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VOLUME 447 September 2014 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS YRA SECOND HALF OPENER — POINT BONITA BLAST

"It was San Francisco Bay racing at its best!" recalls Aeolus' skipper Rob Theis, class winner of the hotly contested J/111 class in the Pt. Bonita Race, August 2. That well-attended 22-miler was Act One of the YRA Second Half Opener, which serves as the offi cial midpoint of San Francisco Bay's summer sailing season. This year's Bonita Race could hardly have featured more ideal racing conditions if they'd been scripted in advance — although there were a couple of substantial mid- course challenges. With a moderate westerly blowing across the Central Bay on that Saturday morning, 66 boats in 12 divisions drove across the starting line, set north of Treasure Island, and began the long beat to Point Bonita while the current slowly changed from slack to fl ood. As the fl eet clawed to windward north of Alcatraz, then passed beneath the Golden Gate, the breeze held in the mid-teens, occasionally gusting above 20 knots. Like carefully calculated moves on a chess board, each skipper had to balance the value of minimizing the number of tacks he called for with the benefi ts of avoiding the gradually developing mid-Bay fl ood.

The vintage Express 37 'Golden Moon' roared east as her crew hoped to avoid tangling with an armada of outrigger canoes. Just inshore of them more than 100 Lasers crisscrossed the Cityfront. — photos erik simonson / www.pressure-drop.us YRA SECOND HALF OPENER —

After jibing around the Point Bonita buoy (2.4 miles west of the Gate), each were ferociously paddling to and from wind holes southeast of Yerba Buena, the navigator was free to pick his own line Alcatraz in the Round the Rock Alcatraz breeze held for most boats all the way to for the 13-mile run through the Central Challenge. Amazingly, the SHO fleet the club, where a live band, several food Bay, beneath the Bay Bridge, and down managed to avoid them despite one ca- booths and two kegs of free beer were the Estuary to the Encinal YC. As seen noe's fl ipping and her six crew having to waiting. in the opening spread, there were two be rescued by the Coasties. mid-Bay wild cards that day: 137 Laser Skies were gray all morning in the sailors were buoy racing off the Cityfront Central Bay, but gave way to brilliant Not surprisingly, the fl eet's only in their Nationals competition, while sunshine by the time the fl eet reached two multihulls — Peter Stoneberg's Pro- dozens of six-person outrigger canoes the Estuary. Although there were a few Sail 40 cat Shadow and Chris Harvey's FRED FAGO ALL PHOTOS ERIK SIMONSON EXCEPT AS NOTED / WWW.PRESSURE-DROP.US ERIK SIMONSON EXCEPT PHOTOS ALL

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As mentioned earlier, some of the F-25 tri Mojo — clocked the fastest times ally being overpowered. closest racing was among the J/111s, around the course. But probably no one John Clauser of the 1D48 Bodacious+ with Aeolus edging out Dick Swanson's was smiling more broadly on the Enci- — the second mono — was also beaming: Bad Dog by only 29 seconds, while nal YC lawn that afternoon than Kame "It's not every day that we can beat the Dorian McKelvy's MadMen nipped at the Richards. His late-'70s-built Express 37 RP 44 Tai Kuai," he said. The two boats Dog's heels. The Express 27s also had a not only clobbered his one-design com- swapped their division's lead several tight race. Dan Pruzan's Wile E. Coyote petitors by more than 21 minutes, but times during the long Bonita beat, with crossed the line with a clean seven- corrected out to ﬁ rst in ﬂ eet among the Tai rounding first and finishing well minute lead, but Paul Deeds' Magic Bus monohulls. Kame's secret? Carrying the ahead, but not far enough to overcome squeaked into second place only a mere #1 all the way around despite occasion- her handicap. second ahead of John Rivlin's Peaches.

Top row, left to right: 'Shadow' blasts east; 'Double Digit' picks her line; 'Aeolus' leads the J/111s; 'Harry' and 'Lelo Too' work toward Bonita. Second row: 'MadMen' chasing 'Bad Dog'; 'JetStream' glides past The Rock; 'Jeannette' goes deep; a hail from 'Mudshark'. Bottom row: the Santana 35 'Ahi' and Schumacher 30 'Shameless' roar toward the ﬁ nish; busy day at the Encinal YC docks; trimming for speed aboard 'PnuemAddict'. — all photos erik simonson / wwwpressure-drop.us

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All in all, it was a great day on the water take place September 27 and 28, hosted — and a spirited celebration ashore. This staged in the South Bay, with the faster by the Corinthian YC, with courses in the was, after all, a Party Circuit race. divisions sailing three laps and the vicinity of Alcatraz and Angel Island. Will Twenty-nine boats turned up for slower ones completing only two. we see you there? Sunday's windward-leeward buoy races, The ﬁ nal Party Circuit shindig will — latitude/andy

