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A Sailing Saga Saga is the 65-foot steel hulled, teak decked home of the Stone family - Mat, Molly and young Hayden, Caleb and Adelaide. Saga is also a classroom, where history, culture, social skills, communication and a bit of mandatory math - and sailing - are taught daily. The Stones left California last October, heading south for Mexico and Central America. Mat voiced their delight in reaching along at 9 knots toward Costa Rica. Next year: the South Pacific. The Spectra main we built Saga is unusual. Full hoist it is too wide to clear the backstay. Reaching and running, the sail is large and powerful. On those rare occasions when the boat must tack to weather, the sail is simply reefed and becomes the size of the original main. Tom Wylie, the boat's designer, de¬ scribes it as our "passagemaking mainsail." We look forward to the 'saga' of Saga. And we expect all her Pineapple Sails to cover miles of ocean and years of service.

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This ruggedly built cutter rigged boat has all the features for ultimate safety and comfort and sea. Details like raised bulwarks, Hoyt self-tacking staysail boom, stem boarding platform, standard furling headsails and optional furling main enhance security and ease of handling. The modem hull form and full foil keel will provide gentle motion

and impeccable sailing manners even in the most severe conditions. Like current generation Island Packets, this new yacht will be a very fast passagemaker. The interior is a master¬ piece of elegant functionality and practical liveability. The forward head/shower is big enough to be called a room. The forward midship

owner's suite has queen¬ sized berth accessible from both sides. The large main salon, separate nav station and seagoing galley are sure to please. The 420 is a truly special seagoing vessel. Thirteen boats were sold the day she was announced. Call us now if you want an Island Packet 420 in 2000.

Where can you get a better boat than an Island Packet? You can spend a lot more for a boat and you can get custom woodwork and teak decks. You can pay for a few more coats of varnish and custom fixtures, but you won't get a better boat. How many other builders use only tri-axial glass and hand lay-up in their hull construction? Who else uses pre-tinned wiring for all electrical applications and anhydrous rubber in the sanitation system? Who else gives a two-year warranty on all components and a 10-year warranty on the construction? What other boat provides higher resale values and higher customer satisfaction? We can't think of any - can you? Boat of the Year

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The newest member of the Beneteau Oceanis cruising series is arriving in August. This new design is big and loaded with features that will appeal to both experienced cruisers and families new to sailing. In the development of the 361, Beneteau surveyed its owners

to find out what people wanted most in a mid-size cruiser. The 361 is the bril¬ liant result of that survey. The 361 has two large staterooms, a separate shower stall, forward facing nav station, gourmet galley with microwave, refrigeration stove/oven, furling mainsail and genoa, anchor windlass.

winches next to the helms¬ man, swim platform, and an incomparable standard equip¬ ment list. The main saloon is huge and the interior is built of rich furniture grade cherry varnished hardwoods. After seeing this boat you may just decide that you don't need that 38 or 40-footer after

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Lagoon offers the most luxurious and modern cruising-cat designs available today. The upcoming 380 - "little sister" to the ocean-proven 410 - is only 9% smaller, yet $80,000 cheaper! Same luxurious inte¬ rior. Same excellent twin-diesel maneuverability. Same bluewater capability. And an even higher sailarea-to-weight ratio! (Below) Check out this special Owner's Version of the Lagoon 380. The entire starboard hull is the owner's suite, including a large head with separate shower. And the port hull includes a guest state¬ room, head and "bonus cabin" forward.

Fountaine Pajot. (56’ x 27' x 4’6"). Queen of FP’s fleet. 12-18 kts sailing, up to 18 kts powering. World cruiser. MARQUISES 56 (37’ x 17' x 3'6") Twin dsls (75-140hp). 9-20 kts. 2 staterms, 2 heads, flybridge & inside helms. Beachable. $280,000 FOB.

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"We have chosen to design narrow and deep hulls with moderate overall length. This design requires less power, thereby improving performance in general and particularly in upwind sailing. The small waterline area combined with the moderate overall length ensures smooth sailing and comfort whether at sea or mooring." - Alain Mortain & Yiannis Mavrikios, Naval Architects & designers of the Nautitech series. Ranging from the 395 with four double cabins and two heads to the 475 with four double cabins and four heads, there is a Nautitech Catamaran to make your dreams come true! Call about special pricing opportunities on the first cats!

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The Only Sportboat Under 30 ft. Certified for Offshore Family Fun! Sailing World magazine rated the J/80 as easier to handle, less intimidating, safer and better suited for sailing offshore than other modern sportboats tested. Sailing fast is just one of the features of the J/80. However, fun and safety for the whole family has been a hallmark of the entire J/Boat line. The J/80 is no exception. While many single purpose sportboats assume you'll always leave family and friends ashore, the J/80 was designed to be exciting on the race course but also enjoyable for more relaxed sailing. .That is why the J/80 is the only sportboat under 30 ft. that meets the Category B standards of the EU Recre¬ ational Craft Directive of the International Standards Organization (for details on this superior rating visit www.jboats.com). No other under 30' sportboat mea¬ sure up! Speed, competition, safety and family fun are just some of the many reasons the J/80 class continues to outpace its rivals and grow worldwide.

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frlilF YOU CAN SAIL THE BAY You recently editorialized that it is a myth that all of us who grew up sailing the Bay believe: If you can sail the Bay, you can sail anywhere. Care to elaborate? I’ve sailed to Hawaii and crossed the Atlantic five times, yet it still gets my adrenaline pumping to be off Alcatraz at 3:00 p.m. on any given summer afternoon.

' Bill Grummel Discovery Bay Yacht Harbor

Bill — Our editorial opinion was predicated on the belief that it's not the wind bat rather the seas that are most likely to en¬ danger boats and the lives of mariners. We stand by that opin¬ ion, for no matter how many afternoons you battle 25 knots of wind off Alcatraz, its not going to fully prepare you for 25 knots of wind — and 15-foot breaking seas. Especially at night, after you've been seasick for three days, and the nearest shelter is 1,000 miles away. So to clarify our position, we'll say, "If you can sail San Fran¬ cisco Bay, you can easily handle the protected waters of the world.'But if you can sail the Gulf of the Farallones with confi¬ dence, you can sail just about anywhere in the world.

IUIwho is a minimalist? My favorite articles in Latitude are those about frugal cruis¬ ing. So with the arrival of your July issue, the first story I read was One Storm, Two Muggings and A Circumnavigation. Creative cruisers usually have good ideas and maybe more fun, so I was pretty much in heaven reading Ed Hart's article. That is, until I got to the part where you quote Hart as saying, "I was getting by on $600 to $800 a month." Six hundred to $800 a month!? Hart is a "minimalist" who says "money isn't the answer," and that he's able to "live inexpensively." How can Don Cutty be his mentor when Hart lives on $8,000 to $9,000 a year — which he says is sailing frugally? I wonder what Don Cutty would have to say about those monthly expenses? If Hart would break down his costs, I'd love to see where a man of "few vices" spends that kind of money. Say it ain't so. Shawn Tuttle Los Angeles Shawn — We realize that while spending an average of $23 a day to feed and clothe oneself, to outfit and maintain one's boat, and for port fees and other expenses associated with making a circumnavigation may seem grossly extravagant to some, it doesn't to others. Count us and most experienced cruisers as 'others'. By the way, Hart said he did tend to be profligate when it came to food. All in all. we found his story inspiring.

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David — Meeting the Ha-Ha fleet in T urtle Bay is a great idea because one can do the fast two legs, which are the shortest, enjoy all the festivities in Cabo — and still miss just one week of work. And it has been done. Unfortunately, there's no reliable way to do it, and it is not safe for a lone woman. Turtle Bay is about 360 miles south of San Diego or about halfway to Cabo San Lucas. It has an airport but no regular plane service — not since the DCS they used to ship lobster crashed just outside of town about six years ago. It’s pr obably still possible to charter a plane from Ensenada to Turtle Bay, but we're not sure of the cost — and would be more than a little concerned about safety issues. There are also guys in the U.S. with small planes who fly surfers to remote beaches in Mexico. In fact, we met one during the first Ha-Ha at Bahia Santa Maria. The previous week he'd made a bad beach landing, bent the plane's prop, and had to leave it there. If your girlfriend were able to charter a plane to Turtle Bay and split the cost with four or six others, it might be reasonable. But after the Kennedy crash, we don't know how many others would be up for it. The folks we know who have met the fleet in Turtle Bay have taken a bus from Tijuana to the middle-of-nowhere junction of the TransPeninsular Highway and the dirt road to Turtle Bay — located a ways south of Guerrero Negro. While initially scary, the buses and the TransPeninsular Highway are actually semi¬ safe. The buses run all the time, the fares are reasonable, and it takes about 12 hours from Tijuana to the junction. The problem is you're being dropped off at thejunction, which is in the middle of nowhere. Further, there is no regular bus service to Turtle Bay, very little other traffic, and it's a three to four-hour ride over a nasty dirt road. A guy who did it last year reported the driver who picked him up drank about a case of beer along the way, and that his truck broke down a number of times. While he made it and had a terrific tale to tell, this is the part we wouldn't rec¬ ommend for single women. If there were a group of guys and a woman, we'd consider it pretty safe. There are quite a few cruisers who drive to southern Baja at the Ha-Ha time of year, so it might be possible to hook up with one of them through Downwind Marine or somebody, and pay them a big 'tip'for the sidetrip to Turtle Bay. Or, if enough people were interested and willing to pay, somebody might be willing to drive their own vehicle to Turtle Bay, leave it there while they did the Ha-Ha, then take the bus up from Cabo to pick it up for the trip home. There is regular jet service to La Paz, but that's almost as far

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LETTERS from Turtle Bay as San Diego. There is also jet service to Loreto, which is a spectacular six-hour drive from the turn-off to Turtle Bay, so that's out of the question, too. It seems to us the only good options are the bus with others, a car with others, or char¬ tering a plane with others. If anyone has any better suggestions, we're all ears. Alaska Air has a non-stop from Cabo to San Francisco that we like. We’ve never made advance reservations and haven't had a problem, but we'd check with them It's also not that far— and an interesting drive — to La Paz and the airport up there.

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LETTERS were enjoying cruising Australia, happier for having a less main¬ tenance-intensive boat. tUlNON-BIASED INFORMATION I really enjoy Latitude, and am hoping you can help me find something. I’ve been unable to find accurate and non-biased information on sailboats — similar to what the Consumer Reports puts out on cars. Suppose, for example, I wanted to find out the pros and cons of an Island Packet 32. In other words, I want a magazine in which sailboats are critiqued and analyzed. My problem arises from the fact that each yacht broker tells me that their sailboat is the best on the market. They can’t all be right, so I want to find out the truth about new and seminew sailboats. Matt Harrin Unknown Matt — What you're looking for doesn’t exist —for a variety of

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year. 2) When it comes to cars, there are relatively few significant options. Little engine or big engine, hardtop or rag top. When it comes to cruising boats, there can be huge differences: two cabin interior versus three cabin interior, center cockpit versus aft cock¬ pit, fixed three-bladed prop versus folding two-bladed prop, small engine versus large engine, tall rig versus short rig, sloop versus ketch, good sails versus cheap sails, lightly loaded versus over¬ loaded. And even from one boat to the next there can be major changes in hull lay-ups and other structural basics. The bottom line is that somebody could work up an Ocean Flyer 36 that would sail like a pig, while another could be worked up to be a sweet sailing ocean cruiser. 3) There is no best boat — but rather lots of boats designed for different purposes. The Melges 24 and the Swan 57 are both excellent boats, but the Melges is going to be dreadful for luxury cruising with a family while the Swan isn't going to surf 4) The best boat reviews and comparisons we've seen are in Yachting World, a sailing magazine out of London. They've got plenty of factual information, but since much of it is supplied by the manufacturers, who is to know how accurate it is? Judging from the price comparisons, not very much. The biggest shortcoming is that rhost boat reviews are based on taking a boat out for a single afternoon, which isn't going to reveal much — unless there were zephyrs in the morning and a full gale with breaking seas in the afternoon. If you think a threehour sail off the calm waters of Newport Beach is going to tell you much about the structural integrity and performance of a boat you're planning to load down and sail across the Atlantic, somebody has a Clipper Marine 32 they’d like to show you. 5) Never underestimate honest differences in opinion. A few months ago, ’Commodore’ Tompkins, with a lifetime of offshore sailing experience, proclaimed that the Cascade 29 was the worst boat he ever sailed in his life. Yet last month we ran the story of Ed Hart, who not only had a grand time circumnavigating in a Cascade 29, but who along with his humble boat survived being rammed by a 600-foot bulk carrier. So how do you find the perfect boat for you? We're going to need a few lifetimes to figure that one out.

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LETTERS harmony in the ol' household again. During the spring and summer, I hadn't had much success in getting my bride of 33 years to enjoy sailing the Bay as much as me. My wife doesn’t enjoy cold, parts-in-the-water sailing — and said it had been too cold and windy for her to have fun. I didn't know whether to believe her or not, but the evidence you presented in Sightings proved that it's been one of the coldest and windiest springs and early summers in history. That got my wife off the hook. I guess I should have believed her, but I needed to hear it from another source. But above all, thanks for the July issue reminder of good times to be had in the Delta. It saved my hide and restored peace in my house. You see, Scott, a sailing buddy and official 'old fart' team member from the '94 Catalina 22 Nationals, and I sailed my Dolphin 26 from Richmond to Bruno's Island on Saturday, July 10. What a great day of sailing we had! It had started getting warm just past the Brothers at the entrance to San Pablo Bay, and we made the Carquinez Bridge in just three hours. Thanks to the wind and tide being with us the entire way, we had the boat in her new berth in a little over nine hours. WhEn we'd done the Ditch Run a few years ago, it was almost nightfall before we'd gotten so far. And the Vallejo Race has been enough to keep me from going north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge without the promise of a good party at the other end. So let me say it again, it was about the greatest day of sailing ever! We had approximately 50 miles of either reaching or sail¬ ing wing-on-wing, spent lots of time at hull speed, were warmed by the sun, and enjoyed great sandwiches and cold beer. And I had a wife who was happy that 'I did it all for her!' Now she’s even reading Latitude's section about the Delta. Now I'm trying to convince her to do the Ha-Ha! Latitude is great — and timely. Pat McIntosh Mis Dial, Dolphin 26 Sacramento Pat — We're only too happy to help maintain domestic bliss by reminding everyone that variety — of the sailing kind, of course — is the spice of life. TUI THE STICKY MUCK Perhaps someone can explain the sticky mess of muck that came up with my anchor and chain in Richardson Bay this past July 5th. What perplexes me is that over the past couple of months I have anchored within a hundred yards of the same spot on four occasions, and pulled up relatively clean ground tackle each time. Did I just hit a mud hole on this occasion, or is something else going on because of the spring run-off or some other seasonal phenomenon? Richardson Bay is a really great place to anchor and stop for awhile, but if it means an hour of cleaning up the goo in the chain locker, I'm afraid I’ll have to pass. Any ideas? On the topic of outboard motors being stolen in Mexico, I'd just like to say that outboards are an abomination second only behind two-cycle dirt bikes. We should all thank the thieves for providing cruisers with an incentive for abandoning the accursed devices in favor of a good set of oars. Jimmie Zinn Dry Martini, Morgan 38 Richmond

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Bill — Thanks for that report, it sounds like a great place to stop. Brookings is the home of Sam Vahey, who did the first two Singlehanded TransPacs with his Ranger 37 Odysseus. He still has the boat — wejust saw Odysseus hauled out in Honolulu — but keeps her on the island of Lanai.

tUlA LOUD ONE AND A QUIET ONE Toll the bell for a good guy. Phil Carter, sailor and friend of I the Bay, died on June 11. He was 55 and had struggled with ; prostate cancer for three years. Although he never said it out! loud, I know this is the place he wanted to be remembered. I spent more than eight years sailing with Phil out of Sausalito, and over those years we developed a theory that in every twoman boat there's a loud one and a quiet one. Phil was definitely the latter. When the wind kicked up to 20 knots and the boat was deep in the groove, I would shout for more, yelling affec¬ tionate epithets at the freshening Gate. Phil always shook his head as if taking pity on a foolish and demented soul. We bal¬ anced each other, however, and over time knew the other's moves, always calmly talking through tight situations. Phil was a champion schoolboy sailor in Port Arthur, Texas, and once went out in a near hurricane and flew across the bay

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As each day passed, the weather improved and Pete regained more use of his arm. We did manage to stop at Santa Maria Bay for one night of rest and quiet, but with Pete disabled, the an¬ choring drill wasn't a pretty sight. Five days after the incident, we arrived in Cabo. The folks at the marina immediately called Dr. Alejandro Avalos, an Englishspeaking trauma physician who personally transported us to his clinic. His examination and x-ray showed both a fracture and dislocation of Pete's elbow. He applied a temporary cast to reduce the discomfort. We were elated that we'd overcome adversity to reach Cabo, but we still had another challenge to face. With only limited medical facilities in Cabo, we needed to get to Mazatlan and more sophisticated medical care. So after resting for two days, we fook off. We had acceptable weather for the crossing and completed the trip in 46 hours. Mazatlan has a cruisers net on VHF 68 at 0830 six days a week — and a number of cruisers monitor the channel most of the time. If any cruiser needs help, they only have to come up'. We Weren't aware of the net, unfortunately, as it would have made our arrival a little easier. A retiree from the UCLA Medical Center, Suzy was able to activate her former ties while at sea via email. We use the Wavetalk phone system. UCLA's international department came up with a physician referral at The Sharp Hospital in Mazatlan. The hospital is comparable to a community facility stateside. Many of the staff speak English and communication is not a problem. After making contact with Dr. Enrique Garcia, an orthope¬ dic surgeon, Pete underwent surgery on his arm on December 22. He arrived at 0800 the first day and was out by 2100 the second day. Thank goodness our boat was in a great location, the El Cid Hotel and Marina, for Pete’s recuperation; The facil¬ ity has four pools, hot tubs, reliable and safe water, electricity and cable TV. The cost of this American-style treatment was not insignifi¬ cant, however. Our initial cash outlay was over $6,000 — al¬ though we may be able to get reimbursement from our state¬ side insurance and boat medical insurance. So far, however, working with our U.S. insurance company has been one chal¬ lenge after another. We have to translate every document and do all the exchange rates, as they don't seem to understand foreign claims. We also had to explain why Pete didn't seek treat¬ ment within 24 hours. Pete could have flown back to the States for treatment, but with all the travel and living expenses, and our $2,500 deduct¬ ible, it would have been more expensive. Had we purchased a PPO type of Mexican health insurance — which we now have — 100% of the cost would have been covered in the annual $800 premium for two. Once Pete's cast came off, he went into physical therapy big time, as he needs to have 180° elbow extension for hoisting sails and anchoring. Fortunately, Mazatlan is a wonderful — and veiy inexpensive — city. One of our best finds was an openair cafe where dinner — traditional entrees of chicken, goat or pork — was $11, for four people! Pete and Suzy Rummel Tayana 47, Magic Dragon Pacific Palisades Pete & Suzy — You don't mention it, but we hope you alerted others — either nearby cruisers or the Coast Guard — of your post-accident status so they could monitor your progress. Trag¬ edies at sea are usually the result of a cumulation of things that go wrong, and having the only person who can effectively run j

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edge is imperative. So I'd ask all kayakers and kayak tour companies to please be responsible and safe, and always check the conditions be¬ fore leaving. It would also be a good idea for these kayak com¬ panies to get handheld VHF radios so they can call for help when necessary. 'Flares wouldn t hurt, either. Although the kids: were only about a mile from the Sausalito shore, nobody else knew they were in trouble. If we hadn’t been out checking my boat after some minor repairs, those 10-yearolds might have met a much different fate. Clyde Fletcher Northern California Clyde — We referred your letter to Steve Hayward of Sea Trek Ocean Kayaks, who had the following response: "Clyde Fletcher and his crew were real herns on June 22nd. On behalf of the children involved, their families, and Sea T rek Ocean Kayaking Center, I offer you our utmost gratitude for your aid at a time when we most assuredly needed it. Unfortunately, yet admittedly, we made a gross error in judgement on June 22 in attempting to return to Schoonmaker Pt. with a group of youths aged 9-12 who were part of a week-long instructional program. Although they were a strong group for their age, the wind was building quickly as they left the Chart House beach after a hearty lunch. The instructors' intentions were to hug the shoreline to avoid the fetch from the westerly wind. But a brief stop to adjust a rudder setting was all it took to blow the group far enough offshore until they were into the full force of the wind — which had risen twofold from the time the group set off. At this time. Mark Garrett, our lead guide, knew he had a potentially danger¬ ous situation on his hands, and he quickly responded. "Over the years, we have developed many techniques, proce¬ dures, and support systems that have enabled us to get our¬ selves out of unforseen predicaments — but this was not the day or type of situation to look inward for help. As Mark put it, "I flagged down the first blessed boat I saw." I would not at this point want to take anything away from Clyde Fletcher's efforts, in that he may have already seen the kayaks and realized the severity of the situation, as he had already diverted his course in our favor. Mark then called me on a cell phone — which we carry on all such trips, despite the fact that we usually have to toss them after a good dousing — and relayed the situation to me. I assured him that our first support boat was already on its way — as per our standing procedure whenever the wind reaches 15 to 20 knots for more than 30 minutes — and that I would be leaving immediately also in the second skiff "When I arrived on the scene, Fletcher and his crew had al¬ ready performed the tremendous feat of boarding all the kids onto his boat. Our first skiff then started transporting the kids from Fletcher's boat to a larger Coast Guard vessel that was standing by but couldn't come alongside because of the fetch. After spending no small amount of time cleaning up the leftover boats and gear, and transporting it all to the closest shore for our retrieval later, we gave our thanks and good-byes as best one could given the conditions — and quickly made our way back to our location to tend to the children and inform the parents. For¬ tunately, the children were fine — a little shaken in a few cases — but surprisingly excited about the whole ordeal. "In 18 years of instructing and guiding kayakers in the Bay and open coast, as well as in Baja and Alaska, Sea Trek has literally had a perfect safety record with regard to serious inci¬ dents. Thousands of people have experienced both the serenity and the challenges of the Pacific with us with little more than the odd dislocated shoulder, seasickness, blisters, or the requisite fatigue. Our instructors and guides are required to have — at the

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fUlNO CAN DO In Latitude's response to A1 Liersch concerning sailing north past Point Sur, you mention that if he needed shelter he'd have to backtrack to San Simeon. There is, however, a reasonably good shelter from the prevailing northwesterlies at Pfeiffer, which is just eight miles south of Sur. Kelp flies often make life un¬ pleasant, but it sure beats giving up all the miles made to weather to run all the way back to San Simeon. Some boats also anchor at Pt. Lopez — below Pfeiffer — but I haven't done it myself. Your negative response to Nina Daley’s suggestion that cruis¬ ing sailors carry signal flags and letter codes is right on. Having spent many years on merchant ships, I can say that very few ship’s officers would understand these signals. As for using twoletter codes, I can only remember using them once, and that was more than 30 years ago. 1 worked aboard a passenger ship that was in government service at the time, and we'd left Hono¬ lulu after dark for Guam. When we left, we were informed that we would be a 'passive participant' — meaning a pretend target — in naval maneuvers. When a destroyer flashed lamp signals at us, I went to the bridge because the mate on watch didn't know Morse Code. The destroyer was ordering us to extinguish all lights. That was hazardous with passengers on board, so the captain drafted a long-winded reply explaining why we couldn't comply. I abbreviated his response to "No can do." The Navy came back with, "You are under orders to extin¬ guish all lights now. Repeat, now!" I gave them a two-letter response: "F.U." We had no further communication. So I guess Daley is partly right about the usefulness of twoletter codes. Louk Wijsen Noordzee San Francisco MBANISHED PROM THE FRIDAY HARBOR LIBRARY For those of you who will be cruising the beautiful San Juan Islands this summer, I am disappointed to report that my offer to donate a Latitude subscription to the Friday Harbor Library was sternly refused. The Head Librarian told me she didn’t think

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Sheila — Rejected again! That's what we get for not having a glossy cover. But thanks for trying. lUlTHE BUS RIDE HOME After reading Jim and Susie Barden's article about their bus trip from Mexico back to California, I felt compelled to com¬ ment. My wife and I have ridden the bus from Mazatlan to Tijuana and back, as well as from Guaymas to Tijuana after having our boat shipped home. On the round trip from Mazatlan we rode the Elite bus, which was an express bus with reserved seats that reclined, had movies and videos, and a working restroom in the rear. As I recall, the one-way fare was about $55 U.S. per person. The bus we took from Guaymas was veiy similar, and cost about $35 per person. Upon arrival at the main bus terminal in Tijuana, we went to the Greyhound ticket counter — inside the terminal — and purchased our $4 tickets to downtown San Diego. The Grey¬ hound bus runs about every 90 minutes. Upon arrival at the border, everyone had to get off the bus and go through Immi¬ gration. After passing through the building, you walk across the street to the Greyhound terminal and board the bus for San

Diego. Riding the bus home from Mexico was not without its inter¬ esting moments — such as being stopped a number of times by the Mexican Army to have the bus searched for drugs. Or mak¬ ing sure that you got your food order placed in a timely manner at the occasional stops. The trip from Mazatlan to the border was about 22 hours; from Guaymas it was about 15 hours. We’ll be heading south with the Baja Ha-Ha this fall aboard i our new boat, Sunchaser III, a Golden Hinde 31.5. And come next spring, we'll ride the bus back to the States to do our taxes and renew our visas. Jerry and Jan Tankersley Sunchaser III Henderson, NV

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Most release gray water. Anchor Outs: Boats which are usually fully operational and have means of propulsion. Most have holding tanks, but re¬ lease gray water. Quite often these are transients who stop in the area for a short time before continuing on their journey. Illegal Anchor Outs: Most are not fully operational and many don't even have a propulsion system. They take the form of old boats, barges, or anything else that might float. Holding tanks are in the minority — although I have seen at least one with a commercial outhouse — and most release gray water. Noting the distinctions between these various types of 'ves¬ sels' is important because of the presence of our governing bod¬ ies, specifically the BCDC (Bay Conservation and Development Commission) that is involved in these disputes. The legislation and decisions that follow their involvement affect eveiybody who lives and plays on the water. I do not know Mr. Morgan, nor am I familiar with his vessel, but I suspect that he lives aboard a boat and not a floating home or houseboat. Chuck Woods Alameda Chuck — We're not sure that you've covered all the bases. For example, what do you call a liveaboard boat that’s been in a marina for years — but without a rig, operating engine or run¬ ning lights? We'd call it a 'floating home' — because that's all it could be used for — but it doesn't fit your definition. ftllHOBIE 33 I was enjoying the letter from Bill Stange about possibly rac¬ ing a Hobie 33 to Hawaii — and Latitude's response — when I noticed the editor made a couple of mistakes. Bill and Melinda Erkelens actually finished first in the '94 Pacific Cup, not the '96 race, with Moonshine, not Moonshadow, their Dogpatch 26, a 2,500-pound ultralight. The best we could do in '94 with our Valiant 40 Happy Trails was to finish second behind them in division. Thinking ULDBs were the way to go, I purchased Lipstick, an Express 27, shortly thereafter. Learning to sail a planing sailboat has been a gas. After another second place finish last summer in the Pacific Cup aboard the Valiant 40 Grey Eagle, I decided to get serious about getting to Hawaii first. I'm not sure where the rumor started — perhaps with the Erkelens — but I succumbed last fall and purchased a Hobie 33. Unfortunately,

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fUlWHAT ABOUT THE DELTA ANCHOR? I am responding to Norm Sundholm’s letter about Danforth, CQR and Bruce anchors, and the editor's response. I was sorely disappointed to see no mention of the Delta anchor. As I do work for Simpson Lawrence, I may be a bit biased, but after years of trade shows and cruiser testimonials, I assure you, the Delta is worth mentioning. The Delta was designed in 1989 when Gordon Lyle com¬ bined the best features of the Bruce and the CQR. The result is an anchor which will self-launch, self-set, self-right, has an extended balanced fluke area, a universal fixing eye, and a very strong balanced hold. The Delta is constructed of high-manganese steel, which provides maximum shear and tensile strength. The apex of the Delta has high stability balloting with extreme amounts of weight in the toe — which contributes to correct seabed orientation and optimum penetration. When the Delta first came out, it was popular with the trailerboat market. Then, the fanatical 'bluewater' ground tackle freaks took to them, so we started to make them in bigger sizes. Deltas can now be found from nine to 140 pounds, and in stain¬ less as well as manganese steel. From all the test results we have seen in the past 10 years, the Delta has excellent working capabilities in all sea bed conditions. Tom Fischbeck Regional Sales Manager, Simpson Lawrence Inc. Southern Pacific States Tom — It wasn't an intentional omission, we just haven't used a Delta yet. fUiSEAP LANES According to rule 18: Responsibilities between vessels, subparagraph (e), "a seaplane on the water shall, in general, keep well clear of all vessels and avoid impeding their navigation. In circumstances, however, where risk of collision exists, she shall comply with the rules of this part.” This basically means that unless the seaplane itself is restricted in the ability to maneu¬ ver or not under command, she is "required by the rules to give way to all other vessels. Speaking of which, after serving 24 years in the Coast Guard, including eight in San Francisco, I have personally witnessed

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Seas vs. oceans. In response to an letter awhile back asking about the meaning of the 'Seven Seas’, we reported the definition given by the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, a nearly 1,000-page compilation of O', 700 articles based on findings of numerous experts and all the important marine dictionaries since one was first printed in 1644. The Companion reported that 'the Seven Seas is a casual term used to denote "all the waters which cover the earth" — a definition that suits us casualfolksjustfine, in the same manner the casual use of "the Spanish Main" came to mean the entire Caribbean Sea as opposed to just the northeast coast of South America from the Orinoco River to the Isthmus of Panama. Unfortunately, the Companion went on to say, "in fact, the Seven Seas refers to the seven oceans: Arctic, Antarctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific and Indian." Unfortunate because this really got Earl Hinz s dander up in Honolulu. He lambasted us for 'misinforming' our readers with such a ’shallow and inelegant' answer. Feeling only lightly chastened in a manner similar to our President after that Monica thing, we offer Hinz's version. Encyclopedias (and the majority of nautical dictionaries) lead us to believe that the seven seas are the North and South Atlantic, the North and South Pacific, and the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. Let's set the record straight: those bodies of water are not seas, but oceans. And the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are single bodies of water stretching from the Arctic in the north to the Antarctic in the south. Dividing them at the equator simply to get the requisite number of bodies of water to make up the “seven seas" of legend is nothing but lotus-eating. To think that mere arithmetic can authenticate legend is heresy. Surely we can find a more elegant answer in our search for the

fabled seven seas. Technically, a sea is connected to an ocean, but it is usually separated from it by significant land masses. For example, the Windward Caribbean Islands and the embracing scoop of the North American continent create an enclosed sea called the Caribbean. A sea can be connected with another sea, such as the interconnected seas forming the Mediterranean basin. By common usage, the term “sea” can also be applied to salty bodies of inland water such as the Salton Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea, none of which are connected to an ocean. Not only are sea boundaries variable and difficult to standardize, but the definition itself is blurry enough so that we can identify 77 seas in all different shapes and sizes existing around the world. The one thing we can say with some assurance, however, is that seas are not oceans. By excluding oceans from the list of candidates for the seven seas and turning to some literary and mythological reference works, we find that there are different seven seas for different times and places. In ancient times when Phoenician commerce was dominant, the seven seas would have been defined as the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining smaller seas: the Cretan, Aegean, Ionian, Adriatic, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas. They represented the known boundaries of the ancient world and the seas upon which their commerce flowed. The Greeks referred to this collective body of waters as Oceanus, the father of gods and men — and the origin of the term 'ocean'. The Greeks and the Phoenicians , knew no waters beyond the Pillars of Hercules (the two promontories that form the Strait of Gibraltar). While Phoenician and Greek merchants may have been content with their seven seas of commerce, explorers continued to expand the known world. By the end of the 14th century, the

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LOOSE LIPS Mohammedans had their own seven seas based on those waters that were important to them — the Mediterranean Adriatic, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Indian Ocean. Fitzgerald’s 1859 translation of The Rubaiyat °f°nKir Khauuam reads: ‘Which of our coming and departure heeds, As the seven seas should heed a pebble cast.” Critical reviews of Fitzgerald’s translation later changed the 'seven seas to read 'sea’s shelf, so you have to withdraw support for Omar s coining of the phrase in his 11th centuiy work. What we are left with is the supposition that one’s field of vision is an important deter¬ minant in defining the seven seas. So we have to look farther. But what is the mystical attraction of the number seven in the first place? It was born of superstition, and sailors have alwkys been among the most superstitious people on earth. The biblical “seven times seven”; the seven ages of man; the seven wonders of the world (and more recently, the seven underwater wonders of the world); the seven wandering stars (planets) of the early astronomers; the seven deadly sins; the seventh son of the seventh son; and seventh heaven all hinge on the number seven. Someone has even pointed out that we have seven holes in our heads. Superstition may be on the wane, but the number seven still plays an important role in our lives far out of proportion to its humble position in Arabic numeration. The first verifiable appearance of the term seven seas in the English language came during the period 1870-1875, but it was Rudyard Kipling who popularized it in his 1896 collection of poems, The Seven Seas. Kipling failed to identify his seven seas, but we can deduce which ones he had in mind by noting that his travels up to that point had been on British East Indiamen, the great trading ships of the “Honorable John Company.” Although smaller ships had participated in this trade for years, it took the huge ships of the 19th centuiy to bring the romance of the spice trade to public attention. The British East India Company was founded on the opium trade between India and China, but that later changed to the tea trade and still later to spices — all a matter of which cargo yielded the greatest profits. The spices were found not in India or China, but in the islands of the East Indies. These islands growing the pungent vegetable seeds, “more valuable than the tea and silks of China,” were a part of what we now call Indonesia. They were the Spice Islands of history, more specifically, they were the Moluccas group (currently spelled Maluku) of Central Indonesia. The word Molucca comes from the Arabic word malak or king. Each island (and there were many) had its own king, which madespice dealing a complicated and exotic maritime industry. It is within these fabled Spice Islands that we find our most plausible answer to the question, Which are the Seven Seas? We note that the principal islands of Indonesia involved in the spice trade are bordered by, you guessed it, seven seas: South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Sulawesi (Celebes) Sea, Maluku (Molucca) Sea, Banda Sea, Flores Sea, and the Java Sea. In Kipling’s time, any sailor worth his salt (or in this case, pepper) would have sailed those seas aboard a British East Indiaman in the spice trade; hence, they are the most likely candidates for the term “sailing the seven seas.” — earl hinz Hawaii Maritime Center Waterfront Log, 1985 (with updates) Do you limerick? Said the mate of a sailboat unique, To the captain, “Whatport shall we seek?” Said the captain, “We’ll dock ‘er in Davy Jones’ locker. ‘This blasted old tub’s sprung a leak.”

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SIGHTINGS Hyperion visits the bay Watching Jim Clark’s magnificent Hyperion sailing across the Bay, it became immediately apparent to this reporter that hyperbole would not suffice. The adjectives that can do justice to this boat haven’t been invented yet. The only analogy that somehow made sense was to the movie (not the ship) Titanic: elegant, epic, expensive; and the more you watch it, the better it gets. Of course, comparisons to the film’s name¬ sake work, too. The 155-ft Hyperion is a sailing palace, a state-of-theart work of art, perhaps the most technologically advanced sailboat of our time, and the largest of her kind — her kind in this case being a sloop — in the world. Even in a world lately clogged with superyachts, this boat stands out. In San Francisco Bay, which sees a half-dozen of these mega-beauties on a lucky year, Hyperion is about as hard to miss as a second TransAmerica building. She hisses by, lee rail awash, hardware sparkling above decks and software humming below. As heartrate and breathing slowly re¬ turn to normal, it occurs to us for the first time that spectating can be aerobic — watching Hyperion sail four times a week (followed by stretching and a proper cool¬ down) might add years to your life. She is huge, silent, fast, magnifi¬ cent. In case you need reminding, this is not minimalist sailing. When Bay Area owner Jim Clark — a former Stanford professor who helped found Silicon Graphics and Netscape — envisioned Hyperion, his quest was for the ultimate daysailer. And by ‘ultimate’, we mean in every category imaginable, as well as a few categories most sailors could never imagine. Most notable among the latter are a completely inte¬ grated, computerized ‘nervous system’ that monitors everything on the boat via 24 Silicon Graphics computers capable of crunching a re¬ ported 500 billion bytes — and probably more wiring and fiber optics than the Pentagon. Clark feels that some articles focus unfairly on this system and ignore the boat’s many other fine points. But for the gadget-oriented — which includes just about every boat owner ever born — one cannot help but shake one’s head and smile. Just a few of the things ‘Hal 9000’ can do for you: • Want to pull the (four-foot, four-blade, variable-pitch) propeller? Just punch it up on the screen and see the illustrated, step-by-step process displayed, along with a parts list, lubrication schedule and other pertinent data. The ‘virtual’ owner’s manual features photo and text descriptions of every other system on board, too. • Hyperion's rig is so huge — 192-ft mast, 13,000 square feet of sail — that ‘normal parameters’ no longer have much meaning. So there are load cells scattered throughout the rig to spot anomalies before they develop into problems. If the 200 tons of compression on the mast changes, for example, or the vang isn’t being let off quickly enough in conjuction with the mainsheet (which could snap the boom at the vang attachment point), or even if the computer senses the boat is by the lee and might jibe accidentally, alarms sound in time for the crew to rem¬ edy the problem. • The sailing integration — the system that interfaces wind data with the boat’s polars for optimum performance — is hardly new sci¬ ence among superyachties. But Hyperion's version ups the ante con¬ siderably. This one learns. It’s able to process new data, rig loads and so on to, hypothetically anyway, make the boat faster over time in any given condition. • When you touch the various screens to say, dim the mood lightcontinued on outside column of next sightings page

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last call for the With 45 days to the entry cutoff on Sep¬ tember 10, the Grand Poobah of the Millen¬ nium Baja Ha-Ha reports that 189 entry packs have been sent out and 58 paid up entries received. If you're still interested, get an entry packet by sending $10 and a large self-addressed envelope with $1 in postage to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., 21 Apollo Road, Tiburon CA 94920. And do it quickly, because the $139 entry fee doubles for late entries. The Baja Ha-Ha, of course, is the 750mile cruising rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia San¬ ta Maria. The event is lim¬ ited to crewed boats 27 feet or longer that were de¬ signed, built and have been maintained for offshore

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cruising. The goals are safety, making cruis¬ ing friends, and having a good time. After the first five Ha-Ha's, over 400 cruising boats have completed the course. This year's kick¬ off party starts on October 24, the actual sailing on October 26, and the final awards ceremony is in Cabo on November 6. Participants for this year's event are cau¬ tioned that several years of a rebounding boat market in San Diego mean that berths are extremely hard to find. The Grand Poobah suggests that you tiy to make reser¬ vations now, and promises to work with the San Diego Harbor Police to make sure that there is plenty of room to anchor out in San Diego Bay. Depending on the size boat, it might make sense for some entries to hang out a little further north — Oceanside, New-

Giving equal time to the rest of Hyperion is difficult, because so much of it is without equal. The mast, for example, is the largest car¬ bon fiber spar ever built, necessitating the construction of a special jig and autoclave at Rondal, sister company to the boat’s builder. Royal Huisman Shipyard in Holland. (The only reason the mast wasn’t taller is that it wouldn’t fit under the Bridge of the Americas on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.) The sails are likewise stupendous struc¬ tures. Part of the negotiations with North to build them centered around whether the building itself was big enough to lay out the 5,400-squarefoot main. The sails, of course, are all hoisted, controlled and furled

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ing, the command goes to the computer bank, which performs the function for you. In fact, computers monitor every system aboard from the ones already mentioned to air conditioning, sail trim, temperature in the 500-bottle ‘wine cellar’ and the humidity in the ‘humidor’ locker full of Clark’s favorite cigars. “All boats are going to be wired this way in the future,” noted Clark in a recent Showboats International maga¬ zine article. One can only dream.

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Hyperion — cont. (the main rolls up inside the boom) by unseen hydraulics below decks. German Frers designed the boat — his largest commission ever — and well-known-among-the-superyacht-crowd designer Peter Beeldsnijder lent his practiced eye to both the interior and exterior styling. Down below, words again fail us. “Stunning", “beautiful” and “breathtaking” are only the tip of the iceberg. It is so incredible that our brain once again crashes, only to reboot on a bizarre scenario: being caught below when the boat heeled, frozen in horror at the thought of losing our balance and tumbling into inlaid mahogany, Moroccan marble or one of the priceless original works of art. Fortunately, at 31 feet in beam, Hyperion is so wide that the fall would probably kill us, mercifully sparing any need for lame excuses or, perish the thought, paying for the repair. The list goes on. Retractable bow and stern thrusters. An 1,100 horsepower diesel that will cruise the boat at 16 knots. A hydraulic ‘elevator’ crow’s nest that whooshes you from deck level to 100 feet up the front of the mast. A ‘backyard garage’ — the rear deck opens to reveal the boat’s custom carbon-fiber jet-drive tender. A transom that opens to reveal swim platform and diving station. The mind boggles. If‘rainbow generator’ were on the list, we wouldn't bat an eye. Cold fusion reactor? Put it right beside that Monet over there. We have no doubt Captain Kirk could come back in time and confirm that no starship of the 23rd century was more elegant, or more integrated. The price? Don’t ask — you can t afford it. continued on outside column of next sightings page

port, Long Beach and Catalina — until a couple of days before the start. On the other hand, if you're going to be on the hook most of the winter, why not start in San Diego? If you don’t have a boat or can't take your own and still want to do the Ha-Ha, we have two recommendations: 1) Fill out a Want to Crew’ Mexico Crew List form (elsewhere in Sightings) and/or 2) Make an appearance at the Crew List/Baja Ha-Ha Kick-Off Party and Reunion, which will be held at the Encinal YC in Alameda on October 5. Last year about 350 people attended and lots of crewing ar¬ rangements were made as a result. What kind of people enter the Ha-Ha? People like David and Betsy Fullagar of the Los Gatos-based Taswell 43 Lyric, whose introduction included the following sailing history:

1973: David headed for Mexico and Ta¬ hiti in a 38-ft gaff-rigged ketch that displaced 40,000 pounds. He really hauled ass at 4 knots. He was armed with a fathometer and a copy of the Baja Sea Guide in which a friend had categorized each anchorage according

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha to his own binary ‘F’ scale: ‘fucked’ or ‘fabu¬ lous’. 1990: The urge to cruise Mexico again was irresistible. This time David bought a Passport 51 with real electronics: radar, ra¬ dio and SatNav. He and his wife and kids enjoyed all the usual anchorages between San Quintin and Manzanillo. 1991: Wife departs scene. 1992: David and Betsy meet and David takes Betsy on a sailing vacation in the BVIs. What he didn’t tell her was that she was go¬ ing on a ‘test drive.’ If she didn’t like sailing, the relationship probably wouldn’t go any¬ where. Betsy fell in love with sailing (and David) and passed the test with flying col¬ ors. 1993: Traded the Passport for Lyric, a Taswell 43. This new boat proved to be much lower maintenance and a whole lot easier to handle. 1994: David and Betsy entered the Pa¬ cific Cup race to Hawaii and had a blast. They were probably the only boat in the fleet continued middle of next sightings page

Hyperion — cont’d One of the few things Hyperion shares in common with other, ahem, ‘daysailers’ is a pretty flexible schedule. Nobody could say exactly how long she was going to be hanging around the Bay. So when you see her out revelling in our boisterous breeze, give her a wave and try not to hyperventilate. Pretty soon she’ll be headed down under to Auckland, where Clark hopes to enjoy watching some cheapie little boats com¬ pete in the America’s Cup.

fastnet ‘79 — hard memories Twenty years ago — August 11, 1979, to be exact — 303 boats took off on the 605-mile Fastnet Race, destined to be involved in the worst disaster in the history of yacht racing. Dave Allen s all-conquering cus¬ tom Holland 40 Imp, which had won the race overall two years prior, was among them, sailing along with the Peterson 46 Williwaw (Dennis Conner) and the Holland 46 Aries (John Marshall) on the American Admiral's Cup team. Allen had enlisted seven of the Bay Area's best sailors for the regatta, all of whom still live in Northern California — primary driver Skip Allan, boat captain Ragnar Hakansson, Steve Taft, Bill Barton, Tad Lacey, Don Jesberg and Skip Steveley. We’ll let Skip Allan pick up the story from here, recalling this ill-fated race in a re¬ cent email: "We had no idea what we were going into. Our only radio aboard was a VHF. Conditions began to deteriorate as we left Land's End, headed to the Rock. Ultimately, 20 miles downwind of Fastnet Rock, we were down to only the triple-reefed main, trying to claw our way upwind. That made the biggest impression on me, the surreal scene of a nighttime rounding of the Fastnet Rock, with the lighthouse beacon periodically lighting a storm seascape as if we were sailing in some William Turner painting. "Dawn found us reaching home, steering around the biggest break¬ ing seas I'd ever seen. I'm sure f one had hit us square we would have been rolled, but the tactic was for one crew to call the approaching seas, and the helmsman to steer around them. Only two people stayed on deck at a time — everyone else was below, the safest place. We alter¬ nated every hour. Gradually the conditions abated, and by afternoon, with the wind down to 30, we set full sail. Other racers came into view as we converged on the English shoreline. We still had no idea of the drama that was being played out, and had seen no flares or helicopters. "Upon safely reaching the finish in Plymouth, we were tired and happy to get off the boat. However, our wives and girlfriends were distraught, having been told we were "lost at sea." Radio roll-call wasn't part of the Fastnet Race in those days. We had been listed as "unreported" on a big chalkboard at race headquarters. A New York Times reporter, unfamil¬ iar with the nuances of ocean racing, wrote his office that we were "miss¬ ing." Then the Times transposed "missing" to "lost at sea." Thus the crew of Imp, for a short while, were all dead to anyone reading the newspa¬ pers. "The '79 Fastnet Race still ranks as a highlight in my Ife. We had a strong, tightly knit crew with a positive outlook, reinforced by David Allen's indefatigable optimism. To experience such a storm with close friends on a seaworthy boat brought us all together as never before."

Sadly, Allen, a Belvedere land baron and longtime member of San Francisco YC, died at age 78 in November, 1997. The New York Times notwithstanding, the rest of the Imp crew is very much alive and kick¬ ing. We could fill the whole magazine with their collective sailing ex¬ ploits in the last two decades, but instead will just offer a quick run¬ down on what each is up to these days: Skip Allan is now 54 years old, living in Capitola, and is a racing and cruising consultant. A highly regarded navigator and boat deliv¬ erer, Skip is still the 'go-to' guy when it gets hairy out there — we figure he has more sea miles than the rest of the Imp crew combined. "I have a framed photograph in my home of me steering Imp in the ’79 Fastnet with a 40-foot wave peering over my shoulder," said Skip. "It reminds me every time I go to sea that ultimately you can’t out-muscle continued on outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS fastnet — cont’d stormy seas in a small boat." Steve Taft, 52, lives in Mill Valley and runs the Bay Ship & Yacht boatyard in Richmond. A veteran of North Sails and every grand prix battle we can think of, Taft doesn't sail as much as he used to — but then, who does? Figuring "it’s a good time in my life to give something back to the sport," Taft is going through the chairs at St. Francis YC, currently serving as Rear Commodore. "The Fastnet Race was a sh**ty. Packing horrible thing that happened, and I'm not nostalgic about it," Taft said. "Why remember it?" He was happy, however, to recall the glory days on Imp: "It was the best program ever. We had the fastest boat of the time, a great crew, and the best owner. It doesn't get any better than that." Dr. Bill Barton, 53, lives with his wife and two boys in Ross. When not sailing his Etchells, he’s a psychologist with offices in San Fran¬ cisco and San Rafael, specializing in stress-related disorders and peak performance training. The Fastnet Race (and more recently the SydneyHobart disaster) continues to fascinate him from a professional view¬ point. "Doing the Admiral's Cup in '77 was a real highlight in my life, kind of a step into manhood," recalled Barton. "We thought we -knew what we were getting into when we returned to race in ’79, but no one was ready for what we encountered. It was a wild evening, but we were continued on outside column of next sightings page

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ha-ha to sail the whole way on autopilot and set the finish line as their only GPS waypoint. 1995: “Dad, do you realize that if I follow your example, my future wife is just being born this year?” (15-year-old son Derek chat¬ ting with father David.) 1997: David and Betsy get married and head for another sailing vacation in the BVIs. While honeymooning, David throws his back out for three days and can’t move. Betsy is

santana “You can’t sail on a boat like this without being romantic about it,” says Paul Kaplan, whose KKMI boatyard in Richmond recently completed a spectacular rebuild of the clas¬ sic S&S 55-footer Santana (below). The double-takes the boat gets is because Paul and his wife Crissy decided to convert her back to the schooner rig she wore when launched in 1935. From about 1944 until

SIGHTINGS — cont’d bitten on the finger by a barracuda while snorkeling. They had a wonderful trip. Re¬ ally! 1999: David finally retires after several failed attempts and starts messing about in Lyric again. The Fullagers decide that the Ha-Ha is their idea of fun and they don’t want to miss it. Besides, they’d rather be enjoying cold margaritas in Los Cabos than a cold winter in Los Gatos.

rides again last year — including 12 years under Hum¬ phrey Bogart — the boat sailed as a yawl. She sailed in the ’new’ configuration for the first time on Father’s Day, and recently served as a Master Mariners ‘escort’ for the Coast Guard tallship Eagle. It’s great to see Santana back sailing and looking so good. And, yes, looking so roman¬ tic we almost want to write songs about her.

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fastnet — cont’d too busy holding it together to really experience fear. Afterwards, I was in an apartment in London and someone read me the New York Times article about our demise'. It hit me then — shaking, vomiting, com¬ plete post-traumatic stress disorder." Don Jesberg, now 44, was the "baby of the group" back in '79. Cur¬ rently living in Mill Valley and the father of two small children, Jesberg campaigns a Melges 24 and works for a national marina management company. "Where does the time go? That race seems like only yester¬ day," he said. "I honestly don't remember being scared. In fact, I re¬ member feeling safe, and just disappointed we couldn't sail to the Light¬ house faster after the topping lift broke, which had been holding up the storm jib on the inner forestay!" Jesberg is one of only a handful of people (Skip Allan is another) to also do the fall '79 La Paz Race. "That one was a blowout, too — but the storm wasn't as bad as the Fastnet, only lasting 12 hours instead of 24. However, it was kind of scary — the boat and crew I was with weren't anywhere near as good as Imp." Tad Lacey, a 47-year-old real estate advisor and manager, lives in Tiburon with his wife and three teenage boys, none of whom have taken much of an interest in sailing. Lacey is a co-owner of the domi¬ nant IOD on the Bay, and still sails occasionally on bigger boats. He remembers the storm vividly. "Hell, yes, I was scared — and if Jesberg said he wasn't, he was too young and stupid to know better! I think we were all scared except Dave Allen. It blew 50 on the way to the Light, and peaked around 70 or 80 as we broad-reached home. It was pitch black, and the waves were huge! It was exactly like The Perfect Storm, with two storms colliding and joining forces over a shallow area. I hope I never see anything like it again." Skip Stevely, 53, is a software guru with 12 TransPacs under his belt, seven of them on his beloved Merlin. He claims to be "almost the world's oldest foredeck man." His home is in Belvedere, but Stevely has spent most of the last year working on a project for Chase Manhat¬ tan in New York. He remembers, "We were all scared to death. Unlike Turner, we were on a small boat and pretty much in survival mode. The best survivors were in order of the years they'd been on the ocean — Skip, Ragnar, Steve, Don. . . I remember a beautiful double rainbow over the Portland Bill lighthouse as we finished. The saddest part was that 15 people died in vain. They got off 40+ foot boats into 12-foot liferafts. The next day, when it was calm, all their boats were accounted for. Don't ever get out of the boat until it sinks from under you. I'll nev¬ er forget this experience, nor who was on the boat. We bonded forever!" Ragnar Hakansson, 57, lives in Truckee with his wife and 8-yearold daughter. He works as a general contractor, staying in great physi¬ cal shape by riding his bikes in the summer and teaching skiing parttime at Squaw Valley in the winter. ("He’s the oldest one of us, but he still looks the youngest," marvels Taft.) Born in Sweden, Ragnar hooked up with Dave Allen and his earlier Mull 42 Improbable in England in '71. He became Imp's hired hand’, working with designer Ron Holland on the deck layout and boat systems, and helping commission the new boat. He remembers being surprised by the fury of the storm: "It was abnormal for that time of year. The cross-seas were huge, and we were lucky that one didn't have our name on it — they seemed to have hit boats randomly all across the race course. The scene in the morning, when you could see the waves, was pretty memorable. I took some pictures then, including the one in Skip's house." Ragnar has drifted the farthest away from competitive bailing of the Imp crew, preferring windsurfing and the mountain life. But he still gets out on the Bay now and then, "mostly just to teach my daughter how to sail." The ‘79 Fastnet Race's final tally: 15 sailors dead, 19 boats aban¬ doned, 5 boats sunk. Ted Turner's S&S 61 Tenacious won the race overall, while Imp placed third in the Admiral's Cup division, the only U.S. boat to finish. According to Taft, Imp is still sailing out of Southampton, England, and looks great after a total refit several years ago. If anyone else out there has other memories of this epic race, we'd love to hear from you.

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SIGHTINGS fabulous fourth The recent Fourth of July reminded us of one thing: there's no¬ where in the world that can match the variety of sailing conditions and beauty to be found in central San Francisco Bay. Depending on where you were and the time of day, there was everything from warm and tranquil zephyrs to 25 knots of wind. When it comes to pulchritude, the central Bay has it in spades, from man-made urban creations to unspoiled Nature. If you were one of the lucky ones out on the Bay for the Fourth with friends, you know what we mean. If you weren’t, you missed a special evening at a special place. We left our slip in Sausalito about 1630. It was warm, and we were delighted to note there wasn't a trace of fog anywhere. As we motored by the other marinas and looked toward the hills, it was easy to see why many people feel Sausalito looks like it belongs on the Italian Riviera. It's unusual to have much interaction between folks on the shore and those out sailing, but it's different in Sausalito. As boats pass within just a few feet of diners at the Spinnaker restaurant, it would seem rude not to wave, so just about everybody does. It seems to make everyone so happy, that we've made a habit of cruising dn front of the Horizons restaurant, too. Just past the Horizons is a perfect place to raise sail, so that’s what we did. With the sails up, it was just a couple of minutes to the healthy gusts of hurricane gulch' and the traditional brisk reach toward Yel¬ low Bluff. While it was cooler in this part of the Bay than along the Sausalito waterfront, it was nonetheless much warmer — due to the lack of fog — than normal. When the air blowing off of Yellow Bluff is warm, you know you're blessed. The single thing that makes the Bay such a terrific place to sail is 'the slot'. From April to October, the consistency of the breeze from noon to nine is tremendous. Unlike most places — where you don't know if there'll be a good breeze or not — you can count on the slot. Indeed, it was blowing about 18 to 20 for us, plenty of wind to get the big cat Profligate moving the way she likes. When you take visitors sailing on the Bay, the number one attrac¬ tion is — duh — the Golden Gate Bridge. And who can blame them, as the bridge is spectacularly dramatic from the east, the west, directly below — and all angles in between. It's a perfect Kodak moment, be¬ cause it says it all. When we take friends out of the Gate, we usually follow Adventure Cat's lead and go out as far as the little beach about an eighth of a mile west of the North Tower. The water is usually still pretty calm out there and the views of the Marin Headlands and San Francisco's Seacliff district are inspiring. On the Fourth, however, the weather was so clear and warm — T-shirts and bare feet! — that we tacked and continued across the Gate to the often forgotten Baker Beach. There's a whole lot of beauty between the Gate and Point Bonita, but late on the afternoon of the Fourth it was only us and the crew of an Express 37 soaking it up. You should have been there. When it started getting sloppy — as it often does a half mile or so outside the Gate — we gybed and worked the south shore of the Gate. The southern approach is a great one because many of the Bay's trea¬ sures — the East Bay hills, Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge and the Cityfront — are revealed one after another. It doesn't hurt that you're also sail¬ ing downwind so that the apparent wind — and chill factor — both plummet. About 1830 on the Fourth, the breeze was still brisk along the Cityfront and San Francisco was looking her finest in the soft light of late afternoon. In the distance were her major landmarks: the Bank of America building, the Transamerica Pyramid and Coit Tower. The scene was highlighted by the sun's reflection off thousands of high-rise win¬ dows. The Cityfront shoreline was looking fine, too: the St. Francis YC, the Marina Green, Fort Mason, Aquatic Park — where thousands were gathering in anticipation of the fireworks — the historic ships at Hyde St. Pier, Fisherman's Wharf and all the ferries, Pier 39 and the crazy sea lions, and finally, the mini-Manhattan that is the Embarcadero.

