/wknds).

spinnaker, Palmer gas engine, anchor windlass,

dition, complete w/sails, working motor, all instru¬

Loran, KM, VHF, DS, stereo, CNG 3-burner SS

ments, recently surveyed and hauled out. Com¬

NEWPORT 30 II, 1979. Excellent condition, 2 spinnakers, jib, genoa, main in great shape, 8

CATALINA 30-FT, 1980. Full-batten main, 2 jibs, WS, KM, DS, VHF, new cust. interior, LPU mast, new standing rigging, 100% teak covers, Alpine

ARIES 32, one of 3 wooden hulls ever built.

stoye/oven, CNG instant water heater, shower,

plete documentation, on equipment and insured.

stereo, 4 spkrs, dodger, liveaboard equipped,

Excellent cond. SS fastened, Volvo MD2,

new interior. $29,500. Will consider trade. (510)

Beautiful, charming cabin. Ready to sail. Asking

better than new, 3 pgs of gear. Hauled, new paint.

Hillerange, DS, VHF, Loran, bottom job 7/92,

521-2230.

S21,950 obo. (707) 426-3121, Iv. msg.

(510) 432-3854 (h), (510) 432-5907 (w).$25,200.

Monitor vane, lots of sails. Great Bay boat. Call 35-FT CT CUTTER-RIGGED KETCH, F/G, 1976,

37-FT SEASHELL KETCH, 1979. Factory built

27 hpdsl. (1990). Good sails, 12 volt refer/freezer,

Canadian, bluewater vet. Electronics, Beaufort

Neil, (415) 883-2367. $22,000. Make an offer. CHEOY LEE LUDERS offshore 30, recent LPU, well equipped, 8 sails, life raft, fridge, etc. (916)

1974 RANGER 32-FT. 3/4 ton Mull design racer/

hot/cold pressure water, solar panels, shower,

life raft, Farryman dsl., roller furl, CQR anchor,

752-1825, Iv msg. (Boat in Bay Area).

cruiser. Clean, strong, recent bottom paint, excel¬

propane stove/oven (gimbaled), 2 8d batteries,

windlass, separate shower etc. Exceptionally beau¬

lent sail inventory including two spinnakers, 10

wood interior,stained glass, classic lines. $42,900.

tiful in and out. Excellent liveaboard. A real sacri¬

Barient winches, Atomic 4, tiller, enclosed head,

Cruise ready. 420-5478.

fice at S24.900, firm. Call (415) 873-2009, (805) 773-3256.

stove, sleeps eight. S25.000 obo. (415) 433-5444.

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APHRODITE 101-B/f, elegant racer/cruiser. 33’ x

AP, Avon, 10 sails, and much more. Everything

8', 6180 displ, tall rig, F/G hull, flush deck-tread

$62,000. Call Cindy (415) 578-9244, eves.

new or rebuilt. Moving inland, must sell. S46 000 (415) 873-0863.

master, designed by Paul Elvstrom, Danish-built quality yacht. Sails beautifully, terrific single hander. All lines lead aft. Diesel, Loran, Autohelm, more. $24,000. Paul, (208) 622-7358.

34-FT STEEL CUTTER interior needs work. Mast,

ARIES 32 full keel F/G sloop. 5 sails, VHF, depth,

winches, anchor windlass, many extras. Located

dodger, heater, Shipmate stove, Westerbeke 4

in San Francisco. $12,000. (510) 886-0107.

cy. dsl. 6'8” pram. $29,000. (415) 343-6738.

HUNTER LEGEND 35.5,1990. $69,500. Excel¬ lent condition for sailing the Bay or ocean. Has furling jib, spinnaker, dodger, fathometer, KM, wind indicator, stereo, VHF, Loran, S8B antenna, extra bilge pumps, 2 anchors, 6 winches, Yanmar 27 hp diesel, water heater, pressure water, head

1980 YORKTOWN 35-FT SLOOP. Factory fin¬

with shower, CNG stove, new bottom paint 1992,

ished, custom upgrades. Oversize: winches, rig¬

possible liveaboard, berthed at Brickyard Cove

ERICSON 34, ‘89. Must sell. Sailing to Sydney

CAL 34 SLOOP. Excellent condition, many ex¬

Aus. Bristol cond. Lawrence Simpson windlass, 2

ging, windlass, dorades. Radar, Loran, Shipmate

tras, oven, refrigerator, new roller furling & wheel

Marina slip E-18. Trade considered. Call (916)

stove, refrigeration, central heating. Teak interior.

422-7476 (hm) or (916) 653-0437 (wk).

sets ground tackle, Harken roller furling Loran,

helm. $22,500. Call (707) 279-0173.

New: Autohelm 4000ST, Suunto compass, Shaefer

KM, OS, stereo, TV, VCR, refer., press, & hot

running rigging, traveller. 5 North Sails. 30 hp

water, dsl. htr. Great liveaboard. $69,000, assum¬

EMERGENCY San Juan 34 must go. Asking

able. (510)642-2141 ,dys or (510) 769-9227, eves.

$23,000 obo. 1981, new jib, battened main, rod

WYLIE 34,

Echo.

Extensive deck gear upgrades

and modified keel make

Echo the

easiest sailed

cruising gear, ready to go. Aires Autohelm, in¬

rigging, spinnaker, 135 154 sails, Yanmar dsl,

ISLANDER 36. New Pathfinder 50 diesel '81.

much more. You’ll never get more boat for less money. 332-9440.

Major retrofit ’87 - LP hull, Awlgrip deck, Harken

HAM, large freezer/reefer, Avon 4-man, storm

furling, Quikvang, Groco K head, Navtec back

sails, inflatable + 4 hp, new canvas, full awnings,

(and fastest). Wylie 34 on the Bay. Rigged and ready for short/single handed sailing (racing?) or cruising (Baja?) $32,500. George, (510) 236-2429, 845-6874.

1975 32-FT WESTSAIL factory finish. Loaded w/

Volvo dsl. 350 hrs. $38,500. (415) 331-5716.

verter, 130 amp charger, quadcycle unit, SSB/

stay, new rigging, Data Marine Instrs. Loran, Icom

major rebuild/refit 1990/91. Perkins. $52,900. (206)

WESTSAIL 32 CUTTER 1976. Cruise equipped

VHF. 3 headsails, main, spinnaker. CNG oven, H/

on this proven passage maker. Perkins 50 hpwith

283-1390.

C water, removable dodger, inflatable + 3 hp o/b.

3 heavy-duty fuel filters in line, 80 gals, fuel and

Much equipment. Owner (415) 928-1533. Lo¬

water, 6 sails, extra-heavy rigging and double

cated Alameda Yacht Brokers (510) 521-5532.

35-FT ENGLISH CORTEN-STEEL Roundbilge

ISLANDER 36,1975. Dsl. power 3 headsails, 2

backstays (one insulated for SSB/H AM), Autohelm,

spinnakers, CNG stove & oven with shore power,

Saye's windvane, Givens life raft, sailing dinghy,

refer & hot water. Berth 203, S.F.Y.C. 435-0427.

RANGER 37. Cruise the world and/or race com¬

Loran, VHF, 45 & 35 lb. CQRs, 65 lb. Luke, 2-

petitively with this fully equipped, USCG docu¬

cific veteran. New: Epoxy bottom, mast overhaul,

mented, high performance cruiser/racer. Her modi¬

CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE SLOOP 37-ft, 1985.

speed windlass, 200' chain, Datamarine speed log, depth & masttop instruments, teak decks,

winches. Has Aries vane, raft, windlass, 8 sails,

fied keel and rudder make her the only R37

Constructed for world cruising in ease and com¬

dinghy. Possible partnership or 1 st $21,000 takes

mast steps, dodger, custom mahogany and teak

capable of staying on her feet, positively under

fort. Cored F/G hull, beautiful use of woods, cus¬

it. Dan, (415) 924-2225.

int, with 6'4” headroom, new cushions throughout.

control in any breeze and on any ocean. Her

tom details, outfitted by professional mariner.

$44,000. Roland Hartley, (415) 331-0306.

exceptional pointing ability, efficient layout and

sloop, 1960, U.S. documented. Fast, well-bal¬

$125,000.Call for specs & picture.(702)831-7505.

anced, rugged, recent ultra sound. Atlantic/Pa¬

TARTAN 33,1980. Freshwater sailed, spin, gear,

spacious interior let you cruise fast and/or win

Hood seafurl system, Signet KM, depth, AWI/WS

TAYANA MKII CUTTER 37-ft, 1983 with less than 100 hrs on Yanmar dsl. Separate shower in

races in comfort. 16 sails, 12 winches, berths for 9. Call for equipment list and recent survey.

sails, dsl, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual

head, 1/2 berth, large V-berth forward. Beautiful

$33,500. (510) 939-9885, (510) 643-5263.

water tank, etc. Photos, survey, equipment list upon request. Moored in Marina del Rey. Asking

teak interior. Inflatable with o/b and other extras. $75,000. (415) 258-0176.

S-2,35-FT center cockpit, great sailing. Low en¬

Ferro-cement with f/g overlay, BMW 18 hp aux.

gine hours, refrigeration, propane stove w/oven,

dsl., aluminum mast/boom, Dacron sails, roomy

CUSTOM CHOATE 33, consistent winner. 13

38-FT SAMSON SEABIRD SLOOP, factory built

$32,000 obo. (310) 479-0116, eves. CHEOY LEE LION. 1956, Robb designed 35-ft

24 horse dsl. $29,500. (916) 525-7245 for info.

COLUMBIA 36. Rebuilt engine H/C pressure water, refrig, new Harken furl, new main & mast,

hot water shower, her dream of an aft cabin. VHF, knotlog, depth, inflatable, Trimble GPS. $80,000. (714) 496-6336.

interior. Galley w/stove, sink, refrigerator, head w/ full size bath tub. Great cruiser/liveaboard, Berthed

sloop. Teak planking, copper riveted on steam-

new covers & side panels, new lifelines w/net,

bent frames. A very stoutly built full keel design, fast and seaworthy in immaculate condition, me¬

VHF, wheel, shore & phone power, knot, depth, stereo, 10.2 inflatable w/9.9 Mariner (new).

CAL 39-2 1978. Excellent condition and lots of

ticulously maintained by owner of 17 years, in¬

$33,500. New bottom paint. (408) 265-1100.

equipment. Perkins 4-108 diesel, Harken furling,

cover, VHF, DS, KM, Aries vane, Bruce, CQR &

ERICSON 38-FT, 1982. Pathfinder dsl, new 105

6 sails, spinnaker, Alpha AP, Loran, Signet knot/ log, WP/WS, DS, propane stove & heater, fridge,

VHF, DS, KM, Wl, 4 sails. Must sell. $28,000takes her home. Owner financing. Jeff, (510) 490-5987

in Marin. $19,000/part trade vehicle? Call (415)

cluding extensive 4-year restoration 1978-82. Full more. One of the prettiest and best kept vessels of

amp alternator, 3-step regulator, isolated start

folding & 3 bladed props, dodger, good ground

her size and vintage on the West Coast. Master

battery. Loran, VHF, Autohelm, Signet smartpack.

tackle. Take her cruising to warmer climes, now.

Mariners member. Must see. An exceptional value.

Aft cabin, V-berth forward, CNG stove/oven, dbl

Realistically priced for quick sale, as is, where is

$36,000. (510) 525-5430.

sinks, ref, icebox, stall shower, ElectraSan, roller

at $60,000 firm. (510) 490-3011.

453-6961 (noontime).

ISLANDER 36, 1972. Good cond., 45 hp dsl.,

(eves, wknds) or Rich, (408) 984-5745 (wkdys, msg).

furling, dodger. Asking $72,500. Good condition. CAL 33,1971. Universal Atomic 4 gas engine (25

CATALINA 36, 1986. Excellent condition with

hp), recent overhaul (10 hrs), instruments, 14

new epoxy bottom. Loran, AP, VHF, WS, KM, DS,

WESTSAIL 32 CUTTER, Great liveaboard of world cruising, top condition, shower toilet. Stove,

(510) 237-2470.

refrig., microwave, king size bed, 4 batts., in¬

COLUMBIA 36. Ideal cruiser or liveaboard. 110g.

winches 8 sails, anchor, etc. Recent survey, new

hydraulic backstay, Harken furler w/110 and 150,

verter, 40 hp, Volvo dsl, 80 gals, Autohelm. 60

fuel, lOOg. water, fireplace, hot water, shower,

dodger and cushions. Good liveaboard: refrigera¬

gals filtered water. Fireplace, VHF, depth, speed,

propane stove, microwave, tons of extra storage.

bottom. $24,950. (209) 435-1074 or (408) 3846163. Must sell, make offer.

2 anchors. $39,950. San Diego, (619) 443-0666.

Albin diesel, will hand start easily (really). $32,500. Owner may finance part. (510) 687-2728.

WYLIE 34,

HANS CHRISTIAN 33T, excellently maintained,

Magic. What a bargain. Just out of the

tion, microwave, electric head, stereo and track lights. $64,900/offer. (510) 814-8354.

yard, newly painted bottom, mast and boom,

full batten main, Harken roller furling, VHF, Loran,

engine overhaul, new sails. IMS/PHRF, Loran,

DS, KM, WS, Alpha AP, and much more. Asking

SatNav, full electronics. $30,000 obo. Call (415) 326-6484.

