Latitude 38 August 2010

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VOLUME 398 August 2010 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS UUT2010 AUGUST VOLUME 398 VOLUME '10 PACIFIC CUP

Hawaii races are commonly re- ferred to as the "milk runs" of offshore races, but for the 55 boats that started the '10 Pacific Cup, the 2,070-mile course was anything but what the brochure promised. Instead of running under sunny skies or a full moon in stable, 12- to 14-knot northeasterly trades, this year's fl eet got everything from slatting conditions to days of reaching on the edge of control in breeze into the high-20s. The wind direction never seemed to settle and was accompanied by a wall-to-wall carpet of high clouds that smothered the fleet almost the entire way to Kaneohe YC. The weather and the route it allowed forced the bulk of the fl eet to sail somewhere between rhumb line and the great circle route, and meant the 16th running of "The Fun Race to Hawaii" could have been more aptly titled "The Weird Race to Hawaii." But what the race lacked in comfort and predictability, it more than made up for with some pedal-down sailing that saw many boats in the fl eet run up some seriously impressive numbers — a couple 400-mile days anyone? How about a conventionally-ballasted elapsed-time winner in 6d, 16h, 19m? A Mini Transat knocking off 276 miles in one day? A Santa Cruz 50 packing away 288 miles in the same amount of time and fi nish-

ing the trip in 8d,11h, 46m? A 45-ft boat LATITUDE/ROB knocking off 397 miles in 24 hours? This race had all that and more. The toll the conditions took on the sailors and their gear underscore that this was one of the fastest Hawaii races ever. "We were in giggle mode the entire and his father, navigator Jon Shampain Jack Taylor's immaculate Dana Point-based SC time," said Tom O'Keefe, who along with plus skipper Jack Taylor sailed the Dana 50 'Horizon' didn't spend much time ducking Robert Plant, Jason Adamson, Peter Point-based SC 50 Horizon to overall transoms in the '10 Pacifi c Cup. Kornhaber, John Berry, Erik Shampain honors in the race. "It was pitch black at that aside from a few little things, we The 'Horizon' crew, clockwise from top left — night. It was binnacle driving the entire didn't break anything," he said. "Every- Jason Adamson, Tom O'Keefe, Peter Kornhaber, time." one drove, and I think at least three or John Berry, Robert Plant, Jon Shampain, Jack The crew have been sailing the boat four of us hit our fi rst 20s. Most of all the Taylor and Erik Shampain celebrate the win. together for the last three years, and boat is like a family. There are never any have racked up an im- cross words. We all get along together, we pressive record of divi- all hang out after the racing and all our sion wins in Hawaii and families get together around racing." Mexico races including According to Kornhaber, the only this year's PV Race and time there was any discord was when last year's TransPac. he inadvertently swiped the navigator's But finishing the '10 coffee cup on Day 2. But it's tough to Pac Cup in 8d, 11h, argue with a navigator who has you in 46m, they sailed what fi rst in division and fi rst overall by the has to be hands-down division's third position report. And while the fastest SC 50 trip he uses all the typical tools of the trade, to Hawaii, ever. Taylor, Shampain said that by and large, he who owns a perishable doesn't use them consistently. foods brokerage, at- "I'm more of a seat-of-the-pants type tributed the success to guy; I never ran new routes with the a couple factors. new weather data from day to day, just LATITUDE/ROB "Jon does such a good looked for small corners to cut here and job prepping the boat there, and the routing proved to be really — THE WEIRD RACE TO HAWAII

R/P 63 Limit, gave up some 23 feet of waterline and a whole lot of power to boot night I've had in a long time," Shampain by virtue of being conventionally bal- said. "The fi rst night felt like February, lasted. But this speed machine fi nished we fi nally dried out on Day 5, and didn't the race in only 6d, 16h, 19m! In the pro- see the sun until the seventh day." cess, Limit knocked off a 415-mile day. O'Keefe has a race-boat preparation It wasn't until last year's TransPac that background, having run Newport Marine any boat in a Hawaii race had eclipsed from '89-'97 and with six Hawaii races that mark, when Neville Crichton's R/P and Mexican races since 1982 on his 100 Alfa Romeo put up about a 430-mile resume. He said that Taylor — whom he day en route to a new race record. also pointed out is an "awesome driver" While Limit's elapsed-time was indeed — and Shampain's commitment to the impressive, it wasn't good enough to beat boat paid huge dividends. Division E winner, Chip "Dr. Megadeath" "The boat has a sail for every gear, and Megeath's Tiburon-based R/P 45 Crimi- you don't have to worry about it being nal Mischief, which fi nished the race in frayed or questionable," O'Keefe said. "I an astounding 7d, 10h, 21m. That's not don't have the time to go through a boat a typo. Sporting a square-top mainsail before leaving the dock any more. It's a that Megeath's well-oiled machine has lot of fun to be able to step aboard, and been working into their sail inventory the boat's ready to go." for offshore work since this year's Cabo But all the boat prep and crew chem- Race the Criminals absolutely blazed istry in the world won't get you to Hawaii to Hawaii. And because we're on this fast if the weather doesn't cooperate, and comparison trip, Roy Disney's R/P 73 Shampain, who modestly puts his Ha- Pyewacket, which was the fi rst boat to waii race total at above a dozen and un- break Merlin's TransPac record, did it in der 18, said he's never sailed anywhere 7d, 11h, 41m. In the process the Crimi- near that close to rhumbline and the nals reeled off 397 miles in one 24-hr great circle route. In fact, he said they period. even had a hard time getting south. Conceived from the get-go as a point- Usually, the challenge for all Hawaii to-point racer, the powered up little hot- race navigators is getting west, but it rod has been winning every offshore race wasn't until Horizon and the frontrun- of consequence on the West Coast since ners from the fi rst three start days en- taking the division win and fourth overall countered a small depression on about in the '08 Pac Cup, and after this much Day 5 that they found a path south. success, you'd wonder how the Criminals "We said, that's our elevator, better have managed to keep the streak going. get on board," O'Keefe said. According to Megeath, a big part of it is They rode that elevator straight to crew chemistry. good," he said. "We got routing as usual Kaneohe Bay and in the process fi nished "This boat is a fellowship," he said. from Rick Shema and also picked up the the race in a time that would have been And while the battle-tested crew Commanders' Weather report, and both unthinkable to anyone who grew up of project manager and navigator Jeff their preliminary forecasts said the same watching the cream of the ULDB 70 crop Thorpe, Campbell Rivers, Paul Allen, thing: that the fi rst two start days were chase Merlin's '77 TransPac record for Dan Malpas, Robin Jeffers, Patrick Whit- going to get a gale right offshore and that the better part of 20 years. Granted, the marsh and Morgan Gutenkunst certainly it would be iffy for the Wednesday start, TransPac is nominally 155 miles longer have the boat dialed by now, their ability but that we'd be sailing the fi rst couple than the Pacifi c Cup, but for the sake of Australian Alan Brierty's R/P 63 'Limit' set the days in light air." comparison, Horizon sailed only about 2,070-mile course on fi re, fi nshing in 6d, 16h, As it turned out, the opposite was 45 more minutes than Merlin, whose ef- 19m and taking the elapsed-time honors. true. Doublehanded 1 and Division A, fort started it all for fast which started on July 5, sailed what one West Coast racing over 30 racer dubbed, "The fun race to the Faral- years ago. lones." After a fast beat to the islands, it was slattsville in lumpy seas and no breeze. Doublehanded 2 and Division B, Of course Merlin's which started Tuesday, had the same record has long since thing. Although some boats were able to been eclipsed. In the '05 set kites early, the pressure didn't arrive TransPac, Hasso Platt- within 100 miles offshore until after Divi- ner's canting-keeled sion C succumbed to the same fate the MaxZ86 Morning Glory following day. It wasn't until Division D set a new record in 6d, started on July 8 that the breeze fi lled in 16h, 4m. By comparison, and thrust everyone in that group into the elapsed-time winner the top eight overall in less than a day. in this year's Pac Cup, LATITUDE/ANDY "The third night out was the heaviest Australian Alan Brierty's

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to handle some lumps in the effort may have been the decisive factor. The fi rst came when Jeffers had to have his ap- deck to get tools, Gutenkunst went back that was moving about 2-knots faster pendix removed before the Spinnaker up armed with some spectra and a few than we were, and staying with it," Lewis Cup as they were working up to this race. tools, he lashed both the spinnaker and said. The second came when they lost regular himself to the top of the rig, and went to And fi nd it they did. Joe Penrod to a family emergency. Their work retrieving the sheave, which had "We were able to just wiggle and surf initial replacement for Penrod had to settled down on the halyard lock fl ipper. on a lot of waves that other boats can't bail. Then, their second replacement He managed to get the sheave aligned catch," Carroll said. with the pin and re- Tule Fog, née Geronimo, has been in installed, saving the Carroll's family since he was 16 years rig and the race. old, and apart from a .5-oz. Cuben Fiber Criminal Mischief drifter built by Lewis, who works at Santa was locked in a two- Cruz Sails, the duo didn't do anything boat race w/ Hector extreme. They did however blow up one Velarde's Miraflores, spinnaker, one that's well known to Peru-based SC 70 many Bay Area sailors — it looks like a Mirage, with the lat- patchwork quilt of varying colors. ter finishing just 21 "We were joking that once it's put back minutes ahead on together, no one will ever know," Lewis elapsed time and said. just over three hours The sail, which was built with rem- behind on corrected nants and looks like a cross between a time. Together, the two Mondrian painting and a TV color test, LATITUDE/ROB boats broke Division was Lewis and Carroll's secret weapon. D's deadlock on the "It was great at night," Lewis said. Steve Carroll, left, and Patrick Lewis on the Express 27 'Tule Fog' were overall standings with "Because there are so many contrasting the only starters from any of the fi rst three start days to sneak into the the Criminals coming colors, it was really easy to see even when top fi ve overall, winning Doublehanded 2 by over 10 hours. in second and Mirage it was pitch black." had to cancel just two days before the fourth, sandwiching rookie Pac Cupper The two Express 27s didn't come into start! Fortunately they were able to pick Bill Helvestine's Bay Area-based SC 50 their own until the last few days of their up navigator Artie Means at the last Deception, which came home with third race, while up ahead, another two-boat minute. It turns out that when Means overall, Division D runner-up honors, battle had raged between the initial wasn't trading off time with Thorpe on plus the nods for The Fastest Fam- frontrunners: Jody and Skip McCormack the computer working on the polars and ily Afloat and Fastest performance analysis while the latter Maiden Voyage, despite analyzed the weather and called the nursing a leaky bottom angles, he was kicking everyone else off rudder bearing. the pedestal and grinding for hours. One of their most key decisions was in sail selection. Megeath and his crew put R ounding out the in a lot of effort in this area. Specifi cally top-five overall, while they brought along a masthead genoa, taking honors in Double- which on the surface would seem like handed 2 and the award a funny sail to rate-in with on a pri- for the fastest Carl Schu- marily downwind race. But it couldn't macher-designed boat have been a better call when Division were Steve Carroll and E encountered a light southerly after Patrick Lewis aboard the starting on July 10. While other boats Express 27 Tule Fog who were undoubtedly trying to establish any overcame those initial kind of heel to keep their sails full, the cruddy days to win their Criminals were fully hiked in the 5-knot division by more than breeze, allowing them to make signifi cant 10.5 hours after a 2,070- gains in the fi rst part of the race as they mile two-boat race with sailed past the Farallones on port tack. Rachel Fogel and J.P. The Criminals' tipped Gutenkunst as Sirey on Fogel's Express their trip's MVP. Seventy miles from the 27 Great White. If you fi nish line, he went up the rig to uncross discount the time they a spinnaker halyard for a sail change. spent slatting off the When he got to the masthead, he real- California coast, Carroll ized that the sheave pin had worked itself and Lewis would have halfway out of the sheave box, and the easily been the overall loaded spinnaker halyard was in danger winners in the race. of 'unzipping' the front of the boat's top- "It was mostly about mast. After scrambling back down to the fi nding that wave train

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shine to a convincing win in Double- handed 1, absolutely demolishing the on their Farr 30 Trunk Monkey, and and would challenge us," he said. "We hit rest of the division by nearly 1.25 days. Emma Creighton and Andy Hamilton our physical limits. I'm not used to not What's more impressive is that they did on Creighton's 21-ft proto Mini Transat pushing, but we had to throttle back." it without the use of weather forecasts, Pocket Rocket. Those two boats traded The McCormacks weren't the only when their computer and satphone failed off fi rst and second in division for most ones who found the going taxing. to talk to each other, a glitch that ended of the race with Pocket Rocket reeling off "We were in a race to the fi nish with up causing 276 miles during one 24-hour period. our bottle of ibuprofen," Creighton said. Benjamin Although Trunk Monkey set the bar "I think we won." to spend 30 early on, according to Skip, the twitchy Meanwhile Creighton and Hamilton hours on the Farr 30 did exactly what the husband put Pocket Rocket's powerful hull form phone with and wife team with multiple crossings and canting keel to work, fi nishing just tech support under their belts had hoped it would. three hours behind Trunk Monkey, de- at the begin- "We wanted a boat that fi t our budget spite having fried their satphone-com- ning of the Spread, 'Criminal Mischief' and 'Mirage' started puter connection four days into the race race. The duo their two-boat battle across the Pacifi c before and thus leaving them without updated sailed an im- they even exited the Gate. Below, the Criminals, weather for the remainder of the race. pressive race clockwise from top-right — Skipper Chip Mege- At the Kaneohe YC, the two duos using only ath, Campbell Rivers, Dan Malpas, Morgan compared notes on the other's race. their pre-race LATITUDE/ROB Gutenkunst, Robin Jeffers, Artie Means, Paul "We thought they were sailing a routing. They Allen, Patrick Whitmarsh, and Jeff Thorpe. textbook race," Skip said. "They rode also maxi- Ron Tostenson of the Syner- the depression south, mized their gy 1000 'Summer Moon' got a jibed to cover and then big kite, which few appropriate surprises on jibed back on a perfect they never his lei from daughter Kelsey: angle, while we were took down taxi cab air fresheners. completely spent." after setting on Day 2. The computer Hamilton and Creigh- glitch wasn't the only thing that went ton were bombing along, wrong for them though. In the rush to with no weather info in prepare, they'd neglected to reinstall a boat that Hamilton — the spreader-tip boots, which meant who won the division the main started chafi ng through. Their two years ago in his solution? Benjamin cut up a sailmaker's LATITUDE/ROB Moore 24 — described binder and adhered it to the sail. as having "negative In Division A, sitting YRA President creature comforts." Pat Broderick and his crew of Gordie "We were imagining Nash and Michael Andrews gutted out them sitting at the nav the slow early going before making fast station sipping their westward tracks early on while much morning cappuccinos of their division sailed north looking for while they did their breeze that never materialized. The trio routing," Hamilton said. then capitalized on the reaching condi- "The only reason we tions that favored Broderick's Wyliecat went south when we did 30 Nancy. When the breeze fi nally went was that we needed to aft, they kept pushing hard in order to try warm up!" to stay ahead of their competition, which Creighton is planning an assault on proved to be Shawn Ivie's J/30 Friction next year's Mini Transat race from La Loss. When the latter was fi nally able to Rochelle, France to Salvador de Bahia square back and put their spinnakers Brazil, and said the race taught her a to their most effi cient use, Broderick, lot about her powerful little boat. Nash and Andrews were pushing hard "I realized what makes the French constantly sailing the boat like a Laser. guys so good," she said. "The boat is With its unbalanceable sailplan, the sensitive, and getting it into the right cat-rigged boat becomes a handful when mode is challenging, but once you do, it running, especially in the confused sea will sail itself. The French mini sailors state that had wave trains coming from can fi nd every gear quickly." two different directions, neither of which Although it was beyond the scope of was going the direction they were. this article, look for more on her effort "We were trimming on every wave," to compete in next year's Mini Transat Nash said. "Where the waves would meet, in future editions of Latitude 38. there would be two good waves that we could surf. When we'd fall back off the

LATITUDE/ANDY second one, the next one would slap us Dylan Benjamin and Rufus Sjoberg one way or the other." sailed Benjamin's Dogpatch 26 Moon- This wash, rinse, repeat cycle may

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have taken a physical toll on them, but Nancy's crew never let up. "We were looking over our shoulder the entire run into the ﬁ nish," Andrews said. "Friction Loss kept gaining on us on each of the last two position reports, and we knew they were going to threaten. At the 100-mile check-in, we knew it would be close, so we never let up. It wasn't until the 25-mile check-in and we had an hour on them that we ﬁ nally relaxed

a little." LATITUDE/ROB The fi nal delta? A scant 45 minutes of corrected time between the two equally- rated boats. "I told you to get the satphone talking to the computer before we left," says Rufus Sjoberg, right, to Dylan Benjamin. As it turned out, the pair didn't need weather info to crush Doublehanded 1 by almost 1.25 days. Division B was all about Dean home the top prize in Division C with the scuttlebutt was say- Treadway's bright-fi nished, cold-molded second tightest delta of any of the divi- ing was a failed weld Farr 36 Sweet Okole, which fi nished sions. The Gilmore's, along with Michael on the rudder gud- almost 18 hours ahead of Greg Paxton Skillicorn and Brian VanderZanden, took geons. After a blis- and Arnold Zippel's Sydney 32 Relent- advantage of the breezy conditions to tering start, Black- less. Treadway and his crew of navigator correct out by just a shade over an hour ett and his crew of Bill Keller, David Hodges, John Norheim against their larger division rivals. son David, designer and Alexis Tucker scored a wire-to-wire Jim Antrim, Tom victory, leading the division at every Paulling, Liz Bay- check-in, and ended up ninth overall. The northerly course also meant lis and Todd Hedin The effort was strong enough to fend off that the boats saw a lot of trash in the were forced to steer a challenge from Moonshine for the Lati- water, and it wasn't just the typical plas- with a drogue for tude 38 Performance Award. Together tic kind that's thankfully been getting so four days until they with Josh Grass's Division C runner-up, much attention as of late. could effect a re- the Synergy 1000 Summer Moon, Sweet "It seemed like you couldn't go more pair that got them Okole and Moonshine took home the than 15 boatlengths without seeing to Kaneohe and an Yacht Club Trophy for Richmond YC, trash," Jody McCormack said. offi cial fi nish. Although the story had a which fi elded fi ve three-boat teams in the Aboard Mark Howe's Farr 36 War happy ending thanks in no small part to race to represent the largest contingent Pony, navigator Will Paxton punched the experience of those aboard, the inci- from any yacht club by miles. through the back of the wave only to fi nd dent will likely reignite the debate over Summer Moon sailed a fast race, fi n- he'd speared a bicycle inner-tube with whether twin-ruddered boats should be ishing in just 10d, 5h, 18m, but it was the boat's prod. Hamilton and Creighton required to also carry emergency steer- James and Chris Gilmores' Columbia surfed Pocket Rocket down a wave and ing gear. 30 Sport Uncontrollable Urge that took into a trough where they found a tele- When all were present and accounted YRA President Pat Broderick, Gordie Nash and phone pole they were fortunately able to for, six of the 55 boats that started the Michael Andrews aboard the Wyliecat 30 'Nan- sail around. Other hazards included skin race retired with gear failures. cy' gutted out a hard-fought win in Division A by infections, due to the damp, cold condi- the closest corrected-time delta of any division. tions, which sent at least three sailors to the hospital upon A laptop loaded with a routing arrival. software like Expedition that's plugged The race was a into a satphone or SSB for GRIB fi les sailmakers' dream, has become the norm for offshore racing with kites blowing other than the MiniTransat — in that up on quite a few race, competitors are allowed only the of the boats, and race committee-provided weather over some torn main- VHF — and the Pacifi c Cup is no excep- sails thrown in for tion. good measure. "Technology has leveled the play- Probably the most ing fi eld," said War Pony navigator Will attention-grabbing Paxton, who was sailing his 10th Hawaii breakdown was that Race. "This year you saw it more than of Buzz Blackett's ever before; by and large everyone was brand-new Antrim going the same way, and the fi nish deltas Class 40 California bore that out." Condor, which lost The purist would point to that and the use of fi rst one, say that as a result, no one is "really a LATITUDE/JOHN A. LATITUDE/JOHN then both of its rud- navigator," or that it rewards programs ders to what the with bigger budgets; one sailor pointed — THE WEIRD RACE TO HAWAII

who wants to do this race, but lives in an inescapable fear of anything that requires electricity beyond an incandescent light- bulb, a future edition of the race might have a division just for you. The idea to have a celestial navigation division in an upcoming edition of the race was mooted over mai tais around the pool at Kaneohe YC, and was well-received. With the ever- expanding prevalence of AIS, there will likely come a time in the not-too-distant future when having once-a-day skeds will be a creative anachronism, and there's no reason there shouldn't be a forum for those who would like to keep the tradition alive. It should be said that DR would've taken a very active role in this particular race, as no one we talked to saw the sun or the stars until a couple days from Hawaii. This year's race marked the ﬁ rst time that the smaller boats were permitted to go without an SSB. The ubiquity of satphones, plus the fact that you can buy a $99 receiver-only that allows a boat to listen to both children's hour and the skeds, was a boon for the smaller boats, who instead of having to lug around gen-

NATHAN BOSSETT NATHAN erators to feed the 30-amp power draw of the SSB, could make do with just a few solar panels. "We probably wouldn't have done the race if we'd had to install an SSB," said It might have taken almost the entire trip to see that's what it's about, that experience, Tule Fog's Lewis. it, but the sun did come out as the boats got that feeling." As it was, they carried two solar pan- close to Hawaii. Bob Gardiner's Olson 40 'Spell- While the Fleet dome and the cost els that satisfi ed all of their charging bound' enjoys the brochure conditions here. of its airtime are the one piece of the needs, as they were running handheld out that quite a few boats are already puzzle that's outside the reach of many GPSs that required new batteries every hiring top-level weather routers like Rick of the racers' budgets, everything else, couple of days. Shema or Commanders' Weather to do or equivalent products, defi nitely aren't. The response to the change was their pre-race routing, and that once Hopefully it won't be long before every overwhelmingly positive, at least among you've purchased the laptop — which boat in the race is posting video from those to whom we spoke, and for those almost everyone has already — and the onboard, for now the race's profi le and of you making plans for '12, it's defi nitely routing software, all you have to do is media output is certainly bolstered by Not even two broken rudder gudgeons could learn its functions, and keep it all dry! the Pegasus program. Kahn's Open 50 keep Buzz Blackett's sweet, brand new Jim With that in mind, the navigator's Pegasus MotionX 50 didn't have as fast a Antrim-designed Class 40 'California Condor' award, one of the race's special awards, trip as we would have expected, despite from reaching Kaneohe Bay for the awards. was awarded not on the basis of per- knocking off a 400-plus- formance — Horizon's Shampain would mile day. It turned out have been a very likely winner under that three days into the this system — but rather to a boat that race, the ferrules and made a signifi cant contribution to the sleeve through which the race. This year it went to Philippe Kahn, topmast backstay strops who armed with only an iPhone 4, iPad, pass had crimped and Fleet 250 satellite dome and his MotionX started unzipping the software, posted onboard video — a Pac boat's topmast — a fact Cup fi rst as far as we know — that gar- the team, which included nered an impressive 200,000 views. Zan Drejes, Mark Chris- "It's time consuming," Kahn said. "I tensen and David Giles, lost a lot of sleep because of it, but I kept to themselves. As think it's really good for sailing. I don't a result, they sailed the think someone beating someone else by rest of the race with only 5 or 10 seconds interests the public at fractional kites and two LATITUDE/ROB all. I think their interest lies in a love of reefs in the main. the ocean and a love of the wilderness; For the technophobe

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something to keep in mind if your budget OVERALL — 1) Horizon, SC 50, Jack Taylor; or technical expertise with establishing 2) Criminal Mischief, R/P 45, Chip Megeath; 3) a ground and a suffi cient power source Deception, SC 50, Bill Helvestine; 4) Mirage, SC are preventing you from thinking about 70, Hector Velarde; 5) Tule Fog, Express 27, Steve the race. Carroll. (55 boats) While it was certainly full-on, the race DOUBLEHANDED 1 — 1) Moonshine, Dog- patch 26, Dylan Benjamin/Rufus Sjoberg; 2) did provide some lighter moments; there Furthur, SC 27, James Clappier/Cody Spruce; 3) were three engagements that came about Nozomi, Cal 40, Rowena Carlson/Robb Walker. (6 during that two-week period, and while boats) we'd love to tell you all about them, we'd DOUBLEHANDED 2 — 1) Tule Fog; 2) Great rather not go anointing the Latitude jinx White, Express 27, Rachel Fogel/J.P. Sirey; 3) in this arena. There was plenty more to Pocket Rocket, MiniTransat, Emma Creighton/ report from this year's race but we lacked Andy Hamilton. (8 boats) both the time and space to get it all in. DIVISION A — 1) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat We even decided to forgo ou custome of Broderick; 2) Friction Loss, J/30, Shawn Ivie; 3) Green Buffalo, Cal 40, Jim Quanci/Mary Lovely. printing the full results as we have in (9 boats) the past. The Pacifi c Cup YC is faithfully LATITUDE/ROB DIVISION B — 1) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean storing that info at its website at www. Treadway; 2) Relentless, Sydney 32, Arnold Zip- pacifi ccup.org. As it was, we were forced pel/Greg Paxton; 3) Coyote, Beneteau First 42, to skip all the parties in order to get Connie & Steve Hill. (8 boats) back home and get this together by the The heavy conditions and their toll paled in DIVISION C — 1) Uncontrollable Urge, Colum- end of our editorial cycle. The pool-side comparison to the wrath of the rum squalls at bia 30 Sport, James & Chris Gilmore; 2) Summer Kaneohe YC, which left more than this sailor Moon, Synergy 1000, Josh Grass; 3) Spellbound, scene at Kaneohe YC was a little more ready for an impromptu nap during the week. demure than in '08, as just about no one Olson 40, Bob Gardiner. (9 boats) Mischief's Megeath: DIVISION D — 1) Horizon; 2) Deception; 3) J we talked to had arrived in Hawaii with World's Hula Girl, SC 50T, Wayne Zittel. (8 boats) "Everyone who sailed this race is a any reserve energy this year. The '10 DIVISION E — 1) Criminal Mischief; 2) Mirage; Pacifi c Cup was one for all time, and no hero." 3) Mayhem, TP 52, Ashley Wolfe. (6 boats) one summed it up better than Criminal — latitude/rg

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"During the last two hours, when I looked behind the boat it scared the hell out of me — and I've got a few miles the 16-foot-wide cat there and have it lies roughly 10 miles off the point, warn- under me," recalls sailmaker Steve Mc- trucked south, she asked Steve if he'd ing mariners of inshore hazards. It was Carthy. "The waves were really steep, captain Catalyst's delivery south during then that they really missed that third and conditions just kept getting worse the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. GPS, as the two they had on board were and worse." Although he cautioned her that a PDQ not in complete agreement. As a result, 32 isn't really built for offshore they stayed farther offshore than they conditions, he was game for the might have done otherwise. adventure, and he recruited his longtime racing mate, Greg Mc- Cuen, as a third watchstander. During the pre-dawn hours of July The threesome arrived at the ma- 3 the wind built continuously, reach- rina on Thursday evening, July 1, ing a steady 30 knots by 9:30 a.m. And along with Kristy's beloved border with the increase came larger and larger collie, Jakey. swells. Knowing she had the least experi- While squaring away her gear, ence driving in such conditions, Kristy Kristy noticed that some of the opted to let the guys trade one-hour equipment that she'd stowed stints at the helm while she handled aboard before the boat left B.C. navigation and worked on slowing the was missing, including some of boat down. Long before, they'd stowed the ship's papers, all the paper the main, and were running with only charts, her handheld VHF, and about 15 square feet of jib rolled out. a brand-new handheld GPS. "When Catalyst would surf, it would Steve had brought his own GPS, go 10 to 15 knots," recalls Kristy. Be- though, plus the boat had one cause much of her sailing experience that was built in, so they fi gured has been aboard multihulls, she knew as they had adequate navigational well as the guys that one of the greatest redundancy to make the trip dangers in such situations is burying the safely. bows and pitchpoling. So, as she'd been Before setting out early the taught to do, she trailed numerous warps next morning, Kristy got a print- of spare line off the stern, with monkey's out of the weather forecast from fi sts tied in them to create more drag. the marina offi ce, and all three Just as the textbooks promise, the warps Steve and Kristy in better times at the Oakland sailors studied it. The prediction was slowed the little cat down to 6 or 7 knots, YC. They're both passionate about sailing, but for NW winds of 15-25 knots within 10 giving it much-improved directional not the sort of sailing they did on this trip. miles of the coast, with stronger winds stability, which in turn made it much When he agreed to help his girlfriend, and big seas farther offshore. They took easier to steer. Because PDQ 32s are not Kristy Lugert, deliver her newly pur- that assessment as good news, as they'd designed for such conditions, they have chased catamaran to the Bay early last been hoping for some breeze in order to relatively small rudders. month, Steve — a lifelong sailor who's complete the 350-mile distance within been racing offshore for years — had no the three-day weekend, if conditions al- idea that he'd signed up for what he now lowed. Other than giving notorious Cape describes as the "fun house ride from Mendocino a wide berth, their intention hell." was to stay less than 20 miles from the For Kristy, buying Catalyst, a meticu- coastline during the whole trip. lously maintained PDQ 32 cat, was the "When we left Crescent City it was fulfi llment of a dream she'd been nurtur- nice," Steve recalls, "gorgeous in fact." ing since her early sailing days, more They made good progress initially, but than 15 years ago. After sealing the deal the breeze eventually got light, at one at Sidney, on British Columbia's Van- point forcing them to motor for a while couver Island, her original idea was to — Catalyst was rigged with twin Yamaha have the boat trucked south to Alameda. 9.9hp outboards. Sixty miles down their However, Kristy says that her surveyor, track they were abeam of Humboldt Bay, Kristoffer Diel, talked her into letting which they knew was — realistically — him deliver the cat on its own bottom. the only safe haven they'd encounter Later, she explains, when Diel refused until well south of Cape Mendocino. But HUMBOLDT BAY US COAST GUARD / AIR STATION her request to take on additional crew at conditions at the time seemed fi ne, so all Left to right: Rescue swimmer David Foreman Newport, OR, and broke the agreed-upon agreed to press on. begins his descent; the swell height makes fl oat plan, she felt compelled to fi re him During the fi rst half of the night they operations tricky; Greg is hoisted to safety. midway through the 850-mile trip — and saw 18 to 22 knots of breeze. "It was The game plan had been to reach ordered him to leave the boat at Crescent bumpy," Steve remembers, "but not re- farther east once they cleared the Cape, City Marina, just south of the Oregon ally nasty." Sometime during the middle following the easterly curve of the coast- border. of the night their route took them outside line. But as Steve explains, "The wave Unsure if it was even possible to haul Cape Mendocino's offshore buoy, which and sea direction forced us to keep our

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Steve. "Greg saw a big cross wave coming from abeam — from inshore — and said course low. There were two defi ned wave boat, you'd normally have a beauti- something like, 'This is going to hurt.' It angles: one heading toward 170° (nearly ful panoramic view through the salon was ready to break. It didn't pick the boat due south) and the other toward 120° or windows. But during this passage 130° (roughly ESE to SE)." Being forced it would just make you sick to your to sail deep — nearly dead down — they stomach with fear to look out. I've never been so scared in my entire life." "Those waves were huge, at least 20 feet. . . breaking, A bout 11:15 a.m. Steve came crashing, frothing. . . up from belowdecks where he'd It was horrible." been trying to rest: "The fi rst thing I noticed was how much bigger and steeper the seas had gotten since I'd found themselves farther and farther been below. It was pretty amazing offshore as the coastline faded away to how much things had changed. I sat the east. there with Greg for about fi ve minutes In moderate conditions PDQ 32s — like this Throughout the morning, conditions just to get a better feel for what was going sistership — are fast and fun. But they weren't got uglier and uglier, with sustained on." designed to ride 20-foot swells. winds in the mid- to high 30s, and fre- When Steve eventually took the wheel, up, it just nailed the port hull, just aft quent gusts in the mid-40s. For drivers Greg went below to rest. But not long of the beam, and moved the whole boat with less experience, trying to maintain afterward Kristy strongly recommended to starboard." control would have been impossible, but that they all stay above decks — just in Because Steve was hanging onto the Steve and Greg hung in there hour after case — and the guys agreed. While no wheel "with a death grip," he was fl ung to hour. "A wave would line up behind you one was obsessing about the possibility the portside as the blades of the rudders and the boat would want to surf," Steve of a rollover, the thought was defi nitely were pushed to starboard by the force of recalls. "So we'd wait until a wave got on all their minds. Before lashing the the monster wave. pretty much beneath the boat — you large main hatch shut, they brought up Catalyst hinged up onto her starboard could tell that it wanted to go — then the GPIRB and lashed it to one of the hull and for a few unnerving seconds we'd spin off the top of it so we wouldn't hardtop bimini's supports. Without be- teetered at a balance point. "We all fell catch it, then spin back again. With the ing asked to do so, Kristy's dad, Jerry, in a heap on the starboard side of the two wave angles coming in, we had to be had taken the initiative to rent the unit boat," recalls Kristy, "then looked at very careful, as we were avoiding one, not for them from Boat US, out of fatherly each other and thought, 'What's it going to catch the other one. We were spinning concern. (Due to the demand from Pacifi c to do?'" But the wind apparently caught the wheel 270° or so, then having to spin Cup skippers, this particular unit had to the underbelly of the bridgedeck and back in the other direction." be FedExed from Annapolis, arriving the fi nished the job. It was about 12:40 p.m., day before their departure.) and they were roughly 20 miles west of In contrast to the roaring seas Fort Bragg. The three crewmembers suddenly found themselves in a truly surreal situation: They were standing on the fi rm surface of the bimini's underside, with their heads and shoulders sheltered within the air-fi lled well of the overturned cockpit. For a few moments Kristy actually felt a sense of relief, realizing that the three of them and Jakey were unharmed and sheltered together. But the illusion of security faded quickly as they realized that the boat was slowly settling deeper, thus forcing their precious air out through the cockpit drains overhead. This and howling winds, it was actually cat was designed with four watertight a gloriously sunny day with clear compartments, fore and aft, so in theory "Those waves were huge," Kristy re- blue skies. And protected by the cat's full it couldn't sink completely. But the cen- members vividly, "at least 20 feet. They cockpit enclosure, the crew was dry and ter portion was slowly fi lling. seemed as big as a two-story building relatively comfortable, considering the Steve manually activated the GPIRB, to me; breaking, crashing, frothing. . . tumult outside. But that was all about then stuck it underwater just to make It was horrible. to change. sure. Amid the tangled spaghetti of "When you're sitting below in this "I'd just kicked off a wave," remembers lines and gear, Kristy grabbed a fl oating

