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VOLUME 426 December 2012 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS DECEMBER 2012 DECEMBER VOLUME 426 VOLUME BAJA HA-HA XIX RECAP —

More than six months before the start of the Baja Ha-Ha XIX cruising rally, organizers chose 'Don't Stop Be- the rally. duckies emblazoned on her hull. lievin' as its theme, rationalizing that Halfway through the annual Cabo Rob and Nancy Novak of Sausalito this hopeful directive — which was bor- beach party (November 9), a full day came close to missing the rally entirely, rowed from the title of a sappy early-'80s after the bulk of the fl eet had arrived, but not because their lovely Oyster 485 rock anthem — symbolized the unfl ag- rally organizers were considering alert- Shindig needed a refi t. While laying over ing search and rescue resourc- at the Morro Bay YC guest dock during es because Pomeroy — who'd their trip south, they were side-tied to a been singlehanding nonstop for large motoryacht that burst into fl ames a week since leaving Turtle Bay in the middle of the night. Awakened with a defunct engine — had not by screaming, Rob and Nancy shoved been heard from for more than off quickly enough to avoid disaster, 24 hours. At that very moment, but as Rob recalls, "Three minutes lat- though, Dawn Hilliard of the vin- er we would have been totally engulfed tage San Juan Islands-based in fl ames!" Two-time Ha-Ha vet Judy schooner Destiny rushed past on Stouffer of the Alameda-based Catalina her way to greet an approaching 42 Milagro wasn't so lucky. During the dinghy and shouted: "He's here! trip down the coast to San Diego, she Rich made it." was thrown across the boat and frac- By that point, some concerned tured a vertebra in her back. But she fl eet members had learned the backstory to Pomeroy's Ha-Ha campaign, which made single- handing for 400 miles with little Gentle zephyrs of sea sleep seem like a cinch: A mas- breeze began to whisper sive stroke three years ago left his right side paralyzed and robbed in from offshore. ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE him of the ability to speak. But With West Marine managers doing their amus- after endless hours of therapy the for- ing piratical schtick, costumed contestants mer construction boss achieved a re- insisted that her husband Michael car- strutted their stuff at the Kickoff Party. markable comeback during the past ry on without her. (She hopes to join ging determination of many entrants to year, regaining not only his motor func- him eventually in La Paz.) keep stoking the fl ames of their cruising tions, but also his ability to converse As in previous rallies, this year's fl eet dreams and ultimately make it to the normally. So for Pomeroy, just sailing was composed of all sorts of sailboats Ha-Ha starting line, October 29, despite across the starting line of Baja Ha-Ha — as well as three powerboats — that whatever obstacles they had to over- XIX was a colossal accomplishment. ranged from bargain-priced fi xer-up- come to get there. pers to top-notch, all-ocean cruisers Little did the Rally Committee know such as the spectacular Swan 77 Cyg- during the planning stages of this 750- Although the impediments other nus Montanus II, whose mast was twice mile San Diego-to-Cabo San Lucas entrants faced along their paths to the the height of some boats she glided cruise just how severe some of those cruising life may seem trivial by com- past. But as every new cruiser quickly obstacles might be. By the end of the parison to Pomeroy's, many are notable learns, any decent boat will take you to event, Rich Pomeroy of the Astoria, Or- nonetheless. For example, the Hilliards the same beautiful anchorages. egon-based Polaris 43 Flying Carpet of Destiny recently completed an ex- It was also typical that the back- emerged as the obvious poster boy for haustive, three-year refi t of their 1934 grounds of fl eet members were as di- the 'Don't Stop Believin' theme due to classic — which once belonged to ec- verse as the boats they sailed on: fi re- his struggles both before and during centric aviator Howard Hughes. Others fi ghters, teachers, aerospace engineers, Emerald Lady "Hurry up and snap the darn photo. This had similar stories: "The ski instructors, heavy equipment oper- sucker's heavy!" Phil of 'Silhouette' (might have) was almost derelict when we bought her ators, physicians — even a brewmas- said. Warmer water seemed to aid in the hunt. two years ago," explained John and Kel- ter. But as always, not long into the trip ly Wanamaker of Seat- the experience of cruising under sail to- tle. "Today she is a fully gether would prove to be a great societal bluewater-capable boat leveler, fueling the natural camaraderie looking for many years that results from a shared adventure. of new adventures." Ac- cording to Darrell Pow- ell-Ford of Alameda, As regular readers know, the fi rst "We've completely gut- offi cial event of the Ha-Ha is the Pre- ted and restored Rub- Halloween Costume Kick-Off Party, ber Duckies ourselves." co-hosted by West Marine at their su- She's a 1974 Coronado perstore complex near Shelter Island 45 that was easy to rec- (Sunday, October 28). In addition to the ognize out on the ocean predictable assortment of swashbuck- by the four cartoon ling pirates and saucy wenches, there SILHOUETTE TRUE BELIEVERS

were mutants, goblins, killer bees, hu- knots until the breeze fi lled in. man jellyfi sh, Polynesian princesses, But no sooner had crews adjusted Vikings, and even a cadre of Knights Killer bees, wenches, Vikings. . . The quality of their RPMs and resigned themselves of the Round Table, presided over by costumes this year was excellent, and many to motoring than gentle zephyrs of sea the fl eet's elder statesman, 84-year- masqueraders played their roles to the max. breeze began to whisper in from off- old Howard Shaw (AKA King Arthur), days and a full moon rising just after shore. At 11:30 the offi cial (sailing) start skipper of the Oregon-based Hunter 54 sundown on the fi rst night out. was declared, as the wisps of wind had Camelot, and his queen, Donna, who On their way out of San Diego Har- built to a steady fi ve knots — still not is 79 years young. The fl eet's youngest bor Monday morning, the fl eet formed a much pressure, but enough to fl y light- sailor, by the way, was 17-month-old loose procession as it passed well-wish- air chutes and creep south across the Nathan Bereson of the Seattle-based ers ashore and a boatload of print, ra- border toward the Coronado Islands. As Young Sun 43 Second Sun. He came dio and TV reporters. Also aboard the if commissioned by the Mexican Tourist dressed as. . . a baby in diapers. V.I.P. vessel Dolphin were U.S. and Mex- Board, several pods of playful dolphins West Marine managers Galen Piltz ican dignitaries, one of whom fi red the appeared soon after the start to usher and Ron Maggi — both decked out offi cial America's Cup shotgun to salute the fl eet south. as buccaneers — emceed the annual the departing parade. The weird thing that day was not the costume contest and kept the crowd A short time later, the Rally Com- light wind, but the eventual presence of amused with silly piratical antics and mittee surveyed the seas outside the dense sea-level fog that hung in clumps admittedly bad pirate jokes. Many event harbor from the for several miles sponsors were on hand to exhibit their event's moth- offshore. At one wares. Ernesto the taco man and his ership, the 63- point, it was so crew tirelessly cranked out three types ft cat Profl igate, thick that some of tacos for hours. And, due to the ab- and concluded boats reported normally hot weather, the Ha-Ha bar- that there wasn't being able to see tenders had to call for an additional enough breeze to only a couple of "emergency keg." sail in. So they boat lengths in Naturally, there's always a high level reluctantly an- front of their bows of anxiety among fi rst-time cruisers, but nounced a "roll- — a disconcerting conditions this year couldn't have been ing start," where- experience when much more benign: The forecast from by all boats could you're fl ying a event sponsor Commanders' Weather motorsail down broad-shouldered was for several days of light winds and the rhumbline at symmetrical spin- relatively fl at seas, with clear, sunny no more than six naker. One com-

Although there was barely any breeze for the 11 a.m. start, within a half hour it fi lled in nicely, allowing chutes to be fl own with ease. BAJA HA-HA XIX RECAP —

fort was that for the fi rst time ever the Rally Committee had required all boats to have either AIS or radar. annoying drone of diesel engines. light that evening, helmsmen could line Fortunately, just south of the Coro- The first of many sensational sunris- up their forestays with Orion's belt to nados the fog dissipated and the fl eet es greeted the fleet on day two. Com- guide them south. After all the pre-start plied southward under clear, sunny pared to previous years there was lit- angst, this idyllic, low-stress sailing skies. Just as air temperatures were tle drama to report during the manda- was the perfect recipe for rejuvenation warmer than in previous years, the sea tory 7:30 a.m. radio check-in, although and confidence-building. temp was higher too — about 62˚ just aboard Sisu, Christopher and Barbara Day three (Wednesday) was another south of San Diego. And as several Mex- Warnock's San Francisco-based Hans splendid day of easy sailing with steady ican friends had predicted, the warmer- Christian 43, the pricey, brand-new, breeze in the 10-15-knot range and than-usual water meant that game fish carbon-fiber spinnaker pole somehow mostly clear skies overhead. were boated farther north than usual. broke into two splintered halves "with On the approach to Turtle Bay (Ba- In fact, less than an hour after the start a horrible crunching sound" in a mere hia Tortugas) the water temperature the excited voice of Jerome Phillips was three knots of breeze. Go figure. had risen to 74° and the game fish were heard on the VHF exclaiming in his un- By late afternoon that day some active. Among the most impressive con- mistakable English accent that the first boats were reporting 12 to 15 knots of quests: Crew aboard Marian Croyle and catch in the fleet had been brought breeze, and most had at least 10, allow- Neil Calvert's Alameda-based Hylas 44 aboard his Oregon-based Hershine 41 ing even the most heavily laden cruis- La Boheme bagged a 55-inch wahoo, trawler Kinda Blue. ers to move nicely down the rhumbline and aboard the Texas-based Beneteau As spotty cloud cover moved in late of this 360-mile leg. Before the slightly 423 Silhouette Phil Donato brought in that first night, the fleet found an in- waning full moon flooded the sky with a 47-inch mahi. But the crew of Heavy crease in wind beneath it — up to about Clockwise, from upper left: Nearly everybody took a swing or two; lady sailors muscled the tug-of- 10 knots — giving watch-standers war hawser; plenty of fi sh to share; barefoot V-ball is always a hit; pinata pugilism; taking on fuel blissful, light-air sailing, while their off- from a mobile supply boat; feasting at the potluck; beach party in progress; dancin' to the rock 'n' watch mates slept soundly without the roll and salsa 'til the sun went down. FINN BEVIN ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE

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But Michael Bowe of Patanjali told the scariest tale: During his approach to Metal, Rigo and Deborah Fuzetto's San comparatively low, although there were the bay his engine conked out and the Francisco-based custom 60-footer, un- a few mishaps. Aboard Tom Van Dyke's Marina del Rey-based Catalina 42 was doubtedly bagged the most: 48 fish of San Francisco-based Searunner 31 tri being washed toward the cliffs when various types, which left everyone won- En Pointe, the crew was in the process some good-natured panga fi shermen dering, "Just how big is their fridge, of landing yet another fi sh when their came along and towed her in. Speaking anyway?" Some catches were a bit too spinnaker block shackle gave way and of escorts, many boats reported being big: The Kinda Blue crew snagged an launched the chute into the sea. "Who ushered into the bay by playful pods of 8-foot shark, estimated to weigh about knew you needed a swivel block for the dolphins who seemed thrilled to have so 300 lbs. Somehow they wrestled him spinnaker?" Tom quipped later. Capt. many new visitors. aboard long enough to retrieve their Phil of Silhouette admitted he had been A tally after roll call revealed that $50 lure, then set him free without los- so transfi xed by the thrill of blasting eight boats had sailed the whole way, ing any fingers or toes. along at 8.5 knots in 20 knots of wind and several others motored only a very That evening, as more than a doz- that he temporarily lost his better judg- short distance. en of the lead boats converged several ment. "I knew I should have taken it miles outside the broad Turtle Bay en- down, but we were just having so much trance, a brilliant moon rose over the fun!" Yeah, they blew it up. Aboard the The fl eet received its usual warm Baja Peninsula as if specially ordered San Diego-based Catalina 30 She Said welcome from the people of Turtle Bay. so the fl eet could enter and anchor with Ok Jeff Kiddy and Mike Kouris were And no wonder. The arrival of the Ha- ease. also pushing the limits of their kite — Ha armada each fall is by far the big- Due to the relatively mild conditions, and having big fun — when they were gest event of the year here. Ashore, there was little drama and destruction suddenly knocked down, which put the fl eet members fanned out, exploring to report on the morning net, at least chute in shrimping mode. Fortunately, the dusty, unpaved streets of the town; in comparison to some previous years. they recovered without trashing the sail practicing their Spanish with the local The number of blown-out sails was or expending too much adrenaline. fi sherfolk and shopkeepers; perusing

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ish would be a gross understate- built into the high teens by late after- ment. There were usually at least noon, yielding spectacular sailing con- three errors per hit, but in their ditions under mostly clear skies. Com- defense, only a few had brought manders' Weather reported an odd situ- gloves. Needless to say, everybody ation with a weak high to the north of went away smiling. us and a weak low to the south, with That night many fl eet members messy, hard-to-predict pressure in be- converged on the town's largest tween — their computer models didn't restaurant, the Vera Cruz, where know what to make of it. At the time sailing and fi shing tales were re- it was blowing 30 knots in Cabo as a counted, dancers practiced their moves in the on-site disco, and ap- parently many elbows were bent — "With the moon out and for the fi rst time ever they ran out of tequila! the Milky Way twinkling, Weather was splendid the next day for the annual Turtle Bay beach last night was magic." party. In addition to a massive pot- luck, many fi shermen brought in fresh-caught mahi, tuna and wa- result of a "circulation" farther south. hoo to grill on the communal 'cue, But all that was expected to be a faded and share with whoever wanted a memory by the time the fleet arrived five CYGNUS MONTANUS III CYGNUS MONTANUS taste. While some sailors were hap- days later. The gregarious Danes on 'Cygnus Montanus py just to kick back on the sand and The breeze got very light during II' provided this evidence that their marlin- catch up with friends, many played soc- the wee hours, but by the time of the catching saga was real. cer, volleyball and other beach games morning net, it had piped up to the low the spartan shelves of the town's mod- on the fl at pan left by the receding tide. teens again, putting smiles on the faces est tiendas; reconnecting with reality of fleet members as they hoisted their at the Internet cafe; hiking the nearby spinnakers yet again. hills; and chilling out at several beach- L eg Two takes the fl eet south to During the morning roll call we front watering holes. remote Bahia Santa Maria, a rhumbline learned that several boats were hav- Although community life here re- distance of 240 miles. It was slated to ing mechanical problems. The Rub- volves almost entirely around fi shing, start at 8 a.m., although many strag- ber Duckies crew earned good Samari- the townspeople do have another pas- glers hadn't even gotten their hooks up tan points for delaying their start from sion: baseball. Believe it or not there by that hour. Again, wind was almost Turtle Bay to recharge batteries and are three traveling teams based here, nonexistent at the appointed hour, so upgrade wiring on Frank Murphy's with players age six to adult. Ever since again the Grand Poobah declared a roll- San Diego-based Cabo Rico 38 Truant. they built a ballpark several years ago, ing start. It was a liitle spooky, though, Ethan Johnson's Seattle-based Catali- it's been a tradition to play an 'exhibi- that almost immediately a gentle off- na 30 Golden Eagle had been delayed in tion game' there where all Ha-Ha'ers shore breeze began to build. At 8:05 the San Diego, but finally caught the fleet and local kids have a chance to bat. As rolling start was called off and spinna- in Turtle Bay only to experience engine always, the rally's Grand Poobah (Lati- kers began popping open left, right and problems there that would force her to tude's Richard Spindler) presided over center. sail the rest of the way to Cabo. But she the mound, lobbing lazy pitches for During the morning hours most wasn't alone in that predicament. Paul hours and giving up roughly 2,000 hits, crews settled into a lazy routine, play- and Celeste Carpenter's West Coast- without a single strikeout. To say the ing the light wind as they slowly glided based Valiant 40 The Beguine lost the efforts of the Ha-Ha fi elders lacked pol- south. But aboard the big Swan Cygnus use of her tranny and, as explained ear- One of the unanticipated thrills of standing Montanus there was all sorts of excite- lier, the engine on Rich Pomeroy's Fly- watch at odd hours is occasionally witnessing ment. Twelve miles south of the start- ing Carpet was kaput also. What ampli- spectacular sunrises like this one. ing line her crew fought an hour-and-a- fied the challenges he faced, however, half-long Heming- was that one of his two crewmen had way-esque battle volunteered to help out the Portland- with a 9-foot mar- based Hans Christian 38 Tillie when lin before finally one of her crew had to depart suddenly bringing the mon- at Turtle Bay due to a family emergen- ster aboard for cy. And Pomeroy's remaining crewman measurement (via found another ride when he realized a halyard), then that Flying Carpet might get hung up in setting it free. Turtle Bay awaiting engine repairs. The breeze held Luckily, though, there was plenty of in the 8- to 10-knot wind on most of the course for even the range through the engine- and trannyless boats to keep morning, then moving. As the water temperature con- LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE TRUE BELIEVERS

tinued to rise to over 75°, fishermen — colliding with him. even those who relied on dumb luck With most of the fl eet safely rather than expertise — had continued anchored in the vast, well-pro- success. Rich and Lynn Lewis of the tected Bahia Santa Maria by the Delaware-based Valiant 42 Fellowship time of the third morning's net, reported boating a 57-inch wahoo. Not the simple bliss of peaceful off- bad considering it was the first saltwa- shore sailing in near-tropical ter fish they'd ever caught. Moments af- temperatures came through loud ter a nice big fish was brought aboard and clear: "This was the fi rst time the Seattle-based CT49 Scintilla, her we'd ever sailed barefoot," said crew learned a valuable lesson about Michael Boone of the Oregon- the law of the jungle: Before they had based Hunter 44 Desert Vision. a chance to clean their catch, a mis- "It's been a long time since we chievous seal leaped up onto the tran- could lie out on the tramps and som and grabbed an unearned lunch. gaze up at the stars," added Pe- As if that weren't weird enough, they ter Brown of the Port Townsend, / ANDY LATITUDE also found a live bat stowed away in WA-based Grainger 48 Taj. "With the When the wind is relatively light, some sailors their spinnaker that night. It dropped moon out and the Milky Way twinkling, get creative. Flying double headsails kicked this to the deck during the dousing, passing last night was magic," said Dawn of heavy cruiser into overdrive. inches from co-owner Christine Barnes' Destiny. "This has been the best sailing erant fi shermen who live in ramshack- face. According to her boatmates, that we've ever done in our lives." le huts for stints of several months at caused her to scream with fright and a time while working for the local fi sh "do the bat jig." Because stowaways are cooperative. Over the years these rug- not allowed on Scintilla — and bats are The vast oblong bay of Santa Ma- ged hombres have become great friends creepy — it was unceremoniously sacri- ria is typically the favorite stop on the of the Ha-Ha. Like a magician, their de ficed to the deep. Ha-Ha itinerary. Steep, craggy ridge- facto leader, Victor Felix, somehow or- Meanwhile, Chris Johnson of the Ne- lines abut its western shore, and a lush, ganizes a party for the whole fl eet on vada-based Hylas 445 Aurora had the maze-like estuary skirts its north end, the bluff above the estuary mouth, com- unfortunate experience of snagging a beyond which lies a primeval carpet of plete with a fi sh and shrimp dinner, ice- sea turtle, but was able to free it quick- sand dunes — untouched by the infl u- cold beers brought in from many miles ly. Even more troubling was Eric Sell- ences of man — that stretches as far as away, and a four-piece rock 'n' roll cover ix' report of a near-miss while sailing the eye can see. Thanks to the recent band complete with drums, keyboard, through the night on his Oregon-based passing of Hurricane Paul, the normally electric guitars and a PA system. Each Seawind 1160 scrubby hillsides were greener this year year they travel 120 miles up the high- Pied-a-Mer III: than we'd ever seen before. way from La Paz, then transfer to a fl at- "I heard a big With the water temperature at least bed truck for a 40-mile ride across the TRUANT splash right 75° and the sun baking down from a desert, before forging a river on a rick- beside me and brilliant blue sky, the fi rst lay day here ety ferry, then driving another 20 miles smelled whale was dedicated to swimming, kayak- down the beach at low tide. And after breath." Yuk! ing, paddleboarding, hiking and beach- all that they play only for tips! Not only Luckily, the combing — oh, and catching up on lost are these guys dedicated, but their tal- 38-ft cat sleep, of course. ent is awesome. The lead guitar player, slipped past The only inhabitants here are itin- for example, can cover Carlos Santana the snooz- Below: Light breeze, fl at seas and sunny skies and Eric Clapton solos note-for-note. ing cetacean made for low-stress sailing. Left: Megan takes Needless to say, the Rally Committee al- rather than a refreshing dip off 'Truant's bow. ways makes sure they are handsomely LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE BAJA HA-HA XIX RECAP — LYNN RINGSEIS LYNN ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / ANDY EXCEPT AS NOTED ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE

rewarded. Clockwise, from upper left: Conga lining at BSM; Viking attack; dolphins often came out to play; By this point in the rally the shared Cabo's 85° water was inviting for all ages; the famous Cabo arch; (inset) the king and queen of experience of traveling offshore along Camelot; the 'Moontide' crew practices synchronized swimming at the Tropic of Taurus; the invit- the same route had accelerated newly ing BSM estuary; spinnaker parade on the track to Cabo. formed friendships, so that folks who the breeze pipe up above 8 knots the never a problem, as long as the Com- met only 10 days earlier now swapped whole way to the fi nish off Cabo Falso, mittee was informed.) tales and shared personal insights as fi ve miles from the harbor. Although Leg Three was a bit of a though they were old friends. The 'kid Again, several boats delayed their yawner in terms of fun under sail, air boat' people had all met each other, and start to help others. Notably, the Aus- temperatures in those latitudes were some were already planning to buddy- tralia-based Beneteau 393 Calypseaux hot, hot, hot — while much of the West boat beyond Cabo. VII towed (trannyless) The Beguine down Coast from California to B.C. was bun- By this point also, many fi rst-time the course — but only until they hooked dled up in rain gear — and the fi sh were voyagers had realized that downwind, a dorado and said, "Sorry, gotta go!" still biting. near-shore sailing isn't so tough af- Later that day Rich Reiner of the San Because most boats were motorsail- ter all. And many undoubtedly wished Francisco-based Oceanic 45 Mandolina ing south at roughly the same speed they'd quit procrastinating and headed announced that he'd picked up a kayak during that warm, starry night, the south years earlier. 22 miles outside the anchorage. Turned fl eet was more concentrated than ever. out it belonged to the Richmond-based In fact, the number of 'targets' vis- Hunter 36 Grey Goose, and had disap- ible on radar and AIS screens looked The start of 180-mile Leg Three is peared from a boat party the night be- as though the Allied Fleet were about always slated for the rudely early hour fore — apparently due to a 'WTF knot'. to invade Normandy. Luckily, visibility of 7 a.m., with the goal that the smaller Roughly a half-dozen kid boats de- was crystal clear and no one fell asleep and slower boats will have to spend only cided to delay their departure so they with their autopilot on. one night at sea. But there isn't always could have another glorious beach and Meanwhile, somewhere at the back much breeze at that hour, and this year surf day with their kids while waiting of the pack, Rich Pomeroy's personal the wind gods were defi nitely taking the for the wind to improve. (As always, ordeal was playing out on its own tor- day off. In fact, most boats never saw variations from the basic schedule were tured timetable. Winds had increased

Page 82 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 TRUE BELIEVERS RUBBER DUCKIES LATITUDE / RICHARD LATITUDE MOONTIDE GREY GOOSE sharply during the two days when the his facility equally welcoming to sailors. fl eet was snugly anchored at Bahia To that end, rates were lowered dra- Santa Maria, but Rich was still out in it, It would be hard to exaggerate the matically this year and, as always, his sailing solo and taking a beating. Hav- contrast between the unspoiled beach- staff worked closely with the Rally Com- ing never come into BSM before — and es of Bahia Santa Maria and the rau- mittee to shoehorn in as many Ha-Ha perhaps being less than clear-headed cous streets of Cabo San Lucas. A long- boats as possible. By Friday morning, due to sleep deprivation — he elected time mecca for party-hearty tourists they'd found room for over 60 of them. not to brave the entrance and pull in to and serious fi shermen, the frenetic, That afternoon several hundred fl eet get some sleep. As he learned later, of high-energy vibe of its countless bars, members gathered under a cluster of course, few places along the West Coast restaurants and nightclubs is the polar sun umbrellas at the waterside Baja have a more forgiving entrance (unob- opposite of Santa Maria's natural se- Cantina Beach Restaurant for the an- structed and seven miles wide), and a renity. But when you've been out at sea nual Ha-Ha beach party. With many more wide-open anchorage (four miles for the better part of 10 days, that fi rst sailors basking in the glow of personal across and relatively shallow) where he long marina shower and well-blended satisfaction after successfully complet- could easily have sailed both on and off margarita are welcomed manifestations ing the trip — or was it the glow of hap- the hook. of civilization. And after being cramped piness fueled by two-for-one margari- In any case, by the time the fl eet was up in the confi nement of a sailboat in- tas? — new friends made plans to meet nearing Cabo on the second morning terior, it's downright therapeutic to cut up again in distant anchorages, or bud- of Leg Three, Rich sounded thoroughly loose on the dance fl oor of the notorious dy-boat together to La Paz, Mazatlan or exhausted and dispirited. Nevertheless, Squid Roe bar with a couple hundred of Puerto Vallarta. his solar panels were still providing him your closest Ha-Ha fl eet mates. As rally The highlight, as always, was the battery power, and the wind was no lon- veterans know, this is an unoffi cial yet From Here to Eternity kissing contest, ger threatening, but instead madden- well-established Ha-Ha tradition. where lovers were meant to imitate ing light. Rich's friends in the fl eet, as Although for decades Marina Cabo the iconic, surf-splashed embrace of well as Rally Committee members, were San Lucas has catered primarily to Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr at concerned, but he was in no immediate sportfi shing boats, its current director, the end of that classic black-and-white danger. Darren Carey, is determined to make fi lm. (See Sightings.) By that time Rich

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Pomeroy had come on the water, a just reward for more ashore with a he- than 400 sailors who refused to stop be- ro's welcome from (Alan Katz) of the Choate-40 Wizard, for lievin' in their cruising dreams. As they those who'd been tirelessly aiding whoever needed assis- travel on, hopefully some will write in monitoring his or- tance with a wide variety of electrical and tell us about the ongoing adven- deal, and he too malfunctions. tures they're having 'out there'. was able to have a All in all, it was a splendid two weeks — latitude/andy few laughs at the lovers' antics. Baja Ha-Ha XIX Division Winners The Awards Cer- + indicates sailed all of one leg; § indicates sailed entire course — "Soul Sailors" emony, generously (117 fi nishers with 426 sailors aboard. For complete results see www.baja-haha.com) hosted by the ma- It's probably safe to say no rina, saw the usual AGAVE DIVISION: 1+) Distraction, Olson 911, Don HUEVOS RANCHEROS: 1++) Mondolina, Oceanic 45, Rich Reiner; 2+) Fluenta, Stevens 47, Max Shaw & one was happier to reach Laverty; 2) Thunderbird, Albin Stratus 36, International mix of praise and Elizabeth Brown-Shaw Cabo than Rich Pomeroy. Rescue Group comedy, with the BURRITO: 1) Oceania, True North 34, Derek Shaw; 2) IGUANA: 1+) Wallfl ower, Kalik 44, Deron Bardin; Grand Poobah emceeing while wear- Mariah, Gulf 32, Ken Painter 2+) Pacifi c Highway, Davidson 44, Bruce & Laura ing a black tailcoat with shorts and CEVICHE: 1) Grey Goose, Hunter 36, Alan & Linda Masterson sandals. Every boat took home a prize, Brabon; 2) Alcyone, Ericson 36, John & Cynthia Mc- JALAPENO: 1§ ) Talion, Gulfstar 50, Patsy Verho- and three — Patsy Verhoeven's La Paz- Daniel even; 2+) Distant Drum, Ikylle 51, Harry Hazzard KILO: 1) Iataia, Beneteau 45, Sara & Marcos Rodri- based Gulfstar 50 Talion, George Wood- DESPERADO: 1) Rhapsody, Herreshoff 36, Alan & Laura Dwan; 2) Talos IV, Pacifi c Seacraft 36, Paul & guez; 2) Inspirare, Bavaria 47, Annika & Arvid Elias ley's Nevada-based Corsair 31 tri Flying Janet Baker LANGOSTINO: 1§) Camelot, Hunter 54, Howard Fox, and the Shaws' Camelot — were ENCHILADA: 1++) The Bequine, Valiant 40, Paul & & Donna Shaw; 2) Cygnus Montanus II, Swan 77, singled out for having sailed the whole Celeste Carpenter; 2) At Last, Sabre 38, Delayne Brink Richard Jakaus & Paul Warneke way despite periods of little or no wind. & Vicki Brighton MARGARITA: 1§ ) Flying Fox, Corsair 31, George Woodley; 2++ tie) Pied-a-Mer III, Seawind 1160, Eric In addition to gag awards for every- FRIJOLE: 1) Scot Free IV, Hylas 42, John Harper & Deborah Martin del Campo; & Pam Sellix; 2++ tie) Moontide, Lagoon 470, Bill Lilly thing from "extreme snoring" to "spin- GUACAMOLE: 1+) Silhouette, Beneteau 42, Phil & Judy Lang naker destruction," this year's Spirit of Donatto; 2+) Patanjali, Catalina 42, William Walters NO COMPRENDE (power): 1) Oogachaka, Krogen the Ha-Ha Award went to Dr. Electron 42, Ken & Patty Sebby; 2) N/A

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 87 THE LATITUDE 38 INTERVIEW Webb Chiles We've never quite known what to think about sailor and author Webb Chiles, who turned 70 in November. It's impossible to deny his body of work as a sailor. He was the one who broke Sir Francis Chichester's singlehanded non-stop around the world record — and with an Ericson 37 — and has singlehanded (mostly) around the world a total of fi ve times without sponsorship. But there are also things that make some sailors think he's a little outside the mainstream. For instance, there's a couple of weird boat names and the business of singlehanding around the world in an 18-ft open boat. And some people have told us they thought some of the things he's written in his books are a little . . . well, curious. The fact that he's been married six times has raised some fl ags with women. When we found out that Chiles had acquired a 24-footer and was planning to singlehand her around the world, and would be in San Diego just before the Ha-Ha, we were eager to meet him. We found him to be a pleasant, intel- ligent, confi dent, independent and self-reliant man from the Midwest with a true passion for shorthanded ocean sailing. These are the highlights of our conversation.