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VALIANT 40,1979. Our much loved and caredfor

MASON 33 “OCEANIA" design (as seen in Sept/

73 BILL LAPWORTH ISLANDER 44-FT. Excel¬

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 41,1978 ketch. Great

Wooden Boat). Built in 1968. Oak

lent condition. Cruising equip., AP, SatNav,

voyager. Tri-cabin, circular dinette, all teak inte¬

Vela Dare

frames, cedar planked, bronze fastenings. Al¬

windvane, life raft, H.A.M. radio, single cabin, aft

rior, custom traveler, Alpha AP, ProFurl, Maxwell

equipped for world cruising. Beautifully done inte¬

ways well-maintained. Call for more info, on this

cockpit. $79,500. Cash or trade property or

electric windlass, refrigeration, dodger, dsl heater,

rior with all the comforts. Set up for fast and easy

beautiful small yacht. (707) 374-5555.

motorhome. (619) 425-6627. San Diego, CA.

fresh LPU spars. Call for brochure and list. $79,000.

sail handling: ProFurl, electric windlass, Alpha &

(707) 579-4298.

Autohelm, APs, monitor windvane, refer-freezer,

HUNTER 34 SAILBOAT, 1985. Perfect condi¬

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41’TC. USCG docu¬

tion, wheel, full instrument cluster, dsl., new sails,

mented. Lots of new electronics. Rigged and

CHRISTINA 43 by Hans Christian 1991, shows

weatherfax, GPS, SatNav, radar, wind speed &

dodger, Autohelm, 120% self furling headsail,

equipped with everything for sailing or house¬

like new. Performance cruising yacht. Teak decks,

depth instruments, dsl heater, tropical sun aw¬

enclosed aft and forward cabins, teak interior, full

keeping. 72 hp Mercedes Nanni dsl., 1/2 gal/hr.

Hood sails, full batten main, Harken roller furling,

nings, dodger with rain cover, bimini, 6-man lift

galley, oven, hot/cold pressurized water, shower,

Insulated hull, epoxy bottom w/new paint. Many,

66 hp Yanmar dsl. Interior teak & marble, forward

raft, hard dinghy, Maxi prop and much more.

refrigeration. $44,000. (707) 928-5634, n or (707)

many extras. Beautiful condition and ready to go.

and aft heads. (916) 424-6013.

263-2515, d.

For equipment list write: N. De Stael, 505 W. 45th

Oct ‘92 issue of

is for sale in New Zealand. Totally

8 gal/hr watermaker, 2000 watt inverter,

Loads of spares and plenty of redundancy. Microwave your frozen meals on passages, hot show¬

St., Vancouver, WA 98660. Boat details write:

40 PASSPORT, 1985. Equipped for serious cruis¬

ers everyday and Ice for your sundowners all in a

ALBERG 35, 1965. Finest afloat, 5 excel,

Keith Strasburg, P.O. Box 4478, Pago Pago, Am.

ing and liveaboard. includes HAM, solar panels,

well set up safe, fast and comfortable passage

headsails, new North main, spinn. Westerbeke 4-

Samoa 96799 or FAX questions to Liz at 011 -676-

watermaker, radar, inverter, coldplate, frig &

maker. S115,000. (818) 360-6214.

107, Barient27 ST's, Harken traveller, newchrome,

70-130. No brokers. $169,000.

freezer, 6 sails, dinghy with o/b,--stereo CD, all eq.

newfabric interior, Espar, dinette, Autohelm3000,

in excellent condition. Very well maintained. Come

1987 PASSPORT 40. Perry designed performance

see this boat. You'll be impressed.(619)722-1723.

cruiser excellent condition with full cover, roller

cold mach., windlass, Edson wheel, dodger, nu¬

MASTER MARINER 47-FT Abeking-Rasmussen

merous extras. Same owner 22 years. $39,000,

ketch, ready to cruise, Med/Caribbean vet. 11

cash, firm. (206) 468-3465.

sails, 55 hp Perkins, SatNav, VHF, DR, RDF,

JEANNEAU 41, 1990 Voyage 12.5 F/G sloop.

Sabot sail dinghy, H/C pressure, inverter, teak

Ready for cruising with Loran, radar, Perkins 50,

Located Seattle (Summer here and sail home.)

37- FT HUNTER, 1980 CUTTER, ready for cruis¬

decks, chandeliers, solid. Sacrifice $61,000. (510)

propane, refrig., 8-man raft, roller furling jib &

S145.000. Call owner at 1-800-832-9380.

ing, Yanmar dsl, roller furling jib, oven, refrigera¬

655-8938.

furl jib, cockpit dodger, VHF, Loran, sounder, speedlog, propane stove, Perkins dsl, heater.

main, 3 cabin layout, bright interior. 'Asking TAYANA 42-FT, 1983. Cntr cockpit. Cutter rig.

$138,000. Call (808) 944-6615 for showing in S.F.

tion, VHF, Loran, AP, OS, anomometer, KM. New epoxy bottom in 1991. Berkeley slip. Must sell

CHERUBINI 44 Classic Herreshoff design, ex¬

now. $38,500. (916) 587-0522, (808) 326-5650.

quisite workmanship. Currently under construc¬

Best cruiser around. Full electronics, SSB, RDR,

Bay area.

Autohelm, roller furl, cruising spinnaker, refrigera¬

tion, buy now and save significantly with unusual

40-FT CUTTER, custom built, excellent cond.,

tion, on demand hot water. AC/DC TV, VCR,

38- FT ONE TON CLASS wooden racing sloop.

opportunity for personal customization. Call (415)

cedar on oak, 85 hp Ford Lehman, 7 sails, new

microwave. Very clean. SI 42,000. No brokers.

Built in Oenmark 1938. Beautiful mahogany inte¬

664-3070.

rigging & canvas, full ground tackle. Excellent

Call (415) 301-0828 (Iv msg.). Sausalito berth.

liveaboard/cruise/party, liveaboard berth available,

rior. Recent rigging & refastening of topsides. Ready to sail. Call for picture and fact sheet. (916)

LAPWORTH 50 CUTTER. Cheoy Lee, 1961.

replacement $120,000. Asking $54,500 obo. Call

50-FT CUSTOM KETCH. Quality Ferro-Cement

923-2800. Ask for Peter. Make best offer.

Transpac vet. Modified transom & keel, tapered.

for brochure (415) 988-1920,(415) 949-5344, Bill.

construction. 85 hp Lehman Ford dsl. 550 total hrs. Wagner hydraulic steering. Yachtspars alum,

Sparcraft mast, (re-rigged & LP ‘92), 13 Barients,

masts, 7 Hood sails, like new. Asking $82,500.

39- FT YORKTOWN SLOOP great interior, fresh

14 kts. downwind. Meticulously restored. Pristine,

50-FT F/G KETCH, Gen(2), VHF(2), Horizon in¬

blister and bottom job. Perkins dsl., Loran refer.,

a beauty. No brokers. $150,000. (310) 420-3711.

struments, HAM w/weatherfax, AP, radar, SatNav,

Details and equipment list on request. Call (713)

Loran, dinghy(2), life raft, inverter, fireplace, re¬

332-9266.

freezer, microwave, large battery banks, h/c pres¬ sure water, sleeps 6, motivated seller will throw in

1981 KINGS LEGEND 41-FT bluewater cruiser,

frigeration, A/C, dedicated berthing for 8. $89,500.

topside paint job or negotiate on price. Asking $34,500. (209) 368-6279.

sloop rig, flush teak deck, VHF, Loran, refrigera¬

Owner may help with financing. For extensive

42- FT GAZELLE steel hull, six coats epoxy,

tion, low profile pilot house, 2 steering stations, 2

equipment list and info, on video, (707) 769-9608.

sunken center cockpit, integral fuel tanks, ballast

dition, principals only. $66,000. (707) 447-1653.

NORDIC 40, 1983. Fast, reliable racer/cruiser

teak handrails, pinrails, teak louver vents, pro¬

rigged for short handed sailing: Lazy jacks, 10

pane stove, pumps, prop, shaft, cutlass bearings,

generator, 12 foot Achilles sport with 9.9, Profes¬

COLUMBIA 45 MOTORSAILER, Perkins 4-236,

self-tailing winches (incl Lewmar 65CST prima¬

stuffing boxes for shaft and rudder, stainless bow¬

sional anti-blister bottom, newly LP mast, new standing and running rigging, new electrical sys¬

85hp, Onan 3 kw, furling, deep freeze/refridge,

ries), hydraulic vang & backstay, cockpit reefing, roller furling etc. High caliber equipment includes

sprit, piles of teak, steering hardware, tons of

AP, newly decorated int., Nav station, Loran,

tem. Make offer. (805) 644-3451.

SatNav, SSB, VHF, windlass, knot, depth, davits,

Hiller stove, Alder Barbourrefrigeration, Micrologic

trailer to haul it anywhere your heart desires. All for the low price of $18,500. (916) 967-7459, btwn 6 & 8 PM.

installed, ten bronze portholes, masts, bulkheads,

heads, 48 hp dsl. (new epoxy bottom) good con¬ ERICSON 35,1978. Roller furling, dodger, CNG, Loran. Lots of racing & cruising gear, diesel aux.,

40 TO 50 FEET

HD S/SBOW roller, etc. New bottom, very clean

Loran, Icom M-80 radio, & more. Boat handles

yacht. Mexico ready. $68,000 obo. (310) 822-

beautifully on all points of sail. Recent survey

2480 (o), (310) 827-5903 (h).

shows replacement cost over $200,000. Priced at

KETTENBURG 43 1964. Mahogany on oak,

survey appraisal of $120,000. There is no medioc¬ rity here, just good value. Tom (707) 935-7053.

miscellaneous hardware. Also included, massive

43- FT SERENDIPITY racing sloop, 1979-‘80. New elliptical keel ‘85, 20+ sail inventory, 13 rebuilt

bronze fastened. 100 hrs on rebuilt Perkins 4108.

Lewmar winches, new and factory remanufactured

WESTSAIL 42,1979. Yawl, Crealock designed

H/C pressure water, refrigeration, propane stove/

FORCE 50 KETCH. Set up for long range cruis¬

w/factory custom interior, 85 hp Perkins, 7.5 kw

oven and BBC, teak cabin sole, monel tanks,

ing. Heavy ground tackle and rigging. Full roller

deck hardware, all new halyards, hydraulic stays and boomvang, new electrical system, new

gen. Radar, HAM, weather fax, AP, full dodger, 5

VHF, Loran, Benmar AP, Signet 1000 and 2000,

furling. Cruising spinnaker, 8 bags total, 20 gal/hr

Marinetics control panel, SatNav, VHF, Loran C,

anchors, elec, windlass, Avon, o/b, lots of sails,

ideal windlass, COR 45 and Danforth anchors, 9

watermaker, 2kw inverter, Rix SCUBA compres¬

new gel batteries, new battery charger. Nice com¬

300 gal. water, diesel, extras. Sacrifice. $79,500.

bags of sails including spare mam and 2 spinna¬

sor, 7.5 kw dsl Onan plus full electronics and much

pletely refurbished interior, new refrig., CNC oven

(714) 646-9927.

kers, new Achilles 9‘ with 2.5 hp o/b. Paint and

more too numerous to list here. Over 50k spent on

and stove. Beautiful and fast. $84,000. Call Jeff,

varnish A-1. Fast cruiser, good liveaboard in near

recent retrofit. Berthed at S. San Francisco. Call

(213) 628-5176, dys or (310) 495-2437, eves.

41-FT CHEOY LEE offshore ketch, Ray Richards

Bristol condition. $58,000. Located Marina del

Duane at (503) 597-2586 for complete written

design. $75,000. (805) 658-7703.

Rey. (310) 823-1866.

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41- FTERICSON SLOOP. Diesel, monitor, Furuno,

44-FT CENTER COCKPIT pilothouse sloop built

FAST CLASSIC. 30-ft, 1948 International 210.

FOLDABLE 26-FT TRI, trailer, solid deck, solar,

Magnavox, 60 lb. CQR - all chain, 6-man raft,

in Seattle, 1961. Has 120 hp Perkins, inside pilot

Daysailer, very classy, very fast, pointed both

ply/epoxy, 1800 lbs., AP and knot log.

sailing skiff, solar panels, hot water, new dodger,

station, AP, windlass, dual alternators, davits,

ends. With trailer, main, genoa, and spinnaker.

battened main, roller reefing, spinnaker w/sock,

cushions, mahogany interior. Beautiful, well

hard dinghy, boom gallows, reaching pole, and

Turns lots of heads and passes most of them.

major refit 1991. $14,350. Call (702) 532-8031 or

equipped cruiser w/Moss Landing slip. S65.000.

more paint than varnish. Sleeps 6, has full galley,

S2.500 firm. (209) 725-0627.

532-8526 (wk), Jerry.

Bill (408) 755-7521.

2 heads, aft cabin, and good light and ventilation.

Fully

A sturdy, seaworthy yacht in good condition -

30-FT BIRD hull #4, Birds are the oldest single¬

31- FT SEARUNNER trimaran. Launched 1981,7

44-FT ALUM RACING/CRUISING sloop, 1979.

graceful, performs well. The Decision is currently

class racing boats on the West Coast. Built in

sails, 8 winches, VHF, Volvo Penta, 9 hpo/b, porta

Peterson design, teak interior, full galley, refrig¬

in San Diego, but will be moved to San Francisco.

1924, Mavis is in excellent condition and boasts

boat, dinghy, West system, documented. $10,000.

eration, 18 sails, Barient self-tailing winches,

Photos available now. Asking $44,000. Call

many improvements. You’ll never reef again. At

(408) 736-1252, after May 4.

Brooks & Gatehouse electronics, Zodiac Mil GT

Charles, (415) 225-0345.