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cushion and perched Jakey atop it, as she and the guys assessed how to break out of the wrap-around enclosure. It he surfaced, more than a boat-length which had been stowed on davits, was was obvious that they'd have to swim away. Despite the churning wave action, upright and afl oat behind the boat, still down, then out, in order to get clear of he was able to swim to the cat's stern attached by its painter. "It was scary," the hull and rubble. Greg grabbed the and join his shivering crewmates. Sadly, says Kristy, "because it kept washing up GPIRB, took a deep breath, then dove Jakey didn't make it out. over the transom and trying to ram us." down, but he couldn't fi nd an opening. They didn't dare cut it loose, though, as Then Kristy noticed that one of the clear it brought some comfort as a last-chance vinyl window panels had torn free, and After more than two hours bailout option. on Greg's second attempt he broke out. exposed to the elements, Initially, the boat lay parallel to the Kristy went next, but the fl otation of dominant swell angle, so the windward her lifejacket wouldn't allow her to get both Steve and Kristy felt hull gave them some protection. But deep enough. She removed it, as well as they were reaching the end about 15 minutes into their topside her foul-weather jacket, and managed of their endurance. ordeal, the main came unfurled below to get out on her next attempt. Outside, the surface and acted like a giant wind- among the violent swells, it wasn't easy vane, rotating the boat so that every to clamber up on Catalyst's slick under- wave crashed over the bows and washed belly, but she managed it with Greg's down the bridgedeck. "Waves just kept help. He still had his lifejacket and tether Now out in the elements with no smashing down on us, trying to rip us on and was able to clip on to the pivot protection, no shoes and only one life- off the boat," says Kristy. As the minutes pin of one of the outboards — there was jacket among the three of them, they passed they got colder and colder, with absolutely nothing else on the boat's were completely at the mercy of the each new wave prolonging their agony. underside to cling to. raging wind and seas. All they could do There was no possibility of drying out, Meanwhile, as the boat settled deeper, was huddle together for warmth and wait but they all did their best to stay positive. the volume of air in the inverted footwell to be rescued. With Greg still clipped to "There was no panic," recalls Kristy. "I became smaller and smaller. Steve was the outboard, they lashed themselves was more scared than the guys, though. focused on fi nding a way to get Jakey together with a random piece of line. I'd occasionally ask, 'Where are they?' out. But as he removed the dog's life- Oddly enough, the infl atable dinghy, And the guys kept saying, 'They're com- jacket, he realized his own was still on too. "By the time I got it off," he remembers, "there was just enough air to take a breath and make one try." Outside, anxious minutes had passed with no sign of Steve, and Kristy began thinking he'd drowned. But suddenly 406 MHz EPIRBs vs GPIRBs For a thorough explanation of the differences between traditional EPIRBs and the new GPIRBs, we consulted Landfall Navigation: "The position of a 406 MHz EPIRB is determined by calculations using the Doppler shift in the bea- con's distress signal, which occurs as satellites approach and recede in overhead orbits. The accuracy of the calculations is determined by the number of signal bursts received by the satellites. Accuracy is enhanced when a satellite passes directly overhead, because the satellite receives the greatest number of signal bursts. The only real problem with the system is that it takes time for an accurate fi x to be acquired. "In contrast, the GPIRB (combined GPS EPIRB) takes an active role in determining its own position. When activated, its internal GPS fi nds its own position, just like an onboard GPS you might already have. Having located itself, it broadcasts its identity and position on 406MHz. It will then shut down for 20 minutes to conserve power, and repeat the process of locating itself and broadcasting. It will continue to update its position every 20 minutes as long as it is active. "The advantage of a GPIRB is that an accurate fi x is almost instantly available; its frequent update allows rescuers to compute drift accurately, and direct SAR teams directly to you — diffi cult to do with the time delays of an EPIRB."

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Crescent• were extremely City hypothermic. ing. Don't worry. They're coming.'" for the vessel in distress. Once airborne A n d i n d e e d And, in fact, they were. Through the again, it took them about 45 minutes to they were. miracle of modern electronics, the rented travel the 92 miles to the site. With sus- GPIRB had been periodically transmit- tained winds ting their lat-long coordinates, which in the mid- were picked up by U.S. Coast Guard Meanwhile, after more than two 30s, gusting to Search and Rescue coordinators. After hours exposed to the elements, both 45, and steep — Catalyst's Route — confi rming with Kristy's dad that the Steve and Kristy felt they were reaching swells up to McKinleyville boat associated with that GPIRB was, the end of their endurance. Greg was in 20 feet, it is • in fact, somewhere off the Mendocino a bit better shape, as he'd been in the truly remark- Humboldt Coast, they began putting their resourc- 50° water for a shorter time, and was able that the Bay es into action. dressed in a full fl eece suit. "All three of helo crew could • These GPS-enhanced transmitters us thought we were going to die," recalls pull off what give amazingly accurate location data, Kristy, "but we weren't crying or scream- appears in the but, of course, no info as to the nature ing. All we could think about was how on-scene video Cape of the emergency. So — as is standard devastated our families were going to of the incident Mendocino practice — a 47-ft motor lifeboat was dis- be." to have been a • patched (out of Fort Bragg's Station Noyo She and Steve both felt as if they only textbook res- River) as well as an MH-65C Dolphin had a short while left before slipping into cue. The team's helicopter (out of Air Station Humboldt unconsciousness, so she made a bold rescue swim- Bay at McKinleyville). suggestion. "I don't remember exactly mer, Petty Of- According to copilot Lt.j.g. Bernie Gar- what I said, but somehow I proposed — fi cer 2nd Class rigan, his helo was on maneuvers about something like, 'If we're going to die, can David Fore- 25 miles NW of Eureka when his team we be married?' I fi gured Steve was the man, was low- got the alert. They quickly returned to captain, so he had the authority to marry ered into the Arcata airport to refuel, and while there us!" Steve agreed, and they hugged each roiling waves, received an updated lat-long position other a bit tighter. then swam the Not long afterward, Steve thought he crewmembers, Fort heard the faint sound of a helo engine one by one, to Bragg — just for a few seconds — whirring the cage-like • faintly in the distance. But the others rescue basket, Rollover Site could hear nothing but the din of the in which they (To Alameda: churning ocean. Steve was thinking were hoisted to 135nm) Albion he'd probably imagined it, when all of a safety. • sudden the bright red Dolphin appeared Inside the 20 NM overhead. "Seeing that helicopter was helo their wet like a religious experience," says Steve. clothes were stripped off and they were "I thought, oh my God, we're not going wrapped in blankets. Kristy and Steve to die!" recalls Kristy. "were incredibly hypothermic," recalls Garrigan remembers looking down Garrigan. Even after the half-hour ride and seeing that only one survivor (Greg) in the helicopter with the heaters on full was waving to them. To him, that was blast, they couldn't walk. "There are dif- a sure sign that the other two sailors ferent stages of hypothermia," explains Left: 'Catalyst' lies in a North Coast 'doghole' Garrigan. "As you get close to the end, pinned in place by her broken mast. Below: The you stop shivering and lose situational battered cat was righted with the help of pumps awareness. They were in that scary fi nal

BOTH PHOTOS GREG YARMAN and air bags. stage." Ironically, the fact that Greg was shivering violently was a sign that he was in much better condition. At Ukiah Valley Medical Center the three survivors were put in the intensive care unit and given an IV solution to counteract the effects of rhabdomyolysis, a frequent byproduct of severe hypothermia which can cause cardiac arrest and/or organ failure. A hypothermia specialist, who happened to be on call, told Steve that the survival rate for extreme hypothermia is only about 50%.

A remarkable footnote to this story is that four days after the rollover Cata-

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lyst drifted into a tiny reef-fringed grotto conservative in the future," says Kristy. along the Mendocino coast, just north of "It's human nature that you never think Saddle Point, near the town of Albion. you're going to be the one caught in Once within the protection of the cove's a disaster. Once you've been through surrounding boulders, the boat's broken something like this, though, you know mast apparently stuck in the bottom, how fast you can be disabled. For us it keeping the hulls from being pulverized only took three seconds!" on the rocky shore. After being alerted Garrigan complimented the crew to the cat's arrival by longtime Latitude for having given a realistic fl oat plan to disciple Greg Yarman, we published his Kristy's dad before setting out, and for photos of the cat online, and apparently having the presence of mind to stick with Kristy's brother, Jerry Jr., saw them. the boat. He tells us, "If there's one thing Unbeknownst to Kristy, he took it as a I'd like to pass on, it's that those EPIRBs personal challenge to rescue and right are worth their weight in gold!" the boat — which he did with the help of a salvage team. The hulls look to be in relatively good shape, but considering Naturally, we were curious to know the cost and complexity of refi tting, we if the marriage vows held up once Kristy assume an insurance adjuster would and Steve got back to dry land. "Well," consider the tough little cat to be a total she says with a smile, "there's a joke loss. Losing your dream yacht is tough. But losing going around that Steve said, 'Burrrrrr,' your best friend is even tougher. Jakey will be not 'Sure.'" But, in fact, they made it sorely missed. offi cial shortly after returning home to Needless to say, the Catalyst crew plan. "The next time I go offshore," prom- Alameda. So, despite all the horror and learned plenty of valuable lessons from ises Steve, "I'm going to have a personal drama, we're happy to report that this their horrifying ordeal, not the least of EPIRB, a waterproof handheld VHF, and story does have a happy ending. And we which is never to let time pressure have maybe a wetsuit or survival suit." always love a happy ending. too much infl uence on an offshore sailing "I think we're all going to be a lot more — latitude/andy

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The way Aesop tells Idefi x — perform fl awlessly to it, when Mr. Tortoise chal- take top honors in this 2,120- lenged Mr. Hare to a race, mile solo marathon from San Bugs took a nap midway Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay through, allowing the on the island of Kauai. glacial-paced reptile to Just 6.5 corrected hours win. But what happens behind this indefatigable to the fable if the tortoise 27-year-old aeronautical breaks a leg — and the engineer was Portland boat- hare never sleeps? If the wright and delivery skipper 2010 Singlehanded Trans- Dave King, 61. King shocked Pac was the setting for the those who thought they knew tale, you'd have what was what Westsail 32s were all for some a surprisingly close race between about by establishing himself as a serious two disparate competitors: a lightweight contender the moment he crossed the start Olson 30, a boat that was specifically line aboard the venerable Saraband. For designed to win Hawaii races — and has those in the know, King's stellar perfor- many times — and a Westsail 32, a heavy mance was anything but unexpected. displacement cruising boat. The end of this "Before the start, I was impressed with thrilling tale would see the hare — Adrian Dave's pedigree," Johnson said of Sara- Johnson on his Seattle-based Olson 30 band's overall win in the '88 Pacifi c Cup Spread, Dave King sailed his Westsail 32 'Saraband' into Hanalei Bay with a broken boom, fi nishing fi rst in division and second overall. Insets, Adrian Johnson earned 'top dog' honors on his Olson 30 'Idefi x'. AUES 2010 SINGLEHANDED TRANSPAC

Spread, Jeff Lebesch sailed his Hammerhead 54 'Hecla' and subsequent division win in '90. "But to his best runs ever early in the race. Inset, but a bro- the minute I saw how impeccable his boat northwesterly and ken spinnaker block meant a trip up his 59-ft rig. was, I thought, 'This guy's serious.'" a massive ebb were He had no idea how serious until half- whipping up a bit of way through the race. After realizing he chop on the Bay. By had a substantial lead on his main com- the time they reached petition — Ronnie Simpson, 25, aboard the Bridge, skippers the Jutson 30 Warrior's Wish — he took were seeing 25-plus a metaphorical look around only to knots and decidedly fi nd Saraband grumpy seas. Almost nipping at his before they knew it, heels. the entire 14-boat Even after fl eet was out the Gate breaking his and halfway to the boom during Farallones. an accidental "I've never made it jibe 650 miles under the Bridge so from the fin- fast," reported Ken ish, Dave 'The 'The General' Roper, Terminator' a retired Army brig- King kept adier general who plowing along is the undisputed at six knots. grand master of the "I'm still rac- event, having now ing to the fi n- completed his 11th ish," he noted TransPac aboard his in that day's Finn Flyer 31 Harrier . . . at the age of to address the situation. Two new bat- The spinny on Max Critten- log update. It 80! "But each one's different — there's teries, a readjustment of the solar panel, den's Martin 32 'Solar Wind' wasn't until a no such thing as 'normal'." and a nap later, and Ben was back in the blew out the day he fi nished. few days later An offshore low earlier in the week game. that it became clear his jury rig wouldn't had added some good-sized rollers to Around the same time Mirage was allow him to keep up his competitive pace, gale-force conditions outside the Gate, sailing out the Gate on Sunday night, Al ensuring Johnson's position as top dog. forcing more than a few sailors to make Germain on the Wyliecat 30 Bandicoot offerings to Neptune over the leeward reported — via a passing container ship rail. "I always say I never get seasick, — that he was retiring from the race due For the past two runnings of the and I usually don't," wrote Simpson after to what he thought was a failed SSB. Singlehanded TransPac, racers have seen the weather had mellowed, "but those "Everyone knows that saltwater and excruciatingly light winds at the start. fi rst two days . . . wow. The velocity with electronics don't mix," Al said, "and a lot This year, they were thrilled to fi nd their which my freeze-dried spaghetti exited of water was getting into the boat. But it prayers had been answered with good my mouth and covered the cockpit was turns out that the sensing wires for the winds predicted for the June 19 start off most impressive." battery charger were corroded. It didn't Corinthian YC. Johnson, who grew up in France take much water sloshing around in the What's that saying about being care- idolizing solo sailors and who's liter- bilge to corrode them. After I replaced the ful what you wish for? ally sailed his entire life, also claimed connectors and moved them higher, the As the boats in Division A crossed to have never suffered from mal de mer radio worked perfectly." the line around 11 a.m., a moderate before this race. "I kept thinking, 'I can't In the meantime, Mewes had once Dave King shows off the repair — a six-ft length believe you guys do this for fun.' I had again turned around due to charging is- 'sleeve' of solid wood — he and friends made to to believe that it would get good at some sues. Defeated and exhausted, he pulled his broken boom for the trip back to Portland. point, if all these guys were willing to go into his slip in Pt. Richmond determined through it again." to withdraw from the race. (In fact, only five But concerned friends encouraged racers were return- both racers to restart — it wasn't too ing vets.) late to catch up, they insisted — so on S e a s i c k n e s s Wednesday afternoon, four days behind was the least of Ben the rest of the fl eet, Bandicoot and Mirage Mewes' worries that sailed in company out the Gate. By then, first day. Sailing conditions had settled down consider- his 30-ft Black Soo ably, resulting in less water washing Mirage, Ben real- over the decks — which startled Ben into ized just after dark the realization that much of the water that his batteries coming into the boat wasn't actually weren't holding a from deck leaks, as he'd fi rst thought. charge. Since he Discretion being the better part of valor, wasn't that far out, Mewes turned Mirage around for the last he fl ipped a 'U-ey' time and headed for home. THE NEW NORMAL

rigged his ATN climber and started up. "I had one chance — there mileage on their fi rst would be only one climb," he said later. few days. "I fl ew for As a triathlete, Lebesch would seem the fi rst part of the better prepared race," said John Hay- than most to per- ward on the Valiant form such a task, 40 Dream Chaser. "I but even for him, even had thoughts of the experience was beating my wife Jan exhausting. Once to Kauai." at the masthead — Then the station- actually, about a ary North Pacific foot shy of where he High found its legs needed to be — Jeff and dipped south, says his "legs and stealing the wind arms were shaking from the northern- like a sewing ma- most boats. "The Pa- chine." Having only cific High jumped one hand to work me," Simpson wrote with (the other was Solo circumnaviga- in one frustrated log desperately trying tor Gary Gould always update. "It snuck up to prevent him from wore a smile. on me from around ricocheting off the mast), Jeff found the a corner, jumped on normally 'simple' job of adding a new my back, punched block to be a feat of determination and me twice in the kid- endurance. The rest of the fl eet — now neys, and stole my lunch Meanwhile, Idefi x and Warrior's Wish joined by Sam Burns on his money. Then it said mean were duking it out as best they could in Catalina 309 Southernaire, things about my mom." their own private mini-race. Seemingly who was forced to start a It wasn't long before at every check-in, they would switch day late due to problems everyone in the fl eet was the lead position: Simpson ahead by 16 with his own SSB — weath- bemoaning their windless miles, then Johnson by 10, then Simp- ered the gale surprisingly state. "Are we racing yet?" son by 15. "I was just trying to keep up well. AJ Goldman on the Paul Nielsen of the Olson with Ronnie," admits Adrian. Cascade 36 Second Verse, 34 Culebra asked in a log The freshening of the breeze gave ev- who reported suffering a posting. Even Idefi x had eryone hope that the Trades were fi nally near-knockdown the fi rst difficulty making prog- fi lling in. While one group of racers, in- day out, lost a blade to his ress. cluding Warrior's Wish, had followed the wind generator; George Realizing there was wind north of the rhumb line, the rest Lythcott on the Express no time like the pres- nosed south, Idefi x among them. 27 TAZ!! blew out a block ent — flat seas and six "I thought I'd played the weather card and a traveler car; and Jeff knots of breeze — to George Lythcott's entire family fl ew in to sur- Lebesch on the Hammer- climb his mast, Lebesch prise him at the fi nish. head 54 Hecla also blew out a block — the spinnaker halyard block at the top of his 59-ft mast. "I was below when I heard a big bang," Jeff recalls. "I looked out the window and saw the spinnaker falling like a big sheet. It got under the boat, wrapped around the headstay, then yanked the spinnaker halyard clutch right off the mast." That clutch exploded into oblivion just before the main halyard clutch was also torn off, the latter at least surviving the ordeal. Instead of risking a mast climb in less-than-calm conditions — imagine Lebesch as the bouncy part of a Paddleball game — he decided to wait for a light air day to effect a repair. He got his wish . . . and then some.

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pretty good," said Simpson. "I thought I'd played the tactics properly." Who could have predicted the High wouldn't so much explode as melt? "It spawned all these little highs, right where I was," he continuted. "I went from being 54 miles ahead to 100 miles behind in two days. That demoralized me." Com- ing from a Marine who was nearly killed by an RPG in Iraq, then subsequently lost his fi rst boat on his fi rst attempt at a Pacifi c crossing, that says a lot.

Much farther south — off Mexico, in fact — potential trouble was brewing for the TransPac fl eet. Hurricane Celia had developed offshore and was heading right for the race course. While a Cat- egory 4 hurricane is nothing to sneeze at, Celia was all but guaranteed to fi zzle out long before reaching the racers, so no one was too concerned. The worst damage she could infl ict would be some awkward seas. Big deal. As everyone kept one eye on Celia, those south of the rhumbline thought they'd found the breeze. "Yesterday was a truly glorious sailing day," Lebesch reported one morning. That night he The '10 family album (clockwise from above) — Paul Nielsen gives a knowing wink; 'frenemies' wrote: "I've sailed a lot of miles in this Ronnie Simpson and Adrian Johnson greet each other at 'Tree Time'; John Hayward's Valiant 40 ocean looking for reliable wind, and I 'Dream Chaser' screams out of the Bay; Ken 'The General' Roper found himself surrounded by beautiful women at the awards ceremony; 'Harrier' sailed over the fi nish and under a rainbow. thought now that I'm in the tradewind zone, I would have it to the fi nish. But be on track to set a record, but he'd also gling to catch up. no! Today was a drifter, squeezing what I made the radical tactical decision to take Bandicoot had made good time toward can out of a fi ve-knot, barely perceptible a hard left in search of wind, a gamble the fl eet after his late restart, but his breeze." that didn't pay off. trajectory north left him searching for Particularly frustrating to Jeff was But Lebesch wasn't the only one fi nd- wind. Once he found it, though, he shot that the day marking his halfway point ing the 'Trades' to be fi ckle. Fleet-wide, ahead fast enough to fi nish at the back in the race was the day he'd been hop- it took all their physical and emotional of the fi rst group. ing to cross the fi nish line. Not only had energy to eke out every tenth of a knot The core trio of the afterguard con- Hecla shot out the Gate like a rocket, possible toward Hanalei — or Chile, or sisted of Sam Burns on Southernaire, leading some to wonder if he might not the Aleutians; whichever direction would AJ Goldman on Second Verse and Adam Ronnie Simpson sailed race vet Don Gray's get them moving. Correa on the 26-ft International Folk- Jutson 30 'Warrior's Wish' to a stellar fi nish. boat Blue Moon. The three had gotten to know each other before the race, and A round the time spent countless hours bantering on the Adrian was realizing that radio after check-ins. Ronnie wasn't his only Indeed, SSB chats are such a part of serious competition in the personality of this race that, while the race, the fleet be- radios weren't exactly required, the race gan breaking up into two committee "strongly" recommended each distinct groups — one boat be equipped with one. Correa had being decidedly closer initially planned to go with only a sat- to the finish than the phone to save money, but a number of other. As the racers in the race vets insisted a radio would elevate fi rst group were opening his race experience beyond his wildest their halfway presents — expectations. spirit-elevating gifts and "I'm so happy to have the SSB for notes given by family and my trip," Adam wrote in a log update. friends before the start "I've really enjoyed the chatter, and the to be opened the day the check-ins help create a focus for me." racer reaches the halfway And focus is easily lost when check-ins point — the ones bringing become shorter every day as your friends up the rear were strug- reach the idyllic shores of Hanalei. THE NEW NORMAL

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / LADONNA sort of splint. "They were a bit wider than the boom so it kept sagging down," Dave end of Johnson's spinnaker fl ying. noted. In an effort to prevent the sag, he George Lythcott on TAZ!! described crammed a spare tiller into the bottom of the seas to his family via satphone: "The the splint, but waves are like mountains. Waves driven it didn't help by wind equals natural waves. But add- much. "I duct ing them to the waves driven by the hur- taped it all to- ricane equals confused seas which are gether, then really hard to sail through." As proof of used continu- this, Lythcott casually mentioned that ous link hose one particularly large wave sent him clamps to strap fl ying across the cabin, resulting in an it all together." impressive black eye. Sadly, But the biggest carnage of the event whether or not also effectively ended the unexpected he wanted to drag race between Idefi x and Saraband. acknowledge King had been quietly chugging along it at the time, Al Germain enjoying fresh throughout the race, posting anywhere with 650 miles pineapple in paradise. between fi ve to seven knots on his po- left to go, Dave's race for overall honors sition reports. His consistent forward had come to an end. "But a Westsail 32 movement — even in the lightest of winds coming in second to an Olson 30 in a — coupled with his 199 rating, made him downwind race to Hawaii is still pretty Adrian's last serious threat. good," he said with a smile. That all ended late one night when the Agreed. rolling seas sent Saraband's boom fl y- ing in an accidental jibe. "Normally that wouldn't have been a real problem," said Once Hecla took line honors on King, "but when it jibed, the mainsheet July 2, the next four finishers were hooked up on the boom gallows, jerking each spread a day apart: Idefi x — who A s the leaders neared the islands, it back. Since it wasn't able to complete naturally won his division in addition to Celia's wrath was fi nally felt by the fl eet. its jibe, it commenced to do it a second overall — on July 3, Warrior's Wish on With the Trades fi nally starting to fi ll in, time. That's when the boom broke." July 4, Max Crittenden on the Martin 32 bringing with them their typical swell The irony of the boom breaking at the Solar Wind — who won the Latitude 38/ from the northeast, Celia sent some vang point while racing against an Olson Nelson's Trophy for the fi rst Northern sloppy offspring up from the southeast, 30, a boat that has a habit of breaking California monohull on corrected time creating havoc-wreaking seas. "They booms in that exact spot, was not lost — on July 5, and Harrier on July 6. But were like the topping on lemon meringue pie," recalled Paul Nielsen. RESULTS The crazy cross swell meant more tough going across the entire fl eet, from Boat Type Skipper Homeport Elapsed (d:h:m) Corrected Fleet Hecla to Blue Moon. "Why does the last MULTIHULL DIVISION 1. Hecla Hammerhead 54 Jeff Lebesch Fort Collins, CO 13:04:49 13:03:03 5 full day have to be so hard?" wondered DIVISION A Lebesch the day before his fi nish. "Boat 1. Idefi x* Olson 30 Adrian Johnson Seattle 14:09:34 11:23:16 1 motion alone causes big sails to defl ate 2. Warrior's Wish Jutson 30 Ronnie Simpson Oriental, NC 15:06:08 13:09:58 6 and repower with a bang, and it doesn't 3. TAZ!! Express 27 George Lythcott Alameda 17:13:10 14:09:12 8 take too many bangs before something 4. Bandicoot Wyliecat 30 Al Germain Pt. Richmond 19:06:12 16:02:50 11 breaks." Mirage Black Soo Ben Mewes Pt. Richmond DNF That was a hard-learned lesson for DIVISION B Adrian Johnson, who suffered an acci- 1. Saraband Westsail 32 Dave King Portland, OR 17:03:01 12:05:50 2 dental spinnaker jibe due to the swells 2. Harrier Finn Flyer 31 Ken Roper Myrtle Beach, SC 16:23:26 12:11:40 3 3. Solar Wind Martin 32 Max Crittenden San Francisco 16:07:31 12:15:46 4 three days out from the fi nish. "When 4. Culebra Olson 34 Paul Nielsen Sausalito 17:01:49 13:23:02 7 I brought the chute back, it caught on 5. Dream Chaser Valiant 40 John Hayward San Francisco 17:21:40 14:15:20 9 something at the masthead, and appar- DIVISION C ently pulled out the pin for the spinnaker 1. Pakele Islander 36 Gary Gould San Diego 18:22:07 15:02:50 10 sheave box. I heard a clunk and thought, 2. Southernaire Catalina 309 Sam Burns Alameda 20:23:17 16:09:10 12 'That's probably really important,' but I ** Second Verse Cascade 36 AJ Goldman San Francisco 21:09:34 17:13:42 FAD didn't bother to fi nd out where it came ** Blue Moon Intl. Folkboat (26') Adam Correa Sausalito 21:18:34 15:15:56 FAD from. I fi gured I'd fi nd out pretty soon." *Overall winner **Finished After Deadline Sure enough, when he fi nally doused the spinnaker some time later, the on Dave. But instead of wallowing in as a testament to either how well the rac- various parts that had remained at the self-pity, he got to work on a jury rig. ers sailed or how much they wanted to masthead — the sheaves had long since Using the main halyard, he winched the 'get off the ride', July 6 was a busy day, dropped into the base of the mast — unnaturally angled spar relatively level, with three more boats fi nishing right became raining down. And that was the then used two windvane rudders as a hind Harrier: Culebra, Saraband — who

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also won his division — and the race's deadline, they were TAZ!!. greeted by their fellow racers One of the more heart- as returning heroes and, along warming moments came just with Burns, were honored at after George Lythcott on TAZ!! a special 'Tree Time' (a nightly crossed the line. Poor George get-together on the beach) to had been reduced to surviv- award them their well-deserved ing on rationed granola and belt buckles. dried fruit for the last half of In a poignant example of the the race after overestimating spirit of this race, Sam Burns, the lifespan of dry ice, which who had received the Perse- resulted in most of his food verance Trophy as the race's spoiling. "I'm going to have a last official finisher, immedi- BIG lobster dinner!" shouted ately handed it to his compadre George as the race committee Adam, the "real winner." boat gathered him up to take The Class of 2010 — Back (l to r): Gary Gould, Paul Nielsen, George Lythcott, him ashore. There he was AJ Goldman, Dave King, Ken Roper, Adam Correa & Max Crittenden. Front: shocked to fi nd 15 members of Jeff Lebesch, Adrian Johnson, John Hayward, Ronnie Simpson, Sam Burns We honestly have no idea his extended family waiting to (Al Germain not shown). why this race fl ies so far under greet him. The next night they took him Sam on Southernaire managed to heat it the radar of the big-name racers, but out for his lobster. up enough to cross the line a few hours we can't say we're sorry that it does. Dream Chaser was the next fi nisher at before the race's offi cial deadline. That The Joe Everyman-dynamic is part of dawn, with Gary Gould on the Islander left two soldiers on the battlefi eld: Second what makes it so special. There are no 36 Pakele, then Bandicoot following the Verse and Blue Moon. rockstar egos, no underhanded tricks, next day. Gould, who has solo circum- Fighting through 24 hours of misera- no protests — just a group of ordinary navigated aboard Pakele, was the fi rst ble conditions, the dynamic duo fi nished people sailing across an ocean together — and for a while looked as if he might what they'd started 21 very long days to achieve one extraordinary goal. be the only — fi nisher in his division. But earlier. Though both had fi nished after — latitude/ladonna

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One thing we've always been complimented on here at Latitude is our willingness to tell it like it is — even when the truth isn't so rosy. So, let's get this out in the open. You know that famous wisecrack that Mark Twain supposedly made about a summer he spent in San Francisco having been the coldest winter he'd ever endured? (What a whiner!) Okay, so we'll admit that from May through mid-August it's usually not exactly 'Baywatch' weather along the Cityfront. But, hey, the City also has something that few other Califor- nia coastal towns can boast: dependable breeze! (Note: Wind is an essential requirement for the sport of sailing.) Besides, we like to think that Bay Area sailors are a bit tougher than our brethren in, say, Florida or Long Island. When a thick loaf of fog envelops If rompin' and stompin' suits your style, the Golden Gate YC's Friday night beer can series is the place to be. Races continue through September. — all photos latitude/andy FOGGY FRIDAY FUN

the City on a Friday night, local sailors don't run for cover and cancel their plans the elements to do battle during the getaway trafﬁ c. to go beer can racing. No way. Instead, Golden Gate and South Beach YC suds- Regardless if it's sunny or dreary, they just throw a few more 'layers' in fests. And despite the lack of evening when you're out on the water the stress their gear bags, slip on watch caps and sunshine, they all seemed to regard the and worry of the workaday world just head out into the mist. experience as time well spent. After all, seem to melt away. By the time you get As these photos conﬁ rm, on a par- even getting a face full of cold sea spray back to the yacht club, your attitude will ticularly gray Friday last month many on a foggy night is preferable to sitting be brighter, your muscles will feel a bit boatloads of zipped-up sailors braved in the Bay Area's mind-numbing Friday- tauter, and you'll feel substantially more

Around the corner, off the South Beach YC, dozens of boats competed on broad courses that stretched halfway to Alameda.

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sailor step up to tackle Latitude's famous 'alive' than you did a few hours earlier, you to get out and join in the fun. If you Beer Can Challenge this season: The idea when you were hunched over a computer don't have your own boat, it's relatively is to sail a beer can race every night for in your soulless ofﬁ ce cubicle. easy to catch a ride. To do so, we suggest a week, then send your story — with you show up early at a sponsoring club photographic proof — to rob@latitude38. with a smile on your face, an upbeat at- com, and we'll reward you with a write- All throughout the Greater Bay titude, and something to share like, oh, up in the mag and some ofﬁ cial Latitude Area beer can racing continues through let's see. . . a six-pack of beer perhaps? swag. What a great excuse to have fun! the end of September. So we encourage By the way, we haven't had a single — latitude/andy

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You can never tell who will be having a meeting in your own yacht club. I was about to take a non-sailing could be a fantastic opportunity for co-worker and his wife out for a long- sailors. I imagined new waterfront res- promised sail on my boat. I wouldn't call taurants with guest docks, new berthing him my boss, per se, but he was senior to for mega-yachts that would enhance the me in the company, and it was important development's upscale image, maybe to make a good impression. So while his even a new marina and yacht club. And wife made the required last pass at the new off-the-beach water access for small bathroom in the yacht club, I thought I'd boats and sailboards, with more than show off the portrait of my boat on the enough space to support a community dining room wall. But we stopped short sailing center. when we entered the room — a meeting But then it was the park advocates' was in progress, and it looked at ﬁ rst like turn, they drove a hard bargain. Open another lunchtime corporate rental. space, and nothing but open space, Except that there was a large map near the shoreline. Habitat protection projected on the wall that I recognized. where things were growing. Habitat res- It was a nearby waterfront property — toration where things were not growing. large and mostly undeveloped — that No docks, no boat launching, not even had been operated for generations by hand-launched kayaks or canoes had the military. Now it was being cleaned a place in their "compromise" proposal. up and detoxiﬁ ed, and was about to be Just paths and park benches. When we turned over to private hands for a major discreetly left the room, they were de- commercial development project. scribing the elevated observation points "Let's take a minute to see what this for wheelchair viewing that would be is all about," I whispered to my guest as placed along the boardwalks running we took chairs in the back of the room through the new wetland habitat, cre- near the door. ated at great expense to the developer.