Latitude 38: Tell us a little about your new boat. prisons. I never did get that boat back. Webb Chiles: She's a Moore 24 ultralight hull #40 that I've It's a little confusing, but about that time my grandmother named Gannet. I've owned her for about 18 months, but as I died and left me a house here in Mission Bay, so I had enough live in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago, it's cold in the winter, money to go to England, where boats were much less expen- so I haven't been able to sail or work on her all that time. sive at the time. There I bought Resurgam, a really nice S&S 38: Why a Moore 24? 36 that was going to be my residence. But the manufacturers WC: One factor is her reputation as a great sailing boat and of the Drascombe Lugger built a replacement boat for me and a great sea boat that will take you where you want to go and shipped it to Egypt. Thus I was able to retrace my steps back to bring you back. I also like the hollow bow, the slight reverse Saudi Arabia so I could complete my circumnavigation. I ended sheer — everything about the fl ush deck version. I don't like up doing a circumnavigation on Resurgam, too. She later sank the later ones with the tiny house. off Florida, which is how I came to be swimming in the open I started out thinking that I wanted a small boat to sail on ocean for 26 hours before being rescued. Lake Michigan. But the truth of the matter is that I could just When I give talks, I always point out that small boats are never get used to being a lake sailor, even on the fi fth biggest more cost effective than big ones. For example, Egregious cost lake in the world. So when I bought Gannet, I knew in the back $40,000 in '70s money, and would do about seven knots. The of my mind that a number of Moores had been raced single- 18.5-ft Drascombe Lugger cost much less, but would still go handed to Hawaii, and that she's a proven seaworthy design. fi ve or six knots. In fact, I once did 300 miles with no boat at So my Moore is coming back to California and the ocean — by all. [Laughter.] way of Texas and Lake Superior. 38: Let's back up a minute. What caused Resurgam to 38: Did you get a good deal? sink? WC: I paid $9,000, plus $1,000 for a trailer I'm selling to a WC: It's a long, personal and very painful story, so people guy from Northern California later today. I usually buy boats will have to read about it in my book. But it was all my fault. and fi x them up, but this one was in really good shape for sail- 38: Can you explain the "300 miles in no boat"? ing around the buoys. Nevertheless, having owned sailboats for WC: Well, the Lugger fi lled with water once, and we had to 50 years — my fi rst one was an drift to safety. Excalibur 26 that I bought new To continue my boat his- in Berkeley — I'm still surprised "I've been married six times to fi ve tory, less than a year after at how much money I have to Resurgam sank, I took all the put into them to get them ready women, so I need to complete a sixth money I had left and bought for singlehanded ocean sailing. circumnavigation to even things out." Hawk, a Heritage One-Tonner In the case of the Moore, I've in Lake Champlain. I needed added a carbon fi ber bowsprit a home. I motored her down and some thin, fl exible solar panels. But I still have some major to Florida, where I met my present wife. I've been married six things to do, as I'll probably replace the mast and boom, per- times to fi ve women, so [laughter] I need to complete a sixth haps get a new rudder, and install a self-steering vane that was circumnavigation to even things out. But I used Hawk for my given to me by a fellow sailor who developed health issues. fourth and half of my fi fth circumnavigations. 38: Has there been a different rationale for each of your 38: Many sailors think that IOR and Ton rating boats are circumnavigations and boat choices? pretty awful because they were designed to beat a rule rather WC: After I used the Ericson 37 Egregious to break Chi- than sail fast, and because their pumpkin seed shape makes chester's record, I sold the boat and a book about my trip, and them diffi cult to handle when sailing downwind. What's your looked for a boat that was qualitatively different. That's when I opinion? came up with the idea of going around in Chidiock Tichborne, WC: Well, I've set world records with them. They may be hard an 18.5-ft Drascombe Lugger. I started that voyage from this to handle if you push them hard downwind in strong breezes, same Driscoll's Boat Yard in Mission Bay, San Diego. After a but when you're sailing alone, you don't push that hard. When couple of years, I found myself in Saudia Arabia with a broken singlehanding, the limiting factor tends to be the self-steering rudder. When I came into port, they arrested me as a spy, which vane. I sailed around the Horn with Egregious, which was an is how I ended up spending several weeks in Saudi Arabian IOR shape, and with Jill on the S&S 34 Resurgam, which was

Page 88 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 roughly the same ing my fi fth circum- design concept. I navigation, I used a didn't have a prob- total of 40 gallons of lem with either. The diesel, and that in- key is to sail with cluded my transit of whatever boat you the Panama Canal. have. My attitude toward For my fi fth cir- electricity is to re- cumnavigation, with duce consumption, the Heritage One not increase the ca- Tonner Hawk, I just pability to produce wanted to go sail- more. That's why ing, and was back in I've never had re- 18 months. I actu- frigeration on any ally ended up rac- of my circumnaviga- ing my own time — tions. Running an from when I sailed engine every day to Egregious and beat keep things refriger- Chichester's time, ated would ruin my just over 200 days whole experience of — and I beat it. But being out there. by then the single- These days most of handed circum- the world's ports are navigation records set up for vessels had been creamed. with engines, which Hawk ended up on is why I have a small a mooring in Opua, electric motor for New Zealand. That's Gannet. as good as place as 38: Your bike is there is in the world your means of trans- to have a boat on a portation in San Di- mooring. Opua is ego. You're lean and beautiful, the sail- look fi t. How is your ing is wonderful, health? and the people are WC: It's good, al- great. though I have gone 38: Were any of blind in one eye. It's the boats more dif- a combination of fi cult to go around in a detached retina, than the others? which was surgi- WC: The unbal- cally repaired, then lasted 900-lb Chidiock Tichborne was a true open boat, so that glaucoma. It's not clear whether the eye will ultimately have was an entirely different experience. I never wanted a small to go. boat just because it was a small boat. There's a guy building 38: When do you plan to leave San Diego? an egg-shaped 12-ft "ocean-going boat." What will she do, two WC: I was going to leave San Diego in June, but I have his- knots? Well, that's not sailing, that's drifting. When Chidiock tory in San Diego, and I'm fi nding that I quite like it here. So fl ipped between Fiji and Vanuatu, she remained gunwales deep now I'm thinking I may take off a year from June instead of this with water that I couldn't get out, so I pumped up my infl atable coming June. I'm about to turn 70, so there's always a chance and got into it, and we drifted 300 miles together at one knot. I won't be around a year from June. But either I'll have time But that's not sailing. or won't have to worry about it. Chidiock was a good boat. After I left San Diego, I made 38: Has anyone gone around more times than you? the Marquesas in 34 days, which was only two or three days WC: A Japanese man has. But nobody has gone around longer than it took most 40-footers. My best run with her was more times who hasn't been sponsored or hasn't raced around. just under 150 miles — and I count noon to noon, not just the I have no shore teams and get no assistance. best 24 hours. Yawl rigged, she was the best boat I've had for My motivation is that I just love ocean sailing. For example, heaving to. She had a furling jib — my fi rst one because they I'm going to go sailing tomorrow [the forecast was for rain] and were new then and I didn't trust them — so all I had to do to I'm going to go sailing around something. Maybe Catalina. I'm heave to was furl the jib, drop the main, and fl atten the mizzen. not going to stop there, I just want to sail around something, All of which I could do from the cockpit. I had to heave to once then have a nice downwind sail back to get a better feel for the during my attempted 4,000-mile passage from Singapore to Moore. Aden. I'd gotten into a blow, and while hove to averaged three 38: You're a Zen sailor! knots backward! WC: It's funny, but lots of people who sail don't really like 38: Did you have engines on these boats? sailing that much, or even being on the ocean. WC: Egregious and Chidiock didn't, but Resurgam and Hawk But with regard to the itinerary, I'll probably start by sail- had two-cylinder diesels that I used for making electricity. Dur- ing to Hawaii. I've already gone around westward three times,

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and I don't really want to do that again. Plus, how would I get through the Panama Canal unless I could be towed? Twice I've gone east around Cape Horn. Whether Gannet would survive down there, I don't know. And the Northwest Passage isn't what it once was, so I don't know. This is the fi rst time I won't have had a defi nite plan before I leave. But I'm again looking for a qualitatively different experience. At some point I expect to be sailing with gale force winds on the beam, and will be sailing faster than I've ever sailed on a monohull before. 38: What's the fastest you've gone so far? WC: I was in a 55-knot storm with Chidiock and pegged the speedo at 10 knots, and did the same in a Levanter near Gibraltar. The boat was probably travelling at 15 knots, some- thing she wasn't made to do. With my other boats, I probably got up to 12 knots in the Southern Ocean. But One Tonners pretty much top out at eight knots. 38: What will you have for a sail inventory? WC: For many years my boats have had three sails — a furling jib, an asymmetrical chute, and a fully battened main. I'm having new sails built for Gannet. I'll have a traditional spinnaker and storm jib in addition to the furling jib and fully Moore 24s are known for their spacious interiors and three-foot headroom. battened main and asymmetrical spinnaker. 38: What will you use for communications? 38: Do you wear a harness? WC: Just a handheld VHF. I don't want to talk to anyone WC: Not usually on the other boats. I'll have one aboard who isn't on my boat. When I'm out at sea, I never communi- Gannet, and I may wear it more. But because I can set and cate with anyone. I just have the handheld to talk to offi cials douse all my sails from the cockpit, I won't have to go on the in ports to fi nd out where they want me to go. foredeck much. The big fear when sailing alone is that some- 38: Interesting. Lots of singlehanded sailors — even ones who thing goes wrong in the middle of the night, the boat is out of stay in radio communication with others — hear locomotives on control, and you have the spinnaker up. With my sail plan, I the open ocean, see bears on their boats, and have other hal- can douse the gennaker from the cockpit, so I really won't have lucinations caused by a shortage of normal sensory input. What to go forward. about you? 38: How do you get your weather? WC: During my fi rst time going around, I remember hearing WC: I look around at sunset, checking to see if there are any the voice of one of the women in my life. But no, I'm used to changes in the sky or sea. I've had some false positives, but in being alone. I enjoy my own company. all my decades of ocean sailing, I've never said 'It's going to be 38: Speaking of women in your life, how is it you've been mar- okay tonight', and it wasn't. I look for changes in the patterns ried so many times? in the sky, in the wave heights, and things like that. And I look WC: I like wom- at the barometer. en, women like me. So many sailors look for weather windows, but there is a [Laughter.] certain satisfaction in having survived a number of Force 12 38: Are you con- storms — the maximum on the Beaufort Scale — confi dent cerned about being that you'll be all right. I have been in Force 12 winds, always hit by ships because in the Southern Ocean except for once in the Tasman Sea just you won't have radar north of 40°S. I took knockdowns with my 36-footer and both or AIS? my 37-footers so that all the masthead gear was washed off. WC: Those things 38: What's the key to surviving a Force 12 storm? aren't going to keep WC: Lots of sea room. [Laughter.] you out of danger. 38: What was it like being in a One-Tonner in a Force 12 When you sail out storm? of here on the Cali- WC: Much of the time was all right. The key is whether a fornia coast, on Lake wave breaks at the exact instant it hits your boat and fl ips you Michigan, or around over. If the wave has already broken, you get foam all over the the Med, ships can boat, but it's not so bad. come from all direc- 38: Hank Grandin and son got rolled in a hurricane sailing tions, and the risk across the Atlantic in an Olson 30, and Doug McNoughton got of getting run down rolled in an Atlantic hurricane in, if we remember correctly, an is serious. But if you Express 27. They both survived. get 30 miles offshore WC: That's cause for optimism. I think being rolled in a of most places — Moore 24 would be all right. But having the boat picked up and including New York tossed a long way by a breaking wave would be different. But City — you're no there are virtues to small boats, as the curves are stronger. longer in danger of 38: What will you navigate with? getting run down. WC: My iPad is my chartplotter. I use iNavX. You can get ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / RICHARD ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE Nobody else is out some Navionics charts for it, as iNavX has all the NOAA charts, Webb loves to sail the ocean just to be sailing. there. but you need to buy the stuff for outside the United States.

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But it's inexpensive compared to when I used to use C Map, comfortable and I can reach everything. It's like wearing the where it was $250 per region for charts. I bought the iPad to boat. use as a chartplotter, but I've found that it's useful for so many 38: What about exercise? other things. I can do all I WC: I have a workout that need without a full computer, includes push-ups, crunches, except update my website knee bends. It takes about and a little of my fi nances, at 15 minutes a day. I did it on which point I have to visit a the Moore last week. I have to Starbucks. improvise, but I can do it. 38: The Moore is a very 38: What did you do for a small boat. What's going to career when you weren't sail- be worse, being inside or out- ing? side? WC: I stopped working WC: I'm not sure, but it's for other people in '74. I've going to be the heat. I like always thought of myself as dark color hulls and wanted a a writer, and I managed to black Moore 24, but it would support myself that way. have been too hot. I haven't 38: What does your current had Gannet in the tropics, wife think of your wanting to but I had it on Lake Michigan circumnavigate on a Moore when it was in the '90s. It was 24? hot. WC: My wife Carol is very The problem with the intelligent — an architect — Webb's bicycle is almost bigger than the boat he plans to circumnavigate. Moore is not my ass, but my and a very good sailor. She back. My favorite place on the boat is sitting on the fl oorboards, thinks I'm going to get killed. facing aft. I have access to everything. One of most comfort- 38: It's easy for us to say, but if you take the tradewind able positions is standing in the companionway. There is no route, we think you and the Moore will do just fi ne. ladder, and with a fl otation cushion against my hip, it's very — latitude/richard

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Thanks to the arrival of the Amer- ica's Cup World Series road show this year, San Francisco Bay has drawn the "I don’t know! I don’t even keep trophies!" has been a fun project. I’ll attention of both national and inter- he laughed. be looking to charter her national sailing aficionados like never Robertson’s been sailing all his life, next year." before. And more of the world's most and has owned and raced Smokey off and Claussen loves racing accomplished helmsmen, tacticians and on since 1966. After 47 years on the boat, Curlew, as he says, "noth- crews raced on Bay waters this year than he attributes his success to the racing ing sails like a Bird! She’s we can ever recall. on San Francisco Bay, the competition, easy to sail, it’s a great As cool as all that was, though, those camaraderie and probably Smokey. "We fleet that’s making a resur- visiting pros never stole the thunder of have a great crew and a fast boat," he gence, and the competition the diehard racers that you'll meet in said. is fun — as is sailing in the these pages — the Season Champs of He claims winning this year was just oldest racing fleet on the a wildly diverse number of one design Bay." fleets. Many have been campaigning He credits his winning their winning boats for years, if not de- "On the first day we broke formula this year to a great cades. And as much as they might enjoy crew: Carl Fleming,Chris the novelty of a ride on an AC45, we'd bet the whisker pole on a Klein, John Mara, John most of them would not trade that scene badly timed jibe — Ravizza, John Skinner, for the camaraderie they feel within their Jim Lindsey, and John own cadre of racing opponents. totally my fault." Buestad, as well as to There are so many classes here on having a good boat, good the Bay that it will take at least two in- like any other, "We just went out and speed and not making too stallments of this tribute to honor them did what we always do: try to get a good many mistakes. Expect all. In contrast to the ultra-high-tech start, stay out of trouble, and sail fast. to see Claussen back on AC72s that are now plying Bay waters in The Bear fleet has a lot of good sailors, the water on Curlew next advance of next summer's America's Cup and this year the most competitive sail- season. 34, we'll start our winner profiles this ors were Glen Tresser and Peter Miller. month with some of the most venerable Robertson sailed 20+ races this year. WBRA Folkboat yet well-loved design classes. (Look for He likes to sail year-round, although he Josephine Part II next month.) says he races mainly in summer. Either Eric Kaiser way, after more than half a lifetime with Regular crew: Patrick WBRA Bear — Smokey the same boat, it’s clear he really likes Morgan & Kurt Hemming- Steve Robertson Smokey. sen LATITUDE / ANDY / LATITUDE Regular crew: Josselyn Robert- "I love the Bear. It’s the perfect boat. Dropping the keel on son, Henry It’s five minutes from my office, I can Josephine last January may have had Englehardt sail it alone, I can sail with a crew, we something to do with Eric Kaiser’s win- & Jeff Har- can cruise it. Boats are really expensive, ning performance this season: he discov- riman right? But a 23-ft boat costs a hell of a ered that the keel was actually bent and S t e v e lot less than a 30-ft boat." twisted off to port. Aha! Robertson "After much grinding, filling and fair- has no clue WBRA Bird — Curlew ing of the keel and the entire hull, we fi- how many Bill Claussen nally had a bottom that resembled that of times he’s After racing all his life — both crew- a race-wor- won a Sea- ing and skippering — and a 20-year thy boat!" son Cham- hiatus wind- After five pionship. surfing, Bill seasons on He simply Claussen the Bay, never keeps said it was Kaiser says track, but he great to be a combina- Steve Robertson guesses it's racing again, tion of fac- probably close to 20 in various classes, and in the tors helped and in the Bear. . .well, probably over 10. Bird class. him suc- His success ceed: con- BAY RACING ALPHABET SOUP this year sistent crew in such an that worked HDA = Handicap Divisions Association (Bay established on the boat racing using the PHRF handicapping system); / CHRIS LATITUDE ODCA = One Design Class Association (Bay racing class is even with him in for one design fleets); OYRA = Offshore Yacht Rac- sweeter as Eric Kaiser the off sea- ing Association (ocean racing using displacement/ he’s been son, Doyle Sails, and no flyers on the waterline divisions sailing under PHRF); WBRA = Bill Claussen racing Cur- race course. Wooden Boat Racing Association (Bay racing for lew for only a year and a half. "Maintaining positive talk on board the following wooden one design fleets). Additional "I used to watch them as a kid racing and making good decisions as far as fleets are one design or otherwise independently with my dad," Claussen said. "I’m also minor adjustments to the rig and jib administered. involved in restoring another Bird, which leads as the conditions changed (thank

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and did lots of sanding and varnish- ing." It also helped that every Fifty/ Fifty crew member committed to every San Francisco Bay race on the calendar. "Our original goal for the year was to qualify for the International Knarr Championship in Copenha- gen," Crawford explained. "The IKC regattas are absolutely incredible with 12 days of world class parties and some fun sailing too. Mission accomplished." He considers the team ritual of drinking premium tequila before the start of every race, and cold beers at the finish line was key to their tenac- ity after ten long months of racing. "Our defining moment for 2012 was when our team won the SFYC Fall Classic. After 50 races on SF Bay and 15 races in Denmark, my crew was still excited to get out on the water and give their best effort. That level of commitment and en- thusiasm for ten straight months was just incredible. Consistency wins championships." In 2013 the International Knarr Championship (IKCs) will be held at the San Francisco YC and Craw- ford expects every U.S. team will be giving a 100% effort to qualify in the first half of the season (April Smokin'! The venerable Bird boat 'Curlew' flies friends off the water." to June). "Regardless of how we finish, across the Central Bay during the recent Jes- Team Fifty/Fifty will have fun." sica Cup Regatta. "Nothing sails like a Bird." WBRA Knarr — Fifty/Fifty you Kurt) helped us." Brent Crawford WBRA IOD (Internat'l One Design) A pivotal moment for Kaiser was win- Regular crew: John Bobincheck (co- ning the fleet’s annual Woodies Regatta. owner), Tim Wadleigh, Dan Ahern, Steve Rich & Mark Pearce "Somehow that regatta win gave the team Wegner & Scott Sullivan Brothers Rich and Mark Pearce have a great deal of confidence, Kaiser said. Brent campaigned Fjaer for four years and "On the first day we broke the whisker C r a w f o r d claim that their acumen on the water pole on a badly timed jibe — totally my and John this year is thanks to consistency and fault — and we used the spare pole my Bobincock a committed crew: Paul Zupan, Scott dad made out of wood some 25 years ago. purchased Lynch and a host of future rock stars I mostly carry it on board for sentimental Fifty/Fifty in reasons, but that day it kept us in the January and hunt. quickly won "Right after we hit the dock, we raced the GGYC over to Svendsen's and went to work Midwinter building a new pole. It was a team effort, Series. "Hav- and in the end proved to be a difference- ing a group maker not only because we worked of guys who together to make it happen, but also were willing LATITUDE / CHRIS LATITUDE because we increased the length of the to dedicate pole 6 inches, something we had talked Brent Crawford a lot of per- about earlier in the season as a differ- sonal time to work on the boat and get it ence between us and the other boats." ready to race played a big part in getting LATITUDE ARCHIVES LATITUDE The cast of characters in the fleet to the top quickly," said Crawford. keeps Kaiser racing, and he’s not sure "We replaced the old wood mast Mark and Rich Pearce he’d be racing if that weren’t the case. with the new aluminum mast, installed from the SFYC youth sailing program. "We really love to beat each other out all new rigging systems, relocated the And if there’s one thing that they on the race course, but we're also good winches, installed new beer holders, learned this year, it’s "Don’t be OCS," as

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"it’s never fast sailing backwards," Rich joked. "We’ve enjoyed some amazingly close and competitive racing this season. in 25+ knots on plane and a wave, the We are looking forward to more of the boom floats over effortlessly and the boat same next year. We have several new is totally under control," Melbostad said. additions to the fleet and have crew po- "That’s good boat handling!" sitions available on any given weekend. The fun factor is also high on the It's an IOD; we love everything about it! list for Melbostad, with top moments Check us out at www.sfiod.org." this year including sailing the boat with He said the local IOD fleet is tough, family and friends in club races and the with everyone having a shot on any given Leukemia Cup, winning both events. day. "The racing’s been very exciting and Watch out for JR in 2013 — the crew very close, while each of the teams has intends to sail every race during the one been more forthcoming with their go-fast design season, with the intent of repeat- secrets." ing their win. Rich is excited that there’s renewed interest in the fleet. "We’re seeing inter- ODCA Express 37 — Golden Moon est from individuals and syndicates who Kame Richards & Bill Bridge like the one design rules, which limit sail This year is the third season cham- purchases, provide for group purchase pionship for Richards and his crew on discounts, and ultimately limit the pos- Golden Moon. The roster includes Tom sibility of 'racing checkbooks.'" he said. and Eliza Paulling, Mike Mannix, Jason The Pearce family has sailed IODs for Westenburg, Brad Jeffry, Jeff Anger- 50 years, said Pearce, during which time mann, Chris Bridge, Sally Richards, they’ve individually or collectively cam- Rebecca Hinden, Todd Hedin, Chris paigned six different boats with various Boome, Aimee Daniel, Robbie Englehart, levels of success. and others. "They’re a great group who want to Etchells Fleet 12 — JR constantly Bill Melbostad i m p r o v e Bill Melbostad named his Etchells their skill JR after his dad, with whom he sailed l e v e l a n d most of his life. While consistent starts, don’t com- above-average boat speed and good boat plain about FORSTER / ROLEX DANIEL handling were key to winning this year, doing 10 or sometimes for the very first time. We Bill says the single most important factor 20 jibes be- introduce people to sailing and racing was his crew: Steve Fentress, Bill Barton fore the start and try to show that paying attention and Mike Ruff. of the first and concentrating on the job at hand "The Etchells requires good teamwork race every yields big benefits." and a crew day!" that is used Richards ODCA Santana 22 — Santa María to working loves being Chris Giovacchini together," he / CHRIS LATITUDE part of a one Regular crew: Ted Wray & Nelson said. "Be- Kame Richards design fleet, Bellesheim tween Bill, citing that it’s "the best sailboat rac- If there’s one aspect of racing that is S t e v e a n d ing available," particularly when racing undeniably M i k e , t h e against Mick Schlens on Blade Runner transpar- c o m b i n e d (of Southern Califonia). ent across experience "We have had a great time sailing all boats, is about 40+ against each other," said Richards. "He’s racers and years in the a terrific competitor, and a joy to be with fleets, it’s boat. That's on and off the water. They sail the pants that without a lot of years off their boat. The last time they came up a good crew LATITUDE ARCHIVES LATITUDE in a particu- for the Big Boat Series they got second. you may as Bill Melbostad lar one de- This year, we got second. Leading going well go sink sign class." into the last day just isn't good enough. your boat. Melbostad’s been campaigning this You've got to be leading at the end of the Chris Gio- particular Etchells for seven years and last day, which is what Mick did!" vacchini on has been active in the fleet off and on After all’s said and done, and hav- his Santana LATITUDE / CHRIS LATITUDE since 1980. He loves that Etchells racing ing campaigned his boat for ten years, 22 S a n t a is always close, with boats usually finish- Richards says that sailing the Estuary Chris Giovacchini Maria claims ing within seconds of each other. "The Wednesday Night Beer Can Series is in that his secret to success this year was boat is very tactical, and being smart on fact more rewarding than anything else his outstanding crew, Ted Wray and the water is rewarded," he said. he and his crew do. Nelson Bellesheim. "They’re dedicated An "aha" moment? "Jibing the boat "We get new people out on the water, and tenacious," Giovacchini reported.