$9,500 Mavis is a bargain. (707) 864-1547, dys. 32- FTTRIMARAN. Nice, fast, fun, ready tocruise.

w/15 hp Evinrude. (619) 698-9321. San Diego, CA. $68,000. 42- FT MURRAY PETERSON GAFF KETCH. Built

51 FEET & OVER

to highest standards possible for original owner in

39-FT SWANSON, classic motor yacht, extensive

Perfect for couple, liveaboard, full galley, head,

restoration w/new decks, cabin tops, cockpit rails

twin bunks, set up to singlehand, AP, windvane.

and hull work done. 32’, full delta canvas, fire¬

New Sutter sails. In the Sea of Cortez. $10,000 or

place, great liveaboard. $14,500.331-0746.

trade. Call (415) 365-9564.

GOLDEN GATESaka Baby Birds. Classic wooden

1982. No expenses spared. Considered one of tion and very much loved, but forced to sell. Call

55-FT HERRSCHOFF trimasted schooner, pro¬

sloop designed in 1920'sfor racing in SF Bay. You

HOBIE18. Great condition, white hulls, race white sails, newbluetramp/ruddersystem/shrouds, dual

David, (813) 649-1723. Asking $275,000. Con¬

fessional built ferro hull and deck, approximately

buy one, we keep the other: hull #16 Sanderling

trapeze, Harken spinnaker hardware, comptip

sider real estate trade. Located Naples, Florida.

70% completed interior, most all equipment ini. to

1957: winner of the 1980 SSS T ranspac and many

mast, bridle vain, windex, heavy duty trailer w/cat

finish except engine and sails, almost liveaboard

more. $7,000 obo or hull#7 Vireo 1931:1992 YRA

box and beach roller. $1,900. (510) 658-3982.

GULFSTAR 50 KETCH, watermaker, generator,

ready, low working, storage. Empty hull valued at

class champion. $4,000 obo. (510) 234-0888.

microwave, IBM computer, w/fax, radar. Loran,

$25,000. Asking 58,000. (510) 464-5988.

the finest crafts ever built in Maine. Perfect condi¬

HAM radios, dsl heater, RDF, cruising sails, VHF,

24-FT PIVER TRIMARAN, F/G over plywood. A 1954 TOP SAILED, gaff rigged, Chappelle de¬

little funky, but a blast to sail on the Bay. A wide

depth, windspeed/point, KM, Perkins dsl, Vac-U-

TAKE ADVANTAGE of the low Canadian dollar.

sign, Geise built 50-ft O.A.L., 42-ft od. Inside

bunk, o/b motor, VHF. At Marina Bay in Rich¬

Flush head, and much more. Never chartered,

53-ft Huntingford designed custom built ketch.

redone; new paint, cushions, curtains, etc. Out¬

mond. $1,200. Jim, (510) 526-7010.

great condition, U.S. made. $130,000. Alex, (415)

Offshore proven, excellently appointed. For pho¬

side, rerigged, new sailcovers, etc. Great sailing/

368-5488.

tos, details and a full list of equipment, call (604)

liveaboard boat. $38,500. (415) 589-8308.

47-FT SLOOP S & S classic, one of SF Bay's most

TRI FOR SALE. Ready to sail, 31-ft cen. cockpit.

684-7131 or (604) 420-9243. Asking $184,000

Piver well bit epoxy ply. 20 hp inboard, 3 double

Canadioan.

bunks, standing head room. Rugged liveaboard

beautiful and well-constructed wooden yachts, to

cruiser. Stove, head, galley. 9’ dinghy aluminum

MULTIHULLS

mast HD rigging. $11,000 obo, trade. Rick, (415)

see her is to love her. Sleeps 7, large cockpit, AP,

60-FT HARTOG, aft pilothouse, double-ender

electronics, many sails. 2-boat family. Must sell.

motorsailer. Professional ferro-hull & deck. 225

$48,500 obo. (415)331-0907.

hp 671 dsl. Comfortable liveaboard. Well over 6-

40-FT BROWN SEARUNNER trimaran project,

ft headroom throughout. Head and shower. 7/92

plans and manuals. 3 hulls completed, fiberglassed with West System. Interiors sealed with West.

36-FT MODIFIED CROSS trimaran, ketch, double

Stainless fittings, centerboard complete. Rudder

8 sails, other extras. Liveaboard/cruiser. $19,500.

FORCE 50 KETCH ngged pilothouse motorsailer

haulout. $49,500 obo. (510) 234-3729.

by Hudson Boat works. (3) double staterooms, (2)

626-1333.

diagonal planked-cold molded. 30 hp Yanmar dsl,

heads w/stall shower and Vac-U-Flush heads. Dual steering stations w/Sharp AP. New rigging, new Ford Lehman super 135 hp dsl engine. Plath

60-FT FIFE DESIGN beautiful classic lines, steel

ready to install. Many extras. Best offer. Walt at

(510) 684-0810, anytime. No offers. Lookie-loos

cutter, DeVries built. Full keel, full sail inventory, 3

(415) 964-8656 or 965-8731.

and wanna-be's please stay ashore.

electric anchor windlass, Merriman roller furling

tion, instruments, 60 hp dsl, 80% work completed,

F-27. Always garaged. Main, 110, spinnaker, van¬

HOBIE 18 MAGNUM. 400 lbs. of outrageous

head sail, new Furuno 24 mile radar, new stan¬

great world cruiser, liveaboard. $68,000. (707)

ity, storage package, 9.9 elec. Evinrude, trailer &

dard VHF, (2) depthsounders, HRO watermaker,

823-7205, (408) 521-0657, pager.

more. $49,500. (916) 823-2338.

sailing excitement. Speeds over 20 knots no prob¬ lem, just hang on. Bay & ocean seaworthy if

cabins, 6’ headroom, sleeps 6, stove, refrigera¬

you’ve got the nerve. White on white boat includes

(7) 8D batteries, cold plate reefer and chest freezer, 6-person Avon canister life raft, full workshop,

40-FT PIVER SLOOP by Cox Marine Ltd.

double trapeze, wings, trailer, and all extras, plus

built-in entertainment center w/19" color TV, ste¬

Britelingsea, England. Pilothouse, Perkins dsl., stainless steel rigging. Aluminum mast, AP, RDF,

an addt’l bonus for serious Hobie racers. $3,500.

CLASSICS

VHF, fathometer. 9 bags sails and more. Can be

Call Marc, (415) 381 -1807.1 prefer a cash deal but will consider trade for motorcycle, inflatable sport

seen in Morro Bay. $26,500. Call (707) 937-0540.

boat, jet ski, or other toys.

design, built in 1963. 40 hp Perkins dsl. Wood-

26-FT TRISTAR TRIMARAN. Solid F/G hulls,

32-FT MODIFIED PIVER TRIMARAN Otravez.

1986 DEL REY 50. Factory built, full keel, cruising

burning heater, kerosene stove and lanterns. Ex¬

new paint & epoxy cabin, swing keel, set up for

Open wing decks, dagger board, kick-up rudder,

hull. Factory installed 12,500# lead ballast. Cen¬

tras. Well-maintained. A beauty. $65,000. (510)

ter cockpit deck molding. Finish it your way. Inex¬

357-6879.

inboard gas/dsl. w/shaft, prop +. Needs rigging & TLC invested over $10,000. Must sell. $2,450

$6,500. (510) 458-3464 msg.

reo and VCR, even a garbage disposer. Ready for world cruise. Beautiful liveaboard. Located at Pelican Harbor Sausalito. Asking $169,500 Call

42-FT GAFF RIGGED SCHOONER. Chapelle

Claude, (415) 369-6746.

offer/trades. (415) 257-1594.

pensive storage in Oakland/Alameda. $10,000.

BUILD IT. CONSTANT CAMBER. John Marples

SWIFT, a famous 1938 square topsail schooner.

(510) 947-9898.

basic electronics, o/b motor, solar panel, 2 chutes.

USCG licensed to carry 49 passengers for hire.

50-FT TRI RACING W/FOILS very good condi¬

design 40-ft trimaran. I have the mold, vacuum

Swift has just undergone 3 years of extensive

tions very fast 25+ knots. 1 main, 4 jibs, 3 spi., 4

pump w/motor/time, bag liner and custom fitted

restoration. Must be seen to be appreciated. See

APs, 1 VHF, 1 Avon 4-pers, 1 watermaker, 1

vinyl bag. A superb construction method, easy

1/2 pg. display ad in this issue. (805) 686-4484.

computer NKE, 1 watchman, 1 AM/FM radio and

and fast. $500 takes it all. (916) 991-7584.

a lot more. Call Pierre (415) 775-0411.

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Page 183

70-FT MOTORSAILER built by Van Dam Holland

37-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN, built 1979.

RANGER 33 TIME SHARE operation, successful

TARTAN TEN, 33-FT racer/cruiser. We need an

Good liveaboard/cruiser/bay sailer. Mexico vet¬

5 year track record, full receipts and documenta¬

experienced partner. 1/2 interest S7,000 +/-. Great

1971, beam 18, draft 8’3,6 double staterooms, 4

eran, strong, fast. West system epoxy, marine

tion on positive cash flow and tax benefits. Vessel

boat. Chris, (510) 256-7569, eves.

heads with shower. Stand-up engine room. En¬ gine 140 hp dsl. Volvo MD-70A-6 cyl, range5,000

plywood construction, 5 sails, F/G dinghy, stove,

is fully found, has epoxy bottom, VHF, Loran, KM,

refrigerator. Documented. Inventory, photographs

DS, roller furling, anchor windlass, CNG galley,

TO SHARE 38-ft old wood boat, Master Mariner

available. Must see. Call Dennis, (916) 361-0639.

LectraSan head, rigging upgrades, EPIRB,

quality, easy to sail, good dsl engine. SI 00/month

GPH watermaker, 750 gal/day, full electronics

gennaker, 2 mains, jibs are storm, 110%, 130%

per share for berthing, maintenance & debt retire¬

with all systems upgraded. Ready to go. Contact

(roller furled) and 150%. 2 dinghies, one 8', one

ment. Selling 6 shares only. 3 payments to start,

Serge, (415) 453-5913,332-3641. Asking 350,000

10’ hard floor West Marine type. Price includes

1 yr. commitment. Nick Epple, (510) 684-0344.

F, cash or property.

1993, contracts, insurance and taxes paid for

TIME SHARE A superbly maintained 32-ft cruis¬

THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS. 48-ft. Colvin built

1993. Job re-location forces sale. Boat has al¬

ing boat with none of the hassles and worries of

steel ketch .Comfort - from dishwasher to icemaker.

ways been professionally maintained, in great

ownership. Loran, Volvo dsl, hot & cold pressur¬

World cruise - fully equipped. Charter - USCG

HISTORIC TUGBOAT Floating home, custom

shape. Lots of other equipment included. $25. l JO.

ized water, propane oven and range, VHF, depth,

certified 33 passengers. Trade for home, busi¬

conversion. No engines. 65' x 16’, 1200 sq. ft. of

(510) 525-7477 (eves).

knot, battery charger, dodger. $300/month for 1/4

ness, acreage. Value $180,000. Dolphin, P.O.

time. Call about my 1982 Pearson 323 located at

Box 60104, S.D., CA 92166. (619) 294-5843.

miles, 20 kw and 8 kw dsl. generator, HRO 25

1993, operating capital and profit, full bookingsfor

POWER & HOUSEBOATS

unique comfort and hand-crafted beauty. Ideal for living, office, studio, Bed N’Breakfast. One-of-a-

MacGREGOR 26,1 year new, seeking 50% part¬

kind. Divorce sale, must sell. Reduced, $60,000.

ner. Alameda or Berkeley berth, but can go any¬

(510) 253-9496.

where on trailer. Great bay sailing, easy to learn,

Emery Cove Marina (510)v254-1892. WANTED: TAYANA 55 PARTNERS for Califor¬

WANTED

inexpensive to maintain. Water ballast system

nia, Mexico and Central America cruising/charter

32-FT CUSTOM CRUISER, built 1940,1.5" Hon¬

allows sailing in 15”, 8 hp & AP. Prefer nonsmoker.

venture. Various sailing skills and financial contri¬

duras mahogany hull is very sound, 318 Chry.

$7,500 obo. (408) 274-5547.

butions required. Yacht fully found and ready for

50-FT OR LARGER sail or power. Owner financ¬

extended cruising. (510) 528-2379,(510) 483-3900.

ing, will secure with real estate. (916) 253-3630.

eng., great liveaboard. Lots of extras, lots of room. Set upfor dock living. $9,000 obo.(415) 332-2545.

TIME SHARE: Sail San Francisco Bay, at a frac¬ tion of the cost of ownership or daily rental, aboard

1/2 SEAMEW, gaff-rigged sloop w/2 .5-ft. bow¬

SAILING SHIP MODELS, old or new. Sloop style

OUTSTANDING LIVEABOARD OPPORTUNITY.

awell-equipped, Oakland Estuary berthed Ericson

sprit, F/G w/custom teak cab. (408) 736-0380.

only, 2-ft. to 8-ft. long. (808) 822-1703, Mary J.

CHB 34 Trawler located at Oyster Cove Marina

sloop. SI ,125/yr. + deposit (805) 723-1785 (Iv

(SSF). 1980 model, 120 hp Ford Lehman dsl, teak

msg).

MAST 25-FT for Islander 21. Mast head rigged.

interior, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, clean boat. Liveaboard slip can be assumed by new owner.

30-FT ERICSON, MARK II Strokes is in excellent

$49,000. (415) 877-0801.

condition, carries ten sails and is fully equipped for racing or cruising with 2 V bunks, 2 singles, a

LASH BARGE 61’ X 31' X 14'.fiberglasswith FI

complete galley and an Atomic 4 engine. Half

G honeycomb core, great floating home or shop.

' interest. S7.500. Bud, (415) 321-3219.

Windows can be cut in sides, giving a 1800 sq. ft. home. For sale or trade. (916) 372-1476.

TRADE

Will consider any 25-ft mast that could be adapted.