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ha-ha Once again, intrepid Japanese adventurer Ken-ichi Horie has accomplished his goal — in this case, raise awareness of the impor¬ tance of recycling by sailing from San Fran¬ cisco to Japan in a boat made entirely of re¬ cycled materials. The most unforgettable aspect of this lat¬ est expedition is his boat, the 33-ft catama¬ ran Malt's Mermaid II. Its hulls were con¬ structed entirely of 528 stainless steel beer kegs welded together. Coming in at around 5 tons and sporting two side-by-side junk rigged sails, it was ob¬ vious that speed was way down the priority list. At the top: corresponding with schoolchildren in Japan and America via satellite phone and computer link "to give courage, hope and dreams to those who will be re¬ sponsible for the affairs of the Earth in the

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And all this to be enjoyed while sailing downwind at a fast clip. It took a few minutes to tack back and work out of the lee of the Embarcadero, but when we did there was still a good breeze in the Central Bay, allowing us the opportunity to scoot past Blossom Rock to yet another favorite with visitors — Alcatraz. It's clear to us why the various Indian groups abandoned that island in the late '60s: it's cold as heck out there — even on the nicest days. Emerging from the lee on the far side of the island, there was still a nice breeze for the speed run to Pt. Blunt and the lee of Angel Island. With less than an hour of sunlight left and everyone a little chilled and hungry, nothing could have been more welcome than the light winds, smooth water and warmth of the lee of Angel. One by one people emerged from below decks or from under dodgers, and off came the jackets and gloves. By the time we reached the docks — which were condemned almost the day they opened — on the east side of the island, it was drifting conditions. Nobody was complaining, because conditions were

Hone has been imparting those values in the lives of older admirers — including many Bay Area residents — for more than 30 years. In 1962, he became the first person to sail solo from Japan to the U.S. He made that passage aboard a 19-ft plywood sloop, also named Mermaid, which has been on display ever since at the Maritime Museum. He went on to accomplish a number of amazing feats of seamanship, including a nonstop circumnavigation and the world s first longitudinal' circumnavigation — around the Americas via Cape Horn and the Northwest Passage. He has also made many more Pacific crossings, most from San Fran¬ cisco, in a series of increasingly bizarre

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SIGHTINGS fab fourth — cont’d now perfect for eating, chatting, and sipping some nice wines. Fur¬ thermore, the ambience was now as much Nature as it had been ur¬ ban just 20 minutes before. Like the folks on a lot of boats in the lee of Angel Island, we spent about 45 minutes just quietly drifting. It was sweet. But when the sun finally descended behind the hills ofTiburon, we entered Raccoon Strait, one of our favorite places to sail on the Bay. You never know what kind of wind you're going to get in the Strait, but there's almost always something somewhere. But no matter how much wind there is, there are always lots of shifts and holes — particularly on the Angel Island side. While the currents are often strong, the water is invariably flat, and the scenery — consisting of Old Town Tiburon, Belvedere, Angel Island, and the Golden Gate — is almost priceless. Indeed, Jerry Yang of Yahoo! just spent nearly $10 million for a house on the tip of Belve¬ dere so he can enioy pretty much the same view you can have from your Cal 20. When you emerge from the west end of Raccoon Strait, the pan¬ orama that opens up is equally as good: the Bay Bridge, the City, the Golden Gate, Sausalito and Mt. Tam. There was still a great breeze in the middle of the Bay as boats began motoring madly toward either the Cityfront or Sausalito for prime spots from which to view the fireworks. We aboard Profligate were jammed on a close reach at about 13 knots thinking life couldn't be much sweeter. A vote was taken on where to watch the fireworks: San Francisco, which had two launch sites, but where it was going to be a little colder because there was still wind; or Sausalito, which probably didn't have as big a budget for fireworks, but where it was obviously calmer and warmer. Our group opted for Sausalito, and it seems to have been a good choice, for it was flat calm and unbelievably clear. It was perfect for laying on the trampoline, eating strawberries, drinking champagne and watching the fireworks. Sausalito's show was long and — despite be¬ ing a little repetitious — very enjoyable. For an added treat, folks aboard boats off Sausalito could also watch the fireworks in San Francisco — and Oakland. It was that crystal clear. On the Sausalito waterfront, the skippers of many hundreds of boats were well behaved, and the various authorities didn't go off on any authoritarian trips either. It was a perfect night! And hey, look over at that big while sailboat — it's Barbara Striesand and husband James Brolin, the only guy who can look semi-dignified flogging transmissions on television. Immediately after the conclusion of the fireworks, scores of boats tried to dash back into the marinas. What was the rush? At 10 p.m. it was still warm and flat calm, and the lights of Sausalito, the Golden Gate, and City were both festive and enchanting. It had been as good a sailing Fourth as we ever enjoyed — and something the sailors in the rest of the world, from Newport Beach, California, to Newport, Rhode Island, can only drool about with envy. It's damn good luck to be a sailor on San Francisco Bay.

ken-ichi 'stunt' boats, all named Mermaid and all in¬ tended to draw attention to environmental causes. The voyage of Malt's Mermaid II began in San Francisco on March ^28 and ended on July 8 when the little crafi passed under the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, near Horie's home in Southern Japan. The 11,500-mile journey took 102 days (including a brief stop in Ha¬ waii). That’s long, but not that long compared to the 9-foot boat he sailed nonstop across the Pacific in 100-some days in 1989, or the bicycle-frame-attached-to-a-propeller boat that he pedaled from Hawaii to Okinawa in 1992 in what must have seemed like forever.

the loss of grey eagle We’re sorry to report that the Valiant 40 Grey Eagle was lost last month after her anchor dragged in Cojo Cove and the surge drove her ashore. The boat had just completed her latest Coastal Cup Race, tak¬ ing first in class. Owner Bill Stephens was delivering her home to the Bay with crew Shirley Muggleston. Around 9 or 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 1, they anchored in Cojo, a small cove below Point Conception. Grey Eagle’s 44-pound Bruce held fine on a 4:1 scope until sometime after midnight. At the 1 a.m. anchor check, however, Stephens found the changing wind had swung the boat around and she had dragged into a thick kelp bed. Intending to re-set, they pulled in the anchor — in retrospect an unfortunate decision, says Stephens — and started the engine. But continued on outside column of next sightings page *

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Ken-ichi seems to thrive on these adven¬ tures. As you can see below, he looked con¬ siderably younger than his 60 years as he arrived at the dock after the long trip. And though he is already a renowned figure on the order of Sir Edmund Hillary in Japan, he is hardly one to rest on his laurels. As the "the 20th Century's last solo voyage across the Pacific" sinks into our collective conciousness, Horie has already begun plan¬ ning his next voyage — no details yet, ex¬ cept that it is tentatively planned for 2002. Congratulations, Ken-ichi San. Fair winds from all your San Francisco friends until you return again.

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z ‘Grey Eagle’ on the beach at Coho. ing Grey Eagle. By the time he arrived back at the scene with a salvor at mid-day on Friday, the boat had been driven up onto one of only a few rocky outcroppings on an otherwise sandy beach. “Twenty yards to either side and we would have been okay,” notes Stephens. He was also disheartened to find that someone had attempted to break into the boat, prying off the companionway lock. Beyond a quick survey of damage — the salvor was fairly certain Grey Eagle had been holed on the side that was down — the incoming tide prevented any significant progress in getting her off the beach that day. When everyone returned Saturday morning, it was to a really de¬ pressing sight. The lowlifes that had jimmied the lock the night before had returned to complete the break-in, and had ransacked the boat, stealing the stove, radar dome and scope, VHF, a computer and a couple of GPSs. Stephens discovered they had even started unbolting the boat’s windlass. They weren’t interested in sails, but had apparently dumped the spinnaker out so they could use the bag to hold other items. Salvage work began on Saturday, but it wasn’t until Monday that the battered boat was finally refloated. Her rudder and skeg were bro¬ ken off, leaving holes, and there were three more significant holes and a large crack in her starboard side. The salvors patched the damage as best they could, set up big pumps to take care of the rest and headed for Santa Barbara. She didn’t make it. The water got ahead of the pumps and, with the approval of the Coast Guard, the towline was cast off. Grey Eagle sank in 250 feet of water in the Santa Barbara Channel. In the five years Bill and his wife BJ owned the ‘Eagle, it’s hard to think of a boat that was enjoyed more by all who came in contact with her. Good times aboard included countless local sails, four Coastal Cups, four Ensenada Races, and last year’s Pacific Cup. On the way home from that race, Grey Eagle met up with another boat in mid¬ ocean that had encountered numerous problems. Bill’s crew trans¬ ferred fresh water, lent the other boat a handheld VHF and even charg¬ ing their dead battery for 12 hours before handing it back over. Bill would like to thank the many friends and associates who ex¬ pressed concern and/or the desire to help out during the grounding. He also thanks the Coast Guard, the staff of Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and the Cojo Jalama Ranch, through whose cooperation he and the salvage team were able to access the beached boat by land. Page 108 • UMUilt • August, 1999

What mariners are now experiencing is a dramatic increase in the ability to commu¬ nicate between their boats in the middle of the ocean and land. One of the newest, least expensive and most popular ways for offshore sailors to communicate with land is SailMail, which was created by Northern California sailor extraodinaire Stan Honey with assistance from a number of others. Using a SSB radio and a HF modem, SailMail allows mariners to communicate with family and friends ashore on a semi-reliable basis. Because you can't always get through the first time due to propagation and occasional overloading, it's not suitable for running a business from your boat, but it does a great job of serving most of the needs of most cruisers. Although SailMail is non-profit, users must pay $200 a year to keep the system up and running. If there are any excess funds at the end of a year, they are returned or credited pro-rata. According to Honey, SailMail currently has approximately 230 activite users. Up until recently, there was only had one land station, at Sally Lindsay's Spinnaker Shop on the Peninsula. At times during the last year, the system didn't have the capacity to handle all the traffic, so its capacity was doubled in June. Honey says it's now capable of handling all current levels of traffic. Additional improvements are also sched¬ uled for Sail Mail. A new land station is be¬ ing established atop the West Marine distri¬ bution warehouse in South Carolina, which should make it a little easier for mariners in the Atlantic and Caribbean to get through. Honey also indicated the need for a San Di¬ ego station to handle the heavy traffic com¬ ing out of Mexico in the winter. It costs

Actual Iridium phone call from mid-Pacific: “But your ads say you deliver in 30 minutes or the pizza is free!” $5,000 for the equipment and takes several months to get licensing from the FCC (which has been veiy supportive so far). We told Honey that Latitude would be happy to fund as much as half the cost of a San Diego sta¬ tion. Anybody else out there want to chip in? With a little luck, we ll have the station up and running for the Millennium Mexico

SIGHTINGS communication cruising season. The other big news — good and bad — comes from Iridium, a worldwide cellphone system that is battling to overcome a bungled start-up and an tremendous ebb of finan¬ cial resources. When you want to make or a receive a call with Iridium, it's done through a system of 64 satellites and an oversized cellphone. The cellphone first tries to connect with a local system — none of which reach far into the Pacific. Where the land-based system doesn't work, the satellite system kicks in. The bottom line is that you can make and receive cell phone calls from anywhere on the planet. Iridium was supposed to be operational last September, but was several months late. And when it finally came on line, there were lots of problems. "We shouldn't have started the system until February or March," admits Bill Eichenberger, Iridium Market Develop¬ ment Manager. Iridium is now so confident of their sys¬ tem that they became the name sponsor of the recent TransPac, and provided many of the competitors with free phones and air time. According to numerous reports we got from users, the phones worked well — al¬ though you had to be on deck and not let the wind howl into the mouthpiece. Some skippers used the phones to day trade stocks, while others — such as Roy Disney of Pyewacket — banned all business con¬ versations. Perhaps getting the most out of the system was Mark Rudiger, navigator aboard Zephyrus. Each day he'd call his wife Lori, who would digitally record his conver¬ sation and then immediately post it as an audio file on their website. It worked per¬ fectly. There's other good news with the Iridium system. The cost of the phones has plum¬ meted 50% to as little as $1,495. And the cost of each call has been dropped from as much as $7 a minute to $3.50 a minute. For some people, the half off sale means the sys¬ tem makes economic sense for voice com¬ munication. Currently Iridium does not sup¬ port data transmission. The bad news is that you need to think twice before investing so much money in the system, because Iridium — as evidenced in a stock nosedive from 60 to 6 — is facing huge financial problems. The drop in phone prices and system use is a reflection of their desperate need to get more subscribers. It doesn't help that the phone isn’t as popular with businessman as expected, because if they're in a hotel in east Bongo Bongo and want to make a call, they can't do it from their room but have to go outside. Manners who want to use the phone or receive calls down below just install a GPS-sized antenna.

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mex crew list — cont’d was hard enough just to set something up, much less find a decent match of personalities, lifestyles and goals. Now, in addition to the Latitude Crew Lists, there are other lists put together by yacht clubs, chandleries, and various other fleets and organizations. Some are even

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In addition, the satellites — the brick and mortar of the system — are only good for five to eight years. Robert Growney, president of Motorola, which owns 18% of Iridium, says there are three options: out of court restructuring, bankruptcy or liquidation. Lockheed, anther member of the group, says they're not put¬ ting any more money into the system. The bottom line? There is some uncertainty about the future of the entire system, so caveat emptor. We’ll close with something good not far down the road. Honey says that in the near

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on the Internet. If you can’t find a boat or crew after all that, maybe it just wasn’t meant to happen. If you want to do it with us, here’s how it works: fill out the appro¬ priate form and send it to us with the proper fee. In the October issue, we’ll run a list of all names in two categories — Boat Owners Looking for Crew and Crew Looking for Boats. All names will be followed by information about the individual, including skill level, desires, special talents, experience, a contact number and, in the case of boat owners.

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we’ve heard of half mod¬ els, but this is ridiculous Two dozen-odd Santa Cruz 70s came out of Bill Lee’s legend aiy chicken coop, but he built two dozen and one sterns. The 15 to 20 feet of this one does daily duty as a handson exhibit at the Ha¬ waii Maritime Center, in downtown Honolulu next to the Aloha Tower. Playing on the Walter Mitty in all of us, the display invites you to climb aboard, grip the big wheel, and with a little bit of imagination (and a video which wasn’t working the day we visited), get a fleeting feel for what it’s like surfing one of these big boys down the Trades. No, it wasn’t an inter¬ active deal — but wouldn’t that be cool? The HMC is a fun visit for sailors on va¬ cation, as it traces the maritime history of the Islands from ancient Polynesia up through TransPac and Ken¬ wood Cup.

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mex crew list — cont’d the size and type of boat. All you do then is go down the appropriate list and call up the most appealing prospects. Through the Crew List, lots of people have had lots of neat adven¬ tures. But there are risks, which is why we insist that, ultimately, you must take responsibility for your own actions. Let’s face it, sailing is an inherently dangerous sport. And sailing long distances with people you haven’t known that long on boats you don’t know that well is a whole other can of worms. So, for the record, the Latitude 38 Crew List is an advertising supplement intended for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warrantee or rec¬ ommendation as to the character of individuals participating in the Crew List or the conditions of the boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself.

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future six months to a year — everyone who sends a message via Sail Mail will have the option of indicating their GPS position along with their email. This information can then be gathered in text and graphic form — and linked to Latitude's website. In other words, with a few clicks of a mouse, you'll be able to see the most recent position of hundreds of active cruisers. It will not only be great for safety, but as a way for cruising friends to keep up with cruising friends. For further information on SailMail, check their website: www.sailmail.com.

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SIGHTINGS crew list — cont’d Still with us? Bueno! Here are the ground rules. 1) We must receive all Crew List forms by September 15. That doesn’t mean ‘postmarked by.’ It means in our sweaty little palms. No exceptions. 2) All forms must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. For crew looking for boats, that’s $5 apiece. For boat owners — who we figure spend enough money putting the boat together — that’s $ 1. And don’t fax the forms to us. We have to receive the fee with the form. 3) One form per person, please — unless you and a friend want to go only if you can go together. Whether you’re a couple or just friends, applying for a ‘group rate’ does diminish your chances of find¬ ing a boat somewhat. But holding out for a skipper who will take you both will certainly enhance the adventure. In these situations, both parties should fill out one Crew List form and send in one fee. If you think you’ll need additional forms, or want to send some to friends, simply make copies of the ones on these pages. 4) Be honest. The simplest rule of all. In this case, being honest means not inflating your experience or skill level because you think-it’s what someone wants to hear. In sailing, perhaps more than any other sport, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, people who do can recognize it instantly. BS’ers don’t get rides. Contrary to what you might think, honest folks of little or no expe¬ rience often get rides. It has to do with some experienced skippers preferring to train people in their way of doing things. 5) Women can use first names only. If you are female, you will get calls. Possibly lots of them. We’ve talked to women who say they have gotten hundreds of calls, some months or even years after the Crew List is published. For this reason, we recommend that women use first names only, and that they not use a home phone number as a contact. Instead, use a P.O. Box, answering service, fax number, email or other contact that insulates you a bit. It also makes screening easier. Finally —- guys and women — please keep the hormone thing out of the Crew List process. Once your crewing situation is worked out, if you like what you see, then let nature take its course. But please, not before. Thanks. 6) If you take part in the Crew List, you get into the Crew List party free! Back in the old days, the Crew List party used to be a relatively low-key affair. It has now grown into a Mexico cruising event of epic proportions, complete with T-shirt giveaways, seminars and all kinds of other neat stuff. And it’s not just for Crew Listers anymore, but serves as a rendezvous point and reunion for Baja Ha-Ha Rally participants past and present. This year’s party is October 5 at the Encinal YC. If you haven’t lined up a boat or crew by then, come on by for a last chance at the party itself (everyone wears color-coded nametags, so spotting crew or boat owners is easy). If you have a boat/crew spot, plan on coming by any¬ way for an enjoyable evening with like-minded people heading south. We’ll have more on the Crew List/Ha-Ha party in upcoming issues. For now, get those forms in. The way the weather thing’s been going, you’re going to be able to turn Mark Twain’s famous phrase around pretty easily into the motto of the Mexico Cruising Class of ‘99-’00: ‘The warmest summer I ever spent was a winter in old Mexico.”

coast watch The following are some of the more significant search and rescue cases to which Coast Guard Group San Francisco responded between mid-June and mid-July, 1999. But first, I’d like to highlight a continu¬ ing, highly frustrating problem we experience: ‘uncorrelated’ mayday calls. These are distress calls made either in jest or intentionally as false alarms. We treat all maydays as serious business, and take im¬ mediate action, including urgent marine radio broadcasts and air/sea continued on outside column of next sightings page

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short PUGET SOUND — Bet you’ll never guess why passenger capacity on Seattle’s Puget Sound ferry was recently reduced from 250 to 230. No, no new regulations. Different routes? Nope. Design changes? You’re get¬ ting warmer. Okay, it’s because a recent study revealed that passenger rear ends have gotten too big. The designed seating assumed an 18-inch wide derriere, but apparently most of today’s Americans require more than that. Safety rules require every passenger to have a seat. NOT QUITE AS GREAT LAKES — The largest freshwater system in the world has dropped to a 32-year low because of dimished snow and rainfall. Levels as much as 7 inches below average in Lake Ontario (not so much

You know those studly spinnaker takedowns you see sometimes where a practiced crew makes the chute just seem to disappear? Well, this isn’t one of them. The guys on”EI Raton’, an Express 27 sailing in the fleet Nationals on the Berkeley Circle last month, were having a little trouble taming the beast at this jibe mark. In all fairness, we’ve all been there, so don’t laugh too hard. Next month, it could be you.

SIGHTINGS sightings in the other lakes) is causing boats to run aground, marinas to close down and freight¬ ers to play dodge-’em with new, uncharted sandbars. No relief in sight for the drought until at least November.

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AFRICA AND MIAMI — if you live in Mi¬ ami (or actually probably anyplace along the Eastern seaboard), the air you breath today might have been exhaled not so long ago by an elephant. Cape Buffalo or Nile dolphin. Which is a cutesy way of saying that accord¬ ing to an ongoing study, as much as half of the airborne dust in Miami on some sum¬ mer days might have originated in Africa, carried there by the prevailing winds. Which is one explanation of why Miamians seem to

searches (if we can determine a reasonable search area), until we can reasonably determine that no distress exists. During the last month we received 13 uncorrelated mayday calls resulting in 5 boat hours, almost 13 helicopter hours and 25 personnel hours. Our response to these bogus calls diverted Coast Guard resources from other impor¬ tant missions and cost the taxpayers over $40,000. June 30 — At 7:35 a.m. the charter vessel Golden Eye called to report it was taking on water near Tennessee Cove, with 19 passen¬ gers and two crew aboard. Golden Eye had stopped the flooding but had difficulty maneuvering. We launched two 44-ft motor lifeboats (MLBs) from Station Golden Gate to assist. Upon reaching the scene, we transferred the passengers to one of the Coast Guard boats and took them to Station Golden Gate. Two Coast Guard personnel and a pump were transferred to the vessel, but were not used because the situation was stable and the flooded compartment had oil-contami¬ nated water. The remaining MLB escorted Golden Eye to the station without further incident.

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MAZATLAN — Holy Moly! We though as we were going through the usual mounds of mail last month. “Don’t miss the $300,000 Fifth Annual Billfish Classic on November 10-13 in Mazatlan,” screamed the flyer. In¬ side, we found that anglers have the chance to win “over $10,000 in prizes.” We worked ourselves into our usual frenzy of indigna¬ tion. If fishermen could put together such a big bucks event, why not the yachting com¬ munity? We were just about to write a scath¬ ing rebuke when we noticed that the entry fee for each team was $4,000, and that the top prizes were actually varying rebates of that amount. Never mind. By the way, it’s worth acknowledging, even in a sailing magazine, the excellent at¬ titude ‘big game’ sport fishermen had adopted toward catch-and-release over the past five to ten years. With the size and num¬ bers of all sport fish dwindling from over¬ fishing, new techniques and gear have been developed to release even big game fish (and not injure them as badly in the process) so they can be caught another day. In the afore¬ mentioned competition, undersize fish must be released or the team incurs penalties. Teams that release large fish (after photo¬ graphing them with ‘official tournament cam¬ eras’) are awarded 100 extra points per fish. Of course, the tournament also requires all participants to submit to a polygraph test if requested. Presumably that’s to make sure the big one that got away really was a big one.

live, from newscopter 38. . . The photo at left was taken on July 2, the day the tallships entered San Francisco Bay. When we’re feeling particularly important, we’ll mention that it was taken “from the helicopter,” which is a bit of an inside joke: the Golden Gate Bridge is about as close to “helicopter” as we’re going to get. At any rate, it’s a great place to watch the world go by. On the 2nd, it was a grandstand seat for the resplendent tallship event. (Read all about it elsewhere in this issue.) Among the many spectator boats out and about that day — a number of people said they had never seen so many boats out for any Bay event, ever — was this lovely cruis¬ ing cutter. We couldn’t quite make out her name from the newscopter, but since she made such a pretty picture sailing along un¬ der perfect trim, with her crew having a great time (and wearing lifejackets!), we knew she’d make a pretty picture here as our ‘Looking Good’ boat of the month.

coast watch — cont. July 2 —A concerned father called us at 5:35 p.m., reporting that he had not heard from his son since the son called to say he was going from Tomales Bay to Bodega Bay in a 28-ft fishing boat. The vessel’s only means of communications was cellular phone. We launched a 44ft motor lifeboat from Bodega Bay and a helicopter from San Francisco to search Tomales and Bodega bays. The boat and helo searched until well after sunset, and we checked all marinas in the area with no luck. We launched the helicopter and boat again at sunrise for a more exten¬ sive search. While our assets were enroute to their search areas, the father called to report his son was safe. The son decided to sail to San Francisco Bay instead of following the plan he had given his father. He anchored in Drakes Bay due to rough sea conditions and was out of his cellular coverage. Yes, a cellphone is better than nothing, but we’d much prefer that you equip yourself with a VHF-FM radio. The Coast Guard VHF-FM network — nationwide — will reach all but a few pockets of the shore¬ line, meaning that we’ll have a much better chance of hearing you in case of trouble. July 3 — At 10 p.m. we received the report of an 18-ft open boat with seven persons on board overdue from a day fishing trip in Tomales Bay. This boat left accurate information on where they would be fish¬ ing with the reporting source, and the helo found the vessel within minutes of arriving the search area. The vessel was grounded on Hog Island and was not approachable by our boats. The helicopter deployed a rescue swimmer to the island to check on the persons. All were uninjured and were hoisted off the island in three helicopter sorties between Station Bodega Bay and the island. The vessel had no means of communication. In this case, the distressed boaters did something right: they left a float plan with a responsible person, who called us when they didn’t return. Now, if they only would have carried a VHF radio, or at least a cellphone, we could have resolved this much sooner! NOTE: During the 4th of July Weekend , we responded to a total of 94 calls for assistance, while at the same time maintaining safety in San Francisco Bay for the breathtaking Tall Ships Parade, and patrol¬ ling numerous over-water fireworks displays throughout the area. July 15 — At 2:23 p.m. we received a report from Monterey County 911 service that a kayaker had accidentally been shot in the back with a speargun by a fellow kayaker, in Monterey Bay. A rigid hull inflatable (RHI) boat from Station Monterey responded and transported the kayaker to waiting emergency medical services on the pier. July 17 — At 5 p.m., a lookout at Station Bodega Bay observed a 38-ft fishing vessel, operating erratically, strike a fixed navigational marker. A boarding team from Station Bodega Bay followed the vessel to its mooring to conduct a dockside boarding. The operator failed the field sobriety test, registering a blood alcohol content of 0.214. The Coast Guard formally terminated the fishing vessel’s voyage and turned the operator over to local law enforcement officials for prosecution. A final note: It seems that the nation (or at least the television net¬ works) came to a standstill over the weekend of July 17th while we watched the stoiy of the John F. Kennedy Jr. airplane crash unfold near Martha’s Vineyard. A question I heard frequently during the nu¬ merous press conferences was: “Was this massive search effort l?y the Coast Guard only because the object of the search was a famous person?" I want to assure you that’s absolutely not the case. We will respond to all known distress with whatever air, sea, and land resources we believe necessary. We’ll end a search only after we exhaust all possi¬ bilities and rule out any chance of finding survivors. Often we’ll extend a search past the reasonable “no survival” time for humanitarian rea¬ sons, in an attempt to give the family or loved ones closure. In the last year we mounted several 'maximum effort’, multi-unit, multi-day searches for people you’ve probably never heard of. Were not here just to serve the rich and famous, our duty is to serve everyone. ■— captain lairy hall August, 1999 •

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TRANSPAC '99 r F'or such a small race —just 33 boats, the smallest fleet since 1963 — the 40th biennial TransPac actually produced an inordinate amount of excitement. Most of the news was good — Pyewacket shat¬ tered the record again, Magnitude set a

Turbos — Pyewacket At 9:41 p.m. on Saturday night, Roy E. Disney’s R/P 72 Pyewacket streaked out of the darkness and into the record

/ a few notches." new 24-hour record, Bay Area sailors dis¬ books, blazing through the Diamond Head tinguished themselves, global wireless finish line to lower the TransPac record phone company Iridium came through to just 7 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes and with race sponsorship, and so on. 27 seconds. Fittingly, Disney was at the With the good came a little bad, such helm on the homestretch, hitting 22.7 as Double Bullet II capsizing, and the con¬ knots — the high for the race — in 30tinuing decline of entries in this great knot puffs as his gorgeous new steed race. Then there's the plain ugly — nota¬ charged home to claim Barn Door hon¬ bly the 18.5-day disappearing act pulled ors. by the B-25 Vapor. It's hard to say who Disney and his close-knit crew (see suffered most from that situation, the two sidebar) averaged 12.4 knots on the sailors aboard the crippled boat, or the course, in the process knocking 3 hours, hundreds of people agonizing over their 43 minutes off their previous Pyewackets whereabouts. '97 record. That's a huge chunk of time The fleet departed from Point Fermin to take off an already solid record — a trib¬ in four waves — cruisers and the two ute to a really fast and well-sailed boat, a doublehanders on June 29, small racers windy year, and a near-perfect route cour¬ on July 2, big racers on July 3, and the tesy of navigator Stan Honey. "About half¬ lone multihull on July 6. Conditions for way over, we knew we had a shot at the the classic 2,225-mile race were ideal — record again," said Roy, who missed the a cooperative '97 trip due to Pacific High a broken leg. served up 20"The last 35 knots of record was re¬ breeze, only ally Roy Pat's moderate (his son), but squalls and this one is encouraged ours." courses not Though al¬ too far off the most univer¬ rhumbline. sally picked to Pitch-black finish first, evenings, how¬ Pyewacket ever, made for didn't appear interesting to be a sure bet steering. "It at first, trailing was like play¬ near-sistership ing a really Zepyhrus IV for good arcade Pacific high — Roy E. Disney (left) and son Roy Pat sailed several days. their newest 'Pyewacket' to Hawaii in just 7 days, 11 hours. game," en¬ After backing thused one down to shed a racer. "The nights were terrifying," com¬ huge piece of kelp, Pyewacket began play¬ mented another. ing catch-up. On the fourth day, they "Anyone who participated in this year’s made a bold move to the south. "It was TransPac came away a better sailor," setting up just like 20 years ago," said noted TransPac YC Commodore L.J. Honey. "I told the guys to put on the leftEdgcomb. "It raised everyone's game a few hand blinkers, to work south whenever notches." possible. Listening to the radio the next Page 116 •

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morning, we’d gone from 12 to 54 miles ahead of Zephyrus. There was so much whooping and hollering, I couldn't hear the next few reports!" Interestingly, Zephyrus navigator Mark Rudiger analyzed the same situation dif-

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ferently, opting for the high road' ap¬ proach. At one point they were about 125 miles north of Pyewacket. "We're stretch¬ ing the rubber band," said Zephyrus watch captain John Bertrand via Iridium phone. "We're gonna let it go and zoom in

there!" Unfortunately, the rubber band snapped instead, leaving Zephyrus five hours behind Pyewacket at the finish line. Don't look for a rematch between Zephyrus and Pyewacket anytime soon — they're off to different corners of the world.

with Zephyrus apparently opting for January's Cape Town-Rio Race. Pye¬ wacket will head to Europe this winter, presumably taking their asymmetrical kite arsenal and bigger bulb keel. "Rac¬ ing in TransPac trim — round kites and training wheels — isn't quite as fun as going all-out, like the Jamaica Race," com¬ mented Roy. Coming in second, an hour and five minutes after the Disney gang, was Doug Baker's Andrews 70+ Magnitude. They also broke the existing '97 race record, and had the satisfaction of setting a new TransPac 24-hour distance record of 353 miles. Had the race lasted another day, Baker and his buddies might have won. 'We ran out of race track," said Doug. 'We gave it a good shot, definitely gaining on them the last two days." It was a bitter¬ sweet finish for Magnitude —- better than last time (when both she and Zephyrus lost rigs), but not quite what they wanted. "So close, yet so far," lamented 'Typhoid Steve' Dodd, who infected five of the Mag¬ nitude crew with a debilitating flu bug during the race. Like Pyewacket — and we imagine most of the big boats — Magnitude jibed relentlessly. Each jibe was an all-hands deal and everyone religiously took the same position every time. Magnitude, with Keith Kilpatrick driving, hit 28 knots com¬ ing down the Molokai Channel — the highest speed of any boat in the race. The two older Andrew Sisters, Front Runner and Pegasus, brought up the rear. At least both their crews ate well —"We had Flintstone-size steaks and wines that were so far out of my league. I'd never heard of them," reported Front Runnef s navigator Dale Nordin. Pegasus had August, 1999 • UixWe?? • Page 117

TRANSPAC '99 owner Philippe Kahn's private chef along for their trip, as well as his snowboard instructor. "It was a 2,500 mile shakedown for us," claimed Jack Halterman. "It was our first race, and we re still learn¬ ing the boat."

70-Footers — Grand Illusion Ten years ago, the SC 70 Grand Illu¬ sion was one of 18 ULDB 70s competing in the '89 TransPac — the sled class's fin¬ est hour. GI didn't get very far that year, dropping out with a broken boom. This time. Grand Illusion sailed flawlessly, fin¬ ishing in just 8 days, 2 hours and 52 min¬ utes — an 11.42-knot average and the fastest time ever posted by a ULDB 70 in this race! Skipper James McDowell, navi¬ gator Patrick O'Brien, Kiernan Tarbet, Dave McCalley, Ty Pryne and four young Bay Area rising stars — Roland Brun, Hogan Beatie, Will Paxton and John Sweeney — won the TransPac overall in the process, robbing Pyewacket of a clean sweep. McDowell, age 39, has sailed six TransPacs on his father Ed's 13-year-old Grand Illusion (and skippered the last three). James, who lives in Maui, was modest in victory: "We chased the squalls and made the correct decision to go south early, the same day that Pyewacket did. The crew gave 110%, and I can t credit Paddy (O'Brien) enough. It was our best trip ever!" Whereas most of the boats seemed to finish at night this year, Grand Illusion had the good taste to finish — minus a

panel in their main — in the middle of the afternoon. Their one-year-old North 3DL main split during a jibe about 150 miles from the finish, but fortunately one of the two leech cords held the two pieces together. "We hit speeds in the low 20s, the high for the trip, with the ripped Page 118 • UfctwU%8 • August, 1999

main," noted James. Steve Popovich's Andrews 68 Cheval, which bounced off a whale on the second day, pulled in half a day behind GI. "We were sailing with asymmetrical kites for the first time. The loads were pretty big, and we broke lots of stuff," reported watch captain Linda Elias, a cancer survivor currently between cycles of chemo¬

'Gl'joes (from left) John Sweeney, Hogan Beatie, Will Paxton and Roland Brun. 'Pyewacket' also had four Bay Area sailors aboard. therapy. "It was a tough trip for me physi¬ cally. The adrenaline kept me going," she said, but added cheerfully. "I’m really lucky just to be here. Roy Disney and I

(who both missed the last race) are prob¬ ably the two happiest people in Hawaii right now!" Velos, raced by 15 Etchells and Schock 35 sailors, looked great in the reaching half of the course, but wandered too far north to do better than third in this class. They took a hellacious knockdown on the homestretch, a full-on 'yard sale’ that splattered their 47,000-pound wave crusher over about an acre of the Molokai Channel, leaving them in irons. "It was the first time we've ever tried to jibe in that much wind," said a crewmember. "Normally, we chicken-jibe when it's that windy — now I know why!" Keeping alive a TransPac tradition, Velos boat captain Chris Doolittle of San Diego married his longtime girlfriend Nannette after the race. "It was both premeditated and spontane¬ ous," he said. "She didn't know she was getting married until 9:30 that morning. By 10:00, the deed was done." Mongoose, in fourth, was hampered by fiberglass and bog' peeling off their keel. "We also missed a critical jibe," they con¬ fessed. The souped-up Medicine Man, one of the stars of the '97 show, came in a humbling fifth. "My arms are six inches longer from driving," joked Seth Morrell, pointing to.tjie tiller on the speedy 56footer. "This is an interesting 'science project'. With water ballast, huge poles and asymmetrical kites, we're rated faster than the sleds — lots of speed for about one fifth the cost. But we’ve also created

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY '97 race overall with the SC 50 Ralphie, was second, followed closely by Fred Howe's beautiful new SC 52 Warpath, hull #18 out of 20. Andre Lacour, who moved from Santa Cruz to San Diego to become Warpath!s project manager, was a little bummed: "We sailed right next to Gone With the Wind the last day, and yet had to give them five hours. The ratings just don’t reflect all the furniture we re push¬ ing around — there's just no way a 52 can beat a 50 downwind!" That may not be a problem in next summer's Pacific Cup, which apparently will see enough SC 52s to form a one design class. The fourth boat in Division III, the twoyear-old M-Project cracked her rudder post in three places and withdrew. She was 1.5 days into the race and 300 miles off¬ shore. Beating home into 25 knot headwinds with reduced steerage, it took M-Project 2.5 days to get back to Newport Beach — yuck!

40-Footers — Great Scot

Spread, 'Glamal'at the Diamond Head finish line. Inset, overall winners Patrick O'Brien (left) and James McDowell of ‘Grand Illusion'. a really tough boat to sail, right at the limits of what's physically possible to handle. We're all pretty exhausted!"

was no moon and a cloud cover most of the way, not to mention confused seas and pretty high winds. We were hitting warp speeds in total darkness, much of the time without instruments, just crossing our fingers the whole time. I have new respect

'We're proof that you don't need to be millionaires to do the TransPac!" claimed Tom Garnier, who estimates that some of the turbos spent more than his J/35 Great Scot is worth preparing for this race. Sailing light (four crew total) and on a budget, Garnier beat up the seven other bigger boats in Division IV, correcting out on pre-race favorite Tower by over six hours.

50-Footers — Gone With the Wind Bill LeRoy and Jim Cascino sailed their turboed SC 50 Gone With the Wind to a 4.5-hour victory in this tiny class, prov¬ ing yet again that this venerable Bill Lee design is one of the all-time greatest TransPac boats. GWTWalso won the race overall on 'straight' PHRF (as opposed to the VPP-based TransPac ratings), though we're still not sure why the TransPac YC confuses the issue by scoring the race under multiple systems. "We didn't intend to go south, but we started seeing other people clocking big numbers down there," said LeRoy, who previously sailed the then-unmodified GWTW to third in class in the '93 Trans¬ Pac. "Fortunately, we found a night where we were able to work south, and that was the difference." Crewing on GWTW were the talented Perkins brothers, Chris and Phil, up-andcoming navigator Gerry Swinton, Dave Kresge, Mike Ratiani, Terry Ranahan and Bill’s daughter Aimee LeRoy, who accord¬ ing to Jim, "brought a degree of gentility to the crew." This was Cascino's first TransPac, a real baptism by fire: "There

After over a week at sea, 'Pyewacket' bowman Rick Brent literally dove into the beer cooler. for Mother Nature!" Stealth Chicken, under charter to Jerry Montgomery and the gang that won the

What made the victory all the sweeter was that everyone on Great Scot was re¬ lated — Tom and A1 Garnier are broth¬ ers, Darrin Garnier is Al's son, and Jarad Lathrop is Tom and Al’s sister's son (there¬ fore, their nephew and Darrin's cousin). August, 1999 • lAJwWift • Page 119

TRANSPAC '99 Got all that? This is the same family that raced two doublehanded Express 27s, Chimera and Locomotion against each other in the '94 Pacific Cup. "After that trip, this was like being on a Cunard Cruise liner!" said Tom. "It was really a harmonious trip — we got all our fight¬ ing out of the way years ago!" The Gamier family arrived on TransPac Row flying their Team Rein Rag' battleflag (Gamier, backwards) and sporting blue zinc oxide chevrons on their arms. "Ev¬ ery stripe was a five-knot barrier," they explained. "All of us earned three stripes (15 knots), but no one could quite get four." Their secret weapon' was a spin¬ naker net, which kept their kite from wrapping when they plastered it — appar¬ ently often — against the rig while surf¬ ing down big rollers. Don Clothier's Lidgard 45 Tower, one of two Hawaiian entries, came in second despite popping one of her swept-back

Happy guys — Jim Cascino (left) and Bill LeRoy won their class in 'Gone With the Wind'.

leeward lower shrouds on their last jibe. "I had visions of finishing like Cheual," said navigator John Jourdane, veteran of 40 Pacific crossings now. "The accident even occurred in the same place." The

crew was able to jury-rig a spectra hal¬ yard around their lower spreader, hold¬ ing the rig in place for the final few hours. Glama!, a new Sydney 41 owned by 35year-old Seth Radow, was a distant third, with the other five boats in this class even more spread out. The entire Glama! crew were TransPac virgins, and some had barely been offshore before. They blew up "seven or eight" sails and had "tons of problems." Radow, however, was thrilled. "We’re buoy racers, like Cayard and his guys in the Whitbread," he explained. "To us, it was just a series of three-hour races. We ll definitely be back for more!"

Doublehanders — Two Guys There have been five doublehanded ef¬ forts since the TransPac created this class in '95. The MacGregor 65 Blackjack — which made it in 11 days, 17 hours — and the Peterson 41 Irrational, were the pioneers in '95. Honolulu real estate de-

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No West Coast crew has been together longer — or has had as much fun — as the Pyewacket gang. 'We're like a big, ex¬ tended family,” explained boat owner Roy Disney. "Evetyone gets along really well, and is a great sailor. The only thing we fight over is helm time — everyone wants to drive, especially when it's windy!” Disney is as loyal to his crew as they are to him. Most of these guys have been with him through at least two boats, and the line-up doesn’t change muhh from year to year. "Robbie tells me there’s a waiting list a mile long to get on the boat," laughed Roy. "They'll just have to wait." Here's a quick look at the twelve 'tenured' crew who currently constitute the Pye¬ wacket varsity squad: Roy E. Disney, age 69, Los Angeles, vice chairman of the Disney Corporation (and head of the animation department). Married to Patti, four kids (only Roy Pat races). Disney has had an ongoing love affair with the TransPac since his first one in 1975, missing only one since (in '97. due to a broken leg). He’s raced four TransPacs on his S&S 52 yawl Shamrock, one each on the SC 50 Samurai and the ULDB 60 Dare, two on his N/M 68 Pye¬ wacket, three on his SC 70+ Pyewacket, and this one on the new boat. Roy and the men listed on this page currently hold the course record for the TransPac, Pa¬ cific Cup and Vic-Maui Race — a pretty amazing hat-trick. Roy Pat Disney, age 42, Los Angeles, entrepreneur (gym owner, buys and sells radio and TV stations), Los Angeles, en¬ Page 120 • UtCUMli • Auaust. 1999

gaged to be married. Roy Pat has done every TransPac since ’75, when he was just 18, which puts him one ahead of his father (and on pace to become the high¬ est mileage TransPac racer of all time). Physically buffed (he was once a grinder for Yowig America), Roy Pat is also an ex¬ cellent sailor in his own right. "He's a great driver!" declared his father. Robbie Haines, age 45, Coronado, North Sails consultant and "almost full¬ time" Pyewacket project manager, two kids (his 15-year-old son Brian is, by con¬ sensus, the most promising sailor of all the Pyewacket progeny). An Olympic gold medalist (’84 Soling), Robbie has been with the Disney program since the early ’90s as a primary driver, tactician (along with Honey) and "designated worrier." As Roy's right-hand man, Robbie is in charge of optimizing the rating, tweaking the sail inventory and organizing the crew, "He de¬ serves a lot of the credit for our success," said Roy. Stan Honey, age 44. Palo Alto, entre¬ preneur (his second start-up, Sportvision, does high tech enhancement for TV sports coverage), married to two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Sally Lindsay. Honey, a sought-after navigator, currently splits his time between the chart tables of Pyewacket and Steve Fossett's PlayStation —- which leaves little time to sail his Cal 40 Illusion. "Stan is the best navigator in the world,” stated Roy em¬ phatically. "He's just brilliant, and he to¬ tally understands the Pacific Ocean." Honey also currently owns the single¬

handed (Illusion) and doublehanded (Mon¬ goose) race records to Hawaii, an un¬ equaled four Bam Door trophies, as well as the 24-hour speed run of all time (PlayStation). Gregg Hedrick, age 43. El Segundo ("where the sewer meets the sea"), Pye¬ wacket boat captain, two kids. Originally from Portland and Seattle, Gregg has worked for Roy for 12 years and sailed with him longer. "I have the best job in the sailing world," he claimed. "Roy has been like a father to me." Gregg manages two assistants, keeping the boat immacu¬ late and delivering it to and from races while the crew flies (sometimes on Roy’s private jet). He'll be gone much of next year — Pyewacket is scheduled to do the Mazatlan Race (if it happens), the PV Race, MEXORC, and then head for Europe and the Med. Rick Brent, age 36, San Francisco {originally from Connecticut), chiroprac¬ tor, recently married, about seven years with Pyewacket. Bowman Brent, who joined the Disney program after winning the America's Cup on America3 in '92, possesses legendary upper body strength. "He and Zan are like monkeys," said Robbie. "They're a great pair up on the foredeck, so in sync with each other that they complete each other's sentences." Dan Crowley, age 42, Long Beach, owns a big forkfift/travelift company, two kids. Crowley, the mainsail trimmer, has been with Pyewacket since the ’preRobbie' days. A former scow sailor from the midwest, he's Pyewackets resident

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY veloper Dan Doyle started the race in '97 in his Sonoma 30 Two Guys on the Edge, but quickly dropped out with a broken rudder. This time, the B-25 Vapor and Two Guys were the only doublehanded entries. Doyle was psyched to take Two Guys again, this time with J/35 sailor Les Vasconcellos. "This was Dan's passion, not mine, ’ admitted Les. "I made a commit¬ ment to go, but I wasn't really looking for¬ ward to it!" When Doyle was sidelined at the last

minute with business problems, he still wanted his boat to compete. Bruce Bur¬ gess, another Hawaiian friend, was con¬ tacted in Australia and invited. "I showed up in Long Beach the night before the race," said Bruce, who normally does TransPacs on Merlin. "I'd never sailed on the boat, and had almost no idea what I was getting into." Les, age 53, and Bruce, 45, may not have been familiar with the boat or prac¬ ticed together, but they both knew the

race — this was the tenth TransPac for each of them. They footed south immedi¬ ately, putting up the masthead kite early and tying a cinder block on the gas pedal — given their head start, they led the en¬ tire fleet for two thirds of the race. "There were times when I'd come up and tell Bruce we had to reduce sail, that it was too windy," said Les. "He'd just laugh and remind me that the boat was named Two Guys on the Edge, not Two Old Ladies at

the Bridge Club." They only had the masthead kite down twice -— once when they broke their mast¬ head halyard (Burgess free-climbed above the hounds to rerig it) and for the last few hours in the Molokai Channel. "We fell off a wave doing 19 knots off Ilio Point, and buried the boat up to the cockpit in wa¬ ter," claimed Les. "The boat stopped and broached, emptying the cockpit of every¬ thing, including our two handheld GPSs. It was pitch-black, really scary. We de-

Family portrait — Roy E. Disney (standing, second from left) and the'Pyewacket' crew. practical joker. "He's the funniest guy in the crew, always keeping us loose and laughing,” said Stan. Zan Drejes, age 43, Felton, two kids. Zan is a professional sailor (Blondie, Mon¬ goose, Sayormra and others! who now also oversees apartments for Octavio, owner Shep Kett. A consumate seaman, Zan has sailed regularly on Pyewacket for six years, often helping Gregg prepare the boat in the week or so before the race. "He and Rick are the best foredeck pahin the business," claimed Roy. Scott Easom, age 40, San Rafael, two kids. A professional rigger and paid sailor, Scott professes to dislike offshore races,

but loves sailing on Pyewaclcet. He's the most recent addition to the crew ("A real find!" claimed Roy), drafted as a last minute driver/trimmer for the '97 TransPac when Roy broke his leg, Zan broke some ribs and Doug Rastello had to bail out for business reasons. "I hope 1 never do anything to get tossed off this pro¬ gram," he stated. "Everything about it is so first class!" Dick Loewy, age 48, Seattle, indepen¬ dent rep for furniture factories, three kids (17, 15, and 12). Tm the oldest and the luckiest crewmember on the boat!" claimed Loewy. He, Roy Pat and Gregg are the most senior crew, dating back to the

TransPac on the SC 50 Samurai — the trip that opened Disney's eyes to the ULDB world. Dick grew up in SoCal, where he was captain of the UCLA sailing team and an Olympic-caliber Finn sailor. He was also Ben Mitchell's and Roy Pat’s sailing instructor at Cal YC. "The students passed the teacheryears ago," he laughed. "I take that as the ultimate compliment." Loewy can often be found grinding or oooking on Pyewacket, and he and Roy traditionally do the food shopping together before the long races. Ben Mitchell, age 45, Malibu, 'retired' lawyer, two sons. Benny put in 19 years as the general consul of a company that was recently bought out, leaving him with no immediate financial worries — and lots of time to sail his Melges, Star and Laser. An All-American sailor at USC, Benny inherited a love of sailing from his late father, legendary navigator Ben Mitchell, Sr. On Pyewacket, he helps Robbie with the tactics and is known for his smooth driving. "Benny helps control the tempo on the boat," said Roy. "He keeps everyone motivated." Doug Rastello. age 47, Glenbrook. Nevada (Lake Tahoe), real estate devel¬ oper, two kids. Rastello. also an All-Ameri¬ can at USC, is an America's Cup vet (tac¬ tics and downwind driver on Eagle in ’86) and a former Prince of Wales winner. On Pyewacket, he does the running back¬ stays, drives and contributes to the tac¬ tics. "Doug's our devil's advocate," re¬ marked Roy. "You need someone like him around all these opinionated people!" August, 1999 • LXVUMZ9 • Page 121

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TRANSPAC '99 cided to put the #3 up for the reach across to Diamond Head.'1 According to Bruce, "We were pushing the envelope all the way'over, and finally went over the edge that last night! When we had things under control again, I picked up our Iridium phone and called the bar at Waikiki YC — the only number I knew offhand — and asked them to in¬ form the race committee we d be a little late! . . . On the whole, it was a great trip, but I'm not sure I'd want to do it again." As the popular local duo basked in the limelight for their gutsy 12-day, 10-hour trip, tensions were mounting as to the fate of Vapor, which had been out of radio con¬ tact from the beginning. The dinghy-like B-25, which features a deckstepped mast and transom-hung rudder, was the small¬ est and diciest boat ever allowed in the TransPac — and skipper Bill Boyd and crew Scott Atwood were on a tight budget that precluded buying a new radio or rent¬ ing an Iridium phone. But they were also highly-regarded sailors and, thankfully, no EBIRB had gone off. Knowing the conditions and Vapor"s speed potential, race officials concluded that the boat was overdue after 16 days. The Coast Guard was reluctantly called and an alert issued, but by now any search for Vapor would have had to cover

half the Pacific Ocean. Worries that Boyd and Atwood had vaporized' escalated as the days passed, but finally the duo coaxed a garbled morning check-in out of their faulty SSB. They were 262 miles from the finish, fine except hobbled by a broken rudder. The collective sigh of re¬ lief on TransPac Row could be heard on the mainland. Page 124

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All in the family — The Garnier clan (from left: Jarad, Tom, Darrin and At) took Division IV with their relatively low-budget J/35 'Great Scot'. Two hundred people celebrated when Vapor plodded in after 18 days, 8 hours,

16 minutes — missing the awards ban¬ quet, and posting the slowest time in the last 38 years. "We were going 20 knots on the second night in the trades when our rudder broke," they explained. The duo repaired their split rudder with a splint, but that, too, failed when they were 500 miles from Hawaii. Their emergency rud¬ der wobbled at speeds over five knots.

No longer on the edge — Local heroes Les Vasconcellos (left) and Bruce Burgess relax af¬ ter their wild 12-day ride. forcing them to take down their main and sail in under working jib alone — "agony for two racers," claimed Atwood, a 9-time TransPac vet.

Cruising — Hurricane "We worked the squalls hard," admit¬ ted Kim Stebbins, who demolished the seven other cruisers with his Seattlebased Sceptre 41 Hurricane. "Our goal was to stay relaxed, but still be competitive. About the worst problem we had was burning the popcorn one night during the movies!" Stebbins and his crew of five finished first among the Cruisers, passing the Dia¬ mond Head buoy after 14 days, 7 hours. Considering that Hurricane then got time from all her peers but one, it was a great performance. "We were last to finish the Vic-Maui race a year ago, so this was a real thrill," admitted Kim, recently retired and off on an extended South Seas cruise. We get the impression, however, that he'll hang out in Hawaii awhile before shoving off — for wheels, he had his black Hum¬ mer shipped over from the mainland! It had every option except machine guns, and was easily the coolest support vehicle on TransPac Row. The cruising class, now in its second year, fielded eight boats — up only one from 1997. As opposed to last time, all eight cruisers finished, though two came in wounded. The 1965 Cal 40 Willow Wind broke her boom at the vang, but man¬ aged a professional-level repair at sea. By cutting out the bent section and sleeving the boom back together, they were able to complete the race under reefed main, claiming a third place trophy. "Compet¬ ing in the TransPac was my dream,” said owner Wendy Siegal, the only woman skipper this year. "I live on my boat, and basically put everything I have into mak¬ ing this trip a reality." Returning, veteran Endeavor III, the Canadian C&C 40 which broke her steer¬ ing cables in the '97 race, was dealt an¬ other bad hand. Halfway across, naturally

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY '99 TransPac Results at night with the chute up, their port D-1 shroud parted with a tremendous bang. "It dimpled the mast in about an inch near the gooseneck. I'm not really sure why it didn't fall down," said owner Randy Bell. The crew was able to rig three substitute shrouds — one wire (emergency steering cables) and two spectra — which held the compromised mast up to the finish line. "We were doing well until then,” said Bell. "After the accident, we had to throttle way back. It was obviously disappointing." When asked if he and his Toronto-based crew intended to come back in 2001, he replied wearily, "No comment." Howard Raphael sailed his Sausalitobased Beneteau 40 Tango to a comfort¬ able fourth place finish. He reported a casual trip, reading two books, watching VCR movies at night and eating well. "Sometimes, we'd tie the TV up on deck under the dodger so eveiyone could watch the show," admitted Howard, who is look¬ ing forward to cruising the Hawaiian Is¬ lands for the rest of the summer. "I was struck by the vastness of the ocean," he marveled. "The actual sailing was a piece Roy Disney donated this fabulous new trophy commemorating the TransPac record breakers — and 'Pyewacket' is now engraved on it twice!

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Reiehel/Pugh 72 Andrews 70+ Reichel/Pugh 75 Andrews 70+ Andrews 70+

Roy Disney Doug Baker R. McNeil/J. Parrish Lou Grasso Philippe Kahn

Los Angeles Long Beach St. Francis Newport Harbor UC Santa Cruz

7:11:39:58 7:13:36:07 7:16:33:59 7:19:51:43 7:20:50:20

DIVISION II 1 1 Grand Illusion 2 10 Chevai 3 12 Velos 4 15 Mongoose 5 16 Medicine Man

SC 70 N/M68 Tanton 73 SC 70 Andrews 56+

James McDowell Steve Popovich Kelj Haastehave Robert Saieili Bob Lane/Dave Millett

Lahaina Cabritlo Beach San Diego San Diego Long Beach

7:08:40:10 7:20:44:46 7:22:55:12 7:23:09:01 8:00:29:07

DIVISION III 1 4 Gone With The Wind 2 7 Stealth Chicken 3 9 Warpath - - M-Project

SC 50+ Perry 56 SC 52 J/N50

Bill LeRoy/J. Cascino Alamitos Bay Syndicate Fred Howe Manouch Moshayedi

St. Francis Alamitos Bay Santa Cruz Bahia Corinth.

7:14:45:18 7:19:06:40 7:19:56:46 DNF

DIVISION IV 1 6 Great Scot 2 14 Tower 3 17 Glama! 4 18 Prime Time 5 19 Bolt 6 20 Sweet Caroline 7 21 Uproarious 8 22 Apollo V

J/35 lidgard 45 Sydney 41 Olson 40 CF 41 M Dubois 43 Olson 40 Peterson 42

Tom Gamier Don Clothier Seth Radow J. Borkowski/R. Sherlock Craig Reynolds William Rawson Robert Bussard Ned Knight

Los Angeles Waikiki California Channel Is!. Balboa Royai YC, AUS Silver Gate Point Loma

7:18:36:58 7:22:55:15 8:07:29:10 8:11:43:31 8:19:05:27 9:04:20:16 9:08:04:48 9:16:00:54

DOUBLEHANDED 1 12 Two Guys on the Edge Sonoma 30 8-25 2 23 Vapor

Vasconcellos/Burgess Bill Boyd/Scott Atwood

Waikiki Long Beach

7:21:15:24 12:20:32:19

CRUISING 1 1 Hurricane 2 2 Esprit 3 3 Willow Wind 4 4 Tango 5 5 Pacifica 6 6 Endeavor III 7 7 Goodnight Moon 8 8 Derivative

Sceptre 41 Kelly Peterson 46 Cal 40 Beneteau 40 S&S 49 C&C 40 Swan 431 Swan 36

Kim Stebbens Robert Pace Wendy Siegai Howard Raphael Douglas Jones R. Bell/E. Clitheroe Carlton Vanderbeek John Misko

Sloop Tavern Oceanside Cortez Racing WORSA Southwestern Royal Canad. Dana Point Seattle

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MULTIHULL - Double Bullet II

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Bob Hanel

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of cake. The hard part was getting the boat ready, and now finding dock space in Hawaii."

Multihulls — Double Bullet II This was the third year that multihulls have been allowed to compete in the TransPac, as well as the third year that Bob Hanel's custom 75-foot cat Double Bullet II has entered. Previously, in '95, Bullet completed the course in 7 days, 6 hours, coming in 14 hours behind Lakota. In '97, when Explorer set a new record of 5:09:18, Bullet broke her mast just past Catalina. This year, after Pacific Challenge was dismasted and abandoned off North¬ ern California en route to the start, Double Bullet II was the sole multihull in the TransPac. Hanel and his five veteran crew, includ¬ ing watch captains Randy Smyth and Bob Dixon, got off to a good start on July 6, no doubt with high hopes of lowering Explorer's record or at least their own. The party ended abruptly about 12 hours and 188 miles later, when the catamaran flipped in winds up to 30 knots and 8-10 foot seas. They'd been pressing hard at

the time, flying a hull. Hanel lit off the boat s EBIRB, which was properly registered to Double Bullet, and stayed on top of one upturned hull while the crew huddled safely inside the now-upside-down cat. A C-130 spotter plane and a Jayhawk helicopter were dis¬ patched to the scene, which fortunately was just inside the helicopter s 200-mile range. All six crew were airlifted off the boat in a textbook-perfect rescue, arriv-

Boom art is another time-honored TransPac tra¬ dition. This sample was spotted on 'Velos'. ing back in San Diego at 6:40 a.m. Other than one man, who suffered from hypo¬ thermia and seasickness, the crew came through shaken, but unscathed. "The EPIRB saved their lives," said a Coast August, 1999 •

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TRANSPAC '99 Guard spokesman. Double Bullet was located several days later drifting some 200 miles off San Di¬ ego, and towed upside down at four knots to a shipyard in San Pedro. Pacific Chal¬ lenge, as far as we know, has yet to be recovered. "Not a very good year for funny boats, was it?" noted observer Peter Hogg, an experienced multihuller. (Shortly af¬ ter making this comment, Hogg was dis¬ masted on Stars & Stripes, Steve Fossett's 60-foot cat, in the Port Huron-Mack race.)

-L JLt the awards banquet, several in¬ dividuals were singled out: Zan Drejes of Pyewacket was recognized as the Out¬ standing Crew, the crew of Willow Wind won the Seamanship Trophy for their nifty boom fix, Zephyrus 'won’ the Farthest North Trophy (Rudiger accepted it with good humor, saying, 'The crew made me come up here and get this. I guess they thought I had something to do with it!") and Honolulu sailor Doug Vann was pre¬ sented the Best Volunteer trophy for cre¬ ating and maintaining the TransPac’s ex¬ cellent website (www.transpacificyc.org). The site got about 5,000 hits a day while the race was going on, evidence that some-

Kim Stebbins of 'Hurricane'. You'd be smiling too if you recently retired young, won your class in the TransPac, and were now off cruising!

'Willow Wind's Wendy Siegal and Duncan Har¬ rison cut this section out of their boom and splinted the two sections back together.

one was paying attention. Anyone interested in one last TransPac 'fix' should stay tuned for ESPN's sureto-be spectacular half-hourTransPac spe¬ cial in early October (check back next month for details). Well, that's about it — more than anyone needs to know about

the intimate '99 TransPac, yet only about one tenth of the stories we heard last month on TransPac Row. Good, bad and ugly — the TransPac, with its glorious past and uncertain fu¬ ture, lurches on.

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GOLD RUSH SAILFEST passed beneath the Golden Gate in single file and proceeded along the Cityfront to the Bay Bridge, before dropping sails and heading to berths along the waterfront. Unlike some tall ship arrivals we've wit¬ nessed in New York and Boston, it was a gorgeous, sunny day with plenty of breeze, so each ship entered the Bay under sailpower as promised. With eveiy sail filled and pulling hard, shutterbugs clicked off

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snapshots by the millions. The most exciting arrivals were those whose yardarms were lined with smartlyuniformed cadets — a breathtaking tall ship tradition that always brings cheers from crowds ashore. Among the big ships,'

the ornately-decorated Indonesian barquentine, Dawaruci, was the most dis¬ tinctive. Not only did sailors line her ev¬ ery spar — with one straddling the top of her mainmast — but they were dressed in elaborate costumes, played musical in-

Clockwise from upper left: A 'Dawaruci' collage — cadets salute the harbor; bow sprit duty; sounding the conch shell; mast carvings; Kaiwo Maru II' enters the Bay; San Diegans visit the 'Star of India'; with a new crew on board, the 'Eagle' flies a conservative compliment of sails; crowds swarm the docks; Colombia's 'Gloria' lookin' good; and our own 'Hawaiian Chieftain' plays with the big boys.

A TALL SHIP INVASION ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE, EXCEPT AS NOTED struments and danced on deck. We'd defi¬ nitely give them the 'spirit' award. And if we had to give a prize for classy seamanship, it would have to go to the Japanese, whose 361-ft Kaiwo Manx II flew every rag she had: three of her four masts carried six square sails each, not to mention jibs and staysails. She kept them all up, all the way to the Bay Bridge — an absolutely awe-inspiring display.

Although dwarfed by the big ships, the smaller Class B (100-170’) and Class C (less than 100') schooners and square-rig¬ gers were spectacular in their own right. While some are locally-based, others had bashed up from Southern Cal to join the party.