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slats off the benches down below and taped them to the spinnaker pole, which made a brace so it could be used. There were many dismastings on that race." Nonetheless, El Raton scored first in the Express 27 Fleet and fifth overall. Ray thanks Peggy Lidster, Express Fleet Captain, who has built up the fleet with tireless work, and adds that his shore crew Janet Lotto and Annie Carroll are the welcoming committee who greet them on the dock with Dark & Stormy cocktails whether they’re crying or celebrating,

Laser — Christine Robin Tracy Usher Tracy Usher bought his first Laser, #17586, in 1974, took a bit of a break from Laser sailing in the 1980s to deal with an education and career start, then got back into it in the early '90s. After living in age denial for a few years (foolishly missing the legendary Cancun Masters' Worlds, he says), Usher finally attended his first Masters' Worlds in '01 and he's been to every one since. During this time he’s been through seven boats, including his current one, #199187. Recalling a memorable moment, Usher says that in the late spring his Nothin' to it. Longtime Express 37 racer Kame boat seriously with Steve Carroll, Patrick weight went below 190 pounds for the Richards drives confidently from the rail during Lewis, Jordan Paxhia and Noe Goodman. first time in about 15 years. September's Rolex Big Boat Series. "I’ve been racing El Raton with Steve for "I discovered that Peter Vessella Chris has been campaigning his boat nearly 20 years," Lotto explained. "He’s (among others) wasn't flying by me most recently since 2010, and plans to like fam- downwind anymore — and I wasn't giv- do it all over again next year with his ily, and he’s ing much away going upwind. I said, same crew of "devils." Given that he also one of the 'Aha! This diet thing might actually be reports that most of his experience is best sailors worthwhile!'" racing from behind — an assertion we on the Bay. Locally, he says the Laser has a great strongly doubt — Giovacchini says it’s P a t r i c k i s fleet with a mix of seasoned veterans (i.e. always a highlight — and exciting — to excellent on old people), and many up-and-coming catch up from behind. foredeck and youth sailors, including sailors in both "This did happen to us a few times! Noe keeps groups with plenty of experience at the Once we rounded fourth at the leeward everything international level. "Its interesting that mark in a pack, decided not to follow, together. It the young sailors don't always win!" said and caught them all at the finish by 50 i s a l w a y s Usher. yards for the gun. We were all pleasantly good to have Besides the local district schedule, surprised . . . and happy!" a woman Usher’s 2013 racing plans include the LATITUDE ARCHIVES LATITUDE on the boat. Masters' U.S. National Championship at Express 27 — El Raton Ray Lotto And Jordan Cabrillo Beach, the Pacific Coast Cham- Ray Lotto is not only a top sailor in every respect pionship in the Columbia River Gorge, Regular Crew: Steve Carroll, Patrick but adds a great attitude." and the Masters' World Championship Lewis, Jordan Paxhia & Noe Goodman A defining moment for El Raton was at the end of the year in Oman. "Next This was Ray Lotto's third year win- The Delta Ditch Run this year with winds season" starts this month at the RYC ning the Express 27 Fleet San Francisco gusting 30 to 35 knots from the west. Small Boat Midwinters! Championship Series and San Francisco As Lotto described it, "When we have a Long Distance Series on El Raton. He spinnaker run we pride outselves on not Laser Radial says "excellence and consistency" were having roundups. But on this race we Desperate Laserwives the secret behind his success. had four roundups and one rounddown Christy Usher Ray started racing El Raton in 1988, when the spinnaker pole went into the Christy Usher calls her Laser Radial and for the last five years he's raced the water and was bent. Patrick took the Desperate Laserwives because, she says,

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behind every Laser Master sailor is a desperate Laserwife! "DLWs are (the best) part of the Laser Master sailing lifestyle," Usher explained, "The term desperate Laserwives was coined by a group of us ladies at the Laser Masters' Worlds in Brazil in 2005 while lounging by the pool drinking Caipirinhas. At a Masters' Regatta, if the DLWs aren't sailing we’re either lounging poolside, lunching, touring or shopping." Usher’s winning season seems a far cry from desperate. She’s been sailing Lasers since college, but it wasn't until recently when she turned 35 that she joined husband Tracy on the Laser Mas- ters' circuit and started racing the Radial USHERS COURTESY more often. Christy (left, the 'desperate Laserwife') and making new friends, and seeing so many The sweetest moment for her on the Tracy Usher show their winning form during a new and fascinating parts of the world. water this year was winning a race at the bouncy day on the Bay. Masters Pacific Coast Championship to to see me win that race as I was! It was the cheers of her competitors. a very special moment for me and one We'll take a breather here, but pick "I rounded the leeward mark to the I'll always remember." up where we left off next month, with finish in first place (from fourth at the She claims that what keeps her com- more accolades to the Bay Area's finest windward mark), and as I sailed to the ing back, regatta after regatta, is the sailors. Don't miss it. finish line all the guys behind me were mental and physical challenge of racing — michelle slade cheering me on. They were just as excited a Laser, reconnecting with dear friends, & latitude/andy

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Fall is one of our favorites times of year in the Bay Area. Not only do the biting summer winds start to mellow, so. "I had my townhouse in Vancouver crew we talked to but they were far and but cruisers from the Pacifi c Northwest that was decorated just as I wanted," away the most enthusiastic. Their having — and sometimes beyond — pass un- notes Janet. "I thought that's what my suffered a knockdown during a southerly der our iconic Bridge before continuing life was going to look like." south. They come in all shapes and sizes But then Jim asked her to go of boats, all economic backgrounds, and cruising with him, and she said all experience levels. Some are old salts, yes. "We often ask each other what while others were newbies when they we were thinking, and we both have left. Of course, by the time they reach the same answer," says Janet, a San Francisco Bay, they've endured the wry smile turning up the corners of Oregon/Washington coastline and could her mouth. "We were both thinking now be classifi ed as old salts themselves. of me standing on the dock with a Some are heading to Mexico for the sea- very small kit bag and a very big son, others are on their way around the smile!" world. The following months were spent We normally encourage readers to clearing out the townhouse and seek out these salty sailors when they see prepping Haulback for extended them in their marinas, but fate conspired cruising — including the addition to postpone the publication of this article of refrigeration and a watermaker until long after even the stragglers had (that sound you just heard was "This isn't a fl ag, it's a trophy," say Mike and Nancy of passed through. We interviewed the six the collective gasp of disbelief from 'Defi ant's tattered Canadian Maple Leaf. crews profi led here in late September/ Jim's many Bay Area sailing friends). Of gale off the Oregon coast, we wondered if early October, and — with the possible course, as Janet cleared out the detritus they were second-guessing their cruising exception of one boat — all have moved of her life — "I got rid of all my pretty plans. "No way," they both cried. In fact, on long ago, with some having just things," she moaned — Jim made conces- they couldn't stop smiling while recount- completed the 19th annual Baja Ha-Ha sions of his own, such as fi nding some ing their adventure. (see page 76 for that story). But while place other than the silverware drawer Where the Kellams had seen decent their experiences might have expanded to store his toothbrush, toothpaste and northwesterlies for their nonstop trip to considerably since we comb. "What?!" he ex- the Bay, Mike and Nancy had southerlies met them, each has a claimed when we burst on the nose the whole way for their non- unique story we think out laughing at Janet's stop hop. "We were between Cape Blanco is still worth telling. revelation. "It made and Cape Mendocino, and I was on watch perfect sense — it was when it happened," recalls Mike. "Both close to the mirror and spreaders were in the water, and so was We met up fi rst the sink!" I." Thankfully he was tethered to the boat. with our old single- As for their future "I remember thinking, 'Oh no, there's wa- hander friend Jim Kel- plans, they're minimal ter getting into my foul weather gear!'" lam, a retired crane and very fl exible. "We're When Mike went to check on Nancy, operator in the BC just going to keep go- who was unhurt in the knockdown, he logging industry. Jim ing round and round was wearing a gigantic grin. "He kept say- has sailed in three till we get dizzy and fall ing, 'That was so cool," Nancy laughs. "I Singlehanded Trans- off," laughs Jim. "We was like, 'You're fucking nuts!'" Surpris- Pacs on his Spencer don't have an end date. ingly, they sustained little damage — a 35 Haulback — solo We're going to Mexico lost winch handle, boat hook and BBQ circumnavigating after this winter [they just cover, and a torn dodger. the second — and he's completed the Ha-Ha] This from a couple with admittedly told us on a number and then we'll cross no offshore experience. Mike has been of occasions that he'd the Pacifi c." They plan sailing for years, but only in protected never sail with some- to visit Australia and waters. When he met Nancy fi ve years one else. But, happily, Indonesia and spend a ago, they'd go out for mini cruises in the he changed his mind year in Tasmania, but summer, but nothing long-term. "If you when he met his new they insist they're not count up all the time I've been sailing bride Janet, a retired on a schedule. As Jim off and on over the fi ve years I've known business owner. They notes, when you're cir- Mike," says Nancy, "it'd add up to about married in March — on Janet and Jim Kellam on 'Haulback'. cumnavigating, "Your eight months, if that. That gale was the the spring equinox — and set off from schedule becomes cyclone season." fi rst time I've been in anything over 25 Vancouver, BC, in August on an extended knots of wind." cruise that may take them around the The couple — who retired, sold every- world. Just down the dock from the Kel- thing and moved aboard the day before Their having such a well-prepared lams in Alameda were their friends from leaving BC — joined Haulback during boat, one might be fooled into thinking Vancouver Mike Northup and Nancy the Ha-Ha with plans to spend a year in the Kellams didn't have all that much to Kettles on the C&C 115 Defi ant. Mike do before casting off the docklines. Not and Nancy were the least experienced

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From the Bay, the couple were go- ing to take their time getting to Mexico they were already closing in on Puerto before jumping off to the Galapagos, the Vallarta — and the Caribbean with hopes Marquesas and on to Oz. to make it as far as Cape Cod by next August. Regardless, they'll keep cruising "until the fun or funds are gone." You don't have to be a rocket scien- tist to build your own 62-ft custom steel boat, but it doesn't hurt. Okay, Oleg Bely Barely out of the newlywed stage, isn't a rocket scientist; he's an astrophysi- Steve and Judy Danzenroth tied the knot cist, but close enough. The Frenchman four years ago after meeting through left his home country in the early '70s to the Seattle Singles YC. Steve had been work as a researcher at a university in sailing since the '80s — Puget Sound, Brazil. His wife Sophie — who was, unfor- Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlottes tunately, not aboard the day we dropped (Haida Gwaii) — while Judy had cruised by — was also employed at the university. and raced offshore for years, racking up They quit their jobs to cruise the world aboard their 50-ft steel boat, conceiving and having their son along the way. In the mid-'80s, the family — includ- ing their unborn daughter — took their The Gordon-Rein Family: Jen, Richard, Bruce fi rst trip to Antarctica, and they were and Carmen of 'Northern Passage'. hooked. Over the last 30 years, the Belys Mexico before joining the Puddle Jump. have visited the icy continent at least From there, it's anyone's guess. once a year, though Oleg thinks it's prob- ably more. Mementos of their voyages in the form of photos and paintings decorate Bruce Rein and Jen Gordon were their rich and spacious saloon. each living on sailboats in New Jersey A few years later, Oleg was offered a when they met 15 years ago. They have very good price for his boat, which al- since moved to Seldovia, Alaska, where lowed him to design and build one that they were raising their two kids — Rich- would suit his new business: charters ard, 12, and Carmen, 10 — before they from Brazil to Antarctica. "It was a fantas- set out on a year-and-a-half long adven- tic adventure, mainly because it fi nished ture aboard their 51-ft Kanter Atlantic very well," laughs a gregarious Oleg. steel ketch Northern Passage. Each has All told, the job took fi ve, sometimes extensive sailing experience, including six, people 20 months, or a total of sailing their previous boat, a Columbia about 30,000 hours. "It cost less than 36, in Kachemak Bay (the bay that leads $150,000," he says, though he admits to Anchorage), but they always dreamed Oleg Bely, with 'Kotik' crewmember Dalila. about cruising with the kids. To that end, Bruce took a sabbatical from his job as a telecomm engineer (Jen is self-employed, so she takes her job with her), and they rented out their house 'Code Blue's Steve and Judy Danzenroth. and set off into the Gulf of Alaska on July an impressive 16,000 bluewater miles. 9. "That was the worst part of the trip for Steve had bought Code Blue, a Caliber me," says young Richard, of their entry 40 LRC, new in '02 with plans to cruise into the notorious Gulf. "We had 15-ft her, so fi nding a fi rst mate who loved to breaking waves that fi rst day," confi rms sail was serendipitous. Together, they've Jen. "It was pretty harrowing." also chartered in Tahiti and the BVIs. But Carmen is quick to point out a In preparation for their fi ve-year (or highlight: a huge pod of whales — "North- so) cruise, the couple moved aboard last ern right whales," she and Richard note August, so they've got the boat pretty proudly — they spotted on their way from well sorted. Even so, Judy says, "We've Eureka to the Bay. Jen says the kids' got a lot of stuff and need to lighten up school provided textbooks for schooling, the boat. You just always take too much but they're also learning about their en- with you." vironment as they go along. Code Blue sailed out of Port Angeles on With just a little over a year left to September 20 and endured the nastiness go, their itinerary is packed. Having just you'd expect between Cape Blanco and completed the Ha-Ha, they have plans Cape Mendocino. "It was blowing 35-40 to head to Panama — as of this writing, knots," Steve recalls. "The only damage was the bow lights are now gone and three toilet seat hinges broke." ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE / LADONNA ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE PASSIN' THROUGH

that government red tape and other is- example, on this trip around, he sues could easily have killed the project really wanted to see Kodiak Island altogether. because they'd missed it the last With their kids grown, the Belys left time. Of course the shortest route their homebase in Uruguay a year ago. from Europe to Alaska is through "We like to go to the northern hemisphere the fable Northwest Passage, so they every few years," he says. They wound just hopped on over to Greenland in their way up the Chilean Channels to May 2011. "The ice opened in front the Galapagos, which they didn't care for, of us with a easterly breeze in Au- and on to Hawaii and the Aleutians, end- gust," Karl recalls. The trip through ing up in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, which took about a month, and they spent they loved. From the Bay, their plan was the rest of the fall exploring Kodiak. to head to Mexico to have some work They wintered in Sitka, leaving done on Kotik before hopping over to in April to explore Prince William the Marquesas and Tahiti. While they're Karl Mayer and family (in photos) of 'Muktuk'. Sound until July, when they made not on a schedule, per se, they do have ist boats for our taste," he says, speaking their way down the coast. another Antarctica expedition planned for his wife Alexandra and sons Gan, 8, Though the family have a rough idea for January. and Noah, 5, who were also not aboard of where they want to go from the Bay, As for their business, Oleg points out when we visited. The native Austrian has they're not on a schedule, nor do they that most of their income goes directly to been cruising for the 22 years, the last have a set itinerary. This isn't a 'trip' for maintaining Kotik. "The boat is fi rst," he 16 with Alexandra, so he knows what he them, this is a lifestyle. For now, the boys insists. "Besides, I don't want to get rich. likes. are using an Austrian curriculum for I just want to live." Now on his sixth boat, a 47-ft steel schooling, but Karl admits they may stop Karoff design named Muktuk, Karl speaks moving in fi ve or so years to give them well of the less-populated spots in the a chance to grow up with a stable group K arl Mayer disagrees with Oleg world and his desire to visit them. For of friends. "But then we will possibly go about Antarctica. "There are too many again," he says "Cruising is life." scientifi c stations, cruise ships and tour- — latitude/ladonna

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 101 MAX EBB

The problem is as old as the fi rst anchor: How to get ashore from your anchored boat. The answer is and always I'll call the mothership on 16 again." and gusset pieces has been obvious: Bring a dinghy. And No one answered on 16, probably be- that snap in so from there, the solutions diverge. cause the party was already well under- it's very stiff when On Long Island Sound, everyone tows way on the big boat that served as party everything is ten- their dink. For crossing open water, central for the fl eet. And their radio, if sioned up. It's so ocean cruisers carry infl atables. Megay- it was even on, was not getting anyone's cool the way it achts have helicopters. But this was just attention. But I did notice a small kayak folds into itself, an afternoon raft-up at Angel Island, and heading in our direction, and as it drew and even the pad- none of those solutions were practical. closer I recognized the paddler. dle fi ts inside the This wouldn't have been a problem "Lee!" I shouted. "You're not an or- package." just a few years ago, when big raft-ups phan — don't you always go home for "That's all well were allowed at the Angel Island mooring the holidays?" and good," said balls. But now they limit the number of "Not this year, Max," she answered my friend from the boats on any one set of mooring buoys, as she coasted alongside in a smartly- other boat, "but so our group was distributed around the executed skidding turn. "I'm, like, the next time bring cove. I was tied up alongside one other only one left on my fl oor of the dorm, so the three-person boat that was similarly defi cient in shore it's a good time to work on my thesis, version so you can transportation. and also go sailing." ferry us over to The event was the Holiday Orphans' "You mean you're fi nally going to fi n- the party." Cruise, organized each year by some ish your degree?" I said in amazement. "They might of the berthers in my marina. All the "If we get a lot of rain this winter," she make a double in liveaboards and other wayward sailors predicted. "And not too much wind." the future," Lee with no close relatives in town have a Clearly she still prioritized windsurf- explained, "But this is just a prototype huge raft-up and potluck feast over in ing above scholarship, so I concluded for the single. Not sold in any store, at Ayala Cove. Unfortunately, not being an that I did not have to worry about my least not yet. But I'll paddle back to the orphan, I always have to miss it. But this best crew being lost to a full-time job. raft-up and send a dinghy your way." year, with the rest of the family engaged "Did you paddle that thing all the way She sped off across the anchorage elsewhere that day, I pretended to be an across from the marina?" I asked. with a few easy strokes of the double orphan to join the fun. "No way!" she replied. "It's a folder. paddle. Takes just fi ve minutes to assemble." "I had one of them folding boats once," "Well, I guess you could drag out added the skipper on the boat I was tied Surely someone in the raft-up must your big infl atable," I suggested to the to. "Always leaked through the seams, have brought a real dinghy with an out- skipper of the boat alongside. He was a and was too fl exible for a motor of any board, but when help arrived it was Lee longtime liveaboard, and I knew he had size." Helm again, this time in an infl atable a nice inflatable dinghy that worked "Check out this one," Lee replied. "It's open kayak. with the outboard clamped to his stern a totally new generation of folding boat, "You called for a taxi?" she hailed pulpit. and the only seam is along the deck cen- as the yellow infl atable boat bounced "That thing is such a pain to set up," terline. Everything else is a fold, like an alongside. he complained. "And it has a slow leak. origami puzzle, and it's got little bulkhead "Uh, we asked for a water taxi, not a

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"Of course!" I said, making a mental pool toy is, like, all you need." note that I would need to sneak a peak at Lee's phone to see what fl avor of app she needed. A fter setting out my tray of sushi "I think the gadget of the year is the and sampling some of the other offerings, personal AIS emergency beacon," sug- I asked Lee if I could take the Oru Kayak gested the owner of the big boat that was out for a spin. hosting the party. "Sure, but don't fl ip. I didn't put the "Personal EPIRBs have been around fl otation bags in it." for years," said my liveaboard friend. There's almost nothing as much fun "Why would you want a short-range AIS as paddling a light and slippery single instead of an EPIRB that reaches a satel- kayak around a calm anchorage full of lite?" your friends' boats. And according to "When you fall overboard," explained Lee, this thing would fi t in my cockpit the big boat owner, "you don't care if they locker. know about it in a bunker somewhere in "I'm writing to Santa Claus," I said to Virginia. You want all the boats within Lee as I climbed out of the kayak after VHF range to get your distress signal and my loop around the cove. your position. This one even transmits Lee Helm demonstrates an Oru Kayak. The "They're taking orders," said Lee, "But cog-sog so there's an easy way to tell if only seam is along the deck centerline. the builder says they won't be in produc- it's a false positive." tion till spring." "Cog-sog?" asked my liveaboard MAX EBB "Which reminds me," I said, "I've got a friend, making it obvious that he was shopping list to fi ll out for the holidays. not a racing sailor. pool toy," complained my friend. Any ideas for interesting new gifts and "Course over ground and speed over I climbed in carrying my contribution gadgets this year?" ground," explained Lee. to the potluck, but my friend was skepti- Lee could see right through this ploy. "It costs about $300, and I attach one cal. Whenever I ask her for suggestions for to each of the infl atable PFD-harness "We'll be well below the Plimsoll gifts for other people, she rightly guesses combos for my offshore crew. With that mark," acknowledged Lee, "but I think that I'm really fi shing for a gift idea for and a strobe light, we worry a lot less the International Maritime Organization her. But she plays along. about being clipped in all the time, espe- will grant us an exemption considering "It's the end of a year that's divisible cially when we're racing in warm water." the route and the sea conditions." by four," she said, "and you know what This sparked a debate about harness After a little more hesitation he that means." tethers among mostly inexperienced passed down a case of beer to contribute "Leap year? Olympics?" I guessed. offshore racers, with those who had the to the party, and then lowered himself "Presidential election?" fewest offshore miles expressing the carefully into the middle of dinghy. With "No, none of those are important," strongest opinions. It broke up only when just an inch of freeboard at our sagging explained Lee. "It's the year for a new ver- another dinghy full of "orphans" bounced midships, Lee carefully paddled us over sion of the racing rules. And that means up along side. This time it was a larger to the mothership. a new rulebook, a new version of the USS infl atable tender with a big outboard, "Not nearly as nice a ride as the Oru appeals and the ISAF cases, and new piled with people I recognized from the Kayak," she observed, but sometimes a smartphone apps for quick look-ups." older docks on the other side of our har-

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bor, most of them liveaboards. Lee must books. never mind." have recognized some of them, too. "I don't have any family in town," said "This is just the fi rst of four volumes," "Trawler trash," she whispered. one of her old friends. C. explained. "Eventually I'll publish the "Lee," I said. "Some of those guys are "My ex confi scates all my mail," said complete collected works in a square my friends." another liveaboard. binding." "I totally mean it in a good way," she "Who would think to give me a pres- "Cool!" said Lee. backpedaled. ent?" complained another marina ur- "I know a liveaboard who needs this Packages were passed up to the party chin. book," said the owner of the big boat boat — about equal tonnage of food and "Here, guys, one for each of you," she that was hosting the party, after fl ipping booze — and they climbed aboard after. said as she handed out the little pam- through one of the samples. "Do you Clearly the party was about to gear up a phlets. "Happy holidays." have extras with you to sell?" notch, but before that happened some- "Dock Dorks!" the first urchin ex- "Of course!" C. confi rmed. one recognized someone on a Newport 30 claimed. "C, you did it! The book! Am I who needed a ride over to the raft-up. in here, like you promised?" "It's C. Shell!" he said as he hopped "I didn't promise nothin'," she in- Meanwhile, the party animals on back into the dinghy. "I'll zip over and sisted, but her old friends put down their board were fi nding more drawings of pick her up." drinks to comb the pages of this book of themselves in not-always-fl attering situ- A minute later the high-powered cartoons, mostly about the liveaboard ations. dinghy was back with the passenger. culture and lifestyle, and mostly drawn Truth is a defense in libel cases, and Apparently most of this crowd knew her from C. Shell's personal experience. even the scurvy bunch of actual "dock — they had once been liveaboard dock "Hey, guys," said one of them with a dorks" depicted in the book recognized neighbors in a different marina. concerned tone. "We don't come off look- the truth in their characters. After anoth- "Anybody expecting anything good ing so good in some of these 'toons." er round of drinks they were all having from Santa this year?" she asked as she "Speak for yourself!" retorted another a good laugh at most of the cartoons. climbed aboard the party boat. old dock neighbor of his. "She drew me But I'll be thankful to get back to C. Shell did not bring any food or as looking pretty good . . . oh wait . . . having holiday dinners with my actual drink to contribute, but instead had a relatives again. bundle of what looked like little comic — max ebb

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 105 THE RACING

For most of the country, November's weather is not known for being pleasant, but on San Francisco Bay, it was downright balmy. Sadly, there were only a handful of races to take advantage of mellow fall conditions. IYC's Jack & Jill + 1, RYC's Great Pumpkin and TYC's Red Rock regattas were three we covered, along with RegattaPRO's Winter One Design and BYC's Midwinter series. Race Notes will cover many of the rest.