SECOND HALF OPENER RESULTS Complete results at www.jibeset.net OVERALL — 1) Shadow; 2) Mojo; 3) Golden Moon; 4) Bodacious+; 5) Aeolus; 6) Bad Dog; YRA 2ND HALF OPENER BONITA RACE (8/2) PHRF 4 (126-149) — 1) Elusive, Olson 911, 7) MadMen; 8) Tai Kuai; 9) Swift Ness, J/111, J/111 — 1) Aeolus, Rob Theis; 2) Bad Dog, Charlie Pick; 2) Heart of Gold, Olson 911S, Joan Nesrin Basoz; 10) JetStream. (64 boats) Dick Swanson; 3) MadMen, Dorian McKelvy. (6 Byrne; 3) Luna Sea, Islander 36, Dan Knox. (7 boats) boats) YRA 2ND HALF OPENER BUOY RACE (8/3) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Golden Moon, Kame PHRF 5 (150+) — 1) Siento el Viento, C&C J/111 — 1) MadMen; 2) Aeolus; 3) Bad Dog. Richards; 2) Snowy Owl, Jens Jensen; 3) Stew- 29, Ian Matthew; 2) Harry, Newport 30 II, Richard (6 boats) ball, Bob Harford. (6 boats) Aronoff; 3) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles. (4 EXPRESS 27 — 1) Levitation II, Larry Levit; EXPRESS 27 — 1) Wile E. Coyote, Dan Pru- boats) 2) Libra, Sergey Lubarsky. (2 boats) zan; 2) Magic Bus, Paul Deeds; 3) Peaches, PHRF NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Truant, Swan PHRF 1 (< 33) — 1) Bodacious+. (2 boats) John Rivlin. (9 boats) 38, Laurie & Galen Bolard; 2) Seascape, Ericson PHRF 2 (33-86) — 1) Jarlen; 2) Mintaka 4; 3) PHRF 1 (< 33) — 1) Bodacious+, 1D48, John 32-3, Michael Bender; 3) Aquaholic, Catalina/ Ohana, Beneteau 45F5, Steve Hocking. (4 boats) Clauser; 2) Tai Kuai, R/P 44, Dan Thielman; 3) Morgan 381, Ryan Sabin. (3 boats) PHRF 3 (87-125) — 1) Ahi, Santana 35, Andy Deception, SC50, Bill Helvestine. (6 boats) SPORTBOAT — 1) JetStream, JS9000, Rob Newell; 2) Shameless 3) Chimera. (6 boats) PHRF 2 (33-86) — 1) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Blackmore; 2) Frequent Flyer, Farr 30, Stan Phil- PHRF 4 (126-149) — 1) Luna Sea. (1 boat) Gerry Brown; 2) Dare Dare, Jeanneau SunFast lips; 3) Centomiglia, Flying Tiger 10, Mark Ken- PHRF 5 (150+) — 1) Siento el Viento; 2) Lelo 3200, Nicolas Popp; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom. nedy. (4 boats) Too. (2 boats) (6 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Racer X, J/105, Rich PHRF NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Seascape. (2 PHRF 3 (87-125) — 1) Chimera, Little Harbor Pipkin; 2) Pegasus, J/35, Mark Sykes. (2 boats) boats) 47, Grant Miller; 2) Shameless, Schumacher 30, MULTIHULL — 1) Shadow, ProSail 40, Peter SPORTBOAT — 1) Centomiglia; 2) Frequent George Ellison; 3) Vitesse Too, Hobie 33, Grant Stoneberg; 2) Mojo, F-25C, Christopher Harvey. Flyer; 3) Ragtime, J/90, Trig Liljestrand. (3 boats) Hayes. (9 boats) (2 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) Pegasus. (1 boat) 'Lectronic Latitude

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With its entry roster eventually swelling to 258, more boats signed up for the 2014 Pacific Puddle Jump than ever watch kaleidoscopic parrotfish swim- events combine educational semi- before, making it second only in size to ming around your anchor on the sandy nars with mix-and-mingle social- the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the largest bottom below. izing. trans-ocean sailing event in the world. During the two decades that we've To be clear though, we use the word been reporting on the Puddle Jump, 'rally' loosely to describe the Puddle news about it has spread far and wide, Talk to cruisers from 10 differ- Jump, be- evidenced by the fact that sailors reg- ent Puddle Jump boats, and you're cause unlike istered at www.pacificpuddlejump.com likely to get 10 very different assess- the ARC, the this year from at least 24 countries. ments of the rigors of the crossing, Baja Ha-Ha (Check out the full list on the website.) from wind and weather to breakage and other No doubt many of them did so in and state of mind. Even boats that big rallies, order to take advantage of a program leave from the same port only a few the PPJ has we facilitate with a Tahitian yacht agent days apart often experience sub- no concrete who offers clearance in and out, access stantially different wind consistency starting day, to duty-free fuel and bond exemptions, — or lack thereof. Needless to say, no committee all for a very reasonable fee. Without this boats with easy access to GRIB files boat, no daily exemption non-EU citizens must deposit and other weather resources gener- roll call and the cash value of an air ticket home in a ally have a more pleasant time than no cost to en- Polynesian bank until the day they clear those who don't. ELEUTHERIA ter. Entrants out — it's an insurance policy of sorts for But there are always wild cards While sipping coconut water, depart from the government, but cruisers regard it as thrown into the mix in the much- Lewis of 'Eleutheria' shows various points contemplated doldrums, or ITCZ his intricate body art. along the West (Intertropical Convergence Zone), Coast of the Americas during a four- "'Kattu' likes to go fast, an ever-changing band of often- month period. unsettled weather that lies between The common thread between them is but we constantly had to the northeast and southeast trades. that they all will eventually converge on rein her in because of the Where to cross it is a subject of end- the same dreamy archipelagos of French less debate and pontificating in sailors' Polynesia, the first stop on their island- rough sea state." bars as well as on ocean-crossing nets. hopping tour of the South Pacific. You Some boats report motoring across it in might say that the Puddle Jump does a royal pain. (This year's agent, Tehani of a couple of hours, while others report provide 'prizes', though; experiential Tahiti Crew, got rave reviews by the way, several days of squally weather with oc- prizes like cooling off under a waterfall even though it was her first time dealing casionally high winds. One truth that's at the end of an ancient Marquesan with the Puddle Jumpers. By June, she born out anecdotally each season is that hiking trail, or relaxing at anchor in the had processed paperwork and performed if you're going to see any high (aka scary) turquoise lagoon of a Tuamotan atoll, other services for more than 160 boats.) winds on this crossing, it will probably where the water is so clear that you can Registered Jumpers are also invited be within the ITCZ. As you can see on to attend our annual send-off parties at the table of crossing data on page 92, Every year passage-makers send in shots of the Vallarta YC in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico the highest gusts reported by survey Fatu Hiva, in the Marquesas, and we're always amazed by its beauty. and at the Balboa YC in Panama. Both respondents were 45 knots, with the average being closer to 30. In fact, in any given year, before departing many Jump- ers will be worried about facing heavy weather, but when we meet up with them in Tahiti they complain about not having had enough strong breeze. Bottom line, it's more or less a crap shoot. The best advice we've ever heard about it is to be prepared for the worst, and simply deal with what you get. Boats jump off from various ports in Mexico and Central America — plus a few sail from Equador, Chile, Peru and Cali- fornia. But the greatest numbers always leave from Puerto Vallarta and Panama, with many of the Panama starters stopping off at the Galapagos along the way. From there, or from PV, the distance to French Polynesia is roughly 3,000 miles.