The point of the meeting was obvi- We met my colleague's wife back ous soon enough. It was a sales pitch in the yacht club bar just as she was by the developer, trying to build up po- returning from the head. She was with, litical support of all people, for the various Lee Helm, the zoning changes naval architec- and building ture grad stu- permits that dent who can from the industry in there trying to save would be nec- sometimes be us a tiny bit of waterfront access." essary to make persuaded to "Maybe all the industry fl aks spend the project fl y. crew for me their weekends volunteering with junior I recognized a when she's not sailing programs," I said as I looked out few members of windsurfi ng — at the harbor where a dozen pre-teen the City Coun- or when she kids in tiny sailing dinghies were being cil and some doesn't have a blown into the leeward docks faster than local environ- ride on a faster the instructors' powerboat could pull mental activ- boat. Appar- them off. ists. ently they met "Naw. They're all worried about meet- The discus- in the bath- ing next month's payroll. And I can't, sion was all room and had like, blame them." about hiring already deter- practices, eco- mined their nomic benefit connection. A copy of Saving Sailing by Nicholas to the city, traf- "Lee," I said. Hayes had been left on one of the tables. fic mitigation "Good to see Lee picked it up and handed it to me. "He measures, and that you're part says that participation in sailing is down tax revenue. of this work- 40% since '97, and down by a whopping But I was in- shop. They 70% since '79." trigued by the need a wind- Not having my reading glasses handy, detailed site surfer at that I pretended to skim through the fi rst plan, showing A dragon boat is the most bang for the water access buck. meeting." couple of pages. There were no pictures, a spectacular shoreline. The site includ- "They already totally have my POV, so I walked over to the open window ed an existing deep-water pier, a semi- and then some," she answered. "What's for a better look at the kids' sailing les- protected beach, and miles of shoreline amazing is that, with all this buzz about previously off-limits to the public. This 'saving sailing,' there's not one person

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Yacht club junior programs — such as last month's annual Sail Camp at Stockton SC — do great work, but the through- put is not high enough to reverse the national trend. PHOTOS MAX EBB son. I could hear one of the instructors junior sailing programs, work in a rea- war," Lee asserted. shouting "Pull the tiller toward you! No, sonable attrition rate, and it just doesn't "What do you think the industry pro- toward you!" through his megaphone. I compute. Yacht clubs alone can't make moters are missing?" I asked. "The ones I couldn't help observing that the poor girl this happen." know understand the importance of small was sitting in the bottom of her boat, on "But in the long run," I asked, "what boats and entry-level opportunities." centerline directly forward of the helm, other way is there to build the fl eet?" "Land use, Max. Land use. It's all and whichever way she moved the tiller "Look at it another way," Lee con- about what's going on in the dining room, it could only be moving away from her. tinued. "Hayes says only one in five and how the waterfront is used. The only "Well, If anything really saves sailing," sailors belongs to a yacht club. So just way we will ever have a large-scale return I said, "it will be the junior programs to break even, each club has to have a to sailing is if new access points are cre- and the public 'Learn to Sail' classes. junior program that cranks out fi ve new ated with every new waterfront park or That has to be an important part of any non-member sailors during the course shoreline development project. And not revival, in the long run." of each membership. To grow back to just in the urban core — the new access "For sure," admitted Lee. "It's much pre-'79 levels, each club membership opportunities have to, like, follow the more productive than a media blitz about has to result in 11.7 new non-member demographics to the waterfronts farther some celebrity race event, or public tours sailors who stay active for as long as each out in the 'burbs. I blame the sailing and of the latest batch of round-the-world YC member is active. No way. For long- paddling communities for not being right racers. But it totally doesn't scale. I term growth you have to make it easy for in there at every stakeholders' meeting mean, if Hayes' numbers are right and people to get into sailing without relying and planning workshop, having it out we really have 1.8 million sailors in the on the yacht club infrastructure. The with the enviros and fi ghting for access. I U.S. right now, and if sailing is down by yacht club pipe is too narrow, and the mean, some of those blue-hairs who run 70% since '79, then to return to pre-'79 sailboat racing pipe is even narrower." the park advocacy show think it's more levels we have to add 4.2 million new "You can't blame the industry for go- important to preserve the view of the Bay sailors, not even adjusting for popula- ing after short-term gains via publicity," from the freeway than it is to give kids a tion growth. Divide that by the number suggested my co-worker. "They're in it to chance to sail or paddle on it." of yacht clubs you think could support make a profi t next quarter, just like any Lee probably hadn't noticed that my other business." colleague's wife had a slight tinge of "True, but they're fi ghting the last blue dye in her hair. I also happened to

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know that she was on the board of one and warmer than usual on the Bay. of the more active local environmental have their heads on pretty straight." But we had to come back early — advocacy groups. "Well, fi ght the good fi ght for us," I my friend was showing signs of motion "Lee, I never thought I'd hear you said as she ran to her meeting. sickness, and that's a sure way to turn making disparaging remarks about en- "Land use!" she repeated over her shoul- someone off to sailing. Bearing off for the vironmentalists." downwind sail back to the club "I'm with them 110% on wil- didn't help much. Even putting derness issues," Lee explained. him on the tiller, which almost "But get them inside the city always works in the marginal limits and they don't know how cases, did not restore color to to balance things. I mean, the his face. main problem is that they don't "Those kids don't seem to be seem to understand the value getting seasick at all," his wife of any form of boating, and they observed as we threaded our do a lot of damage to urban park way through the fl eet of dinghies design in the name of their open that were now sailing outside the space monoculture. I see them breakwater. waste a lot of resources blocking "You know, motion sickness facilities that would allow people is almost unknown in very small to fl oat on or touch the water in- boats," I informed them. stead of just looking at it. Those But it was too late. He lost resources would be much better his cookies over the side, and at spent protecting habitat where that moment the world of sailing LATITUDE / JOHN A. LATITUDE there are fewer people and it's lost another prospective member. way more cost-effective. I can go One who would have doubtless on for, like, hours about this, with lots of Not only do more launch ramps need to be in- spent a lot of money in the industry if he examples, but I have to be at a meeting stalled in the Bay Area, already existing ramps had decided he liked it. His wife, on the should be upgraded and reopened. downstairs in the library." other hand, was looking at a brochure for "Which meeting is that?" I asked, not der. "Land use and water access!" the university sailing club — Lee must being aware of any other group using the have slipped it to her when they had fi rst club that day. met. "It's an organization of kayakers, Fortunately we didn't run into any "Honey, this looks like it could be fun," windsurfers and small boat sailors who other acquaintances on our way to my she said with a sly grin. "And Max," she helped get the Water Trail legislation boat. And once on the water I gave a added as she turned back to me. "I'm through a couple of years ago. Now we're pretty good introduction to sailing, if I sure I can count on your presence at the trying to get some funding directed at say so myself. The weather was perfect. next park planning workshop." improvements at launch sites. These cats No fog, a good breeze in the mid teens, — max ebb

A Better Plan To Save Sailing • Show up at meetings that address good at hauling boats around. Housing be the natural allies of non-motorized waterfront land use planning. Take back in the future will be less likely to have sailors and paddlers — the trailerable the priority list from the advocates of garages or driveways and there will be powerboat or Jet Ski (usually hauled waterfront parks habitat restoration. reduced options for storing even small around by an SUV) is the natural en- They seem to believe the Bay should boats or sailboards at home. On-site emy. Join these groups and help set be observed from a park bench or trail storage keeps small craft ownership the policies. but never touched or fl oated on. Urban viable. Note that even if on-site storage • Support no-wake areas and waterfront parks work best when they facilities include parking, they still re- powerboat bans. Thrillcraft activ- mix open space and habitat with built duce driving miles because after-work ity is usually preemptive of quiet and space and water-related recreation. or other combined trips do not have to non-annoying forms of boating, and Carrying these principles to new park go home fi rst to pick up the gear. Build reduces the carrying capacity of small projects in the suburbs is critical. it and they will come (and rent storage bodies of water. We don't need to wait • Promote easy access to entry- space). for the next fuel price shock to divert level non-motorized water activities of • Infi ltrate the most powerful open some of the market back to sail and all types, especially paddle sports with space and environmental advocacy paddle. a very low entry bar. Kayaks, canoes groups. It's for their own good. Audu- • Support mandatory licensing for and dragon boats are usually an easier bon Society needs to realize that every powerboat operators. Powerboats entry route than small sailboats, and far kayaker becomes a birder, and Sierra are many times more hazardous than more cost-effective. Club needs to understand that every sailboats, yet the popular perception • Support on-site storage for small sailor becomes a stakeholder in the is that beginners need lessons for sail- craft. Cars of the future will not be very natural shoreline. These groups should ing but not for power. This perception

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needs to be reversed. parking loss and neutral (if not posi- to sailing are fi ne: Chandleries, boat- • End the monopolistic protection tive) cash fl ow impact. This should be yards, gear suppliers and the local given to waterfront concessions by a requirement for Cal Boating grants sailing press have a direct interest in public agencies. Commercial rental and loans. Most marinas have other- sailing activity. But hawking unrelated operations generally charge fees that wise unmarketable inside tie space for products and charities does very little are too high to offer access opportu- small sailing dinghies, dragon boats for the growth of the sport. These nities to the broader public. But non- and outriggers. Ferry terminals have sponsors might bring up the number profi t clubs and co-ops rely heavily on bathrooms and a vast excess park- of spectator eyeballs, but they would volunteers and offer dramatically lower ing resource on weekends. Historic rather have us all sitting at home costs to the user. These organizations ships have overnight accommoda- watching it on TV or viewing their ads should always be allowed to operate in tions without upsetting camper-phobic on the web than out sailing our own close proximity to commercial opera- neighbors. boats. tions at popular sites — experience • Forget about big boats. It's the • Do all the stuff that Saving Sail- has shown that neighboring facilities wrong demographic for growth. Pro- ing recommends. But keep in mind of even slightly different character will moting big-boat events may generate that it's far easier to change land use, usually enhance each other's markets short-term gains for the industry, and architecture, infrastructure, and pub- rather than divide them. is always valuable for its own sake. lic policy than it is to change human • Go for the low-hanging fruit in And of course it's vital for people in behavior. Nick Hayes is asking us to potential new access points. New the big-boat business. But it brings in change human behavior as the primary parking lots, bathrooms and ramps little new blood compared to new small approach to the problem. One-on-one have become incredibly expensive, craft access. mentoring, valuable as it may be for but multi-use opportunities abound. • Forget about big-name corporate the mentee, does not scale up to the Every marina can add a few on-site or institutional sponsorship. Local level needed to reverse the decline in small craft storage racks with minimal sponsors with a close relationship sailing participation.

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Thank heavens August is here; hopefully we'll get some weather that resembles summer for a change. In this month's Racing Sheet, we take a look at the Star Lipton Cup, then it's on to the Bay View Boat Club's visually-appealing Plastic Classic Regatta. Following that, we head back South for Ullman Sails' Long Beach Race Week. Then we come right back to the Bay for the Sperry Topsider N.O.O.D. Regatta. After that, it's time to honor a group of successful Beer Can Challengers before heading for the mountains and the Trans Tahoe Regatta. The Westpoint Marina Regatta gets a belated look and ﬁ nally we check in with the El Toro Jr. North Americans. Enjoy!

Star Lipton Cup But who fi nished second? Steve Gould With the class's North American and Greg Sieck. Championship coming up in Marina Del Who? Rey later this month, the Santa Barbara In a class where the top fi nishers usu- YC-hosted Star Lipton Cup — doubling as ally have more name recognition than just the District 5 Champs — was bound to about any other sailors, these two ended have a quality fl eet. It didn't disappoint. up in second in a loaded top fi ve that was Steeped in rounded out by longtime Pyewacket regu- tradition that's lar Ben Mitchell and crew Mike Marzhal. nearly a century It turns out that Gould, a resident of San old, the Star Boat Francisco, and Sieck who lives in Mill has some unique Valley, sail out of St. Francis YC, which protocols. For surprised us, because other than the odd instance, when year where the Joe Logan Trophy is the you've won a District Championship, we didn't know World Champion- that there had been any kind of Star boat ship in the class presence on the Bay in a long time. of all Olympic After a short delay on Saturday, the WWW.ULTIMATESAILING.COM

LATITUDE/ROB classes, you get breeze fi lled from the south at 6 to 8 to change the col- knots. After four races, Reynolds and Dr. Lee Kellerhouse, still or of your class Haenel led Gould and Sieck by just two charging hard in Stars. insignia to gold. points with Doyle and Ziskind another At the Lipton Cup — dedicated to the Star seven points back. SHARON GREEN/ Class for the last forty years after being Saturday night was reserved for a 40th deeded to the Yacht Club in 1923 — on birthday celebration for Szabo, and while July 10-11, there were three gold stars we'd like to tell you all the gory details, fl ying among the nineteen boats. bear in mind that Star crew are typically One belonged to George Szabo, the '09 very big and strong dudes. lenging boats are a couple modfi cations World Champion who would end the re- Sunday morning rolled around looking to his boat's barney post to allow him gatta in fourth place sailing on a borrowed like what many of the sailors' heads must faster passage under the low boom dur- boat with Isao Toyama in the hiking har- have felt like — gloomy. It wasn't looking tacks. ness. Another belonged to Louis Vuitton ing promising to begin with, but the sun He was incredibly patient with us even Cup veteran and '99 World Champion Eric fi nally popped through during the fi rst though we probably cost him a couple Doyle, sailing with another Louis Vuitton of the day's three races and brought 8 to places in the regatta, and had to bail Cup veteran John Ziskind, who fi nished 10 knots. Reynolds and Haenel recovered during de-rigging to get photos and do third. The third gold star belonged to from a seventh in the fi rst race — their the whole work thing. Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel, who be- throwout — to win by a seven-point mar- After meeting guys like Kellerhouse, tween them have a few Olympic medals gin. Doyle and Ziskind slid into third by and Ernie Rideout, who won the Santana also. winning the fi nal race. 22 Nationals at the age of 89, we can't When we asked Gould if they ever sail help but think that there's no excuse to You might recognize these two . . . Hal Haenel, left and Mark Reynolds, winners of the '10 District 5's. their boat on the Bay, their response was get out there and sail hard. Complete something along the lines of 'not results are up at www.starclass.org. if we can help it; it's cold.' After July's weather, we couldn't agree Plastic Classics more. Invoke the word "classic" for any re- We were asked to fi ll in as gatta around the world and you're likely crew with Dr. Lee Kellerhouse. to make a sailor think of wooden boats, A retired radiologist, Kellerhouse but the Bay View Boat Club's Plastic Clas- is 74 years old and still sailing sic regatta is as steeped in history as the hard in the Star Class. It had vintage fi berglass boats that make up its been more than a decade since fl eet. With a banner turnout of 53 boats we last sailed on a Star, and after with a design vintage at least 25 years- three races, we were amazed to old, the event, held on July 17, shows that fi nd out that Kellerhouse's only you don't have to be wood to be good.

LATITUDE/ROB concessions to getting older With everything ranging from a few aboard these physically chal- Lasers to a 40-ft yawl, this year's event

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Lawson Band played until the wee hours of the morning. Those who woke up in time the following day detoxed with the help of Bloody Marys. Next year's race is scheduled for July 16, so mark it on your racing calendar.

BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB PLASTIC CLASSIC (7/17, 1r, 0t) OVERALL — 1) Mephisto Cat, Pearson Com- mander, Antonio Rico; 2) Ursa Latus, Columbia 8.7, David Broadbeal; 3) Dalliance, Ranger 23, Kimo LATITUDE/ROB Bailey; 4) Shadowfax, Olson 25, Mark Simpson; 5) Balien, Olson 25, Daniel Coleman; 6) Double Play, Yankee 30, RDK Partners; 7) Spirit of Elvis, Santana 35, Lewis Lanier; 8) Crazy Horse, Ranger 23, Nick Ancel; 9) Breakout, Santana 35, Lloyd Ritchey; 10) Lazy Lightning, Tarten 10, Tim McDonald. (65 boats) IB (PHRF 256+) — 1) Constellation, Islander Bahama, John Llincoln; 2) 2 Ts, Del Ray, Kent Taylor. (2 boats) TRITON — 1) Rascal II, Norman Thomas; 2) Cadenza, Chuck Miller; 3) Sanctuary, Ian Elliot. (7 boats) RANGER 23 — 1) Dalliance; 2) Crazy Horse; 3) Flirt, Doug Wiedwald. (6 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Hamachi, Stefan Berlinski; 2) Auggie, Sally Taylor; 3) Atunamata, Bill King. (3 boats) RAWSON 30 — 1) Dora, Guy Halopoff; 2) Rain- bow, Steve Cooper. (2 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Spirit of Elvis; 2) Breakout. (2 boats) CORONADO 25 — 1) Spray, Ray Kytle; 2) Sanity Check, Xenon Herrman; 3) Jayhawk, Peter Mc- Cool. (4 boats) PHRF NON-SPINNNAKER — 1) Mephisto Cat; 2) Ursa Latus; 3) Nemesis, Pearson Commander, The District 5 Star fl eet battling it out off Santa Bar- — three times. Not surprisingly, the "T" Pat and Jeff (last name not given). (13 boats) bara for their championships and the Star Lipton mark garnered the attention of the San PHRF SPINNAKER — 1) Shadowfax; 2) Balien; Cup. Inset — the Bay's Greg Sieck, left, and Steve Francisco Police's Marine Unit, which 3) Double Play. (17 boats) Gould came away with runner-up honors. dutifully patrolled near the mark several Complete results at: www.bvbc.org had a little of everything on the 11-mile times during the day. course set off Mission Bay, south of While competitive on the water, the re- Long Beach Race Week the Bay Bridge. The fl eet was treated to gatta also boasts a Concours d'Elegance, As one of the West Coast's longest- sunshine that came out by the time the which drew nine boats that were judged running keelboat regattas, Ullman Sails race started, and 7 to 12 knots of breeze by a panel of three wooden boat owners accompanied by a fl ood that swept across who accepted bribes of wine and cheese The "T" Mark at the Bay View Boat Club's Plastic the course at a max strength of a little during the judging. Top honors for the Classic Regatta; the fl eet of 53 boats were re- over two knots. Antonio Rico's Pearson "Prettiest Boat Overall," and "Nicest Inte- quired to round this mark three times during the Commander Mephisto Cat took top honors rior" went to Mark Sange's custom C&C race; apparently so did the S.F. Police boat. with a corrected time of 1h, 35m, 5s after Evening Star, while the results were computed on the rented Robert Crawford's Cal Cray mainframe. 20 Black Feathers took One of the main attractions of the home the top honors Plastic Classic is, of course, the "T" Mark, for "Simplest to Single- a large powerboat anchored in front of hand." The "Most Stock the club featuring a bevy of beauties who Boat" was judged to aren't afraid to reward the racers' efforts be Chuck Kruskamp's by showing off that female body part with Columbia 28 Harvest. a slang name starting with the letter "T." After the boat show, The tradition dates back to the fi rst event it was time for din- in 1974, when a Plastic Classic in her own ner, and the club's all- right, famed exotic dancer Carol Doda, volunteer galley staff handed out the trophies. This year, Don served 250 plates. After Prell's Sea Bop Jazz Band accompanied the awards ceremony the racers as they rounded the mark at 8 p.m., The Curtis JAKE FISHMAN THE RACING

Clockwise from top left — Ray Godwin's Farr 40 'Temptress' revels in the seabreeze at Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week; imagine if we could get all these Farr 40s on the Bay . . .; as many Bay Area sailors know, one design produces some of the best buoy racing, this 12-y.o. design continues to prove itself as a viable platform; the Open 5.70s were the largest of all the one design fl eets at Race Week; Ed Feo's Anndrews 45 'Locomotion' the PHRF Boat of the Week; the Fast 50s line up for a start and it's too bad all but one aren't planning on the Rolex Big Boat Series, after all, what's the point of having a planing boat if all you're going to do is sail it at displacment speeds?; it's a shame that Mark Jones (here with co-skipper Mick Shlens) won't get any reciprocity for his travel. Long Beach Race Week is a must-do for six handicap divisions — the latter split a pair of sixth-place fi nishes on Friday many California sailors. This year's it- between IRC and PHRF. ,and an arbitration penalty, to post a tri- eration, held June 25-27 produced three With the locus of handicap big boat fecta of seconds on Saturday and surge to awesome days of 8- to 12-knot breeze, racing having shifted to Southern Califor- a four-point lead. Heading into the fi nal sunny afternoons, and the legendary nia, Race Week brought out a sizable fl eet day, Loco held on for dear life in Sunday's parties the sailors have come to expect. of competitive boats. Ed Feo's Andrews 45 fi nal two races to win the PHRF-scored Once again co-hosted by Long Beach Locomotion — equipped with a recently "Fast 50" fl eet by a solitary point over and Alamitos Bay Yacht Clubs, the event added bowsprit in place of a 20-ft-long Lorenzo Berho's Puerto Vallarta-based drew 139 boats in 14 one design and conventional spinnaker pole — shook off Kernan 70 Peligroso, earning Feo's crew

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PHRF Boat of the Week honors. Also in boats sailed together in one ﬂ eet, there The eleven Farr 40s — which keep go- the mix was the San Francisco-based, was separate scoring for both an IRC ing from strength to strength in a West Newport Harbor YC-burgeed Wasabi, division and the SoCal 52s, converted TP Coast resurgence of the boat — marked Dale Williams’ Kernan 44, which shared 52s which also sail under IRC. Austra- the biggest of the big boat one design divi- a -21 rating with Loco. Both boats were lian Alan Brierty’s R/P 63 Limit took IRC sions. Jeff Janov's Dark Star took the title constantly seeing each other in their rear- honors. The three-boat SoCal 52 division by ten points over perennial contender, view mirrors — in this case, the objects went to David Team's Rebel Yell. The Bay Dave Voss' Piranha. were indeed as close as they appeared. Area-based TP 52 Flash, co-skippered The Open 5.70 fleet continued its Despite claiming three bullets in seven for the event by owner Mark Jones and steady emergence on the West Coast, at- races, Wasabi was left to settle for third charterer Mick Schlens, ﬁ nished as the tracting 15 boats to boast the largest one- in the division, just one point behind runner-up in the IRC division, and be- design class at the event. Tracey Kenney Peligroso. cause of the way the event was scored, and her Hat Trick crew used an especially Although all the non-one design big did the same in the SoCal 52 division. strong Sunday — posting a 1-2 — to

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overtake Peter Drasnin and his D.I.S.C., who had dominated the division up to that point with only six points after the racing. Only seven Folkboats showed up; fi rst fi ve races. There were three Northern a month earlier there had been 13 out California entries in the division, includ- for the Woodies Invitational. There were ing Stephen Gonzalez' Stockton-based only 14 Lasers; a dinghy regatta over at Delta-v, Kathy Conte's Sequoia YC-based Richmond YC is unlikely to draw fewer Boudicca, and Paul Dorsey's DiobolicLRB than 20. A look at the turnouts among from Inverness YC on Tomales Bay. all the divisions shows that 11 of the 18 The turnout marked the largest Race divisions had seven or fewer boats, and Week fl eet ever, so clearly the event orga- only two of those — the J/24s and Corsair nizers are doing something right. 24s — were at their maximum practical “The Race Committees on all three capacity for the Bay. courses were stellar," said Ullman's Steve There were some bright spots though, Beck. "Once again, there wasn't a single specifi cally the Corsair 24s, F18s and WWW.H2OMARK.COM complaint. Both Clubs hosted awesome Wetas. As far as we know the Corsair parties, the competition was great in every 24s haven't really ever had a one design division, and the wind gods smiled on us presence on the Bay, so to see seven of again." them out racing together is gratifying. For complete results and more details STEVE LAPKIN/ The F18s, which were sailing their Pacifi c on the '10 Race Week, visit www.lbrw.org. Coast Championships, were the largest As always, the event represented the fi nal class at the regatta — at least among installment in the Ullman Sails’ Inshore Dan Hauserman's 'Personal Puff' on the way to win- those where most of the boats sailed both ning the Melges 24 Tahoe Race Week, the second of Championship; go to three events in the class's California Cup. days — with a total of 15 boats, and it www.ullmansailswestcoast.com/USI- was really great to see these speedy little Chome.htm for those scores as well. represented was that there just weren't racing cats get some traction up here enough sailors to go around. Despite the beyond the Delta Ditch Run. There were Sperry Topsider NOOD Regatta regatta being on the season schedules 11 Wetas — their biggest turnout on the The N.O.O.D. Regatta, returned to the for many of the Bay's one design fl eets, Bay so far. Bay after a six-year hiatus June 26-27, it drew paltry numbers compared to the St. Francis YC and the N.O.O.D. or- bringing out 18 classes for two days of other events on their schedules. For ex- ganizers need to go back to the drawing racing hosted by St. Francis YC. What ample, the J/105s, which even at a small- board on this one. First of all, having the used to be a regatta for offshore boats — er-scale Stone Cup brought out 16 boats, regatta the weekend after the Coastal N.O.O.D stands for National Offshore One could only manage a 12-boat turnout. The Cup is probably not the best scheduling, Design — has morphed into something Express 27s only brought out 12 boats. especially when the Ditch Run — gaining that had everything from 13 kiters to a The Knarrs — easily capable of bringing increasing popularity among Southern small, seven-boat IRC division. out numbers in the 20s — turned out California sailors in classes represented While the idea of a mega regatta like 15 boats vying for spots in the class's at the N.O.O.D. like the Melges 24s and this is theoretically worthwhile, the prac- upcoming Internationals on the first F-18s — is the weekend before that. Hav- tical implication of having so many fl eets day, to see only two return for Sunday's ing the event so close to the Pac Cup also THE BOX SCORES Beer can series are in full-swing, and LITTLE LIPTON (EXPRESS 27) — 1) New Wave, Keller; 2) Sunbow 3, Corsair Sprint 750, Ken John- this month's Box Scores covers both week- Dave Carrel, 3 points; 2) Opa!, Tom Hintz, 6; 3) son; 3) Pegasus II, F-27, A&A Pitcairn. (3 boat) end and beer can events. We don't have the Moonlight, Jim Gibbs, 13. (3 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Half Fast, Merit 25, time or manpower to chase down all the ADMIRAL'S (J/24) — 1) TMC Racing, Michael Michael Law; 2) Svenska, Peterson 34, Fred Min- results, so please post them on your club's Whitfi eld, 3 points; 2) On Belay, Don Taylor, 6. (2 ning; 3) Kiwa, Ericson 32-2, Warren Taylor. (6 boats) boats) website or send them directly to the Racing Complete results at: http://www.picya.org/LIP- COLUMBIA 5.5 — 1) Tenacious, Adam Sadeg; Editor at [email protected]. Our format TON_2010_RESULTS.pdf 2) Alert, Liem Dao; 3) Wings, Mike Jackson. (5 is to include the name of the boat, the type boats) and length of boat, and the fi rst and last WEEKNIGHT: MERIT 25 — 1) Bewitched, Laraine Salmon; 2) names of the owner(s). We'll do our best to Double Agent, Robin Ollivier; 3) Bandido, George get that info into Latitude 38 and 'Lectronic OAKLAND YC SWEET 16 SERIES # 8 (6/23) Gurrola. (4 boats) Latitude. PHRF < 150 — 1) JetStream, JS9000, Dan Al- Complete results at: www.oaklandyachtclub.org varez; 2) Wiley Wabbit, Wabbit, Kit Wiegman; 3) WEEKEND: Golden Moon, Express 37, Kame and Sally Rich- SOUTH BEACH YC FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES SEC- ards. (5 boats) OND HALF (CUMULATIVE) (2r, 0t) PICYA LIPTON CUP (7/17, 3r, 1t) PHRF 151-200 — 1) Morning Dew, Kiwi 29, SPINNAKER (PHRF < 99) — 1) Jolly Mon, BIG LIPTON (PHRF) — 1) Tupelo Honey, Elan Vince Boley; 2) Popeye & I, Cal 9.2, Ruth Sum- J/105, Chris Chamberlin, 5 points; 2) Alpha Pup- 40, Gerry Sheridan, 4 points; 2) Yucca, 8 Meter, mers; 3) Gonzo, Santana 525, Dina Folkman. (6 py, 1D35, Alex Farell, 5; 3) pHat Jack, Express 37, Hank Easom; 3) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry boats) Bob Lugliani, 8. (5 boats) Wright. (5 boats) PHRF 201+ — 1) Chile Pepper, Santana 25, SPINNAKER (PHRF 100+, 2r, 0t) — 1) North- LARRY KNIGHT (ISLANDER 36) — 1) Luna Sea, Dave Lyman; 2) Blueberry, Nonsuch 22, John ern Light, Santana 35, Rod Neathery, 3 points; Dan Knox, 3 points; 2) Mai Pen Rai, Noble Brown, Foster. (2 boats) 2) Highlighter, Islander 36, William Hackel, 3; 3) 6. (2 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Triple Play, F-31, Richard Moondoggie, Islander 36, Doug Gooding, 8. (9