Jack & Jill + 1 RYC Great Pumpkin Regatta, just across Island YC’s ménage à trois for women the Bay, has become the Halloween event skippers went off on November 4 in and so a couple of years ago the Red Rock shorts weather and just enough of a Regatta was moved to the Saturday after

northwesterly to start on time and keep Halloween. The course features Red Rock / CHRIS LATITUDE the seven entries sailing properly. They Island with other marks added as the ranged in size from a Santana 22 to a weather allows. Kristen Soetebier, Queen of the Tartan Ten. The Spinnaker fleet got a This year's fleet was split into two Latitude 38 Women's Circuit. 5.6-mile double-sausage course. The divisions that, after a 40-minute post- Moore 24 Snafu, helmed by Angela Ro- ponement waiting for the wind to arrive, brock with husband Karl on foredeck sailed the short course from TYC to and Mark Simpson trimming, kept the Red Rock and back in a light northerly pressure on the theoretically faster breeze. In Division 1, Mariellen Stern's Laser 28 Stink Eye all the way around J/105 Joyride and this writer's C&C 29 the course and stretched out a lead on Siento el Viento got good starts but soon everyone else. Stink Eye finished a mere ran out of wind. Richard Selmeier and six seconds ahead with no hope of mak- his crew on his C&C 33 Hurricane Gulch ing up her time on Snafu. The Merit 25 looked for more wind farther south. As Faster Faster, sailed by Deb Fehr, fin- the wind backed to a northwesterly and ished a couple of minutes later to earn filled in from the north, Gerry Gunn on second place. Dawn Chesney’s J/24 Dire his Hawkfarm Red Hawk got the advan- Straits rounded out the division. tage. The Non-Spinnaker boats got a At Red Rock, Joyride was well in the quickie 2.8-mile single-sausage course. lead with Red Hawk, Hurricane Gulch Pam Krawiec skippered the Tartan Ten and Siento el Viento turning in that Ghost to a convincing victory over Judith order. Siento el Viento hoisted the spin- Maurier’s Alerion 28 Scrimshaw, which naker quickly and, taking advantage of back in the fleet, Gary Proctor sailing placed second, and IYC Commodore the flood tide, sailed a southerly course his C&C 30 Meritime singlehanded and Kristen Soetebier’s Tuna Pueo. to the finish, while Red Hawk and Hur- Brian Forster on his Newport 30 No But Soetebier won another honor, ricane Gulch enjoyed a close-fought Agenda both found the light airs not to that of Queen of Latitude 38’s Unofficial battle farther north. Joyride held on to their liking. Women’s Circuit, having skippered en- her lead to finish first in the division on — ian matthew tries in Jack & Jill + 1 and Sadie Hawk- corrected time, though the more south- ins (IYC’s full-crew women skippers’ race erly course and a fading breeze proved TYC RED ROCK REGATTA I (11/3) in February), and volunteered her time to be advantageous to Siento el Viento, DIVISION 1 — 1) Joyride, J/105, Mariellen at Island YC’s Women’s Sailing Seminar which crossed the finish line just in Stern; 2) Siento el Viento, C&C 29, Ian Matthew; in September. Our congratulations to front of Hurricane Gulch to take second 3) Hurricane Gulch, C&C 33, Richard Selmeier; Kristen and to her female-friendly club! on corrected time. 4) Red Hawk, Hawkfarm, Gerry Gunn/John Sul- — latitude / chris In Division 2, it was Ann Watson on livan. (4 boats) DIVISION 2 — 1) Wind Dance, Cal 2-27, Ann Watson; 2) Oreo, Santana 22, Garth Copenhaver; 3) Don Wan, Santana 28, Don Kunstler; 4) Meri- time, C&C 30, Gary Proctor; 5) No Agenda, New- port 30, Brian Forster. (5 boats) Full results at www.tyc.org

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LATITUDE / CHRIS LATITUDE in typical midwinter style. Shifting winds frustrated racers and the race committee The 'Snafu' crew won the Spinnaker Division and her Cal 2-27 Wind Dance who had the alike. "We set the mark and started the enjoyed their prizes: beer, chocolate and wine! good start and led from beginning to fin- first four fleets — J/120s, J/105s, Melges Red Rock Regatta ish. Garth Copenhaver in the Santana 24s and Antrim 27s," says RegattaPRO Nine boats turned out for Tiburon 22 Oreo battled the legs to and from Red head honcho Jeff Zarwell. "The wind YC's annual Red Rock Regatta on No- Rock with Don Kunstler in his Santana shifted, so we dropped a second windward vember 3. This race used to be sailed on 28 Don Wan but lost out by overestimat- the Saturday before Halloween, but the ing the flood current. Meanwhile, farther

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and final race! Out on the deep water course the close proximity of marks played havoc with the big boats. With less than a mile between marks, crews were physically pressed, and every mistake, big or small, cost position. At the end of the day, the six-boat PHRF S fleet finished with only a five-point spread. Daniel Thielman's R/P 44 Tai Kuai got what looked like a clean start in the third race and appeared set to pounce on the division, but failure to clear an OCS scuttled the hopes of the Tai Kuai crew. Instead, Mary Coleman’s navy blue Farr 40 Astra — with Carlos Badel calling the shots aboard the SFYC entry — survived the cage fight and beat out John Clauser’s 1D48 Bodacious+ and Brad Copper’s Tripp 43 TNT. With high pressure building for Sun- day’s pursuit race and a forecast for no wind building to not much more, few held any hope of actually sailing. As the noon hour came and went, the people of the fleet, joined by a contingent of 17 multihulls, seemed happy to stick it out in the warm sunshine as chants of "Let's go, Giants!" occasionally rose from the WWW.NORCALSAILING.COM boats. Patience brought its reward and, at The wind filled in just enough for race two during ANTRIM 27 — 1) Always Friday, John Lie- roughly 2:30 p.m., a band of stratus the RegattaPRO Winter One Design series. benberg, 2; 2) Arch Angel, Bryce Griffith; 3) Ab- clouds appeared along the Cityfront mark for the J/24s. Oops, another shift! racadabra, Ian Chamberlain, 5. (3 boats) and with it a familiar 15-knot westerly. We shortened the course to let everyone Full results at www.regattapro.com The RC rolled the sequence off three finish at the leeward mark, and five min- hours late, and right off the bat VHFs utes later, the doldrums set in." Great Pumpkin Regatta crackled as a handful of skippers called Zarwell reports there was barely a Spring-like conditions blessed the in to withdraw. They probably figured breath of wind for the next hour and a Halloween fleet of Richmond YC's Great they couldn’t sail the 14-mile course in half, but it finally picked up enough — Pumpkin Regatta with sunny skies and time to beat the 5 p.m. deadline. With an from yet another direction — to allow the 7- to 14-knot westerlies for three buoy almost four-knot ebb running, it's hard second race of the day to start and finish. races on Saturday, October 27. The race to blame them. "There were major shifts all the way up committee offered three sailing areas for Almost two hours later, with the coun- and down the course, leading everyone the 143 starters on what were fairly short terclockwise “wrong way” boats pinned to believe the race was a crap shoot," he windward-leeward courses that put a up behind Angel Island, a bevy of spin- said. But as he noted, the results prove premium on starts and boat handling. nakers filed along the edges of Raccoon that a number of Bay Area sailors clearly The largest one design fleets were the Moore 24, Express 27 and Open 5.70 know how to sail in the light stuff, prom- For more racing news, subscribe ising a tight series. fleets with 11 entries each, with the — latitude / ladonna Wyliecat 30s having 10 on the line. The to 'Lectronic Latitude online at competition was close in the Moore and www.latitude38.com. REGATTAPRO WINTER ONE DESIGN #1 (11/10) Wyliecat fleets as seven boats scored in November's racing stories included: J/120 — 1) Grace Dances, Dick Swanson, 3; the top three in each division. US Disabled Sailing Championships 2) Desdemona, John Wimer, 3. (2 boats) Recently crowned Moore 24 National • GGYC Manuel Fagundes Seaweed J/105 — 1) Godot, Phillip Labey, 4; 2) Alche- champion Bart Hackworth sailed his my, Walter Sanford, 5; 3) Jam Session, Adam Richmond-based ULDB Gruntled to Soup Regatta • SYC Midwinter Race Spiegel, 5. (12 boats) just one point better than Bill Erkelens' • VYC Midwinter Race • SDYC Sir J/24 — 1) Downtown Uproar, Darren Cum- Richmond-based Eclipse. Richmond’s Thomas Lipton Cup • LaserPerfor- ming, 2; 2) Frog Lips, Richard Stockdale, 5; 3) John Skinner and Steve Seal’s Wyliecat mance/ICSA Singlehanded Nationals Snowjob, Brian Goepfrich, 7. (6 boats) Silkye paid a similar favor to Steve Won- MELGES 24 — 1) Personal Puff, Don Hauser- • ISSA Cressy Trophy • Kennedy ner’s Uno. It's interesting to note that man, 2; 2) Wilco, Doug Wilhelm, 4; 3) Nothing Cup/ICSA Big Boat National Champi- Ventured, Duane Yoslov, 6. (5 boats) the Wyliecat fleet was so competitive that any one of six boats could have won onship • Vendée Globe coverage (see mathematically as they started the third Sightings) • US Sailing & ISAF news • Race Previews and much more! THETHE RACINGRACING LATITUDE / CHRIS LATITUDE LATITUDE / CHRIS LATITUDE

Great Pumpkin fun — (Left page, clockwise from top) Saturday: Gordie Nash's 'Arcadia' took top honors in PHRF F; Parking Lot A; 'Daisy Cutter' was pretty in pink; the 'Kilo' crew wrassled with the spinny; the 5.70 fleet looked great coming (center) and going; "I yams what I yams!". (Right page, clockwise from bottom right) Sunday: 'Another Girl' followed 'GravlaX' to the line; finally taking 'Flight'; Kame Richards had adorable crew on 'Golden Moon'; the haunted boat, 'Jack Aubrey'; the multihulls caught up in the end; (center) 'Wild Rumpus!' got wild; this crewmember sassed the skipper. Boo! Strait, with Gordie Nash’s yellow Arcadia RYC GREAT PUMPKIN REGATTA (10/27) boats) in the lead and untouchable among his DEEP WATER COURSE (3 races): MELGES 24 — 1) Personal Puff, Dan Hauser- PHRF brethren. Seeming to not want a PHRF S — 1) Astra, Farr 40, Mary Coleman; man; 2) Wilco, Douglas Wilhelm; 3) Mako, Stephen Santana 27 — even a highly modified 2) Bodacious+,1D48, John Clauser; 3) TNT, Tripp McMillan. (3 boats) one — to take line honors, the multihulls 43, Brad Copper. (6 boats) PHRF U — 1) Twisted, Farr 40, Michael Pohl; OLYMPIC CIRCLE COURSE (3 races): pushed hard to catch up. Eric Willis’s 2) Wicked, Farr 36, Richard Courcier; 3) Tiburon, PHRF F — 1) Arcadia, mod. Santana 27, Nacra F20 Curved Wood, Rodger Bar- Santa Cruz 37, Steve Stroub. (5 boats) Gordie Nash; 2) Wild Rumpus!, Santa Cruz 27, nett’s F40 Tuki, and Peter Stoneberg’s PHRF V — 1) Encore, Sydney 36, Wayne Stephanie Schwenk; 3) Don Quixote, Santa Cruz M&M Prosail 40 Shadow all managed Koide; 2) Raven, Beneteau First 35, David Schu- 27, Craig Smith. (4 boats) to overtake Nash’s team just yards from mann; 3) Jeannette, Frers 40, Henry King. (9 PHRF Q — 1) Lilith, Wyliecat 39, Tim Knowles; the finish. boats) 2) Ahi, Santana 35, Andy Newell; 3) Sheeba, C&C And as the deadline to finish expired, PHRF W — 1) Eight Ball, Farr 30, Scott Easom; 99, Michael Quinn. (5 boats) with the ebb now at max and and the 2) Desdemona, J/120, John Wimer; 3) Intruder, PHRF Z — 1) Chaos, Olson 30, Raymond breeze dying, dozens of boats were left to Melges 32, Greg Dyer. (9 boats) Wilson; 2) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean Treadway; EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Kame Rich- 3) Another Girl, Alerion Express 38, Cinde Lou practice rules of the road in close proxim- ards; 2) Stewball, William Travis; 3) Snowy Owl, Delmas. (5 boats) ity all while going nowhere. Of the 189 Jens Jensen. (3 boats) ISLANDER 36 — 1) Luna Sea, Dan Knox; 2) starters, only 36 finished. J/105 — 1) Godot, Keith Laby; 2) Javelin, — dave wilhite Charlie Abraham; 3) Joyride, William Hoehler. (5

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Vivace, Bill & Pattie O'Connor; 3) Califia, Tim J/24 — 1) Downtown Uproar, Darren Cum- Flying Tiger, Moore 24, Vaughn Seifers. (172 Bussiek. (3 boats) ming; 2) Shut Up and Drive, Val Lulevich; 3) Flight, boats) SF 30 — 1) Shameless, George Ellison; 2) Randall Rasicot. (4 boats) MULTIHULLS — 1) Curved Wood, Nacra F20, Bay Loon, Grant Harless; 3) Heart of Gold, Joan MOORE 24 — 1) Gruntled, Bart Hackworth; 2) Eric Willis; 2) Tuki, F40, Roger Barnett; 3) Shadow, Byrne. (6 boats) Eclipse, William Erkelens; 3) Blue in Green, Gilles Prosail 40, Peter Stoneberg. (17 boats) WABBIT — 1) Mr. McGregor, Kim Desenberg; Combrisson. (11 boats) 2) Wild Bunch II, Aaron Sturm; 3) Bad Hare Day, OPEN 5.70 — 1) The Maker, Tom Baffico; 2) Full results at www.richmondyc.org Erik Menzel. (5 boats) Boracic, Michael Gough; 3) Revenge from Mars, EXPRESS 27 — 1) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan; Dave Peckham. (11 boats) Berkeley YC Midwinter Series 2) El Raton, Ray Lotto; 3) Dianne, Steve Katzman. SANTANA 22 — 1) Oreo, Garth Copenhaver; On the same weekend that Regat- (12 boats) 2) Carlos, Jan Grygier; 3) Byte Size, Anna Al- taPRO's racers bobbed around to the WYLIECAT 30 — 1) Silkye, John Skinner/ Steve derkamp. (5 boats) west of the Circle, Berkeley YC kicked Seal; 2) Uno, Steve Wonner; 3) Dazzler, Tom Pat- ULTIMATE 20 — 1) Layla, Tom Burden; 2) off their popular Midwinter Series in the terson. (10 boats) Ugain, Dave Woodside; 3) Viola, Stephen Leon- center of the Circle (November 10-11). ard. (7 boats) They also observed the wind reversing SOUTHAMPTON COURSE (3 races): PHRF G — 1) Hog Wild, Santana 20, John directions. "After only 1 hour and 45 OLSON 25 — 1) Shadowfax, Mark Simpson; 2) Spillman; 2) Critical Mass, Mancebo 24, Dodds Balein, Daniel Coleman; 3) Shark on Bluegrass, Syndicate; 3) Road Runner, Ranger 23, Gregory minutes of chasing cat’s paws," wrote Falk Meissner. (6 boats) Demetrulias. (7 boats) Race Chair Bobbi Tosse, "we elected to CAL 20 — 1) Can O'Whoopass, Richard start the 56 mostly patient yachts on a vonEhrenkrook; 2) Recluse, Howard Martin; 3) RYC GREAT PUMPKIN REGATTA PURSUIT short four-mile race." At the time of the Invader, Byron Jonk. (3 boats) RACE (10/28) first start, the wind appeared to be com- PHRF — 1) Arcadia, mod. Santana 27, Gordie ing from the east. "As the start sequence Nash; 2) Moorigami,Moore 24, John Siegel; 3) for the nine divisions rolled on, the wind

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direction also rolled on, clocking right as it proceeded. We can say with certainty OLSON 30 — 1) Hoot, Andrew Macfie, 1; 2) that the wind direction on Saturday was Chaos, Ray & Craig Wilson, 2; 3) Yankee Air Pi- rate, Donald Newman, 3. (4 boats) 'variable'." They ended up with a south- EXPRESS 27 — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Zach- southwesterly, and all 56 boats were able ary Anderson, 1; 2) Great White, Rachel Fogel, 2; to finish, many under spinnaker. 3) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell, 3. (12 boats) "On Sunday, the ripples on the water MOORE 24 — 1) Banditos, John Kernot, 1; were from real (but very light) wind," con- 2) Twoirrational, Anthony Chargin, 2; 3) Mooreti- tinued Tosse. "The 24 entries enjoyed an cian, Roe Patterson, 3. (8 boats) on-time start, and an eight-mile course." CAL 20 — 1) Fjording, Tina Lundh, 1; 2) Can One of the racers that day told us she O' Whoopass, Richard vonEhrenkrook, 2; 3) Re- even saw whitecaps. cluse, Howard Martin, 3. (4 boats) — latitude / chris BERKELEY YC MIDWINTER SERIES SUNDAY DIVISION 1 — 1) Ragtime, J/90, Tryg Liljestrand, BERKELEY YC MIDWINTER SERIES SATUR- 1; 2) Stewball, Express 37, 2; 3) Warp Speed, C&C 115, Jeff Smith, 3. (5 boats)

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Race Notes Did you just sell your wind- December may seem early to start surfing gear at bargain base- signing up for spring regattas, but not ment prices and order a shiny when the regatta in question involves new kiteboard at top dollar? traveling to the Caribbean. Entry is Oops, sorry. ISAF has decided open for the BVI Spring Regatta and its that RS:X windsurfers will be three-day prequel Sailing Festival. Mark the boards of choice at the your 2013 calendar for March 25-31. See 2016 Olympic Games in Rio www.bvispringregatta.org. de Janeiro after all. RICH ROBERTS Alamitos Bay YC of Long Beach holds The 27 entries in EYC's first their biggest regatta on the weekend be- Jack Frost on November 17 enjoyed 10- Phil Toth and Dustin Durant saved their Viper from fore Thanksgiving, with turkeys for prizes. 18 knot breezes and sun after an early flipping on day 2 of Alamitos Bay YC's Turkey Day This year's Turkey Day Regatta boasted morning rain shower passed through, re- Regatta, held the weekend before Thanksgiving. 18 classes, nearly 200 boats, and 300 ports Margaret Fago. In Division A, Twist- Island to starboard and Cape Leeuwin to competitors racing on two ocean courses ed, Tony Pohl's Farr 40, pulled ahead by port, and finish in San Francisco. "Run and inside the bay. The homeports of more than a leg to win both races of the what you brung" is the philosophy for winning skippers were spread from San day. His nearest competitor, Red Cloud's the first around-the-world race starting Francisco Bay to San Diego. Among the skipper Don Ahern, said, "They just did and ending on the West Coast of the U.S. results you'll find online at www.abyc. everything right. Twisted was flying, even Getting sponsors onboard is the current org, David West and Mark Roberts of RYC when the winds picked up in the second challenge. For more about this ambitious won the Mercury class, and Cooper Weitz race." See www.encinal.org. event, see www.sf2sfoceanrace.com. of StFYC and SFYC topped the Laser Ra- The sf2sf Ocean Race course has SeqYC's Hannig Cup raised over dial fleet. Brothers Dane, 17, and Quinn been announced: Start in San Francisco $43,000 to support youth sailing, Sea Wilson, 15, of Ojai and the Santa Barbara in the fall of 2015, take Cape Horn to Scouts and the Marine Science Institute. YC dominated the 29ers to win the 29er port, South Georgia Island to starboard, PYSF's high school racing team, sailing PCC Series. They have their sights set on Cape of Good Hope to port, Kerguelen the J/29 L2O, raised the most money in moving up to 49ers and making it to the the pursuit race held on August 29. Rio Olympics. Speaking of which . . . . — latitude / chris CYC 2013 Start Line Strategies Midwinter Se r i e s Winning Legal Planning for Sport Programs ALL BOATS WELCOME 10 years America's Cup Experience January 19-20 & February 16-17 Sponsor & Venue Arrangements • Crew Contracts One Design Starts for 5 or more entries! Vessel Shipping Logistics • Charter Agreements Post-Race Festivities – Dinner & Dancing Ashley Tobin Sign up soon and get your boat name on the T-shirt! (925) 324-3686 • [email protected] nd Our 62 Annual Midwinters!

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With a report this month on How to Choose a Vacation Sailing Venue, plus miscellaneous Charter Notes.

A New Year Brings New Possibilities are best for kids? Which offer the most — For Worldwide Chartering interesting cultural attractions ashore? If you're like us, whenever a new year And which are the most exotic? approaches you tend to refl ect on all the Before we get into all that, though, things you'd intended to do that didn't let us clarify a few basics. If you've never quite happen. You know, projects at work chartered a bareboat before, you're prob- that you still haven't conquered, home ably wondering what skills you need to improvements that still linger on your demonstrate, or documents you need to 'to do' list, and sailing vacations you show, in order to rent a quarter-million- experienced only in your dreams. dollar sailing yacht. Actually, you'd Well, the arrival of a new year is a time be surprised how easy it is to qualify. for new beginnings and new goals. So Remember that all charter companies we suggest you rev up your imagination want your business, so they don't want and start conjuring up some brand new to make requirements so tough that they vacation fantasies. But this time we hope scare prospective clients away. you'll actually follow through on them. First, if you now own, or have previ- Trust us, you'll be glad you did. ously owned, your own boat you'll eas- If you're new to 'sail-it-yourself' bare- ily be able to rent a boat of similar size boat chartering, you may not realize just or a bit bigger without a hassle. If you how many well-established charter bases regularly crew on a decent-sized boat, there are to choose from. As you can see and have a respectable sailing/racing re- by the map below, you can rent a late- sume, that will probably qualify you also. model bareboat from a reputable fi rm in And while it's nice to show a competency just about every prime sailing area on certifi cate from a sailing school, such the planet. (Many of these regions offer documents are not normally required. luxury crewed yachts also.) But with all If you want to rent a catamaran, but those choices, which place should you have little or no cat experience, that's visit fi rst? The answer to that question generally not a problem either. Again, if / ANDY ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE has a lot to do with the makeup of your you own or have experience on a 38-ft most halfway-competent sailors can be- group, and the activities and attractions monohull, you'll probably be allowed to come comforable with handling the boat that you're most keenly interested in rent a similar-sized multihull. and managing its systems. The bonus in pursuing. Our advice is not to BS the sales staff. this scenario is that you'll probably come We'll try to help you through the If you arrive at the boat and are obviously away with some valuable local knowledge decision-making process here by ap- out of your depth, the check-out staff — things like where the best snorkling proaching the options through several will defi nitely notice — and that could spots are, where you can fi nd a secluded key questions that are often asked of be embarrassing. If your resume's weak anchorage, and which beach bar makes professional charter brokers: Which are and your confi dence is a little shaky, the best Planter's Punch. the best venues for fi rst time charter- the better tactic is to request a captain Having gone over the basics, let's try ers? Which offer the best sailing? Which for the fi rst day or two. Within that time to whittle down the venue options:

Scotland Scandinavia Brittany Italy Principal Charter Bases Maine Croatia Worldwide Gulf & San Fr. Riviera Juan Is. Chesapeake Greece Turkey Belize Florida Balearic Islands Corsica Thailand Eastern Canary Sea of Carib Islands Cortez Tonga Seychelles Malaysia Tahiti

Whitsundays Bay of Islands Sydney Hauraki Gulf OF CHARTERING

as predictable as you'll fi nd anywhere. That's why Antigua Sailing Week and the Heineken Regatta are two of the most popular regattas in the world. From the Virgin Islands south to the Grenadines you'll typically fi nd ideal 12- to 25-knot conditions year-round, interrupted only by passing storms and 'tropical waves' during the June-to-November hurricane season. Where else? You can usually count on some pretty fi ne sailing conditions in New Zealand during their summers (our winters), as well as in the Tahitian islands, which promise tranquil lagoon anchorages combined with often-boom- ing interisland passages. Wind strengths in Mexico's Sea of Cortez tend to cycle every few days, giving sailors everything from very light air to strong blows. Taken as a whole, though, there's generally plenty of nice breeze there in fall, winter and spring.

Best Venues for Kids — In our ex- perience, the most fun young kids typi- cally have on a charter vacation is when they're snorkeling. Find a set of mask, snorkel and fi ns that fi t your kid, let him or her splash around for a few hours in clear water over an abundant reef, and you'll have one happy kid — one who won't give you a hard time at bedtime. What destination is at the top of your chartering but with white sand beneath you in every Older teens and young adults tend wish list? Spread: Tahiti? Inset, left to right: the anchorage, it's as close to a no-brainer to like the autonomy of taking off on San Juan Islands, (French) Guadeloupe, and as you'll fi nd anywhere. Besides, you've a sailing dinghy, windsurfer or kayak Mexico's Sea of Cortez. gotta learn to set the hook sometime. (translation: escaping their parental Another excellent fi rst-timer destina- units). With these criteria in mind, there Best First-Timer Destinations — tion is the greater Puget Sound region. are a lot of places that will fi ll the bill: You've probably heard a thousand times Whether you choose to sail in the Ameri- the Eastern Caribbean, Belize, the Sea that the British Virgin Islands are at the can San Juans or the Canadian Gulf of Cortez, Tonga, Tahiti, Thailand, the top of our list for fi rst-time charterers. Islands, you'll fi nd benign conditions Whitsundays, the Seychelles, and even And for good reason. Not only are BVI 90% of the time; excellent shoreside Florida. If your charter operator doesn't waters well protected, the distances be- facilities, including many marinas; and For fi rst-time chartering, the well-protected tween anchorages short, and the shore- breathtaking panoramas. You do have waters of the British Virgin Islands are hard to side facilities abundant, but there are to pay careful attention to tides and cur- beat. But they are not the only viable option. overnight mooring buoys in almost every rents, but that's a popular anchorage. You can literally minor challenge that explore for two weeks without having to we've always viewed anchor — which is the most feared ma- as part of the fun. neuver for most marina-based sailors. Although we never tire of sailing in B e s t S a i l i n g the BVI, that British Overseas Territory Winds — Which isn't the only place we'd recommend to venues offer the fi rst-time charterers. Roughly 350 miles best sailing? We'd to the southeast lies a cluster of tiny be fools to guarantee islands called the Grenadines. Here too, that you'll fi nd ideal distances between islands and anchor- wind and weather ages are quite short, and the sea state anywhere in any giv- is generally pretty fl at. But there isn't en week. That said, nearly the number of boaters, and not though, the trade nearly as much development ashore as in winds of the Eastern the Virgins. Yes, you will have to anchor, Caribbean are about WORLD

— Brittany, Scotland, the French Rivi- era, Italy's western coastline, Croatia... But for serious history buffs, accessing the antiquities of the Greek Isles and Turkey's Turquoise Coast is tough to beat. Closer to home, the backwaters of Downeast Maine and the Chesapeake could also be considered, as towns there date back to colonial times. And when it comes to getting in touch with genuine Polynesian culture, both Tonga and Ta- hiti are sure to please.

Most Exotic Venues — Which venues are the most exotic? By our defi nition of the word, Thailand and Malaysia would defi nitely have to be high on the list, as TURKISH TOURISM would the dreamy isles of Tahiti and the Got any serious history buffs in your group? If a whole new realm of consideration. If Seychelles. so, consider a trip to Turkey's ancient Turquoise some of your potential shipmates aren't Yeah, we know: There are so many Coast. Pictured here is Bodrum Castle. diehard sailors, but love history, or choices, yet so little time. If, after read- offer watersports toys, you can often rent simply like being surrounded by lively ing all this, you're more perplexed than them from nearby waterside resorts. cultural traditions, there is a variety of ever about which venue to choose, why destinations where such interests will not gather a group of willing charter Best Cultural Attractions — Which be nourished while ashore, in addition partners, introduce them to the options, venues offer the most interesting cul- to fi ne cruising under sail. Of course, and let them decide? tural attractions ashore? Here we enter anywhere in Europe is worth considering — latitude/andy

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With reports this month on Liz Clark's body-surfi ng accident; on Mi- gration's passage from Fiji to Thailand to get boat work done; on Second Chance's loving the cruising life in Maine; on Panache and the longest four minutes in Zach Lough's life; on Angel Louise making preparations to cross Europe's Continental Divide by water; and Cruise Notes.