When you read the answers to

EXODUS our survey questions, you might think ACCESSING THE ARCHIPELAGOS

tional wisdom on routing did not work well for us." had dead calm, Pamela: "It exceeded our expectations just very squally — no pirates, no cyclones, no Moby Dick periods to contend attacks." with." Evenstar: "Our autopilot breaking was Bangorang: a big surprise. We hand-steered 2,700 "Since the weather was generally pretty good, in many ways the passage was easier than expected. On the other hand, I was surprised by the subtle differences in weather and sailing tactics that came into play each day. We changed and adjusted sails ev- ROA MOANA ery day. We had a Wahoo! Fish was on the menu this night aboard great passage, and the big cat 'Moana Roa'. Cruising kids get an aside from a couple education in the school of life. dozen squalls, we miles of the trip from the Galapagos. My experienced mostly two teenagers stepped up big time, tak- FLUENTA broad reaching in ing watches and sharing the driving." Shot with a GoPro on a boat hook, we suspect, 10-20 knots." Captain Max passes the time taking a mid- Romany Star: "We never saw any seri- They say a long crossing is often a ocean selfie aboard 'Fluenta.' ous weather and were able to avoid most balance of highs and lows. What were the respondents are talking about two squalls, so it was an easier passage than some of the high points, or low points, completely different oceans. The range of we expected. The incidence of a second of your crossing. comments illustrates how different one ITCZ south of the regular one was un- Tatoosh: "Balance? More like a roller passage experience can be from another. expected — and unfair!" coaster. Crossing the equator and getting Needless to say, boat size and type come Mintaka: "The only surprise was hav- into the southeast trades were among into play here also. The following is a ing pretty benign weather in the ITCZ the biggest highs. The definite low was sampling of experiences. — almost no squalls." losing the starter on the engine. Crossing Manureva II: "The Pacific is a much the doldrums we hit 0.0 knots through How did your passage-making calmer ocean than the North Atlantic." the water, with the current pushing experience differ from your expecta- Luckness: "The passage went much us southeast at 1.5 knots. We had no tions before the trip? Were there any easier than I expected. The surprise steerage and were at the mercy of the surprises? for me was how well the ITCZ crossing elements." Rockstar: "The surprise was incon- went." Rockstar: "The low points were rain sistent wind. It was more uncomfortable Kattu: "Kattu likes to go fast, but we After weeks at sea, it's great to get out and constantly had to rein her in because of stretch your legs on a Marquesan trail. The the rough sea state. Also, the conven- views are often spectacular. "It exceeded our expectations — no pirates, no cyclones, no Moby Dick attacks." than we expected. But, we believe that was because we chose to leave from Costa Rica." Laragh: "We had a lot more wind and associated seas in general than the name 'milk run' would have led us to believe." Exodus: "The ITCZ wasn't very clear- cut. I was expecting to know when we were in it, but it seemed to be a mystery. We were in it, then we weren't, then we