T'hroughout the Fourth of July week¬

end most of the ships were open for pub¬ lic viewing. Visitors of all ages waited in line by the thousands for a chance to walk the decks, stare up into the rigging, feel the brass and chat with the cadets about their globe-trotting adventures. Even for those who didn't know a yard¬ arm from a belaying pin, a quick tour around one of these beauties was time well spent. Like a trip back through time,

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GOLD RUSH SAILFEST just being aboard conjured training cadet up a sense of connection on the barque with the glory days of sail¬ Eagle. ing ship commerce — and with the Gold Rush era N. which laid the groundwork, n July of course, for all that the 5th, the tall Bay Area is today. ships departed It's interesting to note the Bay one by that all but one of the six one, bound for Class A ships (over 170j are q further celebraoperated by naval (or Coast f tions in Long Guard) academies, yet none w Beach and San of them have ever been, or will ever be, used in military z Diego. Along the « way they 'raced', service. Quite to the con¬ or more appro¬ trary, while creating a fo¬ This lovely lady is one of only five female rum where their cadets can priately, 'cruised cadets and two female officers within gain a fundamental in \ company' ‘Gloria's 150-person crew. down the coast. grounding in traditional marlinspike seamanship, the primary Predictably, huge crowds met the fleet function of these ships is to sail the in both Southern California locations. And in San Diego, the 1863 three-master Star world’s oceans as emissaries of goodwill — especially at tall ship events such as of India — regarded as the world's oldest active merchant ship — joined the pro¬ this. Is it good duty? You bet. Ask any long¬ cession. time Coast Guardsman, for example, As we’ve reported in past issues, plan¬ ning for this gathering of great ships has about the highlight of his career, and he’ll probably tell you it was his stint as a sail¬ been in the works since about five years

ago, when former Governor Wilson for¬ mally invited the tall ships of many na¬ tions to come here to help us celebrate 150 years of California statehood. As most readers know, however, the state sud¬ denly reneged on its promise of financial backing a few months ago, leaving humili¬ ated members of the maritime commu¬ nity to pick up the pieces. We won't waste space here berating the bureaucrats, except to point out a nota¬ ble irony: Thanks to a massive grassroots effort by unpaid volunteers from a vari¬ ety of organizations, the tall ship gather¬ ings in San Francisco, Long Beach and San Diego all came off essentially with¬ out a hitch. No doubt the next time a nau¬ tical undertaking such as this is at¬ tempted, many in the maritime commu¬ nity will lobby to leave California state agencies out of the loop completely.

In the meantime, we are left with bril¬ liant memories of a truly spectacular weekend in San Francisco's colorful mari¬ time history. If you missed it. . . what can we say. Just pray there is a 'next time’. — latitude /aet

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At was strange to hear the slat¬ ting of sails and no call of, "Weight to leeward!" But sailing from Port¬ land to San Francisco aboard the Eagle, the U.S, Coast Guard's tailship, was all new to me, including the windy parts.

command, "Let fall!" At muster that day, Captain R. J. Papp, Jr., told the cadets, "You may not like everything that goes on here, but this is how you be¬ come a Coast Guard officer." They would have plenty of time to chew The differences for a small boat on that thought in coming days as sailor? Obviously, more sails: 23 they scrubbed decks on their big ones. More sail area: 22,227 hands and knees, scraped and square feet. More length: 295 feet. painted metal fittings, memorized More displacement: 1,816 tons. Above, 'Eagle' sails into the Bay. Spread, furling the fore course. arcane nautical terms, and And no responsibilities. I took pic¬ Acrophobics need need not apply. climbed aloft in the twilight to take tures while second-year cadets in sail in winds building past 30 heaved and hauled en masse, then walked day, July 2. A new crop of unseasoned knots. But I'm getting ahead of my story. away rubbing their hands as if the class¬ cadets had come aboard in Portland, so rooms at the Coast Guard Academy in the setting of sails on that first day was New London, Connecticut, had not quite not necessarily crisp. If you've ever bro¬ he Eagle is a barque, defined by prepared them for this. ken in new crew, you’ll understand. Just having three masts with square sails on We crossed the Columbia River Bar multiply by the appropriate figures for the forward two. It was launched by the early on Sunday, June 27, with an easy sails, sail area, tonnage and hands. But Nazis in 1936 to serve as a training ves¬ mission to arrive at the Golden Gate in the setting of sails had the unique satis¬ sel, then taken as a prize of war in 1946. time to lead the tallship parade on Fri¬ faction of the square rigger's resounding Hitler attended the launch, but his coo-

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ties are long gone. Sails are set and trimmed through pure muscle power, which is fortunately in great supply. The Eagle can carry 165 cadets plus a full-time crew of 35 enlisted men and six officers. That's six times the trainee-capacity of a motorized Coast Guard cutter. But, officially stated, "The reason for using the Eagle lies in the inti¬ mate knowledge of wind and sea that a human can learn only from a sailing ves¬ sel." Our first day was a slow drawing away from the mouth of the Columbia River, with Cape Disappointment almost seem¬ ing to pursue us. However, the ship's Executive Officer, Commander Chris Sennett, sounded very satisfied as he sat down for lunch in the ward room and declared, "We've already done more sail¬ ing today than we did on the whole way north from Acapulco." Well, I could have predicted that. Notes from the journal

Monday, June 28: I'm observing a

The Coast Guard lures cadets to 'Eagle' with such catch phrases as, "An adventure you'll never for¬ get. " They don't. strange religious rite. Young people holding in one hand an apparently sacred text move about the deck of the ship, going from line to line and sometimes gripPage 136 •

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There are few experiences in life that equal sail¬ ing a large square rigger. That's why so many of them still serve as training ships. ping one of them fervently as they study the text. Okay, so it's neither quick nor easy to learn the names of 200 ropes — and remember, they're called lines. From time to time, along comes boatswain Rick Ramos who says, "Now let's look up, and see where they go.” At sundown, the ship's speaker sys¬ tem announces, "Stars, stars, stars are available on the deck. And as an added bonus, the moon." Soon there are two sex¬ tant classes in progress on the fantail. Be¬ tween them, a different group conducts an emergency-steering drill. The elec¬ tronic plotting of the ship's position and heading are meanwhile being duplicated in multiple locations and, elsewhere in the deep moonshadows of the deck, the ritual continues of the laying-on of hand to rope. At 2200 comes the announcement of, "Taps. Taps. Maintain silence throughout the ship." But at 2230, station KRVZ Coos Bay is rocking the foredeck with Sugar Ray: "Every mornin' there's a halo flangin' from the corner of my girlfriend's fourpost bed. . . Actually, this is not a comfort¬ ing song at sea. Tuesday, June 29: The fog is in. We can see the bow, but it's fuzzy. Boatswain Ramos ascends to the bridge and declares, "If it thickens, we'll have to sacrifice a cadet." A voice behind me whispers to some¬ one, "Boatswain's on deck. Get back on post now!" At 1830 we rendezvous with the USCG Cutter Sherman, returning to the Bay from an Alaskan fisher¬ ies patrol and just wanting a glimpse of the Eagle. The Sherman looks ghostly and mysterious, half-lost in the fog, and I wish I could see the Eagle as her people do, sails flying. One fact I hadn't grasped before was the heart-hold that the Eagle has on this service. Leaving Astoria, we were sur¬

rounded by what looked to me like every Coast Guard vessel in the entire 13th District. Coming down the coast, we've been shadowed by Coast Guard helicop¬ ter crews who flew 100 miles out just to get a look at their tallship on its first West Coast visit in 11 years. And before that, headed down the Columbia River from Portland to Astoria, the deck had been crowded with service people and retirees who had come, sometimes great dis¬ tances, just for a motorboat ride on the Eagle. Rear Admiral Paul Blayney, down from Seattle for the day, was grinning earto-ear as he told me, "This is a fine day! I havent been aboard the Eagle underway since I was a cadet!" Wednesday, June 30: Commander Sennett explains, "People have an emo¬ tional experience with Eagle. Everybody who graduates from the Academy has

THE EAGLE

this experience, but only a few get to come back." Sennett is a sailor's sailor, from din¬ ghies to ocean racers, but that’s a rare position in this service of 37,000 people. Most cadets, who survive a 20-to-l applicant-to-acceptance ratio (no Congres¬ sional appointments), arrive at the Acad¬ emy with no boating background, much less a sailing background. That is one reason why the Coast Guard Foundation, with its many sailor/members, helped build a first-rate sailing facility there. You may not know it, but in the current state of Coast Guard funding, it takes civilian effort to support many quality-of-life is¬ sues — exercise machines for remote duty stations in the Aleutians, for example, or The only winches aboard 'Eagle' pull up the an¬ chors. Everything else is done by muscle power. Fortunately, there's plenty of that.

computers with Internet connections so they can take college courses while they're frozen in. The typical Coast Guard person is 30 years old, has three kids, makes $30,000 a year, and works for an organization that is perpetually budget-strapped. Sure, they also jump out of helicopters into break¬ ing seas, or drive surfboats head-on into whitewater, but that's just what they do. They're also members of the only service that knows no "peacetime." It was my in¬ volvement with the Foundation that got me aboard Eagle, more than my journal¬ ist's hat. During their four years at the Acad¬ emy, cadets sail aboard the Eagle in dif¬ ferent capacities in different years. Only 21 upper class cadets at a time, positioned as junior officers, return to assume posi¬ tions of supervised command. "It's com¬

petitive. It's also hard duty, so not eveiybody gets to come back — or wants to," Sennet says. "The sailors do. Maybe I don't have to explain that." Playing mother hen,

'Eagle' has three wheels, up to six helmspeople and, yes, women. Up to a third of new Coast Guard cadets are women. the permanent crew of enlisted person¬ nel, most of them there for the pure love of sailing square riggers, face the delicate job of supporting the junior officers' while keeping them from killing someone. Thursday, July 1: At 0630 the speaker system announces: "Reveille, reveille. All hands, lash and stow. The wind is 27 knots. Swells 20 feet. Air temperature 54 degrees." In the wardroom, as the boat¬ swain digs into a tall stack of pancakes, I announce, "Yep, we re closing on San Francisco." A chair overturns. Photo¬ graphs on the walls slip askew. A coffee¬ pot goes flying. Back in the cabin, I find myself looking through a porthole into the deep blue Pacific instead of the sky. On deck, the cadets are acting like kids see¬ ing snow for the first time. The sun is bright and this 295-foot puppy is romp¬ ing, alive, cranked, kicking spray. The hell with taking notes. Thursday, midafternoon: We can just make out Southeast Farallon Island through air that is sunny-misty. The cap¬ tain has announced that we will anchor tonight inside San Francisco Bay, then come back out tomorrow and set sail to lead the parade. The hills are taking shape ahead of us now, and we can see the white geometry of the Richmond and Sunset districts stepping down to the sea. We've had a day of sighting whales and dolphins among cresting, breaking seas. I recall how at 1230 muster, the cadets standing at attention waved like a sea of kelp as they adjusted for the pitch of the deck. One massive wave broke over the port quarter, fired a volley of spray across the officers on the bridge, and hosed them down but good (to the concealed glee of the minions mustered farther forward). August, 1999 • UiUwU 2? • Page 137

SOARING WITH THE EAGLE SAILING THE EAGLE The Eagle's closest point of sail is 75 degrees to the true wind, which is the only point at which all 23 sail? will draw. The yards then are "braced sharp," at an angle of 45 degrees, and the ship sails with a weather helm of five degrees. The helm has a direct mechanical link¬ age to the rudder and three wheels in line to accommodate six people. Under nor¬ mal assignments there are two people on the helm in light air, four at 18 knots, and six at 30 knots. Handling the sails, says the ships XO, "is basic sailing, just a lot of it." A paper¬ back book. Eagle Seamanship, lays out every move in detail but doesn't capture the color of it. For example, to raise the upper topsail yard, which weighs well over a ton, cadets form a continuous line that works both sides of the waist, the work-

ing deck amidships. On the port side they walk aft, hauling hard on a thick line as they go. When they get to the end, they run across the deck and repeat the pro¬ cedure on the corresponding line, hauiing forward. Then they dash through the galley and pick up the game again on the port side. Then back to starboard. I'd say there were about three dozen cadets on the case when I observed the procedure. There's a nice ring to the command, "Let fall!" that launches a square sail off its yard, ready to be sheeted home. But there's nothing sudden abdut the process, which requires hands on deck and aloft at the same time. The sail has to be hauled down to the next-lower yard, a bit like bringing down a window shade, by haul¬ ing on the sheets at deck level. Meanwhile, the clewlines, buntlines,

bunt-leechlines and leechlines have to be tended and steadily eased. Setting up the work gangs is an art in itself. In light winds, four people can handle the strain of a sheet. In strong winds, it takes 10 or more, lined up and working together, to trim a sheet. The farther forward the wind, the more likely that the upper sails, the royals and the topgallants, will be trimmed farther back than the lower sails, to account for higher wind speeds aloft. Preparation to tack takes about 20 minutes. A good tack takes a little over six minutes. A bad one, you don’t want to know. I thought it would be instructive to write out the sequence of commands and events for a tack. Instead, I’ll suggest you get the book. Eagle Seamanship, and read pages 112-125.

Now we’re on the continental shelf, and the seas are down. The wind is down too, but it's still in the 20s. I pick a strategic moment to ask to climb to the forward tops, figuring that once there. I'll be for¬ gotten. I'm right. I sail into San Francisco

Bay under a canvas cloud on a moving skyscraper with the windsurfers looking like little bugs, way down there. I've long ago lost track of how many times I've sailed through the Golden Gate, but I'll never lose track of this moment.

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AMERICAONE "O Wj ix months from now we’ll be bolt¬ ing the America's Cup to a table in the St. Francis Yacht Club," proclaimed a jubilant Doug Holm. in 2003 we ll be

rities, short speeches, •and enough cham¬ pagne to satisfy every¬ one — most of whom had travelled down from Northern Califor¬ nia for the event. There was but one hiccup. When it came time for Icka, Cayard’s lovely wife, to smash the champ a g n e bottle over the bow, it was no¬ where to be found. It turns out the bottle had been forgotten back in the office a quarter of Paul Cayard, man of the hour. a mile away. So many things sailing for the to remember! Nobody America’s Cup on San minded the delay, how¬ Francisco Bay," Paul ever, as it was a jovial Cayard promised an occasion on a perfect enthusiastic crowd of Southern California about 500. This was the time¬ day. After the christen¬ table laid out during ing, US 49 — what a fit¬ the July 17th christen¬ ting number for a San ing of AmericaOne at Francisco boat — was the syndicate's com¬ lowered into the water. pound in San Pedro. It was immediately ob¬ The setting for the fes¬ vious that the 80-foot tive occasion was de¬ boat is about six feet cidedly industrial: the narrower than previous bottom of an enormous drydock that is nor¬ AC boats. When her mally used to support shroud was finally 600-foot ships. At the dropped, it revealed far end of the drydock gray topsides and bot¬ tom with highly con¬ was the new boat, shrouded in canvas, trasting green triangu¬ held aloft by a crane, lar ’shards’. The nonand serving as a back¬ traditional color drop for the stage. scheme looked as good The 90-minute cer¬ as it sounds bad — emony — the first boat particularly on the christening broadcast syndicate's hats and shirts. Understand¬ live over the Internet — featured sailing celeb¬ ably, nothing was re¬ Page 140 •

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vealed of the critical underwater append¬ ages — but it was frus¬ trating nonetheless. "It's like walking into a nudie bar and discov¬ ering that all the danc¬ ers are wearing fleshcolored leotards," said one wag.

he America's Cup challenger compe¬ tition begins with three round-robin series in Auckland: October 4823, November 6-16, and December 2-12. Victories in the first round count for one point, in the second round four points, and in the third round nine points. So early losses mean little while late losses are disastrous.

San Francisco YC burgee. What's great about the two local programs is that they’re so different. It would be dis¬ honest to portray America True as any¬ thing but a decided underdog. They only have one new boat, they weren't impres¬ sive this past season in New Zealand, and the afterguard and crew don’t have the his¬ tory of sailing achieve¬ ment found in the other top syndicates. Fur¬ thermore, America True lost the world's number two rated match racing helms¬ man, young Kiwi Gavin Brady, to AmericaOne. On the positive side, America True is the

syndicate's poster boy throughout has been Greg Burrell, who up until 18 months ago was just a guy crewing aboard a Peterson 34 in the Friday night races at the Corinthian YC. If America True is going to 'rock the boat', their one boat is going to have to be very fast, their crew is finally going to have to gel,

The top six challengers move on to the semi-finals on January 2-11. The best-of-nine Cup finals between the Kiwi de¬ fender and the chal¬ lenger start on January 25. Of the 15 challeng¬ ers, five hail from the United States. Two, of course, are from San Francisco Bay: Cayard's AmericaOne challenge and Dawn Riley's America True syndicate flying the

first syndicate headed by a woman, everyone loves an enthusiastic underdog, and to a cer¬ tain extent it has, as advertised, become something of a 'people's boat'. For example, the

and they'll need some breaks. But stranger

US #49 GOES FOR GOLD

The big moment, as 'AmericaOne' is launched. things have happened. Cayard, for example, was a huge underdog at the start of the Whitbread Race — and he and his crew walked away with it. The most unusual thing about the America True effort? Syndicate head Riley works the pit — where she is reported to be terrific — rather than the back of the boat, and therefore plays no part in making deci¬ sions during the races. There's

nothing wrong with this, it's just unprec¬ edented.

a y a r d ' s AmericaOne syndicate is at the other end of the spectrum: having to carry the burden of being one of the favor¬ ites. This is based on having two new boats, Cayard's vast experi¬ ence in four previous America's Cups, his spectacular triumph in the Whitbread Race, and a very talented crew. Heck, even some of the shoreside guys have won Olympic medals. There's much to like about Cayard's effort. We don't say this be¬ cause we're buddies with him — in fact, we probably only talk to him an aver¬ age of 15 min¬

utes a year. And it's not like we're ultra tight with the St. Francis YC, either; we only visit the club a couple of times a year to help cover the Big Boat Series. No, the reason we admire the Cayard-St. Francis YC effort is because we believe in meritocracy and see¬ ing what can happen when a bastion of af¬ fluence reaches outside its ranks to help young¬ sters who show prom¬ ise. Cayard first sailed at age 15 in a small boat with a school chum. He liked it, so over the winter his dad — a theater set painter with no previous inter¬ est in sailing — built him an 8-ft El Toro in their garage. Cayard raced the boat in Small Yacht Racing Associa¬ tion events, the most humble level of racing around. Recognizing his budding skill, some of the St. Francis guys asked him to crew for them on their small boats. Soon he was part of that club's jun¬ ior program. St. Francis member Don Trask, who built Lasers in the '70s and now sells J/Boats, spearheaded a pro¬ gram that helped hot young sailors to com¬ pete in regional Laser competitions. So it was common AmericaOne, US #49

for Cayard and a bunch of other kids to drive a van towing a trailer full of La¬ sers up and down the coast, living on sandwiches, and sleeping 10 to a room at Mo¬ tel 6. When the Star Worlds came to San Francisco in the late ’70s, the hot young guys naturally gravitated to that class. John Kostecki, tactician. Cayard crewed for Holm, who was so im¬ most famous sailor, he pressed, he recom¬ was also the sport's mended him to Tom worst imaginable am¬ Blackaller, the reigning bassador. But based on Star class world what we've seen and champ. Blackaller soon heard, Cayard has al¬ took Cayard on as his ways carried himself Star crew and ulti¬ with dignity, both in mately became Annie Nelson and Icka Cayard. his mentor during the St. Francis effort in the '87 America's Cup. Thus Cayard rose from the bottom of the sport to the top, not because his family was rich or he grew up living in a yacht club, but be¬ cause he is tal¬ ented and be¬ cause the St. Francis YC had an outreach program to help kids develop talent. There's also much to recom¬ mend Qayard as a person. God knows what used to prompt Dennis

Conner's strange behav¬ ior during

America's Cups, but at the same time he was the world's

AMERICAONE victoiy and defeat. And despite tremendous demands on his time, he remains friends with most old friends. We're not nominating Cayard for sainthood or any¬ thing, but if this hand¬ some, fit, family man becomes the face of sailing in America, the sport will be better for

Italians again — so he could bring the Cup back to San Francisco.

S hortly after the chris¬ tening, Cayard answered a few questions about his cam¬ paign and the upcoming Cup. it. 38: We as¬ This isn't to say sume that Cayard isn't a demand¬ fund-raising is ing taskmaster. He is, the least enjoy-_ but his crews haven't able part of the Cup. minded because of his Would it significantly record of achievement reduce costs to com¬ — and even more im¬ pete in one-designs, portantly, because he's and would you be in often right there lend¬ favor of it? ing a hand with the Cayard: Design grunt work at the worst work adds about $5 of times. You have to million to the expense admire a guy who leads of our campaign — al¬ by example rather than though we get some inimperial decree. Fi¬ kind support from our nally, it doesn't hurt corporate sponsors. My that Cayard is a home¬ preference is for what¬ town guy who report¬ ever promotes closer edly turned down tons competition, more of money to sail for the worldwide partici^ pation, and makes the America's Cup more commercially viable. Using onedesigns would do all three. k 38: All the new America's Cup boats seem to be significantly nar¬ rower than the ones for the last Cup. Are the condi¬ tions that different in Auckland from San Diego? Cayard: It has nothing to do with the venue, but rather that the rule encourages nar¬ rower boats. 38: Do you and head designer Bruce Nelson worry about any radical boats that might prove unbeatable? Cayard: No. Allie and Danny Cayard — it's the The Swiss are try¬ most fun when dad is skipper. Page 142 • iMUwUlV • August, 1999

ing tandem rudders or something, but I don't think it’s suitable. We're in the third gen-

San Francisco Bay is a perfect place to hold the America's Cup. What's the deal?

of us will hit the gym at 0600, have breakfast at 0715, then shower and leave the residence

by 0830. The morning eration of AC boats, so A model of the new boat briefing is at 0900, we shows the green ‘shards' the chances of major leave the dock at 1000, on the topsides and bot¬ breakthroughs ate then test sail for six to tom. slim. When the Kiwis seven hours. The won the Cup last time, evening briefing is at Cayard: We're testing in it was because they 1800 and we're back to Southern California be¬ had a much faster our residence at 2100. cause the boats were built boat. It wasn't a lot This will be our basic down here at Westerly Ma¬ faster because of a routine for 13 out of 14 rine, because we're going single breakthrough, days. There will be to ship them from here, however, but rather be¬ times, of course, when and because there's much cause they had and did the shore team and the less current to interfere a lot of things that were sailmakers might have with two-boat testing. I did just a tiny bit better. to work long into the say San Francisco is the 38: How important night — if not all night best stadium in the world is it to have two new — on the boats and for watching an America's boats rather than just Cup, and it’s true. The Cup sails. one? 38: How many is a $300 million event and Cayard: It's going to hours a day do you we need to grow the inter¬ be windier during the work on the Cup? est, and San Francisco Bay early rounds than the Cayard: It's never is the perfect place to do later ones, and two that. The racing might not out of my mind when boats can cover that be quite as good because I'm awake — and I usu¬ spectrum better than the first boat to get to the ally start tossing and one. While teams can't favorable current would turning about 4:00 change boats between have a big advantage, but a.m. I'm lucky that my races, they can be¬ it would be the same for ev¬ wife Icka, who is also tween rounds, and my best friend, is very eryone and therefore fair. that's a big advantage. 38: Why not do your willing to listen. We've In addition, a team testing in New Zealand, the been together for nearly with two boats can be 20 years now, and modifying one boat site of the Cup? Cayard: It's the middle she's the one person while they're racing the of winter down there and who has been through other. 38: Are both your half the time it’s too windy it all — the America's to sail, so everyone would Cup, the Star cam¬ boats going to be evo¬ lutionary or is one of just be sitting on their paigns, the Whitbread them going to be revo¬ hands. Down here we can — with me. Sometimes sail in good conditions ev¬ you need somebody be¬ lutionary? Cayard: Neither one ery day. If we want 20 sides the wall to share is revolutionary. knots, we go to Pt. Fermin; your thoughts with. 38: You've got some 38: A lot of Northern if we want eight knots, we tremendous talent in California sailors are can go to Newport Beach. naturally disappointed 38: What's a typical day the back of the boat. that you're training in going to be like for the Will you steer all the time or will Gavin Southern California — crew? and John especially after saying Cayard: The forty-three Brady

US #49 GOES FOR GOLD Kostecki drive also? Cayard: John is the tactician, so he won't be driving. Whoever is doing better between Gavin and I will drive.

ear the end of the day, we spoke briefly with Icka Cayard and Annie Nelson — wives of the syndicate head and head designer respec¬ tively — to ask how their husbands' in¬ volvement was affect¬ ing their lives. Anne, who had a superb sail¬ ing career of her own, said the responsibility af supervising the 40person design team ind making the ultinate design decisions :ook a tremendous miount of Bruce's time

and involved a lot of stress. "He hasn't sailed so little in the 17 years that I've known him." Icka reports that her con¬ cerns during the America's Cup are en¬ tirely different than those during the Whitbread Around the World Race. "During the Whitbread, the concern was about Paul and his crew's safety as well as success. With the America's Cup, it's rarely about the actual sailing or his safety, but rather the pressure he feels trying to keep everyone happy. I have

to be there to take some of it off Paul. And I want to do it, because the America's Cup is something we’re doing together!" Icka has a unique perspective on the America's Cup, as her father, Pelle Petterson, designed and skip¬ pered Sweden's only

The new #49er team. or Paul Cayard and Dawn Riley, the days of sailing for fun are long gone. Now it's about business — the business of bringing the America’s Cup to San Francisco Bay in the spring of next year.

entry in the America's Cup. "Being the wife of the skipper. I'm aware of all the hard work and pressure. When I was the daughter of the skipper, however, it was nothing but fun and handsome young men chasing after me."

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The Latitude Interview

Brad Van Liew I Iome is the sailor, home from the sea. . . Brad Van Liew returned last month to a hero’s welcome at the California Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey. Cal YC’s prodigal son had not only done what he’d set out to do: compete in the Around Alone Race — a four-leg, eight-month, 27,000 mile singlehanded race around the world — he placed third in Class II for boats 50 feet and under. At 30 years of age (he turned 31 in mid-February during Leg III), the man race followers nicknamed ‘Cowboy’ was the youngest of 16 starters and only 9fmishers, and the only American to finish this grueling race. In all.

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Van Liew spent 150 days, 20 hours and 22 minutes at sea aboard his boat, a four-year-old Australian-built craft named for the syndicate’s primary sponsor, Balance Bar. Born and raised in Southern California, Bradford Van Lieu) started sailing when he was 6. By his late teenage years, the self-professed ‘Type A’ was participating in buoy races and offshore events on both the West and East Coasts, including several Admiral’s Cup qualifiers. He got interested in singlehanding after meeting noted American singlehander Mike Plant, eventually helping to build and outfit the 60-ft Duracell, which Plant sailed in the 1990-’91 BOC Challenge (the forerunner to Around Alone). Along the way. Van Liew became intrigued with singlehanded sailing — and with putting together a solo roundthe world campaign of his own. In between the daydreams, the bushy-haired, blue-eyed Van Liew received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning at USC. Two weeks before graduation, he met Meaghan Fitzgerald, a social science major from Chicago, under odd circumstances: During the Los Angeles riots of 1992, the fraternity and sorority houses at USC were evacuated and Brad and Meaghan ended up at a mutual friend’s condo off campus. ‘Forged in fire, ’ the relationship proved a strong one from the beginning. The couple were married in 1996 and spent their honeymoon on a charter boat in the Caribbean. In the years leading up to the Around Alone race, Brad got his multi-engine commercial pilot's license, and eventually founded his own aircraft management and charter business in Santa Monica. Meaghan went to work in high-level business management. On weekends, they sailed Bam, their Andrews 26. Their lives seemed headed down the typical yuppie track. “I had this visual of being married to an airline pilot with a predictable career, ” laughs Meaghan. Then the dreams of racing a sailboat around the world returned. Many try, but few succeed in gaining the starting line of Around Alone. The Van Liews made it for many reasons, not the least of which was their commitment to each other. “I never could have done this without her, ” says Brad, a theme he repeated throughout our interview. Indeed, Meaghan became an integral part of the small Balance Bar team, running the shoreside business and PR while Brad was out sailing. We met Brad and Meaghan at the Cal YC last month, intent on finding out a bit more about this dynamic couple and the amazing feat they had just pulled off. We also wanted to hear a bit more about the race itself, and their plans for the future. Of course, what you’re about to read comprises only a small part of the adventure. For more on all aspects of Brad's race and Around Alone in general, you can still access the race’s excellent website, www.aroundalone.com. Details of his future plans can be accessed at www.calyachtclub.com.

It seemed to a lot of people — us included — that you came out of nowhere. Take us through a quick review of your path to the starting line of Around Alone. As you know, I got interested in singlehanding through know¬ ing Mike Plant. After helping build Duracell, I actually tried to put together my own campaign for the 1990 BOC. I was just 22, but I got some backing and had some publicity photos taken. It ended up falling sideways for financial reasons. That experience taught me two things about this race: that one guy cannot mount a competitive campaign. It has to be a team effort. And that, as an unknown, I set my sights too high. So this time around, I went for a more realistic goal. I de¬ cided to 'guarantee’ that I could make the starting line by ac¬ quiring an existing boat rather than trying to build one and getting stuck in the process. It's been said many times that making it to the starting : line is the hardest part of Around Alone. Is that your take? A lot of people asked me that when I was preparing and I : told them, “I don’t know. I’m not there yet.” Now that I’ve had some time to think about it. I'd say that’s basically accurate — i but getting to the finish line is pretty amazing, as well. Again, though, I have to stress that the only ‘singlehanded’ part of this race is that there’s one guy driving each boat. Eveiy | successful campaign has a good team ashore. Some of the Class : I campaigns had 10 or 12 people. We had four: my wife Meaghan, 1 who ran the campaign in my absence and did all the press \ relations: Tracy Hughes, an old friend from high school who did a lot of the sponsorship and marketing: and Alan Nebauer, I who ended up playing a critical part in the campaign. Alan comj peted in the last race on this boat — then Newcastle Australia — and took fourth in Class II. So he seemed like a pretty natu: ral guy to run the boat for me.

In port, the team put on their working hats and became my shore crew. We all worked to ready the boat for the next leg, including me. I was the fourth member of the team. How did you find the boat? It was in Charleston. It had been sitting there, in the water, since the last race four years ago. It was a real mess. I bought it from the city of Newcastle, Australia. Alan was not part of the negotiations, but I figured no one knew the boat better, so I called him and flew him out to go over the boat with me. We’re two very different kinds of people, but we grew to really respect and, like each other, and he stayed on for the whole campaign. He was a very, very important part of my abil¬ ity to make this thing happen. He moved his whole family out to California to ready the boat, then met the boat at each stop. What sort of modifications or changes did you make to the boat? Well, before I started changing things around, I wanted to race the boat in its original configuration. So we did a little bit of work to make it seaworthy and I entered the Bermuda 1-2. The idea was to get a feel for the boat and figure out what 1 wanted to do to it in the rebuild. What ended up happening is the rudder broke, which is not a recommended testing procedure. One of the hardest things I’ve ever done is to sail this boat home without a rudder. These boats are very deep — this one draws 12 1/2 feet — and very light. Balance Bar weighs 12,500 pounds ramped up for a 40day leg. It’s 14 feet wide, has an 80-foot mast and, well, it needs a rudder very badly. To get home, I fabricated a rudder out of a spinnaker pole and the companionway door panel. It didn’t look very good, but it got the job done. August, 1999 • LxUUdt-ZS • Page 145

interview: In answer to your question, though, Rodger Martin, who designed Duracell and two other BOC boats, Airco Distributor and Coyote, drew up the modifications. The one thing that’s really tricky about these boats is that at every phase of the rebuild, we had to think not only about making the boat go fast, but insuring that it would stay in one piece. As far as the specifics of the work, we stripped the boat to a bare hull, installed a new carbon fiber rudder, mast and boom, as well as all new rigging, deck hardware and most of the inte¬ rior. We trucked the boat out to California and put it right over here near the yacht club for the rebuild. Wasn’t there a funny story associated with your Bermuda Race. . . .? Yeah. 1 called the Coast Guard just to let them know what was going on. And I asked if there was a tow or any sort of assistance I could get. They said, “Sure, we can come out and pick you up off your boat and then scuttle it.” I said, “What do you mean, ‘scuttle it’?” They said, “We’ll just shoot a shell through the hull and let it sink!” (laughs) I told them, “I have lots of food aboard, I’ll figure out how to get my new boat home." Actually, I saved a bunch of taxpayer dollars. I may look like Bill Clinton, but 1 don’t act like him. You’ve sailed for a long time, including stints on IOR one tonners and maxis. But not much singlehanding. Aren’t these Open Class boats intimidating to learn? Very intimidating. Of course, I had Alan to show me how everything worked and what ropes to pull, but yes, it was a steep learning curve to learn to sail this boat. A good example happened during my qualifier. I sailed the boat to Hawaii and back, and about halfway there, I had my first unplanned jibe. With 4,000 pounds of water ballast on the wrong side, when the boat goes over, it just stays over. I was in the forepeak folding sails at the time and had to crawl back through the sideways boat to get into the cockpit to start deal¬ ing with the problem. It was scary that time, less so each time after that. The boat is very strong, so you rarely damage any¬ thing. You just start undoing one thing at a time, the boat comes up and pretty soon you’re on your way again. Talk a little bit about the sponsorship and financial back¬ ing for this campaign. After I got back from my qualifier, I was feeling pretty good. I was thinking to myself, not only do I think I want to do this, but I might be able to. But we still didn’t have a title sponsor. Up until we put the boat on a trailer for Charleston — you have to arrive two weeks before the start — we operated as the Califor¬ nia Challenge. We had a lot of grassroots support, mainly from the efforts of the California YC. In fact, Cal YC and all the con¬ tributions that came from this environment ended up being the second largest contributing financial factor in my campaign. It was a very important part of the program. Our main sponsor of course was Balance Bar. We’d started talking to them just before we put the boat on the truck and I started following it across the country. Every few hours, we'd pull into one of these truck stops and call Balance Bar. We’d get all of our files out and start negotiating our contract. We’d go about three more hours and negotiate a little more, and that’s how it went for five days. We literally had absolutely no way of knowing how we were going to pay for getting the boat off the truck once it arrived unless they came through. It must have been a great feeling when they did. What happened next? Page 146 • UnuM 1$ • August, 1999

Brad and Meaghan in Cape Town at the end of Leg I. Table Mountain is in the background.

Actually, we got to Charleston and one of the first things they said was, “We can’t have the boat yellow because that’s

Power Bar’s color." “No problem,” I say. “What color do you want the boat?” “We want the boat ‘pantone violet.’” “No problem,” I say. I go down to the paint store, ask for pantone violet — about $1,000 worth of LPU pan tone violet. The yard preps the boat, masks it off and starts spraying this paint on. My wife takes one look at this paint, which is kind ol a watermelon color, and says, “Honey, let’s send a paint chip back. Let’s make sure this is right.” I replied that we were in a hurry, that we had to put the boat in the water, had to start training. . . . And of course, it was the wrong color. We had tc paint the boat all over again with the right pantone violet. Despite the confusion, I like to think it worked to our advan¬ tage pyschologically. I had deliberately kept the California Chat lenge low profile, hoping to make a big splash when we arrived. And we did. The name changed to Balance Bar the day before the boat arrived and they put the boat in the water and it looked just awesome. JP Mouligne in Cray Valley pulls in and goes, “Who the heck is that guy?”

You had an interesting deal with Balance Bar where you got a ‘commission’ or something each time their name was mentioned? How did that work? Yes. Our sponsorship was partially incentive-based: if Bal¬ ance Bar showed up in the media, we’d get a check in the mail So it became a joke among the competitors we became close with and they all started promoting Balance Bar. Like one time George Strieker, the other American who eventually retired froir the race, brought a Balance Bar up on stage. And every time the race organizers came up, they’d introduce me as “Brad from Balance Bar, Balance Bar.” It was pretty funny.

Speaking of race organizers, we've had the pleasure o> meeting both Mark Schrader and Dan McConnell, the driv ing forces behind Around Alone. And we know how dedi oated they are to running this race. Talk a little a bit about the preparation that racers go through. The medical aspect got a lot of exposure this time becausd as I’m sure you recall, the Russian sailor, Viktor Yasykov ped formed self-surgery on his infected elbow. He was talked througl the procedure by the on-call doctor that was available to us 2 hours a day. We could communicate with him via any commu

brad van New nications method — internet, satcom or radio. What also helped Viktor I’m sure is that in the two weeks before the race, we had nonstop training programs. In one of those, they actually taught us to do self-surgeiy, suturing, stapling and so on — using real pigs feet! As part of the extensive medical kits put together for us by ROC (Race Operations Center), we had a whole bunch of coded bottles of pills. So you could call up, tell the doctor what your symptoms were and he’d say, ‘Take two pills every four hours out of bottle #8.”

You mention various methods of communication. The boats on this race seemed more ‘plugged in’ than any in previous races. The Around Alone organization has an amazing facility for safety networking, communications, PR and tracking — 1 was the only husband in the world where my wife knew exactly where I was every six hours! The boats are very, very well connected to the world via sat¬ ellite phones and tracking systems. Each boat had two ARGOS transmitters aboard — one above and one below decks — that transmit through their own satellite network. They tell you where the boat is, how fast it’s going, barometric pressure. . . these were the devices mainly used to locate Isabelle Autissier when she flipped her boat in Leg II and had to live inside the up¬ turned hull until she was rescued by Giovanni Soldini. The boats themselves are much more sophisticated than they used to be. I had, I think, six GPSs on the boat, all integrated with the autopilots and so on. They’re very integrated machines and extremely fun to sail.

dard 30, 40 and 50-knot stuff day after day. But it never got really ugly. By the start of Leg III off Auckland, I was feeling confident and comfortable. The boat had really been dialed in, I had a brand new mainsail, some rudder bearing problems of the first leg had been fixed. So I was going into the Southern Ocean with a real sense of confidence. And I was especially looking forward to rounding the Horn and heading up to Punta del Este, since the wind would finally be forward of the beam. That’s this boat’s best point of sail. So my plan was, if I could keep the Finot twins (Mike Garside’s Magellan Alpha and JP Mouligne’s Cray Valley) within a few hundred miles of me in the first part of the leg, I could nip at them after Cape Horn and catch up. About an hour after the start, a small plane crashed into the water somewhere in front of me and killed both its occupants. It was kind of a foreboding of things to come, because Leg III eventually became the biggest nightmare of my life.

And the last leg? By the start of Leg IV, there were only nine guys left. The attrition rate was pretty hard to deal with — and the attrition rate is the name of the game in this race. But again, at the start I was feeling great — mostly. In the back of my mind, I had this feeling that something was going to go wrong. I actually asked the race committee if I could start 30 minutes after everybody else because I didn’t like the idea of maneuvering in this tight little basin where they held the start with the other boats and this huge spectator fleet. Thirty hours later, my mast disappeared.

What were circumstances of your dismasting? And extremely strong, it sounds like. Yes, definitely. I couldn’t believe the pounding this boat could take and stay together. With all it went through, this boat never leaked. It was so airtight that once, when I was on deck in the Southern Ocean, I closed all the doors and hatches and started the engine (for battery charging) without opening the little ven¬ tilation window. And it sucked the main companionway door shut, so I almost couldn’t open it! As I was fighting to pry the door open I thought, “You know, what a funny death this would be. I’d be up at the Golden Gates trying to explain, “I was stuck on deck waiting for the engine to run out of fuel. . .

What kind of mileage were you getting? The 50-footers top out about 25 knots, at least this one did. The 60s might hit 35 or better top speed, and do 400 mile days, i I could do just under 300 miles in a day in the Southern Ocean, which was pretty good.

The start — or starts — must have been emotional times for you. What was going through your mind? The start at Charleston was so emotional I could barely even ; handle myself. I didn’t know if I was happy or sad; I was crying i and didn’t know why. At the same time, I had learned a great ; deal about myself. We had made it to the start. I was so happy that we had been able to do what we set out to do. Now I just ; had to start concentrating on getting to the finish line. The start in Cape Town was also completely emotional. I had j never been in the Southern Ocean. I'had studied about it for ; years and years, read every book I could get my hands on, talked I to everybody that I could. I even hired a guy that’s been there to run my boat for me. But still, I had never done it. So I was { extremely nervous. On that leg, the Southern Ocean proved to be exactly like I expected. We never got completely blasted, it was just your stan¬

It was daytime, 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon. JP and I had engaged in a tacking duel up the coast. I was ahead of Mike on Magellan Alpha and exactly where I wanted to be. The condi¬ tions had been getting worse. We were going to windward in 3035 knots and it was sea against current, the Brazilian current flowing north and the wind was out of the north, so it was very steeped up. And we were still on the continental shelf, in less than 100 feet of water, 25 miles offshore and 100 miles from the start. I was triple reefed with a staysail up. We’d fallen into sever'al big potholes already. The crash I took when the rig actually went was the full-on, upwind, wave-knockdown thing where the boat became airborne and thumped over onto its side. And the portside D1 failed at the coldhead (the ‘mushroomed’ end of the Navtek steel rod). It was a simple fa¬ tigue failure after 30,000 miles and 10 months of hard use. I was below. I was sitting at the Nav station. When it hap¬ pened, I grabbed the handholds and eveiything went flying across the cabin. And as quickly as I could go, “Oh, shit” and look up through the windows, it was all gone. Just bang, bang, bang and it was gone.

How do you know it was the louver shroud that failed? It was left. It was sitting there on the deck. In fact, it’s about the only thing that was left after I cut the rig away.

How long did that take and how did you do it? I’ve read many books and talked to many people, and they all say, “If the rig fails, you cut it loose, you do this, this is how you jury rig. . It seems easy enough on paper. Then you go on deck and you got this stuff all over the place crunching and grinding, the broken rig has wrapped itself around the keel, and you just go, “Oh my God, what do I do now? How do I really get rid of this thing?” It took three to four hours. To answer the second part of the August, 1999 • UtXhJili • Poge 147

interview: question, one mistake I won’t make again is to go offshore with¬ out a grinder. If you’re using rod rigging and you’re alone, you just can’t hacksaw that stuff. I had huge boltcutters and I couldn’t get anywhere with them, either. I ended up having to undo all the turnbuckles-with wrenches.

Were you able to save anything? The only things I saved were the mainsheet block off the boom, because it was strapped on, and I managed to cut the runner blocks off. That was it. The boom had broken in three pieces so it was no good, and just about everything else was under the boat. So it all ended up at the bottom of the ocean, my new main, a brand new Spectra jib with 100 miles on it. . . Probably the most poignant moment of the race was after I’d undone the last turnbuckle to within a few threads of letting go. I’d broken all my hacksaw blades, dropped three wrenches overboard, and I finally whacked the turnbuckle with my spare tiller to break it loose. I sat there with my feet dangling over the side and watched each little part and all the thousands of hours it took to build it sink into the depths. I thought the race was over for me.

How did you jury rig? I used a spinnaker pole. Since my asymmetrical spinnakers were all set off the bowsprit, the only reason I’d brought a spin¬ naker pole was for jury rigging in the event of a dismasting. The mental aspect was worse for me than the actual dam¬ age. As I turned around and started back into Punta at 5 knots, I had no idea if I was going to be able to finish this race or not.

Three Class II amigos (I to r), Brad Van Liew, JP Mouligne and Mike Garside. We'd overcome the mainsail problems, overcome steering prob¬ lems. But this was $150,000 worth of gear that disappeared in about one second, and the fleet was already underway. I was quickly losing time, and we didn’t have the money for a new mast. So I called Meaghan and said, “Hon, done deal. I’m turn¬ ing on the engine and coming in. We're calling it quits." She radioed back, “If you turn that engine on, I’m going to kill you when you arrive.” (Ed. Note — Per race rules, boats can¬ not accept a tow or motor more than 10 miles during a Leg.) All I could manage was, “Huh?” She said, “Just give me as much time as it will take you to sail back to see if we can find the money to get you back on the road.”

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brad van liew How long did it take you to get back? Two days. And when I sailed in, it was with the attitude that there was just no way. Then I realized that people had changed their airline tickets. Somewhere had donated their extra mast and sails, Cray Valley's shore team had stayed behind to help us and the whole race organization, the yacht club, and most of the race sponsors had changed their plans to be on the docks to help me get underway. It was an amazing effort. I was just taken by surprise. I felt almost embarrassed to have felt so nega¬ tive in front of all these people so excited to get me back on the road. And in all honesty, Meaghan deserves all the credit. She was on the phone the whole two days of my return and every day after that until I left again, getting it all organized.

How did it all come together? As I say, we didn't have the money. But we proceeded to push to get the boat ready as if it was going to receive a new mast. If we did get the funds, we made the decision to have Hall Spars in Buenos Aires build the new mast. They promised us they could do it in 36 hours, which I’d never even heard of — it took us nine months to build the last one. (Ed. Note: Somewhere’s generously-offered, spar was too big for Balance Bar.) When Balance Bar graciously came through with the funds, Alan flew to Buenos Aires to oversee the new mast. He had been dismasted in this same boat and I think blamed himself a bit. So he took this on with a vengeance. Meanwhile, Phil Lee from Cray Valley and I kept busy getting the jury rig down, replacing all the stanchions on the starboard side, which had gone over with the rig, and repairing fiberglass and carbon fiber

damage all over the boat. The Punta del Este Yacht Club — this is the only port in which a yacht club hosts the event — was very supportive and got really fired up about helping us fix everything, too. Their financial and manpower contributions helped a lot. Thirty-six hours later, this mast appeared, and it was beau¬ tiful. Everything was anodized or powder-coated. It was alumi¬ num, and eight feet shorter than the original, but it was going to work with the sails that had been contributed, and the sails we had left over from the Southern Ocean.

That sounds almost too good to be true. In a way it was. These guys had built this mast, some of them hadn’t slept in three days, and when they got to the bor¬ der of Uruguay, the customs guy says, “You’re not getting in our country with that expensive piece of gear. We wanted to build it.”

What? How did you resolve that? Two nights before, we’d done a cocktail reception with the president of Uruguay. So I got on the phone and I called the president’s office and said, “Hey, our mast is stuck at the bor¬ der!” He said, “Oh, I’m so sorry.” Next thing we know, here comes our mast flying down the road with police escorts. We stepped the mast in a howling pampero. It was blowing 40 knots, pouring rain and everyone was wearing all my foul weather gear because they didn’t want to take the time to go home to grab gear. We got it up and it looked stunning, just perfect.

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interview: So you took off again right away? That’s what everybody wanted me to do. But I said, “No, please, let’s go sailing at least once out in the Bay and tighten everything down." So we did about a 20-minute sail together — and off I go. I ended up losing only nine days between the start and the time I got back underway. That includes the two days that it took me to sail back with the juiy rig. And you ended up ’lapping’ four boats in your fleet and finishing fourth for the leg, third overall. Yes, but it was very difficult. With everybody 1,000 miles ahead of me, there was no playing off the other boats. I was totally alone, racing with the weather. To make things worse, within 30 hours of my restart, I was parked, listening to reports from the boats ahead that were sailing in great wind. My big¬ gest support group turned out to be the other racers I’d become close friends with. Since I wasn’t threatening them, JP, Mike and Giovanni were all constantly on the radio giving me en¬ couragement. Let's lighten up a bit. In following your progress, we were intrigued to note that your weight fluctuated quite a bit on the race. Tell us about that. In Charleston, I was probably 20 pounds overweight. I dropped 30 pounds in the first leg. Then put 20 back on during the stop in Cape Town, so that I would be about 10 pounds overweight before the next start. That’s pretty much how it went

the rest of the race. My body found this nice spot where I’d fluctuate about 10 pounds on either side of my ideal weight. Your body finds its functional spot. Plus you burn lots of calories. In the Southern Ocean, when you're cold, even if you're not doing anything, you’re down below shivering and awake for 20 hours. And in the Doldrums, you’re losing tons of water. Another reason I lost the weight is that you don’t have the ’enjoyment' of eating. You're just feeding the machine. There’s a big difference between ‘eating’ and ‘dining.’ I enjoy food and dining very much, so I put on weight easily. But on the boat, even though I had all this nutritionally balanced food. 1 was just eating to function, so I lost weight. What is your height and ideal weight? About 220. I'm 6' 1". What did you eat? In addition to Balance Bar products — energy bars, drink mixes and so on — I had a lot of these Alpine Air pouch meals. It's a really excellent company. They have a real diverse diet, lots of pastas and rice dishes and soups and such. You just drop hot water in it, let it steam for 10 minutes and eat it right out of the pouch. Most of the time, though. I'd put it in a dish, open a fruit juice or soda, put on a CD and hang out for half an hour. That was my “time off’ for the day. Other than that, I’d use Balance Bar stuff a lot. I'd drink one of their shakes in the morning, that was breakfast. And if it was really, really rough, it was all Balance Bars. I'd just stuff

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brad van liew them in my pocket and go. By the end of the race, we were all trading our foods with each other just for a little variety. There was some occasion where you went all out on the nachos, though. What was that all about? (laughs) 1 was ticked off! JP Mouligne's wife was in L.A. with Meaghan and I got this email that they had gone to the Baja Cantina for dinner. Well, that’s one of our favorite places. So I decided to outdo them. It was like, two days after I’d started in Auckland, so I had all this fresh stuff, including avocados. So almost all of my treats for the whole leg — I had this salsa and chips snack thing, and Alpine Air had a Santa Fe black beans and rice dish — it all went into these magnificent nachos. I even took pictures and fired them off to the internet with a “So there!” And it was great. The only thing missing was a Margarita.

Sleeping is always a big issue when it comes to singlehanding. What was your schedule like? We were part of a study by the Harvard Medical School on sleep deprivation. We all wore monitors that tracked our sleep patterns, so I know precisely how much I slept. In Leg 1,1 aver¬ aged 4 hours and 15 minutes of sleep eveiy 24 hours. Most of the time, I took that sleep in 25 to 30 minute naps during the ‘dark hours.’ Sometimes it was as much as an hour, sometimes as little as 5 minutes. That changed around a little in the South¬ ern Ocean because it’s light so long. The sun sets at 11 o’clock and rises at 3 in the morning. The whole idea is to try to optimize your performance based on not losing all of your ability to push. If you could maintain a ‘90% awake’ state, then you were at that good fatigue level. If you drop down into half performance, then you start to lose yourself.

How much water did you carry, and did you have a wa¬ ter-maker? No, I didn’t. I think that’s one of the things I’ll change next time around. The decision not to take a watermaker was based on the fact that the race organizers make you take 25 gallons of water on each leg. Which is more than enough to survive for 40 days by yourself. But I took a whole lot of juices. Next time, we won’t take the juices or sodas, because they add a lot of weight. We’ll just take juice mixes and have a watermaker.

There were so many high — and low — points in your trip around the world. Does one highlight stand out? The arrival in Auckland. Over the period of about a week, I made up almost 500 miles on Mike Garside as we approached the northern tip of New Zealand. JP had finished, so we were racing for second. We rounded within sight of each other after 7,500 miles of racing in the Southern Ocean, and we swapped the lead I think five times in the last day of the race. Five miles from the finish, I was in the lead. We were both doing 20 knots through the Hauraki Gulf. The America’s Cup boats weren’t

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interview: out practicing because it was too windy for them, and Mike Garside and I come blasting through the harbor, hand steering and screaming at each other trying to mess with each other about where the finish line was. As it ended up, we had to bear away after the last island and he crossed the finish line 2 min¬ utes and 21 seconds in front of me. It was the closest finish in the histoiy of the race. The other highlight in Auckland was getting a new mainsail. The old sail had a lot of miles on it and I pushed it hard, so we weren’t able to salvage it for Leg III. The California YC put to¬ gether a grassroots fundraising effort and bought us a new mainsail. North Sails in Auckland, the guys who make the America’s Cup sails, made it for us. How about the low point? There are actually several answers to that question. Psycho¬ logically, the mast failure was the worst, because I thought the race was over for me. The whole mental process I went through between the dismasting and the restart was very difficult. From a fear point of view, the worst part was Leg III. In late February, on the approach to Cape Horn, a storm came down, and I couldn’t get out of its way. I had sustained winds of 70 knots for at least a day, going on two, gusts to the easy 100knot area and these waves just get. . . huge. I was making 10 knots with no sails up whatsoever. The way the fronts roll through down there, you get the winds out of the southwest, southwest, southwest — and then a front rolls over the top of you and almost instantaneously the wind changes to the northwest. Pretty soon you have a 50-ft swell

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2002. Who will design the boat and where will it be built? It’s funny, but before this race, I was about as unknown a quantity as you can imagine. Now I get calls from Europe, some¬ times daily calls, from people wanting to de¬ sign or build boats for me. But our plan is to make this an entirely American project: to promote, design and build the first attempt at a winning Open 60^campaign from the United States in the last 15 years. We envision that the campaign will be run more like an America’s Cup syndicate than traditional open class style, which is to say we’ll have a design team. We haven’t chosen any designers yet, but they will all be American. I’m hoping the boat will be built somewhere around here (Cal YC), but we won’t know that for a while. Our goal is to launch the boat by December 31, 2000. The best of luck to you both. We’ll be following the project with interest. If you have room, we’d love to come along on a test sail sometime. You got it. Thanks a lot.

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NEW BONES FOR FREDA ln the early 1850s, about the time that California's rugged pioneers were toasting their newly-attained statehood, the popularity of recreational "yachting" was growing in the waterways of New York, and a shift was occurring away from great schooners to smaller, single-masted vessels that could be sailed by small crews. Eventually, like other trends of big city life, this new pastime trickled down to the masses in other maritime centers around the coun¬ try, including San Francisco. The favored recreational ves¬ sels of the day were beamy, shal¬ low-draft, wooden boats stabilized by centerboards and rigged with gaff mainsails and a single headsail. Such boats came to be called ’Amer¬ ican sloop yachts', several of which still exist — in one state or another — here in the Bay Area. Among them, Freda, built at Belvedere in 1885, is the oldest, and, some say, the best remaining example of that glorious era. According to research¬ ers at Mystic Seaport, in fact, she is the oldest actively-sailed boat in the entire country that was built strictly for recre¬ ational purposes. v Nevertheless, we're happy to report that this proud 50-footer is in no danger of retirement. Far from it. Thanks to a co¬ operative effort between her current owner, the Sea Training Institute, and Sausalito's Arques School of Traditional

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was built strictly for recreational purposes. Boatbuilding (both of which are non-prof¬ its), her ancient timbers and planking are slowly being replaced, insuring that the legacy of one of sailing's most colorful eras can be appreciated for generations to come. "On the West Coast, a number of large commercial vessels have been restored," says Bob Darr, Director of Arques, "but Page 156 •

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very few small ones of this vintage have been. Ideally, all of those that remain should be restored." Unfortunately, thex costs involved in refitting a historic ves¬ sel to its original specs are monumental. No doubt this fact, more than any lack of

Above: With endless patience and meticulous attention to detail, a ‘wood surgeon' at the Arques School replaces 114-year-old deck beams. Right: This historic portrait, circa 1910, conveys Freda's impressive speed on a reach. will on the part of owners, has led to the demise of many a vintage sailing craft. Even for Arques, such a project is unique. During their hands-on shop time, the school's six apprentice shipwrights are normally occupied in building brand new period replicas of small distinctive vessels such as a classic Whitehall rowing skiff, a Columbia Bay gill-netter, and a doubleended Peapod rowing/sailing skiff. But Freda!s heritage is so important that Darr and others lobbied hard to get approval for the project from the Arques Foundation's board of directors. The magic of the deal is that Freda! s owners pay only for materials, while Arques sup¬ plies the talent and expertise. This slow, labor-intensive process will give Freda more than a mere facelift. You might say, the ol’ girl is getting a com¬ plete new set of bones. As we go to press, the newly-painted hull is about to be put back in the water after a six-month stay in the yard, where she was fitted with new decks, a new transom and a new house, all painstakingly faithful to her original lines and materials. Assuming funding is in place, she ll return for two or three more sessions during the next couple of years,

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-L ou don't really know the scope of a project like this until you actually start tearing the boat apart," explains John Burns, a master shipwright from Sausalito, who voluntarily took a leave of absence from his own business (Burns Fine Wordwork) to help oversee the Freda project. "Originally, we had hoped to just

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actually start tearing the boat apart." replace the decks," he says with a laugh. Once his crew pulled the decks up, how¬ ever, they found so much rot in the sup¬ porting structures that they were sud¬ denly faced with a much bigger project — and time commitment — than they'd an¬ ticipated. Virtually all of the deck beams had to go, along with the timbers that support them (called carlins and shear clamps). The same was true with Freda! s broad transom. Rather than simply replacing ex¬ terior planking, some internal frames also had to be renewed. Throughout the project, indigenous West Coast woods are being used that are similar to materials available in the late l’800s. "She was originally framed in elm," explains Darr, "and we have a lot of black locust from Sebastopol to use which is veiy similar." For the new transom frames, this wood, which is very strong, rot-re¬ sistant and fine grained, was milled at the School by apprentices, as will the rest of the hull framing during later phases of the project. "She was built veiy heavy for her length (35’ LOD)," says Darr. "Many boats of her day would have had steambent frames — which is quicker — but Freda s were .milled to the exact shape needed. It’s very meticulous work." * In place of the original fir transom planking, yellow cedar was chosen which is stronger. Replicating the original, the new deck framing and beams are from large, old-growth Douglas fir timbers that came out of an old South Bay warehouse, and have been air-drying for years. The decking itself is also Douglas fir. The beamy sloop's low-slung cabin has both a rounded front and a rounded top, making it a challenge to duplicate. The August. 1999 • UMUtl? • Page 157

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worse. "Some of the through-bolts that went down through the cabin were origi¬ nally 1/2 inch bolts that had been worn down to about 1/16 of an inch,” recalls Burns, "So it was time!"

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read about all her rotten parts, you'd think Freda was poorly built to begin with. Not so. She has, after all, lasted 114 years, which is a testament to her original design and to the craftsmanship of her builder, Harry Crookson, who earned money for the project as a Belvedere bartender. According to Burns, "20 to 30 years was the av¬ erage life of a vessel in those days." We don't know much about Crookson, but the fact that he was a working man says a lot about the local attitude toward recreational sailing here in the Bay even then. Indeed, Freda was launched from her building site on today's Beach Road, in Belvedere, about the time that the nearby Corinthian Yacht Club

over. While much of Freda! s wood revealed the rigors of aging in a marine environ¬ ment, her original fastenings were even

was founded. She soon became the group's flagship. We are re¬ minded that the

With great care, an Arques student carefully bolts down the new 'margin', which sits at the union of the deck and cabin. Note the gloves.

original mahogany planking of the house was the only non-indigenous wood found on Freda so far; it will be replaced with fir also. The sides of the house are massively built using what is called the "sawn-log construction" method, where huge sec¬ tions of lumber are carefully scarfed to¬ gether without the need for internal fram¬ ing. The old cabin top has just been re¬ placed with laminated fir deck beams and a fir tongue-and-groove coach roof, cov¬ ered first by 'Irish felt', then canvassed

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'Corinthian' philosophy of yachting, which was becoming popular at the time, was that boats should be sailed and cared for by amateur owners, rather than hired pro¬ fessionals.