Swell — Cal 40 its weight and the momentum fell upon Liz Clark the forward part of my head, snapping A Dangerous Pain in the Neck it backwards. “No way!” I thought to (Santa Barbara) myself. Imagine an Olympic downhill ski racer "I came to the surface and ran down falling down and breaking a leg on a the checklist. 'Okay. I’m conscious.' bunny hill. That's probably how Liz Clark Check. 'I can move my arms and legs.' of the Santa Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell, Check. 'I’m okay. I’m okay.'" who has been cruising French Poly- Liz wasn't really okay. Unable to get nesia for years, help because her cell phone was out feels right now. of minutes, she drove herself the three As many Latitude miles to her sister's house, her neck feel- readers know, she ing "unstable and weak," where she lay was a champion down in pain. She called a friend, an ER surfer while at- nurse, who rushed the health insurance- tending UCSB, less Liz to Sharp Hospital. and has surfed The initial results from the CT scan some of the most showed no break, so Liz and her friend dangerous tubes were ecstatic, and removed the neck in French Poly- brace. But then Dr. Healy, having nesia. Yet it was double-checked the image, rushed into while body surf- the room and stopped the celebration. Liz, not where she'd re- ing in small surf "Secure that brace!" He'd found that Liz ally like to be. off San Diego's had indeed fractured her neck. Torrey Pines Beach last month that she Liz has been taking the injury with badly injured herself. gratitude that she didn't damage her "The tide was dropping, and one par- spinal cord, and with positive thoughts ticular sandbar beckoned," says Liz, set- and humor. Indeed, she's seemingly ting the scene. "With half an hour to kill become obsessed with how ridiculous and a bladder full of tea, a swim seemed her hair looks from her having become a in order. So without another thought, I "ceiling inspector". When you can laugh zipped up my Patagonia R1 spring suit at misfortune, you've got a lot going for and hopped down the rocks, one fi n in you. hand. I limped across the short strip of By the way, we've hoped to post Liz's sand and collapsed knee deep into my favorite cruising recipes for the last two Oz even more so. Friends in Thailand told beloved ocean. Ahhhh! issues, but things have come up, so us of the good quality work they'd had "My second wave looked like a beauty. you'll just have to wait. done there, so after weeks of research, It approached from the north and stood — latitude/rs 10/22/12 deliberation, and dithering, we made the up as I kicked into it. But as I plunged decision to have the job done there. down the two-foot face, an odd warble Migration — Cross 46 Tri But fi rst we wanted to sail back to Fiji, cropped up, tossing me head over heels. Bruce Balan and Alene Rice as we knew it would be a long time before Totally unexpectedly, my head hit the Fast Track to Thailand we returned to the Pacifi c. We had a great sand. My body was angled such that all (Long Beach) trip north from New Zealand, with long When a young woman with a broken neck can While in New Zealand last May, we stops — and some great lobstering — at joke that she looks like Dog the Bounty Hunter, decided that Migration’s 43-year-old South and North Minerva Reef. Then you know she's blessed with self-confi dence. polyester-resined fiberglass topsides we had two excellent months cruising needed to be replaced. We’d eastern Fiji and the Lau Group of Fiji. already done the bottom, wing On August 4th we left Suva and decks, and deck, but now turned west. We wanted to arrive in her topsides were starting to Thailand before the NE monsoon set in, delaminate from the ply, de- so we had about three months to cover manding the same attention. the distance. We calculated that we could Since Alene and I have spent do it by spending about 50% of the time COURTESY LIZ CLARK COURTESY months in various boatyards underway. fi berglassing and sanding, we Our first stop was Vanuatu, the thought it would be nice to have highlight being Mt. Yasur, the fantastic someone else do the itchy work volcano on Tanna Island. We hiked far for a change. But where? New Zealand was too expensive, and IN LATITUDES

rather than giving stuff away — except to schools and medical clinics — even if it's only for one yam. If the kids want a treat, we make them at least sing a song for us. We feel this keeps things on an even footing, with both parties respecting each other. We ended up with a lot of wonderful PHOTOS COURTESY MIGRATION COURTESY PHOTOS wood carvings and bagi

shell necklaces. But our MIGRATION best deal was trading our sails and rigging for a ride on a traditional outrigger sailing canoe. These canoes are still the primary source of transportation in these islands. The locals even A trading day on 'Migration'. use wave patterns to navigate when making overnight pas- sages on them on moonless and starless nights. And they know how to sail these canoes! We had an awesome ride, with the boys showing off and really making the canoe fl y. In fact, they pushed a little too hard, causing the steering paddle to crack, ending our day outing a little earlier than we'd hoped. From the Louisiades, we had three windy, rainy, downwind sailing days to the Torres Strait that separates Australia and Papua New Guinea. We didn’t want to check in to Australia, as many cruis- ers were complaining that customs was a big hassle and the fees were high. But we did anchor for three successive nights behind various islands, something which is permitted as long as you don’t leave your boat. We did this because Alene was hard at work restitching the leech and There is 'living on the edge', which just about everybody claims to be doing, and then there is stand- foot of our relatively new — '10 — North ing at the edge of the crater of Mt. Yasur while the Tanna Island volcano is erupting with molten Sails jib, which we'd purchased in New lava. Bruce Balan can be excused for looking a little bug-eyed in the photo. Zealand. around the rim to where we could see Three days of sailing brought us to Torres Strait was windy and rough, the open pit blasting lava high above our the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New A sailing canoe in the Louisiade Archipelago, heads. It was so exciting that our knees Guinea. We’ve been hauling give-away now made much faster thanks to the donation shook. While we were anchored in Port stuff around the Pacifi c for years — of 'Migration's old sails. Resolution one night, the wind clocked including the original around. We awoke to fi nd Migration cov- sails that came with ered in ash. We were still fi nding ash in Migration when I pur-

nooks and crannies months afterward. chased her in '90, plus MIGRATION Vanuatu deserves a whole season — if a whole set of old rig- not three or four. But on our schedule ging — waiting to fi nd we didn't have time to linger. After a someplace where the stop in Port Vila to provision, we were people could really use off on a windy downwind run to North the stuff. Well, the Loui- Indispensable Reef, which is part of the siades was the place! Solomon Islands. The open ocean reef The people there need is similar to Minerva, but far larger and everything. much less visited. We stopped for only We had open trad- one night, enough time for a snorkel ing days on Migration, and to sit tight while a front passed with a constant stream through. of canoes from morn- ing until night. We are fi rm believers in trading CHANGES

but life changed dramatically as soon as we exited it to the west side. Suddenly we were in Mexico again, with down- taro, yam, cassava, and breadfruit. And wind sailing in fl at water. Oh, it was while we love New Zealand, the food is heaven! For days forgettable there as well. Now, however, we sailed through we were in Asia, where there was lots of the Arafura Sea, spicy and delicious food — and for little

MIGRATION fl ying the spinny money. As for provisioning, it took weeks with 12-18 knots for us to get used to the fact that there from astern, and were markets everywhere selling fresh not a swell to be produce. We didn’t have to stock up every seen. After all time we saw a fresh green. those years in Indonesia was delightful, and we were the Pacific, we’d frustrated at having so little time there. forgotten sailing The Komodo area is awesome, with in- could be so easy. credibly good diving, and, of course, the East Timor, dragons. Surprisingly, the area looks which has been almost exactly like Baja California — trying to get back especially the way the light falls on the The sailing conditions on its feet after hillsides at sunset. in the Arafura Sea re- years of strife, minded Bruce of Baja. Bali was fantastic — exotic and with was an interest- a rich culture. All the islands in the area ing stop. We found excellent snorkeling are fascinating, but Bali deserves a visit at Jaco island on the east end. But at of many days. We defi nitely will return. Dili, the capital, the number of people We moved north quickly with just a from NGOs and the United Nations, as few stops until we crossed the equator, well as police and military personnel and returning to the northern hemisphere vehicles, was a bit overwhelming. after over 4½ years in the southern The vast majority of boats visiting hemisphere. We were surprised to en- Indonesia join the Sail Indonesia Rally counter more dolphins in Indonesian so they won’t have to deal with the pa- waters than in Fiji or Tonga. perwork. We found the paperwork wasn’t We cleared out of Indonesia at Nongsa, too hard to do ourselves — but it wasn't where an excellent little marina took care cheap. We had organized our cruising of all the paperwork. We then crossed permit (CAIT) in advance via email, and the busy Singapore Strait. Singapore we hired an agent to handle clearance is an interesting city-state, but it's one in Kupang. The latter is a complicated big mall. When it comes to shopping, procedure, and friends who tried to do the locals put Americans to shame. Not Muslim Langkawi is, curiously enough, it themselves eventually had to give up exactly our cup of tea. However, the a duty-free port. People in Thailand ap- and hire an agent. Biodomes and SuperTrees are very cool, preciate all the alcohol cruisers can bring Besides the fl at water sailing after the and the local food at the hawker stands north. We then spent a couple of days in Torres Strait, the biggest change was the is incredible. the beautiful southern Thai islands, get- food. For all the delights of the South Pa- The Malacca Strait along the west ting in our fi rst swimming and snorkeling cifi c, excellence in the culinary arts isn’t coast of Malaysia was challenging, but in a long time. something that comes to mind. In the we did all right with two night pas- We arrived in Phuket on November 10, Pacifi c islands you can go a bit crazy on sages and a couple of bumpy anchor- 98 days after our departure from Suva, After the lack of greens in the South Pacifi c, and ages. It's amazing we didn't get hit or and only a week later than we’d originally the lack of good cooking in New Zealand, Bruce hit anything, for the quantity of ships, planned. We’d travelled 5,919 miles and and Alene were thrilled to see Asian markets. fi shing boats, fl oats, nets, and debris is spent 38 nights at sea. Now we’ll fi nd a staggering. We were there yard for Migration, research contractors, in late October, the tran- empty her completely out, move into a sition period between the cheap apartment, and give her the big

MIGRATION monsoons, so there were refi t she deserves. As long as we’ve come thunderstorms every night. all this way, we’ll do it right so Migration Thankfully, only a few bolts has another 40 years on the sea. came close. There are defi nitely some challenges Langkawi, at the north on a trip such as the one we did. Mov- end of Malaysia, was a fi ne ing so fast, it helps to be lucky with the stop. We checked into and weather. We kept a close eye on it, and we out of the country there, were lucky. Once out of the Pacifi c and and it was the easiest clear- into the waters around Indonesia and ing we’ve ever done. We also Malaysia, the weather is generally benign stocked up on beer and at the time of year we passed through. rum for friends who were already in Thailand, as IN LATITUDES

ing and into the harbor for the annual Camden Windjammer Festival. Victory Chimes, a magnifi cent 132-foot three- masted schooner, glided her way into the harbor with her yawl boat maneuver- ing her through the mooring fi eld to the

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY MIGRATION MIGRATION COURTESY PHOTOS ALL city waterfront. The

yawl boat provides SECOND CHANCE power for the schoo- ner when needed. With a hand on the tiller, crewmembers can gently nudge an engineless tall ship forward and into A yawl operator her slip. It was an guides a windjammer extraordinary sight into her berth. to see the schooner come into port, and a wonderful demonstration of skilled seamanship on the part of captain, crew, and yawl boat drivers. Even after several months in Maine, it feels as though we have just begun to explore this extraordinary cruising area. With almost 3,500 miles of scenic coast- line, thousands of pristine islands, and the only fjord on the East Coast, there is no shortage of beautiful anchorages in this state. Wildlife abounds, and it’s not unusual to see osprey, bald eagles, porpoises and seals. While it’s diffi cult to pick a favorite spot in Maine, Northeast Harbor stands out as a place of exceptional beauty. It is to the east of Somes Sound on Mount Clockwise from above: Alene and Bruce, somehow oblivious to the presence of a real, live, mammal- Desert Island, and is one of the major eating Komodo dragon right in front of them. Komodo dragons have a nasty stink eye, sharp claws, yachting centers in Maine. It is home to and toxic saliva. The couple in the rice fi elds of Bali. Alene with a dolphin in Indonesian waters. a small fl eet of beautiful pleasure craft But there are a lot of calms around In- Sailing the Maine Coast as well as working lobster boats. With donesia and Malaysia. Because we were (San Francisco) Morris Yachts located near the town in a hurry, we ended up motoring more As we write, it’s early October in slips, there is a constant stream of Morris than in the previous 18 months. And all Camden Harbor, Maine. The famous vessels on show. that motoring means fueling — often by 'windjammer' schooners have been cov- Since it's water-oriented, Northeast jerry jug — which can be tiresome. We ered in shrink wrap. Brilliant yellow, red Dick and Katie Oppenheimer on 'Second certainly wanted to stay longer in every and orange leaves are dropping. And the Chance'. What could be more satisfying than place we visited. We had to keep telling temperatures have defi nitely cooled. All cruising Maine with your grandchildren? ourselves we’d see them on the way back. are signs that sailing That’s another challenge — how to get here is fi nished for the back to the Pacifi c? There’s so much season. So it's time more we want to see in that ocean. But to haul our Hylas 46 we’ll deal with that after the refi t. Second Chance, and

However, this trip has made very clear place her in a covered SECOND CHANCE our biggest problem — there are just too shed for the winter. many intriguing, amazing, fascinating Once that's done, we'll places to visit in the world. How can we return to San Fran- decide where to go next? But at least cisco, having enjoyed that’s a pretty cool problem to have. another wonderful — bruce 11/01/12 summer of sailing. Just a month ear- Second Chance — Hylas 46 lier, a small fleet of Dick Oppenheimer, Linda Dalton historic, lovingly re- stored wooden ships sailed past our moor- CHANGES

Harbor has all the facilities, services and shops that a sailor could want, all located just a short walk from the harbor. not possible to reattach the lines mark- A free shuttle takes passengers from the ing the traps, which we wanted to do in harbor to Acadia National Park, home order to save the fi sherman’s investment to many fi ne hiking trails, as well as to of $200. the neighboring villages of Bass Harbor, The last two summers saw record Southwest Harbor, and Bar Harbor. lobster catches in Maine, with the over- There are a number of challenges that abundance causing wholesale prices to make cruising 'Down plummet to as little as $2/lb for the fi sh- East' unique. They ermen, while the retail price remained include thousands of around $6/lb. Restaurants certainly lobster traps, dense didn't pass on their lobster savings to fog, a tidal range customers. in excess of 12 feet Dense fog is common in Maine and and unmarked rocky can descend quickly, reducing visibility ledges. Established to just a few feet. We managed to navi- lobster fishermen gate safely using our eyes, ears, radar, are allowed a maxi- an AIS receiver and a chart plotter. But mum of 800 traps, there were still some close calls with with no apparent re- sportfi shing boats. strictions on where While cruising the Gulf of Maine the traps can be set. in dense fog on our return trip from Lobster buoys. Lobster buoys can Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, we tracked a be found in open water as far as 15 980-foot Disney cruise ship on our radar miles offshore, in the middle of mooring and AIS receiver as she moved through fi elds and scattered in narrow channels. the water in excess of 22 knots. When 'It’s not if, but when, your boat will get she got within two miles on a converging tangled in a lobster line,' is a famous course, we contacted her on VHF radio to local saying. verify that the crew were aware of us and Outside of Stonington, a small fi sh- that we would pass safely. To be more ing village that boasts the largest lobster noticeable to commercial traffi c, cruise catch in Maine, Second Chance became ships' and high-speed ferries in reduced entangled in a 'double buoy'. To make visibility, we'll be installing an AIS unit lobster trap retrievals easier, a second that doesn't just receive AIS signals, but buoy is sometimes tethered to the fi rst transmits ours as well. buoy by a slightly submerged line fi ve to Even the most popular and pictur- eight feet in length. It's that line we got esque harbors in Maine can contain hid- tangled in. After conferring with lobster- den ledges and rocks. Beautiful Bucks return next summer for another season. men on a nearby boat, we contacted a Harbor, which seems almost unchanged We think it's wonderful! Stonington marina for assistance. Sev- since Robert McCloskey featured it in — dick and linda 10/25/12 eral attempts to untangle the line were his 1952 children’s’ book One Morning unsuccessful, so we reluctantly started in Maine, has a particularly hazardous Panache — Catalina 30 the engine and engaged the line-cutters ledge. Located in the middle of the moor- Zach Lough on our propeller shaft, severing the line ing fi eld, it’s covered by about four feet Four Wild Minutes Off Niue to release our boat. Unfortunately, it was of water at low tide, and surrounding (Ventura) The lobster catch has been at record levels for boats often obscure the orange and white I'm an ultra budget cruiser who took the last two years, driving prices way down — marking buoy. Entering the harbor at low off with the Ha-Ha in '11, shortly after except in restaurants, of course. water early in the summer, we narrowly my girlfriend dumped me and backed out missed the ledge. When on our cruise. I've nonetheless made it we returned two weeks much of the way across the South Pa- later, we learned that cifi c with countless adventures, which two boats had gone hard you can read about and see photos of at aground until they were www.sailpanache.com.

SECOND CHANCE lifted off by high tide. My most recent — and nearly last — To enhance safety, the adventure took place in October at Niue, harbormaster installed a remote island-country in the South a large infl atable orange Pacifi c where you have to take a mooring buoy with 'LEDGE' writ- buoy because there is no place to anchor. ten on the side. It's not In poor weather, such as we had, even very elegant, but it's ef- being on a mooring buoy isn't much fun. fective. Here's how the adventure went down: Even though we've just Dinghying back to the boat was a bit left Maine and Nova Sco- tia, we can't wait until we IN LATITUDES

slowly untied the line between Panache

ZACH LOUGH and the mooring line. Like a blind man walking toward a cliff, Panache slowly and unnoticeably rocked toward the hard, coral shore just 100 feet away from the mooring. I d o n ’ t k n o w what I was dream- ing about, but the most terrible sound woke Vlad and me at the same time. It LATITUDE/RICHARD was as if a wrecking ball were ramming the bottom of the boat! Our animal sleep broken, both of us shot up. BANG! With the Zach was red-faced force of a cannon with embarrassment about the incident. blast, the wrecking ball struck again, jolting the whole boat like an earthquake. “We’re on the reef!” Vlad shouted in a shaky voice. Never had my heart sunk so fast or my adrena- line risen so high in the same instant. Smashing your boat on a reef is a sure way to end your cruise quickly. And if it doesn't sink your boat, it will sink your cruising ambitions. “Wow! Wow! WOW!” Vlad couldn't stop yelling the same thing each time the reef battered the keel. Noting that the bow was pointed toward the reef — meaning the prop was in deeper water, I screamed at Vlad to turn the engine on. "Now!!!" I kept hoping that I was just having a nightmare. 'Panache', a 38-year-old Catalina 30, made it of the line, I was jerked more awake. As Vlad instinctively turned the ignition. all the way to the South Pacifi c before she was I climbed into the cabin to go below, I “It doesn't work!" he shouted. "Should we rocked by a few minor problems. was careful not to step on the bundle of call for help!?” strange in such colossal swells, particu- papayas my crew Vlad and I had put in “What do you mean the engine doesn't larly since there was no light to see them the cockpit in case they had bugs intent work?!!” I responded sternly. As I hopped coming. Panache rocked back and forth on stowing away. With so many papayas, into the cabin to get the engine started, violently, so getting aboard was a task there really wasn't any other place for a wave pushed us deeper onto the reef, in itself. The wind was from the north them! shoving Panache over at a 40-degree and the swell from the northwest, which Throughout the night I woke up pe- A condom every time you have sex. And, as kicked Panache around just enough to riodically and made a visual sweep of Zach's crew Vlad would probably agree, double make sleep impossible. the surroundings. Same waves, same check the knots every time you moor. I had to get up in the middle of the wharf being beaten by the night for a breather, as a can of spray waves, nothing new of note. paint clinking back and forth was keep- My crew Vlad and I never ing me from sleeping. No matter how fell asleep, but we did fall PANACHE I moved the can or packed material into a limbo dream state around it, the sound of that little mixing where our brains were just ball inside continued to keep me up. conscious enough to lurch "While on deck, I checked the boat's into action if need be. This line to the mooring ball. The mooring must be how most animals was a refrigerator-sized block of concrete sleep. In our state of grime with a nylon rope, with an eye splice on and sleep deprivation, Vlad a metal thimble to tie off to. Panache and I felt like animals. would periodically stretch the mooring Little did Vlad and I line taut. Each time she reached the end realize that during one of our partial dream states the rocking of the boat had CHANGES

angle and dumping all of our belongings in the cabin onto the sole. Noting that Vlad hadn't turned the “Fuck it," I announced, "I’m getting us battery on for the engine, I did, and off this fucking reef!” Then I turned the the engine immediately came to life. I engine back on. jumped into the cockpit, wrenched the Panache wasn't totally on her side, tiller to center, and threw the engine into and because the reef was steep, if I reverse. gunned the engine in time with the Every wave was waves, I thought I might be able to accompanied by shimmy her free. Giving the prop every PANACHE the terrible noise ounce of horsepower available at the of the reef try- right instants, I soon could tell that we ing to shatter Pa- were slowly making progress. nache’s fi berglass Then I looked aft and saw a huge hull. My jaw was black mass heading for us. Before the clenched together wave struck Panache’s stern, the wa- in solidarity with ter under us was pulled into the black Panache. “Come mass, and the tiller twisted violently into on. COME ON! my side. There was a loud SNAP! — the C O M E O N ! ! ! ” sound of Panache's tiller shattering like I kept urging a Louisville Slugger being destroyed by Niue is home to . . . through my teeth. a fastball. The tiller then hung on by a With each wave we crept farther toward thread. But that last big wave had been the point of no return. It wasn't work- enough to lift Panache off the reef! We ing. were moving in reverse. We were free, “We need to call for help!” Vlad in- but were we slowly sinking? sisted. I turned the engine off and did I instructed to Vlad to check the cabin what every sailor fears — make a Mayday sole for water. There was a little, but call. nothing like in a Hollywood movie. “Shit. "Trying to steady my hand, I picked up It’s the toilet water!” said Vlad. During the VHF radio. Then it was time to steady all the commotion, our plugged up toilet my voice: “Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! had dumped its smelly contents onto the This is the sailing vessel Panache. We cabin fl oor. But at the moment, it was have two persons aboard. We broke from the least of our problems. our mooring in Alofi Bay and are on the “We need to anchor, but those moor- reef. Requesting assistance. I repeat, we ings can’t be trusted.” I said. Right then are on the reef and requesting ...” BANG! I saw mooring ball #1, the one we had “assistance!” been on. And I quickly noticed that there ing us from making a second approach I paused for a moment but got no was nothing wrong with it. It was the to the secure mooring. It was bad. The response. It was 3 a.m., but I fi gured knot that had attached Panache to the dinghy smashed against Panache as Pa- somebody had to be up and on 16. mooring that had failed. The knot that I nache rolled violently into the dinghy, all “Should we abandon ship in the din- had tied! while I tried to free us from the mooring, ghy?” Vlad asked. What a sinking feeling! covered in papaya. It was madness. “No, it’s safer on the boat for the time We limped to the mooring ball and After what felt like an eternity, the being," I answered quickly. I repeated attempted to attach ourselves, only knot was straightened out and Panache the Mayday, and again got no response. managing to tangle our dinghy with the was once again drifting back toward the The interior of 'Panache' might have ended up a mooring line. Another clusterfuck! We boiling breakwater. We defi nitely had smelly mess, and Zach might have been totally were stern-to to the swell, making Pa- steering problems, but we managed to wiped out, but his Catalina 30 would survive. nache roll dangerously. We needed to fi x inch forward once again and secure our- this, but fi rst we need- selves to mooring ball #1, this time with ed to remove from the two lines and extra tight cleat hitches. cockpit all the papayas Exhausted and letting our heart rates PANACHE that we had smashed return to normal, Vlad and I congratu- into the world’s largest lated each other for moving quickly. It fruit salad. Vlad and I was time to call off our Mayday to Niue dug out the papayaed Radio, which by this point was getting cockpit like dogs digging lots of attention. We disinfected the cabin to China, not realizing sole with bleach and sat on deck to hide we had flung half the from the fumes while doing a play-by- smashed papayas into play breakdown of the four minutes of the dinghy. Whatever. madness. I hopped into the din- I couldn't help thinking about all the ghy and started untan- things that, had they been slightly dif- gling the rat’s nest of knots that were prevent- IN LATITUDES

ate plans sequenced between scuttling Panache and fl ying home from Niue, fi xing the boat in Tonga and waiting out the cyclone season, and everything in between. Whichever way, landfall in New Zealand had never felt so far away. I had failed. PHOTOS COURTESY PANACHE COURTESY PHOTOS — zach 10/10/12

Readers — So ends Zach's report. In a private email, he wrote to say that his cruising was probably "winding down." Since then, Vlad has fl own home, Zach has gotten the rudder fi xed, and he has checked out of Niue for Tonga. We're think- ing that New Zealand, after the South Pacifi c Tropical Cyclone Season ends, might not seem that distant any longer. Zach is too young to realize that he's not been a failure at all, but a raging suc- cess. No matter what he decides to do, the responsibilities and experiences he's had in the last year have given him not only a bigger bang-for-the-buck education, but a better real-life education than he could have gotten at Harvard. But even more important, dude, you've been living life to the hilt, not just existing. A tip of the Latitude hat to you.