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means that the sailor pool is drastically throwing a no-hitter, reduced as Hawaii-prep efforts are taking then Benicia YC's much of their time. Chuck Hooper sailed Before the hiatus, the N.O.O.D was on the perfect game or near the Labor Day weekend and repre- of Beer Can Chal- sented part of a Northern California swing lenges last month. that included the Rolex Big Boat Series, Linda Cowgill, Roger and at one time, the Aldo Alessio Regatta Ruud, Elvin Valverty, and the San Francisco YC's now-defunct Jennifer Valverty, Quick Boat Regatta. Holding the regatta and Don Gonsalves where it is in the schedule now is almost made the rounds of worse than the — thankfully now resolved San Francisco and — situation with the Ensenada Race and San Pablo Bays with the Border Run. Ullman Sails Long Beach Hooper aboard his Race Week is one of the biggest regattas Contessa 33 War- on the West Coast; its largest one design whoop, completing fl eet, the Open 5.70s, would probably be the challenge, plus WARWHOOP COURTESY into a N.O.O.D Regatta on the Bay. I have a bonus race back to imagine the Viper 640s would be into a home to Benicia the N.O.O.D event too, but it's hard to be in following Saturday. The 'Wharwoop' faithful were up to the Beer Can two places at once. Given the scheduling, "We had attempted to do the Latitude Challenge; back row from left, Elvin Valverty, Chuck Hooper, Roger Ruud, and Don Gonsalves; front, from and dilution of the talent pool associated 38 Beer Can Challenge of doing a beer right, Linda Cowgill and Jennifer Valverty. Together, with trying to have a mega regatta on the can race every night of the week on two they knocked off six race days out of a possible six! Bay, this one needs a good re-thinking. previous occasions," Hooper said. Think you have what it takes? Give it a shot. "The fi rst attempt several years ago Taking the Beer Can Challenge failed because this exuberant skipper as- the boat to Richmond, and picked up the We've been pumping the Latitude 38 sumed that all clubs started their season skipper on Monday for the trip to the Bay Beer Can Challenge here for years, and at the same time. Earlier this season, View Boat Club. Bay View Boat Club only while we had a taker two years ago, last the second attempt failed when this ir- races every other week, but has a great year no one was game. The idea is this: rationally exuberant skipper assumed fl at water venue in the South Bay. That sail a Beer Can Race on every night of that all clubs raced every week. When all night the wind was light and the commit- the week. You don't need to sail your own else failed, the crew read the directions tee decided to shorten the course. When boat, or even on one boat. All you have to scattered about the internet and found they fi red off the two shots signaling their do is make it out for one race every night there is one week when it is possible to intention, the leader — a small woodie of the week. race every night of the week on the Bay. — who was at least a mile ahead, altered Well, if completing the Beer Can Chal- The only one was June 21-25. course and went home. lenge is like a baseball pitcher tossing a "Setting out from our homeport of "That left us in the lead and one of the shutout, and doing it on one boat is like Benicia on Sunday, the crew delivered few fi nishers. Our fi rst race and we get boats) Pat Patterson. (6 boats) Quillen. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (PHRF >154 2r, 0t) — 1) DIVISION B (NON-SPINNAKER)- 1) Some- Complete results at: www.ggyc.com Carmelita, Catalina 42, Christian Lewis, 3 points; where in Time, Schock 35, Tom Ochs; 2) Lita-K, 2) 007, J/105 Bruce Blackie, 3; 3) Rollover, Cat- Catalina 42, John Karusas; 3) Seascape, Pasport CORINTHIAN YC FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES # 16 alina 34, Lynn Guerra, 7. (9 boats) 37, Roger Smith: (7 boats) (7/23) NON-SPINNNAKER (PHRF 155+ 2r, 0t) — DIVISION C (NON-SPINNAKER)- 1) Wings, NON SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Roadrunner, Ranger 1) Star Ranger, Ranger 26, Simon James/Tim Albin 30, Jerry Halterman; 2) Pretty Penny, Mull 23, Gregory Demetrulias; 2) Mischief, Hunter 295, Walsh, 2 points; 2) Synergizer, Ericson 28, Larry 30, Bruce Sinclair; 3) Sleepy Head,Triton 28, Jim Karl Belgum. (2 boats) Weinhoff, 5; 3) Outrageous, Cal 2-30, John de- Kuykendall; (14 boats) NON-SPINNAKER 1 — 1) Q, Schumacher 40, Castro/Joe Boss, 6. (7 boats) Complete results at: www.vyc.org Glenn Isaacson; 2) Willow, Centurion 40s, Bob CATALINA 30 (2r, 0t) — 1) Adventure, Jack Braid; 3) Salient, Cal 39/2, Mark Pearce. (7 boats) McDermott, 2 points; 2) Huge, Bill Woodruff/Tanya TIBURON YC FRIDAY NIGHT RACING #9 (7/16) NON SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Mimicat, Hinckley Keen/Peter Birch/Russell Houlston, 7; 3) Friday's DIVSION 1 (PHRF < 157) — 1) Hurricane 38, Robert Long; 2) Fantasea Islander, Islander Eagle, Mark Hecht, 7. (11 boats) Gulch, C&C 33, Richard Selmaier; 2) Miramar, 28, Kevin Reilly; 3) Maxine, Yankee 30, Stephen Complete results at: www.southbeachyc.com Frers 41, Jeff Brucia; 3) Siento El Viento, C&C 29, Spoja. (3 boats) Ian Matthew. (4 boats) J/105 — 1) Blackhawk, Scooter Simmons. (1 BALLENA BAY YC FRIDAY NITE GRILLERS SE- Complete results at: www.tyc.org boat) RIES #8 (7/16) SPINNAKER 2 —1) Shenanigans, Express PHRF — 1) Tortfeasor, Olson 34, Jeff Rude; 2) GOLDEN GATE YC FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES #5 27, Bill Moore; 2) Nothing Ventured, Melges 24, Legendary, Jeanneau 41, Dave Edwards; 3) Di- (7/9) Duane Yoslov; 3) Tiburon, SC 37, Steve Stroub. (7 xie, Pearson 10M, Dan Watson. (5 boats) SPINNAKER — 1) Whisper, J/105, Marc Vayn; boats) Complete results at: www.bbyc.org 2) Coyote, Cal 20, Mike Farrell; 3) Pajarito, Rnager SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Big Wow!, Rhodes 19, VALLEJO YC WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERIES (6/30) 23, Joe Sheehy. (5 boats) William Royal; 2) Wuda Shuda, Soverel 26 OB, DIVISION A (SPINNAKER) — 1) X-TA-C, Olson NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Mary Belle Bright, Craig Page; 3) Moxie, Cal 282, Laurence Bekins. 29. Bill Sweitzer; 2)Tutto Bene, Beneteau 38.5, Coronado, Bright Winn; 2) Banana, Cal 2-29, (3 boats) Jack Vetter; 3) Summer & Smoke, Beneteau 36.7, Wayne Carley; 3) Snafu, Canadian Sail, Maurice

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a 1st! The next morning found us near South Beach in need of breakfast and across the Bay. We were late at the start, coffee. Sitting in the Java Café the crew but still ended up third. During this, our struck up a conversation with a fellow 6th race day in a row, we suffered our customer, non-sailor Don Gonsalves, who fi rst major gear failure. A 25-plus-knot accepted an invitation to help deliver the gust of wind off Point Pinole wrapped boat to Sausalito for their Tuesday night the spinnaker pole around the headstay, Beer Can race. Don was hooked, or as we and turned our 25-year-old kite to trash. told his wife, “Shanghaied” for the rest of Jamie, the owner of Jazz Beau who took the week! second, watched us blow it up. Later he "After a poor performance in Sausalito said he had an old kite and pole we could the boat was delivered to Vallejo YC, home have, so we are back in business!" to three of the crew. A good start, great wind and some local knowledge allowed Tahoe Tanglin' us to notch our second bullet of the For some racers, summer means week. SANTANA COURTESY heading offshore to Hawaii. For others, "Thursday night was spent racing it means heading inland for spectacular out of our home club of Benicia YC. By We caught up with the formerly-Mill Valley-based pro sailing on the crystalline alpine lakes now we were a well-practiced crew, and Ashley Perrin in Hawaii, and got the lowdown on her dug into the Sierra. The weekend of July Warwhoop got another fi rst. First thing Doublehanded 'Round Britain and Ireland effort with 10-11 was a busy one up at Lake Tahoe Friday morning, the boat needed to get brother Daniel. Due to space constraints, we couldn't between the 47th annual Trans-Tahoe back down bay for the Berkeley YC's Fri- fi t it in here, but keep an eye out in future editions of regatta and the Melges 24 Tahoe Race day Night series. The crew took the boat 'Latitude 38' for a recap on this mettle-testing trip, Week, both hosted by Tahoe YC. back down to Berkeley and I spent the day sailed aboard the family's Capo 30, 'Santana'. Bill Erkelens Sr.'s modifi ed D-Class frantically running errands, managing to we notched three bullets, a third, and a Cat Adrenaline was the elapsed-time win- jump on the boat at the last possible sec- DFL. ner, fi nishing the 35.5-mile race in 4h, ond. Warwhoop took a third. After a full "On hearing that Sausalito was having 12m. But it was local Dick Ferris and his week of racing and the requisite partying, a race to Vallejo on Saturday, we took off J/125 August Ice that took overall honors

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by 2m, 55s on corrected time. Ferris and Tahoe as the fi nal his crew of Greg Felich, Seadon Wijsen, race of the three- Justin Casey, Rob Duncan, Jake Lam- day series. Hauser- breth, Ken Frost, Mike Frost, and Marc man, sailing his Thomas took advantage of the 18 knots Melges 24 Personal of breeze, which will get a J/125 planing Puff, may have ben- with ease, and fi nished before the wind efitted from local died later on in the evening. The win was knowledge of the Ferris's fi fth in the event. conditions on Lake Last year's winner, Richard Courcier's Tahoe, like know- Farr 36, Wicked, managed to just squeak ing to look for 'fan' by Gary Redelberger's sistership Racer X, puffs coming out both of which should be familiar to Bay of the mountain Area sailors. canyons. Hauser- Prior to the start, Tahoe YC members mann and his crew and race participants placed rose petals held it down for the COURTESYCASCADE on the water to honor the late Erik Arnold home team against of Tahoe City, who died in May at age 40. the visiting boats, Arnold was active in the Tahoe YC scene which included entrants from San Di- Steve Rienhart's Antrim 27 'Cascade' reveling in and a good friend to most race partici- ego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and the kind of conditions we can only hope August will pants, according to the organizers. As a Ensenada, Mexico. This was the second bring, at last month's Westpoint Marina Regatta. tribute, Arnold’s crew and friends sailed of the three Melges Race Weeks that found at http://california-cup.com/, and his 30-footer E Ticket in the race. comprise the class's California Cup. The full results for the Trans Tahoe are avail- Meanwhile, Tahoe City's Dan Hauser- fi rst installment was in San Diego in May, able at www.tahoeyc.com. man, the Bay's reigning Melges 24 Season and the fi nal one will be on the Bay this Champion, won the Lake Tahoe Melges month, hosted by San Francisco YC Au- Westpoint Marina Regatta Race Week, which ended with the Trans gust 20-22. Details on that series can be The second annual Westpoint Marina

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Race went off well last month, and Steve Rienhart of the Encinal YC-based Antrim the committee work just fi ne. second overall and second in the Spin- 27 Cascade sent us a report about this "The only downside to the day was naker division. novel 20-miler. Unfortunately the event fi ghting the same massive fl ood and N-NE "After finishing, Sequoia YC was a coincided with the Delta Ditch Run, and wind the sailors in that other race had to warm, friendly place to relax, have dinner, while it didn't seem to adversely affect fi ght to get to the start line. Once at the and enjoy the weather. attendance, the organizers are planning start, it was well-run, and we were off the "As to the use of downwind ratings, on moving it back a month next year so line fi rst and fastest, averaging 7.5-plus well, on the 'weather leg' we were more as not to confl ict with the Richmond YC knots all the way to Alcatraz. or less sailing to our downwind rating. As and Stockton SC's classic. "In the category of 'fi rsts', this was also the wind lightened, particularly after "While a far more popular downwind the fi rst time in summer months I have Hunters Point, we were hard pressed to race was going upwind on June 12, my ever set the kite while rounding Alcatraz sail to our standard rating of 75, so you crew and I had the great pleasure to sail counterclockwise and been pointing at can forget about our sailing to our DW in the second annual Westpoint Marina Crissy Field! number, 45. Race to Redwood City, sponsored by Se- "Fortunately most of the competitors "Perhaps it's time to consider a wind- quoia YC and Westport Marina. Not only also misjudged the fi rst jibe onto port, as speed variable that becomes a percentage did we sail downwind the entire race, we the wind clocked farther east and we had factor on ratings? Food for thought. In did so in shorts and tee shirts, because to douse for 15 minutes to clear Pier 39. the meantime, I'll live with what our exit was hot, hot, hot, on the Bay. Suffi ce it to say, the early weather was ceptionally wise and hard working PHRF "In my 40 years of sailing the bay, just plain weird. committee determines. I've never before sailed in the summer "Once near the Bay Bridge, the wind "Next year look for the race to move months from YRA 10 to Alcatraz, this mellowed to 10-12 range, and backed into to July, when schedules might be a little race's "weather mark," off the breeze or the north, where it remained N-NNW the freer. We will defi nitely be on the line!" in shorts and shirts — it was amazing! rest of the day, gradually lightening to "The race was a pleasant, lower-key the 8- to 10- knot range, something that El Toro Jr. North Americans downwind affair reminiscent of the Ditch helped us save our time on the lower- The '10 El Toro Junior North American Run, but without the trailer logistics. The rated boats coming up from behind with Championships marked the end of the club was friendly, the reception great, and the fl ood. We sailed well enough to secure Richmond YC and Stockton SC's popular LOCH LOMOND MARINA

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With a special report this month on a short but rewarding cruise through Tahiti's Idyllic Îles Sous-le-Vent.

At Play in the Leeward Lagoons: are undoubtedly some of the most stun- Three Days Just Isn't Enough ningly beautiful islands in the world. As I Working as a writer with sailing as always tell friends, when traveling among your specialty is certainly no way to get them, it's diffi cult to decide which way to rich. But it does have its rewards, such point your camera — wherever you go, as occasional travel opportunities to you always seem to be sailing through a exotic sailing venues. postcard. A case in point was my trip in June Formed by a series of volcanic erup- to report on the fourth annual Tahiti- tions in ancient times, each of the prin- Moorea Sailing Rendezvous (see our cipal Tahitian islands has distinctive July edition). My wife, Julie, and I had characteristics that are rare elsewhere: a great time hanging out with all those First, they all have lofty mountains that salty cruisers who'd just transited 3,000 are covered by a lush carpet of nearly miles of open ocean from the west coast impenetrable forest, and topped by of the Americas. But by the time we said craggy pinnacles that reach up toward goodbye to them, we were itching to do a the heavens. As a result, most of the little adventuring on our own. The perfect population lives in the fl atlands near solution? Charter a bareboat, of course, the water's edge, or on the lower slopes and take a laid-back spin through the just above. Even more unusual, though, islands. is the fact that each of these isles is en- From Moorea, we caught an 80-mile circled by a fringing reef that creates a fl ight to Raiatea, in the center of the fl at-water lagoon between the reef and Leeward Islands (les Îles Sous-le-Vent), the island. For sailors, this phenomenon where this French Overseas Territory's provides a rare combination of splendid four bareboat companies all have their trade wind sailing over fl at water and bases. Unfortunately, we only had three peaceful nights at anchor, cooled by the days to play before unchangeable obliga- steady tropical breeze. tions at home would draw us away, but We're told the outer reefs are actually we made the most of it. After all, only a built on the ancient perimeters of sunken few days of sailing in this tropical para- volcanic craters, and the islands that we dise is far better than none at all. see today are the result of much later Before we give you the blow-by-blow eruptions from the same fi ery sources. account of the places we visited, allow Apart from Tahiti's stunning geog- enough to be here in July, during the us to share some background on these raphy, though, these islands stand out annual Heiva celebrations, you can amazing islands. As you've probably in comparison to many other travel watch the top Tahitians compete against heard before, Tahiti and her sister isles destinations because of the genuinely islanders from the Marquesas, Tuamo- While sailing the lagoons, you'll soon witness friendly Tahitian people and the Polyne- tus, Gambiers and Australs. And in the the favorite sport of Tahitians: outrigger canoe sian cultural traditions that are evident evenings you can watch lavish ceremo- racing. throughout this archipelago — as well as nial performances by hundreds of mu- the four other ar- sicians and dancers wearing elaborate, chipelagos that handmade costumes. comprise French In French Polynesia, cultural dances Polynesia. Ev- aren't just anachronisms from olden ery afternoon, days that are put on for the benefi t of for example, in tourists. On every island we've visited virtually every during fi ve trips here, we've seen boys lagoon in the is- and girls of all ages, as well as adults, lands, you'll fi nd joyfully practicing the age-old steps and broad-shoul- gyrations of their ancestors — the girls dered men — dressed in coconut bras and grass skirts and sometimes or pareos, and the boys bare-chested women too — above their loincloths. practicing their It's obvious that Polynesian music is favorite sport: highly revered throughout the islands paddling one- to too, because it seems as though just six-person out- about everyone knows how to play the rigger canoes. guitar or ukulele and sing sweet island

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to Raiatea and Taha'a. After all, our goals were simply to shed some stress, swim and snorkel as often as possible, and revel in the pure joy of sunny tropical sailing — it had been a very long and mis- erable winter in Northern California. Five minutes from the airport, at the combined Sunsail-Moorings base, we boarded our well-kept Jeanneau 36 Atua Matai — named after a Polynesian god. She was perfect for our needs: a bright, roomy interior with all systems working well, a simple sailplan with all lines led back to the cockpit, and a huge wheel that gave the helm great responsive- ness as we glided across the lagoons. At home we sail a big multihull, which I have to admit, is a bit like driving a bus compared to Atua Matai. We had sailed these waters before, so didn't need much of a brieﬁ ng, but ﬁ rst- timers would be well advised not to exit the marina before becoming thoroughly clear about the local navigation aids. Once you get the hang of it, piloting these waters is really pretty easy. The hazards are well-marked and the charts seem to be highly accurate. But especially for Americans, understanding the local adaptation of the European cardinal system of buoyage is initially a bit of a head-scratcher. Basically, most Europeans operate "Come back and stay longer next time!" said Sunsail managers Sylvie and Patricia. They couldn't believe we only had three days. LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE

It would be hard to fi nd a tropical islet more count on steady winds in the low teens idyllic than tiny Ile Taoru in Raiatea's eastern to mid-20s from the east or southeast. lagoon. On a typical 7- or 10-day cruise Although the French have been you'd want to visit all four of the main administering these islands since the Leeward islands: Huahine, Bora Bora, late 1800s, most native Tahitians have Raiatea and Taha'a. The latter two share never abandoned certain elements of a common lagoon and are situated in the the traditional Polynesian lifestyle, such center of the cluster. Huahine lies to the as fi shing and gardening. On any given east of them and Bora Bora lies to the day, you'll see islanders fi shing the reefs west, both at a distance of roughly 20 nm with nets and spears. And practically (from reef entrance to reef entrance). every home in the Leewards is shaded Naturally, the channel crossings by towering breadfruit and mango trees, between these islands are typically with papaya and banana plants lining bouncier than daysailing inside the the fences. Even at the height of the so- lagoons, but we've always found that called dry season in July and August, the combination of the two makes for the land remains incredibly lush, so that well-balanced itineraries with plenty of fl owering plants punctuate every vista. variety. Tides, by the way, are almost a But what about the sailing? Because non-issue here — only about 8 inches Tahiti lies in the trade wind belt, the sail- from high to low. Due to it's location in ing here is generally great — especially the center of the Pacifi c basin, high tides during the dry season when most vaca- occur at noon and midnight every day of tioners visit (April to October). There can the year! be occasional squalls during the season, On this trip, since we only had three of course, as well as days of very light tearfully short days to explore, we elected

breeze. But most of the time you can to just throttle back and limit our cruise JULIE TURPIN WORLD

using what we call "red, left, returning" — the opposite of the U.S. system. In lages, if you dine in the simple places Tahiti you see this at the entrances to where the islanders eat, you can get the passes through the reefs, but they're by reasonably too. But you'll want to pretty obvious during daylight anyway, splurge at least once or twice, because and night sailing is forbidden. Tahiti's French cuisine can be sensa- Throughout the lagoons the safe tional. channels are delineated by red, square- On our first afternoon we sailed topped markers on the land side, and north from Raiatea's Apooiti Marina green, triangle-topped markers on the and beam-reached across the two-mile reef side. Simple, right? What makes it channel to Taha'a, then lolled along the a bit more complicated is the use of the coast, soaking in the beauty of these four types of cardinal markers, whose deep green, sparsely developed islands, distinctive shapes and markings advise before heading into broad Baie Apu. On you to stay to the north, south, east or the short trip across, we'd been struck west of a known hazard. It sounds com- by how few boats were out on the water. plicated, but it's really quite easy once Apart from a few speedboats and ﬁ shing you get the hang of it. Still, it's always boats that were taking islanders from wise to keep a chart close at hand, even JULIE TURPIN point to point, we saw fewer than a half though many newer bareboats — such Tattoos are hugely popular in these islands. dozen cruisers and charter boats sailing as Atua Matai — are equipped with Most designs borrow graphic motifs that have the channels. We'd forgotten that in the chartplotters. Ours was a delight to been handed down through the generations. whole of the Society Islands — the more have when I was joyfully singlehanding deﬁ nitely break your budget, bareboat formal name for Tahiti and her sisters — while Julie was belowdecks whipping up provisioning has always seemed quite there are only about 50 bareboats, yet lunch. reasonable. The tuna we requested was dozens of anchorages for them to get lost Speaking of food, I should mention fresh-caught and delicious, and came in. And in these tough economic times, that although dining out in fancy restau- in such a large portion that it lasted many boats were idling at their bases. rants here for three meals a day could for three meals. In the towns and vil- In Baie Apu a visit to the bar and

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When the breeze fi nally goes light, you know you're in the lee of Taha'a's fuel up, shop and dine ashore. In addi- highest mountains, and that's just about tion to the large Champion supermarket the time you'll arrive at one of the best there's a wonderful fruit, veggie and snorkeling spots on the reefs: the Coral fl ower mart, plus art galleries, boutiques Gardens. Despite the fact that it's adja- and a variety of restaurants. cent to a resort hotel, this shallow cluster We didn't linger long, though, as we of coral reefs is teeming with juvenile had two snorkeling stops planned at fi sh in a kaleidoscope of colors. passes along Raiatea's eastern reef. The That night we decided to check out fi rst was just three miles from Uturoa, at one of the west side anchorages that was a picture-perfect motu called Ile Teoru. new to us, Baie Tapuamu. Anchored in Just in front of its palm-lined shore lies placid water, we had the whole bay to a shallow reef that encircles the islet ourselves. After marveling at the sun's and falls away into deep water in the dramatic descent, with Bora Bora sil- adjacent Passe Teavapiti. It was there houetted in the foreground, we listened that I spotted a huge moray eel, silently to the happy sounds of ukes and wooden watching the passing parade of 'lunch drums drifting on the breeze from across items' from within the protection of his the harbor. A local dance troupe was own coral 'bommie'. Because she's not a practicing their moves in the moon- JULIE TURPIN big fan of giant eels, Julie declined to be light. Along the garden-like banks of the Apoomau introduced to him. In the morning we continued south River, bananas and coconuts seem to be free After noting that many of the juvenile and east to complete our loop of Taha'a, for the taking. species of fi sh here appear to be cousins and were tempted to go 'round again to the island's only real town, Uturoa, and of Caribbean species that we know well test my 'bending wind' theory, but there see what was new. On the western end — identical shapes, but somewhat differ- was so much more to see. of the seawall, past mini-cruise ships ent markings — we sailed farther south Crossing back to Raiatea, we decided bound for Bora Bora, there's a free tem- under a perfect 15-knot southwesterly to cruise the commercial waterfront of porary docking area where boaters can and brilliant blue skies. Short-tacking

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'my' little sloop through the lagoon while we had it all to Julie lost herself in a novel was great ourselves. fun — and a visual feast. All along the Before The shoreline neatly-kept waterside houses, Moorings and each with its own dock and gardens, Sunsail were were evidence of a tranquil lifestyle that bought by the would be the envy of millions of burnt- same parent out city-dwellers. company, the The next break in Raiatea's eastern Sunsail base reef, Passe Irihu, is skirted by long, was here. And fi nger-like motus on both sides, and both although the are good for snorkeling. With its sandy shoreside fa- beaches and tall palms offering shade, cilities have Ile Irihu, on the south side, is a favorite been removed picnic spot for both islanders and day- by a new pri- trippers. Avid snorkelers could spend vate owner, the / ANDY LATITUDE hours here watching the interplay of big moorings out in front are still intact, and At Taha'a's south end, the Taravana Yacht Club and small fi sh, as they dart among the free for the taking. is a popular stop for both cruisers and charter- ers. Raiatea is seen in the distance. coral shelves that line the pass. By this point we'd become thoroughly After we'd had our fi ll of exploring, we spoiled by our brief fl irtation with care- once plied these waters in their sailing crossed the lagoon and entered a deep free cruising. At the beginning of the canoes. fi ord-like bay called Faaroa, directly op- trip we'd both stowed our watches and We got up early on our fi nal morn- posite the pass. Carved out in antiquity let the sun's rise and fall dictate our ing, hopped into the inflatable, and by waters of the Apoomau River — which daily timetable. At night, with the gentle motored slowly up the shallow river, as still fl ows into the head of the bay — this breeze drifting through the hatches, we the rising sun painted the treetops with mile-and-a-half-long inlet could safely slept deeply, dreaming about varicolored amber tones. With fruit trees and fl ower- harbor dozens of boats. But here again, sealife and the ancient voyagers who ing plants lining its banks, the narrow,

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With reports this month from Beach Access on a niece's ﬁ rst Baja Bash; from Geja on partying through the Adriatic; from Capricorn Cat on fun with Sea Level in Tahiti, and Kialoa III and Cirque in Baja; from Jesse's Girl on eight months in Mexico; from Isis on a crossing from La Paz to Hilo; and Cruise Notes.

Beach Access — Lagoon 380 Having spent a little more time at sea, Alyssa Twitchell I began to feel the passion other sailors Like A Baja Bash Virgin have described. Each passing day as (Cal State Fullerton) we made our way up the coast seemed When I learned my uncle Glenn was more spiritual. Being at sea made me feel going to deliver his Lagoon 380 catama- as it I were on another planet, a planet ran Beach Access back to California from where beauty and contentment weren't Mexico, I asked if I could join him. Having to be found in make-up and clothes, but done several Bashes in things like the sun's reﬂ ection off the before, he knew how ocean or the sight of dolphins swimming rough it could be, so along with the cat. I found my sense he wasn't sure if at of being, my true soul that had been 21-year-old like me constricted by the compulsive thinking was serious. I told society had forced upon me. him that I knew it It's frustrating not to be able to ad- might not be fun, equately put my feelings into words, but

COURTESY BEACH ACCESS COURTESY but I wanted to go the bottom line is that the trip showed for the adventure. me what true beauty is and what true Besides, I'd visit- joy can be. ed him on his cat There wasn't much wind, and the seas in Barra Navidad were smooth for the fi rst two days of our last year, so I knew passage. But on the third day I came to Alyssa, decked out something about realize why sailors call the trip up from in her Baja Bash fair the boat and wanted Cabo 'The Bash'. For two days we had weather gear. more time in his 20+ knot winds on the nose, which had world. So on June 28, I fl ew to Cabo to us bouncing around and reduced the meet him. boat speed to as little as two knots. I've had some sailing experience, but But as the time passed and we neared nothing prepared me for the journey Southern California, the marine layer I was about to embark on. After wait- replaced the sun. Although the weather ing four days for a weather window, we had begun to sour, our spirits were still headed out up the coast of Baja on July soaring. It was a wonderful and educa- 2. The four nights and fi ve days I've tional trip for me, and since Uncle Glenn which enables my many friends and ac- had at sea on the Bash was the most says the Ha-Ha is 10 times more fun quaintances in both San Francisco and enlightening experience of my life. I live than the Bash, I guess I'll have to see northern Europe to book fl ights ahead in Orange County, where the fast pace for myself. of time and join me for one- or two-week of life had been consuming me, so being — alyssa 07/10/10 legs. I manage to see a lot this way and at sea was an enormous change. For if rarely have to sail alone, which I don’t I wasn't witnessing the free sea life, the Geja — Islander 36 consider to be safe or fun. amazing sunrises and sunsets, or stand- Andrew Vik Among my fi rst crew this year was ing adrenaline pumping night watches Boras, Babes, and Albania Norwegian Sven Halle, owner of the on my own, I was savoring the peace and (San Francisco) Vancouver-based Jeanneau 49 Norfi nn. serenity of the oceans. I’m back in the Med for a third straight We fi rst met in ‘06 in Cabo, where he’d Alyssa found that there was more true beauty season of party cruising aboard Geja, just fi nished trailing the Ha-Ha fl eet to be found along the waters of Baja's west the ‘76 Islander 36 that the Sandys of down the Baja coast. I myself being half- coast than in all the shopping malls in SoCal. Palo Alto sailed most of the way around Norwegian, we became quick friends. the world during the ‘90s. Just shy of 70 years old, Sven was my I arrived in Geja’s winter second-oldest crewmember to date, trail- home near Split, Croatia, ing a 71-year-old Dane from the ‘08 voy- in mid-June during an op- age. Despite his age, Sven is still a great pressive heat wave. After sailor, and not one to allow a happy hour four long, sweaty days in to be skipped. If only he’d joined me at the boatyard, Geja was the bars as my wingman! back in the water and I I spent the fi rst two weeks sailing COURTESY BEACH ACCESS COURTESY was ready to go — just in down Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, which time for Europe’s reliably is one of Europe’s most popular charter unreliable weather to re- destinations. Cruisers are hard to fi nd turn. Unlike most cruisers, among the huge fl eets of newer Bavaria I commit to a precise, but relaxed, summer schedule, IN LATITUDES

For Henkku and me, the fun began at midnight. The wind built, along with a mile of fetch, and the 20-kg Bruce anchor began to slip slowly through the weedy bottom. In GEJA ALL PHOTOS ANDREW VIK the dark of night, with the wind over 30 knots, we used the Navionics app on my iPhone to scour the bay for a spot less affected by the fetch. After several failed at- tempts to get the anchor to stick, we motored around the corner into an eerily calm Cavtat. Swedes Anna and We tied up at the Krister returned for Customs Dock, as- another leg on 'Geja'. suring us a good night’s sleep and our being fi rst in line to clear out in the morning. Montenegro, a small country of fewer than 700,000 citizens, is Croatia’s neighbor to the south. Formerly part of Yugoslavia, and until ‘06 part of Serbia, Montenegro is often skipped by cruisers. After all, cruisers are a thrifty bunch, and cruising permits in Montenegro start at 40 euro per week. I opted for the one- month permit, which cost 100 euro. Montenegro’s primary nautical at- traction is Kotor Fjord, which is com- parable to the fjords in Norway. Kotor The above photo is of 'Geja' side-tied for free at Perast, Montenegro. The other photos of structures Fjord runs 16 miles in from the Adriatic are all of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Sven is the one reading 'Latitude', Sepideh is the Iranian girl next to through a series of bays, and the town him and above the girl dancing on the 'Eiffel Tower'. Vik is sandwiched by two barkers in Budva. of Kotor is at the head of the fjord. The brand sailboats. In fact, many cruisers some fi ne sailing down to Dubrovnik, the fourth UNESCO World Heritage site I’ve don’t spend long in Croatia, one of the crown jewel of Croatia. What a marvelous visited during my voyages, Kotor is yet big reasons being that they are charged walled town behind a magical 1.5-mile another walled town with narrow, stone as much as 20 euro a night to anchor wall! The anchorage off the centuries-old, alleyways. I never seem to tire of places off some places. The 150-euro annual locals-only harbor was rolly, but offered like that. Unlike in tourist-infested Croa- cruising permit is another reason. And both a view to die for and easy dinghy tia, the trendy folks of Kotor seemed to just added this year is a new method of access to the old town. genuinely be interested in us, so it had a collecting the Sojourn Tax, which tacks With Henkku of Finland joining a leg This is St. Georges Monastery in Kotor Fjord, on up to another 175 euro a year. for her third straight summer, we con- the largest fjord in southern Europe. There are In Croatia’s defense, it's probably the tinued south, checking out of Croatia at several similar man-made islands in the fjord. safest and cleanest country in the Med. Cavtat, the country’s south- Sven and I, with an assist from Oak- ernmost port of entry/exit. land native Allison, set sail toward Du- Anchored out the night before GEJA brovnik in the south, visiting the islands checkout, I was reminded of of Hvar, Korcula, Mljet and others on the a huge sailing topic in the way. The weather was ridiculously un- Adriatic — the bora wind. stable. Although we managed not to get This nighttime catabolic wind slammed by anything while underway, comes out of nowhere in the there were some interesting moments at summer, blowing down from anchor. From time to time powerful wind the steep mountains along gusts came out of nowhere, and rain fell the coast. During other times as I had imagined possible only in the of the year, it's a dry, cold, tropics. But we still managed to get in fi erce wind that can blow for days. The strongest gust ever recorded was 160 mph! CHANGES

much more friendly and open vibe. Even berthing was a relatively good deal at just A young Swedish couple having 30 euro per night — especially when the joined me, we headed farther south, bora came up later. where we had the waters almost to Five miles northwest of Kotor lies the ourselves. While at a small bay north of mellow seaside village of Perast, which Bar, I got another taste of nighttime bora was to be one of my favorite stops. In sta- winds. Around midnight, Geja was hit by ble weather we could rig-shaking gusts in the 30s that came tie to the harbor wall down from the high coastal mountains GEJA of the coziest of small — that we had so enjoyed viewing during towns, backed by the day! The noise and vibrations were steep granite moun- nerve-wracking, and sleep was impos- tains, for free. Join- sible. But the 20-kg Bruce anchor held ing me for the fun in fast to the sandy bottom until the winds Perast was Sepideh, abated at 10 a.m. It's true that we'd been an Iranian-born San on a windward shore and therefore had Francisco resident been in little danger, but still, I hadn’t on her way home come to the Med to challenge the wind from Tehran. gods, And I needed my sleep. Next up was Her- Bypassing Bar, which is an industrial ceg Novi, where I town, we stopped at Ulcinj in southern completely botched Montenegro, where we discovered how The narrow streets my Med-mooring at- schizophrenic this nation with the of the walled cities tempt — twice! Given population of San Francisco can be. For were great. the narrow fairway, in contrast to the supermodel parade in the slight crosswind, and the Islander’s Budva, Ulcinj was like a Turkish bazaar, insane prop-walk, Geja was hard to complete with mosques and more kebab handle. If only she had a bow thruster. vendors than one could visit in a month. We reached Budva, the fi nal stop in Folks in the Ulcinj region are ethnically this leg, in time to celebrate the Fourth Albanian, with a large number of tour- of July. The Budva Riviera is a somewhat ists from Kosovo, both of which have bloated tourist area, although it has a signifi cant Muslim populations. fantastic old town and features the best We then crossed our fi ngers — and partying on the coast of Montenegro. toes — and sailed across the border to While Croatia typically teems with Brit Albania, best known for being one of and Aussie backpackers, Budva gets the the most paranoid communist countries holidaymakers from Serbia and Russia, ever. Rather than stopping at Albania, so every night there was a spectacular most cruisers opt for the straight shot parade of thin, long-legged supermodels. to Corfu, Greece, or across the Strait of they will come' attitude, but they haven't One of my female crew was so impressed Otranto to Italy. You see, Albania has a come. There were about 20 boats when that she declared that Budva would bit of a seedy past, there are few good we arrived, most of them resident boats. be the place to become a lesbian! How anchorages, checking in can be trouble- Our offi cial check-in to the country was the backpacker contingent has missed some and requires berthing in indus- done at no charge by the marina staff, Budva is beyond me. Although the local trial ports, and the charts indicate that so by afternoon we had headed in for pop music, called turbo-folk, takes some hundreds of square miles of the coast our fi rst glimpse of Albanian life. We'll getting used to, we spent fi ve nights at are infested with mines — although the get into that in next month's report. Budva. cruising guide insists that surface navi- From Croatia to Albania, I covered After too many nights in bars with supermodels, gation is now safe everywhere. Despite 500 miles, although only 30% was under nothing was more welcome than a place like these negatives, we decided to go for it. sail alone. The stable weather in July quiet and stunning Perast, Montenegro. Sailing south toward Albania, we provided some nice afternoon sailing, really had old Geja fl ying but the mornings and nights were calm along, averaging 7.1 knots — except for boras. Geja, which handles GEJA on the most dreamlike so beautifully under sail, has again broad reach ever. That was performed reliably and comfortably. for the fi rst three hours. The only real casualty in 2.5 summers The remainder of the trip of Med cruising has been the outboard was 18 hours under power, for the dinghy, which died recently. For after which we arrived at an older boat, I’ve got Geja pretty well Orikum in Vlore Bay, which tricked out, with NMEA data fl owing this is Albania’s only marina. way and that way, all originating from a The marina was in a place simple Garmin 72 in the cockpit. Most of isolated from the town of my navigation is done using a MacENC Vlore. It seems as though on a 13-inch MacBook Pro. New this the Italians who made the marina had a 'build it and IN LATITUDES

couples were friends from Ha-Ha’s and cruising in Mexico. “We had a fabulous time with Jim and Kent, and we really enjoyed the terriﬁ c Tahiti Rendevous for Pacific Puddle