TIME TRADE. Beautiful 42-ft Gibson houseboat,

WANTED FOR CHARTER power boat. Sleeps 4,

Calif. Delta, class “A" motorhome, home with pool to time trade, anytime, anywhere. Couple 50's

speed 15. 30-35 ft. 6 times per year. Ed Callan,

(916) 485-1937, ask for Dave or Iv. msg.

(415) 974-5060, San Francisco.

retired, cruised 40,000 miles. Experienced ex¬ PEARSON 30 SLOOP, 1/3 ownership, berlhed

changers. Dave Smith, (408) 378-3038, 901 N.

SEEKING GRAHAM "Sea Ranger Double” row¬

S.F. Marina, excellent condition, new furling jib,

Central, Campbell, CA 95008.

ing boat, with or w/o trailer, Jon at (415) 387-5907.

28-FT MONTEREY BOAT 4 cyl Buda, diesel w/

dsl, radio/telephone, new cushions, low mainte¬

pts engine, 3 spl Gurdies, color machine, AP,

nance. Best offer. (415) 334-5884, eves/wknds.

VHF, Loran. Hull refastened ‘89. Big hold, large

56-FT STEEL HULL, motorsailer ketch. Ready

DINGHY WANTED Avon Redcrest or compa¬

for world cruising, loaded with extras. S250.000

rable size with accessories and 2 - 5 hp o/b motor.

deck. Clean cabin and eng. rm. Solid sea boat.

BENETEAU 345 FIRST 1984. 1/2 partnership.

price range for: 50' plus or minus fishing vessel, to

(916) 481-6910. If no answer leave message for

Original unbastardized classic. Registered com¬ mercial. (707) 874-3750. $5,000 firm.

Excellent condition. Well equipped, racer/cruiser. Propane oven/range, Autohelm, RDF, VHF, Volvo

convert to private use (no fishing gear). Confacf: Ricardo, P.O. Box2251, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

prompt answer.

dsl., 6 sails. Berthed in Alameda. Approximately

(206) 378-3290.

LASER OR LASER II or Zuma. Looking for 2

$300/mo covers all including reserves. $3,000 buy-in. Call Michael (408) 247-5414.

boats in good condition for children’s summer TRADE ALL OR PART of my classic car collec¬

camp. Will paycash for boats.Jim, (408)749-8638.

tion for high quality sailing yacht over 44-ft. 53

PARTNERSHIPS

SANTA CRUZ PARTNERSHIP WANTED.

Bentley convertible, and 2 totally restored Jaguar

Catalina 22 needs a partner. Great for someone/

120 roadsters. (303) 926-3510.

10-FT DINGHY can be wood or F/G & must be in good condition. (510) 843-4746.

couple who is just starting out. Easy to learn and 1992 SEARAY 370 express cruiser with twin

sail. Willing to take out serious people for trials or

MY BEAUTIFUL GRAND PIANOS (will deliver),

Merc 5025x at South Beach Harbor. A beautiful

to show you the ropes. Call for details. (408) 4268033, (408) 479-8353.

Oregon income real estate vehicles, for semi¬

SAILBOAT WANTED. 2 experienced Bay sailors are looking for a yacht to lease on a monthly basis.

project 32'-36’ fast hull bolt on keel sailboat under

We are willing to offer SSS for full or partial monthly

boat. Seek partnership at about S850 per month or cash plus low monthly. One year buy back guar¬

11,000 displacement and quality fast 40'-50'

use. Will perform light maintenance. Please call Joe at (415) 239-8130 or (415) 879-0174.

antee. (415) 858-2122.

ONE-FIFTH PARTNERSHIP available in well-

multimast cruiser. Some cash available. Quick

maintained 1986 Catalina 36 with Pier 39 berth. 2

response-pictures, etc. (503) 459-2294.

CO-OWNERSHIP. Easy terms to enjoy 1/3-1/2of Bristol, 30-ft. Nonsuch Ultra, dsl, documented,

staterooms, headw/shower, Universaldsl, dodger, furling jib, self-tailing, Loran, CNG. $12,000 equity

EQUIPMENT WANTED, fair cash prices paid for 24-FT SAILBOAT MOLDS. Make perfect Bay

your clean used nautical gear. Electronics, sails,

AP, dodger, Loran, VHF, stereo, propane stove/

plus S75/month for all expenses. Experienced

sailers. Build your own then pass them on. Will

rigging, navigation, winches, anchors, misc. Es¬

oven, hot water, separate shower. Berthed in SF

sailors only. Drew, (415) 647-3760.

trade for just about anything. Hint, I sure could use

tates purchased. One item or whole lot. All boating

some small or medium 2-speed winches. (209) 725-0627.

equipment considered. (510) 523-0773 (Alameda),

South Beach Marina. Call (415) 467-6645.

ANDREW KURTZ YACHT CONSTRUCTION

(916)487-1481 (Sacramento)Mike or Jack.

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CRUISING EASE!

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CUSTOM 3 BEDROOM 2BATH HOME

iMj|m Spinnakers, mainsails and furling genoas all designed with the needs of

ON OAK/ALAMEDA ESTUARY W/48’ FLOAT.

cruisers in mind. For an onboard consultation in Sacramento and Delta

High quality construction, immaculate move-in condition.

areas call Kim Victorine at (916) 484-6159, San Francisco Bay

Large deck overlooking water w/hot tub.

call David Bennett at (510) 376-5175, GLEASON SAILMAKERS.

Wendy, Agent (510)531-2274.

DIESEL FUEL FILTERING

IN HARBOR ELECTRIC

Process Scrubs, Polishes, Removes Algae, Dirt, Rust & Water from Diesel Fuel. Boating Equipment Installation. Repair, and Service

Includes Internal Tank Wash Down. Save Your Injectors, Costly Engine Repair & Down Time. Your Berth or Boat Yard. (510)521-6797 r^i.c nan7Qr UUb Ucinzer

Quality work In wood or fibarpiaa*.

m BOAT

ExtaHor or Intarfor.

PAIR

Bast prka on rattabla bttstar md pmMUofl.

Top of tha way a, 5th Ava. Boat Yard Oakland _ . References given. S1M9K7tMwi

Electrical Surveys and Needs Assessment Steve Keefe

(510) 236-5419

FERRARI BOATWRIGHT SERVICES All marine woodwork. Full shop and mobile seivices. Dry Rot, Planking, Spars, Interiors Designed & Built. 453-5051

Page 184 • UtOUJt. 1$ • May. 1993

SAILING BOOTS WANTED. Several pairs origi¬

1.5 OZ SOBSTAD shy kite spinnaker. Built for

CLU B N AUTIQU E memberships at 25% discount

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB. The gay

nal old style 1970’s lightweight rubber Sperry Top-

Santa Cruz 27. Dimensions are; 35'9" SL (sail luff)

of current prices. Single membership priced to sell

yacht club serving Northern California meets each

siders. All black tops, white squeegee soles and

and 16'8" mid-girth (width). PHRF class legal.

at $2,065. Couple at $3,100 and Family (2 adults/

month at the Berkeley Yacht Club. Visitors are

heels. $25/pr. med/lrg. (206) 722-3385. 5221

Brand new, never used, no sail numbers. Paid

2 kids) at $5,137. Includes sail training required for

welcome. For info, please call (415) 905-6267.

Seward Park Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98118.

$1,200, sell for $650. Call (415) 877-0801.

ASA certification. Active social and cruising calen¬ dar. Call Douglas, (510) 769-8018.

UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA Gates custom

USED GEAR 1990 3 HP JOHNSON outboard, modified to ac¬

FREE PICTURES of your boat in exchange for

cessories, demo videos available. Original cost,

releases so I can try to sell them. Big boats and

$3,000. Sell for SI ,500/offer. (408) 270-8108, Alex.

classics preferred. Maybe your whole fleet? Call

SOUTH PACIFIC BOUND via Mexico, Costa Rica,

me, I’ll explain. Reid, (415) 924-8037, eves or

Galapagos. Capable, handsome, intelligent, ath¬

P.O.B. 422 Code Madera, CA 94976.

letic, unpretentiousskipper with very well equipped

cept external gas tank. Less than 5 hours engine time. $500 obo.(707) 647-2070(h), (510) 596-1760 (w).

CREW

housing, Magnavox VHS-C Camcorder. All ac¬

SPINNAKER MITCHELL, triradial, 1.5 oz„ luff

47' sailboat, into diving spectacular, remote sites

40', foot 26'. Like new. S750. Working jib, luff 28’,

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited couple’s member¬

seeks energetic, positive, comfortable single fe¬

foot 14', 6 oz never used. S450. (415) 365-9564.

ship for sale. Best classes from basic through

male crew 25-35 to share adventures. Phone

offshore, repeatable without charge. Lots of social

(415) 967-3399 (Iv msg please).

GIBB HARDWARE: Winches, winch handles, turnbuckles, shackles, snapshackles, turning

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE: Old Dacron mam

& cruising events. Resale privilege. All that at a

blocks, small goosenecks, deadeyes, blocks and

- 46' x 14', Cybernet AM/FM cass. w/speakers,

large discount. Make an offer we can't refuse.

EX-MERCHANT MARINE, lawyer, and small boat

pulleys. Lots of bronze hardware. Boxes of misc.

Paloma-propane flash hot water system, spinna¬

(408) 252-1958.

sailor seeks Transpac crew slot. Hand, reef, steer,

hardware. All English made. All new in factory

ker sock, Edison wheel system complete includ¬

wrappers. Cheap. (707) 542-7245(wk).

ing compass, fenders, 3 blade prop, stern ladder, wire and other stuff, all or part - cheap. Call (415)

MERCEDES DIESEL ENGINE for sale. 33 hp,

563-3753, eves.

low hrs., rebuilt alternator, starter and water pump, 1963 block. SS exhaust and control panel. SI, 100. Steve (408) 335-9011.

and share some expenses. Call Tony at (707) 523-0733.

BERTHS & SLIPS

YOUNG 58 Y/O GENTLEMAN, semi-retired or¬ thopedic surgeon, seeking attractive, congenial

WINDVANE, RVG Auxiliary rudder type, S550.

female sailing companion early 40’s. Looking for

Used mainsail 30' x 13' S250. EPIRB $80. Laptop

35-FT SLIP in San Francisco’s Pier 39, lee side

long term commitment. Sail S.F. Bay and coast,

computer Zenith Z-170S300. Carl (408)462-6255.

berthing. Adjacent to Fisherman’s Wharf. Call

possible Hawaii cruise in July. Well found 50-ft ketch located at Glen Cove Marine, Vallejo. Please

10-FT PORTA-BOTE, anchors (35# CQR, 20#

(619) 225-9136. $12,500.

CQR, 40# Dan.), Faxmate I Weatherfax + in¬

1991 - 2.5 HP NISSAN motor. Exc. cond. S350.

verter, Mustang coveralls, Walder boombrake,

Call (415) 456-0743.

solar panels, more. Jon, (415) 387-5907.

forward resume and photo to 200 P Street, #B-23, PIER 39,40-ft. berth for sale, upwind, midway D-

Sacramento, CA 95814.

dock. $23,000. (408) 723-4720. NEVER USED GEAR, Avon canister 4-man double

CURVACEOUS STRAWBERRY BLONDE with

1993 NISSAN 3.5 hp o/b. Used 3 hr. Reason to sell? Bought bigger boat. List price $875. Will sell

floor life raft $2,100. Aries windvane w/spares

50-FT BERTH, Pier 39, now until September

motorsailer and cats. Wish to sail southern wa¬

SI,350. CQR35 w/300 ft. 5/16 PC chain $450. 3

25th. $340/month 'til end of lease. $410 single

ters. Desire skilled man to share costs. Sailing/

for $550. (510) 769-0602 or 522-5838.

ABI bronze ports w/screens $250. John (415)

month, $125 weekly, $40 daily. Call (415) 433-

marriage intent. Picture and letter only. Courtesy

899-8400, dys or (415) 883-0225, eves.

3840 or (209) 293-3111. Parking discounts avail¬

exchanged. 647 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA 94501.

J/24 SAILS, great condition. Jib, main, genoa. All sails $850 obo. 897-6548, pager 708-9727.

able in garage. BRITISH SEAGULL, 3 hp forty plus, 9 inch prop,

NO STOPLIGHTS. No stress-alternative lifestyle:

very low time. S295. (408) 268-5142.

40-FT SUBLEASE, Pier 39 for the summer months of mid-June through mid-August. Great location,

boat, islands, sunsets, suntan, seafood, swim,

engine. Transmission, alternator, starter & instru¬

STRIPPING BOAT lightweight 2 cylinder 18 hp

near all city attractions. $200/month. Includes all

SWM 39 (looks 30), college education, success¬

ment panel. Needs top end work. $1,000. (209) 772-2487.

Renault, rebuilt dsl. Extra engine block w/trans-

power, water, special parking rates, etc. (415)

mission starter, etc. $1,500 obo. VHF, Misc. stuff.

328-2408.

ful, responsible, considerate, good-looking 5'7" 150 lbs. well-coordinated, seeks petite mermaid

1985 YANMAR DIESEL 3 cyl., 24 hp, complete

to; share; friendship; vacation; romance; commit¬

(510) 655-8808 or (510) 428-4055. COMPLETE UNDERWATER, housed camera system. Based on Canon FI 35mm SLR with

PISCES 27 DIESEL, ZH trans, inst. panel, addi¬

aluminum housing, two underwater strobes, parts,

tional, alt, ZH trans, water pump, injector, and

brackets, etc. To duplicate today would cost S5.000 plus. Serious system for someone crazy about

more. $2,500. (916) 991-7584.

capturing the beauty below the surface. $1,750.