were in it again. Thankfully, we never PAMELA PACIFIC PUDDLE JUMP RECAP —

squalls in the middle of the night (on the Captain's shift) and the sea state throw- ing the boat around for days on end." the generator so much because of the under sail was a high." Laragh: "Highs — Sunsets and sun- autopilot." Romany Star: "The high point was rises, whale dolphins, nearly landing Eleutheria: "Highs for Alyssa: show- leaving Mexico and reaching the deep several big fish, and seeing another yacht ers. Highs for Lewis: ice and SOG over 6 blue of the open ocean." that we knew out there after seven days. Novae: "The highs were beautiful Lows — Trying to cook with ingredients starry nights, and the lows were the jumping all over the galley. Tiredness "The highs were flying thunderstorms in the ITCZ." changing a normally good-humoured Manureva II: "The highs were flying skipper into a cranky bollux." the spinnaker in 20 knots the spinnaker in 20 knots of wind and Exodus: "Some of our highs were of wind and making 250 making 250 miles in 24 hours. The lows catching yellow fin tuna and having were winds forward of the beam." sashimi snacks, rainbows and sunrises miles in 24 hours." Kattu: "Low points were taking five at sea, skipping school to bake cookies, days to transit the ITCZ with winds di- crossing the equator, and Tricky the dol- knots. Lows: leftover seas and no wind rectly from the south, and being hove-to phin who would barrel-roll on command. two days out of Zihua and the unbear- in a gale for three days around 10º south "Some of our low points were getting able heat of running the engine through of the equator." caught by a 45-knot squall with too the humid doldrums." much sail up, being in the south equato- Bangorang: "We were all pollywogs Did you celebrate crossing the rial counter-current, and having to run (first-timers) and crossing the equator equator? PAMELA TATOOSH / ERIC NEWTON TATOOSH ROMANY STAR ROMANY STARSHINE

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Mintaka: "It felt more like the end of a long road trip. The tedium was over, and Exodus: "We made silly crowns out of Can you remember the feeling you we could begin to enjoy the destination." duct tape, gave toasts to Neptune, cut had when you first made landfall? Manureva II: "We made landfall at Atu- our hair and offered it to Neptune, swam Tatoosh: "Yes, I was relieved and ono at 4 a.m., but the feeling of waking in the ocean, and had a huge feast." awestruck by the scenery in Taiohae up in the morning with sun bathing the Bangorang: "We made offerings of Bay. Stepping ashore I was dizzy and mountains of Hiva Oa was amazing." coins from our home port, toasts with promptly fell over." Luckness: "I arrived in Nuku Hiva, but champagne and tequila, and commemo- Laragh: "Satisfaction and relief; a the first land I saw was Ua Huka. I saw rative scrolls for the memories." sense of achievement." it just before sunrise and it was awe- Novae: "We supined the greenest Exodus: "Euphoria." some. As I neared Nuka Hiva I started sailor to the Neptune tribunal, and when Eleutheria: "You can smell the flowers seeing the details of the land — the lush convicted threw him to the sharks — on the island. Alyssa was ready for land forests and valleys, the enormous variety then we all joined in." a week before we saw Hiva Oa." of shades of green as the light played Kattu: "We poured Neptune a glug of Bangorang: "Great! It was right where over the forests. Entering Taiohae Bay champagne and drank the rest, enjoying it was supposed to be! It suddenly no was wonderful, a nice large anchorage being newly confirmed shellbacks." longer felt like it had been three weeks." with plenty of room surrounded by all that beauty. I loved every moment of it." Pictures tell the story. Clockwise from upper left: equator antics on 'Pamela'; dolphins swim beneath Kattu: "Grateful to be alive, and have 'Tatoosh'; another brilliant sunset; becoming shellbacks on the Wharram cat 'Kattu'; dad brings home lobster on 'Exodus'; the 'Qi' crew goofing with Daniel's Bay kids; 'Exodus' kids strike a pose; the boat in one piece. Definitely a feel- kayak sampling in the Gambiers; meeting friends along a tranquil road. ing of major accomplishment! Looking EXODUS ROCKSTAR KATTU COURTESY QI COURTESY EXODUS

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a lesson every day." everyone said there wasn't enough Kattu: "This is one serious ocean. You wind, but our own analysis told can't expect trade wind conditions of the us there would be, and we were sort you read about. You might have ready to go, so we left. We had a them, or you could get clobbered most fine passage." of the way like we did." Eleutheria: "Get the long stay (six Pamela: "Jump early and often. Put month) visa for French Polynesia. aside all the fears. Life is short." The standard three months is way too fast. And bring more booze; a bottle of whiskey is worth almost If Puddle Jumping sounds like a $100 when trading in the islands." challenge you'd like to take on, check Romany Star: "Provision for mo- out the passage data table below and see

CYGNUS rale as well as nutrition — night more info on the website. Signups for the "Ah, here I am," says Sally from 'Cygnus'. She watch needs cookies! Carry a spare 2015 crossing season begin in November was one of many crew who caught a 3,000-mile autopilot, or at least spares of the parts at www.pacificpuddlejump.com. ride to Polynesia's awesome archipelagos. likely to break. We carry three electronic — andy forward to sleep, fresh food and cold autopilots in addition beer — in reverse order!" to our windvane. That leads to restful pas- What advice would you give to fu- sages." ture Puddle Jumpers? Mintaka: "While Tatoosh: "No matter how much prepa- there are risks to the ration you do, you cannot cover all the adventure, they are bases. Be confident in your ability to deal manageable with good with adversity in its varying forms." preparation. So, pre- Rockstar: "Take as many crew as pare as well as you possible. Having even one extra sailor can, accept the risks, makes a huge difference to shifts, morale and go." and conversations. When provisioning Manureva II: "If you in Central America load up on non- haven't made a long perishables and alcohol." passage before, then Laragh: "Know yourself and your crew it is hard to prepare well." mentally. Take some- Exodus: "Track your departure thing that you can weather window yourself in addition to work on for at least two to three weeks. I Bob Cadranell (center) demonstrates that you getting advice from others. We left when brought a French language course with don't have to be young to be silly. He and the boys sailed 'Tatoosh' home via Hawaii. 2014 PACIFIC PUDDLE JUMP PASSAGE DATA Although many more sailors did the Puddle Jump this year, those who responded to our questionnaire give a representative sampling of passage data.