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cifically fol¬ lowed concepts employed in New York-area fishing boats of the 1850s that were utilitarian in nature. Speed was a convenient, yet secondary, by¬ product. Their shoal-draft hull Partners in a noble cause (I to r): Bob Darr of Arques, Greta Lutz of the Sea design stabi¬ Training Institute and the 'hired gun', John Burns, of Burns Fine Woodwork. lized by a pivot¬ workboat, Canfield explains that until ing centerboard was ideal for oystering in gas-powered marine engines appeared in the shallows of the region, and their ex¬ the late 1890s, sloops of a similar design tremely wide beam was needed for carry¬ were used extensively to bring produce ing a substantial load to market, while to market from northern river towns and also adding stability. On flat, inshore wa¬ bayside fisheries. ters, the minimal wetted surface of the centerboard gave these sloops greater

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speed off the wind than their full-keeled counterparts. With such characteristics, it’s no wonder this style was embraced with enthusiasm here in the West, for use as workboats as well as for racing and cruising on the relatively calm waters of the Bay and Delta. In his excellent 1996 article on these vessels in the publication Sea Letter, au¬ thor Stephen Canright, who is Curator of Maritime History at the San Francisco Maritime Na¬ Notches were chiseled by tional His¬ hand into the 'sheer clamp" torical Park, for each deck beam. explains that the term "sloop" in those days denoted a hull type more than a sail plan. Sloop yachts, in fact, were S 5> originally z rigged as cat_boats with a single mast placed well forward, and a gaff-rigged mainsail. Later, a gaff-main with a jib flown from a fixed bowsprit (like Freda!s) became the norm. While Freda herself was never a

.f you look closely at the antique photo on the preceding pages, you can see that Freda! s original cabin top had a low profile and was only slightly rounded. When that shot was taken, she probably still had her original centerboard. At some point long ago, however, the centerboard was replaced by a cast iron keel. With the bulky centerboard trunk removed, the cabin had substantially more room to move. Possibly at about the same time, the cabin top was given a more radical rounded arch, which created headroom below and allowed for a more cruisy inte-

"Whatever you do, don't drop her!" Having a 12ton, 114-year-old' classic suspended by a crane is an extremely nervous-racking endeavor. Jt.-—----

rior. We're told that a 6 hp, one-cylinder gasoline engine was installed by Lester Stone (of Stone Boatyard) in 1915, which was upgraded sometime later to her cur¬ rent 25 hp, four cylinder. Her original tiller steering was also converted, at some point, to a wheel. Over the decades, the complete list of Freda!s owners has become cloudy. She's said to have spent a few years in South¬ ern California and Santa Cruz, but the August, 1999 • UUXUtH • Page 159

NEW BONES FOR FREDA vast majority of her years were spent in Marin County. Talk about a colorful his¬ tory: In 1955, well-known Sausalito salt Harold Sommer bought her in a state of disrepair from a Tiburon contractor who had apparently lost interest after running her into a bridge and dismasting her! Although he was a young man of lim¬ ited means when he first got Freda, Sommer eventually completed a variety of repairs and upgrades during the 25 years he owned her. Among other things, he adorned her interior with a variety of artifacts and fixtures that he salvaged from derelict sailing ships and other old vessels. Unfortunately, Sommer rarely got Freda out sailing during those years, and in the early 1980s he sold her to Jeriy and Diane Brenden of San Anselmo in order to buy an engine for his other — even more ambitious — project, the schooner Wander Bird. The Brendens kept Freda is good shape, and occasionally brought her out of moth balls to compete in the Master Mariners Regatta. But in 1994, when Jerry Brenden, an airline pilot, was trans¬ ferred out of the country, he donated her to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Unbeknownst to the Brendens when they left town, however,

the Museum was already overextended with high-maintenance vessels and ulti¬ mately had to refuse the donation. Soon afterwards, however, Greta and A1 Lutz

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of the Sea Training Institute stepped up and accepted the stewardship of centuryold sloop, despite the realization that she would ultimately need a thorough refit. A couple years later — much to his credit — former Sausalito journalist and one¬ time Freda liveaboard Brooks Townes conceived the joint venture between the Institute and Arques which has resulted in a mutually beneficial partnership. After a half year out of the water, it's high time for this old classic to get float¬ ing again for a spell. Freda!s official fan club, the Friends of Freda, is anxious to get her stick back in and get her out sail¬

ing again. Open to all comers, the 'Friends' volunteer time doing light maintenance in exchange for the honor of sailing aboard her. Normally, Freda is also used by the Institute for youth sail-training programs, which is the organization's primary func¬ tion. (Formation of a separate non-profit solely dedicated to Freda is now in pro¬ cess.) Next January, the renovation process will begin again. In addition to renewing damaged ribs and planking, a long list of other projects are also slated for future haulouts, including replacing keelbolts, installing a new engine and rebuilding the cockpit. Most Bay Area sailors opt for plastic boats with little, if any, brightwork these days. But deep down inside, many of us have a strong affection for classic wooden sailing yachts. Even still, far too many vin¬ tage yachts are quietly neglected, until they eventually deteriorate beyond the point of no return. Thankfully Freda will not be counted among them any time soon. To learn more about the Friends of Freda, or to donate time or money, call the Sea Training Institute at (415) 459-5910. Get Arques School info at (415) 331-7134

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Coastal Cup detoured about 20 miles south to finish for the first time at Ventura. Forty-five boats answered the starting guns oh Saturday, June 26 — well-down from the event-high 89 in 1993, but about average for the last three to four years. Only 24 finished. With one excep¬ tion, the higher Jhan-normal attrition was due to the lack of wind, which went AWOL for most of the fleet soon after the lead boats finished Monday morning.

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(profusely, anyway) so the foursome aboard resumed racing until about mid¬ night. That's when they noticed the headstay wasn't there anymore. They quickly substituted halyards for the bro¬ ken wire and limped into Monterey, there to haul the boat and find compression cracks around the tweaked keel and plenty of 'barnacle scratches.'

zzura got a good start and rounded Seal Rock with only one of their peers ahead of them, the J /130 Sceptre. About the only time their concentration was in¬ terrupted the whole race occurred when they cracked off and looked shoreward, there to see a giant TV screen near the Cliff House blaring out the X Games. "We were two miles out and could see and hear August, 1999 • LKUJt 3? • Page 163

COASTAL CUP 99 clearly," laughs Bruce. Barely pausing to consider the irony of the situation — sev¬ eral hundred people blasting down the coast are ignored in favor of such 'extreme' sports as skateboarding and climbing fake mountains — they set the fractional run¬ ner, passed Sceptre and held the pedal to the metal through what many competi¬ tors call the most glorious night of down¬ wind sailing they've ever done. The conditions, mid-to-high 20s and

viation. By the time the breeze backed off near Point Arguello in the late afternoon, Azzurds surfin' safari had taken the four¬ some past several of the Division A 50footers.

When the first-to-finish Santa Cruz 50 Octauia crossed the finish line about 1:20 a.m. Monday morning, Azzura wds only 15 Club Corr. Time Vessel Skipper Im miles behind her. But by then, capricious zephyrs Shep Kett S! Francis 1. Octavia were all that was left of 2. Una Pacific Cup 33:45-31 SC 50 Walt Pressel the breeze. Jt was any¬ 34.5837 3. Javelin Encinal J/125 Pat Nofan thing but a sure bet that 4. Rollercoaster SC 5!) Burnap/Fraser 37 34.06 Santa Cruz they could make it S. City Lights SC 52 Tom Sanborn St. Francis 47:04.28 Anna Stockel 6, Sundowner SC 50 Encinal 47:19.36 within the five-hour win¬ Robert Nance DNF 7. White Caps SC 50 Pacific Cup dow owed them by the bigger boat. 33:07-59 1. Azzura Azzura, 310 Schwab/Svendsen St. Francis "We will not be denied!" 2. Kiwi Sanctuary Ho&ie33 Graham Dawson Chnt islands 40 09-28 yelled Svendsen at one Redmond 48:12:47 3. Always Friday Antrim 27 John Liebenberg point, and it became the SC 40 DNF Kokopetli Lani Spund Cabritlo Beach rallying cry for the tired Bob Musor DNF Sceptre J/130 St Francis crew as they chased ev¬ DIViSION C ery scrap of breeze. En¬ J105 Tom Thayer 46 3a-38 1. Speedwell Richmond Bartz Schneider 2. Expeditious Express 37 San Francisco 46-56 03 suring the cliff-hanger Express 37 3. Eclipse Mark Dowdy San Francisco 47:29:38 ending, they snagged a Farr One Ton JohnCiauser 4, Bodacious BYC/RYC 51 03.18 crab pot on final ap¬ Express 37 Bill Riess EYC'RYC DNF Elan proach and spent sev¬ eral minutes with a large 1. Wind Dancer Catalina 42 Edwards/Chase Ventura 49:31-00 oar extracting it from 57:00:27 2. China Cloud Brite/Witson jmo Richmond the lower appendages. In La Adriana Perry 47 Cstm Sam Lavanaway AYC DNF virtually unmeasurable Centunon 42 Roach/Huffman Airstream DNF California wind, Azzura ghosted Corinthian Petard Keith Buck DNF DIVISIONS across the finish line at 1. Run Wild Olson 30 Dale Irving St. Francis 46 01-49 3:40 a.m. for first in 50:23:47 2. WYSIWYG 3 Don Martin Anacapa class and first overall on 3. To Infinity & Beyond Exp 27 Richmond 56:50:57 Fred Voss corrected time. They Express 27 4. True Grits Jay Montgomery Encinal 65:21.19 were also fifth boat-forJ/80 Bob Gay DNF : Oakland boat and nearly six Black Soo 29 Starbuck Greg Nelson SSS DNF hours ahead of the next Express 27 Richard Bryant DNF Jaded Lover Encinal Division A boat to finish. SC 27 Sarissa DNF Mike Warren Cal SC It was a remarkable per¬ California Zephyr SC 27 Peter Dalton Santa Cruz DNF formance. (For Schwab Bill Stephens 1. Grey Eagle Valiant 40 Encinal 60:11:08 and Svendsen, the latest Capo 30 Bob Huitman 2. Enigma Encinal 63.53:41 remarkable performance 3. Spellbinder Santana 35 Joel Davis South Beach 66:51:10 of the summer. Earlier DIVISION G this year, they had taken Noble Brown 1. Perpetual Motion Cal 31 Benicia 78-44-41 a second in the Chicago Contey/Foster Alliance Cal 2-27 Richmond DNF NOOD, second in the Michael Kehir Yorktown 35 DNF Merilon Golden Gate Citibank Cup, and first Mahoney family Irish Lady Catalina 30 EYC-'StFYC DNF in June's Hospice Cup.) NON-SPINNAKER

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coastal racer (hull #8, in the family since Kett's father, Stewart, bought her new in 1980) now owns both Coastal Cup records. In 1997 — an unsual year fea¬ turing good wind over the whole course — she set the current record to Santa Bar¬ bara: 28 hours, 29 minutes, 18 seconds. Kett, a Watsonville-based property manager, was one of those previously mentioned participants who noted, "go¬ ing out the Gate and the classic run down the coast was some of the nicest sailing I've ever seen. Good wind, big seas and big moon. It was really great." Santa Cruz sailmaker Dave Hodges drove the start, and thereafter shared primary driving duties with fellow Moore 24 rocker Chris Watts. Also aboard were Jack Halterman, Mike Evans, Mark Mario' Golsh, Jim Maloney and naviga¬ tor Gerry Swintpn. Like Azzura and most other in-themoney boats, Octavia took a middleish' route down the coast, staying about 20

REVENGE IS SWEET Edwards and Chase, members of the finish-hosting Ventura YC, were among six Southern California skippers to ven¬ ture north for this year's Coastal Cup. Like the other 'repeat offenders', Edwards, a semi-retired anesthesiologist, cites "the race management, which just treats us super" as the main reason Wind Dancer keeps coming back. Despite their small number, "the Southern California boats won a dispro¬ portionate number of trophies" says Race Chairman Bill Stephens. In-the-money finishes in addition to Wind Dancer. Lina (Pacific Corinthian YC, second in Division A); Kiwi Sanctuary (Hobie 33, Channel Is¬ lands YC, second in Division B); and Wysiwyg (Olson 30, Ancapa YC, second in Division E). Stephens figures the SoCal boats acquitted themselves so well be¬ cause they're used to sailing in the lighter breeze typical of the lower half of the race. Stephens brought home a little hard¬ ware himself, sailing his venerable Val¬ iant 40 Grey Eagle to a first in Division F. Sadly, the well-known and well-travelled boat was lost on the way home when her anchor dragged at Coho. (See Sightings for more.) Perhaps the most significant award given this year, and certainly the most heartfelt, was the Edward J. Milano Me¬ morial Trophy. Awarded to the first Encinal YC boat to finish — Pat Nolan's Javelin—this first-year award celebrates the memory of Ed Milano, 'father' of the Coastal Cup race, who lost his battle with cancer earlier this year.

Above, no prisoners — 'Azzura' on the way to a Coastal Cup sweep. Inset, Bruce Schwab (in hat) and Sean Svendsen. _ miles out during most of the top-end run¬ ning. (Depending on what the weather's up to, the other options are to hug the coast or go way out.) Any frustrations associated with the dying breeze on the lower half of the race were alleviated by lots of marine life whales and schools of dolphins — and a bit of a drag race. "Just after daybreak on Sunday we spotted Lina,'' recalls Kett. "They were about a mile outside of us and ahead. The crew worked through the day to wear down that lead, and by afternoon, at the top of the Channel, they slid to the front of the line, finishing 15 minutes ahead of their Southern California sistership. Third over the line, and first boat sail¬ ing under the co-sponsoring Encinal YC burgee was the J/125 Javelin. Fourth and last before the wind door pretty much

slammed shut for the rest of the fleet — was the SC 50 Roller Coaster.

Octavia wasn't the only boat to en¬ joy spirited boat-for-boat competition during the race. In Division D, '97 class winner Wind Dancer also spotted enemy running lights to starboard on Saturday night. Dawn's early light revealed the Cen¬ turion 42 Airstream "It was still blowing about 25," says P.K. Edwards, who co¬ owns Wind Dancer, a Catalina 42, with David Chase. "And when it came time to jibe back in, they got all messed up. We waited for a lull in the breeze and nailed our jibe beautifully." After that, there was no looking back. Edwards, Chase and crew Gaiy Swenson, Leo Gabriels, John Witton, Richard Byron, Stan Nackyman and Andy Clark 'danced' across the fin¬ ish line exactly 6 hours before the second boat (and only other finisher) in their

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Also worthy of note was Non-Spin¬ naker Division winner Mabrouka Tarek Abdul-Hamid and his wife Nadia doublehanded their Alden 45, going about 40 miles offshore to keep the breeze. AbdulHamid, who learned to sail on the Red Sea as a youngster in his native Egypt, was helped down the course by a com¬ puter program that sounds as if it should be aboard a Whitbread boat. A Professor of Computer Technology at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, AbdulHamid designed a program that took into qccount variables such as wind speed, characteristics and direction, interfaced them with the boat's polars, and gave him optimum course and sail trim. He was even able to call up real-time information from weather buoys along the way. An even better idea aboard Mabrouka ( blessed one’ in Egyptian) was to use the Coastal Cup as the start of a week-long vacation cruising the Channel Islands. The only distasteful part of the whole experience for Tarek and Nadia — and for August, 1999 •

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almost everyone else who brought their own boat back to Northefn California — was the bumpy trip home.

tion, the wind goes away completely. "If you're going to Ventura, you can stay in 'windy lane' much longer," note's

That made it harder, in some opinions, to take part in the festivities and to meet up with family and friends. But, "the club, the people and the fa¬ cilities were all first rate," says Stephens, echoing the sentiments of many racers. Although it was assumed that the race would automatically return to Santa Bar¬ bara next year, Stephens now believes "It'll be a bit of a quandary" — both clubs have unofficially invited the Coastal Cup to return. (We even heard the suggestion to rotate the finishes between Santa Bar¬ bara, Ventura and another once-popular destination, Catalina.)

entura was a well-liked alternative to Santa Barbara on several levels. First, and in many people's minds, foremost, nearly all boats that stuck it out to finish kept at least a bit of wind the whole way. In a typical Santa Barbara race, as soon as you do the dogleg after Point Concep¬

Division A boats show the way as 'Sceptre' heads for the bridge. The fleet sailed out at the begin¬ ning of a light flood. Stephens. "When you finally do turn in, there's almost a slingshot effect." Secondly, the Ventura YC got high marks for everything but boat placement. On that count, they apparently scattered race boats all up and down the marina.

o matter where the 2000 Coastal Cup terminates, many of the usual sus¬ pects will be back for another real 'XGame’ ride. "We'll definitely be back next time," says P.K. Edwards of Wind Dancer. "This is the most challenging offshore race on the coast. We'll be back for as many years as we can get people to come up!" — latitude /jr

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Where there is a will, there's a way. I’ve been sailing one boat or another since I was 12, and I've lived aboard since 1984. While serving in the Marine Corps, however, I lost my left leg below the knee. Such an injury would seem to suggest that one's career choices and recreational activities might be somewhat limited, but that's not the case.

Rhode Island in my throat, I set off again. As this was my first-ever long passage, my learning curve was steep — and some¬ times the waves were even steeper. I was so cold, wet, tired and miserable every day of the first week that I constantly thought about turning back. Then it

I began to enjoy myself." After stints as a cross-country trucker and cleaning boat bottoms, I settled in to a career as a benefits counselor in the De¬ partment of Veterans Affairs. After being promoted to Chief of the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital in '93, I met a patient named Duncan Milne. The founder and Executive Director of Access to Sailing, Milne is a paraplegic — although the only way you'd know is because he's only three feet tall in his wheelchair. I served as Milne's bowman on four Newport to Ensenada Races. It was during one of these races that I began to dream about sailing singlehanded around the world. In October of '96, I purchased Suntrekka of Hamble, an Endurance 37 ketch, from the United States Navy. She’d been chartered hard to the military for four years and therefore needed years of work in preparation before any long pas¬ sages. Although still working full time for the government, I spent my evenings and weekends trying to get my boat ready. In August of '97, President Clinton’s efforts to downsize government afforded me the opportunity to take a sizeable chunk of cash to retire — which would give me the chance to realize my sailing dream. It wasn't a tough decision. While on the hard and enjoying the hospitality of Bud Tretter’s Shipyard in Long Beach, I embarked on a whirlwind refit. In short, I replaced all the electron¬ ics, sails and canvas, as well as the stand¬ ing and running rigging. In addition, I added a windvane, wind generator, a half ton of food — and the entire contents of my garage.

I set sail from San Diego for the Marquesas on April 11.1 didn't get far into the 2,700-mile passage, however, before I had to abort because of gale force winds. Two days later, with a lump the size of Page 168 • U&UM19 • August. 1999

started to get warmer, so I was only wet, tired, and miserable. I convinced myself to keep going by reminding myself that nothing good in life ever comes easy. Fi¬ nally, I got so tired of hearing myself whine that I began to enjoy myself. One of the things that helped me per¬ severe was developing a routine of chores and rewards. They were just small things, mind you, such as listening to my favor¬ ite tunes at sunset, taking a shower, sa¬ voring a hot coffee in the wee hours — but they made life at sea much more en¬ joyable. I also began to appreciate Mother Nature's treats: cobalt seas, inspiring sunsets, dolphins leaving sparkling trails of phosphorescence at night, and other natural wonders. After weeks of being alone on the ocean, I spotted a sail near the equator! It turned out to be Ken and Judy's Westsail 32 Invictus. They'd set sail from Baja in company with a fleet of other boats and made me part of their SSB net. From that point on, the ocean didn't seem so empty. One day we set up a rendezvous to trade some of my fresh lemons for Judy’s fresh baked bread. As our two boats closed, I was thinking life couldn't get much better than freshly baked bread at the equator. But it did get better, as I discovered that Judy hates to wear clothes in the tropics! After I caught the loaf be¬ tween my eyes — my eyes made perfect targets because they were as large as tea¬ cups — we parted company but stayed in VHF range. Like most cruisers, I tried some fish¬ ing, but only ended up donating lures. If you do an ocean crossing, my advice is not to neglect laying in some steel lead¬ ers. I crossed the equator at about 2100 and did my Neptune and shellback cer¬ emony. As it had been calm all day and I’d been motoring, I didn’t party too much and turned in for a good night’s sleep. I

even drift-sailed about 20 miles in the right direction. V Once I got south of the equator, the conditions turned really squally — so you can imagine my relief at escaping the bi¬ zarre winds of the convergence zone and getting into the brisk southern trades. It's kind of funny how it happened. All day long I'd been reefed down under overcast and ugly clouds when I spotted what looked like a hole in the weather just a few points off my course. I made for the hole, and just before sunset burst out into clear skies to see a perfect sunset and pick up a great 20-knot breeze from just the right direction! From then on it blew a perfect 22 knots until about 40 miles from my destination in the Marquesas. At about 2200 on May 10 — after nearly a month alone at sea — I made landfall at Nuku Hiva. It was dark, of course, but thanks to my radar and night vision scope I was able to safely make my way into the harbor at Baie de Taiohae.

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The next morning I launched my rigid dink. In full view of the entire elementary school — which comes down to the beach for part of each school day — I botched mounting the outboard. As a result, I was able to prove that a one-legged man could clearly swim with one hand while holding an Evinrude 3.5 out of the water with the other.

I (Checking in proved to be easy. By watching those in front of me, I discov¬ ered the trick was to list everything on the boat as 'miscellaneous ships stores' on the Customs form. With more boats arriving each day — there were 35 in Baie de Taiohae when I arrived — I decided to continue on to the Tuamotus and Tahiti before the rush caught up. One day out of Nuku Hiva, 'Suntrekka', on the hook off Papeete. This photo was tortured in Photoshop to become cover of the March issue of Latitude'.

t however, the fuel lift pump on my Perkins 4-236 dropped dead. Fortunately, I was able to hook up with two Aussie boats via the SSB, and between them they walked me through a solution that involved by¬ passing the lift pump with an electric fuel -

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Robert, near the equator, holds up a copy of 'Lati¬ tude', which he says, "Helped keep my cruising dream alive." _ pump that I'd stashed away. While I was able to motor again, I didn't have the confidence in the jury rig fuel pump to chance the treacherous passes of the Tuamotus. So I threaded my way through those atolls and arrived off Papeete at 0200 on May 30th. The paddle on the windvane had fallen off five miles before — taking with it my stout nylon line that was guaranteed to stop just such a thing from happening. Nevertheless, I was happy to toss out the hook and mar¬ vel at all the neon lights of downtown Papeete. It had been a long time since I seen so much civilization. , I bounced around between Maeva Beach and the anchorage in Papeete un¬ til meeting Allen and Sheila, a Scottish couple aboard Blue Falcon. They'd been dismasted off Tahiti and needed a hand getting a jury rig mast stepped. With their boat between my Suntrekka and Roger and Dawn's Katrilli from Dover, England, we managed to step a mast fabricated of 2x4s and 2x12s. I know all you readers are laughing, but using this rig they were able to make it to Brisbane, Australia. All this was done during the Autonomy Cel¬ ebrations and canoe races while at an¬ chor near the end of the quai. I spent many enjoyable times with these fine people — and other new friends I made through the Society Islands and Tonga.

I left Papeete on July 17th for Moorea. Immediately after leaving the pass, my diesel quit — something I had started to get used to. With just a bit of a breeze, I slowly continued on. When I looked back later in the day to see why the dinghy August, 1999 •

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MORE THAN SINGLEHANDING wasn't banging into the back of my boat anymore, I was barely able to spot it bob¬ bing along about a mile behind me! With no engine and only light winds, it took me the rest of the day to sail back and capture my dink. I chided myself for thinking there was ever such a thing as a

waves were about 15 feet high, confused, and quite steep. As soon as I deployed the sea anchor, the boat started a very un¬ comfortable pounding into the waves. It was so bad that the inside of the boat felt

'short, easy sail' anywhere. By sundown, I was about 100 meters off the reef outside Maeva Beach, furiously rubbing my lucky coin. The breeze came up about dark, blowing 25 knots dead downwind toward Moorea. An hour later it was blowing a steady 30 knots and gusting to 35. Thank goodness I'd stowed my dinghy on deck while drifting off the reef! Since I'd already visited Moorea by ferry, I opted to head for Huahine some 120 miles away. If the wind didn’t back off, at least I’d arrive in time for my first daylight landfall! The wind held steady, so even though I carried nothing but a storm staysail sheeted in tight, I arrived off the pass at Huahine at 1430. I then successfully sailed into the anchorage. My pleasant times at Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora passed all too quickly, and on July 30th I set off for Tonga. The fore¬

as though it were being shaken loose. Sleep was out of the question. With darkness fast approaching, I de¬ cided the best thing to do was to cut the sea anchor loose. The whole apparatus was gone the instant I touched my knife to the taut one-inch line. Without the sea anchor, Suntrekka immediately settled in at about 50 degrees to the waves and lay ahull like a duck! I slept for three hours before sailing off under bare poles until dawn. Conditions improved on the fourth day, so on the evening of August 11,1 lay hove to off of Vava’u, Tonga. The engine was still toast, of course, and I didn’t feel like tacking all the way up to Neiafu in the dark, so I drank coffee and cleaned the boat until dawn. By 1400, I'd sailed to anchor — I was getting fairly proficient at this by then — and even managed to clear Customs the same day. The months that followed saw me get¬ ting a new fuel pump and injectors, and

cast called for 25 knots of wind from the west, but a short time later it was blow¬ ing 35 and gusting to 40 — and would stay that way for three days. Wanting to get some sleep on the second day, I fig¬ ured it was a good time to test my ParaTech Sea Anchor. I stopped the boat about 1600 and rigged the device. The

sailing to the many beautiful anchorages of the Vava’u Group and Ha’apai Group. The latter is filled with beautiful islands and sandy beaches. I was welcomed to the Ha’apais at dawn by a whale leaping out of the water — silhouetted perfectly in the rising sun — after an easy over¬ night passage from Kapa Island. The days

Case loved Tonga and the people of Tonga — but you have to be careful and stay off the reefs. This is Kelefesia Island in the Ha'apai Group.

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melted away all too rapidly as I sailed to one island after another. It was the middle of October by the time N reached Nukualofa in the Tongatapu Group. I quickly filled my water tanks, re¬ plenished some of my food stocks, and checked out of the country. I sailed to Atata Island, just off Nukualofa, and waited for the right weather window for the 1,100-mile passage to New Zealand. Atata is the perfect place to wait for the jump-off as former cruisers Dave and Terry, who own the Sunset Resort, and Sandy, their charter boat skipper, were absolutely the best and most helpful com¬ pany. The resort is beautiful, the staff friendly, the food great and prices unbe¬ lievably low. In addition, the anchorage is extremely sheltered and only about 15 feet deep. What a cruiser-friendly envi¬ ronment! I departed for New Zealand on Octo¬ ber 24th, having spent the previous few weeks playing the weather fax shuffle and tiying to second guess the unpredictable highs and lows. The group of boats that had left on October 14 had suffered through calms and contrary southwest winds, so on the 24th I finally set out for the Minerva Reefs to rest a bit and be a little closer to a final jump off point. South Minerva Reef was a treat, as it's a clear lagoon with good holding in 15 feet of water — and no visible land for 200 miles. It was weird being anchored with no land in sight and surrounded by open ocean. I stayed for five days to snorkel, rest, and wait for the right sequence in the highs and lows down south. On the 31st everything looked good. Naturally, the wind died so I motored for about 30 hours straight, then slept through the night on a perfectly flat sea. I left a small staysail'up and in the morn¬ ing woke to a gentle breeze that had pushed me 20 miles during the night. The next couple of days were pleasant; the bunch after that were not so nice —just rain, lumpy seas and round-the-clock windshifts — and yes, I know I'm whin¬ ing. On my last day, 30 miles off the New Zealand's Bay of Islands, it was dead calm. Naturally my engine wouldn't start until I’d completed the obligatory stand on my head in the bilge to change the fuel filters, blow out the fuel lines and bleed the injectors thing — but I was getting pretty quick at it. I arrived in Opua just before dark on November 7. Checking in was a pleasure and I took a mooring for about $5 U.S. a day, giving my boat a few days to dry out and mvself the chance to eniov a few ice

THE CASE FOR COURAGE

cream cones and get to know the delight¬ ful locals. A week later, a low pressure system out of the Tasman Sea brought winds of up to 65 knots through the an¬ chorage. It howled for three days, and every boat at anchor in Opua drug an¬ chor at least once. Worse, there were sev¬ eral boats caught offshore while ap¬ proaching New Zealand in the terrible weather. We all helplessly listened on the radio as the tragic dramas unfolded. I've spent the winter at my father's home in San Diego enjoying family, friends and the holidays. By the time this reaches print, I should be back up in the South Pacific to enjoy Fiji and the Solomons before continuing west. So far my trip has been a dream come true. Make no mistake, it's a ton of hard work for a singlehander, but worth it. The best part of the whole experience, of course, has been the people I've met. I can say with certainty that there are a bunch of really great folks floating around out there. The locals are great, too. The Tongans are particularly happy, fun-loving, and easy to

trip. 3) Don’t deploy the sea anchor until it’s a 'no shitter' — and when you do, get the angle to the bow figured out before

'Suntrekka', and Endurance 37, on the hard in New Zealand after a successful trip across the Pacific. meet. And the Kiwis are a fantastic lot. The major lessons I've learned? 1) Re¬ place the motor before you take off. 2) Stow the dinghy before the start of each

you let it out because once it's out there is no way you'll be able to adjust it. Fi¬ nally, 4) A sincere smile, mutual respect, and a few words in the local language will go a million miles to ensuring your own happiness. — robert case

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25-knot trade winds howling across the tarmac of the British Virgin Islands's Beef Island airport, arriving boardsailors immediately sensed that the 1999 Bacardi HIHO might well be an epic event. And so it was. Last month, the 15th running of this well-known funfest drew 225 participants from all over the world — the largest entry roster ever. They were blessed with sunny skies and strong

Nothin'to it. Guys like Sergio Mehl, seen here in the lead, make boardsailing look simple. Throughout the event, he was the man to beat. winds throughout the week-long regatta. As we reported last summer when we covered HIHO '98, this long-established Caribbean event is truly unique in the realms of both boardsailing and bpat-sailing. Originally conceived as strictly a long¬ distance boardsailing competition (then called the Hook In and Hold On), today's event is touted as a multifaceted "sailing adventure" that features both board rac¬ Mariel Devesa of SoCal (left) is a champ. She and Sarah James of Aruba gave clinics throughout the week, as did Andy Brandt.

ing and yacht racing, as well as dancing and partying at a different waterside re¬ sort each day. This year, participants were accommodated aboard 28 late-model charter catamarans of 38 to 51 feet (pro¬ vided by TMM and Catamaran Charters). To our knowledge, this floating carnival was one of the larg¬ est flotillas of char¬ ter cats ever as¬ sembled. You might say the HIHO's ambi¬ tious itinerary is a cross between a Spring Break bac¬ chanalia and a boot camp'. Although the 7-day schedule did provide some brief stints for pure relax¬ ation, the emphasis was definitely on ac¬ tion. A typical day started with break¬ fast at 7:30 a.m., followed by an 3 to 12-mile sailboard race, then a buffet lunch at some picture-perfect white-sand beach. The afternoon might include a yacht race to the evening’s anchorage, where a resort ashore would host a boun¬ tiful dinner party, complete with a live band and plenty of frosty beverages — sponsors Bacardi Rum and Red Stripe Beer offered $2 drinks throughout the week. Like Antigua Sailing Week and Sint Maarten's Heineken Regatta, the HIHO promises to be one of the most fun-filled weeks of your life, but at the end of it you'll be yearning for a 15-hour nap.

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compliment of partici¬ pants came from 20 different countries, including Japan, Argentina, Poland and Hong Kong. Many were repeat offenders who may have been driven to come back by hopes of moving up in the standings — or perhaps simply to better their previ¬ ous 'personal bests' in the limbo contest. Others were first-timers who'd probably been enticed by word-of-mouth reports from boardsailing buddies,' or by the ample magazine and TV coverage the event receives worldwide. As with other Caribbean mega-events, though, competing is only half the fun at the HIHO. And at least half the partici¬ pants just came along to island-hop through one of the most idyllic chains of

"Of course we start on time. I'm German!" said Race Coordinator Klaus Michel. He set challeng¬ ing courses and kept races on schedule. tropical isles on the planet, while soak¬ ing up the sun and partyin'-down Caribbean-style. From the pros' in the upper echelon of the Racing Division to the hackers who struggled to complete the one-gybe Cruis¬ ing races, the competitors represented a broad range of talent and technical prow¬ ess. At the top of the food chain were guys like Argentina's longtime national champ, Sergio Mehl, whose flawless technique makes high-wind, offshore boardsailing look as easy as floating a rubber ducky

BIG WIND, BROWN BODIES & BACARDI RUM ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED in a bathtub. A handful of other top in¬ ternational competitors included South¬ ern California’s Mariel Devesa, the cur¬ rent U.S. Women's National Champion,

This floating carnival v flotillas of charter cats ever assembled, and Alf Imperato of Florida, who doubles as Windsurfing Magazine's Technical Edi¬ tor when he's not competing on the inter¬ national circuit. Adding spice to the mix were two boat¬ loads of spirited racers from Antigua, and another boatload from Sint Maarten, who'd sailed up from 'down island' not only to compete, but to instruct the new¬ comers in the finer points of Caribbeanstyle hell-raising. Among the Antiguans was 26-year-old Eli Fuller, last year's overall winner, who has been competing in the HIHO since he was 12.

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ticipants drifted into the sponsor¬ ing Prospect Reef Hotel, which is located right on the water at the outer reaches of Road Town, the BVTs capital city. That night anx¬ ious HIHOers — some of whom had just flown lit¬ erally halfway around the world — were intro¬ duced to each other and to their captain for the week. Since his clientele is so international, or¬ ganizer Andy Morrell likes to assemble a varied group of skippers to sheperd his fleet. Some were local expats, a half-dozen were from England, one was a former competitor from Brazil and a few were Latitude staffers. (Somehow, Morrell had gotten the idea that we knew one end of a catamaran from the other.) The following morning was predictably chaotic, as each of the 96 racers had the pleasure of unwrapping the brand new

"Look ma, no wetsuit." Believe it or not, there are places on this old planet of ours where getting spray in your face is actually welcomed.

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The lunch crew did an amazing job, bringing mulitiple courses, tents, tables and hundreds of cold drinks ashore for every mid-day meal. Neil Pryde sails and F2 Zantos boards that had been specially shipped in by container for the event. "It's like Christmas," ex¬ claimed one jubilant sailor. "I've never sailed on brand new gear before." By the time everyone got to their re¬ spective boats, lashed their boards and rigs to the lifelines and trampolines and stocked their coolers with drinks and ice, the day was half gone. As a result, most boats opted to motor to windward up to the first night's anchorage at the tiny reeffringed islet called Marina Cay (now op¬ erated by the Pusser's Rum Company). Once there, most of the boardsailors quickly cobbled together their rigs and tpok their first glorious rides in 20+ knots of breeze. The rest of us cooled our brows with the first of many dips in the brilliant turquoise waters. Later, on the beach, a Jimmy Buffetinspired band of expats crooned, while competitors toasted each other with po¬ tent rum drinks and icy beers. With a nearly full moon shining above and the trade winds whistling through the dining room, the mingling masses were notice¬ ably more relaxed than a few hours be¬ fore. With strong winds still holding the next jpnorning, it was exhilarating just to ob¬ serve Race One, let alone to compete in it. Top contenders blasted around the course at speeds faster than the (23-knot) prevailing wind. Sergio Melds flawless technique earned him an easy win, and established him as the man to beat dur¬ ing the seven-race series. After a beach-buffet lunch at nearby Long Bay, the first yacht race was an¬ nounced. Since most boardsailors have surprisingly little boat-sailing experience. August, 1999 • iOUUili • Page 173

HIHO '99 the idea of staging several low-pressure 'fun' races on the big cats was a real nov¬ elty. Many crews hadn't had time to raise sails at all the day before, so skippers scrambled to explain the basics of tack¬ ing and gybing prior to the start. As the starting gun fired, we found our¬ selves — amazingly — alone at the favored end of the line on starboard tack. "Three, two, one. . ." Wow! We'd pulled off a near-

Sound, first anchored off the rustic Vixen Point Beach Bar, then at the picturesque Bitter End Yacht Club. At Vixen Point, the Santa Barbara con¬ tingent of our Latitude gang gave an af¬ ternoon beach volleyball clinic to the HIHO kids, but after sunset the focus quickly turned to the open-air dance floor, where a local ■BBMBH D.J. inspired revelers to' strut and shuffle until the ■ wee hours, while H 'tP others napped outB-? „ pk rSk..

Most Cruising Class racers didn't have their water starts down, so starting instructions were: "Anything goes." perfect start. Our glee soon waned, how¬ ever, when we lost our concentration at the helm shortly afterwards while trying to explain the workings of the traveler to our neophyte crew. Unknowingly, we had steered up into the death zone' — closer than 55° off the wind — which quickly put our 45 x 25-ft boat into irons. Lum¬ bering like a wayward barge, we then suf¬ fered the indignity of causing a fellow skip¬ per (who was on starboard) to make an emergency tack. We made it up to him at the bar later, of course, but it was a lesson we would not soon forget. And one that many other crews learned that day on the windward course to Virgin Gorda’s North Sound. These big cats are fantastic off the wind, but if you try to pinch up, they'll go into irons faster than you can say, "Who's got

the bottle opener." By the end of the seven-mile race, most crews had discovered a few other essen¬ tial truths about charter cat sailing, such as: always backwind the jib when tack¬ ing and never overtrim the main. The fleet spent two nights at Gorda Page 174 • LtfcWe?? • August, 1999

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side on the soft coral sand beneath a brilliant full moon.

1 v ustatia Sound is a vast reef-fringed area that abuts the Bitter End; its flat water and unimpeded wind make it a perfect venue for sailboard rac¬ ing. With winds still holding in the 20-to25-knot range, racers buzzed around the buoys like hungry wasps headed for a flower garden. As always, the finish was

Few women raced this year, but many came along to sail, party and cop a tan. These are two members of the 'Polish bikini team'. at a pristine, sandy beach — on Prickly Pear Island this time — where racers had to dump their boards, sprint up the beach and touch a flag standard before their fin¬ ish time was officially logged. Race Three was run after lunch, as was a short Cruis¬ ing Class race for beginners and inter¬ mediates. Although not everyone uses exactly the same board and rig, sailboard racing is essentially considered a one-design sport. There are no handicaps nor time correc¬ tions, so during close HIHO finishes the frantic foot races up the beach were some-

Sandy Cay is about as idyllic as a tropical island can get. The best part of the day was watching the 'photo finishes' on the beach.

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times pretty dramatic. The fact that all meals are provided ashore makes the HIHO like no other bareboat flotilla. Not having to waste time provisioning, cooking or washing up adds immeasurably to every participant's peace of mind — especially when meals are pro¬ vided by top resorts like the Bitter End. After the BEYC's sailing school staff hosted a special Hobie Wave regatta for the HIHO kids (and young-at-heart adults), the resort put on a grand buffet followed by dancing to a live Calypso band, and, of course, the traditional Bit¬ ter End limbo contest. Vicki, the leggy 16year-old from Miami who won it, had to be double-jointed. With its idyllic waterside setting and friendly staff, this long-established watersports resort is a place no one ever wants to leave, but the next morning brought a challenging new adventure: a 12-mile windsurfing race across open wa¬ ter to the low-lying, coral-formed island of Anegada. This ambitious leg was a first for the event and most racers were understand¬ ably anxious prior to the start, knowing that 25 knots of wind and big ocean swells awaited them.

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With several boats positioned along the rhumbline as waypoints, the windsurfing fleet took off like a rifle shot toward their unseen destination beyond the horizon. Roaring along on a beam reach, those of us following aboard the cats could only

With the ample winds, racing the ‘mother ship' gas — once we all figured out the subtleties of sailing these big charter cats. the yachts 'threaded the needle' between massive, foreboding reefs to reach the broad bay in front of the Anegada Reef

We could only imagine the ride the racers were having hydroplaning from wavetop to wavetop at speeds in excess of 25 knots. —

imagine the ride the racers were having — hydroplaning from wavetop to wavetop at speeds in excess of 25 knots. When we arrived at the island, the beach was carpeted with boards and rigs, and racers were sprawled out in every shady spot. While the lead¬ ers seemed to be barely winded after covering the distance in a little over 30 minutes, those in the middle and lower ranks ' were exhausted, ;?H’| V yet exuberant. "I think this was '''■<% the best sail of my life," said a . , wide-eyed Jer__ ‘-v _ emy Diamond of England. For him and many others, the crossing had been a rite of passage. In¬ spired by the top competitors, many of them had held down huge 8.3 and 8.8 sails in winds that reportedly gusted as high as 29 knots — a feat no one would dream of at San Francisco's Crissy Field. After four races, Sergio led, followed by Alf and Eli; Mariel Devesa led the small fleet of women. Later, after a short Cruising Class race,

Hotel. In addition to the reefs which skirt its beaches, Anegada has an eight-mile Horseshoe Reef off its southeastern shore where countless vessels have met their demise since the 1600s. Not surprisingly, the whole island has been off-limits to bareboaters until recent years. It's said, in fact, that in the days of yore Anegadan pirates used to lure unsuspecting mari¬ ners into the reefs with signal fires.

/ith such mischievous lore as background, Anegada was the perfect set¬ ting for the HIHO's fully-costumed Pirate Party. By the time the sun began to set, whoops and hollers could be heard throughout the anchorage, as swash¬ buckling rogues with scarred faces and missing limbs got into character. It was a wild night. After longtime hotelier Lowell Wheatley put bn a great feast, the party soiled on until the wee hours, when Eli Fuller and two young Antiguan accom¬ plices cunningly stole 18 dinghies as a prank. It seemed like a great idea at the time, although the Race Committee was not exactly impressed. The trip back from Anegada was one of the highlights for the catamaran fleet. With plenty of wind, they raced all the way to Virgin Gorda's famous Baths — a mustsee region of giant boulders that form en¬ ticing underwater grottos and caves, burAugust, 1999 • bMUiVi • Page 175

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geoning with sealife. After snorkeling and spelunking, the fleet converged at Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor for a night at the docks — read: long, hot showers — com¬ plete with dinner and a steel drum band at the Bath and Turtle restaurant. News that a tropical wave was work¬ ing its way up from 'down island' left skip¬ pers a bit nervous about the possibility of a big blow that night. This was, after all, the beginning of the Hurricane Season. Typically, though, it was overrated, bring¬ ing only a few squalls and a temporary decrease in wind. The fleet moved to Beef Island for a Page 176*

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Top row, L to R: The Polish yacht racing strategy was to distract competitors with their women; Foxy's dock with a chock-full anchorage; the kids whack a treasure chest pinata at Anegada; the Antiguan sloops at Gorda Sound; splish, splash, fakin'a bath. Middle row, L to R: Antiqua's Eli Fuller; wiped out after the Anegada race; "How 'bout a ride, mister?"; pirate pranksters; Bitter End Hobie fun. Bottom row, L to R: Getting to know the Miami girls; the HIHO Class of '99; "Say cheese." tough 'round-the-buoys race that wiped out some competitors. Since most HIHO entrants were recreational sailors who spend most of their sailing time reach¬ ing, and rarely, if ever, race, they struggled on the upwind and deep downwind legs. While talking with Mariel on the beach after lunch, we witnessed a remarkable moment. The plan was to sail the yachts to Foxy's on Jost Van Dyke, some 13 miles

away, but Eli and a few buds from Antigua, St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao seemed to be rigging up to windsurf. "Hey Mariel, want to come with us?" they called. "Geez, how far is it?" she queried. They had no idea. But with a shrug, she joined them, leaving the rest of us thinking we were missing the real fun. Truth was, Eli and the boys had been putting in extra miles of open-water "free

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sailing" since the beginning, including the 16-mile run back from Anegada. They weren't showing off, it’s how they get their kicks. Being able to hang out with Eli and other island natives gave visiting foreign¬ ers insights into the seemingly carefree lifestyle of Caribbean sailors. "Can you believe we traveled halfway around the world for a few days of windsurfing with¬ out a wetsuit," mused one entrant, "and these guys do this stuff every day of the year!"

^\nyone who's been to Great Harbor,

Jost Van Dyke, knows it shoals up sharply halfway in. For our fleet of catamarans, though, this wasn't much of an issue. After dropping the hook, we watched one teen-age kid jump overboard into thighdeep water, then wade forward, bend over at the waist and manually dig in his an¬ chor flukes — "No problem." For over 20 years. Foxy's has been one of the most famous watering holes in the Caribbean. The staff put on a fine feast and party that night, and in the morning the old Fox himself serenaded the crowd during breakfast with his trademark jokes and ballads that would make the P.C.

police squirm in astonishment. There was supposed to be a yacht race up to nearby Sandy Cay, but by this point in the schedule, the combination of non¬ stop physical activity and nightly revelry conspired to make some HIHOers slow to show up for breakfast and even slower to get their anchors up. So the race was scrubbed with little concern. Flexible scheduling, after all, is a hallmark of the HIHO. Again, strong winds prevailed when the fleet arrived at Sandy Cay, a tiny unin¬ habited islet with a perfect white sand beach surrounding a palm-covered hill. August, 1999 •

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HIHO '99 The around-the-island windsurfing course led racers right behind the an¬ chored fleet of cats, then around a final buoy toward the finish. With a full com¬ pliment of spectators standing by near the finish flag, competitors roared into the shallows at full speed. Those who didn't bail out soon enough were catapulted head-first onto the beach as the tips of their 2-foot-long skegs ground into the shoaling sand, and brought their boards to a shuddering halt. When three or four arrived at the same time it was high com¬ edy. After lunch, the Racing Class made another loop of the Cay, and the Cruisers sailed a one-gybe course out into the channel and back. Then, sadly, it was time to head back to Road Town for the final party. The sail home was glorious, though, short-tacking through gusty Soper's Hole, then up the Sir Francis Drake Channel to Road Town in the booming winds we’d come to expect. Our mostly-British crew was loving it — espe¬ cially one of the ladies. None had ever before taken the helm of such a grand sail¬ ing machine.

"Whew! Made it!" said Doug Olson of Novato. The Racing Class courses were a bit too tough, so Doug cooled it in Cruising, taking third.

The final bash at the Village Cay Ma¬ rina was a time for swapping* 1 tales, rais¬ ing glasses high, and trading addresses. Predictably, Sergio, Alf and Eli finished 1, 2, 3, with American Andy Brandt fin¬ ishing fourth. He and his ladyfriend, Sa¬ rah James, are professional instructors who'd come along to give free clinics throughout the week — as did California's Mariel Devesa, who easily won the Women's Division (and placed 11th over¬ all in fleet). Another California sailor, Doug

Olson of Novato, placed third in the Cruis¬ ing Class. It's amazing though, how few West Coast sailors make it to the HIHO con¬ sidering that it is an amazingly well-run event that has all the ingredients sailors here crave: clean water, steady wind, guaranteed sunshine, beautiful venues and dynamite parties. The format gives boat sailors a chance to get turned on to windsurfing, while letting boardsailors sharpen their sailboat cruising skills. Since its origination in 1979, the HIHO has been constantly evolving. And al¬ though final plans for next year's 'Millen¬ nium HIHO' are still in the works, one new element being contemplated is a pre-HIHO feeder flotilla from Antigua to Tortola that would involve several interisland pas¬ sages, with (tentative) layovers at Nevis, St. Barths and St. Maarten. Sounds like a winner. The Race Committee can't guarantee 25 knots of breeze again next year, but there's sure to be plenty of friendly com¬ petition, sunworshiping and hijinks — an addictive combination that keeps some folks coming back year after year.

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MAX EBB It wasn't immediately obvious what all the commotion was about, or why a small crowd had gathered on a nearby dock. I was down at my boat on a rare mid-week visit, taking advantage of some clear weather to play hooky from the of¬ fice and finish a long-overdue touch-up job on the varnish. Officially, of course, I was telecommuting. But the varnish had waited for so long, it could wait for another few minutes. I walked over to see what was up. Something was definitely different about that end of the dock. And then I finally saw it, plain as day: The large schooner that was permanently berthed at the end tie had sunk to the bottom! Hull and deck were completely underwa¬ ter; only the masts and rigging projected up at an awkward angle, indicating the vessel's position and its approximate depth below the surface. "What happened?” I asked as I joined the group of onlookers, driven by that morbid sense of curiosity that makes people slow down to rubberneck at high¬ way accidents. "Did the barnacles finally eat right through the hull?" 'We think it was a water hook-up," said one of my friends from the yacht club, a liveaboard on the next dock. "He had a pressurized fresh water line rigged up, with no automatic flow limiter. Something sprung a leak inside, and the boat filled with fresh water. The divers are trying to attach air bags as we speak." "But he's a liveaboard, isn't he?" I asked. "It must take days for a hose to fill a boat this big with enough water to sink it." "He was out of town. No one noticed 'til the open ports in the hull went under, and then it went down fast. Broke a big section of dock, too, seeing as how it was held up by just the dock lines after it flooded." Sure enough, a large portion of the

in the red when they try to justify raising our rates again."

The rant was from another one of my dock neighbors, this one the owner of a large powerboat and an active partici¬ pant in most of the yacht club social func¬ tions. "If it wasn't for all those liveaboards filling up the parking lot," he continued, "we wouldn't have to park all the way over on the other side of the niarina for the dinner meetings. And," he felt compelled to add, "they keep stealing the kitchen knives from the club galley." "That's right," said my friend. "We live¬ aboards have such big kitchens on our boats, and do so much cooking in them, that we just can't get enough gear for them through honest means. . ." The two men glared at each other. I knew that the liveaboards, more than any single group of members, kept the yacht club kitchen functioning. After all, they were the ones using it every day. And they were the people who kept the club active during the week, making it an attractive place to hang out at times other than the scheduled functions. But our friend with the big powerboat seemed to have trouble with the idea that some people actually have fun at the club when he can't be there. "Just watch," he predicted. "The ma¬ rina will take months to get this dock fixed, and aside from the lost revenue while it can't be rented out, they'll do all the repairs with inexperienced workers on overtime. No wonder they have to raise our rates again." "But they only want to raise the rates by about ten cents a foot," said the live¬ aboard. "That probably works out to the cost of your fuel for maybe ten minutes

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dock was in splinters, twisted nearly in half by the big boat pulling down with all its weight on the mooring cleats. "It's those illegal liveaboards!" com¬ plained another onlooker. "Look at all the damage they cause. Now the marina's going to be out thousands to pay for the dock repair, it will come out of our berth fees, and they'll show us a budget that's Page 180 •

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of running time at cruise speed." "It's the principle of the thing, dammit!"

ell, I see nothing's changed much around here," said another new¬ comer to the group. He had an odd smile, and walked up to the edge of the dock to admire the sunken boat and shake his

head in awe. "How are things on the dock. Max?" "We have a bit of excitement here to¬ day, as you can see," I answered. He looked very familiar, but I couldn't quite place who this man was. He did seem to indicate that he had been away from the marina for some time, so I thought I'd dig for some clues before admitting that I didn't know who “he was. "Good to see you again — how long have you been away for?" "Been nearly ten years," he said with that same satisfied smile. "Got my Coast Guard ticket, and been doing some deliveiy work on the side, mostly big stinkpots up and down the coast. I'm havin' a blast: can't tell you how great it is to see this goddamn marina as a customer." Then 1 finally recognized him: Our old harbormaster! Looking so much more re¬ laxed and happy, he seemed like a differ¬ ent person. I shook his hand and apolo¬ gized for being so slow on the uptake. "Happens all the time," he said. "Sure glad I got out of this place, though. How'd you like to be in charge of an operation where people come to the meetings and object to eveiy nickel-and-dime proposal

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powerboater. "Now wait a minute," he started to say in his defense. "A big boat like mine is much more expensive to run, and we pay proportionately more for our dock space. The rate increases really do hit us harder than they hit the small boats. And you of all people can appreciate how inefficiently this place operates. . ." "Yeah, tell me about it!" laughed the former harbormaster. "I had to keep my workers within the union rules, deal with the City bureaucrats, and act on eveiy wacky recommendation from the Harbor Commission and even wackier directives from the City Council. Not to mention keepin' them high-priced planning consultants and grant-writers aimed in the right direction. It was a zoo, I tell ya, and within that environment I tried to run a decent maintenance operation. But even still, the marina was starting to fall to

pieces, infrastructure-wise. State money built this place, but the state ain’t payin' to maintain it, and we were always get¬ ting further behind the curve, mainte¬ nance-wise." "I don't think any of that has changed much," I sighed. "And," continued the former harbor¬ master, now well into a rant of his own, and beginning to look and sound more like he did when he had the job, "every berther who ever complained about a rate increase could list all the things we were doing wrong and how inefficient we were — but you know what?" "What?" asked the powerboater. "Not one of them ever had a single good idea for improving the situation." "Here's one," I said. "What if we didn’t have to pay for those non-marina-related playgrounds and parks out of the marina budget?" "Right on!" said the powerboater. "And all those Parks and Landscaping Depart¬ ment vehicles and gardening staff charged to the marina. . ." 'Yeah, there was some of that going on," conceded the former harbormaster. "But it amounted to peanuts, and it hap-

pened only because staff rotated in and out, making it a complicated accounting situation." "But what about those playgrounds and parks that are considered to be part of the marina?" asked my liveaboard friend. "They get funded by our berth pay¬ ments, right?" 'Yeah, and that's the thing about this marina, one of the reasons folks think it’s desirable. It’s got a lot of things that other marinas don't." "I happen to know," said the power¬ boater, "that the budget for the Seabird Nature Center just about equals the marina's projected deficit next year. Not to mention the revenue lost because of the good deals you give the University Sailing Club, the Sea Scouts, and a few other non-profits. If the marina would just stick to being a marina and not a social service organization, we'd be well in the black and there wouldn't have to be a rate increase. There'd even be enough left over to maintain the docks properly, and keep the bathrooms clean. Look at any wellrun private marina." "Don't forgot the annual fireworks dis¬ play,” said the ex-harbormaster. You pay for that, too. But remember, if you really want to separate marina expenses and income from everything that's not directly related to private boat berthing, then you also have to give up all that lease revenue from the restaurants. We skim a percent¬ age of their gross, and it goes straight into the marina account. Best as I recall, what comes in from those lease concessions was about five times what goes out through all them 'social service' functions that you object to. So yeah, you could privatize the marina, send the business revenue straight to parks, playgrounds, and non-profit support, and they'd be much better funded and your rates would go through the roof. And best of all, with a private operator you wouldn't even have a public forum where you could go and bitch about it!" Yes, but, if you look at. . ."

MQ V^tand back please!" shouted one ofthe salvage divers as he ushered us out of his way, interrupting the powerboater's reply. He and a few helpers needed space to tend stabilizing lines. "Okay, hit the air!" called the boss of the salvage crew, and a big compressor started to chum. Bubbles appeared on the surface, mooring lines and air hoses were ad¬ justed. Two divers came up for instruc¬ tions, grabbed some more rope, and went down again. More bubbles, and then fiAugust. 1999

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MAX EBB nally the masts started to move. More orders were given, more lines were strung, and at one point one of the salvage crew handed me the tail of a stabilizing line, rigged to the head of the foremast and snubbed around a dock cleat. The masts continued to straighten.

indicating a reduced trim, and within a few minutes the trim was almost level. Then finally they began to rise. "Clear of the bottom!" shouted one of the divers. The crowd cheered. The salvage boss frowned. The divers and the crew were all shouting at each other, but over the noise of the compressor I couldn't make much sense to their instructions. I tended my stabilizing line.

In the middle of all this chaos, who should walk up but Lee Helm, naval ar¬ chitecture student from the university. She got there just as the tops of the two main airbags were breaking the surface. Looking into the water she could see the cabin trunk, now only a few inches below the surface., "More air won't do any good now," she said to no one in particular, shaking her head. "Because the bags are already at the surface?" I asked, practically yelling to be Page 182 • UtUiUi2 3? • August, 1999

heard over the machinery. "Yo, Max!" she answered, and pointed to the rope I was holding. "Like, *1 see you've finally been promoted to your level

Berths are rented by the foot, but harbors are filled by the square foot. In this case, each 60-ft berth takes up 3.6 times as much marina space as each 30-ft berth.

of incompetence!" "Very funny," I shouted back. "Can't you see I'm telecommuting today?" "Telegoofing is more like it." "What do you think they're going to do next?" "Get more air bags," she said, after a moment's thought. "I mean, as long as it's submerged they have to keep the cen¬ ter of buoyancy above the center of grav¬ ity, because there’s no waterplane. But that means the bags have to be too high to raise the deck edge high enough to pump the thing out. Once they have some transverse form stability they can add buoyancy lower down without going un¬ stable." Finally one of the salvage crew relieved me of my post, and Lee and I joined the other spectators further down the dock, away from the noise of the compressors. "I don’t think they have any more

bags," I said to Lee. "How would you handle it from here?" "Just float it over to the beach at high tide," she shrugged.

IN^eanwhile, our old harbormaster, my liveaboard friend, and the powerboater had also moved away from the noise, and were still engaged in the debate over ma¬ rina finances. "I still think a private company could run this place better and cheaper," in¬ sisted the powerboater. "You might be right," said the live¬ aboard. 'You know, I used to be in a ma¬ rina where the harbormaster came to work in coveralls. His first job, eveiy morning, was to clean the bathrooms. Then he spent most of the rest of the morning fixing things, which he was good at, and answered the phone and did the office work in the afternoon. Sure, it was a smaller marina than this, but his pro¬ ductivity was about equal to nine of our City workers." "Maybe that should be the rule: All harbormasters have to clean the bath¬ rooms!" "But it ain't gonna happen here," said the ex-harbormaster. 'You have to come up with ways to balance the bottom line within the current set of constraints." "Another restaurant or two?" I sug¬ gested. "Years ago," said the former harbor¬ master,” we wanted to increase the com¬ mercial activity, to get more lease revenue. But them tree-huggers put a stop to that. They had the Council wrapped around their little fingers, they did. They acted as if we were going to bulldoze the last tree and pave over the last blade of grass on the waterfront. Now, I'm proud to have been called a tree-hugger myself, but the fact is, we were talking about building on an oversize parking lot, and bringing some legit after-hours activity to an area that was then known more for gang fights at night than for safe enjoyment of the wa¬ terfront. But, you can't fight City Hall, and those options are off the table for good." "So it all falls on the shoulders of the berthers," said the owner of the big powerboat. "And disproportionately on us big-boat owners." "Like, how do you figure that?" asked Lee. "If they charge by length, and you have a big boat, you’re paying a far smaller proportion of your boat’s value and oper¬ ating cost than the small boat owners." "Actually," noted the liveaboard, "they

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do charge a higher rate for larger boats. It goes up by about 10% from the small¬ est size to the largest." But like, the cost of a boat varies by size to the three-point-fifth power," coun¬ tered Lee. "That means that when size doubles, costs go up by about a factor of eleven."

MT -L/ee, are you advocating a berth rate system that looks like the income tax

a small fraction of the operating cost. So like, the market will support a much steeper progressive rate, if you really want to generate more revenue without adversely affecting the demographics of the marina."