Angel Louise — Catalac 36 Ed and Sue Kelly Doing the European Divide (Des Moines, Iowa) We write from the islands of Greece, the 34th country on our ship's log. Get- ting Angel Louise to the Aegean Sea has The aftermath, clockwise from above. Vlad and Zach with the rudder at the Niue YC. A triumphant been worth the effort, but it's been a dif- Zach found it was easy to drop the rudder from the boat. The major rudder damage was the shape ferent kind of effort than we anticipated of Texas. Zach at the Niue YC work table. Three aluminum stringers for extra strength. — and it involved a route that we had ferent, would have prevented Panache may sound silly, but losing New Zealand never read about before. Capt Sue and from going on the reef. If we had only made my time in the Pacifi c seem like I have the distinction of having taken left Niue with Elliot, or tied the mooring a waste. It's like hiking to within visible our sailboat from the North Sea to the line tighter, or kept an anchor watch on range of a mountain's peak, and then Black Sea and Southern Turkey, which deck, or turned the engine on a moment having to turn around. required crossing the 1,340-ft-tall Con- earlier, we might be in better shape. But We would have to remove the rudder tinental Divide by four principal canals all things considered, we were extremely and jury rig a fi x good enough to get us 'Angel Louise' may not be the newest or sleek- lucky, because we were both safe and Pa- to Tonga 310 miles away. Before any est cat, but she's gone from Maine to Venezu- nache was still fl oating. Our exhaustion of that, though, we would have to wait ela, across the Altantic and across Europe. was overwhelming, but sleep never came. out the low pressure system Fear of breaking free from the mooring that was twisting the wind and was enough to keep us both awake. waves into two days of torture. I jumped into the churning water No toilet, no sleep, and all the

the following morning and, when the luxuries of land teasing us by LOUISE ANGEL bubbles cleared, could see the damage. being only meters away. Panache’s keel looked as if the shark The wharf was being swal- from Jaws had chewed it apart, and lowed by the westerly swell, there was a superfi cial scar on the bow. making a landing suicide. The bad news was that the rudder was Grudgingly we waited out the fractured. I took a few pictures and then low, all the while awake and hauled myself on deck. New Zealand was overly vigilant of the lines out of the question. I had gotten lazy, tied connected to our mooring a shitty knot, and lost New Zealand. It ball keeping us away from the reef. I had plenty of time to be bummed out, and my immedi- CHANGES

and rivers of Europe. In the process of traveling up the Rhine and down the Danube, we learned new skills in poorly tures and route, and found that our cat charted areas, while often testing the was nowhere near as wide or tall. Despite laws and regulations of nine different our boat's tall traveler and antennas, we countries. We hoped the trip would be decided that she could make the trip. The uneventful, but it proved to be anything fare for the River Hotel trip was $14,000 but. per couple. I told Capt Sue that I would Capt Sue is a retired nurse practitio- take her for free. There are always ad- ner, and I'm a retired assistant United vantages for those who get to sleep with States attorney. Having been inspired by the captain. the stories in Latitude and the philoso- While living aboard in London, we phy of the publisher of Latitude, Sue and joined the English Cruising Associa- I bought Angel Louise in Maryland in the tion, The Royal Yacht Association and fall of '07 to be our movable retirement the Dutch Barge Association, and at- cottage until it wasn't fun anymore. tended two lectures by the owners of We haven't looked back. Our quarter- two English boats that had made the century-old Angel Louise was the 26th trip. We found that Euro-critters are of 27 Catalac catamarans built by Tom ethnocentric. For example, none of our Lack of Christchurch, England. U.S. Coast Guard licenses were accept- We'd done fi ve years of cruising prior able. European authorities require an to our European adventure. Our previ- International Certifi cate of Competence ous trips took us up and down the Inter- (ICC), of which there is a separate one coastal Waterway from Maine to Florida for inland waters and canals, and they several times, and we spent two years also require a separate endorsement for cruising in the Eastern Caribbean as sail. And unlike in the United States, you far down as Venezuela and the ABC Is- have to pay for examiners to test your lands. By the summer of '11, we'd fi nally skills on the water. You also have to pass garnered enough courage to cross the a CEVNI written test showing you know Atlantic. It took 38 days, not counting lock and canal signals and rules. Having the time we spent in Bermuda and the sailed our boat from the United States to Azores. We then spent six winter months England, it would have been comical for at London's St. Katherine Docks. us to take a test to prove we knew how Even before we got to England, we'd to sail — were it not for the fact that we dreamed of doing the French canals in were charged over $1,000 U.S. for both the summer of '12. But those plans were licenses. dashed when we discovered that Angel Early research revealed that only a Louise was too wide and tall to transit handful of pleasure boats had made the locks and key canals of France. We the trip by the rivers that we proposed, Angel Louise turned out to be the little were crestfallen. But the next morning and most of them were powerboats with train engine that could. We discovered we saw an ad in the Sunday Times for a much larger engines. And a majority of that we could make better headway in trip from Holland to Romania aboard a them got to the upriver Rhine in Germa- the areas of greatest current by weaving River Hotel ship. It was as though the ad ny via canals. Boaters familiar with the back and forth. But it was eerie and dis- were put there to give us another way to Rhine warned us not to even try our pro- concerting in several places on the Rhine achieve our dream. posed route with just two 37-hp Yanmar when it would take us a full minute for We looked closely at the ship's pic- diesels, as they said we wouldn't have the length of our boat to pass a river Ed and Sue have taken their "retirement cot- enough power to get our heavy boat past buoy. tage" to 34 countries so far, and will add to that the Rhine's fabled Lorelei Rocks. But a We had to much to learn. For example, number as long as they're having fun. few more adventurous folks encouraged if your boat is less than 45 feet long, she us to give it a try, although is free from the river regulations govern- they cautioned it would be a ing larger vessels. And the locks would be hard and slow trip for us. We free for our cat, but pleasure boats have even considered — briefl y — no right-of-way in any circumstances on putting a mount on the back the waters. And lock keepers would let of Angel Louise for our 15-hp us go into the locks after the larger ships Yamaha. if there was space, but we would always We fi nally decided that we have to wait for a commercial ship going would make the effort with- our way through a lock to use it. out being assured of success. With that introduction, we hope you'll If we couldn't get past the read next month's report on our actual Lorelei Rocks, we'd just con- trip. sider it another adventure, — ed / 11/15/12 turn around, and head to the Med via the Atlantic. We're happy to report that IN LATITUDES

and a little water inside. But in three weeks she'll be repaired and her owners can continue the one-year cruise they had started." Kreiss noted that Sea Silk had gone up in about as ideal a spot as possible, and that the Mexican Navy, which has a base half a mile away, took extraordi- narily good care of the boat and the fi ve people who came off it in the storm. "The

PHOTOS COURTESY CABO YACHT CENTER YACHT CABO COURTESY PHOTOS Navy put the crew up, fed them, and did everything they could for the owners." Viva Mexico! While we were having a cerveza in the Baja Cantina in Cabo, a man sat down next to us and said "hello." It was Bob Barry, who knew us because he'd done the '06 Ha-Ha with his Beneteau 523 Latitude 23. When we asked him where he'd sailed since the Ha-Ha, he told us mostly around Cabo San Lucas. "I started a day charter business out of Cabo in '07 with a Mexican partner, and two years later I bought him out. Despite all the competition, and the fact that I'm not Mexican, it's been a good business for me. A lot of my friends told me that I'd go crazy after I was in Cabo for a month, but I have a lot of friends and I like it here." Barry tells us that he gets most of his business from TripAdvi- sor, where his charters are ranked high on the list of popular activities in Cabo. Nonetheless, when the onetime Merrill Lynch employee gets his boat paid off in a couple of years, he says he'd like to buy a catamaran and sail the Caribbean. Is hoisting your dinghy and outboard Spread; The rudderless Hylas 46 'Sea Silk' being towed from Mag Bay with a harness to distribute for the night no longer enough? the tow load. Insets left; The sloop's protective skeg very likely prevented greater damage to the "On November 12 we had our grey rudder. While the hull and keel were damaged, it was only superfi cial in both cases. Achilles infl atable and her 9.8-hp To- Cruise Notes: team who ultimately pulled Sea Silk free, hatsu outboard stolen while we were If you're unlucky enough to be caught towed her 170 miles to Cabo San Lucas, anchored at Isla de Piedra outside in a remote area when a hurricane blows and are now repairing her. As the boat Mazatlan," report John Gratton and through, and your boat gets driven was stranded at Isla Santa Margarita, Linda Hill of the San Francisco-based ashore, you're going to need a lot of an island that forms the western shore Hans Christian 33 Nakia. "The theft things going for you in order to have a of Mag Bay, they weren't able to use a One way to lose your dinghy/outboard in Mexi- good outcome. Among them are decent backhoe to dig a trench for the boat to co is to ride it into a wave. Another is to have it weather, a responsive insurance com- deep water, so they blew and dug the stolen. Both are expensive propositions. pany, a good rescue company, a powerful dirt out of the way. "We tow vessel, and helpful local authorities. then rigged a harness to Fortunately for Craig Blasingame and distribute the tow loads Sue Steven of the Coronado-based Hy- all around the boat, and las 46 Sea Silk, who were aboard with pulled Sea Silk off with a three friends when their big sloop was powerful triple-screw 110- CHERIE SOGSTI driven ashore at Mag Bay by October's ft work boat," says Kreiss. hurricane Paul, they got all of them. "Sea Silk came off in better "Markel, the insurance company for shape than any big boat the boat, was very responsive, as they we've pulled off a shore. called us the next day and told us to do The greatest damage was whatever we needed to do to save the to the rudder, which had boat," explains Ari Kreiss of the Cabo broken in half. There was Yacht Center. It was Kreiss and his also some relatively minor damage around the keel, some cosmetic damage, CHANGES

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the method was unusual. Our dinghy CHERIE SOGSTI Cabo for Puerto Vallarta aboard Profl i- was raised high out of the water on a gate, we were still talking on the phone halyard, and the outboard was locked to and surfi ng the Internet with our Telcel the dinghy and then cabled and locked modem. That's about 11½ miles farther to Nakia with 3/16-inch lifeline wire. The offshore than when we sail south of Pt. thieves placed their panga beneath the Loma. And Renee Neal of the San Diego- raised dinghy, cut the bridle suspending based Peterson 44 Serendipity reports the dinghy, then cut the cable from the that she was reading her Facebook page dinghy to the boat. I was woken up by — using her Telcel modem — while sail- the sound of the cable pulling tight on ing down the length of the east coast of Nakia, and was on deck in time to see remote Cedros Island at 4 a.m. "There the thieves cut the cable and race away Barritt and I were, motorsailing along in their panga. under a full moon, having a great time, John and Linda report they've been and all my girlfriends were writing about cruising Mexico since '04, and this was how worried they were for me." the fi rst time they'd had anything stolen. We met up with the Neals and buddy- But they were disappointed, because the boaters Chip and Katy Prather of the only reason the outboard hadn't been Dana Point-based Morgan 45 Miss Teak mounted and locked to the back of Nakia Barritt Neal, who has cruised Mexico, the South while at Punta Mita, and both couples is that shortly after sunset John had Pacifi c, and the Caribbean, says the folks at had nothing but great things to say Cruiseport Marina treated him like royalty. taken their infl atable to help a vessel about their current cruise in Mexico. in distress. As like Mark Twain said, no been a big problem in Mexico, so let's They all raved about Cruiseport Marina good deed goes unpunished. work to try to keep it that way. in Ensenada, whose staff drove them For the sake of others, if your dinghy Are cell and data antennas stronger — at no cost — to and back from the is stolen in Mexico, please let us know in Mexico than in the United States? It immigration/port captain's offi ce. "In so we can alert everyone to possible hot seems like it. Twelve miles after leaving all ways the Cruiseport folks treated us spots and techniques used to steal din- royally," says Barritt. Their big discovery ghies. Historically, dinghy theft has not at Turtle Bay was the Annabelle family's

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WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed 22-FT SANTANA, 1970. Alameda Marina, 25 TO 28 FEET Deadline is now the 15th of the month, Alameda, CA. $900/best offer. Includes and as always, it’s still pretty much a brick main, spinnaker, 3 jibs, motor. Boat wall if you want to get your ad into the seaworthy, but needs exterior paint. magazine. But it’s not so important any- (360) 666-4999 or (925) 323-2577 or more when it comes to getting exposure [email protected]. for your ad. With our new system, your ad gets posted to our website within a J/24 HULL #375, 1978. Newport, OR. day or so of submission. Then it appears USA. $7,000/obo. Good condition. in the next issue of the magazine. So Fast-fun boat, newer sails, and spares, 2 you’re much better off if you submit or spinnakers, good standing and running 24-FT CAL, 1985. Redwood City Marina. renew your ad early in the month. That rigging. Much recent hardware, many $4,500. Great Bay boat! Main w/single way your ad begins to work for you im- upgrades. 2-axle trailer, 3.5hp outboard. reef, Harken roller furling jib, 5hp out- 27-FT ANTRIM, 1999. $40,000. High mediately. There’s no reason to wait for Email [email protected]. board, new cushions, Porta-Potti, anchor, mileage. Five-time PacCup vet, E.T. is the last minute. safety equipment and more. Call Rich at 23-FT COLUMBIA “T”, 1973. $2,000. ready to go again. Always on the podium. (650) 363-1390 or (650) 722-2389. Or All category 2 equipment included (call Shoal draft, roller furling, well maintained. email [email protected]. Cockpit and interior cushions. Bilge for list). Or, remove the ocean gear and 24 FEET & UNDER pump, air vent fan. Ready for bottom go buoy racing. Contact (925) 934-5197 paint. Exterior woodwork recently refi n- or [email protected]. ished. Dual axle trailer. Clean inside and out. Request photos. (707) 499-9396 or 26-FT CAPRI, 1993. Vallejo. $26,000. [email protected]. Pristine. Fin keel, inboard diesel. Open transom, custom walk-thru dodger. Gal- ley, enclosed marine head, holding tank and macerator. Forehatch and 5 opening ports. Two batteries w/charger. 120/12 v. systems. VHF. WS/WP, speed, depth, autopilot. Cockpit cushions, teak cockpit 22-FT FALMOUTH CUTTER, 1979. table. Jibs: self tacking, 115, 150, and Santa Barbara. For trade or $45,000. asymmetrical spinnaker, all in perfect con- J/22, 1983. San Francisco/Monterey. Westerbeke 10 two diesel with 240 hrs, dition. New last 4 years: main, jib, Harken $13,000/obo. Proven winner, epoxy Vari-Prop. Two sets of sails - includ- furler, standing/running rigging. New bot- bottom, dry sailed since 2003, clean ing one spinnaker and one gennaker. tom paint 2012. Call (707) 252-4467. interior, kept dry, several sets of sails Triple axle trailer! And much more... go to 24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1965. including Quantum racing set, 2003 Triad www.sailboatlistings.com/view/32262. 28-FT HAWKFARM, $8,900. Yanmar trailer great condition, lots of extras. Pittsburg, CA. $3,300/obo. With 8hp Contact [email protected] or Mariner outboard. Newer rigging, jib diesel. 2 mains, 7 headsails, 2 spinnakers, Contact for more info/pictures. Email (805) 550-7939. some recent Quantums, standing rigging/ [email protected]. with furler, main with lazyjacks. Bottom cleaning 11/2011. VHF, fi sh fi nder, depth chainplates replaced 2006. KM/DS/VHF/ sounder, stereo, single-burner propane, compasses/S/T primaries, good bottom, good interior. Contact (323) 552-8224 or good PHRF racer. (415) 435-6038 or (415) [email protected]. 924-8485.

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Page 132 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 25-FT MERIT, 1986. Morgan Hill. $8,900 29-FT COLUMBIA, 1964. Alameda. J/29, 1984. Redwood City Marina. or trailerable trade. New gelcoat, new $4,500. Hull 103, LOA 28’6”. Re-powered $10,000. Main, almost new Pineapple #3 lifelines, low hour Honda 2hp. 1999 tan- with Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel, 27.3hp, and #2 jibs, 3/4 oz. spinnaker. New 8hp dem Trailrite trailer, just added 5 support 177 hours. Interior in very good condition, 4-stroke outboard, anchor, safety equip- posts and pads (11) total no rust. New, outside solid, but needs cosmetic work. ment. 2011 SYC race series winner. Call never hoisted UK Kevlar jib. Other sails Larson full-batten main with Dutchman Rich at (650) 363-1390 or (650) 722-2389. fair. Custom foam cockpit cushions. (408) fl aking, Schaefer furler with 95% jib. (831) Or email [email protected]. 842-6511. 277-6034.

30-FT WYLIECAT, 1996. $75,000. #3, Silkye. 5hp outboard. Faux-fi nished car- NEWPORT 30 MK III, 1982. Sausalito. bon mast. Carbon rudder shaft, upgraded $16,800. Fast and comfortable; points wishbone, spinnaker, Autohelm, re-done well, 2006 Doyle main, 3 jibs, 2 spinna- nonskid and bottom. A rare chance to kers. Beautiful teak interior. Dependable own one of these fast, stable, easy-to-sail diesel engine. Roller furling. Spinna- boats. (510) 521-7730. kers. All lines led aft for singlehanding. Sweet boat. Contact (415) 225-7736 or 30-FT BODEGA, 1977. Redwood City. [email protected]. $6,000/obo. Marina closing - unique 30-FT NEWPORT, 1978. Alameda. 27-FT MORGAN, 1972. Alameda, Ballena opportunity to obtain partially com- $9,500/obo. Ready to motor, sail, or live Isle Marina. $7,500. Maintained and used pleted sailboat. Clean Volvo diesel. aboard. Recently overhauled Yanmar for day sailing in Bay Area. Excellent for Mast stepped. Teak cockpit. Bulk- diesel. Propane oven. Pineapple jib on day use and coastal cruising. Engine: Yan- heads in place. Corian galley, cold-plate Harken roller furler, main and asymmetric mar diesel 1GM1 8hp. Runs great. Bottom refrigeration. Teak V-berth with ply- spinnaker with whisker pole. Immacu- and side painted June 2011. http://sfbay. wood quarterberth, chart table, settees. lately clean, bright cabin. Topsides need craigslist.org/eby/boa/3352188924.html. http://home.jps.net/~tbishop/. Contact attention. Contact (510) 406-2399 or (415) 238-0046 or [email protected]. (650) 283-0555 or [email protected]. [email protected].

27-FT DUFOUR, 1974. Emery Cove 30-FT ETCHELLS 22, 1978. Brickyard Marina. $10,000. Good condition. Sails Cove. $4,000. Driscoll hull #448, built 30-FT RAWSON SLOOP, 1964. Ballena are two years old, roller furling jib, Volvo ‘78. Complete with two sets of main, Isle Marina, Alameda. $18,500. Beauti- Penta 20hp, variable pitch prop. Contact jib, spinnaker in great condition. With ful restored Rawson 30 sloop. Tanbark (510) 672-1729 or (510) 965-1614 or a trailer. Regularly sailed. This is being sails, bronze ports and hardware, 4-107 [email protected]. sold so that I can get a cruising boat diesel, radar, AIS, chartplotter, high satisfactory for my spouse. Asking only amp alternator, Monitor windvane and 25-FT CATALINA, 1984. Berkeley. First $4,000/obo, which is less than the value much, much more. See more at website: serious offer. Everything in good shape. of the sails. This is the most exciting http://restoredrawson30.blogspot.com/. New upholstery. 5 foresails. Whisker pole. sailing for this price. At Brickyard Cove, (408) 234-5359 or [email protected]. 6hp Nissan O/B. Very clean and ready 30-FT BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER. Point Richmond, CA. (415) 599-5792 or for sailing. Contact (510) 984-4685 or 1997. $125,000/obo. 30-ft Lyle Hess [email protected]. [email protected]. Bristol Channel Cutter, Tigress, 1997, 32 TO 35 FEET sistership to the Pardey’s famous Taliesin. Extraordinary craftsmanship. Mahogany 29 TO 31 FEET on oak. Teak cabin and decks. Hull so fair 34-FT CATALINA, 1987. Alameda. many think it’s fi berglass. Amazing teak $48,000. Mexico vet. Electric windlass, 3 anchors, solar panels, wind generator, 30-FT RAWSON, 1964. San Rafael. and birdseye maple interior. 27hp Yanmar. Well equipped: roller furling, storm trysail, SSB radio with Pactor modem, radar, 2 $7,900/obo. Blue Moon. 100 hour Yan- GPS chartplotters, autopilot, high aspect mar 3-cyl 30hp diesel. Radar, GPS, 12-ft spinnaker, sea anchor, radar, chartplotter, autopilot, windvane, refrigeration, VHF, rudder, 2 fuel tanks, Spectra watermaker. Livingston tender, VHF, hot water, fully Dodger, bimini, dinghy motor hoist, fi shing found, 6-tonner, 6’4” headroom. Lying 110V electrical, inverter, Force10 heater, Force10 stove/oven, windlass, 9-ft Fatty gear. 100 amp alternator, PSS shaft seal. San Rafael liveaboard berth. Call or (209) 295-2566. email for more info. (562) 899-0774 or Knees dinghy with sailing kit, much more. 29-FT RANGER, 1973. Fortman Marina, [email protected]. Pristine like-new condition. More at Alameda. $13,000/reasonable offer. All www.tigress-bcc.com or call (650) 868- lines to cockpit. Singlehanded Transpac 32-FT ERICSON, 1984. Sausalito. $12,000. Diesel, roller furling, wheel 29-FT ERICSON, 1975. $6,500. Unique 0348. vet. Yanmar 2GM20F, good sails, TP, new electronics, self-tacking jib. Details at web steering. Contact (415) 331-8250 or 1975 Ericson 29, USCG documented, [email protected]. lying Napa Valley Marina dry store. Hull 30-FT HUNTER, 2002. Hidden Harbor. site: http://sites.google.com/site/ranger- $39,500. Beautiful boat. Professionally 29joy/. Contact (831) 345-9384 or (831) and deck in good shape, LPU mast and 33-FT CAL, 1972. San Carlos, Sonora. boom; mast rewired this year. 1 season maintained and ready to go. Yanmar die- 726-3192 or [email protected]. sel. Roller furling, All lines led aft. Com- $15,000. Carlota was repowered with on new Pineapple main, 120, spinnaker. Universal 4 diesel. Has dinghy, 8hp out- Unused storm jib, older genoa. Newer fortable cabin. VHF. CD stereo. Propane galley. Fun to sail. Email for pictures: board, SSB, Autohelm, radar, and lots standing rig. Custom canvas and 36” of cruising equipment and spares. Also wheel. Strong rebuilt Yanmar YSB12. [email protected]. Call (530) 389- 8387 or (530) 346-2266. includes a new helical mooring in San Pressure water, stove, custom joinery Carlos Bay. Contact (520) 284-0806 or inside. Loads of gear and extras. 22 years [email protected]. one owner. Needs interior cushions and 30-FT CAL 3-30, 1974. Napa Valley minor electrical and mechanical work, Marina Dry Storage. $5,000. Best fi xer ever! Needs electrical work, fuel pump 33-FT RANGER, 1976. Berkeley Marina. but a great Bay or coastal boat. Email $15,000. New topsides, racing bottom, [email protected]. and interior varnish, but ready to sail. Large sail inventory. Very sturdy, stable racing equipped, interior spartan, but boat. See website for info and photos. cruising gear included in sale. Excellent http://dumpyoldbroad.blogspot.com. racing record, rebuilt Atomic 4, 3 kites, 3 Contact [email protected] or headsails, very fast, retiring from racing. (707) 746-5076. (510) 548-1210 ext.12 or (510) 652-3969 or [email protected].

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 133 33-FT SPAULDING, 1964. $25,000. 31-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT (35 LOA). 36-FT HANS CHRISTIAN, 1975. Oyster Auroral, Spaulding 33 fractionally-rigged 2004. Dana Point. $139,900. Excellent Point Marina. $35,000. Proven cruiser sloop, built in 1969. Made of fi nest materi- condition, cruise ready, cutter, Moni- from Alaska to New Zealand. Good als. Spruce mast, boom and spinnaker tor vane, 130 W solar, two autopilots, Bones, needs new sails and little TLC to pole. Restored bottom and rudder 2010. dodger/bimini, heater/fi replace, cold plate restore her to offshore condition. Moni- Sleeping berths for 4 people. Gray Ma- refrigeration, liferaft, EPIRB, radar/plotter, tor windvane, dinghy and more. USCG rine engine. Hood sails and more. Email depth, VHF, spare parts. (949) 285-8362 documented. Contact (415) 337-5303 or [email protected]. or [email protected]. [email protected].

34-FT EXPRESS, 1988. RYC. $59,750. 37-FT RANGER, 1978. San Pedro, CA. Two Scoops, well maintained, well sailed, 36 TO 39 FEET $16,500. Ready for Catalina, needs some 43-FT SPINDRIFT CENTER COCKPIT. fast with great sail inventory. Equipped work to go south. 25hp Westerbeke die- 1980. Pago Pago, American Samoa. with stove, refrigerator, GPS, radar, VHF sel, custom interior! Furling jib, infl atable $130,000. Rugged double-ender, full keel, with cockpit and nav station locations dinghy + 5hp outboard. Motivated seller. 80hp Lehman-Ford, large tanks, autopi- and marine AM/FM stereo. Contact lot, radar, 2 SSB’s, VHF/AIS, triple-reef (415) 450-1113 or (415) 383-1006 or main (new), Profurl jib, hanked-on stay- [email protected]. 40 TO 50 FEET sail, nine 2-speed self-tailing winches. EPIRB, liferaft (new), two dinghies, two outboards, 2kw Honda generator, water- maker, 4-burner stove, freezer, two heads, electric windlass, 60-lb CQR, 300’ chain, cockpit enclosure; 6’-10” headroom 37-FT CREALOCK, 1997. La Paz, below. Extensive features. One-owner Mexico. $187,000. Excellent condition boat since new. Cruised S. Cal to Mexico, and location. She’s totally turn-key and Hawaii, BC, Central America, Panama, ready for your big cruise or commuter Galapagos, Pacifi c islands Marquesas, cruising Mexico. Hawaii and Mexico vet. Tahiti, Cooks, Samoas, Tonga, Fiji, Vanu- Singlehander’s package, shoal draft, atu, and NZ. After 13 years Pacifi c cruis- 35-FT YOUNG SUN CUTTER, 1981. San Monitor windvane, liferaft, EPIRB, SSB, 42-FT CASCADE, 1972. Redwood City. ing, owner (age 80, recently widowed) Carlos, Mexico. $54,800. Proven blue radar. Custom storage in galley and $40,000. New sails, watermaker, Auto- says that’s it! Boat ideal for experienced water cruiser, ready to sail the world, with head, manuals, tools, spares, spares and helm, new rigging, ice maker, marinized couple wanting larger boat. Pago good a bombproof fi berglass hull. Fully cruise spares. Dinghy with wheels and outboard. Westerbeke and more. Needs work on start point for SW Pacifi c cruising. (684) equipped, designed by Robert Perry, 2011: new lifelines, running and some deck. Spent a lot, asking for less. Contact 252-3489 or [email protected]. same layout as Tayana 37, but at a bargain standing rigging, full-batten main with (650) 704-2302 or [email protected]. price. http://youngsun.squarespace.com/ Tides marine track, interior cushions and PO Box 3163. 41-FT MORGAN CLASSIC MODEL. specs. Email [email protected]. fabric. 35# CQR and 44# Delta on bow, 1991. San Carlos, Mexico. $93,000. 25# on stern. Dinghy w/wheels and out- Cruiser, in primo condition, ready to ERICSON 35 MK II, 1977. Richmond YC. board, Kato engine lift. (310) 459-1510 or go. Spacious interior - must see to ap- $39,000. Bruce King design. Loved and [email protected]. preciate. Recent survey. Use link for well maintained. Equipped for cruising. current photos, complete equipment list: Sleeps 5. The years have caught up to 38-FT BENETEAU, 1991. Sausalito. http://sailboatvagari.blogspot.com. (520) us, must sell! Detailed info and photos $32,000. Diesel, roller furling, beautiful 825-7551 or [email protected]. on website: www.ericson351977.blog- sailing boat. This is a great year and a spot.com. Contact (925) 935-4413 or very good design for this classic look- [email protected]. ing boat. Contact (415) 331-8250 or [email protected]. 41-FT MORGAN OUT ISLAND, 1981. 37-FT CREALOCK, 1979. Monterey. Glen Cove, Benicia. $47,500/obo. Center $50,000. Cruising consultants, new LPU cockpit, 416 ketch rig. Great coastal/ entire boat, new interior, new Yanmar. ocean cruiser. Shoal draft boat designed Email for pics and video. (831) 234-4892 for chartering in Caribbean. Spacious or [email protected]. layout down below, separate forward cabin w/head/shower and hanging locker. 36-FT PEARSON, 1985. Sausalito. Ultrasuede cushions, updated lighting, 48-FT BENETEAU 47.7, 2003. Sausalito, $45,000. Priced to sell. Owned for 15 Dickinson diesel heater. Refrigeration/ CA. $275,000. Bruce Farr design with tall years and am 2nd owner. Equipment: freezer, three-burner propane stove/ mast and deep keel performance hull. 3 35-FT IRWIN CITATION 35.5, 1986. Roller furling jib, Dutchman system on oven, microwave. Full walk-thru to master staterooms 2 heads, 1 electric. 75hp turbo Marina Bay Yacht Harbor. $29,000. Great main, Forespar rigid vang, 3-blade feath- stateroom w/head/shower and separate Yanmar with 265 hrs. 3-blade feathering handling racer/cruiser with stylish lines ering prop, dodger, Lifesling, life jackets, cockpit entrance. Surprising amount of prop. Bow thruster. Electric mainsail in excellent condition. Nice teak interior BBQ, complete kitchen setup, more. storage/stowage for a 41-ft vessel. Newer winch. Dutchman mainsail fl aking and sleeps 7. Memory foam cushions in V- Original Yanmar diesel with only 385 sailcovers and dodger. Rigid boom vang. Furlex headsail furling. Furuno radar on berth. Nice galley with ice box, double hours. Original purchase receipt, owner’s Great Perkins 4-154 engine. Dinghy davits self-leveling Questus mount. B&G instru- sink and 2-burner propane stove. HD TV manual, sail plans, etc. Hauled, painted off transom. Amazing cruising yacht, in ments including autopilot with remote at and Dolby 5.1 sound system. AC water Oct ‘10 along with new cutlass bearing. great condition at a bargain price. Our helm. Icom 502 VHF with remote and heater, low hours Yanmar 3GM30F die- Beautiful interior in near-new condition. plans have changed, so add your custom Icom 802 SSB. Espar heat. Xantrex 2500 sel, roller furling jib, Barlow 25 winches, Insurance survey in Feb ‘11 valued at electronics and go on your own adven- watt inverter with Prosine Advanced Digi- Garmin GPSmap 178. New battened $70,000. Great boat at a great price. Lo- ture! Call Ken. (415) 269-2971. tal Control. ProMariner galvanic isolator. mainsail Oct. 2011. A lot of solid boat cated at Schoonmaker Point Marina, slip Original owner. Maintained as new. (916) for this price! Contact (530) 863-9607 or C-72. www.flickr.com/photos/rgt-pics. 969-8077 or [email protected]. [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or (925) 286-8738.