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY GEJA ALL PHOTOS COURTESY Jump boats that LATITUDE/NICK was put on by Ta- hiti Tourism with huge help from Andy ‘Mr. Puddle Jump’ Turpin of Latitude,” says Wayne. One of the most hilarious parts of our visit was when we were at this sandy spot on a reef After a great visit off Moorea where with friends in Tahiti, all the tourists are Wayne and Carol are brought to feed the going with their cat. ‘domesticated’ sting rays. Jim was the fi rst in the chest-deep water, and in a few seconds a ray started to come right at him. It was with love, of course, but it was a little spooky because the ray was four feet across and just kept coming . . . right up Jim’s chest and into his face! “I’m okay with this! I’m okay with this! I’m okay with this!” Jim kept repeating. We laughed like crazy, but before long the rest of us got into the act.” “Feeding the rays at that spot is a really popular tourist activity,” Wayne continued. “It wouldn’t be if the tourists knew what was going on beneath the surface. We were the only ones with masks, so we knew that just 40 feet away Spread; The lovely town of Kotor. Inset left; the placement the better. I just wish in the pass were countless numbers of From Russia, with love, baby. Inset above; the I’d splurged on their secondary device, eight- to ten-foot sharks! The big ones crowded beach at Ulcinj, Montenegro. which would have turned my entire boat pretty much minded their own business, year is an unlocked iPhone, which does into her own Wifi zone. but before long the two- and three-foot- pretty much everything but the dishes. Next up on my summer agenda are ers were swimming with the rays around Throw in a local SIM card, and you can the Ionian islands of Greece, which and between the legs of the tourists! If Facebook your way along the coast at I’ve been told are the busiest cruising they had known, some of them surely 3G speeds. The best is the Navionics grounds in Europe. Cal cat-ers on Moorea; From left, Steve and app, which provides basic chart plotting — andrew 07/15/1 Manuela of 'Endless Summer', Kent and Jim of and detailed charts of the entire Med for 'Sea Level' and Carol and Wayne of 'Cap Cat'. about $18. Cap Cat — Hughes 45 I know that data over cell towers are Wayne Hendryx and Carol the way to go in the U.S. and Mexico, Baggerly but they aren't as practical when there Mexico and Tahiti are as many national borders as there (Brisbane) are here. For onboard Wifi, I picked One of the great things that up a Bad Boy Extreme, an outdoor happens when you go cruising CAP CAT COURTESY weatherproof router/repeater made by is that you become friends with a Canadian company. Run an Ethernet scores of other cruisers who cable between it and your nav station, later invite you to join them in and you can surf from hotspots up to a other great parts of the world. few miles away. It’s designed well and So it was that Wayne and Carol is powered by injecting 12 volts into the recently fl ew to Tahiti to spend Ethernet cable. Unlike with remote Wifi , 12 days aboard Jim and Kent cable length is not an issue. The higher Milski’s Schionning 49 Sea Level, which Jim completed from a kit in Vallejo. The two CHANGES

would have freaked.” “We also had a great time on the Ren- fabulous 400-or-so-mile trip from P.V. dezvous Race from Tahiti to Moorea. We up to Caleta Partida off La Paz. We fi rst on Sea Level were in the wrong place at got wind at Isla Isabella, so we put the the start, so we fell quite a bit behind sails up and were doing 8s and 10s. We the rest of the fl eet. But then the wind pulled abeam of Mazatlan so quickly that fi lled in strongly, and we took off. We hit we decided to just continue on across the speeds up to 19 knots under white sails Sea instead of stopping for the night. We alone, and were soon passing the typi- close-reached across the Sea at about cally overloaded cruising monohulls as 12 knots. After dropping the hook at if they were standing Muertos for the night, we woke up to a still. In the end, there southerly — which isn’t uncommon in were two other cats, May — so we put the chute up and had including Steve May a spinnaker run from there to Caleta and Manjuela aboard Partida. It was our fastest and most fun CAPRICORN CAT the Gualala-based trip ever from P.V. to Caleta Partida, and Corsair 41 cat Endless I’ve done a lot of them. Summer, a couple of “Once at Caleta Partida, we pulled a other cruising friends great cruising couple over to the dark from Mexico, and a side. For when we got into Ensenada big monohull battling Grande, our favorite anchorage in those for line honors. After parts, we motored around, and swung by it was over, all four of the legendary S&S 79 Kialoa III that was the skippers agreed on the hook. She had been purchased that they should have about seven months before from Orange reefed. But you know Coast College by Canadians Dave and "Tahiti!" screamed how competitive sail- Kim Griffi th, and they were sitting on the fl ower. ors can get — particu- deck chairs beneath an awning really larly if you’d seen Steve in the banana enjoying life. “You set a good example race. for the rest of us,” I shouted. “Because of our visit with Jim and “The following day this really terrifi c Kent, we’ve changed our cruising plans. couple had us over for cocktails, and we We were going to cruise Mexico this win- learned that Dave had been in the used ter and then make the easy sail to Hawaii car business — but not just any used in March to ease Carol into long ocean cars. He specialized in buying used Rolls passages. But after being in French and Bentleys and sending them back to Polynesia, Carol said there was no rea- England. He worked his way up to own- son to wait. So now we’ll do Mexico, but ing a Rolls dealership and now, in his in March we’ll head to French Polynesia early ‘50s, was able to retire. We had so up for sale and were in the market for a instead of Hawaii. But we’re doing a ton much fun with the couple that we invited cruising cat. About this time Louis Kruk of work on Cap Cat before then. them to join us on Cap Cat the next day and Laura Willerton of the San Leandro- “While family issues back home meant for a trip up to dive with the sea lions. based Beneteau 42s7 Cirque showed up we’d only been able to spend about one After our dive, the wind came up, so and joined us. Louis had raced all over of the last seven months on Cap Cat in we set sail. That’s when Dave and Kim the world aboard Kialoa III, so he regaled Mexico, we did have a great time while started going over to the dark side. us with stories of the tragic Fastnet Race we were there. For example, we had a “To say these great folks were im- of ‘79, of sailing with King Juan Carlos Dave and Kim Griffi th aboard their S&S 80 pressed with a catamaran would be an of Spain, some big shot from Monaco, 'Kialoa III', one of the greatest American sailing understatement. One reason is that, and stuff like that. Louis had a million yachts ever — but also a handful for two. unlike Kialoa, Cap Cat doesn’t have 1.5- Kialoa stories. inch jib sheets, it doesn’t Kialoa is a handful for a cruising take 10 men to drop her couple, but she’s still in good shape and main off at the sailmaker, still looks great. Kim says that when and she doesn’t have a Dave walked down the dock to see her spinnaker pole — let alone for the fi rst time, he got that certain look LATITUDE/NICK a 35-foot one like Kia- in his eye. “You’re going to buy this boat, loa. In addition, Cap Cat aren’t you? she told him. “Probably,” he doesn’t heel, an important replied. I haven’t been without a boat in consideration for Dave, 40 years, and that’s the way I’ve bought who has had both hips all mine. I fall in love with them at fi rst replaced, and Kim, who sight, buy them, and just deal with any was about to have a hip problems later. replaced in La Paz. I’m not surprised the couple aren’t “A couple of days later, interested in a cruising cat. After all, of Dave and Kim told us that they’d put Kialoa III IN LATITUDES

me to say what a good time she was having, so I decided right then that we’d be taking our boat down on the '09. And

COURTESY CAP CAT COURTESY we did. In fact, we took the Stouffers as crew. And oh God, did we have a great time in Mexico! We spent eight months down there, and even though we didn’t get south of Banderas Bay, the good times

were really good, JESSE'S GIRL COURTESY and the bad times weren’t that bad at all.” O n e o f t h e most unpredictable things about cruising is how differently rules and laws are in- terpreted by Mexi- Shanna went blonde — can offi cials. For but only for the Ha-Ha example, the cou- Kick-Off Party. ple noted that, depending on what port you’re checking in or out of, you can just call in your clearance, or you might be able to have a marina do it, or you might have to show up at the port captain’s offi ce. Then there are the strange rules when clearing for the States from La Paz. “If you clear from La Paz to San Diego, says Jesse, “you have to have your boat inspected and pay $100 per crewmember to get a health clearance. La Paz is the only port that requires this, so we just Inter-species fun at its fi nest! A wonderfully since. In ‘08, they decided to relocate in cleared out of Ensenada for the States friendly sting ray fearlessly glides up to Jim San Diego. instead. Milski to lay a wet one on him. “I’d always wanted to do a Ha-Ha so “You'd think offi cials would require a the 36 Puddle Jump boats that braved bad,” says Shanna, “so even though we health clearance from a crew when they the strong weather to make it across to weren’t going to be doing it ourselves, were arriving in Mexico, not departing,” Moorea for the party, 12 of them were I was excited that we were going to laughs Shanna. cats. And when we pulled into the police be in San Diego and could enjoy the When they got to Ensenada, the Cus- dock in San Diego after a windless Baja festivities of the Kick-Off Party. Two toms guy demanded to know where the Bash in July, there were more cats than couples — Scott and Sue Rader of the During the Ha-Ha in '09, Jesse and Shanna re- ever.” Sausalito-based Catalina 42 Suebee, ally got into the spirit of things, joining the band — wayne 07/20/10 and Michael and Judy Stouffer of the for a rousing version of 'La Bamba'. Alameda-based Catalina Mi- Jesse’s Girl — Cat/Morgan 440 lagro — who are good friends Jesse and Shanna Hibdon of ours, were going to do the Cruising Mexico '08 Ha-Ha on Suebee. Well, (Ex-Alameda / San Diego) on the Saturday before the After talking with Jesse and Shanna Monday start, Michael went at the police dock in San Diego following to see an eye doctor about an their July Baja Bash, we were reminded infection. The doctor told him of how adventurous, unpredictable, it was possible he could lose JESSE'S GIRL COURTESWY and comedic the cruising life can be. vision in that eye if he did the The couple moved aboard their boat at Ha-Ha. So Michael and Judy Marina Village in Alameda the day they were out and Scott and Sue bought her in ‘06, had an onboard party needed crew. So I said, 'I’ll go!' for 38, and have been living aboard ever And I did." “That did it,” remembers Jesse. “Shanna kept calling CHANGES

other two people on the crew list were. As we’ve written previously, when you cruise citrus fruits and, if they wanted to keep in Mexico, the proof that you cleared in is their eggs, would have to boil them right your crew you had at your port of entry then. Mind you, these offi cers didn’t say — even though crew will later leave or anything about having to confi scate meat join the boat. Some- or anything meat had touched, includ- what understandably, ing packaging. And this was less than a the Customs folks in week after different Customs offi cers on Ensenada demanded the very same police pock had told Doña de Mallorca of Profl igate that not only

LATITUDE/NICK to know where the other people on Jesse’s did all meat products, and everything Girl's crew list were. It they had come in contact with, have to took a while to get that be confi scated, but would have to be straightened out. incinerated at great expense. While checking out Then came the matter of the an- of Ensenada, another nual $27 Customs sticker. Jesse said official demanded to he wasn’t familiar with it. One of the see a certifi cate prov- Customs offi cers told him, “We never ing that Jesse’s Girl used to enforce the law requiring them, was insured — just as but we’ve started now.” Funny, because all the marinas had. we’ve had to buy one for Profl igate every Customs said Jesse told the offi cial year. Shanna could keep that the boat was in- Of course, if you want real unpredict- her eggs — if she sured, which she was, ability, there’s the weather on the Baja boiled them. but that the proof was Bash. “There were seven boats that got out on the boat. The offi cial told him stuck in Bahia Santa Maria for 12 days,” to bring it with him when he returned. laughs Jesse. “I had to start making wa- Jesse did, but the offi cial didn't ask to ter for some of the other boats because see it again. they were running out.” If you think Mexican offi cials are out “Then we started to run out of food,” to harass cruisers, here’s proof that they remembers Shanna. “We were down to aren’t. When Jesse and Shanna sailed up rice and beans. So when we eventually into the Sea of Cortez, they realized that made it to Turtle Bay, we bought most of their six-month tourist visas had almost the food in town. I walked out of a store expired. So they went to Immigration with 22 bags of groceries," she laughs.” to get an extension. The offi cial at Im- If you’ve done a Ha-Ha, you know how migration told them not to worry; they salubrious the weather is at Bahia Santa didn’t need an extension! Indeed, when Maria in late October. Well, it’s not like success sailing upwind, the next thing they cleared out of Ensenada a couple that in June or July. “It was cold,” says the Hibdons knew was that he had called of months later, no offi cial said anything Jesse, “so cold that we even had to wear BOAT/US, and they were sending a boat about their visas having expired two jackets in the afternoons.” to tow him the 90 or so miles up to San months before! A few days after the food-buying binge Diego. Before anyone starts to criticize the in Turtle Bay, Jesse’s Girl left the north “Scott told us it was going to cost professionalism of Mexican officials, anchorage at Cedros for Colnett a little him $1,500 out of pocket,” remembers remember that U.S. offi cials aren’t any bit after the Helena, Montana-based Shanna. more consistent. For when Jesse’s Girl Columbia 50 Bliss. The 50 was for all Do Jesse and Shanna ever want to do cleared in at the police dock in San Di- intents and purposes being singlehanded another season in Mexico? ego, two female Customs offi cers said by a really likeable fellow named Scott, “Oh yes!” says Shanna, “I want to go the couple would have to destroy their who was new to sailing. Jesse and again this fall.” Judy and Michael, with his eye problems behind Shanna got to Colnett fi rst, and later “We’ve got about 12 close friends who him, display their just-arrived-in-Cabo smiles got a VHF call from Scott saying he was are going to do the Ha-Ha,” says Jesse, following the '09 Ha-Ha on 'Jesse's Girl'. eight miles from Colnett and was having “but I’m not sure we’ll make it again this to sail to the anchorage because year. But when you cruise, every day of engine problems. “Six hours is an adventure, so we sure want to go later we got another call from again in the future." Scott, saying he was still sail- — richard 06/10/10 ing, but now he was nine miles away! When he arrived in the Isis — Allied Princess 36 wee hours, he dropped the hook Burke, Kacey and Quinn Stancill

COURTESY JESSE'S GIRL COURTESY next to a massive kelp bed. The La Paz to Hilo, Hawaii next morning we towed him out (Seattle) of the kelp and into the anchor- When you’re lucky enough to be able age. to do one of those things that’s been Scott's being faced with plugged fuel ﬁ lters and having had little IN LATITUDES

ging, and a couple of times a minute the entire deck and cockpit would be

LATITUDE/NICK drenched with the spray of a wave that smacked into our beam. Good fun. Oh yeah, and the little salty drip constantly working through the corner of the window over the sea berth added to it. LATITUDE/RICHARD Over the middle couple weeks though, a couple of good things happened. One was that our bodies acclimated to being at sea. Like Although small, the poor folks living a ear plugs can be couple feet away from a big help. the subway tracks, we were amazed to fi nd ourselves sleeping through the cacophony. The twin miracles of ear- plugs and abject exhaustion helped. The other development was that the wind slowly abated and clocked around to the northeast — as it's supposed to do in the northeast trades. The wind was still what they call “reinforced” for the majority of our trip. As a result, we were amazed to fi nd ourselves under deeply reefed jib, reefed mizzen and no main, yet making a consistent 6+ knots with little bursts of actual surfi ng. Who knew our 38-year-old girl — buried in a literal ton of provisions by my amazing wife, a descendant of Mormons, had it in her? Further, with only about 1,000 miles to go, the conditions turned pretty sweet. The Catalina/Morgan 440 isn't the sleekest we had to fi nish Charlotte’s Web.) For several days, we zipped along pretty design, but to the delight of Shanna and Jesse, In contrast with our expectations, we comfortably, which allowed us to make she's very spacious both inside and out. had fairly rough weather. A several-day a few loaves of bread, do some dishes, on your ‘list’ for a long time, one of the gale was blowing on the outside of the straighten things up, catch a beautiful challenges is reconciling the reality of the Baja when we came around the tip at mahi, and grab some quality sleep. And experience with the expectations you’ve Cabo Falso, which was a bit of ‘good in addition to chatting to a nice Russian built up. This reconciliation became one news/bad news’. The good news was skipper on a ship en route from Korea of the main themes of our passage from that we immediately started making to Panama, we read a dozen books with La Paz to Hilo. “This,” Kacey would say 120-mile days where we'd expected to be While Kacey wasn't in a smiling mood all the a few times, “was not in the brochure.” scratching for any miles we could get in way across to Hawaii, cute little Quinn's spirits This is not to say that sailing to Ha- the light, fl uky breezes off Mexico. The never fl agged. waii didn’t live up to its billing. It was just bad news was that different. For example, had anyone told while we tried to get me we’d be in fl eece and foulies for the our ‘sea legs’ (code fi rst 1,200 miles, I would have laughed for not barfi ng over at them. Or that we wouldn’t see one the leeward rail ev- COURTESY ISIS COURTESY whale the whole way. (We saw so many ery once in a while, in Mexico that eventually Quinn wouldn't and slowly break- necessarily get out of his cabin to look ing down under the at them.) Or that we’d fi nish our 27-day lack of sleep), things passage so happy, tranquil, and blissed- were fairly chaotic out that we didn’t even bother to get off on the boat. After the boat for a whole day. We were per- all, we could see fectly content to savor the peaceful an- three distinct swells chorage and the last pot of chili, and not fighting with each having to get up to stand watch. (Plus, other, the wind was a constant howl in the sails and rig- CHANGES

Quinn. Oh yes, the Quinnster. Even though nice and gentle, but a little hard to ap- we live with the guy, we were still aston- preciate so late in the game. The last 16 ished at his indomitable good spirits. To miles into Hilo took almost 13 hours. be fair, he does kind of get the VIP treat- Ultimately, we found ourselves in ment around here. I mean, he’s four, so Hilo, which we knew to be a true island he’s not expected to do much beyond paradise from previous visits. It would keep his room safely be hard to imagine a better blend of stowed and not spill old Hawaii and stuff you want from the his soup. But still, modern world after a month at sea. For his ability to keep a example, it’s a great town to fi nd sushi Zen groove on was or get a tattoo, but it’s also a fi ne place COURTESY ISIS COURTESY unbelievable. More for people watching after having not seen than once, he was many people for so long. the only one on the Our plans are to go check out the vol- boat who managed cano, soak in the warm ponds, load up to see the beauty of at the farmer’s market, and hit the sails the situation. When again. We’d like to see Molokai, Lanai and at some point Kacey Maui on our way to Honolulu, where we articulated a thought have several boat jobs on the punch list The closer 'Isis' got I was having — “I’m — such as rebedding the port above the to Hawaii, the lighter sick of this. I don’t sea berth. We’ll then work over to Kauai the winds and the want to have to sail and deal with tearing ourselves away more the smiles. up to British Colum- from these incredible islands and sailing bia after we get to Hawaii!” — Quinn’s north. People say the biggest bummer of response was nice and calm. “Come on, the next leg is that it gets colder every Mom. This is just what we do.” day. Quinn was also the benefi ciary of one As for our nearly 40-year-old boat, of the most thoughtful gifts that any of she's basically ready for the next leg, al- us has ever seen. Chris and Emily, the though a few things need to be refreshed. kids on Adios III, who themselves are At least we're beginning to learn to stay survivors of a transoceanic passage in in front of the maintenance, rather than their formative years, put together a respond to problems after something Treasure Chest consisting of a month’s breaks or wears out. We did have to worth of daily gifts. The gifts were cool heave to for a couple hours on the way things such as note pads, pens, super- to re-sew a spot or two on the foot of hero napkins, kits to make Mother’s Day the jib where the cover was fraying. The really need is a place to sleep, a little and Happy Birthday cards, spools of amount of work our old sails continue warm food, and some quiet time with string, and the like. Opening these gifts to do amazes us. From Cabo Falso to on people we love. Quinn would add that gave Quinn something to look forward to the hook at Radio Bay, we ran the engine ice cream is one of the basics of life. when his parents were boring and also for a total of half an hour. Yes, we were — burke 07/05/10 added structure to his day. powered by cloth pulling and pushing By the time we were closing on the Big our boat through the water. After rely- Cruise Notes: Island, the wind went downright light. ing on your boat for so long, you can't There's an interesting trend in the Thanks to the second-hand drifter we help but develop a weird sort of personal sailboat market: Aussies and Kiwis are picked up from the great folks on Eros attachment — with what we constantly coming to California to buy boats. in La Paz, we were able to keep our boat remind ourselves is just a thing. But a They fi gure they can buy them, take a bobbing forward. The last 250 miles were thing that became our great friend. year or two cruising them back home — The last few miles into Hilo were slow — but During a nearly four-week ocean pas- and break even on the whole adventure. they would have been slower if the Stancills sage, you get a fair amount of time to Patrick Bloomer of the Margaret River hadn't picked up a used drifter in La Paz. just sit and think. It’s a bit disappointing area south of Perth in Western Australia then not to have distilled is one such guy, and he says he knows any particular crystals of of six other Aussie boatbuyers who were wisdom. Largely this trip doing the same thing six months ago. seems to have reminded us Shopping online, Bloomer found a about many of the things fully-equipped Ian Farrier 44 cat, the COURTESWY ISIS COURTESWY we already knew and be- construction of which was supervised lieved. For example, Kacey by Farrier himself in San Diego, for talks about being struck sale for $250,000. What got him really by how happy she feels keen on the deal is that the price had with just the basics of life. just been dropped to $250,000 from Such as the ability to eat $380,000. Figuring it would be hard dinner without dumping it to lose on a four-year-old cat that had all over the place. A good night’s sleep. How all we IN LATITUDES

into the water. And it remains hazardous all the way across the north part of LATITUDE/NICK the continent over to Broome, which is at about the same latitude as Townsville. Once south of there JOHN CHOUT to Perth, it's often windy with big seas. No wonder so many Aussie sailors head north to Indonesia. "I go up to Indo- nesia all the time," Bloomer told us. "It's perfect up there. I've always gone to surf because the waves Bali, perfect for a surf- are so great, but in'/sailin' high. there is great sailing by West Timor to Bali. Once you get to Sumatra, however, it's light winds and you have to motor." Bloomer isn't positive why boat prices are lower in the States, but fi gures it might have something to do with there being many more boats here than in New Zealand and Oz, as well as a recently favorable exchange rate. Whatever the reason, we're told that Seth and Elizabeth Hynes sold their Lagoon 380 Honeymoon at a premium in Australia compared to what they could have gotten in California. The San Francisco couple bought the boat on the East Coast of the U.S. in '08, cruised to Australia, but now have a little one — congrats to you! — Patrick Bloomer likes to think he still got a good mast. We'd had the rig inspected once, and are living back in The City. Several deal on a California cat to take back to Western but the problems couldn't be seen with- other cruisers are mulling over sailing Oz, but he wouldn't buy sight unseen again. out taking the turnbuckles apart." their cats to the Southern Hemisphere only been sailed 18 times and was fully Despite having to pour a bunch of and putting them up for sale. equipped, he bought her sight unseen time and money into the cat — he gives a “I’m almost done with my round of for $220,000. While Tiger is a "beauti- big thanks to the Newport Harbor YC for good-byes through the islands of Tahiti," ful ocean cat that really moves, and is putting them up for a month — Bloomer reports Liz Clark of the Santa Barbara- structurally very sound," Bloomer now thinks he still might break even. A big based Cal 40 Swell. “It’s very sad to thinks buying a boat unseen is "not very factor will be what the Aussie offi cials leave, but I’m excited to move on to new bright." value the cat at when she arrives in places.” Alas, Liz didn’t mention what "We've had problems with just about Bundaberg. The U.S. and Australia have new places she was headed to. If we're everything in getting Tiger sea safe," he a duty-free trade agreement, but the not mistaken, she just turned 30. Yikes, explains. "The kick-up rudders weren't Aussie government slaps a 10% GSC or Liz Clark believes in nature and the natural life, up to the job, so we had to build new sales tax on boats new to Australia. so she eats healthful foods such as fruits and ones. All the 12-volt stuff was really Because of the months of delays, nuts, and lots of veggies. Shouldn't we all? a mess. The engines needed to be re- Bloomer doubts he'll be able to get aligned, but what's worse is that they Tiger back to Western Australia are mounted right on the hulls so the this year as planned, and will only whole boat vibrates like crazy when we make it to the East Coast. We talked run them. But worst of all, after sailing a bit about sailing in Australia, 100 miles in the direction of Hawaii, we and he said that, while Sydney is discovered a major problem with the certainly the center of the action, SWELL COURTESEY triad, which is where the upper shrouds catamarans are very popular on and headstay meet on the rotating mast. the Queensland Coast in areas We had to come back to San Diego and protected by the Great Barrier Reef. are having to take the rigging apart and The only problem is that once you go over it all. At least we didn't lose the get very far north of the Whitsunday Islands, the saltwater crocs and box jellyfi sh make it hazardous to go CHANGES

how time does fl y! LA PALAPA Speaking as we were of Southeast last. Asia, we should report that the Sail In- The tragic facts are that Danish-born donesia Rally started on July 26 with American sailor Bo Kjaer-Olsen bled a bunch of U.S. boats in the 106-boat to death after being shot in the leg last fl eet. Among the familiar names are: month by one of the fi ve assailants who Convergence, West Marine founder attempted to rob his 70-ft S&S schoo- Randy Repass's Wylie 66 from Santa ner Antares while she was at anchor Cruz; Esprit, Charles, Catherine and on the Rio Plantanal in Panama. The Jaime MacWilliams' Kelly-Peterson 46 attack occurred at Baja Pipon, along a from Colorado; La Palapa, Roger and sparsely populated stretch of the river Tobé Hayward's Catalina/Morgan 440 roughly eight miles south of the town from King Harbor; Linda, Steve and of Pedregal, where Antares had been Linda Maggart's Bounty II from Elephant anchored for about six months. Kjaer- Butte, New Mexico; Po 'Oino Roa, Jerry Olsen’s son Zach was also shot, but and Kathy McGraw's Kelly-Peterson 44 survived, although he has a bullet lodged from Newport Beach; Scarlett O'Hara, in his spine. Sujey Rodriquez, Zach’s John and Renee Prentice's Serendipity Panamanian wife, was badly beaten but 43 from San Diego; Second Wind, Bill Seen here toasting the start of their circumnav- also survived. Heumann and Marjorie Menz's C&C igation, Tobé and Roger Hayward of 'La Palapa' Panama, and the upriver city of Landfall 48 from Juneau; Sisiutl, Bob joined the Sail Indonesia Rally last month. Pedregal, have long been considered Bechler's Gulfstar 41 from Portland; them. Also interesting is that Linda, the very safe by cruisers, so many began to Thumb's Up, Ivan Orgee's Catalina 42 fi berglass Rhodes Bounty II — sister- wonder what might have been the cause from Alameda; and Victory Cat, Tim ship to the boat Latitude was founded of the attack. After researching the mat- Henning's Seawind 1160 from Anthem, on — was built in Sausalito 53 years ago! ter, reporter Don Winner of the widely Arizona. All of these boats but Conver- And they said fi berglass boats wouldn't read and well-respected online maga- gence have done the Ha-Ha, and several zine Panama Guide is convinced that it have done two, three, or even four of was not a random attack. He believes

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that Kjaer-Olsen — who was a longtime the belief that Kjaer- treasure diver — and his family were Olsen kept such valu- singled out because they were believed ables aboard, rather to have a sizeable quantity of 17th- than locked up in a COURTESY BOB MCALVAIN COURTESY century gold aboard their schooner. The bank, that led to the picture Winner paints of Kjaer-Olsen’s attack. Because there life is a colorful one: Born in Denmark, is plenty of drug traf- he immigrated with his family to South ﬁ cking in and around Africa, where he lived until the late ‘70s. Panama, others have A passionate outdoorsman, he grew up speculated that drugs assisting game wardens in the wild, then may have played a role later got heavily into scuba diving, rock in the attack. But long- climbing and exploring uncharted cav- time friends of Kjaer- erns — supposedly motivated by stories Olsen are adamant that of hidden treasure. After falling in love he would never have with an American model and moving to been involved in drugs, Hawaii, he developed a highly successful and say that tales of a large amount We're not sure that Liz Clark would approve, aquaculture business in the islands. At of gold being on Antares are complete but the main dish at the last Veleros de Baja some point Kjaer-Olsen found Antares nonsense, too. All we know for sure is event was this 150-lb pig. for sale in California, and modiﬁ ed her to that Kjaer-Olsen is dead, and that most But thanks to the revived Sea of Cortez be a liveaboard boat equipped for diving cruisers continue to believe Panama is Sailing Week and, even more so, Bob expeditions. still a great and safe place to cruise. McAlvain and others who created the According to Winner, Kjaer-Olsen had For many years there wasn't much in Veleros de Baja, that's been changing. recently completed a salvage operation of the way of racing in the Sea of Cortez, The Veleros group is working to put on a sunken treasure ship in Honduras. His not even the 'nothing serious' variety. a regatta a month during the season, take was reportedly about $200,000 in and their next big event will be the Gov- Spanish gold. Winner thinks that it was ernor's Cup from Cabo to La Paz right Your Boatyard in the Heart of Paradise HAULOUT • Marine Travelift 25 tons Our Services| • Marine railway 120 tons • Storage in adjustable steel cradles • Fenced Yard PAINTING • Topsides, hull, bottom, varnish • Brush, roller, spray MECHANICAL WORK • Inboard, outboard, diesel, gas • All brands REPAIRS Large, fenced, secure dry storage area • Electrical repairs • Refrigeration installation & repair Tahiti Customs policy has changed! • Fiberglass & woodwork Foreign Flag vessels can stay on dry storage in • Welding, steel, stainless, aluminum our yard for up to 12 months out of 24. SAIL LOFT • Sail repairs, biminis, dodgers, covers STORE Professional boatyard in the heart of Paradise • International, Pettit, Epiglass, Devoe • Spares Raiatea Carenage will make sure • Fill U.S. gas cylinders paradise is everything you expected. DO-IT-YOURSELFERS WELCOME! Call, write, or sail in . . . we're here to serve you. BoatUS Cooperating Marina B.P. 1111 Uturoa Raiatea 98 735 Polynésie Française Tel: (689) 600-545 ~ Fax: (689) 600-546 ~ VHF 68 A Subsidiary of The Moorings Yacht Charter, Ltd. Web site: http://www.raiatea.com/carenage ~ email: [email protected]

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after the end of this year's Ha-Ha. That AUSSIE TIM will be followed by a Christmas Regatta to communicate as required by the No- in December, a Full Moon Regatta in tifi cation Rule. In '07-'08, an American January, a Valentine's Regatta in Febru- and a Dutch couple were each separated ary, a Carnival Regatta in March, and so from tens of thousands of dollars in fi nes, forth. All except the Governor's Cup will court costs, and lawyer fees for violat- be based out of La Paz, and most will ing the rule. Relations had become a bit be relatively short. The Veleros de Baja, more cordial between offi cials and cruis- the Club Cruceros de La Paz, and Sea ers since then. That is, until two weeks of Cortez Sailing Week folks are happily ago, when Customs nailed two sailors working together to make sure the dates from New Zealand for $2750 in fi nes of their events don't confl ict so everyone and court costs. The pair had checked can participate in all the events. By the in with a Customs agent at Lord Howe way, the dates of Sea of Cortez Sailing Island while enroute to Brisbane, and Week in '11 have been moved from the thought that this covered the 96-Hour month of April to the month of May, and Notifi cation requirement. Wrong! So all will follow Loreto Fest. Participants in cruisers in that area should be aware of past SOC's agreed that it would be a the situation." good idea to postpone the event so there From time to time over a period of would be more time for boats to make it Each tentacle of a box jellyfi sh has 500,000 about 10 years starting in the late '90s, up from the Banderas Bay Regatta in harpoon-shaped needles, making them almost we published cruising reports from Ha- March — and because it's too damn cold as dangerous as Aussie Customs offi cers. waii to Southeast Asia from Leslie King of for swimming in the Sea in April! Ericson 39 Miles Ahead. "The problem Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Wilderness "Two years ago, I wrote Latitude re- was a result of yachties failing to com- 40 Tropicbird. King would cruise for garding the rough treatment that some ply with Australia's infamous 96-Hour awhile, then come home for six months foreign yachtsmen were getting from Notifi cation Rule. It was, and still is, to two years, then cruise again for six Australian Customs offi cers, especially physically impossible for most skippers months to a year. We regret to report those located in Queensland," writes that King passed away on June 15 as Miles Lewis of the Alamitos Bay-based the result of a bizarre accident. He and