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"Shouldn't it go by a factor of eight when size doubles? Or an exponent of three? asked the liveaboard. "I always thought boats were bought, sold, and maintained by the pound." tables?" I asked. "But a pound of big boat tends to be For sure. A much steeper progressive more expensive than a pound of small rate structure is what the market sup¬ boat," Lee countered. "If you do a regres¬ ports. And like, we're not renting just a sion analysis on used boat listings, com¬ length of dock, but an area of harbor. Big paring boats of similar type, you come up boats are wider, not just longer, and the with an exponent of more like 3.7. So like, capitalization to build the marina, to en¬ this stuff about 'hitting the big boats close a fixed area of harbor, and to keep harder' is totally brain-dead. I mean, look it dredged out for those big boats, is a big at some examples: A typical 22-foot sail¬ part of the cost of providing the berth. So boat in good condition might be worth like, on the basis of area occupied, it about 5 K tops, makes sense to and the annual charge by the Asking Price v. Nominal LOA cost to berth it is square of size. (from July classifieds) — let’s see — That would about 30 per cent mean the berth of the boat's $1,000,00000 rate goes up by value. That's like, a factor of four quite a big hit on when size dou¬ the annual boat bles." budget. But a "Hold on a boat twice that sec," said the old size, in similar harbormaster. condition, is "Lots of our worth at least 50 costs were fixed K, probably much per berth. Keep¬ more. But they ing the electric only pay around and water ser¬ twice as much for vice going, and berthing, or about the billing over¬ six percent of head. And the value." dock mainte¬ "You're forget¬ nance is pretty ting that the item much a per foot being rented is thing." the berth, and "But that's that that's rented because you by the foot," ar¬ Regression analysis on this data shows that price is pro¬ don't see the gued the power- portional to LOA to the power of at least 4. cost of the origi¬ boater. nal marina con¬ "Sheesh, did you go to school before struction," said Lee. "Anyway, we have to they invented microeconomics?" said Lee. open that economics book and look at the "Let's go up in size even more: at 66 feet, market if we're going to do this rationally. the boat is probably worth 200 K, mini¬ Small boats are being priced out of the mum. Now we’re down closer to two per market — look at the vacancy rate for the cent of the boat's value every year. So the 20-foot berths. Demand is softening in the small boat is going to be shopping price. low 20 size range, but it's solid in the high The big boat isn't. Humongous difference 20s and above. When you get into the 40 foot range, demand shows very little price in market elasticity." sensitivity, because the berth fee is such

"But not all of the boats in here follow that cost curve," said the liveaboard. "This schooner, for example. It's one of the liveaboards that never goes out, and doesn't have the high operating budget that fits on your to-the-three-point-five-power curve." "If they never go out," said Lee, "then why do they have to be in a marina with such a desirable location for sailing?" "I think I see your strategy," I said. "It’s okay to price the liveaboards out of the marina, but not the boats that are actively sailed?" "If the boat isn't active, for whatever reason, then like, I wouldn’t mind seeing it priced out of the marina." "I'm with you," said the ex-harbor¬ master. "If we're talking about boats that are really nothing but low-cost housing. How in heck do you justify subsidizing them here in this location?" 'You can't," said Lee. "I mean, the fact thaf some big boats are operated on shoe¬ string budgets is not a good case against a progressive rate structure. Boats that hardly ever sail, whether derelict, live¬ aboard, or just neglected, should not pay the high rate for the primo location. But like, there are other boats that will pay it happily to be here — if there was room for them — because they're like, not shop¬ ping price when it come to selecting a marina." "But they do want clean bathrooms and a safe parking lot," said the live¬ aboard. Yup, still some work to be done in that area," our old harbormaster agreed. "I suppose the rational way to maxi¬ mize revenue," said the liveaboard, "is to choose the smallest size berth that's still in demand, and then fill the entire har¬ bor with that size berth. She's right, you can put four 30-foot berths in the space needed for one 60-footer, and you get al¬ most twice as much revenue." "Yes," said Lee. "But they probably couldn't rent berths of all the same size because the local demand for that one size August, 1999 • UtUUt ZS • Page 183

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below the optimum size for revenue and profit. The smallest berths can’t be sold unless they're priced low. The big berths can be sold veiy high, but only if the place is made desirable in terms of the non¬ economic factors. We got the location, all we need to do is keep the place functional, clean, and fix up the bathrooms." "Do you know how much it costs to build one new ADA-compliant bathroom structure these days?" asked the former harbormaster. "A hundred thousand?" I guessed, thinking that was outrageously high. "A quarter of a million!" he said.

seem to bother her at all. The old harbormaster gave her some good tips for hacking the waiting list, and then the powerboater launched himself into his standard promotional spiel for the yacht

mmmmu slowly edged her way into our group, wait¬ ing for a lull in the conversation. "You people seem to know something about this place," she said. "I just bought a 42-foot ketch, and I'm looking for a place to berth it. Do you know if there are any berths available?" "I'm pretty sure there's a long waiting list in that size range," said the liveaboard. "But you might as well get on it. You should also know that the rates are about to go way up for those bigger berths." That last bit of information — fictitious and floated as a test question — didn’t

O Vjuddenly there was more action over at the salvage operation. The big water pump started up, and some of the crew, standing up to their ankles in water on the cabin top of the stricken vessel, held the pump suction line into an open deck hatch. They started to pump for all they were worth — even though the sill of the hatch was several inches below the sur¬ face. "I think we've achieved saturation stu¬ pidity," remarked Lee. "Hey, those guys make my old crew look like pros!" laughed the old har¬ bormaster. "And," he added, poking our powerboater friend in the ribs, "they work in the private sector!” — max ebb

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THE RACING

With reports this month on thefmal draft picks of the US Sailing Team; local girls make good at the SFYC-hosted Ida Lewis Trophy regatta; the withering Plastic Classic; dinosaurs sweep the PICYA sum¬ mer games; the Saints win big at North Sails Race Week; the normal grindfest at the Laser NAs; reports on the Moore 24 and Express 27 nationals; the alwaysfun High Sierra Regatta; and the usual assort¬ ment of box scores and race notes at the end.

US Sailing Team Completed The Olympic Sailing Committee of US Sailing recently announced the final mem¬ bers of the 1999 US Sailing Team, i.e., the top five contenders in the Soling and Star classes. Team members in the other nine Olympic classes were announced several months ago. Inclusion on this prestigious team is based upon attendance and performance at a series of qualifying regattas, with each class devising their own ranking system. Membership on the US Sailing Team iden¬ tifies the sailors as strong candidates for an Olympic berth, and provides them wjth advanced coaching, training opportuni¬ ties, some cool clothes, and even some fi¬ nancial assistance. Rolex Watch USA sponsors the Team, while Sperry TopSider, Douglas Gill and Team McLube act as suppliers.

class was also rectified — upon recalcu¬ lation, Andy Kern of Burbank, California, was deemed the new fifth place team member. The following members of the US Sail¬ ing Team are listed in ranking order, one through five. Congratulations to the many Bay Area — and Southern California — sailors making the grade.

SOLING —1) Jeff Madrigali/Craig Healy/ Hartwell Jordan (Novato, Tiburon, Byron); 2) Tony Rey/Dean Brenner/Tom Burnham (Middletown, Rl); 3) Kent Heitzinger/Peter Manion/Wally Corwin (Wil¬ mette, IL); 4) Dave Curtis/Karl Anderson/Dave Moffet (Marblehead, MA); 5) Andrew Horton/Andrew Herlihy/ Andrew Buttner (Shelburne, VT); 6) Tom Brown/Jeff Thorpe/Scott Hale (Northeast Harbor, ME). STAR— 1) Mark Reynolds/Magnus Liljedahl (San Diego); 2) Howie Schiebler/Rick Peters (San Fran¬ cisco, El Segundo); 3) Peter Vessella/Mike Dorgan, Burlingame/San Diego); 4) John MacCausland/Phil Trinter (Cherry Hill, NJ); 5) Eric Doyle/Brian Terhaar (San Diego). Ida Lewis Trophy

Team player: Alameda's Jeff Thorpe recently made the US Soling Team. He recently left UK Sails and is now working at Quantum. The process of determining who makes the team must be fairly convoluted and political, as the Soling class was granted six team members instead of five due to a "misinterpretation of the class's ranking system." An earlier mistake in the Finn Page 186 •

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In a nail-biting finish, local sailors Abby Swann and Katie Clausen came from behind to win the 1999 US Sailing Junior Women's Doublehanded Champi¬ onship for the Ida Lewis Trophy by one point. Skipper Swann of Glen Ellen, and crew Clausen of Pt. Richmond, both 18 years old, sailed one of the best regattas of their young lives to pull up steadily from being 10th out of 28 boats after the first day. Going into the tenth and final race tied for second, they kept their poise — match racing their New Jersey rivals, Brit¬ tany Maschal and Samantha Sutter, to win the race and the series. "We didn't really expect to win," said Abby. "Katie and I wanted to have fun and do well, and had hoped to finish in the top three — which didn't look very pos¬ sible after our first day. But we did better when the wind came up, and we just took it one race at a time. It was really cool the way it worked out!" The three-day regatta, hosted by San Francisco YC, was sailed in Vanguard 420s on Richardson Bay between July 1012. Winds were light early in the series, but piped up to 12-15 knots near the end.

The range of conditions offered a good and fair test for the girls, all ages 13-18, and no one team dominated the regatta. Swann/Clausen, sailing for Richmond YC, posted a 11,3,(17), 1,3,6,9,2,1 en route to winning the five-year-old trophy. Abby and Katie were named to the 1999 U.S. Junior Sailing Team for win¬ ning the Ida Lewis Trophy, and were also invited to a special US Sailing advanced racing clinic for junior women sailors. Another local girl, Laurel Snetsinger of Sausalito, was awarded the regatta’s Sportsmanship Trophy. That honor was bestowed on Laurel by her fellow competi¬ tors via secret ballot at the end of the re¬ gatta. "All these girls grew up together in the Richmond YC junior program," explained proud papa Kers Clausen. "They are great friends, and are all on top of the world

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boats like Cal 20s, Santana 22s, Solings and literally dozens of other designs scat¬ tered around the Bay. "It was the smallest one yet," conceded BVBC commodore-for-life John Super. "But it also was one of the better ones, with great weather, two bands and lots to eat and drink. What more could anyone want on a Saturday afternoon?" Columbia Challengers 'swept' the event, with Jan Grygier's veteran Gunga Din taking first overall on the 10.7-mile race course and Chuck Jones' sistership Libertine winning the 'prettiest boat’ com¬ petition. The most exciting moment of the day came when a giant Maersk container ship steamed through the racing fleet — "Industrial strength yachting at the Bay View Boat Club, as usual," noted Super.

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SPINNAKER —1) Amante, Rhodes 19, Kirk Smith; 2) Wings, Columbia 5.5, Michael Jackson; 3) Yachyd Da, Newport 30, Jack Gill. (6 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Penelope, Knarr, Charles Griffith; 2) C&C Corvette, 'sloop1, Martin Fay; 3) Nausika, unknown, Geerling Goosen. (5 boats) IB-24 — 1) Constellation, John Lincoln; 2) The Office, Mike Lott. (3 boats) COLUMBIA CHALLENGER — 1) Gunga Din, Jan Grygier. (2 boats) TRITON — 1) Bolero, Ely Gilliam; 2) Dogstar, Larry Suter. (3 boats) CORONADO 25 — 1) Osprey, Alan Weller. (2 boats) INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT — 1) Skol, Michael Conner. (2 boats) ARIEL— 1) Pathfinder, Ed Ekers. (2 boats) OVERALL — 1) Gunga Din; 2) Amante; 3) Con¬ stellation. (25 boats)

PICYA Championships

Best buddies Abby Swann (left) and Katie Claus¬ en with the spoils of their Ida Lewis victory. right now!" Abby and Katie will be going their sepa¬ rate ways this fall, but will meet again soon on the collegiate sailing circuit. Abby will be a freshman at Cal Berkeley, while Katie will enroll at USC. But first, in Au¬ gust, the girls will cram in two last road trips together before school starts — the Leiter Cup in Detroit, then straight to the Bemis competition in Hawaii. TOP TEN — 1) Abby Swann/Katie Clausen (Glen Ellen/Pt. Richmond), 37 points; 2) Brittany Maschal/Samantha Sutter (Beach Haven, NJ/Surf City, NJ), 38; 3) Corrie Clement/Julie Wilson (Metrairie, LA/New Orleans, LA), 39; 4) Julie Papanck/Lindsay Duda (Chicago, IL/Dallas, TX), 52; 5) Jamie Smith/ Julie Mennucci (West River, MD/Annapolis, MD), 52; 6) Emily East/Catie Yeager (Fairhope, AL), 57; 7)

Molly Carapiet/Louise Sherman (Belvedere/ Tiburon), 58; 8) Lauren Padilla/Julie Hughes (Grosse Point, Ml), 62; 9) Ashley McBride/Kathryn Renton (Old Greenwich, CT/Riverside, CT), 68; 10) GennyTulloch/ Anabel Fay (Houston, TX), 92. (28 boats) OTHER NOR-CAL SAILORS — 14) Margaret Wilson/Monica LaHaye (Santa Cruz/Aptos), 131; 17) Noa Clark/Sarah Jones (Sausalito/San Francisco), 149; 18) Laurel Snetsinger/Emily Hemberger (Sausalito/Belvedere), 160; 20) Alex Gilbert/Tracy McClain (Belvedere/Larkspur), 172.1.

Plastic Classic What's up with the Plastic Classic? The 15th edition of this South Bay regatta fielded just 25 boats on July 17, down precipitously from over 50 last year. Hosted by the Bay View Boat Club and the local Islander Bahama fleet, this fun and funky all-day event is open to all fi¬ berglass boats designed before 1970 —

Who says you need a hot new boat to win a major championship? The average age of the four winners at this year's Pa¬ cific Inter-Club Yacht Association's an¬ nual July 'All Star Games' was 25.5 years old! The other thing that struck us as unusual about the series is that, for once, perennial powerhouse St. Francis YC got skunked in the trophy sweepstakes. Rich¬ mond YC took 'top club' honors with two golds, a silver and a bronze. Participation was part of the key — RYC was one of only three clubs (along with San Francisco and St. Francis) sporting enough to send a team into all four arenas. Whether or not the PICYA series still warrants the title of'major championship’ is debatable, as only 21 boats chose to show up at St. Francis YC on July 17-18 for the three-race, no-throwout PHRF se¬ ries. Ten clubs were represented, with Benicia YC and Sequoia YC coming the farthest. Weather for the series was 'sum¬ mery', i.e. cool and foggy in the morning. August. 1999 . UfcWeJ? • Page 187

with wind and sunshine in the afternoon. Other than some 'creative' starts (boats in three classes jumped the gun in the first race, which skewed the overall re¬ sults a bit) and one accident (Topgallant, beating upwind on starboard, was clob¬ bered by teammate Flexible Flyer on her way downwind), the weekend was fairly routine. Dean Treadway's 23-year-old Farr 36 Sweet Okole won the major door prize, the Lipton Cup itself. Dean previously won the Cup for Richmond YC in '95, and has come in second three times, including last Pag© 188 • UliUM 39 • August, 1999

year, despite breaking Okole's mast at the partners in the last race. The winning crew consisted of James Barnhill, Steve Baumhoff, Bruce Bradfute, Chris Chapman, Toby Cooper, Dave Grandin, Greg Hoff, Mark Irwin, Peter Minkwitz and Andy Sheets. Newport 30 campaigner Noble Gris¬ wold moved up to the 1975 Morgan 36 Goldilocks last December, but hasn't raced it much until now. Obviously remember¬ ing his all-night sail to this regatta last year from his Benicia YC home base (his motor failed). Noble arrived in the Cen¬

tral Bay the night before the series and tuned up at the CYC Friday night race. Goldi went on to dominate her Larry Knight playmates, the largest class with eight boats. Crewing on the yellow 1975 one tonner were Larry Gibbs, Cliff Nor¬ man, Monica Harrich, Reese Butler and Jim Germino. Richmond YC member Vaughn Seifers sailed his 1977 Hawkfarm Predator to a narrow victory in the Little Lipton series. After jumping the gun in the first race and getting DNFed, Seifers fought back with two convincing bullets to win on a

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Scenes from the smallish PICYA Summer Cham¬ pionships. Maybe the Upton Cup should be in J/105s next year? All photos 'latltude'/rob. tiebreaker over Wet Sheets. "We made it too close," admits Vaughn, who sailed with pals Jim Wheeler, David Albright, Chris Evanoff, Rowan Fennell and J^hn 'Chainsaw' Young. The three-year-old Admiral's Cup (known as the Commodore's Cup until a brain fade caused the new and expensive perpetual to be engraved incorrectly) was won for the third straight time by Tim McGowan's 1966 Santana 22 Summertime

Blues. Tim sailed for San Francisco YC with Steve Enzensperger, Bob Fox and John Arisman. "It would be nice if more boats came out," noted Tim, who grew up sailing Santana 22s. "Three boats just isn't enough! This is a really fun series, and I hope more boats will do it next year." LIPTON — 1) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean Treadway, RYC, 4 points; 2) Elan, Express 37, Bill Riess, EYC, 7; 3) Yeofy, Express 34, Jock MacLean, SFYC, 8; 4) Charade, J/105, Tim Scherer, StFYC, 11. (4 boats) LARRY KNIGHT — 1) Goldilocks, Morgan 36, Noble Griswold, BenYC, 5 points; 2) Jammin Too,

Catalina 36, Mike Lamb, StFYC, 12; 3) Ixxis, Olson 911-S, Nick Nash, f^YC, 16; 4) Zoom, Ericson 35-2, Michael McCarthy, AYC, 17; 5) Breakout, Santana 35, Lloyd Ritchey, Sequoia YC, 18; 6) Flexible Flyer, Santana 35, Kyle Elliot, SFYC, 22; 7) Enigma, Capo 30 mod., Robert Hultman, EYC, 23; 8) Imiloa, Catalina 34, Gregory Sherwood, Sierra Point YC, 25. (8 boats) LITTLE LIPTON — 1) Predator, Hawkfarm, Vaughn Seifers, RYC, 9 points; 2) Wet Sheets, Is¬ lander 28, Tim Merrill, BenYC, 9; 3) Air, J/24, Reid McLaughlin, StFYC, 11; 4) Soulatitude, J/24, Dan Thatcher, SYC, 13; 5) Geronimo, Lancer 30-2, Michael Campbell, CYC, 17; 6) Topgallant, Newport 30, Frank Hinman, SFYC, 21. (6 boats) ADMIRAL — 1) Summertime Blues, Santana 22, Tim McGowan, SFYC, 3 points; 2) RiffRaff, August, 1999 • LO&M19 • Page 189

THE RACING Santana 22, Colin Gilboy, RYC, 8; 3) Pooh Bear, Santana 22, William Kales, StFYC, 8. (3 boats)

North Sails Race Week The St. Francis YC team of Dale William's Farr ILC 46'Wasabi, Jessica Lord's Melges 24 Twist & Shout, and Steve Madeira's J/120 Mr. Magoo did the BayArea proud, narrowly claiming the cov¬ eted top yacht club trophy at the 15th annual North Sails Race Week. The honor was due to more than just good sailing, as an unprecedented number of Bay Area boats — including all three Farr 40s, the N/M 39 Raven, the Antrim 27 Abraca¬ dabra II, the Olson 30 Family Hour, the Olson 34 Razzberries, and eight or nine Melgi — made the trek to Long Beach for Bruce Golison s excellent five-race series on June 25-27. Overall winners of the mostly light-air regatta were Dennis and Sharon Case, who sailed their San Diego-based Wings to victory in the 15-boat Schock 35 class. This subjective honor goes to the winner of the most competitive class, and it could have just as easily gone to Dave Ullman for topping the 28-boat Melges 24 class for the third time in four years. 'We went back and forth on that one for a long time," admitted Golison, who was quite pleased with this year's regatta. "Everyone was very polite and civilized this year — and I thought it was great that the yacht club trophy went to Northern California for the first time!" North Sails Race Week also served as the third and final leg of the inaugural Volvo Inshore Championship, which pre¬ viously included the Yachting Cup (San Diego YC) and Cal Race Week in Marina del Rey (Cal YC). The overall vtfinner of the Volvo series, which also was awarded to the winner of the most competitive class, was Todd Downey's Schock 35 Trouble¬ maker. Three boats — Larry Harvey's J/ 120 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Ross Ritto's Farr 40 (IMS) High 5, and John Kilroy's Fan40 Samba Pa Ti — fired off bullets in all three regattas, not an easy feat. "Golison's regatta was the best of the three, even though we did the worst," noted Walt Logan, owner of the Farr 40 Blue Chip and the only Bay Area skipper to compete in all three events on this year's Volvo circuit. "The Volvo Champi¬ onship is a great idea, one we should rep¬ licate in the Bay Area. How about a coun¬ terpart circuit in the fall, culminating with the Big Boat Series?" For full results of both NSRW and the Volvo Championship, check out www.goli¬ son. com. Trophy winners follow: NORTH SAILS RACE WEEK (5 races): 50-FOOTERS — 1) Margaritaville, Farr 50, Jay Page 190 •

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Steinbeck, Del Rey YC, 12 points; 2) Wasabi, Farr ILC 46, StFYC, Dale Williams, 14; 3) Xtreme, ILC 46, Ed Rutledge, Coronado YC, 15. (7 boats) FARR 40 — 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, Cal YC, 13 points; 2) Orient Express, Peter Tong, LBYC, 14; 3) Endurance, Mike Condon, San Francisco YC, 18. (7 boats) PHRF-I — 1) High 5, Farr 40 (IMS), Ross Ritto, Cortez Racing Assn., 9 points; 2) Bravura, Farr 44, Ernie Pennell, SDYC, 13.5; 3) Impact {ex-It’s OK!) Andrews 43, Melville/Kieding, Santa Barbara YC, 14.5. (11 boats) PHRF-II — 1) Defiance, B-32, Scott Taylor, Cabrillo Beach YC, 12 points; 2) B-Nasty, B-32, Wil¬ son/Sturm, Coronado YC, 28; 3) White Knight, Farr 40, Phil Friedman, Del Rey YC, 30. (18 boats) PHRF-III — 1) Invincible, N/M 30, Rip Carruthers, SDYC, 7 points; 2) Intense, Olson 30, Allan Rosenberg, Alamitos Bay YC, 20; 3) Nemesis, Antrim 27, Geoff Longenecker, Southwestern YC, 21. (17 boats) PPIRF-IV — 1) Creeper, Santana 30/30, Kolshus/ Mayhon, South Bay Yacht Racing Club, 9 points; 2) Redline, Santana 30/30 GP, Bob Marcus, Alamitos Bay YC, 20; 3) Whippet, J/80, Bill Murray, Balboa YC, 21. (20 boats) J/120 — 1) Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Larry Harvey, Alamitos Bay YC, 10 points; 2) J-Bird, David Janes, Bahia Corinthian YC, 11; 3) Sneakers, Joe Carter, BYC, 17. (13 boats) MELGES 24 (Western Open Championship) — 1) Team Ullman, Dave Ullman, Balboa YC, 21 points; 2) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord/Nick Adamson, StFYC, 23; 3) Trailblazer, Collins/Wooten/Madrigali, King Harbor YC, 23. (28 boats) SCHOCK 35 (PCCs) — 1) Wings, Dennis & Sharon Case, SDYC, 14 points; 2) Outlier, Dick Schmidt & Gwen Gordon, Cal YC, 18; 3) Whistler,

Big winners — ‘Wings1 (foreground) won North Sails Race Week overall, while ‘Troublemaker1 took similar honors in the Volvo Championship. Johnstone/Wainer, Del Rey YC, 23. (15 boats) CATALINA37 — 1) Team Sheezaliedee, Infelise/ Silver/Hambrick, Huntington Harbor YC, 5 points; 2) Team Escapade, Mark Noble, Santa Barbara YC, 18; 3) Team Shag Me Baby, Van Heel/Kreitzburg, NoYC, 20. (7 boats)

VOLVO INSHORE CHAMPIONSHIP (3 regattas): 50 FOOTERS — 1) Cantata, Andrews 53, Ron Kuntz, Oceanside YC, 7 points. (9 boats) PHRF-I — 1) High 5, Farr 40 (IMS), Ross Ritto, Cortez Racing Assn., 7 points. (13 boats) PHRF-II — 1). Defiance, B-32, Scott Taylor, Cabrillo Beach YC, 7 points. (32 boats) PHRF-III — 1) Invincible, N/M 30, Rip Carruthers, SDYC, 6 points. (29 boats) PHRF-IV — 1) Whisper, S2-9.1, Al Berg, Santa Monica Windjammers YC, 16 points. (33 boats) J/120 — 1) Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Larry Harvey, Alamitos Bay YC, 3 points. (17 boats) FARR 40 — 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, Cal YC, 3 points. (7 boats) SCHOCK 35 — 1) Troublemaker, Jim Long/Todd Downey, Cal YC, 11 points. (23 boats)

Laser North Americans Fifty-seven Lasers descended upon Santa Cruz on July 8-11 for the 1999 La¬ ser North American Championship. The regatta was held outside the infamous Santa Cruz Mile Buoy (dubbed the "Buoy of Death" by locals) making for perfect La¬ ser sailing conditions in steady 16-18 knot

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1) Mark Mendelblatt, St. Petersburg YC, 17 points; 2) Nathaniel Stoffelsma, Royal Victoria YC, 38; 3) John Torgerson, Annapolis YC, 39; 4) Bill Hardesty, San Diego YC, 42; 5) Andy Lovell, South¬ ern YC, 43; 6) Chris Cook, Royal Canadian YC, 44; 7) Peter Hurley, Mantoloking, NJ, 74; 8) Jack Dreyfuss, USSC, 82; 9) Charles Meade, StFYC, 82; 10) Benjamin Richardson, Glouster, MA, 100; 11) Mattia D’Errico, Houston YC, 120; 12) Marc Jacobi, Salt Lake City, UT, 129; 13) Kurt Taulbee, Buffalo Canoe Club, 136; 14) Bernard Luttmer, Royal Ca¬ nadian YC, 136; 15) Greg Skidmore, Riverside YC, 147. (56 boats) Other NorCal finishers — 16) Martin Hartmanis, 150 points; 17) Zach Conrad, 180; 19) Kimbal Hall, 202; 20) Nick Pullen, 205; 23) Peter Vessella, 215; 28) Peter Phelan, 273; 29) Tracy Usher, 298; 41) Simon Bell, 394; 43) Brad Nieuwstad, 415; 44) Rob Horne, 420; 51) Rory Griffen, 528. (11 races; 1 throwout)

winds and nice rolling swells. In these chal¬ lenging conditions, Floridian Mark Mendelblatt, leading contender for the 2000 Olympic berth in Lasers, put on an im¬ pressive show with firsts in seven of the eleven races, good enough to wrap up the regatta with a race to spare. Second place went to Canadian star Nathaniel Stoffelsma, who edged Annapolis resident John Torgerson by one point. Mendelblatt and Stoffelsma, who won the PCCs last year, both earned berths to the 2000 Laser Worlds coming up next March in Cancun, Mexico. Top Bay Area finishers included Charles Meade in ninth, Martin Hartmanis in sixteenth, recent Kansas transplant Zach Conrad in seven¬ teenth, and Kimbal Hall in nineteenth. The Santa Cruz YC really knocked themselves out for this regatta. Dave Wahle's race committee did a fantastic job running the races, including keeping good control of the fleet at the starts. Off the water, the regatta was equally impressive, with Peter Phelan organizing everything from tons of great raffle prizes to free beer every evening. This regatta only served to enhance the regard the Laser Class' has for Santa Cruz as the best place to sail in North America. As Mark Mendelblatt said at the prize¬ giving, "I think we should have a major La¬ ser regatta here every year!" — tracy usher

Moor e 24 Nationals Twenty-two Moore 24s made the pil¬ grimage up to Huntington Lake for the Nationals this year. The good-natured trash talking and pre-race bantering be¬ tween Joel Verutti’s Mercedes and Dave Josselyn's Moorgasm— which each had a Maloney on board — began early. Loretta and Jim have been coming to Huntington since they were 10 years old and you won't find a more competitive couple anywhere. Loretta was looking forward to squaring off against her hus¬ band before they depart on their South

started on Wednesday, July 14, in typical Huntington conditions: 10-12 knots straight down the lake except for the oc¬ casional 30 degree shift. After a couple of general recalls we finally got the first race underway. We got off the line pretty clean and found ourselves in the front row as we headed to the left side of the lake. We played the shifts well and rounded first. We went on to win the first race by a com¬ fortable margin, which gave us the early lead in the series. In the second race we abandoned our initial plan of starting first, extending our lead and finishing strong by starting nearly last after seeing every door on the starting line slammed in our face. We sailed to the left side of the course in some of the dirtiest air I have ever seen, but it always pays to go the right way. Loretta did an excellent job nailing wind shifts as we made our way back into the race. Mercedes was well in the lead, no doubt pleased to see us suffering deep in the ranks. They must have been surprised that we made it back to third by the time we got to the second weather mark. We rounded the leeward mark in third and then taught the boys from Washington on Eclipse a lesson about sailing up the beach, stealing a second place finish from them. Day two started the same way with us winning the first race, this time sailing head-to-head with Mercedes. We held them off on our weather hip as we headed

jE jr > o Moore magic — the camping and partying at Huntington was just as good as the racing.

Sea adventure, and I was more than happy to have her with me on Moorgasm. The three-day, seven-race series

again to the left side of the lake, and as we reached the shore our lee bow posi¬ tion started to work when we got lifted up in front of them. We continued to make the right calls on shifts and picked our way to the top of the fleet, rounding the August, 1999 •

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THE RACING weather mark first and winning the short race. Mercedes finished third behind Glenn Hansen s Brio, lovingly referred to all week as "2 many 8's" because of their sail number 28888. The fourth race was won by Andy Hall’s Half Off, which posting an impres¬ sive 4,1,2 record that day. We finished a very close third to "2 many 8 s" and hung on to our lead. In the third and last race of the day (the fifth of the series) the sleep¬ ing giant — Dave Hodges — finally awoke and horizoned the fleet with his Fatuity. Dave was still a little groggy after just com¬ pleting the TransPac on Phillipe Kahn's SC 70+ Pegasus, but finally got it together to remind us he was still there, ending the day only nine points behind us. We had lost a little to Mercedes by finishing eighth in that race, leaving them only three points behind going into the last day. Back at Camp Penske that night we were treated to an incredible feast cour¬ tesy of the Moorgasm and Mercedes syn¬ dicates, featuring a seafood pasta, steak, barbecued chicken, rice, portebello mush¬ rooms, and fresh Caesar salad. It was more food than three boats’ crews and support teams could consume! Going into the last race with three points on Mercedes and nine points on Hodges, I was actually more worried about Dave than Mercedes. I just didn't want to blow it. Our intention was to go out and win the last two races and that would settle it, but Brad Butler's group on Eclipse stepped up to win the first race, shattering that plan. We posted a conser¬ vative fifth with the two boats we had to beat behind us, putting us 10 points ahead of Dave and 11 ahead of Joel going into the grand finale. A midline conservative start was in order and that is just what we got. After a few nervous moments in the fleet, we broke away and went up the right side of the lake on the second beat, mainly to stay out of the fray. Eclipse went on to win the last race and the day, while Hodges ended up second with Kamikaze and Mercedes right behind. We finished sixth, good enough to win by six points over Dave and nine over Mercedes. Thanks to my crew — Matthew Coale, Loretta Maloney and the owners Dave Josselyn and Hank Niles. Loretta, you can hold this over Jim's head for a long time to come. Have a great trip! — biff (aka chris watts) 1) Moorgasm, Josselyn/Watts, 26 points; 2) Fa¬ tuity, Dave Hodges, 32; 3) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 35; 4) Eclipse, Brad Butler, 43; 5) Kamikaze, George Wheeler, 43; 6) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan, 58; 7) Page 192* UtFUMZH • August, 1999

Half Off, Andy Hall, 61; 8) Bruzer, Gary Tracey, 63; 9) Gruntled, Becky Jonas, 63; 10) Brio, Glenn Hansen, 64; 11) Minnow, Dan Nitake, 67; 12) Una Mas, Larry Peterson, 68; 13) Free Fall, Fred Cox, 85; 14) Frenzy, Lon Woodrum, 92. (22 boats)

High Sierra Regatta Fresno YC s two-weekend High Sierra Regatta started off with rain and almost no wind on July 10-11. "It was pretty grim," admitted commodore/race chair¬ man Dave McAllister. The normally reli¬ able winds returned midweek, just in time for the Moore 24 Nationals, and then stayed through the second weekend, July 17-18. "The keelboats had great sailing — about 10 knots of breeze, sunny, just perfect!" said McAllister. The setting for the High Sierra week¬ ends was gorgeous Huntington Lake, set in the mountains above Fresno at an alti¬ tude of 7,000 feet. Being about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the series attracts an equal number of sailors from each end of the state. "It's the highlight of the lake circuit each year," said Richmond YC member Gary Albright, who won the tough PHRF-A class with his J/22 Talisman Banana. "We've been rac¬ ing up there 16 years now, and I still have trouble reading the lake. After missing a bunch of shifts in the first race, we just followed the locals and ended up beating them from behind." Three classes had championships in conjunction with the High Sierra Regatta. The Moore 24s held their Nationals (see preceding article), as did the Wylie Wabbits (Kim and Anna Desenberg, with Aaron Sturm, sailed Mr. McGregor to an¬ other title). The Santana 20s held their Districts, with Team Charlie’ (Witcher and Hess) of Folsom Lake winning handily with 20/20. Normally at the High Sierra Regatta, several trucks explode heading up to the lake, someone gets their campsite pillaged by bears, or something untoward happens on the water. 'We traditionally award a Hard Luck Trophy," said McAllister. "For once, we didn't have any reason to give it out this year."

Wilson/Feldman, 2.75. (4 boats) INTERNATIONAL 14 — 1) Ted Rogers, 2.75 points; 2) Walter Heym, 3.75; 3) Nigel Flook, 8. (8 boats) FORCE 5 — 1) Scott Wilder, 2.75 points; 2) Tim Biockinger, 2.75; 3) Steve Eyberg, 6. (8 boats) BANSHEE — 1) Craig Lee, 3.75 points; 2) George Koch, 4.75; 3) Curt Rogers, 7. (7 boats) 505 — 1) Ellen Ablow, 1.5 points; 2) Steve Anders, 5; 3) Ashley Tobin, 8. (7 boats) MULTIHULLS —1) Russell Duncanson, 1.5 points; 2) Steve Sherry, 5; 3) Ken Nelson, 7. (7 boats) SAN JUAN 21 — 1) Ruth Barcus, 1.5 points; 2) Arnold Aalto, 4; 3) Jerry Hansen, 6; 4) Bill Barcus, 8. (11 boats) LASER — 1) Tom Burden, 1.5 points; 2) Skip Dyke, 8; 3) Duncan McQueen, 9; 4) Lex Budge, 10. (11 boats) DAYSAILER-A— 1) Charles Wilson, 2.75 points; 2) Bill Fiock, 2.75; 3) John Field, 6; 4) Eduardo Grisetti, 13; 5) Ben Fiock, 13. (15 boats) DAYSAILER-B — 1) Michael Measures, 1.5 points; 2) Ralph Middleton, 5; 3) Adolf Liebe, 7; 4) Roger Murphey, 8. (9 boats)

FIRST WEEKEND (July 10-11):

SECOND WEEKEND tJulv17-18):

LIDO 14-A— 1) Stuart Robertson, 2.75 points; 2) Tom Jenkins, 5; 3) John Papadopoulos, 7; 4) Karl Walker, 7; 5) Kent Foster, 8. (11 boats) LIDO 14-B — 1) Paul Williams, 2.75 points; 2) Roy Woolsey, 5.75; 3) Al Perez, 6; 4) Terrie Smith, 7; 5) Roy Gammill, 8. (11 boats) C-15 — 1) Walt Prue, 1.5 points; 2) Joe O'Reilly, 5; 3) Bill Lee, 6. (6 boats) CATALINA 22—1) Tom Page, 2.75 points; 2)

PHRF-A — 1) Gary Albright, J/22, 7.75 points; 2) John Scarborough, J/24, 10; 3) Ralph Wessel, J/24, 11.75; 4) Nat Gildersleeve, Olson 25, 15. (13 boats) PHRF-B — 1) Lewis Wagoner, Coronado 25, 5.5 points; 2) Wade Behling, Capri 22,6.75; 3) Pat Magan, Capri 22, 9. (7 boats) HOLDER 25 — 1) Darren Hamm, 2.25 points; 2) Jim Rosaschi, 6. (5 boats) LASER, JR. — 1) Courtney Philips, 4.5 points; 2)

SHEET and silver-taped a splint onto the bent aluminum tube. It held well enough for them to score a bullet in the afternoon Olympic Triangle race, thus preserving the series. "We had planing headstay reaches in that race, and the pole held together," marvelled Will. "Duct tape is your friend!" Seventeen boats sailed in this year's Nationals, a good showing but ironically still less than this active class fields for the Berkeley Midwinters each year. Past winner Dave Hodges elected to sail in the concurrent Moore 24 Nationals on Hun¬ tington Lake, hot newcomer Nick Gibbens was sidelined with a broken rig, and pe¬ rennial threat Tom Baffico was MIA — but all the other top players were there. "I'm not sure how we ll ever convince more people to come out in the summer," said Schumacher, who designed the still-hot Express 27s back in the early '80s. He added cryptically, "I guess it is what it is." 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton/Jay Lambiotte, 10 points; 2) New Moon, Carl Schumacher/John Franklin, 16; 3) Sonita, Bill Melbostad/Craig Page, 23; 4) Mad House, Mike DeVries/Ken Moore, 23; 5) E-Type, Paul Deeds/Ben Landon, 23; 6) Swamp Donkey, Scott Sellers, 28; 7) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 46; 8) Summer Palace, Bart Harris, 52; 9) Dianne, Steve Harris, 53; 10) Opus, Mr. Crowson, 54. (17 boats)

'Motorcycle' riders (from left) Donovan, McCor¬ mick, Schaumburg, Paxton and Lambiotte with a souvenir from the Express 27 Nationals. Monica LaHaye, 6.75. (5 boats) FIREBALLS — 1) Randy Makinga, 4.75 points; 2) Allison Jolly, 9.5; 3) Benny Schwegler, 10. (7 boats) THISTLE — 1) Michael Gillum, 6.75 points; 2) Dean Iwahashi, 7.5; 3) David Keran, 9; 4) Chris Gedrose, 9. (13 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Brian Butler, 2.25 points; 2) Glen Hansen, 8; 3) Joel Verutti, 9; 4) Fred Cox, 9. (10 boats) SANTANA 20 — 1) Witcher/Hess, 3.5 points; 2) Jim Jackman, 9; 3) Lance Purdy, 10; 4) Gordon Wanlass, 11. (15 boats) WYLIE WABBIT— 1) Kim Desenberg, 3.5 points; 2) Andy Hamilton, 4.75; 3) Shannon McKown, 11. (7 boats) VICTORY 21 — 1) Chuck Philips, 2.25 points; 2) Don Bonander, 7; 3) Tom Anderson, 8. (7 boats)

Express 27 Nationals "Youth and enthusiasm won out over old age and treachery," joked Carl Schum¬ acher, who came in second in the windy Express 27 Nationals. The winner of the Richmond YC-hosted championship, held on July 16-18, was 23-year-old local sailmaker Will Paxton. Three boats tied for third, with Bill Melbostad getting the nod on the tiebreaker. Perhaps not coin¬ cidentally, all three top finishers are gain¬ fully employed in the sailing industry. Paxton and his mostly youthful crew

— co-owner Jay Lambiotte, Mike Schaum¬ burg, John Donovan and Andy McCor¬ mick — sailed Motorcycle Irene to a domi¬ nant 1,1,3,3,1,1,(3) record. Will, Jay and Andy all work at Quantum Sails, leaving no doubt which loft would supply Irene's sail inventory. "This was our third Nationals, and we really wanted to win," said Will, who also won the TransPac overall last month as part of the Grand Illusion crew. "Our team did lots of regattas together leading up to this one, and even held weekly practices. Between the TransPac and the Nationals, this has been the two greatest weeks of my sailing career!" Summer clicked in right as the sevenrace, one-throwout regatta began, and # 1 genoas never came out of their bags. There was a fair amount of carnage, including a ramming that literally left one boat's running lights imbedded in the stern of another — after the two boats were sepa¬ rated! Even the winners weren't immune; Motorcycle Irene broke her spinnaker pole in a spectacular round-down in Sat¬ urday's second race, dropping them from second place to third. With another race to go, and no time to dash into the club for a spare pole, Paxton and his pals un¬ screwed some teak seat slats from below

Box Scores Summer's speeding by, with more events than we could possibly cover each month. Here are results of a few more re¬ gattas which occured last month: MAYOR'S CUP (LMSC: July 4: 3 races) EL TORO — 1) Jim Warfield; 2) Dave Vickland; 3)'Jim Wondolleck; 4) Fred Paxton; 5) John Amen; 6) Art Lewis; 7) Tom Burden; 8) Jeff Joy; 9) Pete Blasberg; 10) Tony Beale. (18 boats) CATBOATS — 1) Ned Niccolls, Laser; 2) Dan Ouellet, Laser; 3) Jessica Amen, Byte; 4) (tie) Gene Harris, Byte, and Andrew Ouellet, Byte; 6) Del Locke, Holder 12. (9 boats)

ALMANOR HIGH WATER (Butte SC: July 10-11): MULTIHULL— 1) Mark Barr, Nacra 5.5, 6 points; 2) Richard Silvera, Prindle 16, 11; 3) Dave Hegan, Sea Spray, 11. (9 boats; 3 races) KEEL—1) Charles Copeland, Victory 21,1 point. (1 boat; 1 race) CENTERBOAFtD — 1) Brad Seaberg, Thistle, 5 points; 2) Jim Marazo, Thistle, 5; 3) Dave Neilsen, Laser, 5. (8 boats)

JERRY O'GRADY SINGLEHANDED tCPYC: July 10): DIV. A — 1) Far Better Thing, Ericson 30+, Charles McArthur; 2) Pizote, Santana 30/30, Kevin Knick; 3) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe. (11 boats) DIV. B — 1) Spirit, Cal 2-20, Vince Swerkes; 2) Saggita, Islander 28, Walter George; 3) Summer¬ time, Folkboat, Luther Izimirian. (6 boats) IMCO NAs (StFYC: July 17-18: 11 races): MEN — 1) Lars Kleppich, AUS, 27 points; 2) Jon August, 1999 . UiLtUil9 • Page 193

THE RACING Paul Tobin, NZL, 29; 3) Aaron McIntosh, NZL, 32; 4) Bruce Kendall, NZL, 41; 5) Shayne Bright, NZL, 58; 6) Motokazu Kenjo, JPN, 63; 7) Mike Gebhardt, USA, 69; 8) Kevin Stittle, CAN, 90; 9) Ricardo Giordano, ITA, 99; 10) Peter Wells, USA, 1Q1; 11) Will James, GBR, 106; 12) Matthew Wehms, GBR, 108; 13) Ikuo Inoue, JPN, 109; 14) Ted Huang, TPE, 113; 15) Alain Bolduc, CAN, 116. (42 boards) WOMEN — 1) Barbara Kendall, NZL, 10 points; 2) Jessica Crisp, AUS, 23; 3) Anna Graczyk, POL, 32; 4) Caroll-Ann Alie, CAN, 46; 5) Lannee Butler, USA, 52. (17 boards) INTERCLUB #4 tAlameda YC: July 10: 7 miles): BIG SPINNAKER (< 169) — 1) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, Mark Rommell; 2) Half Fast, Merit 25, R. Conger. (4 boats) LITTLE SPINNAKER (>173) — 1) Spridle, Catalina 22, Mike Faber; 2) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Peddler, Catalina 27, Norm Rehm; 2) Sandman, Beneteau 305, Chris Noe. (5 boats) MULTIHULL (w/spinnaker)— 1) Ja Mon, F-25c, John Kocol. (3 boats) MULTIHULL (non-spinnaker) — 1) Sea Bird, F27, Richard Holden; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells. (5 boats)

Race Notes Hail, Columbial A group of fourteen local Knarr sailors have banded together

to form the improbably-named 'Hole in One Syndicate', with the intention of rac¬ ing the famous 12-Meter yacht Columbia in the upcoming Edgartown Classic 12Meter Regatta. Scheduled for August 6-8 out of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, this long-running regatta will supposedly see all 13 existing classic (pre-fiberglass) 12s in attendance. Columbia, which crushed the British challenger Sceptre 4-0 to re¬ tain the America's Cup in '58, won this regatta last year under Gary Jobson's command. The Hole in One gang, led by skipper Larry Drew, obviously hopes to repeat that performance. Other syndicate mem¬ bers are Jo Ayres, A1 Blair, John and Rosalind Colver, John Heath, Ray Palmer, Mike Ratiani (tactician), Mike Roy, George Rygg, Steve Shaffer, Jim Tull, Mike Walsh and Steve Wear. Their distinctive syndi¬ cate name reflects the Knarr's insignia (a simple circle), as well as the senior syn¬ dicate members' increasing defection to the golf course. Sale boats of the month: San Diego YC member Jason Khoury is the first West

Coast owner of an Arodyne 38, the new Rodger Martin-designed, South Africanbuilt racer/cruiser. Khouiy will take de¬ livery of his new boat this fall, put it on display at the April 2000 Pacific Sail Expo, and then sail it in the Pacific Cup. . . . Paul Martson has sold his Olson 30 Lurker to Scott Poe of Newport Beach. Martson "got sick of going so fast" and has bought a cruising boat, a Vagabond 47 to be named Siren. He will be deliver¬ ing his new boat north from Ensenada in early July. Meanwhile, the rest of the Lurker crew is looking to buy a used Moore 24. The Southern California J /120 Windshear was just purchased by Jeff Winkelhake, who will keep the boat at Alameda's Marina Village. Jeff previously owned the Beneteau 456 Interabang. . . Doug Slakey has put his Beneteau 36s7 Coax on the market to make way for a fall delivery of his new J/120, and Mark Bow¬ man has just brought his J/120 Jolly Mon up from Southern California, keep¬ ing it at South Beach Marina. "It won't be

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On a roll — Sausalito billboard magnate John Sweeney won the TransPac on 'Gi and has now joined 'America True' as a trimmer.

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THE RACING SHEET worried — especially me!" . . . Lynn Olinger and Russ Silvestri are currently representing the U.S. in the Europe and Finn classes, respectively, in the Pan Am Games. Only one American sailor from each class is invited to compete in this international series, which is underway in Winnipeg, Canada, until August 8. The Pan Am Games occur every four years, offering top-flight racing for five Olympic classes (Finn, Europe, Laser, men's and women's IMCO) as well as Snipes, Light¬ nings, Sunfish, Hobie 16s and Laser Radials. Sled update: The SC 70 Mirage de¬ buted under new ownership with a re¬ spectable fifth in class in the 333-mile Chicago-Mackinac Race. She is now owned by a syndicate of four guys who previously owned a SC 50 and a SC 52 named Clark Kent. While Santa Cruz mourns the loss of Mirage, Lake Michi¬ gan is celebrating this latest addition to its growing ULDB 70 fleet (ten SC 70s, one N/M 68). They have an organized race schedule, amateur driving rules, upper IMS limits to encourage level rac¬ ing (no turbos allowed!), and even a website (www.greatlakes70.com). We keep

Schmidt (Tiburon)/Katie Clausen (Pt. hearing through the grapevine that Evo¬ lution will be next to go. It's sad to watch the ULDB 70 phenomenon wind down on the West Coast, but nice to know that these great boats are enjoying their fresh¬ water afterlife. Olympic countdown: "In response to concerns from organizers and sailors," the Santa Cruz YC-hosted Tornado Class Olympic Trials have been rescheduled from the fall of 1999 to March 23-April 2, 2000. The Europe, Finn, Laser and Star Trials will still be held on April 6-16 on the Bay, with the Soling Trials later on June 1-11. Pebblestars on vacation: The Area G Eliminations for the Sears/Smythe/ Bemis junior sailing championships were held at San Francisco YC on July 6-7. Advancing to the Sears Cup (Balboa YC, Aug. 16-22) was the team of skipper Rusty Canada (Tiburon), Andy Goodman (Stockton) and Ian Rogers (Tiburon). Our representatives at the Bemis Trophy (Kaneohe YC, Aug. 14-17) will be Andy

Richmond) and Abby Swann (Glen Ellen)/ Ashley Frush (Stockton). Earning the two berths at the Smythe Cup (Kaneohe YC, Aug. 14-19) were Rob Horne (Santa Cruz) and Jay Scott (Alameda). Bay Area juniors struck silver at the

U.S. Junior Olympic Sailing Champi¬ onship on Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 21-27. Alameda's Kimbal Hall came in a close second to Andrew Lewis of Hawaii in the 49-boat Laser class, while skipper Joey Pasquali (Santa Cruz) and crew Rory Griffin (Fresno) took second on a tiebreaker in the 34-boat 420 class. About 150 kids competed in three classes (La¬ ser, 420, 470), all qualifying for the pres¬ tigious event by resume. So many races, so little time: As we went to press, a bunch of regattas were just winding down. Look for details next month on the Champagne Mumm Admiral's Cup (the Dutch won, while the U.S. squad of the N/M 50 Idler, the Sydney 40 Blue Yankee Pride and the Mumm 36 Ciao Baby ended up a disappointing fifth), the Silver Eagle Race, and the U.S. Windsurfing Nationals (check www. windsurfing.com for the results).

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Inter net Charter Marketing: Surfing for Info, Ideas and Bar gains There's no question about it. Internet marketing has become an integral ele¬ ment in the merchandising stategies of most sales organizations these days, and yacht chartering outfits are no exception. Unlike buying a Nike T-shirt or a set of Ginsu knives over the net, however, a yacht charter — whether by bareboat or luxury crewed yacht — is going to be a major expenditure that demands a care¬ ful, and well-informed decision. That be¬ ing the case, we would not encourage you to complete such an important transac¬ tion entirely in cyberspace. After all, there's no substitute for personal, oneon-one communication with a sales agent that can give you his/her undivided at¬ tention. However, in the early planning — or pipe-dreaming — stages of setting up a sailing vacation, the net can be a tremendous asset for gathering informa¬ tion and ideas. Within minutes, you can find out things like: who has boats in a particular area; what types of boats are available at each base: how many cabins, heads and showers a particular boat has; and what provisioning packages are available — all before you electronically request bro¬ chures. The list of advantages goes on. If you are 'geographically challenged', bareboat companies usually provide simple maps of the destinations where they have boats, often accompanied by sample itineraries. Every would-be world cruiser dreams of sailing New Zealand's Bay of Islands. But why wait for the big cruise? Go there now and charter.

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It might influence your decision-making, for instance, to learn that the islands of Tonga are veiy close together, whereas Tahiti's are not. And if an area intrigues you, you may be able to augment your research on that country’s general tour¬ ism site. (Many, but not all, bountries have them.) With the frantic, fly-by-the-seat-ofyour-pants lifestyles that most of us lead these days, we can't alwpys set aside blocks of time during normal business hours to chat with charter consultants about myriad details. That's where the net comes in handy: it's open for business 24 hours a day. Most of the info you gather, of course, can be printed out for more careful study later. And both text blocks and simple graphics can be captured and saved, or perhaps e-mailed to your potential char¬ ter mates. We've found that trying to put together a trip with a number of friends or family members (that don’t all live under the same roof) can be a nightmare these days, because of the complexities of everyone's personal schedules. No one wants to com¬ mit to a booking until they've scrutinized the destination and boat info, yet if you don’t book well in advance, you probably won’t get the boat you want for your ideal dates. With the Internet as a resource, you can often speed up the process, and shortcircuit the procrastinating. Just give your partners a list of Web addresses, and tell them you want their decision by the end of the week! Many firms are reluctant to list pric¬ ing and up-to-the-minute availability over the net, and we don’t blame them. While there's nothing wrong with shop¬ ping for a good value, we wouldn't recommend ever choosing a boat just be¬ cause its cheap, unless you have some iron-clad guarantee of its quality. Although complete pric¬ ing may be withheld, by frequently browsing char¬ ter sites you will often find special discounts on rela¬ tively last-minute char¬ ters. When talking to an

agent, you might not learn about them unless you think to ask, but on a jveb page the word "discount" is likely to jump right out at you. That being said, unless you can get away on short notice and can get deals on air tickets, such bargain offer¬ ings may be irrelevant to you. We'd also caution you about investing all your hopes and dreams in a foreign company that you've never heard of be¬ fore, and that has no U.S. representation. Even if the photos on the site look great and the price is right, you could learn a hard lesson if you flew halfway around the world only to find out your bargain boat had been misrepresented. In order to charter in truly remote regions, how¬ ever, it might be worth taking a gamble. You can lessen the risk by requesting (En¬ glish-speaking) references who you can call, write or e-mail. Another option would be to work through a highly-regarded U.S. charter broker, who will negotiate on your behalf, hold your funds in escrow until shortly before the trip, and will be avail¬ able for recourse, should a problem oc¬ cur. Websites can also be useful if you're looking for shared sailing opportunities with other individuals or couples. In ad¬ dition to bareboat flotilla trips all over the world, some crewed yacht agencies sched-

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ule 'cabin charters' on luxury yachts with pampered service. Instructional opportunities are also explained on charter websites, from ac¬ credited liveaboard courses, to resortbased programs, where sailing is only part of the draw. On this note, we should men¬ tion that some large charter firms also offer additional travel services such as ho¬ tel and flight packages at discounted rates. We wouldn’t dream of spoiling your fun by listing every chartering website on the Internet. But to give you an idea of what you might find, here are a few tidbits we stumbled on during a recent short ses¬ sion on line: On the Sun Yacht Charter/ Stardust Marine site (the two firms have recently merged) we perused an enticing 7-day itinerary out of Sicily, from Palermo through the Aeolian islands and back. We jumped to an Italian tourism site and found, among other things, a ferry sched¬ ule from the mainland to the island and a complete list of summer festivals. ' On the Sunsail site we checked out Club Colonna, the company's first Carib¬ bean watersports resort, complete with photos, a long list of activities and a rate ~~

sheet in U.S. dollars. On The Moorings site we daydreamed about cruising New Zealand's Bay of Is¬ lands while following a sample loop itin¬ erary out of the historic town of Russell. We then jumped to their Whitsunday Is¬ lands (Australia) page for comparison, and learned that their base is located in the very heart of the archipelago, at Hamilton Island. Belize is on the list of places we'd like to sail, so we checked out TMM's site and found they have six different cats avail¬ able there from 35 to 46 feet. A hotlink took us to the Belize Tourist Board's ex¬ cellent site, where we checked out the country’s ancient Mayan ruins. But these items represent only a miniscule sam¬ pling of charter ideas the net will reveal. Doz¬ ens of other charter compa¬ nies have excel¬ lent websites with compre¬ hensive info on their fleets — even Mom and Pop operations with less than a half-dozen boats.

Coining to a'Roaring Standstill' Amongst the Br eakers in Maupiti As we were tying up after returning from a family charter with Tahiti Yacht Charters, we started talking to the only other people around — the crew of an¬ other boat that was also returning from a charter in paradise. It turned out that they were from San Francisco too. Bill Hoffman and Lori Robson of San Francisco (who are owners of Express 27 Surf an), and their friends Colin and Joyce MacDonald of Petaluma were just return¬ ing from two great weeks aboard a Beneteau Oceanis 411 they'd also char¬ tered from Tahiti Yacht Charters. Their extensive itinerary started in Papeete, Tahiti. They sailed to Moorea, did an 90mile overnight from Moorea to Huahine, then on to Raiatea, Bora Bora and Maupiti. They then backtracked to Bora Bora and ended their trip at the Tahiti Yacht Charters base at Raiatea. For most itineraries in the Society Is¬ lands you take a 'puddle jumper' from Papeete to Raiatea, then sail the three main islands of Huahine, Raiatea/Tahaa, and Bora Bora. Such trips can be done cohifortably in 10 days, but with a full two weeks, the itinerary followed by these Bay area sailors sounded diverse and spectacular. One of the most interesting stops on their trip was the rarely visited island of A friendly Tahitian named Richard (with hat) helped usher this intreped Northern California crew through Maupiti's challenging entrance.

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Maupiti, partly because of its legendary beauty, and partly because it was the site of one of the scariest sailing moments of their lives. Colin MacDonald wrote us about it: "We left Bora Bora at 0600 and had a beautiful sail for the 20 miles to Maupiti. As instructed by our charter company, we hailed a fellow named Richard on the VHF. In his broken English, he told us that the swell was too high and that we could not enter the pass. So, reluctantly, we turned and headed back to Bora Bora. "About 20 minutes later we found our¬ selves on a collision course with another charter boat that had also left Bora Bora with intentions to visit Maupiti. Every time we changed course to avoid them, though, they would change course to intercept us. Finally, once we got close enough, we could see they wanted to talk to us, so we called them on the VHF and they told us in broken English — they were French — that Richard said we could follow them through the pass. So we turned and fol¬ lowed. We dropped our sails and started the engine when they did, and when Richard said, "Go now," we put the throttle to the stops and headed for the only place that the water was not breaking, right behind the Frenchies. "The thing was that the pass is only 190 feet wide, narrower then it sounds. The breaking waves on either side were 10 feet high, and the center of the pass was like a giant washing machine with a current of at least six knots. The Frenchies had a lot more power then we did and they zipped right through. Our boat would only do 7 knots at full throttle Reminiscent of the BVI's famous Baths', this Seychelles anchorage at St. Anne gives access to enticing shoreline explorations.

in smooth water, so when we got to the narrowest part of the pass we kind of stopped. With Richard telling us to "hurry, hurry" we slowly pulled our way into the Page 200 •

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calmer water of the lagoon. It was by far the hairiest time we had on the whole va¬ cation — except for when a Tahitian dude wanted to take my wife’s camera after she took a picture of his car. But that is an¬ other stoiy. "Anyway Maupiti was a great island. We had to stay an extra day because the weather got funky and Richard said the pass was closed. But when we left the next day, the pass was very calm and not any¬ thing like what it had been when we en¬ tered." As Colin and his friends found out, sometimes the most memorable moments of a sailing vacation are the least expected. We'll have a full report on our own trip in the coming months. — latitude /ja

Creole Christmas Paris on New Year's Eve had a nice ring to it, but mid-winter warmth and a sailing adventure was also definitely calling. A Sunsail bareboat charter in the Seychelles with time in Paris on either end seemed like a perfect compromise. Spontaneity paid off too, as we £ got a 10% discount for reserv2 ing at the last minute. 0 The main cluster of is-. H lands making up the Repub¬ lic of Seychelles, which is located in the western Indian Ocean, is an overnight (9-

A former French Colony, the Seychelles is a fa¬ vorite stop among world cruisers. Bareboats be¬ came available there only recently. hour) flight from Paris. Somehow, after travelling hallway around the globe, we expected things to be more exotic. How¬ ever, the proximity to Somalia and the Seychelles' role as a listening post for the U.S. during the Cold War has kept the country up to date with technology (e.g. cell phones) and American culture (e.g. baseball caps). People were exceptionally friendly, open and nearly everyone seemed to be able to speak English, French as well as the native Creole. Formerly a French colony, the Seychelles Islands are now an independent republic within the British Commonwealth. The most significant cultural difference we noticed, pleasantly, was a dearth of peddlers and almost a complete lack of crime — factors which seem to plague Caribbean waters more and more each year. In fact, we sensed almost a complete lack of impact from tourism of any sort.. Geographic isolation may explain some of this. The Sunsail team scoffed when we asked about locking the dinghy, saying, "There’s nowhere for anyone to go where our dinghies wouldn’t be recognized." We also experienced the downside of geographic isolation, however, when we arrived on Christmas morning to find very few of our requested provisions were on board. The Sunsail staff explained, "Of course we couldn’t get those things during Christmas week." Seemingly, the

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Seychelles ends up with whatever is surplused elsewhere in the world. We were driven to the local market to forage for what was available and found crackers from China, juice from Capetown, beer from Australia, but not much else. Luck¬ ily, we had stocked up on cheese, wine, coffee, and other 'necessities' in Paris! The Sunsail staff managed to scare up some ice from their own freezers, and we were ready to go. This was our first charter with Sunsail. Our Oceanis 351 was a fairly typical bare¬ boat, although, we must say, a little more beat up than boats we've chartered in less remote locations. On the plus side, al¬ though we felt guilty dragging the Sunsail crew into work on Christmas morning, they were very friendly and had decorated the boat complete with a tree and Christ¬ mas 'crackers'. We checked out, motored about one hour to St. Anne Marine National Park, anchored, and fell asleep. We awoke in time for a late afternoon snorkel and got a first taste of what was in store: huge numbers of beautiful and unusual fish, but almost no live coral. It was eerie, be¬ cause the coral forms were still main¬ tained, but completely devoid of color. The unusually high temperatures in the west¬ ern Indian Ocean are the suspected c&use of this bleaching, which the Seychellois claim is even worse in the Maldives. On Boxing Day, after an hour of heavy rain in the morning, we did the 25-mile crossing to Praslin, which was almost identical to our usual Santa Barbara to

Santa Cruz Island run in terms of wind (15-20 knots) and sea conditions (2 m swells). Navigation was mostly by sight, but currents and isolated hazards made course plotting using the GPS a neces¬ sity. In spite of the nominal "northwest" conditions for this time of the year, a re¬ sidual swell was also running from the southeast, making most anchoring op¬ tions pretty roily. Baie St. Anne on Praslin is almost always protected from the roll. It turned out to be our base for several nights. There was plenty of swing room as well as entertainment when the ferries and fishing boats arrived at the town dock, but there wasn't very good swimming from the boat. Praslin is home to the Vallee de Mai Park, which all the tourist brochures rec¬ ommend. It was fun to take a local bus, once we figured out the system (take the bus going to the airport). Once there, we paid the admission and hiked through the verdant jungle, admiring the famous coco de mer. These palms come in male and female genders and it’s easy — some would say embarrassing — to tell which is which. Our base in Baie St. Anne also was a good spot for having dinner at Cha¬ teau Les Feuilles, a member of the Relais and Chateaux group, with a very nice staff, but less-than-stellar cuisine. We also anchored at Curieuse Island, where we did some good snorkeling, and made day trips to St. Pierre, lie Coco, Grande Soeur, and La Digue. La Digue is another major island in the area, but its anchorages on the northwest side were Tranquil? Yeah, you could say it's tranquil in the Seychelles. Although it's halfway around the world, what a great place to relax.

exposed to the northwest winds. We sailed around to the southeast side to see if we could anchor there, but the residual southeast swell was huge. A pity, since the coves and beaches along the east and southeast coasts of La Digue were spec¬ tacular. All this time, we saw only about a dozen other cruising boats. Our last night was spent back at St. Anne Park, after another exhilarating crossing of the Praslin-Mahe passage. This time we paid the park fee and spent some time snorkeling off the adjacent is¬ land of Moyenne. Many of the islands and harbors of the Seychelles are part of the national park system. Because of this, they often charge a fee for anchoring, typically about $10, along with a $10 per person fee if you go ashore or snorkel. This situation will change in November 1999, however, when the country plans to initiate a "Gold Card" program. At a cost of about $100 each these will be issued to each person upon arrival at the airport, and will eliminate the annoyance of having to pay every time you drop your anchor. It seems the Seychelles prefer to make their country a sort of eco-refuge — "The Last Sanctu¬ ary" as it is called — with wealthy tour¬ ists footing the bill. The next morning, we were up early in order to get back in time to catch our early flight back to Paris. Checking in at Sunsail was casual, with seemingly little concern paid to our comments about the cock¬ roaches and miscellaneous maintenance problems. Before we knew it — well, 9 hours and a 3 hour time change later—we were back in Paris on New Year’s Eve! We carefully set the alarm for 10 p.m. and laid down for a short nap, with plans to celebrate in true Parisian fashion. Unfortunately, when we awoke it was already morning, so instead of being out on the Champs Elysees we tuned in CNN just in time to watch the Times Square ball drop at 6 a.m. Paris time! C’est la vie! *

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Tom — thanks for your insightful re¬ port. The Seychelles is a chartering desti¬ nation that many of our readers are curi¬ ous about. We've been reading elsewhere about the damage to the delicate corals of the Maldives and Seychelles due to an in¬ crease in water temperature. It is truly tragic, although it sounds like there are still plenty of reasons to visit those islands.