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Page 134 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 44-FT CATALINA MORGAN, 2007. CAL 2-46, 1974. Point Roberts. $95,900. 50-FT FD-12, 1981. Sea of Cortez. 44-FT TARTAN 4400, 2003. Channel Seattle, WA area. $284,500. Mint condi- Reduced.. Ready to cross oceans. Lov- Unsinkable fully equipped blue water Island Harbor. $399,000, or trade? Re- tion. A real deck salon. Great bluewater ingly maintained and restored. 2012: cruiser, AK/Mex/SoPac vet. Superb duced price! Dark green hull, low hours, cruiser. 75hp Yanmar 8+ cruising, 500 Engine overhauled, standing rigging, galley in pilothouse. 2 staterooms fwd bow thruster, electric winches, vacufl ush hours. New batteries, cruising spinnaker, furler, hydrovane, sails. Also electric and master stateroom aft w/berths heads, spinnaker, new batteries, new power winches, hydronic heat, Raymarine winches, davits, watermaker, spares! for 5-6 and great fore/aft privacy. Re- LP and bottom paint, numerous other C120, radar, autopilot, bow thruster. Will Standup engine room, teak/holly sole, duced price. See website for details: options/upgrades. See test sail at: www. trade for real estate. (408) 666-3261 or much more! http://merrydolphin.zxq.net. www.svdaydreamer.com. youtube.com/watch?v=ckZHxXEAMec. [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or (250) Contact [email protected] or (530) 505-4941. 318-0730.

45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One off, double 40-FT SANTA CRUZ, 1983. Monterey. end, 3 years in restoration, 98% com- $87,000. A fast racer/cruiser. Excellent 40-FT PEARSON BOUNTY II, 1961. pleted, cold-molded over original strip 41-FT SCEPTRE, 1986. Crescent Beach, condition. Extensively updated. New Brisbane Marina. $28,500. Early bul- planked, new electric motor. $60K as is, B.C. $168,000. Original owners. Profes- Ballenger spar and rod rigging. Re-wired. letproof fi berglass. Sailed from Hawaii. or $? to fi nish. Contact (916) 847-9064 or sionally maintained. Recent survey and New Raymarine instruments, windlass, Loaded. Sloop rig, Harken roller furling. [email protected]. bottom paint. Call or email for more info inverter, refrigeration/freezer. New gelcoat 5 sails in great condition. Yanmar 27hp and pictures. (604) 535-9373 or race- decks and topside paint. New dodger. 3GM30F diesel engine, 75 watt solar 47-FT CATALINA, $285,000. Customized [email protected]. Custom transom ports. For photos and panel, Ampair 100 wind generator, 4 bluewater ready. Extra fuel capacity, 110 info see website: http://santacruz40for- AGM batteries, Prosine Truewave 1000 or 240v, watermaker, chartplotter, radar, 44-FT HARDIN VOYAGER, 1977. Marina sale.com. Contact (831) 915-3540 or inverter, Monitor self-steering windvane, AIS, coldplate refridge/freezer. Custom Palmira, La Paz, BCS, Mexico. $79,000. A [email protected]. Icom IC-M700 Pro with Pactor III modem, cabinets and workshop, dive compres- spacious fi berglass, ketch rigged veteran Dynaplate, backstay antenna, Apelco sor, in-boom furler, staysail, autopilot, of the Sea of Cortez and west coast of VHF, propane Force 10 stove, Waterlog wind vane, new hard dodger, heat-air, Mexico. A traditional liveaboard and long watermaker, Interphase depth-fi nder, lots Autoprop, Much more. (916) 607-9026 or range blue water cruiser with rare two- of extras. This boat is a steal at $28,500. [email protected]. cabin, two-head layout. Center cockpit (510) 410-5401. with hard dodger. Recently recaulked teak 43-FT HANS CHRISTIAN CHRISTINA. decks. Aft cabin has transom windows 1986. Redwood City. $179,000. Volvo above the thwartships queen size bunk TMD 30A 90hp. Furuno 1720 radar. Bal- and opening portholes for ventilation. Go mar 1200 windlass. Harken furling on to YachtWorld.com for specs. (530) 541- jib and staysail. Barient winches. B&G 4654 or [email protected]. 330 instrumentation. Newmar PHD-25 43-FT TASWELL, 1988. Alameda, CA. battery charger. Raritan 12-gallon hot 42-FT CATALINA, 1990. South Beach $239,000. Bluewater cruiser. Major refi t in water heater. Packless Sealing System Harbor, San Francisco. $89,900. Great 2007, then cruise perfected. Full details at (Svendsen’s). Very roomy and comfort- condition. Extensive upgrades. Full spec website, listing: 1291827. Contact Steve. able 3-cabin layout (pullman master). at: http://leluya.blogspot.com. (650) 716- www.yachtsoffered.com. (530) 748-8010 VacuFlush/Tank Watch 4 monitoring sys- 4548 or [email protected]. or [email protected]. 46-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 45.2. tem. Beautiful new granite countertops 2000. Tacoma, WA. $134,000. This salt in galley with fl owing colors to match 40-FT OLSON, 1983. Squamish, B.C.. water veteran is fully equipped with all the tongue-and-groove teak throughout. $73,000. Race and cruise equipped, Pac the necessary equipment to take you Norcold refrigeration. Force 10, 3-burner Cup ready, Espar furnace, fridge, dodger, offshore in the direction of your dreams! propane stove. Alpenglow lighting. All furler, etc. An extensive equipment and She just got back from a cruise in the new enclosed dodger/cockpit (watertight) sail list. (604) 898-9484 or (778) 879-4272 Med and the Caribbean and is lying with covers and privacy screening for all or [email protected]. Tacoma, WA waiting for you to prep windows... only the fi nest materials used. her for her next voyage. She is a rare 3 (650) 207-2253 or [email protected]. 50-FT MARINER MOTORSAILER, 1980. cabin/3 head model, perfect for a family Redwood City. $165,000. Great liveaboard or larger group cruising - each cabin has cruising boat. 2 staterooms, 2 heads, 300 its own head. Great charter opportunity 41-FT NEWPORT, 1984. Bruno’s Island gals fresh water, 400 gal/day watermaker, for America’s Cup next year! The vessel Marina. $49,000. Price reduced. Mexico upright frig/freezer, separate deep freeze. has many upgrades - and lots of spares! vet, radar, GPS, autopilot, 40hp Universal Too much other equipment to list. Please (206) 992-6637. diesel, solid rod rigging, 38 gal. fuel, 60 contact for complete list. (831) 335-3573 gal. water, sleeps 6, 8-ft dinghy with 9.9hp or [email protected]. Nissan. (707) 688-0814 or (707) 290-9535 or [email protected]. 1200 Brannan Island Rd.

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 135 46-FT JEANNEAU SLOOP, 1996. Puget J/120, 2001. San Francisco. $180,000. 59-FT SAMPSON, 2011. Newport Beach, Sound, WA. $149,900/offer. Good condi- Great one design boat for the Bay. CA. Nearly completed, bluewater cruising, MULTIHULLS tion, newer North sails, newer Raymarine Extensive inventory. Full B&G instru- Sampson ketch, ferrocement full keel. C-80 chartplotter, radar, Autohelm, mentation, GPS, Yanmar with low hours. 47-ft deck, 58-ft LOA. Center cockpit, full Tri-data speed/depth, etc. Very clean Kevlar and carbon racing sails. Recent mahogany interior, three staterooms, two below. 3-cabin, 2-head layout, inline haulout 2012. Excellent condition. Con- heads, interior/exterior steering. Call Rod galley, fridge/freezer, navigation station, tact (650) 363-1390 or (650) 722-2389 or for video/inventory list. (714) 963-9282. AC, more. Contact (253) 377-1660 or [email protected]. [email protected]. CLASSIC BOATS 51 FEET & OVER

35-FT CROWTHER BUCCANEER. 1987. Richmond. $32,000. Ply and epoxy professionally built trimaran. Larger and dryer than an F-31 for 1/3 the price. Sails 12 knots easily, will push 20 in a breeze. New paint: 3 bottom coats, topsides and deck. Buy now and get to know Jabber- 43-FT SERENDIPITY, 1980. Best of- wock by SSS Three Bridge Fiasco. Email [email protected]. fer. Lone Star. Doug Peterson’s SORC 32-FT DOUBLE ENDER TEHANI, 1926. Serendipity 43. A winning combination: 53-FT ISLANDER, 1979. Sausalito. Sausalito. $30,000. Classic Danish yacht 48-FT LOOPING, 2004. Loreto, Sea of great performance and gracious living. $66,000/asking. Monitor, radar, rewired, in beautiful shape. Regularly sailed and The perfect cruiser. Must sell now. Email Cortez, Mexico. $399,000 USD. Spa- new fuel tanks and extensive equipment. always maintained. Email me for pictures/ cious, luxurious, clean French-built for brochure (specifi cations and current Sale by owner. http://polaris5.weebly.com. info: [email protected], or call (415) photos): [email protected]. performance catamaran ready to take (415) 332-6585. 246-7712. you cruising. Fully equipped, pristine condition. MUST SEE!! Tour us on You- Tube: Uj33dCr9FnY. Details on website: http://neosforsale.com. (916) 622-9348 or [email protected].

45-FT COLUMBIA, 1971. Redwood 73-FT AMERICA’S CUP SLOOP, 1992. 58-FT SCHOONER, 1925. Port Townsend. City, CA. $47,000/obo. World cruiser. Sausalito. $143,000. Carbon composite $139,000. Suva is a staysail schooner Huge liveaboard. New radar and GPS. hull, rigged for cruising, galley, 100hp designed by Ted Geary. A gorgeous and 2 steering stations. 55hp diesel. Sepa- Volvo diesel, Harken mainsail track, furler, sound classic yacht built almost entirely rate shower. 2 heads. 2 staterooms. aluminum spar, radar, VHF, solar, wind of Burmese teak. LOD 58’, beam 14’, Large main salon and galley. Email for 42-FT LAGOON 420 CATAMARAN. turbine, inverter, 2 jibs, 2 used mainsails, draft 6’6”. With dual station steering she 2008. Belize. $298,000. Loaded 3-cabin list of equipment, photos, and viewing: built by USSR. Fast and unique. (206) is comfortable. Her rig is easily handled [email protected]. owner’s version. Well maintained. Factory 715-8423 or [email protected]. and she sails wonderfully. She is in dual diesel, generator, AC, watermaker, very good condition. More at website: inverter, chart plotter, new sails one year. www.schoonerforsale.com. Contact (360) Perfect family cruising cat. www.face- 643-3840 or [email protected]. book.com/media/set/?set=a.219422708 070841.63102.149453491734430. Email [email protected].

44-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1977. Daytona 51-FT STEEL KETCH. Super world Beach, FL. $95,000. Well maintained/new cruiser, Ventura. $89,900/reduced. 51’ rigging/mast pulled, relit, repainted like overall, 44’ on deck. Ford Lehman 80hp new. Good access to Perkins 4326 diesel diesel engine with low hours. Radar, AP, 15-FT SNIPE, 1950. Albany, CA. $1,800. rebuilt 2009. New stainless steel diesel dodger, inverter, furling jib and genoa, Gorgeous 15-ft Snipe sailboat and trailer. and water tanks. Diving equipment, great custom exterior paint, with an elegant Original owners, Mahogany clear deck, galley, sleeps 7. New electronics, inverter/ 38-FT CHAMBERLIN CAT, 1992. Nevis mahogany interior are just a few of her aluminum and wood masts, sails, etc. St Kitts, Caribbean. $85,000. Custom charger, Navtex, Raymarine radar, Icom great features. This is a stout, well-built Boat has always been garaged and looks SSB, West Marine VHF. Fully battened composite Vac-bagged Divinycell/Vinyl offshore cruiser. Has a draft of less than like new. Contact John at (510) 468-0380 Ester/Biax racer/cruiser. 2 doubles, 1 main, 110 genoa, new storm sail, beautiful six feet and 250 gallons of fresh water or [email protected]. spinnaker. Lots of tools/equipment and head, galley up, bridgedeck with seated capacity. Built in Holland by the best steel headroom (4’6”, 5’9” in hulls). Queen- parts. Sails like a dream! Left Alameda boat yard in the world. Owner fi nanc- 14 yrs. ago. More at www.grace44.com. sland-built, 20,000 ocean miles. Must sell. ing available up to 80%. Also willing to Email [email protected]. Contact (702) 767-8323 or (702) 767-8322 consider equity trade for real estate. Quit or [email protected]. your job start your life today with Felic- ity. Replacement cost exceeds 1 million dollars. Call (805) 982-0684 (cell), (805) 650-8888 (offi ce) or (805) 290-6119. Email [email protected].

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Page 136 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 34-FT GEMINI 105MC, 2005. Redwood 50-FT BLAINE SEALY, 1978. San Le- COZY, SAFE LAND BASE. San Carlos, City, CA. $129,900. Great family or race andro Marina. $37,000. 50-ft spacious, PARTNERSHIPS Sonora. $37,900. A comfortable and af- boat. Perfect for San Francisco Bay, liveaboard trawler in San Leandro Marina. fordable land base on the Sea of Cortez. coast, Mexico, beyond. Fast; easy to Large living room, full kitchen, 2 state- CATALINA 380, 2001. Sausalito Yacht Included: small casita, 32’ trailer, large, sail singlehanded without heeling. Spa- rooms, 2 baths, excellent running diesel, Harbor. Full electronics, chartplotter, au- covered outside living space w/kitchen. cious deck, 3-bedroom interior. Elegant 4 levels with fl y bridge, lots of teak. Two topilot, and radar. New furling main and jib Established community, pool, spa 24/7 and comfortable. See more at website. refrigerators, one freezer, washer and (2011), Quantum cruising chute, Yanmar security and more. (530) 545-2159 or http://loonasea.gibbons.web.stanford. dryer. Great liveaboard with an excellent 40 with low hours, dodger, electric wind- [email protected]. edu. Contact [email protected] or view and location. Call if you are serious. lass. Professionally maintained. Equipped (650) 380-3343. (415) 503-7192. for sailing and cruising: 2 cabins, cen- terline berths, innerspring mattresses, 78-FT DESCO TRAWLER, 1963. Em- refrigerator, microwave, fl at screen HDTV/ eryville. Entertaining offers. Beautiful DVD, electric head, and separate shower. classic yacht operating as a fl oating B&B, Includes dinghy and outboard. Beautifully event and concert venue. Great revenue. fi nished interior in Ultraleather and Corian. 5 staterooms, 4-1/2 baths, amazing Equity share available, as low as $335/ woodwork, hot tub, views, ambiance, month, depending on usage. (707) 421- more. Owner financing possible. See 0366 or [email protected]. www.barkissimo.com. Call for appoint- ment, (415) 265-9706. PLAN YOUR MEXICO GETAWAY NOW. at the brand-new, gorgeous Cielo Y Mar 55-FT MALCOLM TENNANT, 2006. condos. Located in Punta Mita, 35 min- Ft. Myers, Florida. $895,000. Maximum utes from Puerto Vallarta, available to speed 17kts, cruise 15kts, 2.5gph at rent from private owner. On the beach, 10 8kts. Fast and economical Open roomy feet from the water, they offer spectacular design with 6’ 11” interior, 3 queen size views of ocean and mountains, the big- cabins with individual heads and show- gest infi nity pool in the area, an endless ers. Superb condition. Request complete beach, great surf breaks, great fi shing, information. Email [email protected]. tremendous views of whales, bird life CATALINA 38, 1984. Sparkman- and the islands. While uncrowded and Stephens. Emery Cove Yacht Harbor. tranquil, just a fi ve-minute walk to several 42-FT TRAWLER, 1979. Long Beach. $10,000, plus.... +$250 a month for a waterfront restaurants. Choose from a $79,000. 42-ft California LRC twin 3208’s. week’s use. Beautiful, well-maintained spacious, beautifully furnished one or This boat is in really good shape. I would vessel. Perfect for weekend at Angel three-bedroom unit, or an amazing two- also trade for a motor sailer or remote Island, San Francisco, Napa or the Delta. story penthouse with lovely shade trellis cabin of equal value. The slip can come Recently hauled. New upholstery. Custom on the top fl oor. See details at website: with the boat. It has a great view and is teak salon and cockpit tables. “Toys” www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. a great place to live. I will email pictures include: fold up bicycles, dinghy with To reserve, call Dona de Mallorca, (415) upon request. Contact (310) 418-0379 or Honda outboard, 32” fl at screen, auxillary 599-5012. [email protected]. generator, pulpit seats and refrigerator. 30-FT GEMINI 3000, 1984. Puerto Escon- Spinnaker. Purchase is like a timeshare... dido, Mexico $45,000. Hull repairs being 43-FT VIKING MOTORYACHT, 1978. deposit, monthly use, monthly fee, no WANTED completed. Need steering cables and 9.9 Sausalito. $75,000. Viking is well known maintenance, you could sell your interest. Email [email protected]. Honda repairs. Not cosmetic gem, but for their quality engineering and rugged LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP. On small self-suffi cient/functional, 3 cabins with construction. This vessel is equipped catamaran. San Francisco Bay. Nego- queen, solar, 8 amp hour/day refrigerator, with twin Detroit diesel 6-71’s, Onan tiable. Looking for partnership on small chartplotter, autopilot, watermaker, well 7.5Kw generator, new main fuel tanks, catamaran on the Bay. Have 18-ft Hobie equipped. Contact [email protected] or new canvas fl ybridge enclosure, dripless Cat in Santa Cruz and 38-ft keelboat in SF (510) 846-6417. seals, cutlass bearings, new heavy duty Bay. Would like to sail a small cat (wetsuit AGM 8D batteries, master stateroom + trapeze) in SF without trailering from Queen walkaround, Vacu-flush head Santa Cruz to the Bay and back. If you POWER & HOUSEBOATS system with Tankwatch monitor. She has have a small cat “near” a ramp and need/ been well taken care of with light use. SOUTH OF THE BORDER want experienced sailors to help you with (650) 400-9813. it let us know. Contact (831) 297-3059 or [email protected].

21’- 23’ SAILBOAT WANTED. For SF Bay. In good condition. Please contact [email protected] and [email protected].

TEMPORARY LODGING. Sausalito, CA. Looking for temporary lodging (2 to 4 62-FT HOUSEBOAT. Sausalito. $35,000. months) in Sausalito area. Self-employed Houseboat 22x62, on 20x55 concrete COME JOIN US FOR A WEEK. female with project accounts in the Bay barge. Absolutely no berth, must be re- 39-FT C&L EUROPA TRAWLER, 1980. Take a vacation! Learn or share your Area needs to move closer to clients and moved from Marin County. Copper roof, Moss Landing, CA. $49,500. Twin Ford sailing skills with a USCG captain. This sailing. No pets, no children, no drinking V-joint Redwood siding. You can re-hab diesels. Berthed at Moss Landing, North season we are sailing the Sea of Cortez and no drugs. Access to 24/7 Internet what is there, or demo and start from the Harbor (assumable slip). Great spot to to Acapulco. Join us, or form a group up a must. Would consider sublet, home barge up. A new concrete barge this size relax. Clean with lots of extras. (831) to 6 of your friends and have the whole share/in-law or stay on a boat. Sailing would cost $84,700. (415) 465-0039. 713-6719. boat - a 52’ ketch with the fi nest ameni- community references available. I am ties. Includes, food, fuel, slip fees, scuba a member of a local yacht club. Email gear and tank fills. Great food, good [email protected]. friends, and adventure. See website for all the info: www.freya52.com. Email [email protected].

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 137 SHARE OFFICE. Light manufacturing GEAR space. $800. Clean bright sunny space on Sausalito waterfront. Approximately 500 NEW 8-MAN DSB LIFERAFT. In canister. sq. ft. Free parking and good company. Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, Richmond, CA. (415) 332-2509. $4,000. New (October 2012) 8-man DSB offshore liferaft, fully certifi ed until end of 2014, in canister. (415) 497-0777 or (415) NEW & USED BOAT GEAR 999-2426 or [email protected]. Open Tues.-Sat. 10 to 5 p.m. MONITOR WINDVANE. Channel Is- lands Harbor, Oxnard. $3,200. One year old Monitor windvane in perfect condition. Has about 3 weeks use from 2012 a one-way passage to Hawaii steering a Pacific Seacraft Dana 24. All parts included except transom mounts. Email BAY AREA HIDEAWAY. Mill Valley, CA. [email protected]. Large 1 bedroom apartment, 2 short, fl at blocks from downtown Mill Valley, and www.bluepelicanmarine.com 74-FT MAST. Designed for catamaran. close to the Bay, beaches and hiking. Best offer. (415) 269-5165. This is an upper unit, 2 decks, one above a babbling creek, the other beneath the redwoods. Well equipped AEK with Bar open daily till 9 pm PROPERTY SALE/RENT dishwasher, full bath, large bedroom with queen size bed. Covered parking, washer/ LIVE LATIN MUSIC dryer on premises. Hi-speed Wi-Fi, cable, Saturday & Sunday 5:30-8:30 pm DVD. $120 a night, 2 night minimum. with an outdoor BBQ 5-8 pm No smoking, no pets. See more at www.airbnb.com/rooms/160781. (415) WEEKENDS 225-0442 or [email protected]. Brunch Served 9:30 am-4:30 pm WEEKDAYS BERTHS & SLIPS Lunch Served M-Th 11 am-3 pm Fridays 11 am-3:30 pm PIER 39, 36 X 13 SLIP. Pier 39. $5,850/ FULLY FURNISHED STUDIO APT. For Happy Hour M-F 4-7:30 pm best offer. Nice 36-ft slip, C-20 close in. rent. Dolores Park location. Convenient Great for America’s Cup. Contact (808) Available for parties too! to everything. Queen bed, full kitchen. 292-1100 or [email protected]. Stocked BR. Views. Month to month lease 855 Terry François St., San Francisco / 2 night minimum. $2,500/month, $175/ 40-FT BOAT SLIP FOR RENT. Pier 39. (415) 621-2378 night. 1 per long term, 2 max. Contact www.theramprestaurant.com $400 per month. Great boat slip in the (415) 793-5546 or (415) 641-8490 or heart of San Francisco! Yet away from Like The Ramp on Facebook www.facebook.com/TheRampSF [email protected]. the crowds. Security, discount parking, shower and laundry facilities. (425) 643- 0614 or (206) 321-3730.

PIER 39 MARINA BERTH FOR SALE. San Francisco. $20,000/obo. 40 x 14 foot berth, currently leased at $420 per month, SF property tax $330 per year, visit website for photo slide show: www.415images. com/pier39. Contact Larry, (907) 225-3040 or [email protected].

DELTA WATERFRONT PROPERTY. 50-FT SLIP, SF, PIER 39, G DOCK. Slip Gentleman’s Ranch. 3 Mile Slough - Rio 22. San Francisco. $55,000 - Lease to Vista. $695,000. 28-acre ranch with 70 2034. Next to breakwater - looking out on foot deep-water dock. Property has view the Bay. Wow, what a view! Angel Island, of Mt. Diablo. Site for second home. Treasure Island, Golden Gate, Oakland Property features: many outbuildings with Bay Bridge and Alcatraz. Convenience water troughs, small corral, etc; livestock of the marina offi ce and showers nearby. (sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, horses, Contact [email protected] or etc.) production or Ag production (pres- (530) 274-2007. ently hay); hay barn; equipment storage; www.thesailwarehouse.com fruit trees; 1,440 sq ft home with new AEOLIAN YACHT CLUB/MARINA. carpet, paint, appliances, ductless air/ Alameda. A full-facility club with slips, heating system, 900 sq ft 2 car garage/ workshop, kitchen and hall. Berths un- shop with built-in cabinets, laundry room, der $5/foot! Special Discount for New mudroom, offi ce; large carport; security Renters: Every 3rd month free during the Mobile Marine Navigation system. www.century21.com. For more fi rst 12 months! Membership required. Installations and Marine information, call Rebecca Cabral, (707) Reduced initiation fee: $200. More at 249-4479 or [email protected]. www.aeolianyc.com. (510) 523-2586 or Electrical Work [email protected]. POWER VESSEL & SAIL ELECTRIC

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Page 138 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 50-FT G16 BERTH. For sale or lease. Pier 39. Best offer. Great bulkhead location PERSONALS on waterfront, newly dredged. (831) 345- 5732 or [email protected]. SEEKING COMPANION. Los Gatos, CA. Wish to meet retired gentleman. I had 50-FT COMMERCIAL SLIP. San Francis- a sailboat, but sold it and miss sailing co. Pier 39. $55,000. Newly constructed on the Bay. I enjoy dancing to big band ENGINES • PARTS • SERVICE J-Dock, slip-6, west side with views of music, good food, watching sports and Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, and movies and TV. Contact (707) 815-0932 Alcatraz Island. Special rates for owners or [email protected]. 1-800-326-5135 at Pier 39 parking garage. Sublease until 2034, contact James. (650) 520-4607 or We Ship (415) 453-1001 [email protected]. JOBS WANTED FAX: (415) 453-8460 Anywhere www.helmutsmarine.com 50-FT PRIME SLIP, PIER 39, SF. $50,000. PART-TIME CAPTAIN. USCG Master 619 Canal Street F-Dock, Slip 11, east side. Protected from 50 GT with tow, looking for interesting San Rafael, CA 94901 wind. Close to gangway, showers and part-time work on the water in Bay Area. marina office. Covered parking across Retired successful businessman, mid- street with special rates for owners. (559) 50s, with great people skills. Contact 355-6572 or [email protected]. Michael Long, michael@longfi nancial.net AUTHORIZED POWER CENTER or (707) 483-0191. 45-FT SLIP, PIER 39 MARINA, A DOCK. Slip 15. San Francisco. $49,000/obo. Long lease to 2045. Ideal location for JOB OPPORTUNITIES upcoming America’s Cup in the heart of San Francisco! Recently dredged to 8.5 Mathiesen Marine MARINE TECHNICIAN. Hirschfeld Yacht feet at low tide. Wide turnabout channel. is a Bay Area leader in the sales, repair, For all of your electronics and electrical needs The only wheelchair accessible dock in service, installation, and customization marina. Convenient - closest dock to of marine diesel engines and generators. Sales & Professional Installation Boardwalk. Fantastic views of the Bay, We are looking for marine technicians to of all major brands of marine electronics Alcatraz, and Angel Island. Tenants join our team. Minimum qualifi cations: 2+ enjoy discounted rates at Pier 39 park- years direct mechanical/electrical experi- We Wish Everyone ing garage, shops, restaurants and Pier ence. Experience with gas and diesel charters. Includes 24hr. security, excel- engines ranging from 10-300hp, inboards a Safe & Happy lent upgraded shower/laundry facilities and outboards. Experience with manu- and lounge with Wi-Fl. Quiet, non-windy facturers such as Mercruiser, Mercury, side of pier with little surge. Safe and Honda, Yamaha, Beta Marine, Yanmar, Holiday Season! family friendly. Contact (905) 257-6278 or Perkins, Volvo, or Universal. Expertise [email protected]. in electrical systems with a solid under- standing of electrical fundamentals. Clean Visit our showroom located at SUBLET 30-FT SLIP IN SAUSALITO. background check. Must have a California 3300 Powell Street, Emeryville Marina Park Plaza. $375/month. Looking driver’s license and car/truck. Must have to be closer to the action in 2013? Our own tools and mobile tool kit/bag. Pre- (510) 350-6622 www.MathiesenMarine.com family sailboat slip in Sausalito can be ferred qualifi cations: ABYC Certifi cations, made available for sublet of 3 month, 6 manufacturer specifi c certifi cations, gas/ month, up to 1 year. For more info, email diesel technology certifi cations, electrical [email protected]. certifi cations. For more information and to QUALITY CRUISING SAILS FOR LESS! apply, email: [email protected]. CREW MAINSAILS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES MIZZENS EXPERIENCED CIRCUMNAVIGATOR. 44-ft schooner, seeks select crew for at- 10% STAYSAILS tempted traverse of NW Passage. 3 legs: HEADSAILS VA-Greenland-Cambridge Bay-Alaska, DISCOUNT May 15 - October, 6-8 week legs. Must SPINNAKERS be fi t, some experience, share expenses. For details contact Mike Johnson. (505) SAILCOVERS 466-6326 or [email protected]. STRONGTRACK OFFSHORE SAILING VOYAGES. Train [email protected] aboard Six String 35-ft cutter just returned from circumnavigation of Pacifi c. Inten- LIVE THE DREAM $250,000. 30 year (707) 386-2490 sive one-on-one course conducted at established charter business for sale. sea. Sliding scale tuition based upon your Sadie Sea operates out of St. John / U.S. SAILMAKER TO THE WORLD experiance and choice of destination. Virgin Islands and is certifi ed to hold 31 www.rosewindcorporation.com. (970) passengers. Contract with National Park 635-0346 or [email protected]. Service to pick up hikers and many other partnerships. New paint, survey, lower OFFSHORE INSTRUCTION. John and decks and stability test summer 2012. Amanda Neal provide documented www.sadiesea.com. Email for more de- ocean passagemaking instruction aboard tails: [email protected]. Mahina Tiare III, their Hallberg-Rassy 46, drawing on their combined 584,000 miles New and Specializing and 73 years experience. More info at Used in Sail Repair www.mahina.com or (360) 378-6131. Sails. and Service. OFFSHORE PASSAGEMAKING INSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC John & Amanda Neal are dedicated to providing hands-on, documented instruction aboard their Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare III, drawing on their combined 584,000 miles and 73 years of experience. www.mahina.com • (360) 378-6131