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Thailand in February and, when they visited Lisbon, Cadiz, ADAGIO COURTESY fl ew home on March 17, King was suf- Spain and Gibraltar. In fering from extreme jet-lag. So the next fact, Rodney celebrated afternoon he took an Ambien to help him his 50th by climbing up sleep. He ended up not only sleepwalk- the rock. As for Jane, ing, but falling from the upper level of just the thought that his condo to the brick fl oor below. King they are only a train ride would spent 13 weeks in various ICU away from Paris makes units before he passed on. her feel warm and fuzzy. In much more pleasant news, the We know the feeling; it's Pimentel family of Alameda — Rodney, a good one. Jane, R.J. and Leo — report they are "We recently made our now cruising Europe. While Rodney and second trip from New fellow racers from Northern California Zealand to New Caledo- took the family's Leopard 47 Azure II nia," report Steve and from the Caribbean to the Azores, the Dorothy Darden, former residents of Among the lucky ones to have gotten out of New last leg from the Azores to Lagos, Por- Tiburon, "aboard our Morrelli & Melvin Zealand this season, the Dardens moved on to tugal, was strictly a family affair. Jane 52 catamaran Adagio. "The fi rst time the beautiful waters of the Loyalty Islands. found the last day of that leg to be pretty was our maiden voyage in September us for 10 years now, and we continue nasty, with winds to 35 knots, big seas, '00, which was a peaceful passage. This to feel that his professional weather ex- poor visibility and an endless stream of year's voyage wasn't so peaceful, but ma- pertise is a very high-return investment. ships. "For Rodney, of course, it was just jor dramas were avoided because of typi- This is especially Rick’s enroute over- another day on the water." she sighs. cally adroit weather routing advice from sight, which on this passage rewarded The 3,439-mile Atlantic crossing was Rick Shema of Hawaii. Rick has advised us with a comfortable trip and, unlike completed in two months' time, including some less fortunate boats, no serious stops at Bermuda and various islands in gear breakage. Before leaving Opua, we'd

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estimated a 4.5-day passage to Noumea. We expected a low to form east of New often nasty route from New Zealand to Caledonia, and this was projected to the South Pacifi c," says Roll. "We were track southeast, making a rhumb line delayed so long that Dietmar, who re- course to New Caledona viable. Thanks ally likes New Zealand, decided to buy a to being confi dent about our routing, we business there with another cruiser. So were the fi rst yacht to clear out of Opua he put off the return trip to the South on June 14. As it turned out, our 4.5-day Pacifi c until next year. Roll says that a passage became a seven-day passage few boats did get out, but a couple of because the low moved farther west, those that tried really got hammered. and we wanted to sail clockwise around In fact, as soon as one cruiser got back it for comfort and safety. But it worked to New Zealand, he put his boat up for out well." sale." We'll have more on this and the The normal South Pacific ‘Milk Carinthia's travels in the next issue. Run’ consists of leaving Mexico in the Shortly after the Fourth of July, spring, fooling around in the South Pa- while Seattle had temps in the 80s, and cifi c until about October, then heading the East Coast was roasting in record down to New Zealand for the Southern Kurt Roll liked his dinner salad. But what he 100-degree weather, San Diego, of all Hemisphere summer to get out of the really would have liked was to be able to sail places, had the lowest high temperature tropical cyclone zone. After spending the 'Carinthia' back up to the South Pacifi c. — 59 degrees! — in the United States. southern hemisphere summer in New Lagoon 440 cat Carinthia, and who was It was so cold that girls on the beach Zealand, in May or June the cruising supposed to crew with them back up to were wearing fl eece under their bikinis fl eet heads back up to the islands of the Tonga and Fiji, it didn't work out that and ski hats. 'June Gloom,' of course, South Pacifi c for another season. way this year. "Almost everybody was is the norm for all of coastal Southern Well, according to Kurt Roll of San stuck in New Zealand for at least two California, but it's not supposed to last Diego, who crewed from Mexico to New months because of bad weather on the as long as it has this year. "I've lived here Zealand aboard Dietmar Petutschnig forever," says Chuck Driscoll of Driscoll and Suzanne Dubose's Las Vegas-based Boatyard on Shelter Island where we

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spent several weeks with Proﬂ igate, encouraged him to take it LATITUDE/NICK "and after the Fourth of July there is only back to to see what might supposed to be a light marine layer, one happen. Apparently the that burns off by noon. I can't remember bike was a little bit older it being this bad before." The good news than John had told us, for cruisers headed south is that the best and West Marine couldn't weather months for coastal Southern find any record of the California are August, September and purchase or the warranty. October. So as John had expected John and Carol Stubbs, along with all along. his request for a their pit bull Hennesey and their col- refund was turned down. lie mix Marley, arrived in California in It was only by following June after a two-year cruise from Florida up on this story that we aboard their Lauderdale-based Morgan learned West Marine has Out-Island 41 Digital. They had a num- changed its once extremely liberal return After more than two years of being on 'Digital' ber of adventures that we'll be reporting policy. Although many sailors many not from Florida to California, the Jetty Express was on next month, but the thing that really realize it, as of June 1 you have to return no longer safe for riding at high speeds. attracted our attention was their Jetty things to West Marine within 30 days pulous sailors who have 'bought' some Express folding bike. Although John said to get your money back. And you must foul weather gear or electronics for a they had bought the bike only two years have the receipt. particular event, used them, and then before from West Marine in Florida, it While we're sure some people are going returned them for a full refund — as was a mass of rust. In fact, all the spokes to grouse about the dramatic tightening they had planned all along. And when on the front wheel had rusted to oblivion. of the rules, it's not that surprising, as a few cruisers came back from a season "I was going to take it to West Marine to the policy has often been abused. We in Mexico, they'd go to West Marine see what they thought of it," said John, hate to say it, but we've known unscru- and ask for refunds on products they "but I'm too embarrassed." But since he'd had a receipt for — and products they paid $100 for an extended warranty, we claimed to have thrown away in Mexico.

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24-FT SAN JUAN, 1978. Brisbane Ma- 20-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT FLICKA. WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed rina. Sealed bid auction. A sealed bid lien 1992. Presently cruising her in San Deadline has always been the 18th of the sale has been set for Monday, August, Carlos, Mexico. $40,000/obo. This month, and it’s still pretty much a brick 30, 2010, at 10am. All sealed bids will little girl is in excellent condition, load- wall if you want to get your ad into the be opened at that time and the vessel ed and ready to take you anywhere. magazine. But it’s not so important any- awarded to the highest bidder. Visa, http://picasaweb.google.com/sirena.jh/ more when it comes to getting exposure MasterCard, cashier’s check or money Dulcinea02?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWk1t- for your ad. With our new system, your order will be accepted upon award of B3fXvCA&feat=email#. (011-521) 622- ad gets posted to our website within a the highest bid, no later than the close 120-1344 or email me for details at day or so of submission. Then it appears of business at 5pm. For further informa- [email protected]. in the next issue of the magazine. So tion, or to view the boat, please contact you’re much better off if you submit or 20-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT FLICKA. the Brisbane Marina. Boat is sold as is, J/24, 1978, FORT BRAGG, CA. $4,000. 1978. Lake Tahoe, CA. $22,000/obo. renew your ad early in the month. That with no warranties. Brisbane Marina, 400 With useable sails. Two mains, 130%, Very good condition, 9.9hp Honda OB, way your ad begins to work for you im- Sierra Point Parkway, Brisbane, CA, 100%, 80%, spinnaker w/pole. No motor. roller furler, two headsails, two anchors, mediately. There’s no reason to wait for 94005. (650) 583-6975. Dual axle trailer included. Good condition VHF, AM/FM/CD, sink, 2-burner stove, the last minute. with some minor fi berglass repairs need- tandem axle trailer, can deliver on West ed. Needs bottom paint. Email for photos. Coast. Lots of extras. (775) 856-1214 or [email protected] or (707) 813-7644. [email protected]. DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS 24-FT MELGES, 1999. San Francisco. $28,500. Hull #417. Lightly used and AND ROWBOATS one of the fast 400 series boats. New: (1) boom, (2) top and bottom keel Delrins, 16-FT GRAND BANKS DORY. $2,900 or (3) companionway launcher (complete), reasonable offer. Traditionally built Grand (4) reinforced stanchion elbows, (5) tiller, Banks dory in top condition. Needs noth- (6) Hutchinson lifelines, (7) spare forestay, ing. Two pairs of varnished ash oars with 23-FT DEHLER SPRINTA SPORT, 1981. (8) spare SS jib halyard, (9) bow sprit, (10) sewn leathers. Full equipment. Motor well South Beach YC, SF. $3,500. Dehler de- Mercury 4hp outboard. Comes complete for small outboard. Will fi t on any small sign by Van de Stadt, Momentum is an ex- with trailer, cover and a decent set of trailer (about 145 lbs.) (510) 830-7982. citing racer/cruiser with rebuilt outboard, sails. Now is the time to grab this hot 21-FT CAL, 1970. $3,485. Swing keel, low new Pineapple mainsail, Harken headfoil boat and start building up to some world trailer, new tires, 5 sails (main, jib, genoa, and berth covers. Fractional rig. http:// class regattas on the West Coast, includ- spin., drifter). 3.3 Merc OB, radio. Beau- 24 FEET & UNDER sites.google.com/site/sprintasport23. ing the North Americans (San Francisco) tifully refi nished by Peter Schoonmaker. (415) 683-3632 or [email protected]. in 2012 and Worlds (San Francisco) in Has won, and can win the short races. J/24 ONE CLASS DESIGN, 1981. Berke- 2013. Reduced from $35,000 to $28,500. PHRF 264/268. Call (949) 837-5712. ley Marina. $4,500. 2 mains, genoa, 70% 18-FT CAPRI, 1986. Humboldt Bay, CA. www.jamjam.com. (415) 606-5766 or jib, 110% jib, 2 spinnakers. 6hp Mercury $3,800. Clean, complete & ready to sail. 2 [email protected]. 24-FT MELGES. Alameda Boatyard. outboard, overhauled in May, new tiller, adult & 2 small berths, Johnson 4hp out- $20,000. Hull #14. Race ready. Full boat bottom painted 3 years ago. http://gallery. board & trailer (needs paint). Unsinkable covers. Contact Frank. (512) 750-5735 or me.com/gschehl#100067. (415) 320-2476 & self-righting cool boat! (707) 442-2496 [email protected]. or [email protected]. or [email protected].

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Page 154 • Latitude 38 • August, 2010 J/24, NIXON WAS COOL, $8000. 26-FT MACGREGOR, 2001. Lake Reduced. Multi-season SF Bay fleet Elsinore $17,000/obo. Lightly used, well champion. Fast, ready-to-go one-design maintained, 26X with trailer. Extras include racer, with dual-axle trailer. New North roller furling jib, sail covers, lifeline cov- San Diego sails, outboard, TackTick, ers, illuminated compass, 25hp Honda new standing rigging and boom. Details outboard, bimini, cockpit table, trailer at website. www.gybethejib.com/nixon. surge brakes, marine radio, stereo. (949) [email protected] or call (415) 697-2306 or [email protected]. 595-2566.

28-FT ISLANDER, 1984. Emeryville. MORGAN M27, 1972. Benicia. $3,500. 25 TO 28 FEET $19,900. Ridiculous. Cruiser/racer in Fiberglass sloop, Yanmar inboard diesel, great condition. North main, Mylar/Kevlar tillerpilot, propane heater, inverter, fridge, genoa, jib halyard and sheets, lifelines head, roller furling jib. (707) 249-9289 or and batteries, all 2008. Standing rig- [email protected]. ging replaced 2005. 2009 bottom, diver maintained. Wheel, Yanmar diesel. Roller furler, spinnaker pole, second jib, stereo, VHF, depth, knotmeter, new TackTick wind instrument, lazy jacks, new companion- 27-FT TARTAN, 1966. San Diego. way and wheel covers. (510) 531-4204 or $15,000. Pocket cruiser. Excellent con- [email protected]. dition. Same owners since 1974. Volvo Penta diesel, Fleming wind vane, radar, 28-FT PEARSON, 1976. Berkeley. furling jib, propane, solar panel, wind- $14,750. Great Bay boat. Complete screen, dodger, lots more. Death forces reﬁ t since 2007. New items: jib and furl- sale. Photos on Craig’s List. Go to http:// ing system, fresh water head, rigging, ERICSON 26+, 1984. Richardson Bay sandiego.craigslist.org. (619) 804-0402. lifelines, thru hulls, refrigeration, plus.. Marina. $9,900. Yanmar GM1 with new 2005 mainsail, GPS, depth. Bottom head, low hours. Harken roller jibs 85% job 2009. Pictures online. Go to: www. and 125%, spinnaker, deep keel, tall rig. 29 TO 31 FEET ﬁ rstamnapa.com/IBEX. (415) 205-0687 Lightly used only in SF Bay. (415) 902- or (707) 363-3196. 5930 or [email protected].

28-FT ISLANDER, 1977. San Rafael. 25-FT SANTANA 525, 1980. Lake Don $8,900. Turn-key ready Bay and Delta Pedro, Fleming Meadows. $3,000/obo. boat. Great sailing boat, very balanced. New North Sail mainsail, gennaker & Six jibs, new Ullman main, wheel, Volvo rigging, 24 volt electric motor with solar diesel. Lines aft, easy to singlehand. panels for recharging. Excellent condition. Needs a new captain! Call for more info. (209) 575-2653 ext: 303, (209) 471-9968 (707) 478-7296 or [email protected]. or [email protected].

MACGREGOR 26X, 1999. San Rafael. 30-FT CAPE DORY, 1982. Morro Bay. $16,500. Immaculate condition. 50hp $30,000. Wonderful sea-kindly cutter. 4-stroke, roller furling jib, cockpit cush- 27-FT O’DAY, 1978. San Rafael, CA. One of Carl Alberg’s best designs. Volvo ions, sun shade. VHF radio, depth fi nder, $11,900. NOW 1K below NADA guides. MD7A, VHF, radar, chartplotter, autopi- dual batteries, cockpit table. 22” wheel Rare on West Coast. CLEAN turnkey lot, depth meter, roller furling headsail, helm. Sail slugs, sail covers and much race winner. Comfortable cruiser. Yan- dodger, cockpit shade and more. Bought more. Trailer included. (415) 456-2644. mar diesel. Dual AGM’s inverter Martec bigger boat - must sell. bobjenkizziar@ folding prop. Dripless shaft seal. ProFurl sbcglobal.net. 26-FT PEARSON ARIEL, 1964. Sau- AP with remote. Call (415) 269-3140 or salito. $Make offer. Full suit o’ sails, [email protected]. 30-FT NONSUCH, 1979. Newport Beach. 2-speed self-tailing Lewmars, all lines led 25-FT OLSON, 1988. Alameda. $9,500. $33,000. Possible Newport slip. Electric aft, strong inboard. Stout Bay/ocean boat New 6hp Mercury OBM, whisker pole, halyard winch, GPS, autopilot, VHF, LPG that sails great, and needs a little dolling VHF radio, 2 anchors, cockpit cushions, cabin heater, LPG water heater. Solar up. Perfect beginner boat or cruiser with main, working jib, genoa, new mainsail panel, solar vent, Volvo diesel and sail- a few upgrades. Possible Sausalito slip cover, alcohol stove, 2 coolers, Porta- drive. Extra sail and sailcover. New fi xed transfer. (415) 225-4319. Potti. Lines led aft for easy singlehanding. propeller, dodger. Lots of gear and spares. Great shape. (510) 995-8852 or tbstrand@ Best priced Nonsuch in the country. (949) 26-FT ISLANDER EXCALIBUR, 1966. comcast.net. 675-1134 or [email protected]. Berkeley. $2,900. Great, responsive boat, barely used 4-stroke outboard, 2 jibs, one 25-FT O’DAY, 1984. San Francisco 30-FT CATALINA, 1979. Rio Vista. main, bottom job 2 years ago, ready for Bay. $11,500/obo. Excellent condi- $8,900. Good stiff Bay or Delta boat, roller the Bay; great learning boat. Call with any tion, 4-stroke Mercury, bottom painted 26-FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, furling, tiller, Atomic 4. (559) 284-2144 or questions or to schedule a visit. (510) 205- 2008. Mainsail, genoa, jib and roller 1969. Berkeley Marina. $5,500. Recent [email protected]. 2148 or [email protected]. furling, wheel steering optional, depth bottom job and topside paint. New Pine- sounder, compass, VHF, radio/stereo, apple main 2005, new standing rigging 30-FT RAWSON, 1964. $6,000. It’s 28-FT BUCCANEER, 1979. Phoenix. BBQ, dinghy. EZLoad tandem trailer. 2006. 2003 Nissan 6hp outboard. 406 all here, William Garden design, 6 ft. $15,000/obo. Center cockpit, positive http://home.surewest.net/plaver/oday.html. EPIRB (due for battery change). 2 spinnys. headroom, very heavy fi berglass cruis- fl otation, 6’2” headroom, aft cabin/double (916) 743-3399. Headsails rough but usable. This boat ing sloop with an easy starting, good bed, inboard Volvo diesel, Autohelm handles SF Bay well. The heavy full keel running 27hp Yanmar diesel that just sips wheel steering, GPS, depth gauge, radio, provides a nice smooth ride even in heavy fuel. (530) 534-5245, (530) 333-3673 or refrigerator, stove, solar panel, dinghy w/ chop. 2-time solo Transpac vet. Ready [email protected]. OB. 2-axle trailer. Pictures on website. to sail. Nice upwind slip for sailing in/out www.rhmarx.com. (928) 684-9606 or may be transferred. www.getandpost. [email protected]. com/reliance/index.php. (408) 370-0151 or [email protected].

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August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 155 30-FT WYLIECAT, 2009. Redwood City. $185,000/obo. Well prepared and barely used WC30 Mojito. Race faired bottom, upgraded winches & lines, ﬂ ush thru-hulls, carbon sail, GPS, VHF, all safety gear. Beautiful dark blue hull with ENGINES • PARTS • SERVICE varnished wood. (408) 234-4402 or john@ castlerock.com. We Ship Anywhere 1-800-326-5135 (415) 453-1001 30-FT FISHER/NORTHEASTER, 1976. FAX: (415) 453-8460 San Diego, CA. $79,500. The aft cabin version of the famous British motorsailer www.helmutsmarine.com Fisher yachts. New Yanmar, new North Call us for 619 Canal Street your nearest San Rafael, CA 94901 sails. She is absolutely Bristol inside and Volvo Penta dealer out. For photos and complete information 1-800-326-5135 see website. www.will-shelton.com. (619) 616-9209 or [email protected].

AUTHORIZED POWER CENTER 30-FT C&C, 1975. San Rafael. $15,500. 30-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1981. Fast. One of only 12 built by C&C. A per- Fortman Marina, Alameda. $18,000/ fect boat for individual or racing partner- obo. GPS, dodger furling jib. Strong del. ship and affordable way to compete in the engine. Clean boat. Good all around boat. local Bay Area racing scene. Rebuilt Volvo Ext sails. Wheel steering. Getting old, diesel. [email protected]. need to sell. (209) 984-2085 or bkseeker@ sbcglobal.net. NEWPORT 30 II, 1979. San Francisco. $17,000. Wheel steering, 16hp diesel, roller furling, main, 2 jibs, spinnaker all in VG condition. Autopilot, wind instruments, CNG SS stove, smart battery charger, inverter. Too much equipment to list. Email for list. SF Marina berth transferable. (415) 564-5209 or bswanson1@ sbcglobal.net.

30-FT RAWSON PILOTHOUSE, 1977. Sacramento. $9,500. World cruiser dry docked Sacramento. Perkins M-30, Furlex furling, JRC radar, hydraulic dual stations. A/B reefer. Longer list. Needs starter motor, some deck delam work and misc. electrical. Was in water December. (916) 216-9700. QUALITY CUSTOM CRUISING SAILS FOR LESS! SANTANA 3030PC, 1982. Ventura. $27,000. Race or cruise. 2-cyl Yanmar 267hrs. New headliner/cabin sole/elec- MAINSAILS trical panels. New rod rigging. Harken traveler/genoa leads. Harken roller furler, NOW MIZZENS dodger, H/C pressure shower, CNG stove/ STAYSAILS oven. Full sail inventory. Too much to list. 10% (805) 581-9220 or [email protected]. OFF HEADSAILS SPINNAKERS 30-FT ISLANDER MK II, 1971. Moss Landing Harbor District. $9,780. 4-cyl 30-FT CATALINA, 1985. Loch Lomond SAILCOVERS gas inboard (Palmer P60). Fiberglass Marina. $22,750. Very clean. Universal 25 STRONGTRACK hull w/teak trim. 3-burner alcohol stove/ 785 hrs runs great. Wheel w/Autohelm. 4 oven, BBQ. Depth/fi shfi nder, CB and VHF ST winches. High-end dodger, new cover. radio. Recent work: Sept ‘09 hauled out, (510) 521-2353 • [email protected] Cockpit cushions like new. PSS shaft seal. tuned up, oil change, new head, replaced Sails serviceable. Interior like new. CNG through hulls and zincs. Sails include 2021 Alaska Packer Pl. • Grand Marina • Alameda, CA 94501 stove with oven. Norcold fridge. Hot/cold spinnaker, 2 storm jibs, 100% & 130% pressure water. Custom queen bed in the genoa. Mahogany interior. 5 lifejackets, main cabin. This boat has been VERY SAILMAKER TO THE WORLD SINCE 1947 lots of extras. Sleeps 4 comfortably. lightly used. Good solid boat. Ready to sail. Take over slip. (831) 915-6783, (831) 659-1921 or [email protected]. We are always looking out for you! American Yacht Insurance for boats over 26 feet. We provide cover for any fl ag Germany • Great Britain • Monaco registration or Denmark • Austria • Spain • Croatia navigation. Sweden • USA* 500 Mamaroneck Avenue Suite 318 Harrison, NY 10528 Repair, Phone (914) 381-2066 Restoration & Newport Shipyard New Construction One Washington Street Fred Andersen Boat & Woodworks (510) 522-2705 Newport, RI 02840 Phone (401) 619-1499 STARBOARD YACHT DELIVERIES www.pantaenius.com Over 50,000 sea miles • Pacifi c, Caribbean, Atlantic *Pantaenius America Ltd. is a licensed insurance agent licensed USCG Master 100 GT STCW • Power & Sail in all 50 states. It is an independent corporation incorporated under the laws of New York and is a separate and distinct entity from any entity of the Pantaenius Group. Rick Whiting • (415) 740-2924 • [email protected] USA09037 www.hqhh.de

Page 156 • Latitude 38 • August, 2010 33-FT HUNTER, 1979. Vallejo Marina. 35-FT ERICSON, 1974. Downtown Sau- $10,500. Cherubini design, 2QM15 Yan- salito. $33,500. Upwind slip with view of mar diesel, autopilot, windlass, reefer, Angel Island from the cockpit, forest green good sails, new bottom paint, roomy teak canvas, dodger, roller furling, gennaker, interior, heater, extra gear. Fun, easy sail- D.S., K.M., VHF, GPS, Avon inﬂ atable, ing, great Bay boat. Mexico veteran, 2nd Yanmar diesel-950 hrs. A very pretty boat. owner. (925) 942-0554 or bpdarawson@ (707) 357-1309. yahoo.com.

32-FT ERICSON, 1974. Redwood City. ETCHELLS #520, 1981. Seattle. $8,000/ 33-FT RANGER, 1975. Santa Cruz. $16,900. Betamarine 220hrs, Alpha 3000 obo. Ontario hull, quick boat ready to $22,750. Great boat. New topside, paint, autopilot, 100%, 125% UK tape drive race. Excellent Ullman racing sails, Doyle nonskid and refinished teak. Tall rig, new, roller furling, self-tailing winches, all spinn + many extra sails. 2008 rig refi t PHRF 150, newly rebuilt 1GM10 Yanmar lines led aft, dodger, SSB, depth and knot- and professional paint, faired Baltoplate diesel, dripless stuffing box, dodger, meter 3 reef main, surveyed July 2009. bottom. Ronstan quick-adjust shrouds, new Raymarine GPS A50 chartplotter, (650) 575-2466 or [email protected]. Windex, tiller extension, deck compass, new cushions, foredeck traveler for jib, dual bilge pumps, motor bracket, Honda 90, 150 and storm jibs, 3 reefs laid in, 8 32-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1964. outboard. Road-ready galvanized trailer. winches, davits, reinforced stern, tons Ventura. $8,000/obo. GPS, radar, wind 33-FT HANS CHRISTIAN, 1980. San Priced for quick sale. Call or email for of extras, fast and comfortable. One generator, 85w solar panel, depth, auto- Diego. $119,000. Change of plans! more details. (509) 548-4599 or hnjhome@ year lower harbor slip available. Hawaii pilot, propane range, A/B refrig, strong Fully refi tted for S. Pacifi c voyage. New nwi.net. veteran. www.elkhornyc.com/Tequila. diesel, dodger, bimini. Good rigging, Yanmar, electronics, watermaker, sails, (408) 828-0534. sails. Needs painting, but completely rigging, batteries, solar, canvas, dinghy 30-FT BODEGA/GOLDEN GATE, 1977. sailable; used often. Med school forces and spares. Loads of cruising gear. Ready Key West, Florida. $25,000. Gently cir- ERICSON 35+, 1983. Emeryville, CA. sale. (805) 570-9883 or svdaedalus2005@ to go. (619) 319-0136. cumnavigated and ready to go again. $51,500. Nicely maintained. Recent yahoo.com. Sea-kindly Chuck Burns design, 6 sails, haul-out. Fairly new sails and hatches. 35-FT SCHOCK, 1988. Alameda, CA. new oversize s.s. rigging, Monitor wind- Autohelm 6000 AP, diesel, fridge, furler, $25,000/obo. Most bang for the buck, vane, Volvo diesel with manuals and spare dodger, plotter, more. Please email me racing or cruising! Yanmar 3GM30, low parts. Located in a legal live-aboard slip to get link to photos and more info. (925) hours. New rod rigging. Spectra halyards. in Key West, Florida. Sail to Panama 16 to 754-4560, (925) 642-7600 or pmchin47@ Schock approved strut upgrade. New 22 days and you are on your way around. hotmail.com. heavy duty keel frames. New rudder & Asking $25,000 for Kiana and $25,000 for bearing. New bottom paint. 11 sails. the slip. (305) 292-1950 or kiana4sail@ She’s ready to sail today! Contact Brad gmail.com. Sampson at either (831) 475-3917 or [email protected].

32-FT COLUMBIA 5.5 METER, 1966. Marina Village, Alameda. $6,900. 5-time national champion. Major refi t 2005: Two kites, two jibs, main, carbon pole, custom cockpit cover, two compasses, berth on 5.5 row. Ready to race now. Adam. (804) 32-FT MARINER, 1971. Sausalito. 384-7859 or [email protected]. $49,500. Bulletproof cruising ketch, delights the eye, ready to go. Back 34-FT SAN JUAN, 1984. $39,000. Price 30-FT LANCER, C&C DESIGN, 1980. from Mexico; all new standing, some reduced. Fast comfortable, blue water Marina Bay, Pt. Richmond, CA. $30,000/ new running rigging, bottom job, masts cruiser, excellent condition. 6’ headroom, 34-FT C&C, 1979. South Beach Harbor. obo. Fractional sloop, wheel steering, painted, more, at KKMI July 2010; new galley, sleeps six, rod rigging. Roller furl- $29,500. Great sailboat in great shape. 90, Yanmar 2QM15. Redecorated cabin. New batteries, BBQ, tanks; VHF, SSB, GPS, ing headsail, 150% genoa, main, working 110, 150 jibs, fl asher and main, YQ20M navigation instruments, plotter, stereo, radar, autopilot, solar panels, wind gen- jib. 3GMD Yanmar, Achilles dinghy, large Yanmar diesel, 10-ft West Marine infl at- sails, safety lines, shrouds, dodger, wheel erator, good sails; fi berglass cockpit cap; bimini. Original owner. (510) 420-8956 or able dinghy with 8hp Tohatsu. Complete pilot and roller furling. (916) 487-5351 or 6-3 headroom, beautiful joinery, Cold [email protected]. survey on June 4, all items professionally [email protected]. Machine, Force-10, watermaker, heater; repaired. She is an awesome lady and 4-ft draft, Perkins 4-108, dual Racors, will make a great addition to your fam- heavy ground tackle, windlass; custom ily. (207) 650-6855 or herbert.gillman@ 32 TO 35 FEET canvas, shade; infl atable, 10hp outboard. gmail.com. www.fl ickr.com/photos/52196443@N08. [email protected]. 32-FT ARIES SLOOP, 1987. $24,000. 34-FT HUNTER, 1984. Sausalito, CA. 33hp diesel, electric anchor windlass, $29,000. If you can fi nd a cruise-ready 25 & 35 CQR’s, Monitor vane, self-tailing sailboat at this price, take it! This is a 35-FT ALBERG, $25,000. Beautiful and well maintained, ready for cruising. winches, reefer, autopilot, dodger, lead 34-ft sailboat that could leave for Mexico ballast. 2 each - 35gal black iron fuel tanks. tomorrow. Just fi ll up the water and fuel Loaded with gear. Radar, GPS, VHF, speed, depth, wind, 5 sails in good to Contact F. Quigley. (541) 497-0224. and turn left after leaving the Golden 32-FT CHRIS CRAFT CHEROKEE, Gate. Any takers? This is an excellent, fi rst excellent condition, hot-cold running water, Yanmar diesel, custom galley, 1968. Redwood City Marina. $12,000. 32-FT BENETEAU 10R, 2007. Long time boat that is rigged for singlehanding Sturdy yet elegant S&S sailboat in great Beach. $125,000. Yanmar 20hp, Harken and operates well under all conditions. I frig/freezer and more. (510) 508-8384 or [email protected]. condition: VHF, GPS, radar, diesel engine, furler, main, jib, genoa, spinnaker, dodger, love this boat, but I am now the owner lots of spares and tools. For Bay sailing canvas, performance and comfort pacs, of another boat, so it is time to sell. This 32-FT ERICSON, 1969. Owl Harbor, and ocean cruising. More info at http:// liferaft storage, multiple NKE electron- Hunter is priced to move. Photos and a andreasehrensberger.blogspot.com. (530) ics and repeaters, loaded, ready to go. detailed description of the boat can be Isleton, CA. $10,000. Well built and well maintained older boat. Atomic 4, autopi- 902-7987 or [email protected]. Pictures: www.quivercharters.com. found at http://witchdoctorsailboat.webs. (310) 809-2263. com. (415) 497-6116 or medicrene@ lot, holding tank, VHF stereo, microwave, yahoo.com. stove and barbecue on propane system, four sails. [email protected] or (209) 572-2934. Ted’s Marine Refrigeration EPA CERTIFIED SINCE ‘96 10 years experience, Mexico/US • New Systems, Design, Troubleshooting • Refi t & Retrofi t Icebox superwind.com Construction • AC/DC Engine Drive, Holding Plates, Environmentally Friendly Refrigerants [email protected] • (408) 656-0549 • Available thru October THIS COULD BE YOU… MARINE SURVEYOR Let the Classy Classifi ed business ads work for you. Sharpe Surveying & Consulting. SAMS Accredited Marine Surveyor. Submit online at: Serving the San Francisco Bay and Delta. www.latitude38.com [email protected] • (510) 337-0706

August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 157 97% First Time Pass Rate • 100% Satisfied Students 32-FT FLYING TIGER 10M, 2007. Alame- da. $50,000/obo. Hull #69 commissioned Fall 2007 at KKMI. No expense spared! TackTick instruments: 3 displays and remote. Sails: OEM set + UK Halsey Ma- triX Twaron/Aramid Laminate jibs #1, #3, Our NEXT #4 (2008). Tohatsu 9.8 4-stroke outboard s SAN RAFAEL with water separator and new carbure- n' Class begins tor. Awlgrip black mast and boom. Phil’s Oct. 18th Foils tiller, Spinlock tiller extension. Blue Performance bags and organizers. Coast 39-FT LANDFALL, 1975. Alameda. Captai Guard equipment. Available separately $25,000/obo. Bluewater, cruising, vet. Ex- trailer, more sails and more. (415) 754- cellent opportunity to own one of the best License 3042 or [email protected]. designed cruising boats. Has radar, good Call Toll Free 2010 sails, new mast/rigging. Boat is in need 34-FT HUNTER 33.5T, 1991. Point of some engine work and woodwork. Call 888-262-8020 Richmond, CA. $38,000. For sale by Mark. Trade for Cessna 182. (510) 501- www.maritimeinstitute.com original owners; impeccably maintained. 5046 or [email protected]. Full-battened main w/Dutchman ﬂ aking NEW! ONLINE COURSES system, roller furling jib, autopilot, 27hp 39-FT FREYA, 1978. San Rafael. $68,000. Yanmar, inﬂ atable dinghy with outboard Ready for cruising! Builder: Gannon included. Photos and additional informa- Yachts. Yanmar, Monitor windvane, tion at website. http://ssmay2.blogspot. dodger, Profurl, SSB. New in 2007: stand- com. [email protected]. ing rigging, dodger, radar/chartplotter, Save Your Aft! Force 10 range, Spectra watermaker, fuel 32-FT WESTSAIL, 1973. Santa Cruz tanks and lines, batteries, galley range, Using one of our 1900+ patterns or your Harbor. $40,000/obo. New engine and cushions recovered. (415) 717-5815. sails, really want to sell this summer. See own pattern, let our craftsmen create a website for full details and photos. http:// comfortable, durable, and stylish set of CAL 2-39, 1978. San Diego. $55,000. es.ucsc.edu/~crowe/westsail32. (831) Great boat for racing/cruising. Major all-weather cushions for your cockpit. 818-5550 or [email protected]. upgrades: Recent haulout/bottom paint, Find your custom, closed cell foam wiring overhaul, new fuel tank, new cushions at ! upholstery throughout, new windpoint www.bottomsiders.com instrument, rebuilt engine in 2003. Mainte- nance history and pictures available. (858) 484-0186 or [email protected].