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WORLD OF CHARTERING As to finding an ample supply of cock¬ roaches, but a paucity of available provi¬ sions, that is a situation that every cruiser who's spent time in the tropics is very fa¬ miliar with. Bareboaters who charter in destinations closer to the V.S. mainstream are usually sheltered from such realities, but as charter opportunities open up far¬ ther andfarther afield potential clients will have to be willing to rough it a bit. At any rate, we lookforward to hearing about your next adventure. — Ed. Charter Notes

With the combination of the Gold Rush fleet's arrival and the annual Fourth of July fireworks displays, every charterboat on the Bay seemed to be chock full of charter guests early last month. Adding to the excitement, the Hawaiian Chief¬ tain, the Californian — which spends part of every summer here — and the Pil¬ grim of Newport (Beach) engaged in mock gun battles that gave guests a taste of the inexact science of sailing ship warfare. Many were sad to see the visiting fleet of square riggers and schooners depart the Bay on July 5. But if touring them left you eager to make a tall ship voyage

opportunity takes place next year, when will race from Europe to the U.S. and back again. We're reminded that a good source for booking such vessels is a long-established charter brokerage in Sausalito called Ocean Voyages: (415) 332-4681. Although the summer sailing season in the San Juan and Gulf Islands is rela¬ tively short, there is still time to sneak away for a jaunt through the islands — and we’re told there are still boats avail¬ able in both areas. August is the 'slowest' month of year for charter firms in the Eastern Carib¬ bean, so the prices are at their lowest. It's worth noting that the bargain rates remain until late in the fall — long past the end of Hurricane Season — and an¬ chorages remain relatively uncrowded. With every Caribbean bareboat already booked for the Millennium celebrations, we suggest chartering in the islands this fall, then just cuddling up at home by the fire to usher in the New Year. Another prime fall destination is Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Remember to book early, as The Moorings is the only bareboat supplier, and their fleet in La Paz has a limited number of boats. the largest tall ship fleet ever

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CHANGES With reports this month from Adios on negotiating the difficult slog from Panama to the West Coast of the United States; from Thistle on the completion of a seven-gear circumnavigation; from Ballerina on getting great outside medi¬ cal assistance while on remote Fanning Island; from Tenacious on the famous '91 -Day Yacht Club' in Ensenada; from Barefoot on a second visit to the moreaccommodating-than-ever Galapagos Islands; from Giggleswick II on crossing the Atlantic; from Alegria on an unexpected visitfrom Mitch; from Scotfree on escaping the heat of summer in Mexico; and Cruise Notes.

Adios — Peterson 36 Jim Daubenberger Panama To The U.S. West Coast (Port Townsend, WA) I'm writing to discuss making an off¬ shore passage from Panama to the West Coast of the United States. In last month s issue, Latitude quoted from Jimmy Cornell's world cruising routes book on how to do it. Cornell actually bought the information from me in '85. The price? A couple of beers in a little bar near the harbor at Las Palmas in the Canary Is¬ lands. At the time, I had already com¬ pleted two deliveries using the following route: Depart Panama, motorsailing up the beach on the predominately onshore/off¬ shore breezes to northern Costa Rica. Here you will encounter the famed Papagayo winds in the gulf of the same name. Kick offshore in these strong con¬ sistent breezes from the northeast to east¬ ern quadrant, steering due west to make for Clipperton Island. In the vicinity of Clipperton — which is about 1,100 miles west of Costa Rica — steer northwest to close on the westerly trending coastline about 600 miles offshore of the Baja Peninsula. You will then be able to reach up the coast in the northeast trades, staying about 600 miles offshore until you near the latitude of your desired landfall. You then turn While Daubenberger didn't write the book on the modern sailing route from Panama to the West Coast, he gave the infomation to author Cornell.

right for shore, although you'll have to motorsail for a couple of days to cross over from the northeast trades to the coastal northwesterlies that will take you home. I have made this same basic passage a total of three times: 1) Panama to Los Angeles in 28 days with an Islander 36. Due to a water pump failure, we couldn't use the engine much after northern Costa Rica. We used a to¬ tal of 35 gallons of fuel. 2) Panama to San Diego in 34 days with a heavy displacement 34-foot steel ketch. We used about 80 gallons of fuel. 3) Panama to Port Townsend, Wash¬ ington, in 45 days with a French-built fin keel steel cruising boat — you know the type. This was the end of our trip from Europe, and we used a total of 100 gal¬ lons of fuel, a third of it just for charging the batteries. On this passage, we aimed for a point 800 miles offshore at latitude 38SN, and then turned directly for the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Of the 45 days, there were only two days after Costa Rica when we couldn't steer our course. The rest of the passage we had cracked sheets. Based on my experience, the offshore route is not only quite effective, but quite comfortable, too. The big trick is to go out far enough to reach the northeast trades — and stay in them until it’s time to make your landfall. When I first attempted to sail non-stop from Panama to the Pacific Northwest — this was in '78 with a 30-foot engineless Bahamian smack — I took the classic 'windship' route. We invested 22 days try¬ ing to reach the Galapagos — as opposed to hugging the coast up to Costa Rica — but encountered mostly headwinds. When we turned north, we didn't stay far enough out and consequently sailed out of the northeast trades. Ten days later, as we struggled northward, we ran up under a hurricane and had to ride it out in sur¬ vival mode. We started north again as another system developed to the east of us, so we ran to the southwest, eventu¬ ally finding the trades. We continued north for yet another week, but finding ourselves short of food and water, set a new course for Hawaii. We arrived in the Islands 79 days out of Panama. Based on that experience with the clas¬

sic windship route, I prefer the more mod¬ ern route for vessels with auxiliary power. It would have been better to go up the beach to the Papagayos with the Baha¬ mian smack, too — even without a kicker. One important final note: This passage is best made when departing Panama be¬ tween the middle of February and the end of April. P.S. I really enjoy Latitude — which we pick up at the local West Marine, which is run by Adam Henely, a great guy, and staffed by my friends and family. —jim 7/15/ 99

Thistle — Cal 39 Duncan & Marlene McQueen Circumnavigation Completed (Los Osos, CA) On June 16, Duncan and our Cal 39 Thistle arrived back home in Morro Bay after a wonderful seven-year, 40,000-mile odyssey around the world. I joined Duncan for the easier parts, but he did all the long passages singlehanded. In any event, we d love to hear from anyone we met along the Way, and can be reached

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for snorkeling. Margarita was good for provisioning, and because the wind was always at our back, the sailing was good, too. While we personally didn't have any security problems, cruisers in Venezuela always have to keep an eye on their boats, dinghies and outboards. We never left our boat at night and only left our dinghy in places where someone else could watch it. Continuing east, we arrived at Bonaire on the day before Easter and were lucky enough to find a free mooring in the crys¬ tal clear waters right in front of town. As we sailed up the coast, we could see the salt mines and the old slave huts which are now being preserved as part of the park system. Checking in and out of Bonaire was free — and a pleasure com¬ pared to most countries. Our next stops were the other two ABC Islands', Curasao and Aruba. The former had a very pro¬ tected bay while the latter had fancy build¬ ings and a tourist atmosphere. The an¬ chorage at Aruba was poor and out of the way, so we got permission to stay over¬ night at the dock before leaving the next

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Clockwise from above: The seven-year adventure begins on May 17,1992, when 'Thistle' leaves Morro Bay on an ebb. Duncan retraces the circumnavigation for friends at a Morro Bay YC reception. Marlene and Duncan at a waterfall in Grenada. The couple tradewind sailing off the Grenadines._ through email at: dmcqueen@fix.net. Ironically, the hardest part of the trip turned out to be the last 100 miles. After fueling up at Catalina, Duncan stopped at Santa Barbara to pick up Tom Jenkins for the last leg to Morro Bay. The winds between Santa Barbara and Point Con¬ ception proved to be the wildest Thistle had seen during her circumnavigation, with gusts up to 53 mph near Gaviota — which is southeast of Pt. Conception! Duncan and Jenkins turned back to Santa Barbara and caught a bus home so as not to miss the 'welcome home' party at the Morro Bay YC! To backtrack a little, in January of this year we returned to Trinidad where we d left Thistle on the hard at the Trinidad YC. There had been no problems,, in our absence, and it was great getting back to old friends — many of whom we’d met in the Med. While everyone goes their own way once they leave the Med, it seems they all eventually end up in either Trinidad

or Venezuela for the hurricane season. Arriving in time to take part in Trinidad's renowned Carnival was terrific also _ although it made it very difficult to get any boat work done. We immersed ourselves in the Carnival spirit by attend¬ ing a workshop on learning to play the steel pans, joined a band, and marched up and down the streets of Port of Spain. We didn't play the pans, but rather helped push the pan trucks — and had a lot of fun doing it. There are so many fetes, con¬ tests, concerts, parades, and other Car¬ nival related celebrations in Trinidad that it's impossible to attend them all, but they're great. Some of the Carnival cos¬ tumes are so huge that they're more like floats — and it’s hard to believe that there's only one person inside. From Trinidad we went to the Grena¬ dines, at which point we decided it was time to head for home. As a result, we sailed west to Los Testigos, Isla Margarita, Cubago, Las Aves, and Tortuga — all is¬ lands which belong to Venezuela. The clear water at all these spots made it great

morning. Our next leg was the 550 miles past Colombia to Panama's San Bias Islands. We made a nice 185 miles in the first 24 hours, and three days later checked in at Pourvenir, the only San Bias Island with an airstrip. We had to pay for a Panama¬ nian cruising permit at the San Bias Is¬ lands — and then again for another one when we got to Panama. The Kuna In¬ dian villages were very interesting and crowded, and naturally we bought some of the lovely molas. The women work for days on these beautiful pieces, then sell them, with babies in hand, from their dugMarlene didn't do the long passages, but still had many enjoyable experiences — including this encounter with a turtle in Bequia.

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out canoes. It was only about 50 miles from the San Bias Islands to Cristobal, Panama, where we spent two weeks on the hook just off the Panama Canal YC. Colon, just on the other side of a cyclone fence from Cristobal, is a very dangerous place and people frequently get mugged and robbed. But it’s the only place to provision, so you either go in a group or in a taxi. The good thing about Cristobal / Colon is that it's so convenient for a Canal transit. The first lock is only a couple of miles from the yacht club.

The next morning our advisor showed up with a huge bag of ice, and a couple of hours later we were being downlocked into the Pacific and motoring under the Bridge of the Americas. We took a mooring in front of what before the fire was the Balboa YC. There were no facilities except water taxis you have to use to take ashore. Nonetheless, we still had to pay $25 to join the club and $20/day to use the mooring. If you’re provisioning for the long trip ahead, you really have no choice. It was here that we said many good¬ byes to our friends, as many were con¬ tinuing on to the Galapagos and the South Pacific, or to South America. I also flew home, leaving the long and grueling slog back to California in Duncan's hands. But it had been a pleasant and interesting journey from Trinidad. Page 208 •

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There are three villages on Fanning: London, Poland, and Banana. Inset; But if you need good medical care, it's going to come from the air. something he says he "really should have had . As it was, he made do with a gizmo based on a bicycle wheel attached to the helm! After owning a variety of smaller boats, the couple bought an Islander 30 in 1977. In 1991 they moved up to a lightly used — but minimally equipped Cal 39. Duncan added much gear- — including bigger winches, additional halyards, a dodger, ex¬ tra wiring, solar panels, spares — and made many modifications to prepare the boat for a circumnavigation. Nonetheless, the cost of the boat plus outfitting her was well under $100,000. Thistle's Perkins 4-107 turned out to be a terrific engine — "it ran like a top" — although the head needed to be replaced after coming up the Red Sea. Duncan has no idea how many hours he put on the diesel, but says it was much less than the other cruisers did. "I guess I sailed about 75% of the time, as I would sail rather than motor even if there was just a little bit of wind." Duncan reports a good day's run was 175 miles while an average one was 130 miles. Interestingly enough, he almost never used the mainsail on ocean cross-

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Ballerina — LaFitte 44 Roger & Marilyn Young Fanning Island, Republic of Kiribati (Hialeah, Florida) We weathered the last South Pacific cy¬ clone season in the Line Islands of Kiribati — which is an excellent alternative to the traditional 'Coconut Milk Run' across the Pacific. That itinerary has everybody charging through French Polynesia, the Cooks and Tonga in order to reach New

Zealand by November. We, on the other hand, got to spend seven months in French Polynesia — including nine weeks in the Marquesas and seven weeks in Bora Bora. It was odd to watch the whole fleet of Milk Runners rush by us. In any event, we had an experience during the cyclone season that may be of interest to Latitude readers. Fanning Is¬ land, where we and Ballerina spent some of the cyclone season, is so undeveloped that it has no doctors or medical facilities as we Americans would know them. True, there Eire four nurses scattered through the six villages located on the island, but their capabilities and resources are lim¬ ited. The islanders seem to follow all medi¬ cal advice on infections for equatorial countries, but nonetheless, the sanitation facilities are non-existent and there is an abundant fly population. The crews of the four to seven yachts that were at Fanning during our first weeks were all pestered with all sorts of different types of infec¬ tions, usually resulting from small cuts. Just about everyone has had to utilize an¬ tibiotics to fend off some annoyance, and despite great care taken to prevent prob¬ lems, the cuts just seem to fester. My wife Marilyn was a victim of a se¬ ries of little incidents that caused her problem. First, while walking on the deck, she stubbed, broke and cut a toe on a genoa block. While recovering from this, she came down with the flu, which caused her to run a fever of 102s for several days. While she was recovering from the flu, her toe became infected and she was forced to stay off her feet. After feeling better for one day, she began to get some swelling on the right side of her face. The swelling grew considerably during the following 36 hours, so that there was a significant dis¬ tortion of her facial features. Indeed, she was no longer just another pretty face! That night we used the SSB to contact Ron DuBois of the Hawaii-based sailboat Foxy II during his 0330 UTC net. DuBois is a godsend to cruisers voyaging to or from Hawaii, and he also provides much assistance to cruisers in the Line Islands. DuBois does a little bit of everything — getting boat parts, tracking boat positions, providing ship weather reports to the Na¬ tional Weather Service, relaying mail, helping boats arrange slips in Honolulu prior to their arrival — to basically help in any way he can. Where DuBois really excels is when there is a serious prob¬ lem. In such cases, his contacts and cred¬ ibility with the local authorities results in quick and rapid responses. With things still relatively under con-

trol with Marilyn, we nonetheless gave DuBois a list of her symptoms and asked if he could get a doctor to come up on the next net to see if Marilyn might need some additional treatment. DuBois contacted the Joint Rescue Co¬ ordination Center (JRCC) in Honolulu, and the next day the fleet doctor was on the net reviewing Marilyn’s symptoms and status. The doctor believed she had a fa¬ cial abscess that, given her remote loca¬ tion, presented a serious threat to her health. When her condition still hadn't im¬ proved 24 hours later, the doctor recom¬ mended that we put to sea and sail to Christmas Island. The medical facilities at Christmas are only marginally better than at Fanning, but Christmas has an airport which meant that, if necessary, Marilyn could be flown out. Marilyn and I departed for Christmas the next morning. The distance from Fan¬ ning to Christmas is 160 miles, but the current can run as strong as three knots on the nose! Fortunately, we were blessed with very favorable conditions — includ¬ ing the current, which never exceeded a knot against us. The Coast Guard moni¬ tored our progress every three hours from their station in Point Reyes via a relay tower in Honolulu. That afternoon, the JRCC made the decision to fly four Navy Seal medics on a C-130 to our position. The idea was that they would parachute down to near our boat, we d pick them up, and they’d treat Marilyn. After we sailed to Christmas Is¬ land, the Navy Seal team would be recov¬ ered and Marilyn, if necessary, would be ’flown out for more intensive treatment. We were stunned that the government might actually do something like this for us! Marilyn’s problems were further com¬ plicated by the fact that she was suffer¬ ing from a bad case of mal de mer. After Christmas Island isn't much bigger than Fanning, and the medical facilities are poor. But it does have an airport so patients can be flown out.

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our late afternoon check-in with Foxy II, Marilyn spent some time hanging over the rail. But when she came back to the cock¬ pit to lay down, the swelling in her face had significantly been reduced! We re¬ layed this information to the doctors dur¬ ing the next radio check-in, and they be¬ gan to think she was just suffering from an angina infection rather than an ab¬ scess. Comfortable with Marilyn s improv¬ ing condition, the JRCC — with our con¬ currence — cancelled the air drop. The story has a happy ending. When we arrived at Christmas Island, the cruise ship Silver Cloud was just anchoring for an eight-hour stopover at London. The ship’s doctor was contacted via VHF, and we dinghied Marilyn over to the ship. The doctor provided excellent treatment and antibiotics, and Marilyn was back on her feet in about eight days. We would like to recognize the out¬ standing assistance that we were given by both Ron DuBois and the JRCC. DuBois spends a lot of time on the radio helping people, and all of us who have used his services really appreciate his being there. He's sort of like having a guardian angel. The JRCC is also to be thanked for their terrific response. We know the Coast Guard catches a lot of flack, but we want to give them and their Search & Rescue compatriots a big 'attaboy'. They certainly deserved it and we would like to make sure that others recognize it. Also a great big thanks to the Silver Cloud. In remote locations like this, cruise ships can be a most valued resource. — roger & Ynarilyn Roger & Marilyn — Ron DuBois has Ron DuBois, on his Westsail 43 in the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, played a key role in making sure Marilyn's health was properly monitored.

been a great help to many cruisers. While in Hawaii, we repeatedly attempted to contact him for a story. Alas, he'd tempo¬ rarily flown to the mainland. When it comes to helping folks in need, there's nobody better than the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard. When we and others have given them a hard time, it’s invariably because they have to carry out orders handed down by politicians with agendas far afield of the safety and welfare of mariners.

Barefoot — Yamaha 36 ' David Content Anchored Puerto Ayora, Galapagos (Friday Harbor, WA) I’ve just sailed my Yamaha 36 Bare¬ foot from Mexico to the Galapagos for the second time. I thought your readers might be interested in the current (June ’99) status cruising boats enjoy in these spe¬ cial islands — especially since it’s im¬ proved since the last time I was here. I also have some thoughts on the best route to take from Mexico to the Galapagos. In a dramatic change from how things were before, Ecuadorian officials are now encouraging privately-owned yachts to visit the Galapagos for up to 20 days. And it’s no longer necessaiy to obtain a per¬ mit before you arrive. Once at the Galapagos, however, yachts are only al¬ lowed to anchor at three ports, each at a different island. From east to west they are: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno at San Cristobal Island; Puerto Ayora at Santa Cruz Islands; and Puerto Villamil at Isabela Island. The water is consistently pleasant in the Galapagos and the an¬ chorages are secure — although monohulls will roll a bit in the swell. By the way, don't even think of anchor¬ ing for a little extra sightseeing at places besides the designated ports. If you do, it’s likely you'll be sighted by either the navy or park guides, at which time your boat will be detained until substantial fines are paid. Of the three legal ports, Puerto Ayora has the most facilities, offering fuel, wa¬ ter and propane. There is also a super¬ market with plenty of fresh foods and prices similar to those found in Mexico. The tour and dive boat fleet based here supports a limited marine parts and ser¬ vices industry. I was, for example, able to get my radar repaired and my bow roller welded. The restaurants serve delicious food at reasonable prices; figure on be¬ tween three to six dollars for a nice meal. The locals are helpful, proud of the is¬ lands, and supportive of the Galapagos National Park preservation efforts.

1 found the Port and Immigration fees to be reasonable — but inconsistent. Gen¬ erally speaking. Immigration fees are $20 to $30 U.S. for each boat with one to four crew. Port fees for a 36-foot sailboat for 12 days are about $85 to $110, while it's $100 to $145 for a 45-foot sailboat. Do you need to pay port fees each time you visit a different port? It seemed to be that how much you paid in each port was ne¬ gotiated on a case by case basis by each captain and port captain. In any event, I didn't hear of any unreasonable charges being levied. Various tours — both ashore and afloat are available for as little or as much time and money as one cares to spend. But if you want to see tortoises, marine iguanas, and plenty of bird and sea life, a tour is not even necessaiy; they are ev¬ erywhere. Getting from Mexico to the Galapagos expeditiously by sailboat requires some forethought. On my first trip, I hopped down the Mexican coast to Huatulco, at which point I headed out to Cocos Island and then to the ..Galapagos. I had light winds that were nonetheless adequate for

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Spread; David, content on his second landfall at the Galapagos. Inset; Yachts can now anchor off San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, and Isabella islands. sailing. On my recent trip, I made a di¬ rect passage from Puerto Vallarta to the Galapagos — and it was a much more difficult trip. For instance, I experienced three days of persistent calms north of 10SN. And once I got to the northwest edge of the Galapagos group, I encountered an unrelenting 2.5 knot current flowing to¬ ward the northwest. Light winds made it difficult and frustrating to sail against the current. In addition to the calms and ad¬ verse current, I experienced a vicious 50knot squall and several 35 knot squalls — the likes of which I didn't see when I d made the passage by way of Cocos Island. Whether one stops at Cocos Island or not, it only makes sense to approach the Galapagos from the east or northeast. Most of the yachts calling on the Galapagos are from Europe and have crossed the Atlantic, transited the Panama Canal, and are on their way to the Marquesas. The diverse backgrounds and sailing experiences seem to encour¬ age group dinners ashore which abound

with international camaraderie and great stories. I found the Defense Mapping Agency charts to be adequate for the Galapagos. My visit to the fascinating islands were more enjoyable for having read The Voy¬ age of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, Galapagos: World’s End by William Beebe, and Galapagos, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Having enjoyed both my stops at the Galapagos, I would readily encourage oth¬ ers to do so also — particularly aboard a cruising boat. — dauid 6/17/99

Giggleswick II — Andrews 56 Dwight & Jane Beal Crewing To Gibraltar (Belize) We liveaboard the Formosa 46 Allegro in Alameda, but recently got the chance to crew on Brian Hill's Giggleswick for the passage from Antigua to Gibraltar. Nor¬ mally the winds are a steady 14 to 18 knots on the beam at the time of year we crossed, and had been for the month be¬ fore we departed. But as soon as we left, they dropped to five to 10 knots. Yes, stuff happens. Our adventure began when we joined

Brian and Pat Hill aboard their Andrews 56 in Antigua on May 17. The next two days were spent doing last-minute provi¬ sioning, cleaning the bottom, and stow¬ ing items that wouldn't be needed during the crossing. We left the Antigua on the afternoon of the 19th in perfect weather conditions, and had nothing but thou¬ sands of miles of ocean in front of us. Dwight and Pat got seasick for the first couple of days and discovered that salmon for dinner hadn't been such a good idea. In fact, they may never be able to enjoy that fish again. The four-hour night watches were divided among Dwight, Brian and Jane. During the day, the helm was left for whoever felt like taking it. Pat did all of the cooking. For some reason she never came on deck when out of sight of land — which was most of the time. In any event, we settled into our routine of driving, sleeping, eating and changing sails. It was nothing too exciting. About eight days out we spotted an¬ other sailboat and sailed over for a chat. They’d left Antigua four days before we did, so it was amazing how quickly we'd caught up with them. After that one boat, we saw nothing but dolphins, whales, turtles, flying fish — and some amazing shooting stars and brilliant phosphores¬ cence. One night as we approached Gibraltar, the dolphins looked like glow¬ ing torpedos coming toward our boat. It was great. A couple of times during the trip we were becalmed. It was eerie to look down into such deep indigo water and see nothing. After 2,474 miles and 19 days at sea, 'we arrived at Horta, Faial, in the Azores. We were glad to get there. Known as the 'blue island', Horta is gorgeous, with green rolling hills, hedgerows made of hydranEnglish Harbor, Antigua — seen below — and St. Martin are the two big jumping off spots for transatlantic crossings.

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geas and ginger lilies, and plenty of white houses and churches with red tile roofs. During a tour, we visited an old crater as well as a new — 1957 —v eruption that formed a new headland and left a light¬ house buried in ash. With 250 transatlantic pleasure yachts calling on Horta in just a week, there was also plenty of opportunity to meet others sailing across the Atlantic and compare stories. One of the port's attractions are the many 'boat paintings' drawn on the rocks by yachties. Some are very elabo¬ rate. After two nights in Horta we sailed to the port of Delgada on the main island of Sao Miguel. While the port was much more industrial, the island was nonethe¬ less beautiful. During a taxi tour we learned that Sao Miguel is known as the green island. It has hot springs, mud gey¬ sers and volcanic Jumaroles that create a type of 'natural kitchen'. In fact, people cooked meals called cozido nas caldeiras in pots buried in the ground! We were very impressed by the Azores and her friendly people. Nonetheless, on June 9 we cast off for Gibraltar — but again had light winds and calms. The most wind we saw were gusts to 20 knots, but that only lasted for an hour or so. Then the seas built to 10 feet and close together for a couple of days, so it wasn't very comfortable and sleeping was diffi¬ cult. Six hundred miles out, a little land bird tried to land on the boat, After several at¬ tempts, it landed on Brian's head. Once there, it chirped happily until Brian moved suddenly. Eventually, it did find a safer place within the sails, and flew away the next morning. While off the coast of Spain, we mo¬ tored through several fishing fleets and watched eight navy ships go through some kind of maneuver. We also learned what 'tunny nets’ looked like. The nets are placed between two small anchored boats with dim white lights and black flags. It's very unnerving to come across them at night. On June 14th we sighted land off the coast of Portugal, and three days later entered the Bay of Gibraltar. On the last couple of days we needed a continuous radar watch because of dense fog and the shipping lanes. There were always a couple of ships on the screen, which made it harrowing, but we survived. Even though the trip took way longer than we had anticipated — 31 days to cover the 3,734 miles — we made it! Spending a month on a boat when you were only expecting to spend 15 to 20 days Page 212 • UuuJtlg . August, 1999

is just too long. And it was a good test of getting along with other personalities. Al¬ though we’re not eager for a similarly long voyage soon, it was a good trip and a great experience. —jane & dwight 7/15/99

Alegria — 1979 Valiant 32 Laura and Pat Melendy Gibson Bight, Roatan, Honduras (San Francisco) After spending three years and who knows how many dollars preparing our¬ selves and our 1979 Valiant 32 Alegria for extended cruising, we were finally ready in the fall of ’97. So we quit our jobs, gave away our worldly possessions, and said good-bye to our friends. We sailed under the Golden Gate for the last time and made our way to San Diego for the start of the Ha-Ha and a new cruising lifestyle. When we left with the Ha-Ha fleet, a lot of our friends — sailing and non-sail¬ ing — warned us that El Nino meant there would be flukey and bad weather. There was flukey and bad weather — but not in the way they had predicted. In Mexico and

Spread; Lovely Roatan has a lot to offer — es¬ pecially when it's not being trashed by a hurricane. Inset; Pat and Laura of 'Alegria'. Costa Rica we had veiy little wind, and the water was so warm in Costa Rica that the fishing was lousy. Through the entire El Nino season, we only had three rough sailing days — none of which had any¬ thing to do with El Nino. Meanwhile back in California, our friends got hit with a windy, rainy winter. One of our Sausalito friends claimed there were five foot waves in his slip! We certainly got the better weather — at least for that time period. After spending several spectacular months in the Pacific wandering through Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama, we made a decision: Instead of continuing on to the South Pacific as we had originally planned, we decided to head through the Panama Canal, work a little in the Carib¬ bean, and then continue on. We decided do the northwestern Caribbean, spend the hurricane season in Guatemala's Rio Dulce, then go to the Caymans to look for work. ' '

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in Cayman later — Roatan was where it was at! We had spent five months in Roatan enjoying the beautiful weather and div¬ ing. Then a tropical depression formed over Panama. Everyone on Roatan kept a close watch on what later would be given the name Mitch, although no one believed that anything would result from what then was just a depression. Remember, Roatan doesn’t get hurricanes. About four days later, we realized Roatan does get hurri¬ canes — and we were about to get caught in one of the worst in history. Once the word got out, everyone be¬ gan to prepare for the onslaught. Many local boat owners — including those at three other resorts — brought their boats to Gibson Bight, the island's hurricane hole. A few cruisers left that day for the Rio Dulce, but this wasn't an option for us. We had to stay to help secure the re¬ sort and her boats — as owners Andy and Donna were still in the States. Besides, we optimistically kept thinking the storm would veer north or south — any direc¬ tion that would take it away from us. We spent most of Sunday preparing our boat for the coming storm. In addi¬ tion to our CQR 35 with all chain rode, we set two large Danforths — one of which is way oversized for our boat — all with plenty of scope. We put lots of chafe pro¬ tection in place and removed as much windage as we could. In addition to wor¬ rying about our own boat holding through the storm, we were concerned that an old steel-hulled fishing boat that had run aground on the sand bar might drag on us. With the help of a local family who lived across the way, we used a truck to drag the boat onshore and secure it. We decided it would be safer for us to wait out the storm in the resort rather than on the boat. Even after all of the preparation we did, leaving the boat was one of the hardest things we've had to do. We packed our foul weather gear, our 'abandon-ship' bag full of emergency sup¬ plies, some photographs, our passports and boat documents, and said good-bye to Alegria, our home for the past four years. Even after we left Alegria, we continued to debate whether it would be better to drive Alegria aground in the mangroves than to let her ride it out at anchor. We ultimately decided that the best bet was leaving her on the hook. Yet by Sunday night we both had a sinking feeling that Monday was to be our day of reckoning. Laura started the day by calling home on

the satellite telephone and letting our fam¬ ily know that we were in a safe place. But by then we both thought we'd lose our boat and possibly our lives. Hurricane Mitch slowly descended on Guanaja, which is about 30 miles to the east, with winds close to 200 mph. But she slowed while heading in our direction — which meant we just had to wait that much longer. Meanwhile, we were ham¬ mered by winds out of the northwest and seas of 30 feet breaking on the reef. Re¬ markably, we only had two to three feet of chop inside the bight. Alegria was buck¬ ing like a rocking horse, but holding firm. We were up most of Monday night checking on the resort's generators and buildings. The grounds were an obstacle course of debris, fallen trees, and broken up pieces of the dock from the lagoon. The usually tranquil lagoon looked like a gi¬ ant jacuzzi. The sound of the storm was immense: the screaming winds, crashing waves and pouring rain made conversa¬ tion impossible. Between the noise of the storm and the worries on our minds, sleep was elusive. Would Alegria still be there in the morning? Tuesday morning we were granted our first glimmer of hope: through the bin¬ oculars we could see Alegria right where we left her — still bucking against her an¬ chors, but still there nonetheless. We con¬ tinued to debate whether to set more an¬ chors or drive her into the mangroves with all the powerboats. But with the storm raging as it was, we really had no choice but to leave her as she was. For four days Mitch stalled over ’ Guanaja, which was hit by 180 mph winds for 36 hours! Mitch lingered and mauled with high winds, heavy rains, and storm surge. Each night we would sleep With hurricane 'Mitch' approaching, Pat and Laura no doubt wished they'd continued on to the Rio Dulce and Suzanna's Laguna Marina.

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restlessly, wondering if Alegria would still be safe at anchor in the morning. Each morning at first light we would go to the dock in the bight — if it wasn't underwa¬ ter — and look for Alegria through the bin¬ oculars. Sometimes the rain was so dense we couldn't see across the bight, but each time it was clear enough, she was still there. What tremendous relief we felt in seeing her still bucking and still holding. We started to think, "If she's made it this far, she's going to make it. She's really going to make it." Remarkably, most of the 28 boats in Gibson Bight sustained only minor dam¬ age — such as chafed lines and damaged finishes from rubbing against the man¬ groves. With minor repairs and new paint, most of the boats are back in operation and are as good as new. Even the two small boats that broke free from the man¬ groves and were later found aground on the opposite shore of Gibson Bight are still seaworthy. Other boats weren't so lucky. We've heard of a few boats lost at sea, in¬ cluding the Windjammer sailing ship, Fantome, with all 32 crew aboard — some of whom we'd met two weeks prior. As sailors, there is a special place in our hearts for boats and sailors lost at sea — and particularly so when they were lost in the same storm we just weathered. Life has pretty much returned to nor¬ mal at Roatan, which remains a beauti¬ ful cruising ground for sailors. Cayos Cochinos, Guanaja, and Utila — the other Bay Islands — are less than a day's sail away, affording many different bights and anchorages to explore. There were no food or water shortages, and contrary to ru¬ mors and reports, there was no looting. In addition, the reef sustained little damage and the visibility has returned to ex¬ it was a good thing that hurricane 'Mitch' stalled before reaching Roatan, for what it did to Guanaja in four days was not pretty.

cellent for diving and snorkeling. We're now planning to stay at least another year and then — who knows? As we like to say, "All plans are soft until 30 minutes prior." — laura & pat 6/15/99

Scotfree — Hylas 42 Bob & Kathleen MacBain Cool Mexican Highlands (Seattle) [Continued from last month?] Our next stop in our getaway from heat and into the highlands of Mexico trip was San Miguel de Allende, which is home to more Norteamericanos than Mexicans! We hadn't seen so many Americans — both white hairs and beautiful people — since Mazatlan. I succumbed to the pressure by spending an hour on my hair and wearing jewelry. The downside of so many foreigners was the prices — the same as Puerto Vallarta and about double that of Guanajuato. But what a charming, beau¬ tiful, clean and tranquil place, with wide open vistas of a broad green valley. It was a welcome change of pace from the can¬ yon walls of Guanajuato; our vacation from Mexico without leaving Mexico. We apologize for overusing the word amazing', but Queretaro is another amaz¬ ing city. It has fabulously beautiful colo¬ nial architecture like Zacatecas, beauti¬ ful parks like Guanajuato, and a more open, aiiy feeling like Durango. Despite being a big industrial city of over 500,000, it's the cleanest Mexican city we've seen — although we stayed in the historic downtown district. There are so many convents and monasteries in Queretaro that it seems like the entire population must have been nuns or monks at one time. Father Junipero Serra, who later built the missions throughout California, studied here. Queretaro is also extremely important in the history of Mexico, in part because it's so centrally located. It’s here that Fa¬ ther Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende and their co¬ conspirators against Spain held their se¬ cret meetings. Their plans were discov¬ ered by the Spaniards, but a local hero¬ ine, Dona Josefa, was able to get a mes¬ sage to Father Hidalgo and the War of In¬ dependence was launched three months earlier than originally planned. This is also where Emperor Maximilian was ex¬ ecuted, and where the U.S.A. and Mexico signed the treaty whereby the U.S. took possession of half of Mexico's territory —

meaning parts of Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona. Our next stop was in Puebla to see the family Kathleen had lived with for a couple months when she was 18. We had a won¬ derful visit, as the family was as friendly and hospitable as ever. Puebla is famous for a battle with the French on May 5, 1862 — the reason everyone celebrates Cinco de Mayo. It’s also famous for beau¬ tiful colored talavera tile and mole sauce. It was a bit of a noisy cultural shock, how¬ ever, as it has a population of 2.5 million. From Puebla, we traveled four hours to Oaxaca, our most southerly destina¬ tion. It would be our furthest point south before we started a slow return trip to Mazatlan. Like many others, Oaxaca is a colonial city of old buildings built by the Spaniards — but this one felt Mexican whereas the others felt European. There is a more relaxed feeling in Oaxaca that makes it seem more like the country than a city. The highlight of our stay was a trip to Monte Alban — a fascinating pre-Hispanic ruin with partially restored pyra¬ mids — just outside the city. From the top there are outstanding views of the Valley of Oaxaca. Taxco, one of Mexico's most popular

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whitefish and butterfly net fishermen. We next returned to Morelia for a few days. Its colonial architecture is a little less ornate and more solid than other cit¬ ies, but beautiful just the same. After vis¬ iting the Church of Guadalupe, one of the most spectacular we’d seen on the trip, we boarded our last bus for the 12-hour trip back to Mazatlan and our boat. Our three-month trip had been terrific. We were completely successful in our pri¬ mary objective — to find cool weather. But while we were at it, we saw many beauti¬ ful places in Mexico, met some nice people, ate some good food, studied Span¬ ish, and learned a little more about the culture and history of this great country. It's one alternative that cruisers looking to escape the summer heat might con¬ sider. — kathleen & bob 12/15/98

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When the rain, heat and humidity of summer become too great on the coast, it's becomes time to sample Mexico's abundant inland beauty. tourist destinations, was our next desti¬ nation. The city is built on a steep hill¬ side, has picturesque white houses with red tile roofs, and is famous for its silver. The silver is not abundant on an indus¬ trial scale, but there’s been plenty for fam¬ ily businesses to make a living crafting silver pieces for tourism and export. Taxco has beautiful mountain vistas, although rain clouds and fog sat on the hillsides much of the time we were there. One of our most memorable times in Taxco was sitting on the balcony of a sec¬ ond story restaurant overlooking a small square. It was going home time, around 8:00 pm, and for about an hour there were an amazing number of VW combis shut¬ tling people off to different parts of town. At times the people were lined up around the block. Each van probably carried about 15 passengers. It was a circus. Traf¬ fic cops blowing their whistles. Drivers playing games with each other to see how close they could get to the vehicle ahead of them. We are talking inches. A rag-tag band came through at one point, stop¬ ping traffic for a few minutes. We started

their second or third trip. In the mean¬ time we sipped our wine, had dinner and watched lightning dance between clouds across the valley. The thunder was drowned out by the commotion below us. Valle de Bravo is a resort town in the pine forests west of Mexico City. It is very popular with Mexico City residents be¬ cause it is only a couple of hours away and there is excellent bus service. It is a fairly typical small town, although there's a pretty lake with luxurious vacation homes on the outskirts. The lake was cre¬ ated when a dam was built to generate hydroelectric power, and for the first time in three months we saw sailboats. Next we made a very quick stop in Morelia, where we met Kathleen’s sister. We all went to Patzcuaro, a small town about 40 miles away. It is a very tranquil spot and we spent several days there. We were there for the feast day of Saint Francis, complete with carnival rides, food, fireworks, music and lots of villag¬ ers. It was fun. We also took a boat trip to the Island of Janitzio — known for its Day of the Dead celebrations and also for

"Greetings from Moorea," writes Jim Forrest from the Bill Tripp-designed A&Rbuilt 55-foot Dancer. "I have an addition and a correction to your recent Pit Stop in Papeete article. First off, Leva Communi¬ cations is no longer in business. Secondly, when applying for a visa extension, write in at least one month before your initial three-month visa expires. The letter can be written in English — as long as you include the basic boat information, your names, passport numbers, reason for the extension, and date you'll be leaving French Polynesia. Then send it to: Haut Commissariat/DRCL, Rue Jeanne D'Arc, | Bureau Poste 115, Papeete, Tahiti. Hav¬ ing been enjoying ourselves so thoroughly in the Tuamotus, we weren't aware that we had to apply for the extension so early. As a result of the late reapplication, we There aren't many places as nice as Moorea to send a greeting from. The island is spectacu¬ larly beautiful, very clean and tranquil._

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had to fly to another country before we were allowed to get another visa! None¬ theless, we are having a fantastic time as the people and the islands of French Polynesia are too nice to believe!" It's been pretty quiet on the Mexican hurricane front for mariners so far this season. Adrian, a small hurricane, formed and then cratered ashore in southern Mexico in mid-June with no harm to cruisers. Hurricane Beatrix — with winds up to 100 knots — whipped up in midJuly and followed the typical northwest¬ erly route well offshore and therefore wasn't a hazard to prudent small boat manners. The Atlantic Ocean and Carib¬ bean have been even quieter. Let's hope things stay that way through August, September and October, the most dan¬ gerous months of all. "We’re happy to report that the French in New Caledonia have changed their tax laws to permit the duty-free import of parts and materials necessary to repair and service yachts in transit," reports a happy Richard Cross from Noumea aboard the Seattle-based Evie. "Previously the duty was in the 36% range. They

Classics such as 'Southern Cross'are high-main¬ tenance — without being thrown on reefs by hurricanes or losing masts to failed blocks. have also made it possible for departing vessels to purchase diesel for the duty¬ free price of $ 1.16/gallon — which is oth¬ erwise $2.28/gallon! Similarly, the Aus¬ tralian Tax Office will refund fuel taxes

on diesel sold to foreign vessels — upon application at the time of clearance. Die¬ sel normally sells for about $ 1.60/gallon in Oz, over half of which can be refunded." While in Hawaii last month, we bumped into Frank Robben of Berkeley, who up until a few months ago had owned the S&S designed 73-foot aluminum yawl Kialoa II for the better part of 15 years. Actually, 'owned' isn’t adequate to de¬ scribe it, as he cruised the boat into the Pacific and to Mexico a number of times, and took her on a long circumnavigation. Her new European owner is taking her back to the Med. The good news is that the sales agreement calls for Robben to continue to have limited use of the boat. Oh no, not another mishap! While tromping around the Ala Wai, we stumbled across Rob and Lorraine Coleman's wood Angleman ketch South¬ ern Cross. The boat had been blown up on a reef in the South Pacific during a freak cyclone last year, which necessitated lengthy repairs. After a visit to Fanning Island, the Colemans lost the top of thenmain mast while on their way back to Hawaii. Apparently the mishap was

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IN LATITUDES caused by a block failure, and we've heard rumors that the block manufacturer is go¬ ing to chip in for mast repairs. We didn't actually get to see the Colemans, who were back in California. Our vote for one of the most unbear¬ able harbors in the world? Maalaea on the south end of Maui's 'valley'. Not only does the hot wind constantly howl through the somewhat substandard har¬ bor, but it's liberally peppered with gritty volcanic dirt. Stand on the deck for 10 minutes there and you want to be pres¬ sure hosed down with ice weater. And is it just us, or is Maui really the least at¬ tractive of all the Hawaiian Islands? "My folks are in the Maldives aboard their Tayana 47 Gallivant and are look¬ ing for crew," reports Simon Winer, who sails the Moore 24 Gruntled in the Bay. ’They left here in '91 and are on their way — very slowly, obviously — to the lesser traveled parts of the globe. If anyone wants to go sailing with them, they should contact me at: swiner@sirius.com. Any¬ way, here's my pop's pitch: 'We are also soliciting interest for passages from the Seychelles to Kenya in September of '99,

ing — into print, but better late than never: "After reading all too often about abu¬ sive harbor police. I'd like to report on a veiy positive experience I had a number of months ago. I was crewing aboard a large ketch that was heading north for San Francisco when she developed problems that required us to backtrack 70 miles to Morro Bay. Just outside the breakwater we lost all power. When the tow boat ar¬ rived, he told us that he would take us to a mooring buoy at which point the Har¬ bor Patrol would take over and get us to the fuel dock. When he mentioned 'har¬ bor patrol', most of us rolled our eyes. Needless to say, the patrol boat wasn't a tug and the ketch we were on was no daysailer — so it wasn't going to be an easy job. Well, despite the wind and cur¬ rent and the undersized 'tug', the harbor patrolman did a magnificent job getting us to the fuel dock. "The next morning was Sunday, and the Harbor Patrol van cruised up to the end of the pier to say 'hello' and ask what I was doing. I told them that the boat had to stay for repairs, but I was out of time

It seems as though the folks in Morro Bay have been super hospitable since ... well, the days of wooden ships and iron men. and from Kenya to the Med via the Red Sea in March and April of next year." We wish to apologize for being so late in getting the following letter from David Frieduch — we hope that's the right spell¬

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Gulp. One of the Pacific Puddle Jump group motors out the channel at Nuevo Vallarta bound for the Marquesas, 2,700 miles away. Vallarta come early March '00? Certainly — with Andy Turpin presiding as always. Leon Cyens of San Francisco reports he's planning on sailing his 26-foot cut¬ ter to La Paz and is worried about what

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DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS AND ROWBOATS 10' 3" AVON ROLL AWAY. Seats, oars, pump & bag. $2,350 new. Sell for $1,250, Perfect shape. Call Dick at (408) 379-4409 or email: aircover@pacbell.net 10-FT AVON INFLATABLE, Rover R3.10. Oars, foot pump, wood floorboards, carrying bag, cover. Purchased in '89 but used only 5 times. Fine condition. $875. (510) 841-0400 or email: lubco@wenet.net AVON 8-PERSON CANISTER LIFERAFT , double floor & tubes, repacked & certified 11/98. $2,000 (925) 299-0957. 8-FT F/G SAILING/ROWING DINGHY made by Nelson Plastics, all sailing hardware, no oars, $450

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mike.giarratano@lamrc.com, or call evenings (510) 656-4591, weekend ph. (510) 521-8453. ZODIAC 4-MAN LIFERAFT. Certified 7/98. Cur¬ rently in canister, but valise available. $1250 (520) 882-2656. EL TORO #11200. Great racing boat for adult or junior, Composite Engineering carbon mast new in June, sail used 1.5 seasons, race rigged, stored indoors, includes spare mast and daggerboard, boat won 98-99 Lake Merritt Midwinters. $1,600 (650) 323-9133. VIPER 640. Sailing World's “1997 Boat of the Year”. White hull, sails, boat cover & trailer. Great condition. Asking $13,500. (530) 243-2087. 13-FT BANSHEE SAILBOAT, #95. Good condi¬ tion. Fast & fun. (415) 388-9411.

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For recorded directions, call (415)^383-8200, then press 2-1

SANTANA 22,1967, HULL #255. Good shape, bottom paint & standing rigging replaced in '97,

19-FT MacGREGOR POWERSAILER, 1995. Excellent condition. Marin dry storage next to

main, 2 jibs, lines led aft, VHF, mostly original.

Stockton Sailing Club. $2,250 obo. Ray or Bonnie (209) 772-9695.

dealer where bought new. Has swing keel & can

Tiburon slip. No outboard. Must sell. $975. Call (707) 544-5483.

handle any waterway. One person can handle all the sails. Water ballast for self-righting stability.

505 RONDAR WITH TRAILER. Proctor spar, Harken, sails, very good condition. White hull with

12-FT SAN FRANCISCO BAY PELICAN sail¬ boat. Good condition, main, jib, bowsprit. Wood

orange deck, magic boxes. Boat, sails, trailer, $1,250. (925) 455-5405.

construction, a blast to sail, specifically designed for sailing SF Bay. Includes 1995 trailer in excel¬ lent condition. Great fun. $995. Evinrude outboard available for $275. (650) 814-1181.

cushions, queen & V-berth sleeps 4, enclosed Porta-Potti, solar vent. Owner now into golf. Ask¬ ing $9,750 obo. (415) 459-4800.

FLrCKA, PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1979. On new

CATALINA 22 WITH TRAILER, 1974. Swing keel, 7.5 hp 4-stroke Honda, Larsen sails, com¬

JC 9 SAILING DINGHY, 1998. Used once. Blue hull with main & jib sails, kick-up rudder & tiller extension. Oars, boat cover & trailer. Cost $3,300. Sacrifice for $1,950. Call (707) 542-5447.

24 FEET & UNDER

trailer, Yanmar diesel, enclosed head, storm jib & spinnaker, VHF, Navico AP, 550w inverter, CQR & Danforth, 300 ft rode, reconditioned woodwork $22,500. (253) 770-6147. J/24. Excellent condition, Tillotson trailer, dry stor¬

MARTIN 242,1984. New paint, VC-17 race bot¬ tom, faired rudder/keel, knotmeter, five sails, dual axle trailer. Fresh water boat. Fast & fun. Denver area, will deliver. $11,500. (303) 776-5041 home l'Or (970) 535-9238 work. 24-FT FLICKA WITH TRAILER. New bottom paint, dodger, radar, Loran, autopilot, DS, two anchors & tackle, stove Porta-Potti, outboard, extras. Delta/Mexico ready. San Leandro C-11' $23,000. Daryl, (831) 476-6416 eves. PACIFIC DOLPHIN 24,1977. Pocket cruiser with trailer. 1996 Transpac winner & Mexico vet. Total refit, Navicwindvane, Navico 8 Autohelm tillerpilots (windvane navigation package), 406 8B EPIRB, 2 VHF, SSB, 2 anchors, masthead tri, solar panel with controller, DC generator, 3 batteries, 8 hp Honda, dog house. Inflatable, 2 boat covers, 8 headsails, BBQ, knotmeter, depthsounder, GPS, sextant, emergency rudder. Bristol condition $13,000. (925) 754-3093.

age, two sets of sails, new mast & rigging, fast, 4 hp outboard. $5,600. James, (650) 964-2981 or bazooka@ix.netcom.com HUNTER 23.5,1993, in excellent condition. Wa¬ ter ballast with swing centerboard for easy on & off trailer. Sleeps up to 5, with galvanized trailer & 8 hp Honda outboard. $11,500. (775) 359-6989. CATALINA 22, COL MUSTARD. Denizen of the Estuary. Swing keel, trailer, motor. Great boat, good condition. Park at home, trailer to lakes, go to & from Delta at 55 mph. Extras. See at Alameda Marina dry storage #069. $2,700. (510) 527-4688. CAPRI 18, 1986. Fixed shoal keel. Double Vberth, self-contained head. Honda 5 hp outboard. New battery. Interior & running lights. Ritchie 300 ft rode ea. Whisker pole. Ice chest, swim ladder, trailer. $4,200. (530) 477-1267.

equipped, 3 sails, VHF radio/antenna, compass,

pass, VHF, new bottom paint, refinished teak, Porta-Potti. Good condition. $2,000. Call George at (831) 688-5654 home or (831) 334-0453 cell or email: gdutro@telis.org CATALINA 22,1982. Swing keel with dual axle galvanized EZ Loader trailer, brand new 5 hp Evinrude, pop-top, Porta-Potti, main, working & genoa jibs. Wonderful family boat & ready to sail! Great condition. $3,500. Please call George at (831) 688-5654 home or (831) 334-0453 cell or email: gdutro@telis.org ISLANDER BAHAMA. 24 ft keel boat. Faster than a three legged dog. Needs some cosmetics. VHF and 5 hp Seagull included. $1,000.00 obo. Please call (510)437 3870. 1963 COLUMBIA 15. Volumous center board daysailer. Original main, jib and spinnaker whit¬ ened and resin impregnated to new condition by Sail Care. Trailerand boat show little use. Floata¬ tion seats run length of large cockpit. Great starter $1000 obo. (925) 556-6151. MELGES 24. Lightly used, 2 sets of sails, trailer, outboard, new: Sailcomp, running rigging, bow pole. Offers. (530) 525-7245.

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WESTERLY, 22 ft British Westerly. Fiberglass, standing room pocket cruiser, stepped mast, needs

SANTANA 22 BLOWOUT! Two Santana 22's are available to the right buyer(s)! The right buyer will

CATALINA 27,1981. Atomic 4 in excellent condi¬ tion, was started every weekend, Harken roller

motor/sails. $5,000 obo. Call (510) 763-3291 or (650) 574-0687.

have $750 for one or $1,400 for both. What a deal! Don't wait, they'll go quick. Check out:

furling jib, canvas cover over wood trim, traditional interior, original owner. Very clean & ready to sail. Call for Alameda location. (707) 542-5817.

www.strawberry.org/santana22 for more info. 19-FT LIGHTNING, #9124. Mahogany plank hull, aluminum spars, mast raising system, trailer, 3 sails, 2.3 hp Seagull outboard. $1,950 obo. Also:

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5.6 hp Seagull outboard with clutch. $750 obo John, (925) 945-7669. RANGER 23, CHAOS. Previous season cham¬ pion. Sails: two mains, two spinnakers, 90%, 150%, two 120%. All lines ledafttorsinglehanding. Porta-Potti. Evinrude 6 hp. $3,250. Please call Tim, (510) 232-8750 hm or (415) 459-5409 wk.

28-FT BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER, 1986. Excellent condition, fresh water only, new Perkins 28 hp diesel, tanbarksails. Asking $74,000. Please call (905) 643-3286.

MacGREGOR 26X, 1995. Excellent condition, main & jib sheets led aft to cockpit. Complete with trailer, 40 hp engine, VHF, instruments, swim ladder, custom boat & sail covers. Great Bay & lake trailerable powersailer. Great price, $15,900. (415) 456-2644. Boatname: Alpha Wave. 28.5 HUNTER, 1985. Shoal draft, 16 hp diesel, sleep six, wheel steering, roller furling, genoa,

EXPRESS 27,1982, HULL #20. Good condition, good sails, trailer & 5 hp motor. $16,000. Call

extra jib, gennaker, new bottom paint, depth, knotmeter, stereo, CB & VHF, private head/shower,

(510) 886-7706 days, (510) 886-2358 evesorfax

ice box, alcohol stove. Extras. Asking $19,950.

(510) 886-4131.

Perfect Delta-Bay boat. (925) 684-3005.

(510) 596-3206 or signguys@pacbell.net

ISLANDER 26,1978. Excellent condition, OMC

CATALINA 27. Very clean, new cushions, sail

HUNTER 23,1987. Wing keel, North sail main,

sail drive, VHF, stereo, depth, compass, roller furling, Autohelm, full boat cover, cockpit cush¬

covers, curtains, lifelines, jiffy reefing. 8 hp Evinrude, VHF, ground tackle & lots of extras.

North 155% genoa, 100% & 85% jib, Nacico TP1800 autopilot, furling jib, Honda 8 hp 4-stroke engine with battery charging unit, VHF radio, knot

ions, alcohol stove, sink, chemical toilet, 3 jibs, anchor, will sleep 4. Located in Antioch. $9,500. Please call (925) 625-0375.

$7,900 offer. Please call (415) 378-6646 or call (415) 332-8025.

SANTANA 22. Transferable berth at Gashouse Cove. Good condition, 6 hp Evinrude outboard, newly cleaned hull. $6,500 obo. Please call Martin

& depth meters, compass, automatic electric bilge pump, bimini, pop-top enclosure with screened sides, swim ladder, AM/FM stereo, safety equip¬ ment, Porta-Potti. Easy set up with quick release hardware & 2 support poles for lifting mast, galva¬ nized trailer with surge brakes. Asking $9,800. Call (925) 673-0343.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27,1972. Fiberglass 27-FT CATALINA, 1978. Good condition but needs love: bottom paint, sail cover, outboard repair, seat cushions. At Oyster Cove Marina. Moving to mountains. $3,000 obo, or will consider trade for smaller sailboat with centerboard or

hull, teak decks. Upgraded 18 hp Volvo MD2001 diesel. Custom electrical upgrades including in¬ strumentation, electrical panel, solar charger.

CORONADO 25-FT SAILBOAT, full keel, 9 hp Johnson outboard, club footed jib & genoa+main. Sails in good condition. New electronic depth sounder. Needs haulout & some varnish work. Antioch City Marina. $2495. (209) 795-2864. NEWPORT 27, Club Jib, loran, depth sounder, radio, club jib. See at Stockton Sailing Center, G21. $4,500 or best offer. (559) 645-4316. 1937 RASSMUSSEN 28-FT SAILBOAT, classic woodie, ready to sail (wife says it must go now!). Sacrifice $1,500. (510) 521-8506. ERICSON 25,1976. Fixed keel, enclosed head, 6 hp Johnson outboard, roller furling, new standing rigging, VHF, depth, am-fm stereo cassette, stove, sink, icebox, recent survey. In Santa Cruz. Good condition. $5,500. (831) 684-9409 or smc@cruzio.com CANADIAN SAILCRAFT 27, 1980. Unusually well built, roomy sloop with stunning teak interior. Yanmar diesel. Furlex roller furling/2 jibs, 3 int halyards, 6 winches, spin gear, legal head (new) with 32 gal holding tank, VHF, KM, DS, GPS, shorepower, 2 anchors. New since 12/97: stand¬ ing rigging, 6 thru-hull valves, Origo stove, custom anchor carrier, batteries, more! Very clean, many outstanding features, a must see. Located Rich¬ mond, $13,900. Call (916) 971-1191 or email: LBINSAG@aol.com

powerboat. Call (650) 322-9833 eves.

Excellent sail inventory. New legal head. Much more. Well built, proven offshore design. Out¬ standing condition. $12,500. (707) 833-2827.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Yamaha 6

OLSON 25,1986. Original Santa Cruz built, hull

CATALINA 27,1981. Located Alameda. Hauled

MORGAN 28. Great Bay & Delta cruiser. Wheel, diesel (rebuilt). Great shape, well maintained. All

hp outboard, AM/FM stereo, VHF radio, digital knot & depthsounder, mahogany hatches, 2 mains,

#69.5 hp Nissan outboard, 110%, 150%, spinna¬ ker, 2 batteries, stereo, plus more. No trailer. $10,500 obo. Leave message at (650) 631-4336,

2/99, reliable Atomic 4, roller furling jib (90% & 110%), all lines led aft, autotiller, Loran, VHF, depth, knotmeter, AM/FM, head, holding tank,

upgraded since '90: autopilot, VHF, AM/FM ste¬ reo, speed, depth, Loran, cushions, groundtackle, dinghy, etc. $10,950 obo. (916) 687-8132.

will return all calls.

stove. Pics at http://home.pacbell.net/rclack/ . Asking $10,000 or best offer. Please call Richard at (510) 594-1400 ext 118 days, (510) 521-1090 eves or email:rclack@pacbell.net.

2 jibs, 2 spinnakers, new boom, split backstay. Set up for racing. Reduced for quick sale. $3,000. (415) 898-2406. HOBIE16. Fast and fun sailing catamaran, 1979. Excellent condition. Sunset colored main and jib. Includes trailer with storage box and spare tire. $1175 obo. (707)-823-3457.