Boat Name Boat Make Captain Boat's Departed From Landfall & Date Days of XingMiles of XingEquator X Long.Engine HoursBest 24 HoursWorst 24High Hours Wd# Speed of Fish Caught Breakage & & Length & Crew Homeport & Date Breakdowns Bangorang...... F-P 42 cat...... Colin & Wendy Gegg...... Ventura, CA...... PV, 3/21...... Hiva Oa, 4/11 ...... 21...... 2,774...... 129W...... 93 hrs...... 156 nm....105 nm....40 k...... 0...... mast cleat, preventer, generator Cygnus...... Cabo Rico 38...... Joe Lavash...... Newport, OR...... PV, 3/23...... Hiva Oa, 4/15...... 24...... 2,860...... 133W...... 22 hrs...... 162 nm.....89 nm.....35 k...... 7...... autopilot, solar charge controller, fuel blockage(s), macerator pump, whisker pole, nav computer Eleutheria...... Tartan 37...... L Allen & A Alexopulos...... Redwood City,CA...... Zihua, 3/10...... Hiva Oa, 4/5...... 25...... 2,970...... 129W...... 110 hrs.....140 nm.....72 nm.....38 k...... 1...... alternator, jib UV strip, shackle on code zero Evenstar...... Hallberg-Rassy 53...... BJ Porter & Kathy Woodruff.... East Greenwich, RI...Galapagos, 5/15....Nuka Hiva, 5/31...... 16...... 3,008...... N/A...... 9 hrs...... 162 nm.....20 nm.....25 k...... 2...... autopilot, hydraulic vang leak Exodus...... Lagoon 400 cat...... Gresham family...... San Diego, CA...... PV, 3/11...... Hiva Oa, 4/2...... 22...... 2,908...... 127W...... 11 hrs...... 181 nm.....91 nm.....45 k...... 4...... mainsail reef line chafed thru, genoa tear Fluenta...... Stevens 47...... Brown-Shaw family...... Halifax, NS...... PV, 4/21...... Fatu Hiva, 5/13...... 21...... 3.000...... 129W...... 7 hrs...... 170 nm...... N/A...... 25 k...... 4...... AIS, toerail, small diesel leak Kattu...... Wharram Tiki 38...... Alf Bangert & K O'Brien...... Hornby Island, BC.....PV, 4/20...... Nuku Hiva, 5/19...... 29...... 2,824...... 130W...... 12 hrs...... 146 nm.....19 nm....40+ k...... 0...... nothing broke, minor chafe Laragh...... Jeanneau 44...... D Hennessy & B O'Regan...... Cork, IRE ...... Panama 2/20...... Hiva Oa, 4/16...... 27...... 3,982...... 87W...... 70 hrs...... 178 nm....120 nm....32 k...... 1...... bolt sheared between quadrant and the autopilot drive, bearings in steering column failed, laptop died Luckness...... Pacific Seacraft 37...... Craig McPheeters...... Seattle, WA...... PV, 3/11...... Nuku Hiva, 3/31...... 20...... 2,700...... 131W...... 0 hrs...... 152 nm....107 nm....35 k.....N/A...... nothing broke! Manureva II...... Voyage 58 cat...... Paul Scott...... Nevada City, CA...... Galapagos, 4/21....Hiva Oa, 5/14...... 15...... N/A...... N/A...... 50 hrs...... 250 nm....160 nm....30 k...... 5...... leaky seal on engine fresh water pump; genset impeller issues; high capacity alternator on one engine failed Mintaka...... Ingrid 38...... M Bennett & R Rogin...... Salt Lake City, UT.....PV 3/15...... Hiva Oa, 4/9...... 26...... 2,949...... 129W...... 50 hrs...... 161nm...... 79 nm..... N/A...... 1...... deck light water intrusion Novae...... Fountaine Pajot 48 cat...... Stefano & Helen Piviali...... Fremantle, AUS...... Galapagos, 3/12....Hiva Oa, 4/1...... 18...... 3,064...... 87W...... 117 hrs.....201 nm....116 nm.....28 k...... 5...... nothing Pamela...... Pacific Seacraft 37...... D Maggard & P York...... San Francisco, CA....PV 3/15...... Hiva Oa, 4/10...... 27...... 3,500...... 131W...... 48 hrs...... 148 nm.....75 nm.....31 k...... 3...... lazy spin sheet launched bow light Rockstar...... C&C Landfall 43...... Jeff & Amber Lim...... Vancouver, BC...... Golfito, CR 4/3...... Hiva Oa, 5/7...... 34...... 3,600...... N/A...... 60 hrs .....175 nm.....75 nm.....35 k...... 1 ...... generator failed; broken spin pole end Romany Star...... Ohlson 38...... Paul Moore & B Wagner...... San Francisco, CA...PV, 3/28...... Gambier, 4/26...... 30...... 3,300...... 122W...... 58 hrs...... 140 nm...... 3 nm...... 35 k...... 1...... autopilot failed Tatoosh...... 80-ft Custom Seaborn...... Bob & Molly Cadranell...... Seattle, WA...... San Diego, 5/1...... Nuku Hiva, 5/27...... 26...... 3,339...... 129W...... 3 hrs...... 176 nm.....52 nm.... 40 k...... 7...... outhaul car failed, sprang clutch on engine starter, refrigeration compressor