BottomSiders Call Toll Free: (800) 438-0633 2305 Bay Avenue [email protected] Hoquiam, WA 98550 Fax: 360-533-4474 33-FT HOBIE, 1984. Alameda $13,000. Fixed keel version. Fast and fun, this is a great short-handed performance boat. Harken roller furler, self-tacking jib, mainsail, lazy jacks, 6 other bags of sails, brand new bottom job. Custom cockpit 38-FT CATALINA 380, 1998. Alameda. Mathiesen Marine well with custom outboard motor mount. $99,000. Exceptionally clean inside and For all of your electronics and electrical needs Honda 4-stroke outboard - good condi- out. Well equipped. Professionally main- tion, runs well. [email protected] or tained. New bottom 01/10. Priced for (415) 999-0509. Sales & Installation of all major brands quick sale. Call (209) 612-8128. of marine electronics 34-FT HUNTER, 1983. Stockton Sailing Club, Slip D-17. $28,000. Top condition. Electrical system Troubleshooting Yanmar diesel, new canvas, autopilot, shower, AM/FM, GPS. Adj backstay, & Repair to ABYC Standards 110% jib, genoa and spinnaker. Call Jim. (916) 715-9861. PC & Mac based navigation systems Corrosion issues, Inverters, Battery banks 36 TO 39 FEET 3300 Powell Street, Emeryville 37-FT RAFIKI, 1978. Fortman Marina. 36-FT MUMM RACING SLOOP, 1993. $49,500. Solid blue water cruiser or Seattle. $47,990. Panama Red. Set up (510) 350-6622 www.MathiesenMarine.com liveaboard. Newer LPU, wiring, fuel for competitive racing, spirited cruising or tanks, electronics, cushions. Diesel day sailing. Accommodates eight. 18hp heater, new holding tank and lifelines, Yanmar. 21 bags of Quantum, Sobstad windlass, inverter, epoxy bottom. Offered and Nuclear. Five kites and headsails for below 2009 survey. www.yachtworld. every condition. Fitted with telescopic com/boats/1978/Raﬁ ki--2093741/San- bowsprit for asym kite. Fast bottom. Mo- COMPUTERCOMPUTER ABOARD?ABOARD? Francisco-Bay-area/CA/United-States. tivated two-boat owner!! (360) 981-3758 (510) 521-5400 or [email protected]. or [email protected]. CAPN & Digital Charts AIS WiFi Cellular Amps

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Page 158 • Latitude 38 • August, 2010 37-FT GULFSTAR, 1978. Berkeley Ma- 36-FT UNION - CUTTER RIGGED, 1986. 37-FT HUNTER, 1982. Hidden Harbor, rina. $30,000. Great boat to sail, roomy, Oregon. $110,000. Beautiful documented Rio Vista. $29,900. Cutter rigged, Cheru- comfortable and very stable. Extensive sailboat w/large salon and separate bini designed, Yanmar diesel, dodger, rehab in 2002, new standing and running shower. New Isuzu diesel engine (‘03 - autopilot, lines aft, cruise vet, Achilles rigging, thru-hull fi ttings, roller furling, 200 hrs). Full cockpit enclosure. Great dinghy with dinghy tow system, 18hp head and holding tank and more. (619) liveaboard. Consider partial trade for West Johnson. Hauled 5/09, new rigging 6/09. 244-2144 or [email protected]. Coast property/condo. More at www. www.mysailboatforsale.com. (775) 721- ablboats.com/details.php?id=81027. 5221 or [email protected]. BENETEAU 36.7, 2005. Port Angeles, Email: [email protected]. WA. $140,000/obo. Beautiful 36.7, all 38-FT CATALINA 380, 2000. East Bay. cruising amenities. Shows as new, see 38-FT HUGHES, 1970. Monterey, CA. $129,000. Well equipped cruiser in excel- 45-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS. Sea- pics and details at website: http://bene- $21,000/obo. Canadian built S&S design. lent condition. 2 solar panels. ICOM SSB farer yawl, 1962. San Francisco. $75,000. teau367forsale.com. (360) 452-1110, Sound hull, low hours on nearly new and ICOM VHF, AM/FM/CD. 2 GPS chart- Yacht Soltura. Built in Holland in 1962 (360) 460-1014 or [email protected]. diesel engine. Sails nicely, needs TLC & plotters, radar, autopilot, electric wind- of hand-laid fi berglass. Seven Seafarer (54 West Misty Ln. Port Angeles, WA 98362). newer/upgraded equipment. (831) 915- lass, CQR, Fortress and Delta anchors 45’s were built, and their high quality of 4984 or coffi [email protected]. with rodes. Electric halyard winch, self construction is evident. Great size for the tailing Lewmar winches, Dutchman main- Bay, Delta and Pacifi c. Sea-kindly and 36-FT CATALINA, 1983. Alameda. sail, roller furling jib, 135% genoa, 100% easily handled by two people. Contact $44,950. New dodger, main, wheel, can- jib, asymmetric spinnaker, MaxProp, Jerry. (415) 435-3513 or gsrumsey@ vas, furler, fuel tank, shaft, radar, GPS, 100 amp. alternator, 40hp Yanmar diesel yahoo.com. jib, interior cushions, head, standing with 1700 hours, aft centerline queen rigging. Bimini, inverter, Autohelm, 4 bat- bed and V-berth both with inner spring teries, VHF, cockpit cushions, stern seats, mattresses, fl at screen TV, LED interior shower, refrigerator, sleeps 7, diesel 2670 lights, microwave, refrigerator and freezer, hrs, pressurized water, excellent condi- full cockpit cushions, dodger, bimni and tion. (510) 731-4259 or jandersonwj@ shade canvas, zinc saver, bottom paint 38-FT KETTENBURG, 1956. 3 Available. sbcglobal.net. 2009. 90 gal. water, 35 gal. fuel, 30 gal. “Nice boat!”, “Beautiful boat!”, “Gorgeous holding tank, dinghy with outboard. (916) boat!” heard many times from other boat- 39-FT NAUTOR’S SWAN 391-041, 1986. 373-9801 or (602) 421-9964. ers during every sail. Enjoy character, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. $149,000. 39’10” admiration, and fantastic sailing while LOA, designed by Ron Holland. Excellent sustaining the heritage. Details at: www. condition with low engine hours. Major re- 40 TO 50 FEET 50-FT HOLLMAN CUTTER, 1989. Marina sailk38.com. (916) 847-9064 or steve@ fi t 2007-2010 with new standing & running Bay YH, Richmond, CA. $189,900. Major paradigmpilgrim.com. rigging, batteries & charging, windlass, 46-FT PETERSON/FORMOSA, 1979. refi t ‘03 from keel to masthead, LPU, etc. VHF, SSB, WFx, B&G instruments. West Marin. $90,000. Center cockpit cut- barrier, rigging all redone. All sails furled 37-FT CREALOCK CUTTER, 1980. Email [email protected]. ter. Rebuilt (850 hrs.) 80hp Ford Lehman. from cockpit for safety, easily single- or Monterey. $55,000. Ballenger tabernacled Newer rigging, chain plates, wiring, & fuel doublehanded. SSB, autopilot, VHF, GPS, mast. New Yanmar w/saildrive, radar, 36-FT ISLANDER, 1979. Sausalito Yacht tanks. Monitor vane, solar panels, wind Elec windlass w 300’ chain, lrg chart GPS, easy access to all systems, 70gal Harbor. $42,000. Well maintained, bottom gen, watermaker, SSB, GPS chartplotter, table, lrg galley, reefer w/sep freezer, diesel, 3 watertight bulkheads. Not in paint ‘09, new main ‘04, rebuilt jib, new radar, electric windlass. (415) 663-9225. two staterooms, two heads. 280 water, yacht condition, needs fi nish work. Great dodger ‘08, new cabin upholstery. Mast, 85 diesel. Strong, fast, cruising cutter w/ little sailing ship. Price fi rm. ddatpbio@ boom, stripes, deck painted ‘03, Auto- NO TEAK. Bottom paint 4/15/10. Call or gmail.com. helm, Westerbeke diesel. Great location email for more info. (520) 906-4351 or at S.Y.H. Slip A-37. (707) 255-5649. [email protected]. 36-FT HUNTER 356, 2003. Alameda. $92,900. Beautiful boat. Very spacious interior. New bottom paint. Save thousands over buying through a brokerage. See all details and photos on the listed web page. http://web.mac.com/laynegalloway. (801) 419-4100 or [email protected]. 435 BENETEAU, 1985. Marina del Rey. $129,000. A rare pedigree French export. Open checkbook refi t and maintenance. Huge equipment list. Tall rig. 12 ST Lew- 36-FT UNIQUE CASCADE CUSTOM. mar’s, Harken, low-time Perkins, all B&G’s 40-FT PETERSON, 1980. Sunroad, San 1984. Kemah, TX. $48,500. Sailed ex- w/pilot, custom panel, Furuno radar/GPS. Diego. $49,000. Doug Peterson design tensively the East & West Coast of the Perfect teak decks. Huge aft stateroom. offshore blue water racer/cruiser. We U.S. and the Western Caribbean/Cen- Navtec and Quantum, etc. Swan looks- bought the boat in 2003 in San Diego and tral America. Cruise ready. http://web. Frers speed. Sistership in book World’s sailed her to France. After 1 year of refi t me.com/runningaground/Betties_specs. Best Sailboats. Timeless beauty. Turnkey. and several regattas in the Mediterranean, (877) 275-8156. Email [email protected] or call (310) we came back across the Atlantic (2007), 36-FT ISLANDER, 1975. Clipper - 666-4546, (310) 550-0742. making the crossing in 13 days. She has Sausalito. $25,500. Great partnership 37-FT RAFIKI, 1978. Long Beach. an open plan design with space to sleep boat for cruising or racing! Fully race $65,000. Beautiful cutter rig with all furl- 40-FT CHALLENGER, 1974. Emeryville, 8-10 crew. Ideal for someone looking to equipped including 2 spinnakers, extra ing stay and jib. New interior, updated CA. $55,000/obo. 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Packages Starting at $65.00 USD 40-FT PASSPORT, 1985. Anacortes, WA. $169,000. I am the original owner that had (866) 882-WXGY (9949) toll free 970 N Kalaheo Ave this boat custom built with many extra features, such as insulated hull, removable (808) 291-WXGY (Mobile) Suite C-104 headliner, and much more. Beautifully (808) 254-2525 (Office) Kailua, Hawaii 96734 maintained, over $100,000 spent to restore (808) 443-0889 (Fax) [email protected] her to near Bristol condition, including full Sterling paint, bright work, refi nishing www.weatherguy.com the teak decks, bottom paint, Raymarine instruments, engine work, plumbing, and much more. Included is a 10-ft RIB din- CATALINA 42 MK II, 2000. Kemah, TX. ghy with a 4hp Tohatsu 4-stroke engine. $174,400. Proven, turn-key luxurious http://passport40-windborne.com. (206) liveaboard/cruiser. Ten Ten is a three- 295-2049 or [email protected]. cabin model which was professionally MARINE BATTERIES optimized for extensive liveaboard/cruising. The port aft stateroom is a nav area/ offi ce/communications room. Includes watermaker, generator, A/C, dinghy/15hp Available at the following local marine OB/davits, solar, SSB, washer/dryer, ad- chandleries and service distributors: ditional freezer, Tempur-Pedic mattress, VacuFlush head, asymmetrical spinnaker, ALAMEDA OAKLAND storm sails, and much more. Owners • Alameda Prop & Machine • Golden State Diesel sailed from SF to TX via Panama Canal • Fortman Marina Store • Outboard Motor Shop 2005-2009. www.sailblogs.com/member/ • The Boatyard at Grand Marina OAKLEY svtenten. (530) 514-0356, (530) 514-2098 • Star Marine • Big Break Marina 50-FT HERRESHOFF CARIBBEAN. or [email protected]. • Svendsen's Chandlery RICHMOND 1978. Napa Marine. $199,500. 14.5’ BENICIA • Swedish Marine beam, 6’ draft, Perkins 6-354, radar/ 50-FT FD-12, 1981. Mexico. Unsinkable • Cruising Seas Services • Bay Marine AP/SSB-Ham, VHF, Probe, 6-person 50-ft cutter, AK/Mexico/SoPac vet. Su- MARTINEZ SAUSALITO raft, spares, tools, dinghy/motor. Fresh perb galley in pilothouse: generous coun- • Diablo Marine • Sausalito Marine interior refi nish. Not a fi re sale. Serious ter space, good daylight & view. Berths for inquiries only. www.sailboatlistings.com. 5-6 in 2 staterooms forward and master AMERICAN BATTERY • Hayward, CA • (510) 259-1150 (707) 834-4798. stateroom aft (privacy for parents w/ children or guests). www.svdaydreamer. J/41, 1985. Spindrift Marina, Isleton. com. (928) 717-8812. $29,000. Set up to cruise or race, V-berth, propane stove, teak interior, refrigerator, MORE ENERGY! Harken furler, 4 kw radar, 2 autopilots. Has been to Canada and 2 years in KEEP BATTERIES CHARGED! Mexico. (530) 432-1234, (530) 320-4762 or [email protected]. • KISS wind generators • Solar panels and MORE 40-FT CHALLENGER SAIL KETCH #27. Sausalito, CA. $32,000/obo. Glass hull, Perkins 410-7, maybe 600 hrs on rebuild. USE BATTERIES EFFICIENTLY! New tank holding, diesel, grey. Air Breeze w/5 8-D gel cells. Six aluminum propane 44-FT TARTAN 4400, 2003. Channel • LED lights bottles with custom built racks. Too much Island Harbor $429,000. Hull #1, ‘Tar- • Engel fridge/ to list, call for details. Needs some work. tini Time’ has been well cared for and (415) 370-0805. optioned. Green LP hull, recent bottom freezers paint. Call/email for options list and visit youtube.com, search Tartan 4400, our • Wonder Wash actual boat! [email protected] or and more (530) 318-0730. www.svhotwire.com 727.943.0424 40-FT HC CHRISTINA, 1988. Penin- sula. $129,000. Nice, sails beautifully, modern underbody, new bottom paint, Yanmar 4JHHTE. New holding tank, ST FULL winches, anchors, Cape Horn, watermaker, older electronics, plans changed SERVICE 47-FT CUSTOM STEEL BOAT, 1990. - too big for day sailor. (650) 563-9686 or Lankawai, Thailand. $120,000. The Pearl [email protected]. MARINA Hunter is for sale, this rebuilt, custom steel schooner has storage for more that 42-FT TAYANA, 1988. Sausalito. Friendly, helpful, fully bilingual staff 30 surfboards, an ice box with a capacity $129,500. Must sell due to fi nancial crisis! of 1000lbs, watermaker, custom hatches, Beautiful cutter rigged cruising/liveaboard sailboat with all the amenities. New fuel All new hardwood docks • Wireless Internet stainless steel railings, custom dodger, watertight bulkhead, brand new stove tanks, upholstery, jib, running rigging, Dinghy landing with potable water and interior. Ready to sail to the Mentawai etc. Full specifi cations and pictures available. (530) 848-0285 or donandmandy@ New protective piling & sheetpile breakwaters • And more! Islands or sail around the world. The hull has been almost completely rebuilt, water hotmail.com. tanks rebuilt, hydraulic fi shing reel. Recent TEL: 01152 612 122 1646 survey and haul out. (808) 203-7262 or email: [email protected] [email protected]. www.marinadelapaz.com Apdo. Postal 290, La Paz, 23000, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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34-FT GEMINI 105MC, 2005. Redwood 25-FT ALBIN, 1975. Near Rio Vista. City, CA. $155,000. Screecher, heater, $12,500/asking. Swedish-built cabin hammock seat, microwave, Furuno cruiser, aft cabin, sleeps 4. Includes sail- NavNet/GPS/radar/target tracking/fi shing rig. Nice, clean well-equipped boat. fi nder, Prosine2000W inverter/charger, 36hp Volvo-Penta diesel, new marine 200AH gel batteries, 9-ft RIB/8hp Honda toilet with holding tank. (916) 966-2249. 4-stroke, Fortress F28, Honda EU2000 generator, new upholstery and bottom June 2009. Much more! loon.asea@ 38-FT LAGOON 380, 2003. San Diego. yahoo.com. $249,000. (2) Yanmar 3GM30’s. Loaded 51-FT STEEL KETCH. Super World example of the most popular cruising Cruiser, Ventura. $119,900. 51’ overall, cat, ever! Crazy fast downwind - sailing 44’ on deck, 40’ at water line, Beam fl at! No “rolly” anchorages! Just returned 12’11’’, Draft 5’10’’. Ford Lehman, 80hp from Florida-Caribbean-Mexico cruise. diesel engines with low hours. Felicity Most versatile 4-cabin version (sleeps 8, has radar, AP, dodger, inverter, furling jib or more commonly 4 singles. Remem- and genoa, Bristol condition paint and ber, you can convert a cabin for storage varnish, mahogany interior with many much easier than a locker to sleeping!) 65-FT WOOD CLASSIC, 1939. Heavy other features. Built in Holland with the All the cruising “toys”: solar panels, wind built ex-trawler. GMC 12V-71, 21-kw fi nest quality of steel construction, and generator, watermaker, inverter, Sirius generator. Full electronics. Lots of equip- has been professionally maintained by stereo, DVD-TV, SSB w/Pactor modem, ment. Ready to go. Would make great her owners for the past 25 years. This is a 40-FT SEARUNNER, 1979. Blaine, (2) Raymarine color displays w/radar, conversion. Will consider any reasonable stout, well-built offshore cruiser. She has a WA. $80,000. Among best in class. Well chartplotter & AIS. Raritan (2) electric offer. More pics/details: (707) 964-5423 or draft of less than six feet and 250 gallons designed, constructed, maintained, heads. The perfect cruiser? Perhaps. Too [email protected]. of fresh water capacity. Email for more equipped. Veteran of five-year cruise much to list here. Check website for more! information and pictures. Market Value: 2001-2006. Refi t and survey 2007. Sleeps www.YoungerGirl.org. (503) 320-9859 or 54-FT SAGAR 16 METER BARGE, 2002. $165,000. NOW:$119,900. Replacement six, 15 sails, 30hp diesel, radar, autopilot, [email protected]. Central France. $290,000. Custom built cost exceeds 1 million dollars. (805) 290- windvane, watermaker, SSB radio, solar for all navigable waterways. 2 brms, 2 6119, (805) 650-8888, ext:133 or dennis@ panels, wind gen, life raft, new paint. 34-FT GEMINI 105M, 2000. Pt. Rich- bath. Complete inventory for comfort- survivalsystems.com. Awesome cruising boat. More at http:// mond. $119,500. Hull #660. World’s able cruising. See website for photos searunner40seafi re.wordpress.com. (360) most popular catamaran, comfortable and complete inventory. Sagar has a two 756-5004 or svseafi [email protected]. cruise equipped with 3 headsails, traveler, year waiting list for new build. Owner fi - davits, and more. 14’ beam fi ts standard nancing. http://web.me.com/cbroussard/ 24-FT CORSAIR, 1999. Benicia, CA. berths. Send email for list of equipment. Acadia/Welcome.html. Email pat1083@ $39,000/obo. Modifi ed (taller mast) F242 Will consider trade down. (510) 367-0500 sbcglobal.net. trailerable trimaran. New main and nets. or [email protected]. 2 furling screechers and furling spinnaker. 28-FT PROTECTOR, 2001. Lake Tahoe. Furling jib. Set up for singlehanding. (707) Beautiful center console Protector, 99% 746-5192, (510) 964-9000 or tpdavis@ fresh water use. Two 225hp Yamahas, un- yahoo.com. der 400 hours. Teak sole. Rear seat, GPS/ chartplotter, VHF. Excellent condition and 65-FT FREEDOM, 1981. Berkeley Ma- very fast. (530) 583-4000, (530) 518-8500 rina, L Dock. $65,000. Fiberglass/balsa or [email protected]. core, 200hp Volvo Penta diesel, about 100hr. 3-carbon fi ber mast, sail plan not fi nished, bottom keep-up in-good shape, boat needs work. This is one big boat! 18- ft beam, lots of headroom. (510) 701-5846 43-FT CATANA 431, 1999. Alameda. or [email protected]. $399,000. Sail the Bay, Mexico, or the world safe, comfortable, fast and in style! Well maintained, new North jib, big CLASSIC BOATS 34-FT GEMINI, 2000. Ventura Harbor. stick carbon rig, bow sprit and every- $123,000. The Gemini catamaran is a thing you need for cruising. See more at very capable and comfortable off-shore www.onourboat.com/tramuntana. Email 25-FT CHEOY LEE VERTUE, 1956. [email protected]. Alameda. $12,500. #138, Laurent Giles’ cruiser. Three staterooms-sleeps 8. 36-FT SLEEKCRAFT COMMODORE. New engine, new bottom paint. Ideal for 1984. North Lake Tahoe, NV. $15,000. masterpiece, 9000 lbs. of solid craftsman- 39-FT FARRIER F-36, 2010. Newark, ship. Copper riveted teak planking. Newer entertaining, coastal cruising, and longer Includes triple-axle trailer, new 454 CI passages. Many upgrades, email for CA. $95,000/obo. The hulls of this F-36 engines. Very clean and well maintained. epoxy/plywood deck. Low hour 12hp (extended to 39’ w/Farriers’ permission) Westerbeke diesel. Ready2sail! Vertue details, [email protected] or call Will deliver if requested. Contact Jim at (805) 217-3939. are cedar core. The 6’ long cockpit and [email protected] or call. (775) info at http://vertueowners.org.uk. (707) interior panels are foam/glass w/interior 832-6223 or [email protected]. 742-1004 or (775) 831-5827. F-24, 1995, LONG BEACH, CA. $32,000/ panels upgraded with cherrywood or figured anigre veneers. The floats are 25-FT RHODES MERIDIAN, 1961. San obo. F-24 trimaran for sale in good 43.5-FT LABELLE TRAWLER. Sausalito. condition with AirDock. No trailer. Might done including hardware, hatches and $145,000/obo. 360 view side tie adjacent Rafael Yacht Harbor. $4,200. Offshore 2 part L.P. paint. Designer specs have ocean classic. 6 ft. headroom. New sails. consider partnership. Please contact by to open space. Diesels w/500 hours, 7.5 email: [email protected]. been followed throughout. Crossarms, Onan. Roomy glass-enclosed sundeck. Covers and self furling jib. 3hp and 10hp. rudder and daggerboard needed for Built in Holland. Neat sailing, pretty good Full canvas. X-large custom galley. construction completion. Save years and Master has walkaround queen, tub + shape. (415) 305-8061 or jbarney20@ money with purchase. Email for photos comcast.net. private guest stateroom with large bed, [email protected] or call How- head. Outstanding workmanship/condi- ard for info, (925) 785-1617. tion. May fi nance, rent or trade. (415) 999-5626.

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36-FT GREAT ISLANDER FREEPORT. 1981 Sausalito. $15,000 for 25%. Sail away! 25% equity for Islander Freeport. Downtown Sausalito berthing/easy access to Bay. Pathfi nder diesel. New rigging & BTM paint. Professionally maintained. Great partners! (408) 230- 7502, (415) 388-3156 or marywand@ covad.net. BENETEAU 350, 1989. South Beach Ma- rina, San Francisco. $17,000. 1/3 partner- J/105 SAILBOAT PARTNERSHIP. San ship for sale, boat in good condition, haul Francisco. Great opportunity to get into out this year. New sail and bimini covers. a J/105! Risk, Hull #196. Current owners Great location, must see. Two complete looking for a 3rd partner. Boat is in ex- sets of sails. Furling jib. (925) 640-4226 cellent condition for racing and cruising or [email protected]. with all the gear to accommodate both. Professionally maintained and is one of J/105 FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP. the best J/105’s on the Bay in terms of Alameda. $525/month. Available for day condition and gear. Interested parties sailing/club racing. Loaded with options, only. Buy in and monthly can be fl exible immaculate condition. Monthly fee for and very low fi nancing also available. Call full ownership privileges, zero hassle. or email. (415) 297-0794 or jfwoodley@ Call (408) 218-4370, (650) 533-5336 or yahoo.com. [email protected]. 45-FT OCEAN ALEXANDER. Partnership. Pier 39, San Francisco. $100,000. Selling 50% equity. Well maintained in long term subleased slip at Pier 39 Marina, San Francisco. Email for additional details/ commitments regarding partnership. MAKELA BOATWORKS [email protected].

Family owned since 1948 SAGA 409 SAILBOAT PARTNERSHIP. Belvedere, CA $150,000. 25% equity Wooden Boat Building • Repair and Restoration CATALINA 30 SHARE. ONLY ONE interest in new Saga 409 cruising sloop SHARE LEFT. Sausalito. $270/month. berthed at San Francisco Yacht Club. 19280 South Harbor Drive • Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Docked in the best marina in the Bay, w/ Semi-custom Tony Castro design built parking just steps to boat, 5 minutes to by Westerly Marine. Dual staterooms, (707) 964-3963 Bay sailing. Many upgrades: wheel/diesel/ separate stall shower, Vacuﬂ ush, Garmin chartplotter, ﬂ at screen TV, stereo, mi- email: [email protected] • www.Makelaboatworks.com newer performance mast/spars, furling, MaxProp, GPS, spinnaker, new cushions. crowave, wine cellar. Spectra full-batten Share $270 month for 7 days max/month. main with Doyle Stack Pack and lazy Photo is sistership. (415) 332-5442 or jacks, roller furling jib, electric halyard/ [email protected]. mainsheet winch, Yanmar diesel, 3-blade folding prop, much more. Fast, easy to BENETEAU 361 2002 SIMCHA. San sail, great for entertaining. (415) 298-2080 Francisco. 1/4 non-equity in Beneteau or [email protected]. 361 partnership. Bristol condition, all electronics, roller furled jib and main, superb location (SF Marina West Basin). Flexible 4 weekdays + 2 weekend days/ month. $360/month plus deposit. (415) SOUTH OF THE BORDER 2010 771-0741 or [email protected].

BENETEAU 393 PARTNERSHIP. Sausalito. $500. Clean, well maintained fast cruiser. Upgraded interior, winches, prop, diesel, full electronics, classic main, fully equipped. Qtr usage non-equity; may consider 1/8 or equity arrangement or sale. http://marigotgroup.com/strider. Call (415) 332-4401, (415) 331-4900 or [email protected]. OFFSHORE/COASTAL. Passagemaking NON-EQUITY SHARE IN SAILBOAT. Instruction. Build passagemaking and Wanted, Alameda. $TBD. Just sold my cruising skills. Captain ref. w/combined Ranger sloop. Now looking for a 29-30’ 85 years experience. Limited sailing ex- CK, RAMSAY & W boat. Prefer an Alameda-based boat on perience OK, eagerness to get involved, DLO H the Estuary. Ideal boat would have wheel, understanding you’re on an adventure, E NG diesel, roller furling, and a self tacking jib. safety of the boat and your fellow crew W Marine Surveyors [email protected]. members comes first. More info at: www.cruisingexpeditions.com. Call (805) 481-4567. Vessel surveys, consulting, deliveries. SailTime: The Hassle Free Alternative to Boat Ownership Join SailTime for a non-equity membership on our Serving the 2011 Hunter 36 – no hidden fees – just $695 a month. Bay Area since 1980 www.SailTime.com • (415) 869-2861 Offshore/Coast Passagemaking Mexico 2010-11 • Leg 1-Baja Ha-Ha Learn passagemaking and cruising skills from sailing veteran: www.norcalmarinesurveyors.com daily hands on participation in instruction material, sailing drills and safety checks. Captain references w/combined 85 years experience. 805-481-4567 (415) 505-3494 Instruction / Itinerary / Package Details • www.cruisingexpeditions.com

Page 162 • Latitude 38 • August, 2010 NORTH SAILS MELGES 24 SPINNAKER. AEOLIAN YACHT CLUB. Membership TRADE Power Zone reacher. Scotts Valley, CA. Drive. Alameda. Initiation fee reduced to $2,000. All blue. Purchased in May ‘06, $100 for August! Peaceful setting near MOVING TO CARIBBEAN! Arizona. used once to win Delta Ditch race. Sold Bay Farm Bridge. Attractive slip fees $400,000. Looking to trade/sell 3+ year boat, sail no longer needed. New, this sail & dues; berths available. Private land, old successful cigar lounge/business is around $3,500. [email protected]. full workshop, tools, kitchen, bar, and worth $400K in Arizona for a 38’ or larger social events. One hundred plus years of sailboat. Ready to start new chapter in 74-FT MAST. designed for catamaran. character; no suit and tie required! Active our lives. Serious inquiries only. www. Best offer. (415) 269-5165. sailors and kayakers wanted. Twitter: Aeo- BigSticksFineCigars.com. (602) 810-1665 lianYC. Facebook: Aeolian Yacht Club. or trade@bigsticksfi necigars.com. PLAN YOUR MEXICAN GETAWAY NOW. www.aeolianyc.com/membershipapplication. at the brand-new, gorgeous Cielo Y Mar MISCELLANEOUS htm. (510) 523-2586, (916) 849-5715 or SAILING MONTEREY: TRADE FOR. [email protected]. condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 min- boat work and/or slip. $Negotiable. Trade utes from Puerto Vallarta, available to sailing with or w/o lessons. Crealock 37 in MARITIME DAY CELEBRATION. rent from private owner. On the beach, 10 Monterey for boat work and/or slip fees. 300 Napa Street, Sausalito. Galilee PROPERTY SALE/RENT feet from the water, they offer spectacular [email protected]. Harbor 30th Anniversary. Saturday, Au- views of ocean and mountains, the big- gust 7. Flea Market, food, music, boat gest infi nity pool in the area, an endless raffl e. For info contact Galilee Harbor. BEAUTIFUL BOATING COMMUNITY. beach, great surf breaks, great fi shing, www.galileeharbor.org. (415) 332-8554. home on Whidbey Island. Oak Harbor, tremendous views of whales, bird life WANTED WA. $329,000. High-quality, 1 Level 3BR, and the islands. While uncrowded and PRIVATE CATAMARAN CHARTER. 2-3/4 bath, DBL garage, 1900+SF! Fabu- tranquil, just a fi ve-minute walk to several HIGH QUALITY, FAST DESIGN SAILBOAT. Unique opportunity to sail with experi- lous water & mountain views. Community waterfront restaurants. Choose from a 19- to 24-ft, with trailer or deliver to enced bluewater world cruisers aboard dock-6 mo. free moorage! See link for lots spacious, beautifully furnished one- or local SoCal lake. Details: PO Box 748, a high performance and immaculate of pix! www.windermere.com/tid292640. three-bedroom unit, or an amazing two- Palm Springs, 92263 or call Nick. (760) Chris White Atlantic 42 sailing catamaran. (360) 969-1869 or [email protected]. story penthouse with lovely shade trellis 251-8474. www.DKsail.com. on the top fl oor. To reserve, call Doña de Mallorca, (415) 599-5012. See details: www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. GEAR TRAILERS

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SAILBOAT GEAR. Carbon fi ber rudder WORKING WATERFRONT OFFICE(S). from Andrews 56; $3,800. 1.5oz asym Pt. Richmond. $1,000/month. Timber- spin with sock from SC50; $750. Martec wharf Office(s): Overlooking Santa Fe 2-blade folding prop 20x20 x 1.25 RH; Canal and the KKMI Marina. 1,000 square VALLARTA CATAMARAN CHARTER. $350. 3-blade fi xed prop 17x13 x 1.25 SAILBOAT TRAILER. Sonoma County. feet, easily divided. Includes two private Puerto Vallarta. Low season rates! Come RH; $75. (408) 891-9646 or d_sallows@ $4,500. Three-axle sailboat trailer for keel restrooms. $1,000 per month plus utilities. sail with us on famous HumuHumu in msn.com. boat. 10,000# plus capacity. 10 adjustable Contact Paul Kaplan: www.kkmi.com. perfect Banderas Bay conditions. Full day, pads & straps. New condition. (707) 869- (510) 235-5564 or [email protected]. Long Weekend or Costa Alegre Discovery 16” 3-BLADE FEATHERING PROP. for 0453 or [email protected]. Cruise. Vallarta has it all! www.catpv.com. 36- to 42-ft sailboats. Alameda. $1,700. LAST OF ITS KIND! Brickyard Cove (760) 681-7825, (760) 975-5850 or info@ PYI 16” 3-blade feathering/reversing building lot. Pt. Richmond. $595,000. catpv.com. prop. Excellent for cruising saving over CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS The last deepwater lot with both full San half a knot from fi xed props. Sells new Francisco skyline views and protected for $3,050. (208) 407-6505 or Doug. water, for your dream home and dock. [email protected]. SINGLE SKIPPERS AND CREW. Some pilings in place, plans avail- of all abilities are invited to join the Single able. Last chance! (510) 367-0500 or UNIVERSAL M25XPB 26HP DIESEL. Sailors Association. Membership includes [email protected]. inboard. Seattle area. $5,000. Like new- daysailing, raft-ups, invaluable onboard 149 hours. Currently installed in my sail- training, social events. Meetings held 2nd boat in Winslow Wharf Marina (Bainbridge Thursday, Ballena Bay Yacht Club, www. Island). Come see it run. Includes prop, bbyc.org. Social; 6:30 pm. Meeting; 7:30 shaft, panel, fuel fi lter, cooling system, pm. Guests welcome. More at website. throttle/shift control. $5,000 FIRM or trade www.singlesailors.org. (510) 233-1064. CHARTER DIRECT & SAVE $$$$. toward 30’+ 5th wheel/travel trailer. (360) Owner’s time available for discount 643-9113 or [email protected]. PSPYC SEEKS NEW MEMBERS. charter. Beautiful Robertson & Caine 4600 No initiation fee! Cost is often less then cat, Hope, featured in Latitude 38. Based BENETEAU 323 JIB & MAIN SAILS. many marinas. Family Membership in- in beautiful Belize. Book direct and save Marina Village Yacht Harbor. See descrip- cludes open bar, BBQ and galley at any big bucks. [email protected]. tions. 116 jib & semi full batten main by time. Woodshop is available for projects. AFFORDABLE LIVING IN TONGA. Neil Pryde, Dacron, approximately 2 Not a “Blue Blazer” club. We cook and en- “Safe-Haven, Retirement, 2nd Home”. SAILBOAT CHARTER - SEA OF CORTEZ. seasons; $1,250. 95 jib and full batten joy a dinner the 2nd Friday each month - Private island ocean-view lots US$4,950 7D/7N (bareboat or skippered), mini mainsail by Quantum, Dacron, approxi- guests welcome! 700 West Cutting, Point each (not a typo)! Escape congested Cali- vacations, adventure sails. Experienced mately 2 seasons; $2,250. $5K+ brand Richmond, next to KKMI, the property is fornia and live your South Pacifi c island skipper/instructor. Discover the beauty new. (415) 810-2030. secure and marina warm and calm. Open paradise dreams. Protected lagoon living of La Paz and the Sea of Cortez. Explore house and free BBQ, Saturday, August aboard, while building a ‘Cocomo Village’ desert islands, swim with sea lions on a 14. Call Letty or check website for more home. www.tongaislandproperties.com. real cruising sailboat. www.charter-baja. information. www.pspyc.org. (916) 595- Email [email protected] or com. Email [email protected]. 7287 or [email protected]. (619) 347-2294.