MISCELLANEOUS

George (510) 845-6874. 1984 JOHNSON 8 HP longshaft o/b. Recondi¬ tioned at Johnson/Alameda “Outboard Motor Shop” $650. (510)531-3591. 74HPMARINE DIESEL with transmission, $2,800

fish, dive, tennis, movies, music, books, chess;

GREAT LOCATION. 50-ft berth. $225/mo. Immed.

ment. Reply w/photo: Keith, A.P. 119, Loreto,

occup. Emery Cove Marina. (510) 462-6179.

B.C.S., Mexico. SEMI-RETIRED mid 60s East Bay man, neophyte

NON-PROFIT

but serious sailor, seeks another (neophyte or

CREW WANTED: The Singles Sailing Associa¬

of 33’-50' boats. Objective: Sail and boat handling

tion is a non-profit group of unmarried persons

experience and practice. (510) 525-2754.

experienced) sailor with similar objectives to share mid-week doublehanding charters (or time-share)

CLUB NAUTIQUE LIFETIME unlimited single

genuinely interested in sailing on a regular basis.

sailing membership, $2,200. ASA rated “Best

Some of our sails are charters and some are

SKIPPER + CREW WANTED, X-Atlantic on

Sailing School in the West". Active sailing, cruis¬

aboard private boats. We participate in both cruise

“proper'’ C & C 48. Bluewater experience/reliabil¬

ing, classes and social calendar. (510) 658-6778.

and race events and schedule social activities for members to exercise their land legs. Our home

June. Provisions/boat expenses covered. Terms

obo. 47 hp Perkins 4-107 rebuilt with trans, $3,300.

ity necessary. Depart Windward Islands May/

120 hp Lehman-Ford base engine, $800. (510)

OLYMPIC CIRCLE SAILING CLUB basic sailing

base is Olympic Circle in Berkeley, yet we have

negotiable w/possible boat use Europe. Send

522-7300.

lesson certificate. Discounted. Great gift. (510)

boats leaving from various harbors throughout the

resume to: Episode, c/o Actionsource, 1112 Bryant

658-4667.

Bay Area. Call (510) 273-9763.

St., San Francisco, CA 94103.

SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price; $180/gal. Our price $50/gal. Also black vinyl

& other

mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal.

np| VOLUNTEER HANDS NEEDED ■*2lE3| Help keep our maritime heritage afloat.Work on an historic JtggJ schooner, steamboat, or square-rigger. Call San Francisco

Primer & other epoxies, $10-$15/gal. Polyurethane, $20/gal.

Also Surplus boats, 26-34'- Bargain Prices! • (415) 5884678

YACHT REPAIR OYSTER POINT MARINA A Full Service Marina * Berthing Available (415) 952-0808

Fiberglass Work • Blister Repair • Wood Repair Expert Paint & Varnish Work • Decks Refinished

All Work Guaranteed

17 Years Experience

Reasonable Rate/ (415) 331-9850

FAST FILL FOAM FIGHTING FUNNEL Stop fueling problems diesel foaming, small tank vents, large high pressure nozzles screw into your deck fitting allowing fuel foam to dissipate. $19.95 +$3.00 S&H,

Certified MARINE SURVEYOR & Appraiser Harry Braun Alameda 510-522-1561 - 24 hours

High Tide Products, Box 2993, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (206) 378-3958

ATTENTION SAILOR!

St\ f I MCCHAN1CAL TERMINAL SPeaALI 1/4" CYC QU1CX A V Ria US€D BY US. NAVY $28.50 1/4" 1X19 US.. C 302 S€W€S WOOING U.S. MADC IOOFT. MIN.. $ 1.05/FT. FJM lW) We WILL GLADLY QUOTC ANY HARDWAR€. 800-326-9276

BRITISH SEAGULL OUTBOARDS 2-6 H.P. Send For Free Brochure infinity Marine, P.O. Box 582, Morgan Hill, CA 95038 (408) 779-5569

May. 1993 • UtCtwfc 3? • Page 185

HANDSOME GWM SAILOR, 43, seeks excep¬

HELP WANTED

tional partner for long term bluewater adventure. Offshore sailing experience helpful; curiosity, an open mind, and a great sense of humor required. We’re both: bright, masculine, HWP, confident,

PATIENT, POSITIVE, PROFESSIONAL instruc¬

independent, adventuresome, easy-going, per¬

tors needed for sailing, windsurfing, sea kayaking,

sonable, healthy, balanced, financially and emo¬

sculling programs at UC Berkeley's Aquatic Cen¬

tionally stable. Going North this summer, after

ter. We’re looking for individuals with prior teach¬

that, who knows? No clones, tobacco, or dogma.

ing exp. (in any field) Part time and lots of fun. Call

ETC, P.O. Box 2954, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

Rob at (510) 642-8556.

GOING WEST? College student wants to give up

WOMEN SAILORS Help pass the torch to ;,ie

plane ticket for chance to sail home to Hawaii:

next generation of women. Become a sailing

May/June. Hard worker, loves ocean and sailing,

instructor with Olympic Circle. We feature a rai ;ge

coastal sailing experience, very easy to get along

of “women only" courses that would benefit from

with, can pay my share. Chris, (707) 822-9120.

your expertise. Full curriculum support, great pay. (510) 843-4200.

EXPERIENCED COUPLE wish to crew to Hawaii - summer, 1993. Call Doug & Tracey in Santa

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 15+ years for entry

Barbara, (805) 969-6396.

level yacht maintenance position. Full time, sum¬

SAILING INSTRUCTORS WANTED. Spinnaker

GENOA Catalina 30 roller furling genoa, 110%,

Sailing is hiring certified Small Boat Sailing In¬

radial cut, near new, 6.5 oz. dacron, #6 luff tape,

structors for work in both San Mateo and Mtn.

Luff=39.00’, Foot 14.0’, Leech=34.4’, S550, (415)

View. Starting pay SlO/hr. Must have previous

332-4104 Robin.

teaching experience. Call Rich at (415) 363-1390. SPINNAKER SAILING in San Francisco has many

37-FT RANGER Very stiff & strong, rod rigging, modifiedfor cruising, refrigeration, propanestove,

positions available. USCG licensed captains. Ex¬

Loran, Admiral GPS, VHF, new panel & wiring,

perienced sailors for instruction. Experienced char¬

Bruce anchor. Masthead light, windlass, solar

ter crew. BMWs (boat maintenance worker's).

panels, drag generator, Autohelm 4000. (510)

Weekday/weekend - full time/part time shifts avail¬

521-6930. $32,950.

able. Professional appearance and attitude a must. Top pay and benefits. Call Steve or Tom (415)

ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: Ranger 37IOR beauty

543-7333.

completely stripped and professionally rebuilt better than new. Stringers added, new keel, rud¬

OCEANIC YACHT SALES. Fulltime sales posi¬

sails, rigging, hardware galore, extras. You: plumb,

Experience preferred.

wire, add cushions, sail. S32,000.(415) 726-5425.

Call'John Baier, (415)

331-0533. 1988 36-FT CANOE STERN professionally built steel ketch. Tabernakled masts. Complete with

mer position. A chance to learn about boats from COUPLE WANTED for cruising from Puerto

the bilge up. Olympic Circle Sailing Club. Call Rick

Vallarta, Mexico through the Panama Canal and

at (510) 843-4200.

gear and electronic corosan control. Many extras.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

to Houston, Texas. 3-6 months. Share food ex¬ penses only. Captain has Master Ocean license.

2 POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Marine Mechanic

Well founded 43-ft. sailboat, separate cabins. Call

and Marine Service Apprentice. Excellent pay and

for details (409) 763-2816.

benefits. Start immediately. (510) 522-4677.

GREAT GUY, 42, looking for a wonderful woman

HARBORMASTER/GENERAL MANAGER po¬

to grow old with. Must thrive on closeness, hard work, adventure. Picket fence possible but want to

sition available. Motivated, energetic professional required by premier Bay Area marina. The candi¬

sail the world first. Can you leave in '94? Mark,

date will be thoroughly grounded in marina man¬

POB2411, Sausalito, CA 94966.-(415) 331-9219.

agement including: negotiation of rental contracts, maintenance of marina property, and ability to

BAJA BOUND MID-OCTOBER 48-ft ketch, have

interface with govt, agencies. Responsibilities in¬

compressor, dive, Catalina, Sea of Cortez. Some treatment of inhabitants and cruisers but just

clude supervising all personnel, budgeting, and developing/maintaining record keeping systems.

during overnight stops. (See April ad details). Dr.

Computer literacy is a plus. Excellent compensa¬

Bob Schemmel, (408) 395-3054, P.O. Box 1664, Los Gatos, CA 95031-1664.

tion package. Send resume and salary history in confidence to: P.O. Box 1402, Menlo Park, CA 94027.

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Nelson's Marine.200

Schoefer Marine, Inc.51

Nor Cal Yachts .35,36,37,38

Schooner Captains.140

Nor Pac Yachts.195

Schoonmaker Point Marina.39

North Beach Canvas.188

Semanek Marine.66

North Coast Realty.187

Sewing Machine Resource .134

ABC Yachts.198

Classic Marine.188

Hinkley Charters.140

North Sails .9

Shipshades.134

Admiralty Marine Insurance.120

Club de Yates Palmira .14

Hogin Sails.56

O'Neill Yachts.18

Sierra Detroit Diesel .121

Adventure Cat Inc.135

Club Nautique .40

Hood Sailmakers.52

Oakland Yacht Club.57,59

Sobstad Sails.64,65

Allemand Brothers Boat Yard .27

Compass Yachts.194

Horizon Sails.172

Oceanic Yacht Sales.194

Alameda Multihulls..109

Conch Charters.142

Hutchinson Sports.15

Offshore Medical Seminars.20

South Beach Harbor.

Solar Electric.188 17

Alameda Prop & Machine.172

Cruising Equipment Co.133

Icom.109

Olympic Circle Sailing Club.62

South Tower Race.24

Alpha Marine Systems.6 American Battery .32

Cruising World Pacific.6,7 D'Anna Yachts.49,41

Integre.193

Orange Coast College.

193

Sparky Marine Electrics .10

Interlux Paints.57,59

Owl Harbor Marina .174

Spinnaker Shop, The .49

American International Ind. Tool.175

D.B. Follensbee .121

Jock Rabbit Marine .175

Oyster Cove Marina.59

Spurs.53

American Sails.10.174.196

Dahon California .173

J-Boats .60

Pacific Coast Canvas.32

Stanford University.49

Astronautics.53

Davis Instruments.116

John son-Hicks.55

Pacific Marine Exchange.190

Starbrite .134

ATM Yacht Charters .143

Darnell Design .134

Jordons Yacht Service.134

Pacific Marine Excfyange

Storbuck Marine Canvas.68

Bailiwick Sails and Canvas.55

Defender Industries.146,147,148,149

J-World.58

Brokerage.190

Ballena Isle Marina.199

Desolation Sound Charters.144

JY Sailboats.55

Passage Yachts .4,5

& Navigation Center.191

Ballenger Spars.108

Detco .133

Kappas Marino.135

Passport Yachts East.192

Stone Boat Yard.121

Bankson Yachts, Ron .196

DeWitt Studio.175

Kensington Yacht .11

Peninsula Canvas.174

Superior Yachts.196

Barnett Yacht Insurance .174

Diesel Fuel Filtering .75

Kurtz Yacht Construction.186

Peninsula Marine Services.189

Bay & Delta Yachtsman Chart Book .21

Eagle Yacht Sales.30,31

Lager Yachts.196

Penmar.142

Sutter Sails.188 Svendsen's Boat Works.19,53

Stockdale Marine

Bay Island Yacht Charters.140

Ecker & Assoc.77

Landfall Navigation.175

Petaluma Marina.187

Swedish Marine .71

Bay Ship & Yacht.47

Edgewater Yacht Sales .197

Larsen Sails...72

Petti t-Morry.57

Tahoe Yacht Club.27

Bay View Boat Club.26

Edinger Marine.16

Leading Edge Sails.133

Pettit Paints .73

TAP Plastics.50

Bedmafes.174

Emery Cove Marina .24

Pineapple Sails.3

Tedrick-Higbee.32

Bellhaven Charters .144

Emeryville City Marina.14

Lee Sails.32 List Marine.174

Plastic Classic.26

Tower Park Marina.19

Berkeley Marina.14

Encinal Yacht Club.41,105

MacDonald Yachts .196

Premier Yacht Sales.193

Tradewind Instruments.10

Berkeley Yacht Club.29

Essex Credit.45

Marin County Boatworks.12

Pryde, Neil, Sails' .187

Trodewinds

Big O Adventure Charters.135

Everfoir Enterprises.173

Marin Yacht Sales.195

Railmakers SF Bay.71,187

Sailing Center.42,44,46,48

Blue Pacific.144

Farallon Electronics .. 70

Marina Village.67

Raytheon.>.8

Trask, Don, Yachts.60 Tropic Island Yacht Mgmt.142

Boats For Sail.192

Farallone Yacht Sales .

Boater's Friend.69

First New England Financial

Bosun's Charters .144

Flaherty Real Estate, Bob ...

30,31

Marine Canvas Shop.70

Regatta Yacht Sales.196

Mariner Boat Yard .34

Richmond Boat Works.54

Universal Polishing and Plating.186

187

Mariner Square Yochting Ctr .33*38

Richmond Yacht Service.133

Vallejo Marina.71

Boy Scouts- San Francisco.28

Fortman Marina.

Marion, Sails by.189

S.F. Boat Works.20

Vance Marine.47

Boy Scouts - Stanford.195

Ganis.

Maritime Electronics .25

Sail Exchange'.75

British Marine .75

Gianola & Sons .

McGinnis Insurance.25

Sail Fiji.*.142

Vessel Assist.69 Voyager Marine.74

Brisbane Marine.69 Brokaw, George, Yacht Sales.197

Glen Cove Yacht Sales.