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Over its 21-year history the Baja Ha-Ha rally has been characterized in many different ways by those who've Alaska. When he gets his fi ll of Mexico, done it: It's a chance to start living he will Puddle Jump to the South Pacifi c. out long-held cruising dreams; an opportunity to reinvent yourself; and an Quest — Golden Wave 42 As the Baja Ha-Ha fl eet leaves San Di- 'E' ticket on the merry-go-round of life. Michael Thirkill & Cybele Abbett ego's Point Loma in the rear-view mirror, But the statement that rings true for the Brookings, OR the sailors' adventures have just begun. greatest number of Ha-Ha veterans is Michael, 58, a retired homebuilder, probably that committing to its starting and Cybele, a symphony executive direc- day, October 27 this year, is a surefi re tor, "have wanted to do something like way to make you quit procrastinating, this since we were kids, and now that we cast off your docklines, and head south have each other and the boat, it's time to to the sunny latitudes of Mexico. go." If they have a good time on the Ha- The folks you'll meet on these pages Ha, they'll continue. If not, they'll bash will be doing just that. As you'll read in back home. the mini-profi les that follow (and in two additional installments in October and Family Circus — Lagoon 470 cat November), members of the 2014 fl eet Tzortzis Family, San Francisco come from all walks of life, and the range Chris, 43, a retired sales associate, and of their past sailing experiences varies as widely as the boat types they sail on. From luxurious half-million-dollar yachts to bare-bones fixer- uppers bought for a song, they'll all be carrying their crews downwind, down-swell, and down-current, from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with rest stops along the way — as in years past — at Bahia Tor- tugas and Bahia Santa Maria. plan to take their time sailing By the time they complete across the Caribbean and up the the 750-mile 'course' to the East Coast of the U.S. to Nova Cape, they'll be smiling broadly with the 'Family Circus' showing their Ha-Ha spirit. Scotia. satisfaction of having done something Heather, a 'domestic goddess', are em- truly fulfilling — and they will have barking on their "mid-life adventure." Cavale — Cheoy Lee 44 entered (or re-entered) the wonderful They'll have some of their six kids, in- Michael & Mary Tutty, Seattle, WA cruising lifestyle. With that intro we cluding Mykaela, 20, Tristan, 12, Lexi, "The Ha-Ha is the beginning of our bring you the Baja Ha-Ha Class of 2014 11, and Maia, 6, along, "as well as a new life!" say the couple, both of whom (in the order in which they signed up.) chill attitude, roller-furling headsails, a are mortgage gigantic genset, a dive compressor, and brokers. "We've Talion — Gulfstar 50 books for 10 years of home-schooling." owned Cavale Patsy Verhoeven, La Paz, BCS If all goes well, they will Puddle Jump for 20 years, Originally from Portland, Patsy has in 2015. but nobody not only done more Ha-Ha's than any- would recog- one else, she has sailed Champagne — Hunter 456 nize her, as every leg of the course Tom Junod & Kim Hysni we've redone every year. No wonder Newport Beach her from bow she's the celebrated Tom, 64, still active in sales, and to stern." The Reina del Mar. Perhaps his wife Kim, a couple has because of toilet seats still-practicing sailed from Se- 'Cavale' being left up in past lawyer, have attle to San Francisco, but this time they Ha-Ha's, this year she'll sailed 5,000 plan to "stay gone." be sailing with an all- miles locally 'Talion' women crew. over the last Long Winded — Jeanneau 42 CC five years in Daniel & Marla Slattery Arluck III — Cabot 36 anticipation Chula Vista Wayne Peters, Vancouver, BC of a 3+ year Daniel, a just-retired furniture Wayne, a 68-year-old retired ex- cruise. After manufacturer and designer, and Marla, ecutive, has owned Arluck for 15 years. starting with a retired administrative director, have Both he and the recently refi t boat have the Ha-Ha and 'Champagne' been sailing Southern California waters crossed the Atlantic and sailed from cruising Mexico, during which time they for more than 50 years. Now they want Vancouver to Hawaii and Vancouver to expect to make lots of new friends, they to enjoy all that Mexico has to offer.

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Penelope —Hans Christian 38 Karl & Susan Gierga Portland, OR Karl, 57, a machinist, and his wife Susan, a civil engineer, are both still working. Their boat has all the cruising gear — including ﬁ ve anchors. They've owned their boat for eight years, but so far have only cruised to Victoria, BC.

Kandu — Tayana V42 CC Rigney Family, Ventura Eric, 57, is a motion picture executive, while his wife Leslie is an opera singer! Sons Bryce, 13, and Trent, 11, will be along, and they are hoping to meet up with other 'kid boats'. This is the start of the family's planned circumnavigation. Eric has already done two passages to French Polynesia and Hawaii.