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August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 163 VACATION BY THE BAY. Tiburon condo, "YOUR DESTINATION FOR A 2 bdrms/1 bath. Close to sailing & other JOB OPPORTUNITIES FULL SERVICE MARINA" Bayside recreation, SF, wine country, beaches, bike path, hiking. Commu- FULL-TIME BOATWRIGHT NEEDED. nity pool, high-speed wi-fi , washer/dryer. Must have experience with boat systems $595/week or $350 for 3 nights, + deposit. such as steering, thru hulls/valves, head Available fi rst week of Oct. www.digsville. systems and plumbing, 12 volt systems, com/listing_photos.asp?id=34. Contact transducer installation, rigging work, 800 SLIPS 20-60 FT Chris. (415) 383-8200 ext:103 or chris@ splicing and winch servicing. Must also latitude38.com. be willing to paint bottoms. Sailing ex- • Salty's Bait & Tackle • Private Restrooms perience a plus. Salary commensurate • Sport Fishing and Showers with experience. Email for application: • Restaurant • West Marine [email protected]. No • Dry Storage • Launch Ramp calls please. • KKMI Boat Yard Available • Pump Out • Guest Slips Available SAILING INSTRUCTOR. Sausalito. Be • Fuel Dock • Laundry Facility BERTHS & SLIPS part of the fastest growing school on the Bay. Starting at $20/hr with other sailing 310 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA 94965 related benefi ts. MUST have USCG Li- (415) 332-3500 • www.clipperyacht.com 50-FT PRIME SLIP PIER 39, SF. $46,000. cense and signifi cant sailing experience. F-Dock, Slip 11, east side. Protected from Teaching experience a big plus. Apply in wind. Close to gangway, showers and person and bring copies of license and Marine Diesel Specialists marina offi ce. Covered parking across resume. Modern Sailing School. 2310 street with special rates for owners. Marinship Way, Sausalito. [email protected] or (559) AT YOUR SLIP! 355-6572. ADMIN - CUSTOMER ASSISTANT. Sausalito. Be part of the fastest growing 36’ BOAT SLIP PIER 39 MARINA. San club on the Bay. This is a part-time posi- Francisco. $14,950. “B” Dock, Slip #31. tion that has the potential to be full-time. Close to showers and marina offi ce. Per- We need a team player that MUST work fect for weekend boaters. (561) 866-7743 weekends and MUST have some sailing or [email protected]. experience. Successful applicant will start at $13/hr plus other sailing related benefi ts. Apply in person and bring resume if possible. Modern Sailing Club. (415) 331-8250 - 2310 Marinship Way, Sausalito. 30 years experience • Universal/Westerbeke dealers SAILING INSTRUCTORS WANTED. Repairs/Tune-ups all models • Engine Surveys, Instruction Sausalito. Award winning sailing school, Club Nautique, is seeking friendly instruc- BAY MARINE DIESEL 510-435-8870 tors with solid boating and people skills [email protected] for part-time teaching, specifi cally in our PRIVATE BERTH 40-FT. Sandmound Sausalito location. We have the newest Slough, Delta. Terms negotiable, depend- fleet on the Bay and the most active ing on use and size boat. Berth for rent Coastal Program in the nation. Advance Mobile Marine Navigation on private dock with FULL bathroom. your skills, work with professional staff Very quiet setting, no neighbors across and have fun on the water. Includes boat Installations and Marine the water. For boats up to 40-ft, power or use privileges and membership benefi ts. Electrical Work sail. Draft over 5ft 6 not advisable, power/ Licensed captains email: schooldirector@ water at the dock. Plenty of secure park- clubnautique.net or call: (800) 343-7245. Vessel ing. Liveaboard possible. (415) 310-3194 or [email protected]. Electric BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CREW SAILS! SAILS! SAILS! SAILS! Serving all Major Hong Kong Sailmaker’s California corners of the Bay: CAPTAINS, FIRST OFFICERS & CREW. sales office/territory. Well established North, South, East – Rendezvous Charters is hiring ships crew moneymaker. Low overhead Grand and licensed masters to sail our 80 pas- and San Francisco! Marina offi ce. Owner retiring. Will train. certifi ed installer senger schooner, Bay Lady. Part time Sailing experience a must. Ideal for or full time. Excellent wages/benefi ts. semi-retired sailor/sailorette! $11K terms Mid-week and weekend work avail- available. A fun job! (510) 521-2353 or Milltech Marine AIS able, fl exible schedule! Want to enjoy [email protected]. your job? Building your sea time? Join Brian Theobald • (415) 424-2204 • [email protected] this rapidly growing company! GREAT MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR BOAT. PEOPLE, fun company. Email resume to Spinnaker Sailing in Redwood City has [email protected], or call Abby openings in our charter fl eet for 2 late (415) 543-7333. model sailboats 32-40 ft. Your boat will KATADYN SURVIVOR 35 WATERMAKER make money while not being used. http:// EXPERIENCED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. spinnakersailing.com. Call Rich. (650) - schooner - seeks select crew from 363-1390 or [email protected]. The Survivor is a must for all sea-going vessels and Mediterranean to Brazil. Legs are: (1) is the most widely used emergency desalinator. It is Corsica-France-Spain-Morocco-Gibraltar used by the U.S. and international forces. It is able to (2) Gibraltar-Canaries-Brazilian Islands- produce 4.5 liters of drinkable water per hour. These Bahia (Salvador) Brazil. Legs are 4-6 weeks, October to December 22. Must are unused U.S. government surplus. participate fully and share expenses. Call Reconditioned by Katadyn $950. Mike Johnson at (505) 466-6326, or email Claire at [email protected]. Compare to factory new price: $1,995. For more information or SAILING TIME FOR MAINTENANCE. work. Richmond. Have 35-ft sloop that to place an order, please needs more use and upkeep than I have call one of our sales reps. time for. 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AB Marine ...... 24 Berkeley Marine Center ..... 124 CYOA Yacht Charters ...... 131 Golden State Diesel List Marine Enterprises ...... 71 ABC Diving ...... 167 Beta Marine Engines ...... 69 Davis Instruments...... 49 Marine ...... 167 Loch Lomond Marina ...... 126 Adventure Cat Charters ..... 135 Blue Pelican ...... 162 Defender Industries ...... 64 Grand Marina ...... 2 Lowrie Yacht Harbor ...... 153 Afterguard Sailing Blue Sky Energy ...... 153 Department of Boating & Hansen Rigging ...... 63 Makela Boatworks ...... 162 Academy ...... 132 Blue Water Yacht Waterways ...... 43 Helm's Yacht Brokers ...... 168 Marina Bay Yacht Harbor .... 93 All Islander Rendezvous ...... 64 Insurance ...... 46 DeWitt Studio ...... 165 Helmut’s Marine Service ..... 156 Marina de la Paz ...... 160 Almar Marinas ...... 47 Bluewater Network ...... 166 Diesel Fuel Filtering ...... 165 Heritage Marine Insurance ..... 8 Marina El Cid ...... 165 Alpenglow Marine Lights ... 166 Boat US ...... 59 Downwind Marine...... 146 Hogin Sails ...... 36 Marina Puesta Del Sol ...... 151 American Battery ...... 160 Boat Yard at Grand Marina, Doyle Sails ...... 13 Hood Sails ...... 35 Marina Riviera Nayarit ...... 38 Bacon Sails & Marine The ...... 21 Easom Rigging ...... 127 Hotel Coral & Marina ...... 150 Marina Village ...... 15 Supplies ...... 58 Bottom Siders ...... 158 Emery Cove Yacht Hotwire Enterprises...... 160 Marine Lube ...... 156 Baja Ha-Ha Beach Party .... 149 Bradley Real Estate ...... 61 Harbor ...... 55 Hydrovane ...... 57 Marine Outboard Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors Brion Toss Yacht Riggers ...... 57 Emeryville Marina ...... 117 Kissinger Canvas ...... 153 Company ...... 22 ...... 107,108,109 Brisbane Marina ...... 67 Encinal Yacht Club ...... 68 KKMI - Brokerage...... 169 Mariner’s General Ballenger Spars ...... 60 BVI Yacht Charters ...... 131 Equipment Parts Sales ...... 164 KKMI - Full Service Insurance ...... 98 Bay Area Boat Works ...... 69 CDI/Cruising Design ...... 146 Essex Credit Corp...... 32 Boatyard...... 172 Maritime Institute ...... 158 Bay Island Yachts ...... 12 City Yachts ...... 9 Farallone Yacht Sales ...... 10,11 Landing School, The ...... 67 Marotta Yachts ...... 170 Bay Marine Boatworks ...... 33 Clipper Yacht Harbor ...... 164 Flying Cloud Yachts ...... 168 Larry R. Mayne Yacht & Martyr Anodes ...... 59 Bay Marine Diesel ...... 164 Coast Marine ...... 132 Fortman Marina ...... 52 Ship Broker ...... 44 Mathiesen Marine ...... 158 Bayside Canvas ...... 65 Corinthian Yacht Club ...... 59 Garhauer Marine ...... 39 Lee Sails ...... 156 Mazatlan Marine Center/ Bellhaven Yacht Sales & Cover Craft ...... 67 Gentry’s Kona Marina ...... 165 Leukemia Cup ...... 125 La Paz Yachts ...... 14 Charters ...... 132 Coyote Point Marina...... 31 Gianola Canvas Products ... 135 Lewmar Marine ...... 42 McDermot Costa Berkeley Marina ...... 37 Cruising Yachts ...... 7 Gill ...... 61 Lifeline Batteries ...... 71 Insurance ...... 49

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McGinnis Insurance ...... 99 Pacifi c Rigging ...... 58 Sausalito Yacht Club - Ullman Sails ...... 92 West Marine ...... 25,26,28 Mettec, Inc...... 60 Pacifi c Yacht Imports ...... 6 Women Skippers Regatta . . 55 Vallejo Marina ...... 135 West Marine - Rigging...... 48 Milltech Marine Inc...... 30 Pantaenius America, Inc. ... 156 Scanmar International ...... 68 Ventura Harbor Boatyard ... 150 Westwind Precision Details ... 51 Minney’s Yacht Surplus ...... 166 Passage Yachts ...... 5 Schaefer Marine ...... 63 Vessel Electric ...... 164 Whale Point Marine Supply . 56 Modern Sailing School & Pier 39 Marina ...... 133 Schoonmaker Point Voyager Marine ...... 53 White, Chris Designs ...... 162 Club ...... 27 Pineapple Sails ...... 3 Marina ...... 148 Warmington Homes ...... 34 Wichard, Inc...... 54 Mr. Pete ...... 45 Punta Mita Beachfront Seashine ...... 66 Weatherguy.com ...... 160 Wooden Boat Foundation .... 53 Napa Valley Marina ...... 20 Condos ...... 152 Seatech ...... 158 Wedlock, Ramsay & Whiting Yachtfi nders/Windseakers ..... 8 Norpac Yachts ...... 171 Quantum Pacifi c ...... 19 Shadetree Fabric Shelter ...... 62 Marine Surveyors ...... 162 North Beach Marine Quickline ...... 63 South Beach Harbor ...... 50 Canvas ...... 51 Raiatea Carenage South Beach Riggers ...... 51 North Direct Sails ...... 62 Services ...... 147 South Beach Yacht Club ...... 53 Don't forget to tell 'em Latitude sent you! North Sails - San Francisco . . 29 Richardson Bay Marina ...... 70 Spud Point Marina ...... 57 NW Yacht Brokers Rooster Sails ...... 65 Starbuck Canvas ...... 8 Association ...... 65 Ryan’s Marine ...... 166 Svendsen’s Boat Works ...... 23 Opequimar Marine Sail California ...... 16,17 Svendsen’s Marine ...... 40 Center ...... 151 Sail Hasty Heart ...... 130 Swedish Marine ...... 55 Orange Coast College ...... 41 Sail Warehouse, The ...... 167 Tauranga Boat Sales ...... 168 Outboard Motor Shop ...... 61 Sailrite Kits ...... 18 The Dinghy Doctor ...... 69 Owl Harbor Marina ...... 106 Sal’s Infl atable Services ...... 99 TMM Yacht Charters ...... 130 Oyster Cove Marina ...... 134 San Francisco Boat Works ... 99 Tradewinds Sailing School ... 66 Oyster Point Marina ...... 71 Sausalito Marine Electrical Trident Funding ...... 4 Pacifi c Crest Canvas ...... 49 Shop ...... 167 UK-Halsey Sails ...... 70

August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 167 Sail · BROKERS · Power 6400 Marina Drive www.yachtworld.com/fcyachts Phone (562) 594-9716 Long Beach, CA 90803 ﬂ [email protected] Fax (562) 594-0710

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2001 Hard Dodger, LOADED! $140,000 SISTERSHIP 1998 Real nice! $115,000 36' HUNTER, '05 $124,900 $119,500 37' RANGER $19,900 38' HANS CHRISTIAN, '86 $149,500

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IRWIN 42, '77 $59,500 47' GILS CATAMARAN, '02 $395,000 GEMINI CATAMARANS, 4 from $49,900 42' CATALINA, '93 $118,000 $109,000 APPROX. 100 LISTINGS ON OUR WEB SITE: www.flyingcloudyachts.com

2001 Andrews Transpac 52 V5 (Victoria 5) MULTIHULLS Transpac? Mexico? Go racing at speed on V5! • Exceptional condition; new canting keel & rudder • Fresh North Sails Wardrobe • Impressive Recent Race Record • Proven rugged, lightweight composite construction • Lying New Zealand – Ready to race tomorrow! CHRIS WHITE PDQ 32 ALTAIR Flexible Purchase Options Available including: HAMMERHEAD 54, 1996 Two boats from • Racing/training in New Zealand • Shipping worldwide $400,000 $139,000. ALL REASONABLE OFFERS CONSIDERED! Contact Owners Agent Brian Kent today at [email protected] or +647 575 0512 (New Zealand)

36’ SEAWIND 1000XL, 2001 CORSAIR 28AC, Two boats from 1998 $169,000. $59,000

SEAWIND 1160 ...... Call CORSAIR 24 MkII ...... $34,000 GEMINI 105M...... $124,000 YACHT SALES INC. CORSAIR SPRINT 750 .. 2 from $49,500 Dealer for Seawind Catamarans CORSAIR 31, 1998 ...... $105,000 and Corsair Trimarans www.taurangaboatsales.co.nz www.helmsyacht.com • (510) 865-2511

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Hinckley Bermuda 40 MkII Yawl CB (1968) Nelson Marek Custom Little Harbor 51 (1996) Bill Tripp design B-40 is highly regarded for A 92-ft aluminum world cruiser. Very comfortable Ted Hood designed pilot- her classic beauty, superb workmanship and Recently repowered. Immaculate house with full stand-up headroom and 360° many quality details. New sails, dodger, intel- throughout and in perfect condition. visibility. Set up for shorthanded sailing and ligently updated. Excellent condition. $1,500,000 superbly maintained by an experienced owner. Asking $147,000 Asking $619,000

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Swan 45 (2003) Swan 40 (1996) Baltic 42 DP (1984) Since 1973, Baltic Yachts Race or cruise. Rancho Deluxe won her class Frers design, exceptionally well main- of Finland have been building ﬁ ne pedigree in the TransPac and was second twice in the tained, 2-cabin performance cruiser. yachts with the philosophy that a comfortable, Big Boat Series. This boat has all the gear to Awlgrip Flag Blue hull, comprehensive sail safe, long distance cruising boat should have go cruising and is in perfect condition. inventory, and full in-slip cover. very good sailing and performance charac- $625,000 Asking $299,000 teristics. Doug Peterson design, superbly maintained, hull #29 of 30. Asking $165,000

DeVries 86’ Motor Vessel (1949/1999) Jarvis Newman 36 (1978) Santa Cruz 52 (1993) ‘Elegant’, ‘Exceptional’, ‘Exquisite’ are just Classic ﬂ ybridge ‘lobster boat’ of Maine Beautiful, fast cruiser, set up for short- a few words that easily characterize this build quality. Single engine (160 hours), handed sailing. Maintained to very high vessel. MV Far Niente clearly deﬁ nes the queen V-berth with enclosed head. Excellent standards, the hull has been repainted in term ‘Classic Motor Yacht’. condition, well maintained and lightly used. stunning red with new bottom paint. Asking $1,950,000 Asking $129,000 Asking $490,000

August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 169 Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts 415-331-6200 • [email protected] • www.marottayachts.com

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58' HATTERAS MOTORYACHT, 1973 Once the ﬂ agship of 41' SCEPTRE RAISED CABINTOP CUTTER, 1985 40' BENETEAU FIRST 40.7, 2003 The First 40.7 combines the Hatteras ﬂ eet, the 58 is a Jack Hargrave-designed classic with Professionally maintained local boat shows VERY nicely inside and the excitement of a sleek racer with all the comforts of a luxurious lines as attractive today as 30 years ago. Three staterooms, galley out. Leisure Furl in-boom system w/Hood main, Harken roller cruiser. This one is a well-equipped beauty that shows new inside down, enclosed aft deck, extensively updated. $198,000/offers furler and 105% Hood jib, updated electronics, more. $195,000 and out. She's the deep version (preferable for the Bay). $179,000

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43' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1978 38' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1984 37' HUNTER 376, 1999 Classic offered for sale by original owner. New teak decks (this Bristol example of a classic Hans Christian with new dodger and Very spacious, light and airy, this vessel shows as new; must see was a $40,000 job alone!), Awlgripped hull, updated interior, canvas, professionally maintained brightwork, sails & machinery to appreciate. Out-of-country owners motivated; offers encour- optional larger diesel and Telstar performance keel. $169,000 in ﬁ ne shape. Transferable Sausalito berth. $124,000/Offers aged. Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip can be arranged. $97,000

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48' C&C LANDFALL CUTTER, 1980 Landfall is C&C's ﬁ rst large 32' CATALINA 320, 1998 Very clean (down below shows as 41' MORGAN OUT ISLAND, 1979 boat w/emphasis on cruising. This one is a spacious 3-cabin, 2-head new) and well ﬁ t out (charplotter, AP, heat/AC, dodger, bimini, Center cockpit ketch. Never cruised and fresh water kept, cutter that's VERY competively priced and lying in a transferable etc.) deep draft model that's competitively priced and lying in a she shows much newer than actual age. Note all new stainless Sausalito slip. Motivated owner is encouraging offers. $89,000 transferable Sausalito slip – a nice turn key package! $79,000 steel ports. $64,000, offers encouraged.

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38' INGRID SLOOP, 1984 Clean, never cruised, one owner 30' NONSUCH ULTRA, 1987 40' CHALLENGER KETCH, 1973 example of this classic John Atkins design. A modern adaptation of Professionally maintained, the interior is ﬂ awless and the Recently Awlgripped in beautiful Flag Blue, renewed brightwork, pilot boats designed by Colin Archer for North Sea conditions, the exterior comes close. Note the transferable Sausalito incredibly spacious below with 6'5" headroom. Ingrid is the gold standard for capable cruisers. $59,000/Offers Yacht Harbor slip with great view. $49,700 $49,500

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NEW LISTING NEW LISTING

38' MORGAN, 1981 Morgans are well known for quality 36' ISLANDER, 1977 The Islander 36 is one of the most 35' PEARSON SLOOP, 1981 Built in Rhode Island to typical construction and seaworthiness; high D/L ratio of 265 and long ﬁ n successful boats from the 'classic plastic' era and this is a Pearson standards, this is one of the last 35s built and has been a keel provide a comfortable ride in the Bay's boisterous conditions. ﬁ ne example that's well priced by a realistic owner. Diesel, local boat since 1983. In very nice shape, priced right and lying in Very clean in and out, with recent, dark blue Awlgrip. $49,500 dodger, roller furling, and wheel steering. $43,900 a transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. A nice package! $35,000

at 100 BAY STREET • SAUSALITO • CALIFORNIA 94965 since 1946 THIS IS THE BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR! NORPAC NOW is the time for NORPAC to help SELL YOURS

YACHTS FOR MORE SEE OUR 1150 Brickyard Cove Rd., B9, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 • FAX (510) 232-7202 norpacyachts.com (510) 232-7200 NORSEMAN 447 Cutter design by Perry. 44'7" email: [email protected] WEBSITE + center cockpit, dsl, watermaker, genset, solar, radar, wheel, aft S/R w/double, 2 heads, AP, furling, self-tending, dodger, bimini & MORE! Asking $229,950

PERFORMANCE LIKE NEW!

133' CAR FERRY Conversion: Office/Studio. 40' X-YACHTS X-119 SLOOP. Famous CALYPSEAUX is a beautiful 39' BENETEAU 393 Slp. 41' CT-41. Exquisite example of this revered Gar- Ultra spacious. Fully operational. Set up for very Danish builder, racer-cruiser one design by Neils Light use; presents as near-new. Dsl, dodger, 2 private strms, den design w/many custom features. Fiberglass, big comfortable living and working. Ice Class, built Jeppesen. Loaded with gear, radar, new Volvo 2 heads w/showers, furling, self-tailers, new genny, main, dsl, teak deck, cabin heat & ﬁ replace, tiled shower & in Norway. Fine condition. Absolutely unique and Penta diesel in 2000 and MORE! Proven ocean win- Pryde 95 & 150 jibs, wheel/pedestal, pulpits, inverter, full head, gorgeous interior, alum. spars, full galley, refrig- VERY cool. Rare opportunity. $375,000 ner in Melbourne-Osaka Race. Asking $109,000 galley mid-ship, conv't settee/ship's table, ++. $149,950 eration & much MORE! MUST SEE… Asking $78,950

Visit us at BEAUTIFUL & FRIENDLY Brickyard Cove Marina GENTLEMEN'S CLUB AFLOAT SAIL 100' MEGA SLOOP Custom Offshore Perfor- 62' ELCO 1926 CLASSIC MOTORYACHT. 43' CLASSIC CALLIS 1923 Custom Express mance Cruiser. Comfort & luxury, spacious, Twin dsl, gorgeous, elegant, comfortable. Crusier. PRICE SLASHED by more than 2/3rds! sleeps 17, loaded and near new. GREAT GREAT LIVEABOARD CRUISER. Must see! An incredible BARGAIN! ...... Asking 199,000 CHARTER POTENTIAL!!! ..... Asking 975,000 Offers encouraged! ...... 148,950 42' GRAND BANKS Twl. Aft cabin, F/B, Onan, 43' POLARIS Canoe-Stern Cutter. Proven cruiser. Established and unique SF Bay charter business Dsl, furling, wheel steering, full galley, 14'6" beam, 58' ALDEN Boothbay Ketch. Center PH 56' HOLIDAY MANSION Cruising Catamaran twin dsls, radar. Excellent ...... 121,000 featuring exotic dancers (girls and/or guys for ladies enclosed marine head w/shower, ship's table/settee, cockpit, aft S/R, dsl, heavy glass, world HOUSEBOAT. High-end custom interior, and/or gentlemen), liquor service, comfortable and 36' SEA RAY 360 aft cabin fl y bridge express. windlass and a great deal more! Wonderful Robt. Perry cruiser. AWESOME! ...... Asking 268,950 twins and MORE! Motivated seller has spacious charter yacht w/tasteful traditional styling/ Twins. Nice & a GREAT VALUE. Asking 34,950 design and a great opportunity. Asking $129,950 reduced her to ...... 42,950/offers decor. COI for 49 passengers. Turnkey operation; owner 38' INGRID Ketch by Atkins. Great extra 34' CLASSIC LAKE UNION DREAMBOAT. We retiring. Asking $295,000/pos. seller fi nancing. STOUT BLUE WATER CRUISER. Glass double- 50' TRUMPY TRAWLER, Long range, great have TWO; a Blanchard and a Rathfon. ender, refi t & upgraded, vane, diesel, furling, layout, 671 N-Series diesel. Needs TLC. A Starting at a BARGAIN ...... 17,500 Asking RADAR & MORE! ...... Asking 51,950 great boat! ...... 44,950/offers 28' BAYLINER 2850 FLYBRIDGE SEDAN. New 38' CLASSIC English Ketch by Reg Free- 48' DUTCH CANAL Barge. Beautiful & VOLVO/GM 300 hp V8, economical & 30+MPH man. Breathtaking beauty. Reduced by comfortable Sausalito liveaboard. Steel, reported. Just completely refurbished & refi tted 25,000! ...... Asking 99,950 diesel. MUST BE SEEN! ..... Asking 219,000 to exceptional condition...... Asking 19,950 38' HERRESHOFF CAT Ketch. 1985. Glass, 45' STEPHENS 1929 classic. Beau- 27' FARALLON Pilothouse, '86. F/G, twin diesel, easy bluewater sailing ...... 54,950 tiful Gatsby-era motoryacht waiting to 42' LOD SCHOONERby H. Chapelle. 48' sparred, 5L V8s, fast and seaworthy. Just transport you back to the days of yacht- dsl, 1979. Excellent gaff-rigged tradtional beauty in 36' ISLANDER Slp. Well respected and outstandingly 38' MORGAN SLOOP. Diesel, furling, 2 spinns detailed and very nice ...... Asking 51,950 ing in the grand style...... Try 75,000 wonderful condition. THIS IS THE SCHOONER you've poular Alan Gurney design. Wheel steering, dsl, full & lots of sails. Radar, GPS/plot, dink with OB. 22' ALUMINUM PLEASURE TUG. Buffl ehead been looking for. Rare, exquisite and ready to go. dbl linefl ines w/pulpits, modifi ed fi n w/skeg-hung Cruise ready & MORE! ...... Asking 44,950 43' MATTHEWS, '65, diesel. A gem! live/cruise. Loaded ...... Asking 108,250 Very few schooners of this quality ever become rudder, self-tailers, rigged for short-handed sailing, Loaded and beautiful ...... Asking 69,450 available. Great opportunity! Asking furling, well laid out and comfortable down below. 37' HUNTER CHERIBINI Ctr. Dsl, dodger, cruise $49,500 New trans, dodger and MORE! Asking $44,950 equipped, Mex. vet. NICE! ... Asking 34,900 36' COLUMBIA. Clean and nice. Yanmar diesel, shower, wheel, dodger and more! Very reliable REDUCED! REDUCED! and FUN! ...... REDUCED! Try 14,995 33+' ROYAL HUISMAN ALUMINUM Cutter by Alan Gurney: World class builder and designer. Yanmar diesel, new standing rig, nav station, liferaft & MORE! Family emergency forces 50% PRICE SLASH. Must sell NOW! This is way too 38' GRAND BAHAMA fl ybridge express cruiser. cheap for this vessel! ...... Asking 19,250 Exceptionally clean, twin dsl, 2 helms, galley, enclosed 32' GULF P/H by Wm. Garden. Diesel, F/G head w/shower, more! Great value, asking $35,950 and MORE ...... Asking 13,950 64' SCHOONER (78' LOA). 1971. Excellent condition. Cummins 57' BOWMAN Ketch. An AWESOME vessel completely dsl. Exquisite teak construction, fully fi tted out for world cruising. equipped for world cruising. TOO MUCH TO LIST; must be 32' ARIES Sloop. Double-ender by Tom Gilmer, Genset, 10 berths. Beautiful, spacious, seakindly and comfortable. seen. Has circumnavigated and also completed the Northwest F/G, dsl, bluewater cruiser ... Asking 22,950 Too much to describe. A fantastic vessel, incredible opportunity, Passage east to west. Seaworthy, comfortable and roomy, this 30' STEEL Slocum's Spray replica by Roberts. rare fi nd, and fabulous value. MUST SEE! Asking $248,950 is your ultimate bluewater cruising yacht. Asking $219,950 Dsl, new, unfi nished project ..14,900/Offers 30' TRIMARAN by Augnaught. Folding, trailerable pocket cruiser. REDUCED. Asking 29,500 REDUCED! 36' STEEL HARTOG KETCH. Robust bluewater 24' MELGES class racer with trailer and cruising doubled-ender, 1985. Low hours diesel, outboard. Fast and fair ...... Asking 17,950 radar genset, air conditioning, watermaker, RIB and outboard, O/S liferaft, vane, wheel, pulpits, 2x POWER course lifelines and MORE! GREAT BARGAIN on a go 130' CAMCRAFT Passenger Ship. Certifi ed anywhere cruiser! Asking $49,950 for 33 passengers overnight. Booked for the season. Virtual turnkey: Money and opportunity, working PNW ...... 2,200,000 BERTHED 100' Steel HIGH ENDURANCE ADVEN- 44' STEELCanoe-stern cutter by Geo. Buhler/Fred Lagier & 49' CUSTOM Cold-Molded Ketch by Reliant. Beautiful Hankerson IN SAUSALITO TURE/CHARTER SHIP in Panama. Turn- Sons. John Deere diesel. Stout steel construction. Awesome design. Powerful and seaworthy bluewater cruiser in great shape. key operation. A great opportunity! bluewater cruiser built to go to sea and stay there. Radar, Built '91. Yanmar diesel, furling, self-tailers, aux. genset, full galley, MOTIVATED! ...... Asking 1,500,000 GPS, etc. Here's your world beater! Asking $89,995 full electonics and MORE! MUST BE SEEN. Asking $119,950

101' STEEL TUG in downtown Sausalito. This great CALL (510) 232-7200 OR FREE (877) 444-5087 YTB is operational, a fantastic opportunity with loads of potential! Bring your imagination, she's awesome, OR CALL GLENN DIRECT AT (415) 637-1181 highly desirable & a fabulous value. Asking $44,950 FOR INFORMATION & INSPECTION APPOINTMENTS

August, 2010 • Latitude 38 • Page 171 “I have used several boatyards in the Bay Area over the years and KKMI is heads above the rest. Having a project manager and staff that communicates what they are doing, meeting project time lines, making suggestions and continually keeping you aware of budget, all while doing great work, made this my best experience by far. They pay attention to the small details that really matter to you as a boat owner.” Mark Tucker, Hans Christian 33 “Sabbatical”