197

Metal Magic .73

Sailing Connection .27

West Marine.75,76,77,78,79,80,81

Gorman, Bill, Yacht Sales..

Metropolitan Yacht Club .1

Soiling Now.145

Western Boat Listings.188

Bruno's Island Resort .174

GPSC Charters.

145

Minney's Yacht Surplus.192

Soilrite Kits .175

Westwind Precision Details .12

Cal-Marine Electronics.68,109

Grand Marina .

Modern Sailing Academy .20

Sailtec.116

Whale Point Marine .43

Hackworth Insurance.

Monterey Bay Fiberglass.109

Sailworks.77

Woodenboat Magazine.16

Caliber Yachts.15 California Custom Canvas.73

Harken.

117

Moorings, The.141

Woolsey Paints .28

California Maritime Academy.188

120

Morelli & Melvin .108

Capitola Bay Marina.174

Haynes Sails. Helmut's Marine Service ...

SAMS.77 San Juan Sailing Charters.144

188

Morris Yachts.140

San Leandro Marina.63

Yacht 'Endeavor'.194

Charter 'Yukon Jack' .142

Helms Yacht Sales.

NAMS.32

Scan Marine Equipment.41

Yacht 'Swift'.190

City Yachts.22,23

Hewett Marine .

187

Ncrvtec .49

Scanmar Marine Products.29

Yacht 'Yankee III' .192

Class Afloat.10

High Performance Charters

145

Nav-X .173

Sceptre Yochts .188

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Yacht' Confetti' .193

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Loaded, consider small boat in trade. Price reduced $55,000. C & C 29,1977.5 sails. $16,000. POWER SAFTICRAFT SPORTFISHER 33,1961. Steel hull, twin 305 engines. $12,900/owner finance. TROJAN25,1977. Excellent condition.New canvas. $9,900/ownerfinance. 32' STEPHENS CRUISER, 1947. Great liveaboard. $13,500/owner finance. SUWANEE 47,1968. Great liveaboard. Clean, twin Volvo I/O (needs work). $15,900.

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29'Elite,'85 .$34,000

40' Passport. '87.$169,900

30' Beneteau, '86.$42,500

40' Passport. '88.$195,000

30' Cape Dory. '81 .$36,000

40' Passport. '89.$185,000

30' CS. '85.$39,500

40' Passport. '89.$179,500

30'Nonsuch.'83.$69,500

41' Bristol. '82.$142,000

31'Cape Dory'83.$42,000

41' Morgan. '84.$89,000

31'Southern Cross.'81 ..$34,000

42' Baltic, '81 .$159,900

31' Tartan. '88.$69,000

42' Pearson. '85.$119,900

32' Crealock. '88.$95,900

42' Vagabond, '84.$159,900

35' Bristol. '86.$87,500

43' Slocum. '84.$149,500

36' Gozzard. '86.$ 130.000

44' Freedom, '86.$154,900

36' Sabre. '86 .$87,500

44' Hylas. '86.$185,000

36' Tripp, '90.$116.000

44' Mason, '88.$265,000

37'Passport.'87.$129,000

44' Morgan. '90.$145,000

37' Passport. '87.$119.000

45' Hardin. '82.$139,900

37' Tayana , '84.$87,900

45' Jeanneau. ’86.$177,700

38' Bristol. '84.$99,800

46' Irwin, '82 .$114.500

38' Cabo Rico. '81.$89,500

47’ Passport. '85.$298,000

38' Cabo Rico. '88.$145,000

47' Stevens. '81 .$140,000

38' Ericson, '89.$99,500

47' Swan. '81.$275,000

38' Island Packet. '88....$139,500

47' Vagabond, '86.$219,000

38' Panda. '83.$140,000

48' Liberty. '85.$185,000

38' Wauquiez. '85.$110,000

50' Passport, ’90.$395,000

40'Beneteau.'87.$83,900

5T Passport, ’83.$259,000

40' Cambria. '86.$249,000

51’ Passport. '84.$230,000

40'OC. '82 .$169,900

52' Tayana, '89.$280,000

40' Passport. '80.$ 130.000

52' Kanter, '89.$375,000

40' Passport. '83.$135,000

53' Bristol. '89.$505,000

40' Passport, '83.$149,000

53’ Mason, '84.$490,000

40'Passport.'84.$145,000

54’ Irwin. '90 .$379,000

40' Passport. '85.$149,000

55’ Tayana, '85.$275,000

40'Passport,'85.$154,900

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Confetti Farr 44 Performance Cruising Sloop Custom Built 1989 Just back from a 28,000 mile circumnavigation of South America, Confetti is an outstanding example of a cruiser for the 90’s. This beautifully finished sloop is fully equipped with the best gear. Confetti is clean and perfect, ready to round Cape Horn again. LOA 44' 3" LWL36'1" Beam 13' Draft 7' 6" Displ 15,000 lbs. Cold-moulded Alaskan yellow cedar. Laminated cedar frames. Hull and deck Dynel sheathed. Teak cockpit sole and seats. Awl-Grip finished. Sleeps seven in three cabins. Double owner’s stateroom with nav station. Natural Brunzyel interior. Volvo 2003 turbo diesel, B&G electronics, Ratheon Radar, Furuno VHF, Kenwood HAM, Autohelm, Nagrafax weatherfax. Teh sails. Lewmar self-tailing winches. Sparcraft spars. An exceptional custom cruising sloop built and equipped by very experienced sailors. Confetti is in bristol condition in Newport Beach.

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44' HYLAS, '87. A beautiful boat with a huge aft cabin. She's well equipped with a Monitor windvane, Elliott life raft and more. Low engine hours with just 145 hrs. Never cruised and only $179,000

5#' HERRESHOFF, 78.$70,000 57’ ABEKING ketch, 25.$68,000 45' IANCER sloop, 81. $119,000 38' MORGAN sloop, '84.$79,000 36' ISLANDER sloop, 77.$49,500 33' MORGAN sloop, 74, diesel.$29,000 3!' CAL,'80.$31,000 31' SHIELDS sloop, '65.$9,700 30' YANKEE, 74. $24,000 30' BAYLINER/BUCCANEER sloop, '80, diesel.. $12,000 2/29 CAL sloop, 75, diesel.$18,500 28' NEWPORT,'80.$15,500 27 CORONADO sloop, 73.$8,500 2/25 CAL sloop, 78, diesel.$11,000 22' PEARSON sloop, 76.$3,000

LISTINGS NEEDED

CHRIS CRAFT CARIBBEAN 35. Aft cabin, has 2 singles, vanity & head Ig. salon, frwd. head, shower & rouble berth. Quality, pride of ownership. 549,500.

48’ ACKERMAN KETCH, '57. Royce s choice of the ideal cruiser. Newly refurbished and in Bristol condition. Recent survey, very dean, good elec., large aft deck, full Bimini, low hours on Mercedes diesel. $59,500.

FORCE 50, 77. Truly Bristol a 10, in immaculate condition! New Ford Lehman, new standing rigginq, sleeps 8, full electron¬ ics, full batten main,lazy jacks. A must see at $165,000. (Ready lo go!)

37' MASON, '80. Cruise equipped, including AP. life raft, roller furling, wheel, fantastic forward cabin. Mason quality. All for only $67,000

BROKERAGE SAD.

72' CUSTOM '80 FRERS. Built for Mr Frers’ personal use. Solid, sleel, fast cruiser. Magnificent interior, exterior ne&ds cosmet¬ ics. Extraordinary inventory. 5380,000.

POWER 60 CHRIS ROMER Flyb.MY, 74, T-G.M, 12V-71 $395,000 46' HERSHINE Trawler, 86, T 240 Perk.$225,000 42' GRAND BANKS Trawler, 72, wd, T-120Fdl.. $77,500 42' GRAND BANKS Trawler Flyb, T-!20FdL.$121,500 42' SILHOUETTE F/G sedan, T-375 Cats.$188,000 38' BAYLINER Sedan 3850, '87, T-HENO D.$ 112,000 37 CHRIS CON MY Woodie, '63, T-283S.$35,000 36' CHRIS CRAFT Sporffish, T-Merc 350 G.$79,500 34' BAYLINER Sedan 3480,'87, T/E gas 454.$79,500 34' WELLCRAFT GmdSpd, '87, T-454's.$85,000 32' BAYLINER Sedan C, 87, T USM 135 D.$68,500 31' SILVERTON Sedan F/B, 78, T-225 Chry.$29,500 29' CHRIS CRAFT Express, '86, T 220 hp Merc.. $34,000 28' WELLCRAFT offshore.$39,000 28' CRUISER BUC, F/B Twins.$29,000 Call for current trailer boat listings

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35.5' Hunter Legend, loaded

78,500

46’

37'

Ranger, fast champ ..45,000

47’

Motorsoiler, '81 —.-.150,000 Perry, superb, as new-235,000

45'

Jeanneau, has it all.145,000

50'

Goff topsoil schooner-38,500

Realistic and practical experience is our best guarantee that your choice of boat, for the circumstance envisioned, will be a perfect match. At Integre Marine it is our hope to moke your "bluewoter" dream come true!_

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YACHT SALES, INC.

JOHN BAIER

•

PETE FROMHAGEN

PETER SHEPPARD

•

CINDY WHITE

WANDERBIRD

60' 3 MASTED GAFF SCHOONER 1991

53' AMEL SUPER MARAMU KETCH '89

47’ VAGABOND KETCH 1985

Sausalito's Classic Pilot Schooner

4 staterooms accommodate 13. Diesel engine, 2

Transatlantic/Caribbean/Panama Canal/Mexico vet but shows like new. Electric furling main & jib. Bowthmster. Paees of equipment.

Equipped for extended cruising. Good electron¬

is available for purchase. Thoroughly restored,

gensets, inside/outside steering. Cargo hatch.

she is part of maritime history. Principals only.

U.S. built for good chartering potential.

Asking $925,000 • PETER SHEPPARD

Reduced to $290,000 • PETE FROMHAGEN

$449,000/offers * JOHN BAIER 47' Version also available

ics. Large tank capacity. Freezer/reefer. Exten¬ sive Pac. Coast charts. Hauled/painted 10/92.

$179,000 • PETE FROMHAGEN

sistership

41' HINCKLEY SLOOP 1965 Maine built to exacting standards in fiberglass,

Immaculate Tartan quality with Sparkman &

this rare classic has new Awlgrip, rigging &

Stephens design. Scheel keel, B & G Hydra,

Westerbeke diesel. She is in superb condition.

heat & air, roller furling, spinnaker, etc.

Reduced to $98,000/offers • JOHN BAIER

$83,500/offers • CINDY WHITE

35’ ERICSON SLOOP 1979

42' TAYANA CUTTER 1983

A very successful design, built for 25 years.

This well maintained, double ended, center cockpit

New roller furling & genoa, Yanmar diesel.

boat has a liveable interior, all the cruising gear

Autohelm autopilot, fresh varnish.

and a serious seller. Recent price reduction.

Asking $37,000 • CINDY WHITE

CONTACT JOHN BAIER

BUC

Quality Listings Invited.

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ENDEAVOUR' 46' X 11fi X 5fi WM. GARDEN I

"This is a very rare custom yacht, the quality |f th^ workmanship and materials are excellent plus. It is a world class yacht, Construction was supervised by a prominent New England boat builcjer. Accijitnpahying photographic/albums show the detailed flawless construction procedures'. Equipment and systems are suitable for worldwide cruising'/ - Lee H. E irheart, Marine Surveyor 1992. I guess the old adage of "qualify, endures" fit 3j when assessing "Endeavour.” Built well in 1966 of Teak & Iroko by supervisi;<fd Japanese craftsmen, she has cruised Mexico and Hawaii as well as the Pacific Northwest. Constant upgrades in rigging and gear have kept her odern and efficient - a pleasure to cruise and live aboard.,' / / Engine-driven refrigeration, Espar forced-air f urn ace and large capacity elec¬ trical system provide "at hofne" type convenie see for extended,self-contained cruising. Large port lightS/n the raised salon fl®d the main cabin with light and provide a view whilg bqloW. The full dodger encloses the center cockpit giving all-weather protection,vyhile hydraulic steering fcqupled with the W.M. Autopilot, Vigil radar and Micro,logic loran make navigatl 1 simple and straight forward, Self-tailing winches/a'nd roller furling make sa handling sensible.' The aft cabip, witty its own head and sink prd ides privacy from children or guests in the forward V-berths. The forward ad is large, beautifully, teakpaneled afid plqfribed for showering. f .

You will find/as you approach her by ding y fn some quiet anchorage, "Endeavour"/will fill you with the same pride ar appreciation that she has for us oyer the,years.

iW Aiiacbries, Washington and fSRced

43’ YOUNG SUN Cutter, Ketch, ’82, Roller furling, 65 hrs dsl. $99,500 47* VAGABOND, *85_ 44'ISLANDER, 74_ 41’AlIX. CUTTER,'41__ 4ff SWiET SWALLOW KETCH, *82 36' ISLANDER, 72 —35» FUJI KETCH, 73 __ 34' COLUMBIA, 70_ 33' RANGER, 75 -2rCAl,’85_____ 25’ MERIT, '82 w/tifr

24'J BOAT, 80. ■

.........