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December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 139 Please read before submitting ad Classy CLASSIFIEDS Here’s What To Do: PERSONAL ADS BUSINESS ADS NEW DEADLINE Write your ad. Indicate category. Remember it is ALWAYS the price and contact info. We make fi nal placement for 40 Words Max determination. • All promotional advertising • 15th at 5 pm Count the words. Anything with a space 1 boat per broker per issue for ad to appear in the next issue. before and after counts as one word. We will Logo OK, but no photos/reversals spell-check, abbreviate, edit, as necessary. Due to our short lead time, No extra bold type • Max: 12 pt font deadlines are very strict and Mail your ad with check or money order, Artwork subject to editor approval. deliver to our offi ce; OR, for the best – and Biz ads will not appear on website. include weekends & holidays. most exposure – of your classifi ed ad… are for those searching for Sorry, but… Submit your ad safely online • No ads accepted by phone with Visa, MasterCard or AmEx at: • No ads without payments www.latitude38.com • No billing arrangements Ad will be posted online within two business days, a boat for less than $1,000 – or gear totalling under $1,000. • No verifi cation of receipt appear in the next issue of the magazine, and re- • We reserve the right to refuse main online until the following issue is released. IMPORTANT! standard • Re-Run Ads: Same price, same deadline poor quality photos or illegible ads. Latitude 38 15 Locust Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 383-8200, ext 104 • [email protected]

WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classifi ed 22-FT SANTANA, 1970. 25 TO 28 FEET Deadline is now the 15th of the month, Alameda, CA. $900/best offer. Includes and as always, it’s still pretty much a brick main, spinnaker, 3 jibs, motor. Boat wall if you want to get your ad into the seaworthy, but needs exterior paint. magazine. But it’s not so important any- (360) 666-4999 or (925) 323-2577 or more when it comes to getting exposure [email protected]. for your ad. With our new system, your ad gets posted to our website within a J/24 HULL #375, 1978. Newport, OR. day or so of submission. Then it appears USA. $7,000/obo. Good condition. in the next issue of the magazine. So Fast-fun boat, newer sails, and spares, 2 you’re much better off if you submit or spinnakers, good standing and running 24-FT CAL, 1985. Redwood City Marina. renew CLASSYyour ad early in the month. That rigging. Much recent hardware, manyDEADLINE $4,500. Great Bay boat! Main w/single way your ad begins to work for you im- upgrades. 2-axle trailer, 3.5hp outboard. reef, Harken roller furling jib, 5hp out- 27-FT ANTRIM, 1999. $40,000. High mediately. There’s no reason to wait for Email [email protected]. board, new cushions, Porta-Potti, anchor, mileage. Five-time PacCup vet, E.T. is the last minute. safety equipment and more. Call Rich at 23-FT COLUMBIA “T”, 1973. $2,000. ready to go again. Always on the podium. (650) 363-1390 or (650) 722-2389. Or All category 2 equipment included (call Shoal draft, roller furling, well maintained. email [email protected]. Cockpit and interior cushions. Bilge for list). Or, remove the ocean gear and 24 FEET & UNDER pump, air vent fan. Ready for bottom go buoy racing. Contact (925) 934-5197 CHANGEpaint. Exterior woodwork recently refiEFFECTIVE n- or [email protected]. ished. Dual axle trailer. Clean inside and out. Request photos. (707) 499-9396 or 26-FT CAPRI, 1993. Vallejo. $26,000. [email protected]. Pristine. Fin keel, inboard diesel. Open transom, custom walk-thru dodger. Gal- ley, enclosed marine head, holding tank and macerator. Forehatch and 5 opening ports. Two batteries w/charger. 120/12 v. systems. VHF. WS/WP, speed, depth, autopilot. Cockpit cushions, teak cockpit 22-FT FALMOUTH CUTTER, 1979. table. Jibs: self tacking, 115, 150, and NOWSanta Barbara. For trade or $45,000. asymmetrical spinnaker, all in perfect con- J/22, 1983. San Francisco/Monterey. Westerbeke 10 two diesel with 240 hrs, dition. New last 4 years: main, jib, Harken $13,000/obo. Proven winner, epoxy Vari-Prop. Two sets of sails - includ- furler, standing/running rigging. New bot- bottom, dry sailed since 2003, clean ing one spinnaker and one gennaker. tom paint 2012. Call (707) 252-4467. interior, kept dry, several sets of sails Triple axle trailer! And much more... go to 24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1965. including Quantum racing set, 2003 Triad www.sailboatlistings.com/view/32262. 28-FT HAWKFARM, $8,900. Yanmar trailer great condition, lots of extras. Pittsburg, CA. $3,300/obo. With 8hp Contact [email protected] or Mariner outboard. Newer rigging, jib diesel. 2 mains, 7 headsails, 2 spinnakers, Contact for more info/pictures. Email (805) 550-7939. some recent Quantums, standing rigging/ [email protected]. with furler, main with lazyjacks. Bottom cleaning 11/2011. VHF, fi sh fi nder, depth chainplates replaced 2006. KM/DS/VHF/ Submissions due bycompasses/S/T the primaries, good bottom, sounder, stereo, single-burner propane, good interior. Contact (323) 552-8224 or good PHRF racer. (415) 435-6038 or (415) [email protected]. 924-8485.

CARPENTRY NOR-CAL COMPASS OODRUM MARINE Mobile cabinet shop W Specializing in custom interior Contact Lon Woodrum at: Adjustment • Sales cabinetry, tables, cabinets,15th countertops, 415-420-5970 at 5 pmAuthorized Compass Repair cabinsoles. For power or sail. www.woodrummarine.com Hal McCormack • [email protected] • Phone/Fax (415) 892-7177 N.E. MARINE TITLE MARINE SURVEYS - Capt. Alan Hugenot Coast Guard documentation • Title/lien searches • Transfers • Mortgage fi ling • Escrow services Accredited Marine Surveyor (since 2004) • (415) 531-6172 Local closing facility for brokers or private transactions Yacht Master (USCG 200 tons - International) • Port Engineer (Even30 years experience of doing if it right weekend the fi rst time orYacht Manager holiday.) • Delivery Skipper • Boat Handling, Navigation 1150 Ballena Blvd, Alameda, CA • (510) 521-4925 & Safety Instructor • Accepts MC & VISA

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AB Marine ...... 6 Boat Yard at Doyle Sails ...... 53 Hansen Rigging ...... 57 Lewmar Marine ...... 42 Alameda Eyes Grand Marina, The ..... 24 Dr. LED ...... 128 Helms Yacht & Ship List Marine Enterprises ... 54 Optometry ...... 52 Boatsmith Marine Carpentry e Marine Systems ...... 105 Brokers ...... 142 Loch Lomond Marina ..... 47 & Boatbuilding ...... 61 Almar Marinas...... 31 Easom Rigging ...... 97 Helmut’s Marine Makela Boatworks ...... 111 BottomSiders ...... 97 Service ...... 139 Alpenglow Marine El Salvador Rally/ Marchal Sailmakers ..... 139 Lights ...... 104 Brisbane Marina ...... 41 Heritage Marine Bahia del Sol ...... 131 Marina Bay Yacht Insurance ...... 60 American Battery ...... 105 BVI Yacht Charters ...... 115 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor ...... 35 Heritage Yacht Sales .... 144 Aqua Marine ...... 129 CYOA Yacht Charters . . 114 Harbor ...... 39 Marina de La Paz ...... 126 Hirschfeld Yachts ...... 43 Bacon Sails & Marine California Professional Emeryville Marina ...... 100 Marina El Cid ...... 84 Supplies ...... 41 Divers Association .... 104 Hogin Sails ...... 22 Equipment Parts Sales . . 130 Marine Lube ...... 97 Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors Catamaran Access ...... 141 Hood Sails ...... 19 Essex Credit Corp...... 40 Marine Outboard ...... 85, 86, 87 City Yachts ...... 11 Farallone Yacht Sales ...... 9 Hotwire Enterprises...... 130 Company ...... 26 Ballenger Spars ...... 41 Clipper Yacht Harbor ...... 8 Flying Cloud Yachts ..... 143 Hydrovane ...... 128 Mariner’s General Barz Optics ...... 45 Club Nautique ...... 34 Forespar ...... 110 Intrepid Landing ...... 50 Insurance ...... 49 Bay Marine Boatworks ... 21 Conch Charters ...... 114 Fortman Marina ...... 46 Iverson’s Design ...... 59 Maritime Institute ...... 50 Bay Marine Diesel ...... 97 Corinthian Yacht Club . . 111 Gentry’s Kona Marina ... 97 JK3 Nautical Marotta Yachts ...... 146 Berkeley Marina ...... 25 Enterprises ...... 17 Cover Craft ...... 53 Gianola Canvas Mast Mate ...... 126 Berkeley Marine Coyote Point Marina...... 96 Products ...... 43 KKMI - Brokerage...... 145 Mathiesen Marine ...... 139 Center ...... 57 Cruising Yachts ...... 7 Gold Coast Yachts ...... 47 KKMI - Boatyard ...... 148 Mayne, Larry R., Blue Pelican ...... 138 Defender Industries ...... 61 gotzinc.com ...... 142 Kissinger Canvas ...... 49 Yacht & Ship Broker .... 10 Blue Water Yacht DeWitt Studio ...... 101 Grand Marina ...... 2 Lee Sails ...... 139 Insurance ...... 58 CONTINUED

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www.helmsyacht.com ? YACHT SALES INC. got zinc Dealer for Seawind Catamarans • Corsair Trimarans • Dragonfl y Trimarans boat bottom scrubbing & more… zinc replacements • propeller changes thru-hull inspection & replacement 415.331.SAIL www.gotzinc.com [email protected]

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Mazatlan Marine Center/ Pacifi c Offshore Scandia Marine ...... 28 Twin Rivers Marine West Marine ..... 16, 18, 20 La Paz Yachts ...... 45 Rigging ...... 59 Schoonmaker Point Insurance ...... 56 West Marine - Rigging... 48 McDermott Costa Paradise Village ...... 33 Marina ...... 44 Vallejo Marina ...... 49 Westwind Precision Insurance ...... 52 Passage Yachts ...... 5 Seashine ...... 56 Ventura Harbor Details ...... 37 McGinnis Insurance ...... 55 Pineapple Sails ...... 3 Seatech ...... 130 Boatyard ...... 55 Whale Point Marine Minney’s Yacht Surplus..126 Punta Mita Beachfront South Beach Harbor ...... 36 Vessel Electric ...... 138 Supply ...... 32 Modern Sailing School Condos ...... 105 South Beach Riggers ...... 37 Washkowitz, Jared A., White, Chris Designs ... 105 & Club ...... 51 Maritime Law Offi ces . 142 Quickline ...... 58 Southbound Solar ...... 129 Wiest, Michael, Yacht Multihull Co., The ...... 143 weatherguy.com ...... 126 Sales ...... 39 Raiatea Carenage Spectra Watermakers .. 104 Napa Valley Marina ...... 53 Services ...... 127 Wedlock, Ramsay & Yachtfi nders/Windseakers Sperry ...... 23 New Era Yachts ...... 144 Ramp, The ...... 138 Whiting Marine Surveyors ...... 43 Starbuck Canvas ...... 130 ...... 105 Norpac Yachts ...... 147 Richardson Bay Start Line Strategies ..... 111 North Beach Marine Marina ...... 57 Stem to Stern ...... 45 Canvas ...... 37 Sail California ...... 12, 13 Sterling Associates ...... 60 North Direct Sails ...... 47 Sail Warehouse, The ... 138 Holiday Svendsen’s Boat Works .. 15 North Sails ...... 27, 54 Sailrite Kits ...... 38 Greetings Svendsen’s Marine ...... 30 Opequimar Marine Sal’s Infl atable from our Center ...... 84 Services ...... 51 Swedish Marine ...... 61 crew Outboard Motor Shop ... 51 San Diego Boat Swi-Tec America ...... 104 to yours Owl Harbor Marina ...... 55 Movers...... 101 TMM Yacht Charters .... 115 Oyster Cove Marina ...... 59 San Francisco Boat Tracsa ...... 29 Works ...... 91 Pacifi c Crest Canvas ...... 14 Trident Funding ...... 4

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52' ENDEAVOUR CUTTER, '90 $239,000 40' BABA, '80 $120,000 43' MASON CUTTER, '79 $124,500 34' PACIFIC SEACRAFT, '88 $93,000

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36' CATALINA MkII, '99 $76,000 41' DRISCOLL BRUCE KING, '76 $179,000 41' ERICSON, '69 $64,000 30' CATALINA TALL RIG, '88 $27,900 APPROX. 100 LISTINGS ON OUR WEB SITE: www.flyingcloudyachts.net

www.multihullcompany.com The Multihull Company is pleased to announce the opening of the Northwest Multihull Center on Puget Sound's Commencement Bay. The Northwest Multi- hull Center is a great starting place for buying or sell- ing a catamaran or trimaran or to learn more about the world of multihulls. We are creating the West Coast's largest concentration of catamarans and trimarans to serve you better! 50' CATANA, 2008 38' LEOPARD M3800, 2001 CATANA 471, 2001 The Multihull Company is the world's largest inter- Washington California Washington national catamaran and trimaran brokerage. Our team 700,000 $199,900 $574,000 of multihull experts offer several distinct differences including buyer and seller services, a powerful online presence, worldwide offi ces, displays at major nation- al and international boat shows, newsletters and so- cial marketing that inform and reach the right buyers and sellers. Visit us at www.MultihullCompany.com or at our new Northwest Multihull Center and see why 42' FOUNTAINE PAJOT 34' GEMINI 105MC, 2008 36' CORSAIR C36, 2004 The Multihull Company is truly the choice for sailors VENEZIA, 1995 Washington San Francisco, CA around the world. Washington $235,000 $153,000 $199,500 SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE FT. LAUDERDALE CHARLESTON FRANCE TURKEY TRINIDAD TORTOLA ST. MARTIN KOREA HQ Phone: 215-508-2704 Northwest Multihull Center: 206-297-1151 email: [email protected]

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50' VALIANT, 2001 56' FORMOSA, 1981 LOST SOUL! An extraordinary World famous cruising yacht that is ketch, Lost Soul, outfi tted ready for and ready to go again. your inspection. Ready for inspection $535,000 at our docks and on our website. Beautiful! $275,000

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57' ALDEN YAWL, 1931 51' FORMOSA, '79 39' C&C CC, '85 36' CATALINA, '85 Own a Master Mariners treasure. Ready to cruise the Caribbean. Mexico ready, comfortable Well cared for. Ready to sail. Can- $249,000 Already there! $145,000 performance cruiser. $69,900 vas, dodger, furler, more. $35,000

39' CHB Trawler, '79 $58,500 • 37' HERSHINE, '86 $79,000 • 36' CATALINA, '85 $35,000 • 30' CATALINA, '80 $25,900 • 22' SANTANA, '75 $3,750

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Page 144 • Latitude 38 • December, 2012 Passenger COI Charter Vessel Passenger COI Charter Vessel

To legally operate a charter with more than 6 passengers, a vessel must meet construction and inspection requirements of the USCG and be awarded a Certificate of Inspection (COI). Buying new or retrofitting can be prohibitively expensive. Purchasing an active COI vessel is the most cost-effective means to enter this market. These two vessels are ready to go, and each is self-supporting in its current business model. Call to learn more! Quality Yachts and Unique Opportunities

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Hinckley Bermuda 40 MkII Yawl CB (1968) BURGER 72 PILOTHOUSE YACHT (1964) Mumm/farr-ovington 30 (1997) Invictus is a classic Bill Tripp design in truly Papagallo II’s luxurious “Onboard Nautical Trunk Monkey is ready to join the SF Bay excellent condition. Many new updates. Events” attract intimate parties of two and Class. Well built, spectacular racing history. $119,000 celebrations of 40-60. Great SF Bay opportunity. Many, many upgrades. $595,000 $57,900

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SKIPPERLINER 63 (1996) BALTIC 42 DP (1981) HALLBERG RASSY 37 (2006) Steel construction, twin CAT diesels, operates as Why Not is Doug Peterson’s award-winning de- Further was commissioned by original owner in “Delta Discovery Cruises” certified for Bay and sign for full comfort performance cruising. Moti- Sweden and sailed singlehanded for over 6 years Delta cruises with 83 passengers. vated seller, Sausalito berth in very desirable loca- with recent arrival in San Francisco. Well-built $247,500 tion transfers with application approval. $75,000 long distance cruiser. Shared listing. $309,000

We are in the process of listing several exciting new yachts. Use the code to see our most current inventory. www.kkmi.com/yacht-sales (510) 236-6633 • fax: (510) 231-2355 Now accepting quality new listings. [email protected] Contact Listing Manager 530 W. Cutting Blvd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94804 [email protected] The Bay Area’s Premier Boatyard and Brokerage – An Unbeatable Combination

December, 2012 • Latitude 38 • Page 145 Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts 415-331-6200 • [email protected] • www.marottayachts.com

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47' CATALINA 470, 2008 Dark blue hulled beauty shows 41' SCEPTRE CUTTER, 1985 48' ISLANDER SLOOP, 1985 as new inside and out, only 50 hours on Yanmar. In-boom main, Updated throughout, professionally maintained, Pacem has had only two long-term owners since new, electric winches, bow thruster, custom hard dodger with Barrett transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. and shows absolutely beautifully today. New sails. Bonded glass. Transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip. $349,000 $174,900 $159,000

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52' CUSTOM COLD-MOLDED SCHOONER, 1999 Her keel 38' TA SHING PANDA, 1983 43' SLOCUM CUTTER, 1984 was laid in '72, she then sat unfi nished in covered shed until current Gary Grant-designed classic beauty with brightwork and inter- Cruising cutter that has been well maintained and extensively owners discovered her in '95; meticulously fi nishing her out before ior showing MUCH newer than her age. New interior upholstery updated – owners estimate they spend about $10,000 yearly. & after '96 launch; then christened/documented in '99. $149,000 and foam. Sails well, will make a perfect cruiser. $129,900 $129,000

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36' UNION POLARIS, 1981 Only one owner since new, Phan- 53' ISLANDER, 1979 37' HUNTER LEGEND 37.5, 1993 37.5 was one of Hunter's tome has never been cruised, extensively upgraded over the years, Over $100,000 spent over past several years on this vessel. most popular designs ever and this particular low-time example and is bristol inside/out. Must be seen to be appreciated, a con- Rewired, new fuel tanks, extensive upgrades. is very clean inside and out, competitively priced and lying in tender for anyone in the market for a traditional cruiser. $79,000 Owner is motivated to sell IMMEDIATELY. $79,000 Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip that's potentially transferable. $67,000

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SISTERSHIP

33' WAUQUIEZ, 1984 Classic European sloop shows much 30' FORTUNE PILOTHOUSE CUTTER, 1978 This char- 45' STARRATT & JENKS, 1977 newer than actual age – interior in particular shows as new. Major ming custom pilothouse feels WAY bigger than 30'! She also has Nice aft cockpit sloop with new Yanmar diesel refi t '97 included a much more powerful 30 hp diesel, B&G electron- much new equipment (including new Isuzu diesel installed in '95), ($30,000 project). Great value cruiser or liveaboard. ics, Harken roller furler, sails, heavy-duty dodger, etc. $59,000 shows pride of ownership throughout, and is a must-see. $43,500 $39,000

at 100 BAY STREET • SAUSALITO • CALIFORNIA 94965 since 1946 ! NORPAC WE NEED MORE BOATS… 'ALLURE' YACHTS BUYERS ARE CALLING! LIST YOUR BOAT 1150 Brickyard Cove Rd., B9, Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 NOW… 43' STEPHENS CLASSIC Raised Deck Express Cruiser, (510) 232-7200 • FAX (510) 232-7202 IT'S FREE! 1931. Covered berth kept & beautiful. Charming Gatsby-era yachting in grand style. She's a work of art! Ready to go email: [email protected] & have fun now! Twin Chryslers, more! $115,000

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44' STEEL Canoe-stern cutter by Geo. Buhler/ 48' GRAND BANKS Trawler LRC. Aft master 40' VALIANT CUTTER Great blue water cruising 27' CANADIAN SAILCRAFT CS-27 Low hours Fred Lagier & Sons. John Deere diesel. Stout S/R, twin diesel, FB & PH helms, classic mahogany design that changed cruisers forever. Loaded with Yanmar diesel. Exceptionally well built & just fi nished steel construction. Awesome bluewater cruiser in BEAUTIFUL condition. Onan, fully loaded galley, 3 cruising gear, color radar, R/F, plotter, nav station, major refi t-refi nish in & out. Absolutely beautiful, this built to go to sea and stay there. Radar, GPS, etc. heads, shower & tub, infl atable dinghy w/motor, swim private staterooms, and MORE! A big, strong, perfor- boat looks new! Roller furling, self-tailing winches, new Here's your world beater! Asking $62,950 platform, steadying sails, radar, MORE! Asking $99,950 mance world cruiser. Asking $69,500 rigging & MORE. Outstanding value. Asking $17,950

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35' ERICSON MkII Sloop. Near new standing VIEWING PLATFORM! 40' DUFOUR PERFORMANCE CRUISER and running rigging, and sails by Quantum. Profurl Full electronics, roller furling, dodger, fine sail roller furling--all almost new, solid example of a inventory, cruise equipped. Fast, comfortable, great Bruce King design. Excellent cruiser, I/B, 13 in beautiful condition and MORE! Located in Barient winches, wheel, 2 spinns, refrig., shower, Southern California, she's a MUST SEE! double spreader rig and MORE! $24,950/Offers Asking $159,500

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100' MEGA SLOOP Big, beautiful; loaded with everything you might want for 35' SPARKMAN & STEPHENS Center 49' ROSBOROUGH WINDJAMMER SCHOONER Cockpit Sloop. Diesel, aft stateroom, hard comfort, convenience and performance. 26+ knots under sail. Stoutly built in Nova Scotia in 1980 of bronze-fastened (fully enclosable) dodger, good sail inventory, 23' beam, 250 hp Cummins diesel aux, and much more. white oak. 57' LOA; 13.5' beam. Loaded with character. wheel, extra strong fi berglass contruction, well Built to go to sea & stay there. Roomy, seaworthy design. found quality cruising boat. Asking $28,950 Asking $695,000 Center cockpit, large aft strm, MORE! Asking $44,950

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40' X-YACHTS X-119 HIGH-PERFORMANCE HERE sloop. Renowned Danish performance cruiser/ 46' ISLAND TRADER MOTORSAILER KETCH 35' TIARA 3500 XL EXPRESS CRUISER Comfort, racer. Loaded with gear and high tech sails. Proven F/G, diesel, in/out wheel steering, queen aft plus elegance & performance in one ultra-clean package. Twin bluewater cruiser and race winner. $109,000 double and single staterooms, two enclosed heads 502 XL Crusaders. Roomy & luxurious, these powerhouses IT'S FREE! with showers and tub, AIS transponder, radar, are well respected for their fi t, fi nish & overall quality in the AP, roomy, more! $89,950 powerboat community & elsewhere. Asking $114,000 REDUCED! REDUCED! REDUCED!

48' DUTCH CANAL BOAT by deVries Lentsch. Steel. Unique, comfortable cruiser for Bay/ READY TO CRUISE TO ALASKA! Delta. Diesel, tub, galley, fireplace, salon, con- 28' SOUTHERN CROSS Cutter. Famous top quality 46' LAKE UNION CLASSIC CRUISER, 1930. 40' NEWPORTER Ketch. "Ack" Ackerman's wonder- vertible aft enclosure, beautiful decor, MORE! pocket cruiser designed by renowned naval architect Restored/rebuilt, excellent cond., new dsls, new genset, ful seaworthy and comfortable design in beautiful LIVEABOARD. A GEM! Now asking $144,000 Thomas Gilmer. Diesel, double-ender, FG. Known for rewired/reframed/refastened, radar, MORE! She could condition. 54 HP Isuzu diesel, 2 helms (wheel on seaworthiness and beauty, these fi ne craft are rare on cruise to Seattle tomorrow. Premium covered Marin berth. pedestal & in pilothouse) radar, AP, cabin heat. Well the West Coast. A great opportunity. Asking $16,500 Dsl cabin heat. Great liveaboard/cruiser. Asking $69,995 set up for cruising & ready to go. Asking $44,950 REDUCED! CALL (510) 232-7200 OR PLEASE SEE www.norpacyachts.com TOLL FREE (877) 444-5087 and/or OR CALL GLENN DIRECTLY AT 58' ALDEN BOOTHBAY EXPLORER Motorsailer Ketch. Aft stateroom, dsl, genset, AC, heat & MORE! www.yachtworld.com/norpacyachts (415) 637-1181 Famous bluewater cruiser meant to go to sea & stay there. Excellent layout, fantastic potential. Asking $198,500 for MORE BOATS FOR INFORMATION & APPOINTMENTS

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