Optimus Prime — Beneteau 49 Keith & Dana Jensen, Cameron Park Keith, 59, retired from law enforcement, has done three trips up to Monterey and back. Tim Cot- ter, also ex-law enforcement, LATITUDE / ANDY LATITUDE will crew. Af- Wind Dancer — Hunter 466 Jeff, 54, a lawyer, and Carolyn, a ter the Ha-Ha Phil Helman & Desley Oliphant teacher, admit to owning "the pretti- and a season Pleasanton est Norseman in the Sea of Phil, 65, owns a business, while his 447." She'd Cortez, Keith 'Optimus Prime' wife Desley is a retired international mar- been built for plans to head to the sunny Caribee. keter. "We've put this off long enough," the Annapo- they say. lis Boat Show. Plan Sea — Island Packet 45 They plan to "We're stoked Richard & Jenny Freeman sail south un- about starting Sioux Falls, SD til the water is our cruising life Richard, 61, a facilities manager, warm enough with the Ha-Ha, and Jenny, a secretary, jokingly want for swimming because we 'Third Wish' to apologize to their kids: "We're going — that will be wanted to do it in the company of oth- to spend your inheritance cruising the Cabo — and ers." If they like cruising, they'll Puddle world." Longtime sailors, the couple have then decide Jump in 2016. owned their boat for six years and plan what to do to "circumnavigate the Pacifi c." next. Previ- Cool Change — Pacifi c Seacraft 31 'Wind Dancer' ously, their Rick & Cindy Patrinellis, Coloma Viking Mor2 — Morgan OI 41 longest trip was to San Diego. Rick, 59, is a just-retired tech man- Kenneth & Lori Lillo, San Diego ager, while Cindy is a just-retired govern- Kenneth, 66, and Lori, were both Abby Normal — Island Packet 41 ment admin- teachers. After retiring in 2007, they Brad & Gay Gibson, Seattle, WA istrator. "Go moved to San Diego to fully outfi t their Brad, 55, an attorney, and his wife Gay, small, go now, bare-bones Morgan Out Island. It took a computer programmer, have both been go complex," is them seven years, but now she's ready to sailing for almost 20 years, and have their motto, as go. After sailing to Zihua, they'll head to owned their current boat for six years. they've loaded La Paz, where they will make their home. Brad has sailed from New Caledonia to the boat with New Zealand and Seattle to Skagway. cruising gear. Impulse — Hunter 336 They will probably sail home via Hawaii. Their latest ad- Chris & Cindy Corty, Portland, OR 'Cool Change' dition is a Spec- Chris, 63, a retired landscape archi- Third Wish — Norseman 447 tra watermaker that they won at Strictly tect, and his wife Cindy, also a landscape Jeff Goldfarb & Carolyn Lambert Sail Pacifi c earlier in the year. The Ha-Ha architect, aren't sure how they'll get the Long Beach will kick off their cruising life. boat home after a season in Mexico: via

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Hawaii, bashing up the coast, or putting Impulse on a ship. Son Doug, 31, an engineer on sabbatical, will round out bar . . . " That's because there will be one sary. Having sold their ancestral home the crew. of each on Nova. We'll have to hear the and having kids who aren't completely punch line later. A vet of the 1994 Pacifi c settled yet, they're working on trying not Freya — Cal 2-46 Cup, Michael has wanted to do the Ha- to worry about things they can't control. Steven & Cathy Straitiff, San Diego Ha a couple of times, but life always got Steven, 64, a retired high school sci- in the way. He may do the Clipper Route Petrel — Annapolis 30 ence teacher, and Cathy, a library media back home. Dane Farber & Richard Fortman specialist, will be assisted by George 'the Sausalito Admiral' Robinson, a retired high school Sisu III — Krogen 48 Trawler Dane, 61, an investor, took a pow- principal. The Straitiffs have sailed to Ron & Janet Inberg, Seattle, WA erboat to Mexico in 1994 and was "en- Mexico before, but think it's time to "ex- Ron, 65, and Jan are retired insur- gulfed" by sailboats at Punta Eugenia. tend summer" by doing it with a "bunch ance brokers whose trawler will be Seeing they were having more fun than of like-minded people." They'll bash part of the he was, he bought a sailboat. Fun fact: home in the spring. biggest pow- Designer Philip Rhodes didn't like that erboat divi- the builder of the Annapolis 30 was Starshine — Outbound 44 sion ever in ignoring his specs, so he got a court to Patrick & Melodie Williams Ha-Ha his- stop production. Nonetheless, a previous San Francisco tory. Sisu is owner did a circumnavigation with Petrel. Patrick, 50, is a retired police offi cer Finnish for who has already done the Ha-Ha four "guts and Miss Lorelei — Beneteau Oceanis 36 times, while Melodie, a retired RN, did persever- Michael Niggli, San Diego the Ha-Ha ance." Ron's Michael, 64, is an electrical engineer last year. grandfather, and realtor. His crew will have plenty of The cou- 'Sisu III' who arrived experience: Two graduated from the Na- ple will be in the U.S. via Ellis Island, impressed val Academy, one is a licensed captain, using the upon Ron the importance of those traits and the other has sailed for 36 years. Af- Ha-Ha to to Finnish culture, and thus the boat ter four or fi ve months in Mexico, they'll kick off name. After at least a year in Mexico, bash home. "the next they'll continue south and eventually chapter" head toward Florida and the Bahamas. Destiny — Island Packet 36 of their Roberto Anima, Redwood City lives, Roberto, 67, a geologist and profes- 'Starshine' which sor, exclaims, "We're fi nally going!" will be full-time cruising. Patrick's The sailor of 30 years will have a full parents cruised their Passport 40 from crew, including a massage therapist. 1991 to 1996. After cruising Mexico It will be Roberto's fi rst trip to Mexico, for a year, the Williamses will decide but he's not worried about fi nding the whether to go east or west. way because Destiny has already been there. After spending some time in the Starfi re — Islander 32 Sea of Cortez, he'll decide what to do Jeff & 'Breezy' Delaney, Oxnard next. Jeff, 27, is a web developer. He and his wife Indigo — Pacifi c Seacraft 34 Breezy are Bryan & Marya Lipiec "enthusias- Meet the 'Pelagic' crew. Camp Pendleton tic first-tim- Pelagic — Hallberg Rassy 42 Bryan, 42, is a helicopter pilot, while ers who have Bradford Family, Portland, OR Marya, is a marketing manager. "We've dreamed about Michael, 47, is in real estate, while been plan- joining the Ha- Amy is a biologist. They'll have their kids, ning this Ha for years." Zander, 11, Porter, 9, and Anakena, 5, cruise, Dawn Brooks, along. They are planning on a two-year something a longtime sail- cruise during which time they'll home- complete- ing instructor, school the boys. Michael has previously ly differ- 'Starfi re' will be their sailed from Seattle to Cape Horn to Eas- ent, for crew, along with their pug. After the ter Island and back to Chile. 10 years," Ha-Ha, the couple will head up to La Paz. they re- Mana — Cape George 36 port. "Since Nova — Catalina 42 David & Holli Swanson, Ventura Bryan re- Michael Pernitzke & Ina Tabak David, 61, a contractor, and his wife tired from Los Gatos Holli, a teacher, will be bringing two cats the Marine 'Indigo' Michael, 64, a retired lineman, has a and two dogs along to keep things inter- Corps in May, we're all ready to go. We joke that goes, "A lineman, a fi re captain, esting. The couple will be starting the hope to do the Puddle Jump in 2015 or an engineer, and a professor walk into a Ha-Ha on their 35th wedding anniver- 2016."