..$198,000 -$ 82,500 -$ 57,500 ..$ 85,000 ..$ 3.7,950 -S 48,950 ..$ 25,000

Moke Offer ..$ 19,950 ..$ 8,900 _$ 8,800

60* BURGER,'57 ...._$315,000 57' CHRIS CONNIE, '67.. $149,000 491 ALBIN SEDAN, '80_$145,000 46’SU RANGER,'88_$185,000

Most Boats At Our Docks

41’ GARDEN KETCH. Bristol, Great liveaboard. $79,500. 43’ VIKING DBl/CBN, 79 ..$159 46' MONK-VEGA, 75___$ 6S 36’ GRAND BANKS A/C 77_$119 36’SEA HORSE A/C *87 ..$ 79, 34' SEA HORSE, '84_$ S9 34' SURAT SUNDANCE, '88_$ 83 34’ BAYLINER AVANTI, *88 ..$ J9 33' COOPER PROWLER, ’88..$ 99 37 COOPER PROWLER, ’89_$ 59 321 CHRIS CRAET S/SEX,’62 ..$ 16 3D1 OWENS, ’64. $13 28’TOLLY CRAFT SDN,'66_Moke I 271 BOSTON WHALER, '88_$ 59 27*UNIFUTE,'67.._.,_Moke< 26' CHRIS CROWNE, '91_32 26’ BAYLINER CIERRA, '84__$ 22

Quality Listings Needed

Peninsula Marina, Redwood City, CA Bill Henry or Sue Doherty (206)757-3577

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Phone (415) 367-7212 • Fax (415) 367-7345

WE NEED LISTINGS! The Most Accesible and Visible \ Sales Docks in the Bay Area.

7 NORPAC YACHTS SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR

557 Francisco Bivd., San Rafael, CA 94107 (41 S) 485-6044 •FAX (415) 485-0335 LOWRIE YACHT HAR80R: 40 Pt. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA 94901

(415) 454-7595 FAX: 415-454-2561

FORMOSA 41, 1980. Teak decks, Perkins dsl. Owner very anxious. Try $39,900

22' CATALINA, 1983. fixed keel, trailer, o/b. Pop-lop, like new. $4,200

37' CREALOCK. Excellent for world cruising. Well equipped; radar, AP, SatNov, furling jib, dodger, vane, much more. Asking $87,500/offers.

27' CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE. F/G, teak decks, Volvo dsl, full cover. $7,500

SAIL- PARTIAL LIST 22' COLUMBIA. 1,800 24; COLUMBIA.3.000 25‘ C&C.race equipped .Inquire 26' RANGER. 4>00 27' CORONADO clean. 9,950 27' CATALINA.... new outboard.7,500 30' FRIENDSHIP SLOOP Gofereo.24,500 30' MORGAN .16,500 31' HUNTER.very clean.33,500 33* HUNTER.one owner.31,500 35' JASON .Brewer design. 38,000 38' CATAMARANRudy Cheoy design 32,500 41’ CT.... ... 48,000

POWER 21' LYMAN.inboard.5,750 24' SEA RAY SUNDANCER '83 w/trlr. 22,000 26' PACEMAKER.5,900 28’ BAYLINER.new engine/drive .... 17,900 28' TROJAN.super clean 18,950 or trade 34' HUBERT JOHNSON commuter . try 24,000 36' CHRIS CRAFT Constellation....Inquire 38' STEPHENS SEDAN .24,500 43' GRAN MARINER liveoboard.69,000 50' HACKERCRAFT restored .Offers

LOWRIE YACHT HARBOR BERTHING AVAILABLE 30 TO 60-FEET

50' HARTOG KETCH Perkins diesel aluminum spars, diesel heat, giant saloon with electric organ. Ferro hull and deck look like fiberglass. Surveyor says "Well suited for extended open ocean passages.' Asking $49,500.

DONATE YOUR BOAT TO THE SCOUTS Power or Sail

• Your donation is tax-deductible. Let us show you the attractive value and speedy transfer that we can arrange. • Eliminate broker fees, advertising and berthing. • Help instill the love of the sea and boating in the youth who participate in scouting. The Scouts are looking for any craft, power or sail, in serviceable condition.

41' CT PILOTHOUSE KETCH, 1975 Dual control stations, 70 HP diesel, owners double bed, separate stall shower, your chance to cruise in comfort and style. S98y506-. Reduced to $78,500 for immediate sate!

CALL US TODAY!

STANFORD AREA COUNCIL

34' PEARSON

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

1984 diesel sloop. Wheel, sleeps six, new dodger, new epoxy bottom, very clean. Asking $68,000.

Ask for Bob Dillard

(415) 327-5900

32' WESTS AIL, 1979 A nice clean factory finished model, well equipped for liveaboard or offshore cruising. Asking $52,500. Prop¬ erty trades considered. May. 1993 •UiOUMli* Page 195

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From $33,000.

51’ 50' 48' 48' 46' 45'

Morgan, 76.115.000 Force 50, 73.175,000 Amel Maramu, '85 .205.000 Tai Chio/Rhodes MS, 71.119,000 Island Trader MS, 81 . 150,000 Jeanneau, '85 .145,000

44 44' 44' 43' 43' 42'

Mason Ketch,'86.230,000 Naulicat MS, 80.110,000 Fellows & Stewart Sloop, '46.18.000 Hans Christian T, '85 . 189,000 Columbia, 71 .75,000 Hunter Passage, 90 .185,000

40' 40'

Tripp,'91 .210,000 8 Meter Sloop, '43 25.000

39 38' 38 37' 37’ 36’ 36' 36' 35' 35' 35 34'

C&C. 73 .:.87,500 Hinkley. 70.110,000 Globe. 81 .92,000 Tayana, 78 . 74.000 Ranger, 74 . 39,500 Islander, 75 . 45,000 Islander Freeport, 81 .75,000 S2. '85..Owner Wants Offers Cheoy Lee Lion, '58.40.000 C&C Landfall. 81 .55,000 Rafiki,'80 . 72,000 Tarlan Yawl, 74 . 36,000

34'

Wylie, 79.30,000

SPACE A VAILABLE AT OUR SALES DOCKS.

6 Meter, '85 „

33' 32'

Coronado, 74 Yankee, 74 ...

30' 30'

Catalina, '80.. S-2, 80 .

.30'

25' Catalina, 10 hp Honda o/b, very deon. '84.10,500 27' Cape Dory, 79, diesel pocket cruiser. Classy. 23,000 27' Cal 2-27, '76, diesel, good soil inv., new epoxy... OFFERS 30' Pearson, '77, clean/equipped for easy hondling.. 17,500 32' Ericson, 74, diesel, IPU, new rig '89, sharp.27,900 33' Hunter, 79, equip'd.eorning income in charter svc. CALL! 41' Islander Freeport Ketch, '80, oil roller furling.... 79,000 42' Centurion, rare! Beautiful, by Henri. Wauquiez.CALL! 42' Hinkley, Magnificent, several ovoiloble.CALL! 43' Shannon, 87, world cruiser, loaded & Bristol.249,000 43' Henri Wauquiez Amphitrite ketch, nice '84.145,000 43' Henri Wouquiez Amphitrite Ketch loaded, '82.155,000 44' Alden Cutter, 78, one of the world's best!.215,000 44' Herreshoff Cot Ketrh, '90, beoulifui cruiser.225,000

OAKLAND 29 Embarcadero Cove (510)534-9492 SAN FRANCISCO Pier 40 • South Beach Harbor (415)543-2650 44' Noutor Swan, Fost, comfy, well built, 73.116,000 44' Nautsr Swan, several ovoiloble.CALL! 45' Frers, '90, Swon look-olike by Swon designer.240,000 45' Jeanneou Sunkiss, '84, refer, genset, AC+. 125,000 46' Cambria, '86, gorgeous cutter. 365,000 46' Island Trader Ketch, '82,3-cobin layout.120,000 46' Ericson, 72, lots of upprodes, beoulifui.135,000 47' Centurion, 72, several ovoiloble.CALL! 48' Camper & Nicholson Mork II, 78.168,000 48' C&C landfall, superb long disl. cruiser, dodger.CALL! 50' Hinkley Sou'wester, several ovoiloble.CALI! 50' Shannon, '83, oft cockpit, loaded & Bristol........ 269,000 60' Mystic by Ta-Shing, '86, Frers design, must see. 435,000 Hew Listings Everyaay!

POWER 50‘ 49' 48' 46' 45' 44' 42' 4V 40' .39' 38'

Classic Cryer Tug-Yacht, 07 .50,000 Albin Trawler, '80 . 145,000 Chris Craft Bucaneer, '51 .22,000 Spoiler MY, '83.189,000 Mathews, '66 ..39,000 Pacemaker MY, '66.65,000 Ponderosa, '86 . 175,000 Burnscraft, 81 .72,000/offers Golden Star Trawler, '84.105,000 Christ Craft Stinger, '85.53.000 Hunter,'58.22,000

STARTER BARGAINS 30' 29' 28' 28' 27' 26' 25' 25' 24' 24 20'

Islander MKII, 71 .. .15,000 Cal, 70. .13,500 Wylie. 73. .18,000 Lancer,'81 . .12,000 Cal, 76. .14.900 Pearson, 79. .11,000 Cal. 83. .Sale Pending Folkboat, "49..5,000 C&C. 78. ... Owner Wants Otters Ranger, 78..6.000 Cal, '67. .4,000

YOURS FREE Our full color brochure explains: • How to fly Pole-less spinnakers • How to decide which size furling genoa jib to buy • How to decide if a fully battened mainsail is right for your boat.

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RON BANKSON YACHT & BOAT SALES

400 Harbor Drive, Suite C, Sausalito, CA 94965 Fax: 415*332*9503 Tel:415*332 *9 500

(415) 871-8470 SAIL

41' MORGAN O/l KE, 79.

..$69,900

20' CAL SL '66..$ 3,650

41' CORONADO SL, 74.

$ 65,000

23' CLIPPER SL, '78..$ 3,500 25' U.S. YACHT SL, '80. .$ 8,950

POWER

25' MacGREGOR SL, '85. .$ 3,750

25' BAYLINER SARATOGA. 78....

25’ MERIT SL, '83. .$ 7,900

31'SEARAY VANGUARD, '82. 31'CARVER EXPRESS, 73 . 32' CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE.'62 ... 34' CALIFORNIA SEDAN F/B, 79 . 36' CARVER, '87, aft cabin. 41' P.T. TRAWLER A/C, 78.

27' U.S. YACHT SL, '83. .$12,500

IT U.S. YACHT, 77. .$ 9,500 27' ERICSON SL, 78. .$18,500

53' SWAN, '90 Mint. Also, Swans 38,411,47,57,65.

42' WAUQUIEZ. CENTURION '87

27' ISLANDER, 89. .$ 8,900

Beautiful performance cruiser. 2 double cabins, impressive inventory.

30' RAWSON SL, '64. .$15,000 30'CATALINA SL,'82. .$28,500 33' NEWPORT SL, '84. .$39,000

42' OWENS ARUBA M/Y, '66. 44' MARINE TRADER, 78. 49'ALBIN SEDAN. '80.

$ 13.200 $ 49,900 $ 23,950 $ 18,500 $ 69,995 $104,500 $ 75,000 $ 44,000 $119,000 $145,000

Oyster Cove Marina • 385 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite #$8 South San Francisco, CA 94080

42' BALTIC

41’ SCEPTRE ’85

2 available, both outstanding condition. Racers/cruisers.

Inside steering, raised settee in pilothouse. Extensive elects.

46' CAL 2-46, '74

4T VAGABOND, ’81

Complete refit in and out. Absolutely the best anywhere!

Beautiful, roomy interior, great liveaboard. Always well maintained.

SELECT BROKERAGE LIST MAGNUSSEN . .$75,000 ISLANDER. . Offers CAL. .$69,000 GULFSTAR 1977... .$75,000 44' CUSTOM CRUISE/RACE. .Inquire

36' 36' 39’ 43'

58' 61' 62' 63' 64'

ALDEN BOOTHBAY CUSTOM C&C. MASON . CHEOY LEE . DYNAMIQUE, 1983

New York • Sausalito • Seattle Page 196 •

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..299,000 $310,000 $575,000 $600,000 .... A Steal

57' Custom Islander - 3 strm Family Bluewater cruiser or: charter yacht. Vantage has just undergone a full retit, with the following NEW items, 100 hp Detroit dst, generator, LP paint and much more. Other gear includes, Kenwood SSB/HF, Raytheon 26m radar, Atden Weather Fax. B & G instrumentation, 480gpd Watermaker, holding plate ref/freezer, and much more! Vantage is a 2-time South Pacitici vet and she is once again ready to take you to your Dream Islands in safety and comfort! $199,500

MAC DONALD YACHT

BUC

BROKERAGE • INSURANCE • MANAGEMENT

NET

1450 Harbor Island Drive • San Oiego, CA 92101 • (619) 294-4545 Fax (619) 294-8694

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OCEAN CRUISING YACHTS

J 20 Years at 2608 Shelter Island Dr., San Diego, CA 92106

1306 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 • Fax 332-2067 SWEDE 55. Post, (lossy, Knud Reimers 1984 FG diesel sloop Elegant accomodations, sleeps 8, Sailed easily by 1. See this one-ownec beauty at our docks. SI 24,950 29' 30' 30' 31 ’ 32' 32' 32' 32' 35' 36' 37' 38' 40'

Col 2-29, dsl.$15,000 Cal 3-30, dsl __ $19,500 Eritson, whl.dsl___$17,472 Mariner ketih, FG, dsl..$22,500 Westsail, '77.Offers Dreadnought, ‘92 .. Loaded! Ericsons ....3 from $18,000 Cross Tri___$12,000 Ericson..2 from $28,500 Block Island cutter .. $18,500 Hunter-2 from $49,500 K-38. $19,900 Acapulco, new main, dsl$37,500

27' DARTSAILER Motorsailer by Holland Boat Co. 1980, Perkins 4-108,524 hrs., sleeps 4,2 dbls, fully equipped. Tabernacle mast, mint! $49,000

36' CHEOY LEE CUPPER by luders 6 sails, Volvo, FWC, water maker, etc. Looded w/geor & spores. Ready! 40' 41' 41' 42' 42' 44' 48' 50' 35' 39' 72' 78'

Yorktown..._$34,500 Steel French C/B cutter_Call Kettenburg, F/G, Mex Vet_$45,900 Westsail, ctr. cockpit_$97,500 Colvin, '88 Steel PH Cutter_$88,000 Peterson, alum... $70,000 Cheoy Lee cutter_$114,900 Hudson Venice model '85_$295,000 Pacific Bluefin SportFisher_$79,900 Searay Exsp, sharp___$125,900 Sea Ranger Custom_$950,000 Sharp DeFever MY$1,250,000

FORCE 50 KETCH

wm . Gorden's most popular bluewater cruiser. Hand laid class, diesel aux., loaded with gear including dive compressor, 8 man raft & autopilot. (ESTATE SALE) Asking $109,000

jfwvii brewer design sloop w/canoe stern, cruise equipped incl. Monitor vane, SatNav, Avon raft, dodger, etc. Very solid, go anywhere cruiser. Only asking $34,000.