26-FT THUNDERBIRD. Racing & cruising rigged, tons of sails, spinnaker poles, fairly new deck & bottom, remodeled interior. You'll have a blast on the Bay with this. Kept in Point Richmond on the trailer with 2 metal boxes. Lots of extras. $7,450 with trailer. Call (808) 262-2074.

22-FT DOUBLE-PLANKED MAHOGANY sloop. Built in 1959 in Nagoya Japan by Mikasa. New Main, Nissan outboard, 2-speed Maxwell bronze

NOR'SEA27,1992. Factory built, aft cabin, Moni¬ tor, refrig, 5 sails, much more. 3 axle E-Z Load

winches. SS roller reefing boom, custom hatch etc. Honduras Mahogany w/teak trim. Please call

trailer. Call Steve, (719) 486-0856 or email:

PEARSON 28, 1977. Atomic 4, newer Harken furlerwith 135% genoa, tired main, lines lead aft, alcohol stove, propane BBQ, knotmeter, depthfinder, compass, VHF. Needs work: trim, rub rail & exhaust flange. AtTahoe. Asking $8,500. Call (775) 831-0896.

CAL 2-27, 1976. Atomic 4. Primary/secondary winches, Speedo depth, furling. Excellent condi¬ tion. Great family boat. Tiller. Very spacious down below. Standing headroom. $9,500. One of the finest made Bay boats. (415) 987-9429. CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER 26, 1967. One piece molded fiberglass with teak overlay. Recon¬ ditioned, upgraded, Neil Pryde sails, aluminum spars, internal halyards, jiffy reefing, custom inte¬ rior, 6 ft headroom. New cushions & covers, portlights, Volvo MD1, monel shaft, epoxy bottom, stern pulpit. $16,000. (415) 332-2430 or force7@earthlink.net

bluechablis @ chaffee.net

CAL 25. Great basic boat. Hull, sail & rig in good shape. Excellent, roomy interior, white/red stripe.

HUNTER 25,1980. Lovingly cared for, numerous upgrades, low wear, beautiful interior. Furling/ reefing jib, mainsail, Nissan 8 hpall '92. Genniker with sock, 150%, VHF, swim ladder, head/shower,

Can see at Emery Cove Marina, foot of West ABC gate, back of dock. Call (510) 653-1724 for ac¬ cess. $2,800 obo.

RANGER 26,1973. Good clean Bay boat. New standing/running rigging & lifelines. Two furling

der, rebuilt crane & cascading backstay, 2 spinna¬ kers, 2 mains, good 90% & 110%, several cruising sails, Sm o/b. Ready for Friday nights or HDA.

selftailing winches, 2 anchors, roller, locker. Baja trailerable. $6,800. (925) 798-3067.

jibs & main with full battens. SS keelbolts. Lots of other stuff. If interested call for details. $6,750.

Standing room, Porta-Potti & it sleeps 2 adults comfortably on new cushions throughout. Berke¬ ley berth. $5,200. Tom at home: (530) 668-1341

SANTA CRUZ 27,1982, HULL #144. Fast is fun. Lightly used, beautifully maintained. New: mainsail,

SANTA CRUZ 27, FUN ULTRALITEI 7 bags of sails, spin, gear and 2 chutes, 6 hp o/b, anchor, large V-berth. Delta boat, in water. Needs TLC and some blister repair. Price greatly reduced. $5,500. Call Ken (209) 368-0913. MERIT 25, RAGIN CAJUN, @RYC w/dbl axl trailer just rehauled, 8 bags of sails w/ Myar/Kevlar racing set, new 3.5hp motor. 10K. Best hull in

trailer, tanbark sails, roller furling, centerboard, anchor roller, deck pipe, halyards led aft, wood interior. Fresh water only. $26,500. Please call

fleet. (510) 526-0403.

(505) 776-8989.

ERICSON 27,1973. Great Bay boat. Sleeps five with 6' 2" headroom. One mainsail, two jibs (110% andstorm),onespinnakerwith pole. Rebuilt Atomic

COLUMBIA 26 MKII. Depth, wind, speed. In¬

4 with 130 hours. Includes enclosed head, sink, alcohol stove, shorepower & VHF. $7,800. Please

Bay/family boat. Well cared for. Moving up to a larger boat. $4,500. Call Erik, am (510) 237-2099 or pm (510) 223-8310.

(707) 643-5056. KIWI 24,1973, SUKEYII. A Ron Holland custom 1/4 tonner, hull #7 of 14. Kevlar main & 125%, rebuilt standing rigging, custom Schummaker rud¬

or work: (916) 443-4416 or BYC.

cover, marine battery, bottom paint. Custom inte¬ rior, 5 hp Mercury outboard, TrailRite trailer. At Brickyard Marina. $12,800. (530) 581-2465 or

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1997. Yanmar diesel, 6 sails, hauled 1 year ago. $4800. Also 22' Gaff needs TLC #1,000.00. This boat is not junk-it just needs to go. Please call

CATALINA 27,1977. Roller furling, dodger, Atomic 4, stereo, 2 spinnakers. See in Emeryville. $7,500.

(916) 777-7763.

(916) 434-0419. ERICSON 27,1976. Excellent condition, beautiful interior, new upholstery, new bottom job, diesel, Autohelm, lots of extras, great boat. $11,500. Call

call (707) 575-4936.

Call (925) 933-2448. 1990 NIMBLE ARTIC 25 PILOTHOUSE YAWL, 9.9 Yamaha 4 cycle motor, dual controls, dual axle

board. 2 mains, spinnaker, 3 jibs, new cushions, spinnaker pole, lifelines, interior spacious. Fine

(925) 676-7647.

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CAL 2-27,1975. Great boat on dual axle trailer.

CATALINA 25,1978. Factory Fresh Condition,

Engine removed. Fantastic deal at $7,500 for boat & trailer. (916) 488-6274.

Roomy interior, New 9.9 Evinrude-20 hours,

26-FT THUNDERBIRD, 1969. Classic, fast, full keel sloop. Excellent condition. 8 ft dinghy w/

hauled, waxed, 'Tamalpa Star” @ Vallejo Yacht Club-C-22. $5,800 firm. Call (707) 446-1484 or (800) 590-7084, voicemail.

cover. 8 hp Tohatsu outboard. New standing rigging & upgraded running rig. New hull, bottom,

O’DAY 25,1979. Skeg Keel, center board ver¬ sion, better than new, full cover, always dry

deck paint. VHF, KM, compass, autopilot, Loran.

storaged.

Dual batteries w/charger. New toilet, tank & pump. AC refrig, sink, stove & Magma BBQ. Dodgers &

veteran. Galvanized EZ Loader trailer, excellent

cushions new in '98. Has original main & storm jib. Boat cover & many other extras. Trailer available. See at Pier 39, B-15 'til 8/31, then drydock my home. $5,500. Contact (408) 686-9707 or LSMaki@aol.com

NEWPORT 30,1984. Custom open transom, teak platform, tiller, refrig, propane stove w/oven, Uni¬

Channel Island and Mexico cruise

condition. Autohelm, depth, genny, storm jib and much, much more. Original, meticulous owner with all records. $10,500. Call (310) 771-6432, (562) 596-6271 or for full specifics contact: mkkropf@gte.net CAPRI 26, 1990.

versal diesel (low hrs), VHF, KM, DS, compass, roller furling, autopilot, dodger (usable but needs replacement) w/full enclosure, 5 sails. $23,000 any offer considered. (510) 290-1179. PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25. Bristol condition. Ex¬ cellent starter boat. Comfortable & easy to

30-FT CORINTHIAN, 1980. Baja ready. Watermaker, solar panels, Norcold plate, alcohol

singlehand. Female/child friendly. Teak interior.

stove, teak interior. Volvo diesel, good condition,

Very clean. Genoa, spinnaker. New: halyards, mainsheet, all inside & outside cushions. Yanmar

sails good. Dodger, bimini, rear & side shades.

diesel. Owners purchasing larger boat. $16,500 obo. (530) 756-6686.

New stays. $19,500. (707) 695-4201. HERRESHOFF MODIFIED H-28 KETCH. 30' LOA, built 1965, full keel, dbl planked mahogany over oak, hull excellent condition. New decks,

Well built & maintained,

Atomic 4 overhauled, new interior foam/canvas.

MERIT 25, 1978, #104. Early hull, stiff keel. 2

singlehanded, inboard diesel, VHF, KM, KL, DS,

Ground tackle, new lines. Extras. Move forces

compasses. Mast head & fractional spinnaker

compass, st winches, furling jib, autopilot, en¬ closed head, stove, sink, whisker pole, bottom

sale. $8,000 obo. Stephanie, (415) 546-3634 or (510) 530-0346.

halyards. 6 bags sails. Excellent singlehand rigged. So. Cal & lake sailed. No trailer, will deliver. $5,800 obo. (510) 528-0332.

painted 2/99, Alameda berth. $20,500. Call Al (916) 608-9205 orAlbert6@aol.com.

OLSON 30, BIG MON. SSS TransPac veteran. Excellent condition. Convertible from shorthanded ocean to class racing. Includes furler, dodger,

ISLANDER 28, 1976, STARSHIP. Great Bay boat. 4 oversized winches. 5 headsails: 90%,

CATALINA 250,1995. Beautiful 25' sloop with water ballast & swing keel. Furling jib, new

130%, 150%, 2 spinnakers & gear. Depth, VHF, stereo, knotmeter. Volvo diesel in great condition.

dodger & full canvas, bimini, upper end instru¬ ments & VHF, Autohelm tiller pilot, Honda OB.

Enclosed head, galley, etc. Sleeps 4-5. Beautiful teak interior, new cushions throughout. Asking

Many extras. Trailer includes load leveling sys¬

$19,000. Call Bruce (510) 638-3278 eves oremail:

tem. Santa Barbara slip available. Please call (805) 687-3727.

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$14,500. Please call (415) 488-1856 or email: ed-miller@ mindspring.com MARIEHOLM 26. Classic, rugged “poor man’s

CAL 2-25,1980. Edson Wheel, Yanmar diesel. North sails, sailcovers. Deck hardware,

cruiser”. Nordic Folkboat style. Great lines, built in

chainplates rebedded w/5200.

Sweden. So cheap you can buy all the new gear - it’s a blank slate. Many sisters made long pas¬

custom wood ceiling in main cabin. Standing head room. Teak interior. New foam in forward

sages. Downside? Sails, rigging tired, engine kaput. $1,200 obo. (510) 540-6960.

cabin. Priced to move. $6,000 firm. Please call (408) 947-7224.

CATALINA 27,1976. Clean, well equipped for coastal sailing. Very good condition. Shorepower/ battery charger, VHF, KM, DS, 3 sails, 9.8 Mer¬

CAL 27,1972. Strong recently cleaned hull, poptop, mast and rig five years old, Pineapple main and jib, VHF, Northsail gennaker, spinnaker pole,

cury outboard, stove. Ready to go. Move forces sale. $6,800 obo. In Santa Cruz. (831) 425-2832.

Evinrude outboard, 2 anchors, sleeps five, icebox. Sails great, upwind Berkeley berth, new survey, $3,000 obo. Call (415) 663-1615.

Reinsulated w/

CAL T2-27. Funnest boat on the Bay! Fast, dry cruiser/racer with full headroom. Well rigged. 10 yearsuccessful, easygoing partnership-onepart¬ ner leaving. Twice the boat for 1/2 the price! Berkeley berth. $3,000. Payment plan possible. (510) 845-1912, Johnny. ALBIN VEGA 27, #703, BUILT 1969. Great all weather sailboat. Docked in the North Bay. Needs a little TLC, hauled out 2 years ago. In very good condition, view her at: www.marketpublishing.com/ vega.html. $5,000 or ? Must sell ASAP, moving. Contact Paul at (408) 729-1824. CONTESSA 26 SLOOP. Ideal pocket cruiser for coastal or offshore. Sistership to circumnaviga¬ tors Tania Aebi's Varuna and Brian Caldwell's Mai Mila Vavau. 5 sails including asymmetrical spin¬ naker, Yanmar diesel '98 (60 hrs), new standing & running rigging in '96, new professional epoxy barrier bottom in '97, radar, GPS, depth, speed,

COLUMBIA 26 with great SF berth (Gashouse Cove) included. Very tight! Enclosed head. Sink with hot running water. Cute, comfortable interior. Canvas tent, screened privacy rails. Great retreat! Needs motor & sails & priced accordingly. $4,500 obo. (415) 456-3993. HUNTER 27,1980. She’s a beauty! Tall rig/split backstay, wheel, diesel, roller reefing & 130 Genoa 97, upholstery, cockpit cushions, interior update, new head, shore power & charger. Please call V(415) 897-7934. $15,900. (and worth it). SEAWARD 25, 1989. Yanmar Diesel, wheel, major electronics, inverter/charger, furling, self tailing winches, refrigeration, Orico stove, dodger/ bimini, plough/roller, mast raising system, dingy and more. Will deliver. $26,500. Cadillac of trailerables. (415) 897-7934.

photos, survey & complete list of equip got to: www.bajavillas.com/contessa26.Email: nana@bajavillas.com, ph: (Oil) 52-112-2-16-46 or fax: (011)52-112-5-59-00.

beautiful Ynahogany interior, beautiful exterior. Offshore design, sails beautifully. $32,600 obo. (916) 783-8062.

29 TO 31 FEET

solar, full battened main, double spreader, Alpha autopilot, new outboard, custom galvanized trailer, hydraulic backstay, elliptical rudder & much more.

RAWSON 30. A wonderful full keeled sloop with huge cockpit & interior room that will amaze you. She's rugged yet beautiful, excellent condition,

30-FT CUSTOM SPORT BOAT. Schumacher/ Olson design. Exceptionally well constructed. Excellent condition. Super fast, top quality sails, 2 axle trailer, LPU paint, outboard, carbon fiber spar, fractional rig, dry sailed. The ultimate in go fast racing at a much lower cost. Please call Bill at (408) 734-2027. C&C 31,1976, hull, engine (Volvo Penta) & 13 sails all in excellent condition, recent survey, racer

new Volvo diesel, new dodger, new mast & rig¬ ging, Harken rollerjib, DS, VHF, Autohelm & much more. Will consider a 25+ ft trailerable sailboat as down. $21,500. Call (408) 395-5822. SAN JUAN 30, 1978. In beautiful condition & priced to sell at $12,500. Great club racer & weekend cruiser. Atomic 4 in excellent condition with lots of sails. Give your competition fits with this

boat!

Mike,

(707)

747-6635

not cruiser, but with weekend amenities (cush¬ ioned berths, water tank, head and Porta-Potti,

comeliavl@earthlink.net

LPG cartridge stove, removable table, etc.), VHF, cell phone plug, big boat feel under sail, sistership to “Sorcerer", PHRF 168. $ 15,000 obo, located

J-29,1984, AUDACIOUS. Fractional. New: rig¬ ging, lifelines, 15HP Merc w/elec: 2 mains, +10

Alameda. NO BROKERS PLEASE. Please call (510) 527 8900 day (OK to leave message, for Dee) or boat@translate-best.com.

Not beat to death racing. Nice teak/holly sole. Fun, fast, cozy racer/cruiser. $19,500. Please call

more sails, origo stove, battery charger, more.

Marc (415) 640-7684, Marc@QuakeCity.com

30-FT PACIFIC CRUISING YACHT, 1972. Stun¬ ning classic lines & teak work, must see & sail. Fiberglass hull & deck. Sails, 15 hp Evinrude, lots of extras. $8,500 obo. (209) 339-1274 eves/ wkends. She sails beautifully. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 31 KETCH. Near bristol condition. Roller furling. 3 years on North Sails (also full second set). Fully rebuilt Atomic 4 en¬ gine. Herreshoff hull. Full boat cover, also set of individual sail covers. $28,000 obo. Please call (415) 383-0387 eves.

RANGER 29,1976, VOYAGER. Race/cruise, full race set-up, proven winner, great sails, hardware & bottom. All lines led aft, new standing & running rigging, many recent upgrades, well maintained. Predominantly lake sailed. $16,000. Call Dan, (408) 985-5213 hm or (650) 968-9457 x226 wk.

BODEGA 30,1976. Full keel sloop equipped for

VHF, 2 solar panels, 3 batteries, new interior cushions, 4 anchors, inflatable kayak, propane stove & BBQ. In La Paz BCS. $15,500 USD. For

NEW ROBERTS 27 DESIGNED, custom built,

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cruising. Quality construction, ready for Mexico or beyond. Liferaft, radar, inflatable, etc. $26,500. (415) 260-7280.

PEARSON 30, 1976. Clean, well maintained. Sails, standing rigging, traveler, lifelines, interior cushions & BBQ all recently replaced. Harken

OLSON 30, HULL #244. Fast, responsive, great condition. Epoxy bottom, faired keel, 2 rudders,

roller furling, Atomic 4, CNG stove, AM/FM cas¬ sette, wheel & Loran. No blisters. Great SF Bay boat, located in Benicia. $14,500. Please call (707) 746-6231.

double-spreader. Includes trailer, sails. Seattle Grand Prix winner. $19,500 obo. (206) 842-1584.

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ISLANDER 29,1967. Strong fiberglass, full set of sails, as new condition. Oven, VHF, DS, KM, autopilot, cockpit cushions, 3 anchors, 5 berths! dinette. A-4 needs overhaul. Nice wood interior. $7,600 or aviation trade? (530) 885-3421. 30-FT KNARR, Norwegian built in 1953. Hull #74.

1977 ISLANDER. 30 ft. Volvo Penta Diesel. Over $1,500 in recent upgrades include new wheel steering, head, compass, fish finder, radio, an¬ tenna. Bottom refinished. Berthed San Francisco area. $22,000 obo. (760)603-9345.

rights or possible partnerships. Please call Whitt,

YANKEE 30,1974. New curtains, 7 sails, autopi¬ lot, Loran, GPS, solar panels, dodger, refrig, CNG stove, battery charger, very reliable atomic 4,

(415)451-1411 wkor(415) 383-8430eves.

great for singlehanding, great condition. $16,000

All for $8,000 including Gas House Cove berth

pane, Avon dinghy with o/b, Aries vane, more $25,000. (831) 338-2809.

32 TO 35 FEET 33.5-FT HUNTER, 1980. Wheel helm, 27 hp Yanmar, GPS, h/c pressure water, shower, gas BBC. Will finance. $27,500. (707) 794-9773. ALBERG 35. Ready to cruise now. Rebuilt diesel, good sail inventory, Hasler steering vane, pilot,

obo. Jim (510) 393-4761.

diesel stove, fireplace, cold plate refrig, anchors, chain, roller reefing, much more. A strong, fast,

knotmeter, depthsounder, stereo radio, Atomic 4,

CATALINA30,1983. Diesel 21 hp., rollerfurling,

painted 1998. Fun to sail. Please contact Sid at (707) 647-1526 or Mat (775) 782-0236.

wheel steering, selftailing winches, autopilot, new dodger and cushions, cockpit cushions, VHF, CD stereo, and more. Very clean. $26,500. Please call (925J-945-2698.

affordable cruising boat. $34,000. Call Owner, (250) 537-5938.

30-FT PEARSON, 1979 CRUISER. Clean,

SEAFARER 31,1975. Classic Bill Tripp modified full keel fiberglass sloop. Great Bay cruiser. Hard top dodger, 30 hp inboard, Sausalito berth. $6,250. Rick, (831) 594-6551 or (831) 674-2686.

29'+ BAYLINER BUCCANEER 295.1979 Volvo

ETCHELLS USA 425. This boat is ready to race

led aft, Autohelm, dual batteries, knotmeter, depth finder, lots of gear, $9,000 obo (510)523-4150.

& needs nothing. Double axle trailer. Located in Point Richmond. Motivated seller. Please contact Brian

(415)

559-2707

email:

brian.berger@worldnet.att.net NORTH ATLANTIC 29. Modern junk rigged ex¬ panded, Hasler designed folkboat, TransAtlantic & Pacific vet. Factory cost of $80,000 in 1979. Sail-O-Mat, diesel, HAM, etc. Bulletproof. $50,000. (619) 223-1563 or jsdietz@earthlink.net or http:// www.jimdietz.com/junkrig.html 30-FT CHEOY LEE BERMUDA KETCH, 1961. Lovingly restored. All teak. KM, DPS, VHF, 5sails. New rig, A-4 engine, sm inflatable. Everything works, looks good parked or sailing. Owner past 14 years must sell. $15,000 obo. (510) 594-6296 days or (415) 398-3422 eves.

diesel, folding prop, new cushions, 4 jibs, 2 spin¬ nakers, Main 3 reefs, Cunningham, flattener, lines

30-FT KETCH. Fiberglass over plywood, classic looking,low maintenance.10 hp Saab diesel. With 100% Jib main, mizzen, storm jib. VHF/Depth.

Price negotiable depending on what stage the refit is at. Also 16 ft Hobie Cat, trailer, catbox, beach wheels, new sails, $1,200. (415) 928-3928.

$28,000. (925) 283-5032.

(propane), and much more. 4 sails (110% jib new). Located on all weather mooring, La Paz,

CAPE DORY 30 CUTTER, 1981. Volvo diesel, Edson wheel steering. Datamarine log/speed, depth, wind, Autohelm pilot, VHF, rollerfurling jib, self-tending staysail, main, drifter, teak interior, holding tank, 1 lOv charger. Clean, solid cruiser $30,000. (707) 874-3026.

furling jib, new instruments incl windspeed & point, Atomic 4 in good condition. Surveyed 15 months ago. In Ballena Bay. Clean boat, great value, $24,000. Please call (510) 628-4105 or (925) 829-3049.

CAL 30,1974. Almost new Yanmar diesel. Black hull, white deck. Smooth sailing. Paradise Cay Marina. Can transfer berth to new owner. Asking

(907)

RANGER 33,1974. New rigging, thru-hulls, roller

YORKTOWN 33, 1974. 6 sails, 3 anchors, full keel, freshly painted all over, windlass, new inte¬

YANKEE 30,1972, PEREGRINE. Handsome S&S

nings, (707)539-0103.

Reduced to $9,500 obo. Please call Tony eve¬ design. BluewaterorBay racer/cruiser. Excellent sail inventory, well equipped. Epoxy bottom, vane, AP, etc. Very good condition. $16,000. Please call weekdays: (209) 838-0289 or call weekends:

CLASSIC WOOD (TEAK) SLOOP. 35’6" x 10' x 5', Robb design-English, Albin diesel, rollerfurling main (2), Furling jib (2), spinnaker (1), full cover, immaculate condition inside & out. Best of its type on Bay, many extras, an eye catcher, must see. $45,000 obo. Call (415) 435-4454. COLUMBIA 33,1964. Needs work. Rig off. Ha¬ waii vet. Will be hauled Aug 16 at Svendsen’s. $4,500 firm. If she doesn’t sell by Aug 20, she’ll be donated to charity. Call (510) 769-8257. RANGER 33,1974. New rigging, thru-hulls, roller furling jib, new instruments, incl windspeed & point, Atomic 4 in good condition, surveyed 15 months ago. In Alameda. Clean boat, outstanding value, $21,000. Please call (510) 628-4105 or (510) 301-2865.

$15,000. Darryl, (415) 897-7083.

CATALINA 320,1994. Excellent condition with low engine hours. Wheel steering with Autohelm knot, depth, wind & autopilot. Custom dodger with complete canvas cover. 4 speaker AM/FM/CD. Electric windlass, refrig, propane stove/oven, h/c pressure water. $74,500. (510) 841-6278. WESTSAIL 32, HULL #262. Roller furling jib. Double reefed main w/storm tri-sail on separate track. Spare main, spare jib. 25 hp Volvo MD2B. Teak decks w/teak & mahogany interior. 2 burner propane stove w/oven. Full dodger w/bimini. Two 35 lb CQRs, mast pulpits, reinforced boom, mast steps, boom gallows, SS turtle & the list goes on. $42,000 firm. (808) 722-1153 eves or email: vlngilot@coffee-haven.com

ALBERG 35,1963. Pacific Coast - Mexico vet. Dodger, Monitor vane, Redcrest, Tillermaster, 8 bags sails, 35 CQR, chain rode, bow roller, wind¬ lass, plus much gear. This sea-kindly classic needs skipper who wants to bluewater cruise.

CONTESSA 32, 1976, RUNNING FREE. New

$18,500. Fritz, (925) 634-6048. CHALLENGER 32, 1974. Very roomy, 48 hp Nissan diesel, custom fiberglass hard windshield dodger with soft top & 2 ft deck extension off stern. H/C pressure water, refrig, propane stove, Loran,

24-FT ALLEGRA CUTTER. Pocket cruiser. Big¬ ger Flicka. New standing rigging. New Yanmar. Selftailing winches. Bronze windlass & ports. Teak decks. 6 ft headroom. It needs some cosmetic work and a few things finished off. Motivated to sell. I’ll consider offers in the low$20's. Please call

ERICSON29,1971. $12,000. Atomic 4. Boat& engine in excellent condition. Many extra's. Chris

VHF. Nice liveaboard. $22,000. (650) 712-0345.

(415) 331-0910.

(415) 561-3971.

WESTSAIL 32. Ready for cruising/liveaboard.

WESTSAIL 32. Custom built, teak interior. Aries

Factory plan, immaculate. Beautiful interior, elec¬ tric head, shower, h/c pressure. Much more! $49,900. (510) 331-7145. All details, photos and

vane, all lead keel, shower, dodger, hard dinghy, Yanmar diesel, 36 hp. (510) 783-6404, pager

CAL 29,1977. Diesel, Wheel, Loran. Key/COM Radio, depth main & 4 headsails, Dodger, 3 burner stove w/oven, pressure water. Holding tank. Quality wood in & out. $15,500. Please contact (415) 289-0714.

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SANTANA 30, 1977. New autopilot, all Mylar headsails, MD7A Volvo diesel. $15,000. Great Bay boat. Don, (916) 777-6041. 1965 30' BODEGA TRAWLER. Classic Beauty.

OLSON 30, LURKER, 1980. Double spreader,

Built in Marshall, CA at Bodega Bay. Jib & main sails. 100 HP Detroit Diesel cruises at 7 knots.

elliptical rudder, epoxy bottom. Great dual axle trailer, new 2.5 Nissan. Competitive in One De¬

Radar, VHF, Loran, GPS, depthfinder, solar panel, electric head & water, auto pilot. Sleeps 3. Galley & dinette, diesel heater. $33,000 b/o. Please call

sign, but needs regatta sails & brightwork. Will deliver in CA. 2 boat owner, cheap butfirm $12,500. (408) 527-5913 or www.winterlan.net/vmi/o30/

(831)647-0161.

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WINDJAMMER 34,1978 KETCH. Original owner. 20 hp diesel, flush teak deck, hard dodger, full cruising sails, electric windlass, 1.5 kw generator, stove/oven, CQR & Danforth anchors on rollers. Liveaboard or cruise. $40,000 obo. Call Tom, (650) 368-8476. DOWNEAST 32,1976. Fiberglass cutter. Chan¬ nel Island veteran family cruiser. New standing rigging 1994. Roller jib, h/c pressure water, pro¬

650-875-3626 wtvtu.superiormarinecanvas.com

sails in 93, Roller furling headsail. Monitor windvane. 22# Bruce. The boat is in La Paz, in dry storage. 14,000 or best offer. (650) 359-1779.

(408)581-1356. VALIANT 32, 1978. Diesel (510 hrs), six sails (good to excellent condition), Fleming vane, full covers, epoxy bottom. Boat is well-equipped & ready to go anywhere. Two owner boat. $46,000. For specs & photo, call Chris at (831) 423-4076. 33-FT MOORE KETCH, 1962. Solid world trav¬ eler, original glass on planking in South American fantail design. Teak outside, mahogany inside. All sails, rigging. Tightas dollarbutengineless, needs other work. TLC will yield 1st class boat. $1,000 obo. Message (415) 337-8634.

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shower, galley, VHF, Loran, stereo, knotmeter, depth, anchors, hauled 4/98. Pride & joy for 4 yrs.

CONTESSA 32,1981. Proven bluewater cruiser. Excellent condition. Bukh 20 hp diesel. Many upgrades: new rig, lifelines, dodger, galley stove

Baja. $34,000. macsmith@xyz.net

CATALINA 30 TALL RIG, 1982. New diesel, dodger, Autohelm 4000, large wheel, Harken furier, 2 jibs, rigid vang, rigging upgrades, h/c water,

hardtop dodger, selftail winches, covers for all wood. Two 10 yr owners put lots of care into boat. $35,000. (360) 385-0825 WA.

Dinghy. Lots of ground tackle w/windlass boat in Sausalito. Phone (707) 528-9323. $15,000.

CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 KETCH, 1964. Fi¬ berglass, teak decks & cabin, new masts, stand¬ ing rigging, sails & motor. Full cover. $23,000.

ALBERG 35, 1965. Eight sails including storm trisail w/masttrack, diesel, propane oven, Paloma hot water, windlass, 150 ft chain, 35 CQR, refrig,

TRAVELER 32. Rhodes design double-ended cutter, Rawson built, rerigged, double backstays, good for singlehanding, repowered with Yanmar. Great sailer/cruiser. Ready to sail; hull, rig, engine excellent, needs main hatch & fitting out. Sacri¬ fice, $28,000. (415) 468-0854.

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32-FT VALIANT, 1978. Documented. Owners

ISLANDER FREEPORT 36,1981 ,NONCENTS.

COLUMBIA 36,1969. New diesel/trans/prop. Full

“B" plan, 2000 watt inverter, 400 amp hour batter¬ ies, 105 amp alternator, Smart regulator, PSS

lazyjacks. Whitlock wheel steering. Dodger, cock¬

retiring to Bay & Delta! Mexico three times. Equip¬

ISLANDER 36, 1976. Totally refitted last three years. Ready to cruise. Must see to appreciate.

ment includes: custom freezer/refer, engine driven,

Radar, autopilot, watermaker, dual bow rollers,

Sail-O-Mat vane, two Tillermasters, Furuno 16

three anchors, inverter, electric windlass, HAM radio, two VHF radios, depthsounder, three blade

shaft seal, teak interior with new upholstery, h/c

pit cushions, asymmetrical spinnaker with

pressure water, cold machine refrig. “C” dock

folding Maxi-prop, all lines led aft on Spinlocks, Harken oversized selftailing winches. Harken roller

Brickyard Cove. $64,000. (510) 236-3099.

chute(ATN replica). Much more. $28,500 obo. Possible owner finance. (707) 399-8137.

mile radar w/Nema attachment (GPS) ’97, Sea SSB radio, Alden weatherfax, Micrologic Loran, Lectra-San head, propanestove w/built-in five gal container, Corian countertops, hot water heater, Kerosene built-in heater, all Barient winches, three reef main, genniker, Yankee sail, Harken roller furling jib, custom made awning, 4-man liferaft w/ canister, new rigging ’97 & more hardware.

furling, North full batten main, davits, Alpine ste¬ reo system, TV/VCR, teak & holly sole. Custom cabinetry throughout. Inflatable with outboard motor. $52,000 firm. Located Channel Islands Harbor. (805) 984-0117 or (805) 984-3061.

$54,000. Call (415) 457-2374. ERICSON 32, 1972. Sloop. Clean & attractive. Light green hull, white cabin & deck. Teak trim

ERICSON 38200,1986. Beautiful like-new condi¬

IRWIN 38 MKII, 1987. Center cockpit bluewater

tion. Meticulousy maintained. New Hood sails with Dutchman system. New dodger, sail cover &

cruiseryourwife will love. Large master stateroom

rail covers. LCD radar/auto level backstay mount.

cruising goodies. This sturdy vessel has been to Hawaii, British Columbia & Mexico. $90,000.

Recently replaced lifelines, custom instrument pod with fold-up cocktail tablejteautiful teak inte¬

GULFSTAR 36 SLOOP, 1983. Main, roller furling jib, new bimini with dodger-leecloth, sail cover,

rior, 3 new batteries & Link 20 two bank monitor, Autohelm, windspeed, depth, knotmeter, log. Sony

winch covers. New lifelines, dorades, running

CD AM/FM, Bose speakers, Bottomsiders cockpit cushions, only 370 engine hrs. Exceptional sailing

outside, mahogany inside. 3 sails, jib, main & cover, 120% jenny. Atomic 4 engine. Sleeps 6.

rigging, painted spars, restored teak with Cetol. New epoxy barrier coat and bottom paint, boot

Original owner. Asking price: $13,000. Please call (510) 337-0454 or (925) 254-4168. YORKTOWN 35, AFT COCKPIT. Hull & deck on

stripes. 16,000 BTU central heat & air, refrig. Speed, depth, wind machine, autopilot, VHF, Lo¬ ran, EPIRB, TV, microwave, coffee maker. 50 hp Perkins diesel. A gorgeous, one of a kind, excel¬

steel rolling cradle. Major bulkheads & partial interior installed. All fiberglass, extremely strong

lent boat. $79,000. Phone: (417) 276-5101 days or (417) 276-6565 eves.

world cruiser, huge interior. Includes plans for a

batten jib on Harken traveler. Full batten main with

with queen. Two heads. Large galley. All the usual

Please call (916) 705-3700. FREYA 39, 1986. Cutter rigged, canoe stem, custom lengthened cabin, beautiful teak interior,

performance. $89,000. Call (925) 828-8423 days

separate shower stall, hard dodger, liferaft, SSB, weatherfax, inverter, watermaker, freezer, elec¬

or (925) 736-8718 eves.

tric windlass, cruising spinnaker, radar. $120,000. Call (707) 762-1033 or andreab987@home.com

39-FT FREYA. Glass hull with deck attached, finish from there & sail away to South Seas.

HUNTER VISION 36,1991. Trouble-free, anod¬

$18,000. As is, or best offer. (707) 253-1010.

ized, freestanding rig. One owner, excellent con¬ dition, very light/airy, comfortable, 6’ 6" head-

ISLANDER 36,1973. Fast, tough, stiff Bay/Delta/

room, luxurious liveaboard, Bay & coastal perfor¬

modern junk rig designed by a British Naval Archi¬ tect. $3,500 obo. (818) 757-7517.

ISLAN DER 36,1974. Major upgrades over last 23 years include Westerbeke 30B three diesel,

coast boat needs new family. White/powder blue nonskid, pre-OPEC solid hull, lead keel, nogelcoat

mance cruiser. Excellent condition sails: Spectra

32- FT CLIPPER MARINE KETCH, 1976. Fiber¬ glass, Yanmar diesel, LP paint hull & deck ’95,

Emeron paint, Lewmar opening ports. Cushions reupholstered, new headliner. Also 125% genoa w/roller furling, Autohelm 3000, Magellan GPS,

blisters, custom cockpit rigged, 4 Barlows, 7 Barients, all new spreaders/standing rigging,

cal spinnakers. Dacron main. Newly rebuilt Yanmar, new Maxwell windlass, Bruce 44, Adler

rigging & lifeline replaced ’95, new bottom paint 4/

oversized Maxwell windlass (HWC 1100), CQR-

Perkins |-108 diesel gylol cooled, under 500 hrs. Teak interior, h/c pressure water, 3 burner alcohol

Barbour refrig. Four golf cart batteries. Autohelm autopilot, wind, depth, knotmeter. Garmin GPS,

98, nonskid ’96, hot/cold pressure water, pressure alcohol stove, depthsounder, V-berth bed ’97,

type anchor w/triple-B chain, stereo & CD, Humminbird fishfinder, etc. Homeport Puerto

stove with oven, 3 water tanks (90 gal ttl), 2 fuel (46 gal ttl). Sleeps 7. $36,700. (408) 867-9351.

B&G cockpit VHF. Asking $95,000 before we turn over to broker. Call after August 5. Please contact

salon settee ’96. Needs some interior work.

Vallarta, Mexico. Worth a trip. Must sell. $34,950. (818) 986-8132.

$13,000. (888) 691-7396 voicemail or email: johnd2m@aol.com

main & jib, Dacron jib, asymmetrical & symmetri¬

(650) 359-4780. 37-FT CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER. Rigging, sails, motor, stove, watermaker, solar panels,

CATALINA 36,1990. Walk-thru transom. All the

PEARSON (RHODES) VANGUARD 32. A plastic classic for the modern sailor. This classic beauty has been lovingly maintained & upgraded with the

ISLAND PACKET 38,1988. Excellent condition. Major refit since ‘95, over $40,000 value. Wind¬ lass Autohelm 6000, watermaker WaterSurvivor 8011, dinghy davits, radar, power inverter, liferaft,

autopilot, tankage new since 1994. Needs interior finished (have most materials). Bulletproof cruiser. Lying Mazatlan. $20,000 as/where is; consider

usual Catalina 36 equipment plus 30 hp diesel, dodger, radar, Loran interfaced autopilot, Zodiac Hypalon dinghy & 5 hp outboard, chain windlass,

trade for smaller boat in Bay. (209) 988-8814 or

extra anchors. $75,000. (415) 695-9615.

best that 90’s sailing technology has to offer. New Pineapple main with Dutchman system, roller

EPIRB 406 Mhz, new cruising sails, auxiliary stainless steel diesel tank 50 gals. Stainless steel

(209) 549-9848.

furling/reefing Sobstad jib, Yanmar 30 hp diesel,

arch with 4 solar panels, 4 solar vents, new fiberglass dodger, new bimini, etc. Located in San

CATALINA 36,1984. New epoxy bottom, main,

duty offshore cruiser. Excellent condition. Cutter,

jib, interior, folding prop, spinnaker, diesel, refer,

6 sails, 45 diesel. Includes VHF, HAM, Loran,

autopilot, furling, dodger. Clean boat. Profession¬ ally captained maintained. $65,000. Please call

autopilot, windvane, liferaft, inflatable and/or hard dinghy, outboard, solarpanels.greatgroundtackle,

(831) 429-5111. Possible Santa Cruz slip.

much more. $110,000. (509) 997-2266 or steba@methow.com

Furuno radar, LPG stove & BBO, Navico tillerpilot & full instrumentation, 35 lb COR anchor with bow roller & Simpson-Lawrence windlass. $20,000. (415) 564-7074. PEARSON (RHODES) VANGUARD 32. An inex¬ pensive entry into the world of cruising under sail. This fully equipped sloop will take you where you want to go in safety and comfort. For much less than the price of the upgrades alone, you get roller furling/reefing jib, Yanmar 30hp diesel, Furuno RADAR, LPG stove and barbecue, NAVICO tiller pilot and full instrumentations, 35 lb. CQR anchor with bow roller and windlass. $20,000. Please call (707) 794-3389 day or night.

Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. $138,000. No sales tax. For details please call; (011) 52-622-70160 or (530) 257-3948. CAL 39,1972, HULL #1. LP paint. 7+ sails, main

KETTENBERG 38.1952 classic sloop. Mahogany

new 1992. Perkins 4-107 diesel runs good. Great racing record. Located Coronado. $49,500. Call (619) 435-8182 or (619) 435-4249.

on oak frames. Recent new interior. Graymarine engine in working order. Recent bottom job & new

WAYFARER ISLANDER 37,1968.4 cyl Perkins diesel, sail #84 (“Fleetwing”), berth H-15 at Berke¬ ley Marina, bottom done spring '98, dodger, v selftending jib. Solid boat but needs cosmetics,

36 TO 39 FEET CAL 39. Be in Mexico this November on a turn¬ key cruising boat with everything including 6 months of food, ready to leave now. Save yourself 5years of preparation, $44,000 of gear, in the best equipped fastest performance cruiser under $100,000. (562) 260-3707.

rigging. Two burner Force 10 propane stove, galley, sink with teak draining board. $9,500 obo. (415) 331-6930. CAL CRUISING 36 (CAL 2-36), 1969. Raised salon cruiser, US documented. Partial list: 90 gal.

one owner. $29,000 obo. Call (480) 441-6616 or (480) 945-3485. Scottsdale, Arizona.

fuel, 90 gal. water, Perkins 4-108 FWC diesel, removable innerforestay, storm windows, electric

MORGAN 382, 1978. Comfortable cruiser re¬

up/down windlass, 180’ chain, 180’ rode, 3 an¬ chors, radar, Alpha 3000 a/p, GPS, chartplotter,

cently equipped for offshore. Renovated interior with new cushions, U-shaped salon seating & lots

refrig., force 10 propane stove/oven, Harken furl¬ ing, 150% genoa, 175% mylar/kevlar genoa,

more storage. New in ’98: repainted mast, stand¬ ing & running rigging, inner forestay, storm jib & trysail, Edson cable steering, dodger & bimini, Monitor windvane with autopilot, Switlik 6 person

staysail, drifter, full-batten main, lazyjacks, mast

liferaft, Maxwell 800 electric windlass, 3 anchors, Harken selftailing winches, Furuno 821 radar, Garmin 128 GPS, ICON M710 HAM/SSB, VHF, CD player, high amp alternator, Link 20, Force 10 propane stove & oven w/thermostat, PUR 40 watermaker, macerator. Hawaii veteran & ready to return. $65,900. Call (360) 531-0569.

SSB and solar panels. Excellent budget cruising vessel. Cruise vet. $35,000. (949) 443-4019.

33- FTTARTAN10,1979. Farymann diesel, great daysailing boat for the Bay. Asking $9500, please call wk: (415) 331-5515 or hm: (510) 236-7223.

38-FT HANS CHRISTIAN MKII, 1979. Heavy

pulpits, jacklines, windspeed/knotmeter/watertmp, Airmarine wind generator, 2 265AH gel batteries, isolated starter battery, energy monitor, wired for

FREYA 39,1975. Yanmar 48 hp w/20 hrs. Fuel 120 gal, water 60 gal. Alder Barbour refer. 6’ 5" headroom. $50,000. (415) 788-2619.

LAPWORTH 36. Diesel, Aries vane, refrig, new 12 & 110 volt wiring, new cushions, pressure & onboard fresh water, full sail inventory, spinnaker, club footed jib. Excellent sailer & a possible liveaboard. $15,000. (707) 584-0311. ERICSON 381,1986. Well maintained, sailed & loved in Bay & SB Channel Islands. 32 hp Univer¬ sal M-40 diesel, strong Genesis main, Profurl roller furling with 2 foresails, reacher-drifter, dodger, 2 anchor sets (Danforth/CQR), VHF, ICOM IC735 HAM/SSB, autotuner, insulated backstay, Loran, GPS, Autohelm ST4000, Furuno 16 mile radar, wind/speed/depth instruments, Class B EPIRB,'stereo, CNG stove/oven, Adler-Barbour refrig, hot/cold pressure water, no spinnaker gear, bottom 1998. Extras & upgrades. Berkeley up¬ wind berth (0-508). $79,000 firm. (415) 421-4849. 38T HANS CHRISTIAN, 1977. One of the few cutter/ketch models, which has one of the lightest teak interiors available. A very clean bluewater cruiser, that has two private staterooms plus quar¬ ter-berth. Motivated, asking $104,500. Please call (858) 618-1986.

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Dennis Daly (510) 849-1766 'Mobile Marine Service"

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Installation, Services of Boating Equipment Batteries, Charging Systems, Custom Design (510) 236-5419 Alt. Phone (925) 684-2965

YACHT DELIVERY USCG Licensed Master References - Owners Welcome

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BEAUTIFUL 47-FT STAYSAIL CUTTER. Pilot¬

cruiser or liveaboard. Easily singlehanded. Com¬

MAGELLAN 43, Eldridge-MaCinnisdesigned. Full keel world cruising ketch. 1965 hull # 1. Strip planked mahogany on white oak. Teak interior, 6' 4" headroom, sleeps 8 very comfortably, 2 heads.

plete details at: www.wenet.net/users/mikepatg. Price reduced to $124,900, negotiable. Please call (541) 947-3330 for appt.

Strong Ford Lehman engine. Newly rigged, wired, re-tanked & re-plumbed. 1200+ N mile range at 8.5 kts under power. See at Pelican Harbor,

house. Great shape, nicely equipped, low engine hours. 2 staterooms, 2 heads, sleeps 9. Great

36-FT MOODY HALBERDIER KETCH, 1968. Quality UK fiberglass built to Lloyds 100A1. Excel¬ lently maintained, center cockpit, hard dodger, tri¬

CAL 40. Profurl, 130% jib, custom mainsail, 300ft chain, (all new 1999), radar, 2 GPS, VHF, HAM,

cabin, sleeps 6 with 2 heads, Perkins 4-107,120 gal diesel, 130 gal pressure water, sailing dory on

refrig, wind generator, 2 solar panels, inverter, 4 anchors, Monitor windvane, 2 autopilots, 8 gph

davits, radar, AP, 2 depth, VHF, Loran & stereo $65,000. (707) 468-1415.

watermaker. Located Guam. Email Walter at cruisingsail@hotmail.com

1980 TRIMUS. 37 ft french-built veteran circum¬ navigator, turn-key cruiser. Fiberglass full-keel,

43- FT STEEL, PRIZE WINNING boat of the month, National Fisherman. Pilothouse hard chine ketch. Designer Charles Wittholz. Documented fishing

shoal-draft centerboarder (4 ft up, 7 ft down)! Cutter-rig, outboard rudder, "Blondie Hasler” Lexan dome. Volvo 44 hp turbo diesel (1988,1300 hrs). Two aft-cabins, open layout forward. Five headsails, spinnaker, new main and cover, trysail. Twin poles, top quality masts, hatches and deck gear (Lewmar 3 sd, etc.), CQR w/150 ft. chain, windlass. 100 gal water, 80 gal diesel. Trilight, spreader lamps, radar depth, speed, auto-pilot, windvane. Norcold 110/12v fridge. Treadmaster decks $39,000. (415) 298-9921/Tom.

Moored: famous Marina Ixtapa, Mexico. Ready to sail. Ask $50,000 US. Will deliver. Complete info: M. Meissner, 122 Mavety St, Toronto, Canada M6P2L7 or fax: (416) 763-8892. NEWPORT 41,1977, TRINITY. Just hauled, sur¬ veyed & brought up to standard. Robertson auto¬ pilot, Loran, VHF, BBQ, dinghy, outboard. Roller furling jib plus 125% genoa. Excellent family boat, well suited for single or doublehanded crew. $52,000. (650) 366-8117.

38-FT GLOBE, 1978. Garden design, full keel, flush deck cutter. Heavy layup ocean cruiser. VHF, autopilot, knot depth, refrig, 120 fuel, 120 water, heavy ground tackle. Beautiful, well-main¬ tained vessel, stunning teak interior. A truly out¬ standing cruiser. $89,900. (425) 258-4384.

HANS CHRISTIAN CHRISTINA 40,1987. Showboat 2 years, still worthy. Yanmar 66 hp 1800 hrs. Loaded: dinghy, o/b, radar arch/davits, radar, solar panels, SSB/HAM, watermaker, VHF, Gla¬ cier Bay refrig, GPS x 2, EPIRB, alarm, liferaft, 675 Ah gels, autopilot, windvane, forward depthsounder, Maxprop, oversized winches (9), electric windlass, Profurl. Interior: lovely rare Ital¬ ian Vendite marble galley/head, extensive cabi¬ net upgrade, Soffit lighting. Fin keel, partial skeg,

40 TO 50 FEET

fast. Lying Trinidad. Will pay R/T to buyer. $150,000 firm. (831)661-0126.

40.5 HUNTER, 1994. Fast, comfortable cruiser. Genset, Autohelm 7000, plotter, GPS, radar, SSB,

MORGAN 45,1991. Center cockpit by Catalina. Immaculate condition, 5 kw Northern Lights gen, Grunert cold plate refrig, Webasto diesel cabin heater, furling jib, spinnaker gearwith pole, Trimble GPS & Loran, dual VHF, HF, AP, TV, CD stereo, radar, dodger, chart plotter, Datamarine 5000

watermaker, electric winch, windlass, Innerspring mattress, propane, Heart 25, E-meter, 660 amp house, dodger. Boatoutfitted in '96-’97. $139,000. For complete list call (503) 286-9195 or kggreg® compuserve.com

instrumentation, electric heads & more. All new interior & exterior cushions & mattresses. The

40-FT VAN DER STADT STEEL CUTTER, 1987. World cruiser, cruise ready, painted ’98. One owner, Perkins 4-108M, autopilot, GPS, radar,

works. $189,000. Please call (415) 371 -3444days or (925) 229-9100 eves.

VHF, SSB/HAM ICOM 700/F, dinghy, outboard engine, liferaft, Aries vane gear, generator, solar

40-FT SAILBOAT, ketch rigged, rock solid ferrocement hull, large inventory incl 7 sails in new condition, pumps, supplies & 2 sets of ground tackle, all in a liveaboard berth. $20,000 obo. (650) 869-4114.

panels, dodger & more. Marina Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico. $75,000. Philippe, please phone/ fax: (011) 52-115-220-22 or contact by email:

Sausalito, slip #47. $39,500. Contact amiksak@yahoo.com or (415) 331-5949.

HANS CHRISTAIN CHRISTINA 43,1988. Cutter rig, teak decks, 2 staterooms, 2 heads, marble

WHY NOT BEGIN YOUR CRUISING IN the heart

countertops, teak staving, generator, GPS, auto¬ pilot, VHF, radar, sonar, much more! Cockpit enclosure. Watermaker, washer/dryer. By owner.

of the Mediterranean aboard this custom built 44 ft steel, round bilge, pilothouse cutter? Priced at $199,000. For full details & photographs see: http://user.orbit.net.mt/jungle/

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46-FT DEVRIES-LENTSCH, STEEL, cutter/sloop, 1962. Garmin 180 GPS/plotter, Furuno radar, DS, VHF, inverter, Aries, Avon, Perkins 115 hp diesel, rollerfurling. Recent bottom paint & survey. Strong, safe, head-turning world cruiser. $104,900. Please call (707) 577-8261

1989 X-119 (40-FT) BY X-YACHTS of Denmark. High quality racer/cruiser. Beautiful teak interior with enclosed head & 3 double staterooms.

netting, Profurl, dodger, 2 heads, 2 staterooms,

Sisterships X-Dream/Perestroika successful

walk-in shower, refer/freezer, microwave, stove/ oven, livingroom, furniture, upgrades, extras, au¬ topilot. Asking $75,000 offers. (916) 371-3210

TransPac, Pacific Cup, Kenwood Cup competi¬ tors. For specifications & photos contact: www.regattasail.com. Asking $129,900. Bring all

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offers. (206) 601-3867.

CREALOCK 44 BY PACIFIC SEACRAFT. 1991 offshore cutter. Shoal keel, generator, AC/heat, radar, SSB radio, autopilot, entertainment center, Monitor windvane, electric windlass. Asking $325,000. Roy Pinney, Cruising Yachts, FL. (954) 463-5900.

CHART SAVINGS OF 70% & MORE! Current Edition Charts reproduced on the Heaviest-Weight Paper in the Industry! So. Pac., Mex., N.Z., Aust., USA, Carib., Med., Worldwide. Free Index. Sample Chart $2. DMA & NOS Originals @ 20% Off! (25 chart min.) 23 Years Quality Service. Bellingham Chart Printers Division, TIDES END LTD. P.O. Box 1728L, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Phone (800) 643-3900 • Fax (360) 468-3939 • Web: www.tidesend.com

HANS CHRISTIAN 43T KETCH, 1978. Excep¬ tional cruiser/comfortable liveaboard, great con¬ dition. Includes asymmetrical; chute, drifter, 135%, windvane, GPS, radar, hi-output alternator, Heart inverter, new upholstery, custom mattress & more. Owner moving, must sell. Reduced to $139,000. (415) 517-2599. Photos & info at: www.seabrooks.com

TARTAN 41,1972. S & S design, Tartan quality. Ocean racer/cruiser. Fast, beautiful, bullet-proof. Loaded: Yanmar, Autohelm, Monitor, ICOM 700 Pro SSB, bimini, awning, new dodger, Avon 8man canister liferaft, many sails. $59,500 obo. (916)791-2371. 41-FT FORMOSA KETCH, 1977. Totally refitted 1997. Blue water cruiser. SSB, GPS, auto pilot, wind vane, frig, 1992 Isuzu 60, new sail inventory, major upgrades thru-out. Beautifully maintained and cruise ready. $73,900. Please email: headinnorth@earthlink or (650) 697-4080. MASTER MARINERS DREAM, 49 ft cutter rigged yawl. Proven world sailer with 2-3/4 circumnavi¬ gations completed. Right now, ready for another world trip or sail back to California. USCG docu¬ mented vessel. Builder: Cantieri Sangermani, Lavagna, Italy of real woods, oak, teak, hull of black African mahogany. Real beauty & great sailer. Well equipped. Famous Italian racer, fast & easy to shorthand sail. Price: $89,000. Located Hawaii. Single owner since 1974. Please contact Misha at phone: (808) 328,-2277 or OLDHAWCOF@webtv.net ISLANDER ACAPULCO 40. Back from 2 years South Pacific cruising. Add provisions & go. Fiber¬ glass, cutter rigged ketch, Isuzu 50 hp, 160 fuel, 120 water, 3 anchors, 330 ft chain, refrig, SSB/ HAM, GPS, radar, Benmar autopilot. $20,000 upgrades in '97, spares. Documented. $78,000. (916) 388-9210 orcetacea97@yahoo.com

danigo@bcs1.telmex.net.mx COLUMBIA 45, 1973. Center cockpit, roomy liveaboard, 2 VHFs, radar, GPS, stereo, safety

Weekdays (415) 897-5955 or call eves/wkends (415) 898-3986.

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boat, liveaboard/yacht, 11x14 cargo hold, 4x8 hatch. Sails well on all headings. Range 1,800 miles. Still improving. $80,000. (916) 974-1886. COLUMBIA 43. Owner register Texas, USA. Dry dock overhaul from 1994, back to water Dec 1997.

47-FT KETCH/MOTORS AILER, 1978. Ferrocement hull, wood decks. 2 diesel engines, galley, 2 heads/showers, large aft stateroom, 4 bunks in bow. Great liveaboard. Transferable Monterey slip. Needs TLC. Serious inquiries only $35,000 obo. (831) 647-0161.

EXCELLENT COND. 2 CABIN/2 HEAD. Aft queen walkaround. Yanmar diesel. H/C water. AC/DC fridge. Gas 3bum stove. New battery charger. New prop. Dodger. Spinnaker rig. 8 large self¬ tailing 2speed winches. North sails. FB Main. 130 & 110 Genoa. Dinghy w/outboard. Bottom paint 10/98 no blisters. Thomas Lee (310) 827-8885.

NAUTICAT 44 KETCH. One owner, superior con¬ dition, 1st factory custom in West, cruise ready, dual steering, forced air heating, center queen aft cabin, 2 heads - separate shower, 4 page equip¬ ment list. Reduced $179,900. (805) 501-4059 or www.robertpard@aol.com 40-FT YORKTOWN CUTTER, 1978. Immacu late, thick hulled, heavy rigged, bluewatercruiser Fiberglass, 6 sails, 45 hp diesel, radar, GPS (2) autopilot, depthfinders, radios, anchors (3 sets) storm sea anchor, generator, chargers, TV/VCR Documented, clean, maintained, sleeps 6. Excel lent liveaboard. $39,900. (619) 234-8147 or windmakerphil@hotmail.com

43-FT NEW ZEALAND BUILT fiberglass, twin headsail sloop. 3 cabins, 2 heads sails. Incredibly well equipped, strong bluewater cruiser. Loaded including windvane, electric autopilot, radar solar panels, watermaker, 6-man liferaft, 406 EPIRB, freezer, 11 ft Avon roll-up dinghy with 15 hp, roller furling headsails, 4 complete anchor packages, electric windlass, hard dodger, series drogue, 80 hp Ford diesel, hot water, cruising spinnaker. 3/8" Lexan storm coverings for portholes, shaft alter¬ nator, wind generator, bimini. Asking $143,000 before I list with broker. Phone (209) 745-2482 or email: curtbarb@hotmail.com

SEAL'S SPARS & RIGGING Since 1970. SDecializina in aualitv Aluminum Masts and Booms for 20 to 30 ft "Plastic Classics". We have the experience and the parts to build you a superior spar. STEVE SEAL (Rigger at Cal Boats 1964-1969) Call (510) 521-7730

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TAYANA 52,1985. Luxury performance cruiser.

CLASSICS

Profurl, refer, boiler heat, dodger/bimini. Exten¬ sive upgrades & refits. Datamarine instruments, more. Fully outfitted. $245,000. davis @ coinet.com

AFTER ELEVEN ATLANTIC CROSSINGS,

HOBIE 18. Includes trailer with 2 sail boxes, 3

or (541)388-8223.

seven Fastnets, eight Antigua Regattas & the past ten years cruising the Caribbean, this 63 ft Cup

harnesses, 2 jibs, EPO rudders, comptip, mast, Harken rigging. New baby, must sell. $1,800.

Challenger, built in 1937 by Camper Nicholson as their last wooden twelve meter is awaiting your

(415) 456-6110.

56-FT NELSON/MAREK PERFORMANCE

turn to enjoy. She is a powerful performer that looks like every sailboat wants to look. Cost mil¬

26-FT HUGHES TRIMARAN. Fast easy sailing.

40-FT STEEL SLOOP, 1982. French designed/ built, center cockpit, multi-chine, fin keel. Fast, safe & comfortable. New LP, 800 hou rs on Univer¬ sal diesel, Alpha AP, Raytheon SL72 radar, EPIRB 406. Ready to cruise. $89,500 firm. Please'call now (805) 676-1131.

40-FT TRIMARAN, 1990. Great liveaboard, boat

Aft cockpit, 3 double staterooms, beautiful & spa¬ cious interior. New autopilot & GPS, Kevlar main,

cruiser, 1989. Simply the best shorthanded, highperformance cruising yacht on the market today for under $400,000. This custom project cost over $700,000 to build with all cruising & luxury ameni¬

lions to replace, but yours for $250,000. Don, (775) 831-3383 or travlake@abl.com

Race, daysail or weekend. Furler, rotating mast, lazy jacks, VHF, KM, like new Honda 7.5, Delta & Danforth anchors, newer tramps, Dutchman sail

32-FT WOODEN YAWL, MICKEY, 1931.25 hp

slides. Launched 1987. Demountable, but diffi¬ cult. Trailer. $12,000. (206) 784-2179.

ties engineered in at the factory. (206) 601-3867. CRUISE READY. Charming 47' LOA fiberglass SeaWolf, Garden Ketch. Complete rebuild 199495. All new: cabin tops, bulk heads, Lefiel Mast,

55-FT VALEO. Genoa ketch motorsailer. Over

& sails excellent. Located So. San Francisco. Asking $45,000. Call (650) 875-1665.

Grey Marine, 4 sails, needs TLC, in good shape. Has microwave, refrig, propane stove, newer head.

1992 CORSAIR F-24, #29 and Pacific trailer. Clean eye catcher! Freshwater dry sailed. Well

Harkin furling, epoxy barrier coat on bottom, Ster¬

$100,000 in upgrades, from dinghy on davits to washer/dryer. Perfect for local, long range or

ling LPU paint top. Factory rebuilt Perkins 4-108 &

liveaboard. 200 hp turbo-charged Volvo. 9 knots

rebuilt Borg Warner trans., SS shaft, PSS, Cutlass & Nybril Prop. Sealed propane locker w/

at approx 2 gal per hour. 800 gal fuel. 12-1/2 and 6 kw generators, roller furled genoa & main.

sniffer. Frig/freezer, double SS Sanvic sink, force

Singlehandable. Remote controlled centerboard.

call (209) 606-4082.

10 Stove w/oven, Dickenson diesel heater, head w/seperate shower. Sanex sanitation, SS railings

Stainless rigging. Air-conditioned. Gourmet gal¬ ley, ice maker, wet bar, 3 showers, bath tub. Full

16-FT PRINDLE CATAMARAN with trailer. White

& lots more. Asking $180,000. (415) 289-0636.

electronics. Located Marin County. Reduced to $199,000. (415) 453-6127.