MARINER 35

GULF 29 1983 P.H. sloop by Garv Mull.

53' ADAMS Swan-like ketch. Fast, roomy 3 stems, sips 8-10. Won't lost. $149,000.

YACHT SALES PERSON NEEDED:

( Welcome! Out-of-state buyers. Callus direct for special discounts. 20 years experience with truck and (offshore deliveries - Slate Licensed & Bonded - Charter Members Calif. Yacht Brokers Assn.

Garden designed ketch, Perkins 4-107 aux. Recent upgrades, ideal liveaboard/cruise. At our docks. Reduced to $23,500/0ffers.

Dsl aux., large, roomy interior, loaded w/ quality gear. Exc. Bay or coastal cruiser. At our docks. Asking $32,500/0ffers.

We Sell Boats and Build Friendships

Glen Cove/Yacht Sales

30' ISLANDER

1984 Yanmar aux., roller furling jib, self-tailing winches, accommodates six w/shower. Asking $27,500/offers.

28'SLOOP

East coast built, cold molded, Atomic 4 aux. Loaded w/gear, 7 sails includ¬ ing spinnakers. Asking $8,500.

24’ STONEHORSE 1972 Ready and eager to sail. Asking $12,500

43' LAKE UNION

SAIL 25' CATALINA, '82. 27 CATALINA.... 27 DUFOUR,'78... 30' FRIENDSHIP,'70, wood. 30' NEWPORT. -30* ISLANDER, 72... 35' FANTASIA/77. 35' ALC SLOOP, 71... 37 SEARUNNER, 79..... 38" PACIFIC, 78 .,...... 44' PETERSON/EICHENLAUB, 79 aluminum, 18 sails 46' CAL 2-46 CUSTOM, 74.. .

.2 FROM $ 8,500 .$ 15,900

1923 classic motor yacht. Quality teak cabin, interior and decks. Ford Lehman dsl main w/only 350 hours. Major structional upgrade and new covers. Asking $29,500.

28' CAPE DORY

1986 sport cruiser. Pleasure/commercial. Mercruiser 230 w/ only 215 hours. Cabin sleeps two, galley & enclosed head. Asking $27,000/0ffers.

SAIL - PARTIAL UST

.2 FROM $ 22,500 .$ 13,500

;.$ 33,000 .S 79,000 .$140,000

(707) 552-4206 • (800) 281-9224 FAX: (707) 552-4296 WE'VE MOVED! WE RE NOW AT THE VALLEJO MUNICIPAL MARINA 2ND FLOOR YACHTMASTERS. TAKE 780 WEST FROM 80, CURTOLA PARKWAY, LEFT ON HARBOR WAY. 1 HARBOR WAY.

47' GULFSTAR Sailmaster Ketch excellent liveaboard.$132,000 43' CUTTER, double ended, full Iceel by Ron Amy.$ 75,000 42' VAGABOND Ketch, loaded, cruise in comfort..$150,000 39' C&C, Trans Pacific vet., long lift of quality gear .$ 87,500 38' PACIFIC, from New Zealand".......$ 75,000 37'TAYANA, Perry design .$ 78,000 37' IRWIN, Sausalito liveaboard slip .$ 79,000 36' ISLANDER, real sharp, motivated owner.Only $ 30,000 35' HUGHES, quality Canadian built.$ 33,000 34' HUNTER, Harken jib furl., dodger, clean.$ 45,000 32' ALDEN Motorsailer by Cheoy Lee.Offers/$ 37,000 30' CATALINA, two available.from.Offers/S 20,000 30' ISLANDER, recent upgrade, clean.$ 27,500 28' TRITON, Estate sale, excellent condition.offers/$ 12,000 27' LANCER, Powersailer, real fast.$ 17,000 25' O'DAY, our dry storage area, check it out.$ 5,000 POWER - PARTIAL LIST 51' BLUEWATER coastal cruiser, immaculate.Trv/$150,000 38' TRAWLER, Caterpiller 3208 main.our docks.Only $ 26,000 52' HACKERCRAFT, nigh speed classic.$100,000 41' CHRIS Motor Yacht, new Cummings mains.$145,000 40' LAKE UNION CLASSIC, yacht condition.$ 55,000

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Anchora brokers Consults

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Names You Can Trust, John Swain Ij I Peter Powell!

Mike Kushner

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70' VAN DAMM MOTORSA1LER, 70. Extremely well-built

51' MORGAN 76 KETCH. Rodor, AP, SolNav, air cond

iDove Marshall]

: new: LPU, cushions, carpet & d jib. $125,000.

steel vessel from a world famous Dutch yord. Air condi¬ tioned, 5 staterooms & seporate crew quarters, 4 heads, watermoker, large galley with service for 15, full electron¬ ics including SSB & weamerfax. 5,000 mile range. Aclean

SAIL

POWER

75'CUNNINGHAM. 74. 210.000

36'FREEPORT, 78. .65.000

65' MacGREGOR. '87. 137.500

36' HERITAGE. 78. .. 65,000

54'VENNEKENS

54' VENNEKENS TOPS! SCHOONER, 1979. Belgium built galvanized steel pilothouse schooner. High quality construction, water tight bulkheods. A finely fitted yochl. $195,000.

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195,000

36' ISLANDERS 73-79 .

44,000

52' CHEOY LEE. '82. 205.000

36' PEARSON, '85. .. 85,000

50 GARDEN KETCH. 78. 175,000

35' SANTANA. '80. .47,000

47' RHODES M S., 71 . 112,000

34' BENETEAU 350. '89. .. 79.000

43' COLUMBIA. 69. ..56,000

34' WYLIE, 79. .. 34,000

41 GARDEN. 73. ..65,000

33 HUNTER, 79. ..29,000

41'LORD NELSON. '82

139.000

33' SWALCOW SWIFT. 78 ... ..50,000

41 MORGAN. 79. ..69,900

32'ARIES, 76. ..32,000

41 MURRAY-PETERSON. '83 .89,000

32'COLUMBIA, 76. ..24,500

41 RHODES. 66 . ..60,000

32'VALIANT, 77. .. 45,000

40 CSC. '82. ..72,000

32' WESTSAIL, 79 (3). ..52,500

40'CHALLENGER. 74. ..89,500

32' MORGAN, 79. . 39,000

40 CHEOY LEE O.S.. 71 . ..58,000

30' BABA, ‘81. .59,000

40' ISLANDER/PETERSON. 80 ..69,000

30 CATALINA. 78. ..22,000

40' MARINE TRA0ER. MS. 82 .85,000

30' ISLAN0ER BAHAMA, 84 ..27,500

39 CSC. 73. .,87,500

30' PEARSON 303, '84. .46,666

38' COLIN ARCHER. 68. ..26,500

30' YAMAHA. 79. . 25,000

i' MORGAN, 79. Brewer design ketch, 1800ampbrs„

38' BRISTOL. .44,000

29' ERICSON, 77. ..19,500

3500 watt oux. gen., inverter, refrig, vacu-flush, radar.

38' ERICSON. 81 . ..65,000

28' ISLANDER. 77. . 19,000

Everything works. $132,000.

38' MORGAN. 79. ..61,000

28' ISLANDER, '85. ..19,000

37' HUNTER LGND. 88. . 64,500

27' N0RSEA. .54.000

37 HUNTER. 80 .

..45,000

27' ERICSON, 74. .. 22,000

37' ISLANDER. 63. .. 44,000

27' CATALINA. 78. ..10,900

37' RANGER. 74 . .. 42,500

27' CAL 2-27, 74 .

37' TAYANA. 78

25' CAL 25, '80. . 16.000

. ..73,000

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60 BURGER. 57 .285.000 56'FELLOWS 8 STEWART,??... 99,500 53' BLUEWATER, 80.179,000 50' TROJAN, '60.145,000 49'ALBIN.145.000 47' DELTA CLIPPER, '80.83,500 46'CHRIS CRAFT, '64.69,000 46' CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE, '63 79,000 45' LANCER. '81 .142.500 44' LUHRS. '70 . 90,000 43' PRESIDENT.'83.149,000 42'PONDEROSA, '85.170,000 40'OWENS, '64 .41,500 40' BLUEWATER. '78.77,000 40' CRUIS-A-HOME. 75 . 55,000 39’ CHRIS (STINGER).59.000 38' COLOENSTAR, '84.89,000 38' BAYLINER, '87.115,000 38’ PACEMAKER,'70.35,000 38' HUNTER. '59.23,000 37' NEW HAVEN.20,000 36' EGG HARBOR, 78 .115,000 36'CHRIS CRAFT, 64 .26,000 35' CHRIS CRAFT, '68 . 58,500 34'CHRIS CRAFT, '91 .78,000 34' HATTERAS, '64.23,000 33' CHRIS CRAFT 336, '84 .49,000 32'COOPER, '89.65,000 32' UNIFLITE, 79 . 49,500/OBO 30'VEGA, 74.33,500 28' SEA RAY, '86 .:.33,000 28' ALLMAND, '79 .31,500 25' SKIPJACK, ‘80 .20,000 25 BAYLINER, 85.22.500

8 well-maintained international class yacht. $350,000.

38' GOLDEN STAR '84. Sedan trawler, centered queen forward, rodar, AP, loran, refrig. $89,000.

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30' BABA, '81. Highest quality cutter. Teak decks, cobin lops and cockpit. Wheel steering, green LPU hull. $59,000.

37' RANGER. Custom teak interior like a finely crafted musical instrument. Aunique and beautiful boat 7.000 BETTER THAN NEW. 41' MORGAN, 79. Center cockpit cutter, 1986 dsl with 400 hrs, AP, SSB, Loran, windlass, Bimini, dodger, refrig : eration. $69,900. 52' CHEOY LEE M/S, '82. 3 staterooms, twin diesels,

45' JEANEAU SUN-KISS, '84. Cutter, 8 & G instruments,

12.5lcw Onon, SalNav, WeFax, autopilot, 2 heads w/

hard-to-fmd 3 staterooms, perfect liveaboord/cruiser.

showers $205,000.

$145,000.

ISLANDERS " 5. Vintage year, Teak, ook, cane with T&H sole, 50 36', 78. hp Perkins tins dsl, self laililing winches. $49,000.

40' 37' 36' 36' 30' 28'

PETERSON, rocer, 1980, very fost $69,000 1968 CLASSIC. 544,000 5 from.$36,000 FREEPORT, 78, bnstol condition.$72,500 BAHAMA,'84, very deon $32,500 1985, wheel, roller furling ond woter pressure $30,000

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36' $211MC, '84. Ctr cockpit sloop. Originol owner has mamt. like new. Windlass, dodger, ST winchces, Forced : oir heoT, navy blue bull. $75,000.

MINU TES That's all it takes to get from your protected slip to sailing on the Bay. Ballena Isle Marina's unique location offers Alameda's quickest access to open water. Our on site fuel dock, chandlery, restaurant, sandwich shop and other services means you'll never leave without everything you need. For full service and convenience make the move to Ballena Isla Marina. And remember your first month is FREE!

YOUR FIRST MONTH IS FREES USE OUR GOLD CARD FOR THE FOLLOWING SA VINGS:

20% Off All Fuel and Fuel Products 15% Off Everything in Our Chandlery Whale's Tale Restaurant Discounts* 10% Off at Club Nautique on All Sailing Lessons* Haulout DiSCOUntS .not g0ocj with other promotions

BALLENA ISLE MARINA ON I Ml BAY

AN ALMAR MARINA

1150 BALLENA BOULEVARD ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 94501

MARINA FLEA MARKET AND BOAT AUCTION! Saturday, June 5th i* A

Sponsored by the Alameda Sea Scouts in conjunction with Ballena Isle Marina. For more information and exhibit space call (510) 522-2772.

1-800-675-SUP • (510) 523-5528 May. 1993 •

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NELSON S FIELD SERVICE A/ow Offering Full Mechanical Engine Service Aboard Your Boat AT YOUR SLIP! Oil Change • Tune-Ups Firm Quotes Gladly Given. 2229 Clement Avenue • Alameda • CA 94501

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(510) 536"5548

DRY STORAGE MARINA A New Form of Boat Berthage

Keeps Your Boat Clean, Dry and Race/Sail Ready

• Haulout/launch service

' S5,"SAVINGS - Virtually Eliminates: • • • •

Paved facility Easy access to Bay Adjacent to Nelson s Marine Electrical hookups

• Blistering or damage caused by osmosis • Electrolysis damage , Marine growth attaching to the bottom • Extends life of zincs

LOCATION Take 23rd Ave. exit oft 880 to the Park Street Bridge. Turn right at the first light onto Clement Avenue. Goll/2 blocks to find Nelson s on the right.