Classic Master Mariner vet. Sausalito slip. Sacri¬ fice at $4,000 obo. Please call (818) 932-9980 or http://www.baisystems/mickey.htm

fast, fun! Smartly equipped. $34,000 obo. Please

hulls, fast boat, ready to rock & roll on the Bay or local lakes. Kept on trailer in Schoonmaker Point, Sausalito. $800 obo. Rick, (415) 260-7940.

C & C LANDFALL 48,1980. $159,000. New to market. 85 Perkins engine. Recent recondition. Radar, VHF, 7.5 Onan, watermaker, 12 volt elec¬ tric windlass, 3 staterooms. By owner. Call Paul (619) 689-0746. San Diego.

S/RENA, 1989 PETERSON GAFF-RIGGED schooner? 56 ft LOA. Fir on oak. 60 hp Isuzu diesel, SSB, VHFs, sounders, GPS, diesel gen¬ erator. New Zodiac & o/b. New standing rigging & paint. $125,000. (360) 293-4140.

FREYA 40,1983. Cutter, fully equipped for sea, Sparcraft rig, 65 hp Ford Lehman diesel. Needs deck work. $25,000/offer or trade lot or vehicle. (415) 332-5461, call 8-10 am or late evening after 9:30 pm. 46-FT CLASSIC OCEAN RACER/CRUISER, Cholita. First Cal 32, 1937. Good condition & beautiful. Well worth restoring. Recently refas¬ tened hull, new rigging, good decks, no dry rot. Needs motor & sails. Price negotiable. Call Rod Clifton, (281) 339-0300.

maintained. Tough, week long sport cruiser or PHRF 45 racer. Singlehander. Sleeps 4, safe,

F-25C FOR SALE. Carbon fiber mast. Pacific double axle trailer. Stern-hung rudder system. Minimal lightweight interior (customizable). Needs sails, rigging, nets and deck hardware. 50K OBO. Located in Seattle. Jude (206) 545-0934 or jude@dubby.com

SEARIF 55,1982. Unique performance cruiser, Swan style in looks. Beautiful & spacious interior, 2 staterooms plus crew quarters. Extensive refit, new teak deck. Ready to play. $250,000 obo. Call Lorraine at (619) 227-4243. BENETEAU 51,1986. Proven cruising yacht & luxurious liveaboard. Cutter rigged with roller furl¬ ing sails, Perkins 85 hp, 50 amp electrical system, central heating, electronics, electric & windvane autopilots, dodger & bimini. Recent haulout. Ask¬

1929, 65-FT, 14-FT BEAM. Twin 671s, running. $40,000. 1951, 42 ft, 13 ft beam, Stephens tri¬ cabin, $20,000.1976,32 ft, 10 ft beam, Chriscraft Romer, steel, twin 454s, $10,000.1976, 38-ft, 12 ft beam, Hunter, rough condition, new set of ribs, $5,000. Mike, (925)210-3031. HUNTER, 1967. Excellent shape twins 318, can¬ vas, mahogany on oak, two sets of ribs, galley, salon. Excellent liveaboard. $25,000. Call Mike, (925)210-3031.

SEARUNNER 40 TRIMARAN. Excellent condi¬ tion, comfortable world cruiser, completely outfit¬ ted. Located Baja, Mexico (save sales tax). 8 sails, Yanmar diesel, electric windlass, 3 doubles, hot shower, refer/freezer. Fresh paint inside/out. Solar, Autopilot, full electronics. Extensive inven¬ tory. $79,000. (530) 888-7897 or www.homespages.com/galadriel/

ing $205,000. For info or appt call (415) 435-4000.

51 FEET & OVER

51 -FT MORGAN 0/1 KETCH, 1976.3 staterooms, 2 heads, tub/shower, 85 hp diesel, 12 kw gen.

1993 BENETEAU OCEANIS 510. Comprehen¬ sive & complete refit just completed. New interior,

Equipped for extended cruising with all the ameni¬ ties including watermaker, radar, inverter, SSB,

galley, electronics, etc. This no compromise craft has it all! Inventory list too long to list. Boat located

chartplotter, autopilot, refrig, freezer, fishfinder,

San Diego & ready lor extended cruising. Asking $259,000. (949) 495-2762.

holding tank. Well maintained, ready to cruise. $127,000. (509) 539-1038.

TAYANA 52, 1988. CC, Gioit hatches, Hood ports, Grunert refrigeration, Robertson autopilot, radar, SSB, VHF, weatherfax, GPS, Chart Viewer, stereo, A/C, dodger, bimini, S/T winches, wind¬ lass, CQR, Bruce, Max-prop, Perkins 4-236,800 hrs, Westerbeke 8 kw, 1400 hrs. Excellent condi¬ tion. (310) 821-9629.

ENDEAVOUR 51,1989. Beautiful cruising sloop. Center cockpit, 3 staterooms, 7 ft headroom.

project boat. Must be fiberglass, top of the line in need of TLC. Full keel cruiser or maybe a flush

(530) 672-0596 orwww.geocities.com/baja/mesa/ 1745

deck racer. Should be complete & able to trans¬ port or sail to central California. Up to $150,000 cash with value much, much higher. Lets talk.

406, Caribe RIB w/15 Evinrude, davits. $168,000. October '98 survey. Located San Diego. Call (480) 899-2993 or email: lsailcats@aol.com PRINDLE 18 CATAMARAN, 1989. Fast & fun. Galvanized Highlander trailer, storage box, sails & rigging in excellent condition. $1,500. Please call (925) 757-8931.

New 15 hp L/S. Designed for 22 knots. 13'-10" beam. In water in Tiburon. $12,000. Please call (415) 897-4034.

WILLIAMS 37 TRIMARAN, 41 x 21, launched Aug '98, bimini top, huge decks, cockpit, interior, sounder, VHF, CD, GPS, propane stove, refrig, 40 hp diesel, epoxy/ply. North mainsail, Ronstan gear, Lewmar winches. Ready to cruise. In Alameda. $59,500, trade? (530) 221-1716.

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 and other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal. Primer & other epoxies $15/gal. Polyurethane $30/gal. (650) 588-4678

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Mazatlan. $15,000 obo. Start your cruise already there. (805) 995-3885 before 8 pm. Email: pktmiller@aol.com

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45-FT APACHE CATAMARAN. 3cabins, 2 heads.

27-FT STILETTO, 1982 CATAMARAN with trailer.

SEARUNNER 31 A-FRAME MODEL. Outboard, Barients, Ballenger spar, 6 Larson sails, all the

Dave, (805) 489-2357 or fax (805) 473-1232.

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up for cruising, well maintained, documented. $45,000. Call Randy at (408) 353-2242 or <randall@alink.net> for details.

panel, 25 hp 4-stroke, all sails, covers, stainless rigging, alum masts, inflatable, etc. Best cash offer, over $15,000. (707) 447-3109 or triboater@msn.com

Yanmar, AP, GPS, windlass, davits/dink. Well equipped & very clean in/out. $169,000. Pis call

F-27 TRIMARAN, hull #104, lots of up-grades, flat top main, head, solar panel, autopilot, double water tanks, epoxied hull, galvanized trailer, set¬

40-FT PIVER STILLETO. Solid boat, new elect

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WATERFRONT HOMES, MARINA DISTRICT 3 AND 4 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSES, DEEP WATER DOCKS LEONARD & ASSOCIATES (925) 473-9294

HORSTMAN 38. Cruising trimaran, well equipped. Electric windlass, 2kw inverter, solar panels, watermaker, refrig/freezer, roomy interior. Mexico & Hawaii vet, ready to go again. Located in Se¬ attle. Must sell. $47,500. (206) 463-5435.

TEN UNIT PARTNERSHIP in 40 ft custom cata¬

POWER & HOUSEBOATS 28-FT TROJAN CRUISER, 1964, TWIN V-8’S. A classic beauty. Trim tabs, VHF, sounder, swim

TIME SHARE A CRUISING CATAMARAN. We have placed two cruising catamarans into a time share/sailing club arrangement. These luxurious

35- FT HUNTER CLASSIC. Cabin cruiser, 90% restored. Twin Chrysler 318s, full galley, large head with shower, new waste system & bimini. Needs motor work. Great liveaboard. $10,000

has 2 new 18 hp diesels, inside & outside steering, 2 double berths & 2 single berths with 4 heads & is fully equipped. $9,500 each unit plus 1/10th of

48-FT AQUALINE HOUSEBOAT. Steel hull. Very

37-FT O’DAY CENTER COCKPIT with gennaker Large bed & 2nd head in aft cabin. Just hauled, surveyed & engine repaired. Berthed at Emery Cove east of Bay Bridge. Will train & checkout if needed. Accepting max of 3 equity partners at a fixed monthly fee of only $350 with up front $3,950. This price includes fee simple slip ownership. Looking for cruising-relaxed individuals. A 60 day mutual “buy-back” option to be included. Dream maker sailing limited partnership. Call Joe for a package. Please call toll free: 1 -888-554-1000 or (916)686-4222.

right out of the mold. Kit form deck, hull & bulk¬ heads in. Also engine & Edson steering. A true bluewater cruiser. Last one, owner retired. Mold also for sale. (360) 417-1195.

19-FT SKIFF. Aluminum with Chrysler 60 hp 2stroke. Wheel steering, unregistered trailer. En¬ gine runs rough. Hull good. $300. (510) 540-6960.

Marples design, constant camber construction, all epoxy. Open bridgedeck, rotating mast, battened main, roller jib, 9.9 outboard, dinghy, VHF, 5' 5" headroom. Clean & simple. 14+ kts. $30,000. (619) 291-0641.

FOR RENT: CLASSIC 41-FT spacious tricabin cruiser in excellent condition. Liveaboard for re¬ sponsible single or couple with boating knowl¬ edge. In East Bay. $350/mo. References re¬

BACK FROM CRUISING? I'm ready to go. Will trade profitable Mayflower Moving Co. in NW

TROJAN 28 CABIN CRUISER. 220 Gray Marine

Montana (near Glacier National Park) for cruising boat. Valued $200,000. Make $50,000/year. Some

Great Fishing/Delta Boat. Asking 7,000. Please call Dana at (415) 332-5411.

28-FT TRADEWINDS, 16 ft beam, molded glass construction. New 10 hp Yanmar diesel, never been in saltwater, roller furling jib, Autohelm, bow tramps. 6 ft headroom, main cabin pop-top. Tan¬

72 RIVERQUEEN HOUSEBOAT. 40' length, 14' beam. A classic. Twin 6 cyl, 155 hp engines, recently hauled, steel hull, propane oven & stove, vacu-flush head, shower, aft berth, lots of deck space&more. $27,500obo. Call(415)383-5217.

dem axle trailer, newtires. Located S. Lake Tahoe, CA. $24,500. (530) 577-8577.

PARTNERSHIPS SANTA CRUZ: WOMAN SAILOR NEEDS boat partner to grease winches & use the boat. Great slip, Columbia 22, new sails. Your share $1,600 plus $100 per month. (415) 986-5817.

36-FT CUSTOM NEWICK TRIMARAN, 1986. Faster, roomier than Farriers! Beautiful N-36 with 26 ft beam, sleeps 6, enclosed head, galley, huge cockpit, furter, full batten main, screecher, speedo/ depth, GPS, solar panels, 15 hp Honda & much more. $49,900 or $59,900 w/mooring. (949) 631 4434 w or (949) 723-0279 h or www.multisail.com

YOU HELP EXERCISE MY 24-FT Grady-White sportfisher, I do likewise to your sailboat. Excel¬ lent condition, replacement value $70,000. North Bay berth preferable. (707) 829-1204. 25-FT CATALINA, 1981, 1/3 share. Fixed keel. Pop-top. Sleeps four. Very good condition, berthed

$500. SS Edson steering wheel, sheeves, rudder quadrant, bulkhead steerer, roller chain, all $250. SS standing rigging, swagged one end, one 1/4’ x 40', two 1/4“ x 46', two 3/16 x 40', two 3/16 x 23', two3/16x21', two3/16x27',all$200. Ferryman 18 hp diesel boat engine w/hydraulic drive & gear box, propeller shaft & propeller & control panel, $1,200. Also, alcohol stove, cleats, turn buckles. W.B. Carr, 11509 Highway 160, Courtland, CA 95615. (916)775-1421. 1982 VOLVO MD11C, 2 cyl diesel converted to freshwater cooling with Volvo kit. Upper end needs overhaul, lower end, transmission, V-drive in ex¬ cellent shape. Power Line 125 amp alternator, instruments also available. Sell all or part, make offers. Tel: (510)236-4421. MONITOR WINDVANE w/spares & mounting

TRADE

quested. (925) 351-3968, leave message.

Engine - excellent condition. Teak decks with grand back deck. Refrigeration unit, large V-berth, head, tons of storage room, and many outlets.

USED GEAR SAILBOAT EQUIPMENT, never used, several years old. Aluminum mast 3" x 34’4" and 13' main boom and 8'6" jib boom, all $1,600. Aluminum mizzen mast, 21' and mizzen boom, 6'11‘, both

31-FT CLASSIC CARVER SEDAN CRUISER.

salon & aft deck with canvas enclosure. A beauti¬ ful classic for $18,500. (510) 521-8179.

BOOM, MAST, SHROUDS for MacGregor Ven¬ ture 17. (760)378-4916. Leave message.

ship & maintenance, call Dave at (408) 847-5901 or email: dharris@gilroy.com

Twin Chevys, 165 hp. In fresh water. Delta canvas & screens. $17,900. Ph: (650) 341-3288.

TRI-STAR 38 (SISTERSHIP). New factory built,

information greatly appreciated. Contact: Forrest Ludwick, PO Box 39, Mendocino, CA 95460-0039

boats sail flat, fast & ride comfortably at anchor or on a mooring. For details on the easiest way to beat the high costs associated with yacht owner¬

comfortable liveaboard. Penthouse bedroom, full bath, large galley. Fully furnished, lots of storage. Chrysler engine I/O. One of a kind, must see to appreciate. $36,000. (650) 363-8558.

36- FT SWANSON MOTORYACHT, 1938. Re¬ built diesel. Comfortable liveaboard with full gal¬ ley, stateroom, shower, diesel heater, pilothouse/

MERCEDES BENZ MOTORHOME, authentic factory, or very high quality conversion, fully selfcontained for indefinite liveaboard. All leads &

or call (707) 937-2627 or email: forrest@mcn.org

ladder, excellent condition. Restored. Sleeps 4,

obo or trade? (650) 364-6885 or (408) 288-5474.

SEARUNNER 32 CATAMARAN, 1997. Brown/

recently hauled. Non-equity 1/2 time use for $425/ mo. We daysail, Bay cruise & club race. Call Greg at (415) 289-8680.

galley, enclosed head. Bimini over cockpit. In Benicia. $10,500. Call (707) 745-9677.

maran forcruisingMexico(Cabo, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, etc). 9 days each season or quarter. Cat

expenses. Will finance up to $6,000 with good credit. Call Paul (503) 291 -1237.

BENETEAU F305. Sausalito berth, loaded with equip, 4 sails, spin, new diesel. Great condition,

terms. Ken, (406) 257-5533orYaak@digisys.net

brackets, $2,300. PUR PowerSurvivor35, new, in box, regularly biocided, $1,400. Force 10 S/S 3burner propane stove/oven, $900. Stainless 54gal water tank, $250. Yacht Specialties steering pedestal w/throttle, clutch cables & guard, $150. (415) 388-5237.

home in lakefront community, 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 2 car garage, private beach access, buoy.

ABANDON SHIP IN STYLE! Tinkersailing liferaft, complete (oars, sails, rigging, sea anchor, etc.), less inflation bottles. $2,600 cash only. New im¬ mersion protection suit, size large, $430 cash only. (510) 769-0996.

$160,000in equity to trade for40ft or largerquality cruising sailboat. (775) 588-0931 or gzoeller@wolfees.com

MONITOR WINDVANE with spares, $1,500. Don, (775) 831-3383 or travlake@aol.com

TRADE? Norwest 33. Quality, stout, sleek off¬ shore design sloop. Fiberglass, 12,000 lbs. 5,300 lbs full keel. Volvo diesel. 2 mains, 5 jibs, dodger. Opening ports. 6' 3- headroom. Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska vet. $26,000, partial trade for smaller

TWO SETS HENRI LLOYD FOULIES, (one large, one small), with safety harnesses. Red. Best quality, never used, tags still on. $500 each, both for $900. Also, Astra lllb sextant, never used, in beautiful varnished case. $400. (707) 577-8261.

LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA. 2,600+ sq ft custom

coastal/Bay cruiser or property. Serious inquiries. (530)400-4041. YOUR CHOICE OF FOUR EXCELLENT, im¬ proved building lots in Shelter Cove (Humboldt County). Golf course & ocean views. Up to 1/2 acre. Valued at $20,000 - $60,000. Trade one or more for free & clear 30 ft or larger cruising sailboat. (530) 795-3579.

ATOMIC 4 REPLACEMENTS. One diesel (yeaaah), two gasoline. Diesel Volvo Penta 12hp, $1,200. Palmer 26 hp gas, $750. Atomic 4 rebuilt, $2,600. All complete with gears. Save your butt when you need power & buy my sails. Please call (415) 457-8616.

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SEAGULL LONGSHAFT CLUTCH outboards.

4.5“X8"X40' ALUM. SPAR, $500. 4.25-x8"x37'

BRAND NEW SUTTER COMPOSITE 150%

IRS TAX DEDUCTION. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

Two, run great, 5 hp, $550.4 hp, $450. Please call

alum, spar, $300.6',7' glass dinghy hulls, $400/ ea. SABB10 hp. diesel, $900. 2 Crusader 270 V-

genoa for ’87-’89 Hunter Legend 37. Paid $2,700, sacrifice $1,700. Ford 80 F350 excellent 1 ton

By donating your boat in any condition, you help homeless children and their families. Get full book

8's, running, right and left, 1:1, new

dually truck, $2,500. (415) 383-0684.

value. Running or not. Call now for more info.

(510) 527-7268 eves & wkends or (510) 337-7260 days.

(800) 414-HAUL (4285).

carbs, starters, alternators, $1200/ea. Atomic 4, runs well, $800. Santana 30, $16 K. 1929 Monterey trawler,

CUTE CAR FOR SALE. Toyota Terp|l. Rare elc cond,

FREE 5-WEEK COURSE, USCG Auxiliary Sail¬

4 cyl diesel, new starter, runs great, $2500. 28' fiberglass sportfisher, flybridge, outstanding po¬

kept under coi»jpd D|ja 1%1 ,70oVJIs, Original

ing Fundamentals, September 21 through Octo¬

tential, $3500. 7 bronze 8* portholes, $150/ea.

owner. A/C^M/FN*aSB/4jpfrr Sereo, flower steering/brakeSfS^iMUBeaMjj^Spblue int/ext,

at Sausalito Cruising Club. Text material $30.

ROLLER FURLING MAINSAIL. New never hoisted, #6 luff tape, 40' 9‘ x 13' 9’ x 42' 3" with

Delta 12" radial arm saw, 220/440 V, $350. A/C welder, 2.5-200 amps, $100.8' truck shell, glass,

rear seats taldddwn to m^fargo compartment. 5-spd trans w/excYflfeiaration/cruising spd, yet

Class is limited to 30students. Register Sept21 at

cover. Replacement cost $2,200. Sell for $850.

$200. Consew industrial sewing machine, $600.

very economical, 30 mpg/city. $4,90Q. Call Chris,

Jerry (415) 455-8671 or John (415) 924-1842.

Cole stove, small, bulkhead mount, stainless steel,

1986 Jeep Cherokee, new clutch, 1 owner, $1800.

(415) 383-8200 ext 103.

coal, wood or charcoal heater, stove only, $125

(650) 369-0150.

PERKINS 4-108 MARINE ENGINE. Runs OK, complete w/panel, $1,000. Also two Mercruiser 454 gas inboard engines w/Borg Warner trans¬ missions. $3,000 pair. (415) 331-9822.

hogh-end Luxury Edition, 12/91

LEASE. PIER 39 40-FT SLIP. Crew needed.

obo. Call Charles at (760) 941-6133. 198815 HP EVINRUDE OUTBOARD. Tahoe use only. One owner, dealer serviced. Excellent con¬ dition. Includes fuel tank. $950 obo. Please call (650) 344-7567.

5HP NISSAN OUTBOARD with external tank, 2 cycle, only used twice, like new, $750. Please call

Coastal experienced preferred. Mexico & Carib¬ bean. (415) 433-4427, voicemail.

ber 21, T uesdays & Thursdays 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

7 pm. Questions: call after Sept 1st evenings,

BERTHS & SLIPS FOUR DOCKS FOR SALE. Docks B-42 through

(813) 728-2915. orklansin@ibm.net

B-45 (36 ft) at Pier 39 in San Francisco. $12,000 a piece. 1-888-661-8992.

MONITOR STEERING VANE GEAR. Complete system. Wheel adapter, regular and light air

SAILS: 16' X 6' PINEAPPLE, $300 (new); 19' x

vanes, extended cruising kit, spare break away

$300 FINDERS FEE OFFERED FOR 48 ft+ berth

10', $250 (new); 23' x 13.5 North, $250; Pineapple

tube, mounting flanges, video and installation

on Oakland Estuary. Sublease or rent. Please call

set (main, jib) for Coronado 25, $1000 (nearly new); set (main, jib, genoa) for Ericson 27, $150 (tired). Wanted: main, working jibfor E27. Contact

manual. All very good condition. New price $3,645.00. Price $2,100.00. Please call Fred @

(209) 223-0315. or (209) 286-1782.

(805) 654-1001 or (925) 736-5911.

EX-GREYHOUNDIN EXECUTIVE STYLE luxury,

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR. Secluded berth

prof. conv. '91, only 20,000 miles, diesel pusher,

adjacent to sandy beach.

first clas^l Trade: full keeled, wood/glass, solid world cruiser & some $$. Sell $50,000 obo. Bob,

$375.00 per month - long or short term alterna¬

WIND GENERATOR, “WINDBUGGER”, works

CUSHIONS. Full set of interior cushions for Catalina 36 including navigator’s seat. 80’s pat¬

great, but we’re re-working transom space. $550 obo. Located Alameda. Email: mike.giarratano@lamrc.com. eve. ph. (510) 6564591, weekend ph. (510) 521-8453.

tern rust and beige, used lightly 6 years, stored for 9 excellent condition. $350 obo. Ron Moore Jester sailing dinghy, fiberglass. 7' -4’ $450. obo. (707) 649-2902.

(925) 443-5748 msg (925) 456-0612 fax 0611.

powerboat.

FURLING JIB OR STAYSAIL: luff: 50.6, leech:

SAILMAIL a very effective e-mail system. Com¬

45, foot: 15.5, 11 oz, #6 luff tape, navy cover, condition 9+, $975. Main: Tri-radial Kevlar, luff:

plete with software, manuals and SCS PTC-II. All you need is a computer and a SSB. Used 6 mos. on Mex. cruise. $750.00. (415) 331-4537.

Sash at (510)593-4211.

51, foot: 15.8, condition 9+, $1,200. Please call (310) 822-1203. VOLVO MD6A DIESEL. Runs. $400. Please call (650) 355-9399.

LOFRANS ROYAL MAJOR MANUAL windlass, $800. CNG tank & regulator, $300. Super large (-100 lb) CNG tank, $500 obo. Fab All diesel heater, $800. (650) 964-9922 or email: vivace@ricochet.net AVON 8-MAN LIFERAFT. Certified '98. Offshore w/canister. Unused. $2,250 obo. (415) 370-5174. 55-FT MAST, 9-1/2 x 5 spreaders, $2,500. 17 ft boom, 8x4, inc winch, $500. 3/8 chain, two 95 ft

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITEDtransferable mem¬ bership. Retail $2,950, offered for $2,450. In¬ locations at Sausalito, Alameda, Coyote Point, Marina Del Rey; separate yacht club membership recognized worldwide. Bought boat, floating out

Club in Alameda on the 2nd Thursday of every month. Social starts 7pm. For details call Single Sailors Assoc (SSA) at (510) 273-9763 or www.serve.com/oaklandyc/ssa.htm PILOT & YACHT CAPTAIN WITH 65 ft beautiful

NEW MAST TRAILER custom built for ketch rig.

Buy my unlimited membership for $2,300 and learn to sail, get your ASA certification and other

steel schooner needs beautiful California fox to help steer it & travel with serious relationship in

membership benefits (yacht club, rental discounts,

mind. Jim Stonecypher, 4751 Shannon Place, Pensacola, FL 32504. (850) 435-7547.

Can carry spars up to 55 ft on two levels. Easy to tow. Just registered. Cost of materials alone was $1,200.00. Asking $ 1,800.00 or trade for recent liferaft or Monitor vane. Tel (707) 937- 0829. H.D. AXLES, ELEC BRAKES, NEW PADS, boats to 30 ft, 50 ft launch cable, mast support, ''A” frame ^w/block & tackle incl. Jim, (559) 434-5017.

MISCELLANEOUS

ALUMINUM MAST (black anod) @ 39' w/match-

value of $8,000, will sell at $3,500 or best offer. (707) 253-1010.

ing boom @ 10' complete with jib & main sail all

POCKET PLATE NICAD BATTERIES. Twenty

SINGLE SAILORS. Skippers, mates, crew (ad¬ vanced or novice), group sails, raft-ups. Join us at our social & meeting held at the Oakland Yacht

CLUB NAUTIQUE MEMBERSHIP. Save $600.

27 ROLLS OF HEAVY FIBERGLASS WEAVE. A

two cells - enough for two 12v banks plus 2 spare cells $300. 50 amp heavy duty regulated charger

CREW

TRAILERS

sections, $200. Jib, 53 x 50 x 19, $500. Main, 51 x 55 x 19, $300. Phone: (707) 252-2425.

rigging and hardware new. $8-12,000?! Flag Pole? $1,850 obo. Quick deal. (415) 445-9191 (Jim).

Enjoy one of the greatest places

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

the top. (707) 748-4200. NISSAN 8 HP OUTBOARD MOTOR. Longshaft, hydraulic bracket, 2 tanks, $700. Also, mainsail, jib & spinnaker for Nordic Folkboat. All in good condition. (650) 873-3617.

tive. May share use of 53' Mediterranean style anywhere! (415)331-2422.

cludes excellent training, best boats, four great HONDA OUTBOARD LONGSHAFT 15 hp, 1998. Brand new. Never used. Chris (415) 561-3971.

PERKINS 4-107 LONGBLOCK. Runs very well, see operate in boat. New 10 gal ABI stainless water heater. Dickinson Antarctic stainless diesel heater. Shipmate bulkhead kerosene stainless heater. 2 stainless fuel tanks. Wallas flameless 2 burner stove. 2 axle 5 ton sailboat trailer for rent. 54 ft aluminum mast & all rigging. (415) 331-7576.

for 32v, $75. Montgomery sailing dink - complete with sails, oars $300. (510) 601-6239.

MARINE SURVEYS J.T. Van Sickle Co., since 1976 Jan Van Sickle, ALM, Member: SAMS, SA, SNAME & ABYC www.jtvs.com Phone/fax: (707) 939-9131 Email: jtvs@juno.com P.O. Box 51, Vineburg, CA. 95487

social events). Call Ty (925) 432-0699. CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED COUPLE Mem¬ bership. $4925 Value. Sell for $3925. Includes sailing lessons, use of trainer sailboats, discounts on charters plus much more. Locations in Alameda, Sausalito, Coyote Point, and Marina del Rey. Call (510)522-8100 or email: tysvideo@pacbell.net CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED COUPLE mem¬

CAPTAIN AND/OR COUPLE WANTED. Lati¬ tude 38 is looking for a part time skipper and/or couple to run, deliver and do light maintenance aboard its 63-ft catamaran Profligate during the fall in California and perhaps full time during the winter in Mexico. The cat is comfortable, fast and - despite her size - easy to handle. Applicants

bership. Full value $4925. Available for $3100.

must have a captain’s license, offshore and char¬ ter experience, and know everything from the top

Call (707) 546-0461 or email: Dalcons@aol.com

of the mast to the bottom of the daggerboards.

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED COUPLE mem¬

Responsibility and pride in work are absolute essentials, and knowing how to have fun is also

bership. Full value $4,925. Sell for $3,500. In¬

important. Flakes, drunks and lay-abouts need

cludes all lessons & use of clubs in Sausalito, Alameda, Coyote Point & Marina del Rey. Call (925) 676-9488 or email: Gdalman@aol.com

not apply. Sex and age aren’t factors, as one of the most competent skippers we ever had was a 21-

NON-PROFIT SAILBOATS AND POWERBOATS FOR SALE. All makes and models. Priced to sell. Call now. (510) 464-4617.

year-old woman. While this position won’t make you wealthy, the experience might be sublime. Please send your resume, photo, and financial requirements to: richard@latitude38.com or 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA. 94941. Whatever you do, don't phone!

www.zboat.com Sell your boat on-line for 8C/day including 2 photos & up to 200-word description. FREE classified ads (excludes boats) Enter to win FREE VACATION - Drawing daily

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Complete Engine Services • Gas & Diesel 30 Years Experience • Reasonable Rates Tune-Ups • Oil Changes • Engine Rebuilding, etc. (415) 332-0455

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40-53' boats (LOA).

ENTHUSIASTIC, FUN-LOVING, FEMALE sailor looking to crew in Mexico & beyond. Intelligent, easy-going, fit, with some cruising experience & common sense. I love the water, scuba diving, cooking & travel. I hope to share a sailing adven¬ ture with someone that has a sense of humor & a passion for new experiences. If you are looking for the above & are honest, a good communicator, with a happy soul please respond to: velerosail@aol.com.

CHEERFUL, EXPERIENCED CRUISER, 6 ft & fit, currently working in Baja, would like to meet female cruising partner before resuming cruise. Sailing experience not that important. Attitude is. If you have the humor, spirit & patience to enjoy exploring via sailboat, don't drink much orsmoke, are in your 30's or 40’s & could spend some time in Mexico before setting sail, contact me at: schaaf @ cabonet.net. mx

extremely well equipped, 48 ft cutter seeks non¬

CREW AVAILABLE: fit & friendly, experienced bilingual couple, early 30’s available to sail almost anywhere warm, however Australia or any point

smoking crew for all or part of Mexican cruise. Boat will leave with Baja Ha-ha, return to CA. in

in-between is preferred. Contact Andrew or Marta at (949) 515-8208 or email us at:

late June. Must have bluewater experience & share normal expenses. Must commit to at least

globalcrew@hotmail.com

one month. Can meet the boat anywhere in Mexico.

SEAWORTHY 44' VESSEL and 46 yr male skip¬

(619) 426-5828 or SAILON99@hotmail.com

per to share all aspects of extended cruising adventure and “Ha-ha 99” with NS, SF 1st Mate and crew of 1 -2. Must enjoy laughter, healthy food

CREW WANTED. Very experienced skipper of

WANT TO CREW BAJA HA-HA. Male, 49, good Spanish, can cook, some bluewater experience. Willing to share expenses. Good sea sense. Please call (707) 829-1204.

and an energetic lifestyle. Marc: (916)802-4636, seaangel@jps.net Enthusiastic novice

WANTED: SUPER-SAILORS FOR the King's Cup in Thailand December 4-9. Low budget pro¬

with some cruising experience seeks experienced captain with seaworthy boat for warm weather

duction, pay your own way, etc. 45 ft wooden boat,

adventures (Baja Ha-ha?) this fall, longer if com¬

Isobar, took three 2nd places at Marmaris Interna¬

patible. Attractive SF, 50, NS/LD ISO LTR with intelligent, articulate, skipper, 45-55. E-mail: rhintransit@compuserve.com

King’s Cup in the Classic Division. Needs ciass winnners as crew for serious racing and partying. No one without credentials need apply. An expe¬ rience of a lifetime with movable feasts and parlies on each leg and some very serious racing. Con¬

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yachts and can include crewing. Excellent wages/ benefits inc. boat use and lessons. Fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or call Kristin (415) 543-7333.

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX ABC Yachts. 242 Autoprop. 217 Abe Schuster Plastics. 236 Baja Ha-Ha Sponsor Page. 14 Ace Sailmakers. 73 Baja Naval. 166 Adventure Cat Inc. 205 Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers .. 62,63 Albatross Yacht Chartering .... 204 Ballena Isle Marina Coop. 139 Alaae-X. 106 Bay Island Yachts. 7 Allemand Brothers. 235 Bay Keeper & Delta Keeper ... 167 Alpha Systems. 155 Bay Ship & Yacht. 65 Anacapa Isle Marina/Almar ... 49 Bay Prop. 154 Anacortes Yacht Charters. 204 Beckwith,Craig Yacht Sales ... 238 Andersons Boat Yard. 36 Berkeley Marine Center. 88 Antioch Marina. 48 Bluewater Insurance. 72 Aqua Marine . 185 Bo'sun Supplies, Co. 234 Arena Yacht Sales . 101 Boat U.S. 36,160,185 Argo Yachts. 241 Bosun's Charters. 203 Armchair Sailor.. 75 Bottom Siders. 20

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• August. 1999

Bower & Klina. 71 Boy Scouts Of America . 11 Boy Scouts/Pacific Skyline. 152 Boy Scouts/Paciic Harbors .... 237 Brisbane Marina. 161 Bristol Fashion Yacht Care. 233 British Marine. 16 Brookes & Gatehouse.. 167 Bruno's Island Resort. 234 Business Tel. 149 C Cushions. 161 California Cruising Yachts. 15 Cass' Marina . 38 Celestaire. 150 Charters Northwest. 204 Chula Vista Marina. 153

City Yachts. 17 Club Nautique. 77 Coast Marine . 197 Community Mattress Co. 22 Corsair Marine. 56 Cover Craft. 28 Coyote Point Marina. 155 Crisis At Home Intervention Ctr 138 Cruising Cats USA. 6 Cruising Direct Sails. 50 Cruising Specialists. 78,79 Custom Yachts/Horizon Yachts 71 Defender Industries.32 Desolation Sound Charters .... 204 Detco Marine . 167 Dewitt Studio, Jim. 100

Diesel Fuel Filtering. 107 Direct Marine. 194 Discovery Yacht Charters. 205 Douglass Gill/Weathermark.. 197 Downwind Marine. 84 Driscoll Mission Bay Marina .. 179 Edensaw Woods . 42 Edgewater Yacht Sales. 237 Edinger Marine . 32 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor. 89 Emeryville Marina. 16 Essex Credit Corp. 64 Farallone Yacht Sales. 18 Farr International. 45 Fifth Avenue Marina . 234 Finnish Line. 197

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Hawaiian Chieftain. 204 Havnes Sails . 235 Helms Yacht & Ship Brokers. 57 Helmut's Marine Service. 184 Hewett Marine. 235 Hidden Harbor Marina . 40 Hill, R.J. Insurance. 233 Hogin Sails . 68 Hood Sails . 28 Institute of Marine Science. 148 J/World.t. 43 Jack Rabbit Marine. 234 Jonsson, Arne, Boatbuilder.... 234 Kappas Marina. 178 Karmin, Capt. Jerrold. 106 Kensington Yachts. 13 Kevin's Quality Marine. 235 Kilian Propeller. 232 Kissinger Canvas. 152 KKMI. 85,122,123

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Lager Yachts. 240 Lake Merritt Sailboat House. 26 Larsen Sails. 90 Latitude 38 Adventure Chrtrs . 106 Latitude 38 Logowear. 232 Lee Sails. 233 Leech & Rudiger Sails/Ullman . 91 LeFiell Marine Products. 236 Lieberman Agency, Stan . 216 List Marine Enterprises . 91 List Marine/Polaris. 89 Loch Lomond Marina . 196 MacDonald Yachts. 240 Marin Yacht Sales. 37 Marina El Cid. 217 Marina Las Hadas . 221 Marina Real. 89 Marina Sailing . 205 Marina Village. 127 Marina Yacht Sales. 237

1972-1999

Marine Pockets. 154 Mariner Boat Yard. 61 Mariner's General Insurance ... 83 Maritime Electronics..11 Maritime Institute. 28 Marotta Yachts. 239 Martin, Jack & Associates. 236 Mazaflan Marine Center. 238 McGinnis Insurance. 235 Modern Sailing Academy. 86 N.J. Enterprises . 232 Napa Valley Marina. 76 Nelson's Marine. 244 New Era Yachts. 236 Neil Pryde Sails. 90 Norpac Yachts . 243 North Beach Canvas. 23 North Sails - San Francisco. 81 No. California Fall Boat Show . 24 O'Neill's Yacht Center . 8

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Oakland Yacht Club . 85 Ocean Equipment. 232 OCSC. 69 Outboard Motor Shop, The ... 178 Outbound 44. 22 Owl Harbor . 11 Oyster Cove Marina . 80 Oyster Point Marina. 22 Pacific Coast Canvas. 73 Pacific Marine Engineering.... 233 Pacific Yacht Imports. 19 Passage Yachts. 4,5 Patagonia, Inc. 196 PCH Inflatables. 46 Peninsula Marine Services. 67 Penmar Marine. 204 Performance Multihull Prod. 44 Performance Yacht Systems . 51 Petro Clean . 101

August, 1999 •

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Sierra Children's Home. 179 Signet. 195 Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors/SAMS. 100 Solar Electric, Inc. 233 South Bay Boat Works . 236 South Beach Harbor. .. 25 South Beach Riggers . .. 23 South Beach Sailing Center ... .. 23 South Beach Yacht Club ..... 34 Southwest Products . 107 Southwest Wind Power .. 149 Soygold Marine. 179 Spectra. ... 32 Spinnaker Sailing of R.C. ... 66 Spinnaker Sailing of S.F. ... 23 Spinnaker Shop, The. . 236 Spintec . ... 73

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See at marottayachts.com 55'TAYANA CUTTER, 1985 Center cockpit. One of the best designed and built cruisers, only one on the West Coast at present. Spacious interior (aft stateroom com¬ parable in space and storage to a 70' sail¬ boat), classic teak joinery, rugged construc¬ tion, excellent performance, full electronics. 135hp Perkins diesel with stand-up workshop. Three cabins, in-line golley. $279,000.

65' MACGREGOR, 1986 This performance sailer is loaded and com¬

PEARSON, 1988

This late model Pearson is well equipped,

petitively priced. Appointed for cruising in¬

with diesel engine, wheel steering, roller

cluding full electronics and custom gclley;

furling headsail, and dodger. Hot/cold

can easily be handled by two people. Hard

32’ ISLANDER, 1977 Lightly sailed example of this very popular boot, spent 14 years on Lake Tahoe. Bottom just repainted, recent

dodger, central forced-air heating, numer¬

batteries ond charger. 24hp Westerbeke

to singlehand, ideal starter boat.

ous other upgrades all very well installed. 85hp Pathfinder diesel.

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yLkmitm. r%i!m&m.i 41'ISLANDER, 1973 Fine example of a rare 41' Islander sloop. Boat shows nicely; same owner 22 years. Almost 7' headroom in main salon, twin cabin w/very commodious quarterberth. Propane stove/oven, hot/cold pressure water, cold plate reefer. Large selection of sails, most by North. 40hp Perkins diesel. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer.

$69,000.

52' SPENCER, 1982 Cold-molded sloop, built in New Zealand and sailed over from Hawaii. Twin cabin, one head, large main salon, all amenities for living aboard. Generous headroom beautiful cowerie and tpak joinery along with brass accents below look classically elegant. 33hp Yanmar diesel. Realistically priced at $89,000.

40' CHEOY LEE YAWU967 Beautiful example of this fiberglass classic. Vessel has had substantial upgrades, including teak decks, teak cabin overhead and roller furling headsail. Approx. $15,000 spent over last year alone. Exquisite teak joinery below. 36hp Perkins with low hours. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer with vessel. Owner motivated.

$68,000.

33' TARGA CENTER COCKPIT, 1981 A 'baby' center cockpit boat in good

27' JEANNEAU FANTASIA, 1983 Clean example of this unusual little sloop.

shape. Aft cabin sleeps two, two more

Volvo 11 hp diesel just serviced, bottom

comfortably in large forward v-berth.

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New ProFurl roller

Propane oven/stove, pressure water.

furler, new reef lines, new main halyard, new

Modified full keel, leak decks. Volvo

VHF radio. Tiller steering. Prime downtown

Penta diesel. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip

Sausalito slip. Just reduced to $18,700.

can transfer. $38,000.

30' CATALINA, 1980 & 1975 Dollar for dollar, it's hard to beat these popular boats. Teak and holly sole, cushions show like new, large quarter berth aft. Hot/cold pressure water, Adler-Barbour reefer. Updated sails in good shape. Dodger. 11 hp Universal diesel engine. Tiller steer¬ ing. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can transfer. Two from $16,700.

28’ NEWPORT, 1986 Income potential - boat is in local club. With diesel engine, roller furler and wheel steering, this is a lot of boat for the money. Mast and rigging recently refit, brand new main sail, bottom recently done. Just reduced to $16,500

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58' ALDEN. Built in 1975 this Boothbay yawl

4 heads, complete electronics, every amenity. Exceptional long range MS, outstanding value.

Recent upgrades include sails and electronics. A true bluewater world class yacht.

has always been kept in yacht condition.

51' SKYE. Offered by her original owner. This Rob Ladd design was commissioned in

48' JON MERI. Built in 1989 this performance

1982. Consistently updated, 8 sails, SSB, radar, AP. Great performance ketch cruiser.

w/full dual station, 3 staterooms, electric roller furling. Built to highest standards in Finland.

51' SWAN. Commissioned in 1983, this successful Frers design features owner's aft cabin w/ensuite head, 2 guest S/Rs forward. Deck recently refurbished; offshore equipped.

Santa Cruz 52: The best racer/cruiser. Go fast and be comfortable too. White compostie bulkheads w/teak trim. Yanmar diesel, Carbon mast, New to market. $550,000.

Express 37: Very low hours, covered, Yanmar diesel. Excellent racer/cruiser. New to market. Don't miss this one. $75,000.

30: Excellent one design pocket racer. Inboard Yanmar diesel, Ockam instruments, tandem trailer, best buy at $79,000.

BOC 50: Go short handed sailing or convert to fast cruising yacht. These boats emphasize very efficient one person operation. Three from $185,000.

cruising yacht offers an attractive pilothouse

51' BENETEAU. Built in 1986, this spacious three-cabin layout is perfect for long range cruising in style and comfort. She is ready to go and in excellent condition.

49' WAUQUIEZ CENTURION. Commis¬ sioned in 1991.3 S/Rs, light, spacious salon,

elect, winches & upgraded electronics.

performance cruiser priced far under market.

cruise equipped, currently lying Carib. Quality

$89,000 $115,000 $99,000

$599,000 $269,000

54' Fishing Schooner, excellent

$195,000

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$199,000 $350,000

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$ 49,000

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$ 89,000

50' BOC Scott Jutson design 50'Santa Cruz, really fast

$185,000 $149,000

34' Hunter, Monterey Slip

$ 42,500

30' Adhara 30, MORC winner 30' Olson/Schumacker, fast

$ 34,995 $ 28,500

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50' HERRESHOFF. Built '72, this classic F/G

represents a limited production performance cruiser. Spacious interior, full electronics and top of the line hardware. Fast passagemaker.

ketch is in bristol condition. Owner's cruising plans have changed, consequently she's ready to go, w/over $75,000 worth of improvements.

HUNTER 376. Built '96, she is in excellent condition. Sleeps 7 in 2 S/Rs. King berth aft

33' HANS CHRISTIAN. Built 1984, this is the

w/endosed head & shower. Loaded w/radar,

nicest one we've seen. Equipment includes hydraulic jib furter, diesel heater, radar, Monitor

gen, AP, R/F. Live aboard or cruise the Bay.

windvane, AP, Toyo liferaft, and much more.

34' HUNTER. Built in 1986. this very popular Hunter 34 is in excellent shape. She would be

36' HUNTER. Built '94. She features a large

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62' DEVRIES MS. Steel hull, 2 staterms, separate crew quarters, AC. custom elec¬ tronics. Twin dsls, 3 gensets, inverter. Loose footed main, furling, storm trisail. Very well equipped cruiser. $295,000.

51' BAREFOOT, '87. Extended cruising w/ excellent performance. Cutter rigged. Lots of offshore gear. $129,900.

51' BENETEAU OCEANIS, '93.4 staterooms w/head, separate crew quarters, AP, inverter, roller furl, jiffy reefing, s/t winches. Excellent performance cruiser. $259,000. Also: 43' Beneteau, '85. $99,000.

54' CUSTOM HENWOOD. Custom designed yacht fisher, cold molded kurie wood and fiberglass. Re-fit '94. Builder on board is cap¬ tain since new. Shows perfect. $560,000.

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40' VANDER STADT. Classic design. Proven bluewater vessel. Fully equipped for long range cruising. $75,000. 1 Also: 37' C&C Landfall. $64,900.

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51' Beneteau Oceanis 510, '93 Rare opportunity. Bristol. $279,000.

37' Hunter, '96 A 10+, clean and ready. $128,000.

50' Mikclson, '88 Well built, solid and cruise ready. $230,000.

25' Seaward pocket cruiser, 1998. Ready to go. Like new condition. $49,500. 33' Dunnigan.17,000

39' Yorktown. 32,500

32' Islander. 26,000

35' Coronado, center cockpit.... 35,000

30' Newporter. 27,000

33' Ranger. 24,900

28' Cal-Pearson . 37,000

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42' GOLDEN WAVE, 1981 . Nicest one of the 3 on the West Coast. In most roller furling main. Larger fuel capacity.Teakdecksingreatshape.More+. 116,500.

32' MARINER, 1981 'full keel. Great construction. Perkins diesel with low hours. Immaculate. $32,900.

SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS SAIL 55' TAVANA.'85 279,000 51' BENETEAU.'86 215,000 51' BENETEAU .'93 279,000 50' FORCE WOODIE .. '69 80,000 50'

44’ KULY PETERSON, 77. Immotulote condi¬ tion. B&G Instruments. Fine bluewoter cruiser. Re¬ built Perkins. In mast RF main. $118,000.

NICE LITTLE BOATS Catalina 22,'91, with trailer Catalina Capri 26 Albin 27, 1973 with trailer - Nice Cal 9.2 (two) - Beer Can Racing 29' Ranger (two) 30 Footers: J/30, Islander 30B, Catalina 30 Hunter 29.5 & 30, Willard 30, Bristol 30 v

DEFEVER MS. 79 220,000

47' CUSTOM SLOOP.. '98 47' OLYMPIC. 78 47 OLYMPIC. 75 47 CUSTOM SLOOP .. '98 44' KELLY PETERSON'77

119,000 145,000 125,000 119.000 118,000

43' STEEL PH.'88 85,000 42' GOLDEN WAVE ....'81 116,500 42' GARDEN.'67 75,000 41' C&C.'84 110,000

35' ROBB.'63 35' CHALLENGER.74 35' HUNTER LEGEND '90 35' CHEOY LEE.79 34' HUNTER.'86 34' HUNTER.'85 33' TARTAN .'80

50' FANTAIL.'07 40,000 42' KHASHINGFB.'84 165,000

32' MARINER KETCH . '81 32' WOODIE.'58

32.900 20,000 40,000

32' FUJI......78 30' BRISTOL.73 30' WILLARD.'77

HELMSMAN. 79 GREBE WOODIE ..'38

54,900 32,000

40' 40'

SLOOP WOODIE .. '90 75,000 VALIANTS.2 from 135,000

30' CAT ALINAS.2 Irom 29.5 HUNTER.'97

38' 38' 37+ 37

TAHITI. 76 22,500 ULMER ALUM.'95 95,000 C&C.'90 145,000 EXCELL CUTTER . 76 36,000

36' 36'

HANS CHRISTIAN 75 50,000 CATALINA.'98 119,000

29' 29' 28' 27 27 27

CAL 9.2.2 Irom RANGER, nice.72 TRADEWINDS.'67 ALBIN .73 MORGAN. 71 CATALINA, diesel.. '82

36' COLUMBIA. 70 36' S2.'86 35' CORONADO.'73 35' ALBERG. '65

30,900 69,500 37,500 34.900

26' CATALINA CAPRI .'90 25' CATALINA.78

35'

67,000

POWER

NIAGARA.'81

45,000 42.500 35,000 35,000 24,000

40' 40'

VALIANT. 77 145,000

60' 55'

PETERSON. MARINER.70

33' 32'

30' HUNTER.'93 30' J-BOAT.79 30' WILLARD P/HOUSE'74

40'

45,000 28,000 68.500 53.500

25' CORONADO.'63 22' CATALINA w/trailer '91

17.500 29,950 60,000 19.500 44.500 18.500 65,000 22.500 19.900 24.500 18.900 13,777

12,000 24,000 11.600 5,500 12.500

BURGER.'58 252,000 KNIGHT & CARVER'77 195,000

53' HATTERAS MYFC. 279,000 50' STEPHENS.'65 135,000

42' MATTHEWS.'56 38' CHRIS CRAFT.76 38'

65,000 Inquire

MATTHEWS.'25

28,900

37 SILVERTON.'88 37 AQUA CRAFT.'83 37 C&L. 79 36' CROWN CUSTOM '80

89,000 65,000 79,500 48,500

34' 34'

BAYLINER AVANTI '89 BAYLINER AVANTI '88

58,900 58,000

34' BAYLINERS.2 tram 33' CARVER. 76 32' GRAND BANKS.'66

58,000 42,000 33,900

32' 30' 30' 28' 28' 27 25'

BAYLINER.'88 TOLLYCRAFT. 72 BAYLINER.'97 WELLCRAFT Exp..'85 FIBREFORM. 79 SEA RAY.'97 ALBIN CABIN Crsr. 70

45,000 26,000 58,900 31,900 14,000 57,950 Inquire

23' COBALT.'89 20' CORRECT CRAFT '77

18.000 13,500

19' 19'

19,900 17,850

RX19 JET BOAT.... ‘96 BOSTON WHALER '89

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C&C 41. Fontostic sail inventory. Robertson A/P, Raytheon radar. Boat shows like new. 2 boat owner. $110,000

30'CATALINAS. Two available. 1984 asking $27,995 and 1978 asking $18,500. Huge interiors. Both with diesel engines.

40' VALIANT, 77. Max equipment. Ready to cruise. ' Never a blister problem. Possible SF slip ol Morino Green. Extremely well cared for.

55' TAYANA, '85. Three stateroom model. Never been in charier. Recent houlout & survey. Searching for her new owner.

32' FUJI, 78. Beautiful construction. Great condition. Nicely equipped. Must see, in Sausalito. $40,000.

HUNTER 29.5s. Two available. 1994 osking $47,000 and 1997 asking $65,000. Very populor Bay boats.

33' TARTAN, '80. Sparkman & Stephens design. Universal diesel, Harken roller furling, spinnaker, Force 10 propane stove. $35,000

HUNTERS. Two 34' Hunters from $42,500. 35' Hunter Legend, 1990. Immaculate. New dodger and convas. $68,500.

30' WILLARD, 77. Crealock design, great cruiser. Perkins 4-108 w/200 hrs. Great sail inventory. Owner wants to move up. $29,995

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TWO BENETEAU 51s '86.. Asking $215,000 and '93.. .Asking $279,000 Both beautifully maintained and equipped for performance cruising.

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v—-/ All gloss CRUISING CUTTER designed by Ted Brewer. Modified full keel, lead ballast, dsl, dodger, dink, AP, VHF, depth, heater, more. Strong, stiff cruiser. Ask $34,000^

62' JOHN ALDEN YAWL This fine '31 classic sailing yacht has teak decks, low hrs dsl, mahog over oak w/ bronze, lead. Must be seen. Asking $180,000.

20' CLASSIC ENGLISH SLOOP. Built 1991, diesel. An exquisite iewelbox of a boot in show condition. Has full cover ana more. Must see! Asking $ 19,900.

36' MAGELLAN ketch by Angleman. All glass w/teak decks over X beautiful teak trim in X out. Dsl, wheel, dsl heater, radar, more. Very nice, well-kept cruiser. $46, OOO.

36' STEPHENS classic sedan cruiser. Twins, new wir¬ ing and many recent upgrades. Shows pride of owner¬ ship. Great boat, great builder. Try $29,000.

47' PERFORMANCE cruising sloop by (has Martin, NA X Chesapeake Marine '98.14' beam, very hvy f/ g const., dsl, whl, 6'4" hdrm, rod rig, AP. $119,000.

SAIL 60' STEEl sip, strong cruiser.. 165,000 56' HERESHOFF Morco Polo schooner: exquisite! 53'CHAS. MOWER YWL, classical beau¬ ty in exc. cond. 60' LOA ... 42,000 47' L0D Wm. GARDEN gaff schooner, ferro, dsl, lots of gear... 35,000/offer 43'WITTH0LZ steel PH sip, strong, excellent cond., dsl.. 85,000 43' CAPE GEORGE cutter, well equip) cruiser, located in Hawaii.. 75,000 42’SCHOONER, Winslow/Blanchard.. Very nice, rblt'94.142,000 40'PH custom cutter, dsl, '91.75,000 40'TANC00K schooner, nice!.. 30,000 40' L0D, 53'LOA, Wm Garden Schooner, New! Raised wheelhouse, diesel, finest materials X more..$205,000 39' FREYA, FG hull, dsl, lots of equip., project boat. 25,000/ofr 36'CHEOY LEE ROBB sip, dsl... 49,500 36'OHLSON, inboard, Master Mariner winner. 18,500/ofr 36' CHE0Y LEE LION, all teak, dsl. . 25,000 35'JASON/BREWER, FG, dsl, double ender, greot boat!. 37,500 34 COLUMBIA Midi d.l Cl 000 33 NOP WEST Ft dsl luer 15 000 32 SGLASLAMSSMrae.no sip 12 800 32 ROYAL Cruiser, l/B, dossit. 6,500 31CHE0Y LEE, Luders, dsl, sip 48,000 30 L0D ATKIN Bristol Channel Cutter, goff, cedor/oak/bronze, dsl... 19,900 30 ISl BAHAMA I ; I 8 14 200 30'BIRD sip, rebuilt classic race 8,500 30' BALTIC mosthead sip, Dutch-built pocket cruiser, exclt cond, 0/B 5,000 30 PACIFIC. Soildrive . 5,500 30'SCAMPI 1/2 Ion sloop, FG, diesel, race/cruise 28'VERTUE by Giles, dsl, more 22,000 28’LANCER MkVsIp, '84 . 13,400 28' FELLOWS & STEWART ktch. 20,000 27'NEWPORT sip, l/B.8,000 27 CHE0Y LEE LUODERS sip ...18,000 27'CAMPER/NICHOLSON by CS diesel, FG, neat boat.14,900 26'LUGER sip, f/g.5,500 26'EXCALIBURslp, 0/B, nice... 4,500 26' PEARSON Commander, 0/8 4,500 26' CHEOY LEE Cadet, l/B, FG... 5,500 26'F0LKB0AT, F/G, dsl.12,900 25'ALBIN M/S, dsl, strong.15,000 25'CHEOY LEEPAC. CLIPPER.7,250 24'KIWI, 0/8, FG.5,200 24’D0LPHIN/YANKEE by S&S, centbrd, O/B, great starter boat_10,500 POWER 100' STEEL TUG, YT8, exc. cond 175,000

34' LOD ANGELMAN SEASPRITE. Reich. Mahog. over oak w/copper rivets. Lead ballast, dsl, whl, counter stem, settee, frig, F-10 stove, shower, more. $24,950.

65'WHEELER CLASSIC MY, GM dsls, refit/reslorotion in progress.... 112,000 65' Cruising houseboat by Nunes, 20' beam, 671 GM dsl, ferry conversion w/polentiol X chorm. A project in process, bos berth... 62,500/offer 45' CHRIS CONST, very low hrs on V8s, gen._. 59,500 43'MATTHEWS EB. 55,000/offer 42' MATTHEWS, '52 Clossie Cruiser Twins, FG, great liveoboord/cruiser, flybridge . 43,000 42' CUST. TRWL, Cot. 6 dsl, strong, unique coaslol cruising vet. 24,500 40'SPORT FISH Charterboat w/ceriif. (14+2), dsls, reody to go! 82,000 38' CHRIS CRAFT Commander, F/G, twins great liveoboord/cruiser. Ask 60,000 38'TOLLYCRAFT cabin trowler w/twin turbo diesels, F/B, very nice... 59,500 38' CHRIS CRAFT SEA SKIFF SF, fresh engines, just houled.... Try 16,500 36'REGAL EXPLORER, loaded. 69,000 THESE & MORE AT OUR DOCKS & ELSEWHERE

34'CHRIS CRAFT Commander, '63, twin gas, great boat. 26,500 33'DONZI Z-33, twn 454s, ++ 64,500 30'STEPHENS, '37 clossic, nice 18,500 30'CHRIS CAVALIER, exccond 12,750 28 BAYLINER, f/g, F/B.15,300 28CARVER, F/8 cruiser.18,500 27‘ REGAL Ambassador, '93, w/trailer, clean w/very little use.30,000 27' CHRIS Sed Skiff, V8, nice ..12,500 25'ALBIN trowler, diesel. 24,750 24’BAYLINER CIERA, trlr, nice 13,000 24' SEA RAY HT Express w/trlr.. 8,500 24'MARIAH CUDDY, 1976, i/o 28,500 24'SEARAY, SRV 240, v. clean 10,500 22' FORMULA 3LS, i/o.15,000 21' INVADER, center console, trailer,. 200hp Suzuki 0/8.10,000 20'SKIPJACK, trailer, fullconv. 7,500 20'BOSTON WHALER OUTRAGE, trailer, console, O/B, loaded . Ask 11,450 17'CHRIS CRAFT mohog runabout, V8, trailer...12,500

43' Double-ended CUTTER KETCH by A Nielson. AFricon mahog. Copper rivets dr cockpit, 32 his on rbh dsl, cutaway forefoot full keel. 6'4" headroom & more. Very nice. $68,000.

46' CAL 2-46 ketch, diesel, center cockpit, dual steer¬ ing stations, genset, autopilot, heat, roller furling, great cruiser, equipped right, exceptional condition. 119,000.

36' REGAL EXPRESS 360, '88 Low hrs twn 454s, 6.5 kw genset, heat X A/C, full galley & freezer, wet bar, HXCshower, full Delta canvas & more $79,000.

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86' LOA, 19'7" Beam. Ready for world cruise. Laid teak decks, Detroit Diesel main, two 15kw gensets, extensive sail and offshore inventory, 20 berths, 2 heads inch jacuzzi & shower, full electric galley, 2 radars, GPS, VHF, SSB, WxFax, etc., two 8-person cannisters, too much to list.

YOUR SHIP HAS COME IN! $ 185,000/Offer

43' STEPHENS. Cl assic cruiser. Very nice. P.0, cedar over oak, bronze fastened. Twins, HXCptess w/shower. Dsl heater, fireplace, full boat cover X More. 74,900.

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

60' FIFE MASTHEAD CUTTER in block iron by DeVries Lentsch, Holland. Freshly rebuilt 1938 clossic. Rig,

15) 485-6044 • FAX (415)485-0335 e-mail: norpac@ri(o«het.net

deck, plates, Cummins diesel ALL NEW. Stirring performer, remarkable history.

Just Call!

Asking $195,000.

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The hot new J/105 fleet has been showing up at Nelson's! From dry sailing to new boat commissioning, topsides paint jobs and repairs, the extremely successful J/105 fleet has found theNskills and resources it needs at Nelson's Marine. The J/105 was the first production sprit boat, ushering in the new era of sprit boats for J/Boats. It has since gone on to become one of the most successful racer/cruisers in the world. The current Bay fleet numbers more than 30 boats. Nelson's Marine was happy to have six of them in the yard just last week. The J/105 has found a great fol¬ lowing on the Bay from people who want friendly, competitive one-de¬ sign racing as well as comfortable, performance daysailing.

New owner Tom Kennelly, pictured above, was just in checking on his new boat, Hull #266, for himself and- part¬ ners Greg Toto and Paul Dines.

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