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Wayward Wind — Catalina 42 Bill & Kathi Gaffeney Scoots — Able Apogee 50 Saturna Spirit — Beneteau 411 Huntington Beach Eric & Vandy Shrader, Belmont Kat Blade & Gordon Schooley Bill, 69, is a retired attorney. His wife Eric, 53, is a mechanical engi- Vancouver, BC Kathi, an engineer, will fl y down to Cabo neer, while Vandy is a writer. During Katherine, a retired manager, is to meet him. Bill and his two crew have Strictly Sail Pacifi c in listed as the owner of the boat. Husband already sailed to Mexico, but not on 2008, they came up Gordon, 60, will crew. "I'm a nauti-gal," Wayward Wind. Bill and Kathi will cruise with a five-year plan says Kat. "I've been following the Ha-Ha as far south as Zihua, 'commuter cruise' to go cruising. "The for years, and we're fi nally jumping in." for awhile, then bash back at some time time has come for the She's not sure what they'll do after a in the future. beginning of our grand winter in Mexico, but she's already done adventure," they say. a three-week trip in French Polynesia. Iolani — Hughes 48 For Scoots, it's just a Barry & Sylvia Stompe continuation, as the Impulsive — Outbound 44 San Geronimo Vandy of 'Scoots' boat has been around Morris & Debra Adams, Seattle, WA Barry, 55, a contractor, and Sylvia, the world twice, as well as on additional Morris, 55, is an electrical engineer, a dress designer, both have lots of off- trips to Tahiti and Seattle. as is his wife Debra. They say their Out- shore experi- bound 44 is "a better sailor than we are." ence. Sylvia, in Papillion II — Pacifi c Seacraft 37 Most good boats are. "We're not going fact, did a lot of David Boyer, Vancouver, BC home," the couple advise, "as home is sailing between David, 68, is a retired businessman. our boat and she'll be going to the South the Caribbean "The Ha-Ha sounds like a wonderful way Pacifi c." and the North- to get down to Cabo," he says. But he has east, as well as grander cruising dreams. After spend- Opportunity 44 — Cat/Morgan 440 the very first ing time in La Paz and Puerto Vallarta, Miguel & Barbara Ramirez-Williams Ha-Ha, on Lati- he plans on doing the Puddle Jump in San Diego tude's Ocean March. Miguel, 61, a pilot/nurse practitio- 'Iolani' 71 Big O. Barry ner, and his wife, an RN, intend to go tried to buy Iolani in 1990 before he met Between Da Sheets — where they only dreamed they could go. Sylvia, but was outbid, He and Sylvia Beneteau 42s7 "By moving forward in life, we intend to bought the yawl "for a song" as a der- Rick & Sharon Seeber, Seattle, WA 'validate reality'," they say. We're all in elict 16 years later. They've since been Rick, 67, a retired engineer, and Sha- favor of that. They've done several long rebuilding the entire boat in anticipation ron, a still-active "domestic engineer," offshore passages, so after visiting La of the Ha-Ha and sailing to the South will be doing the Ha-Ha "to say we did Paz, they plan to do the Puddle Jump. Pacifi c on a two-year jaunt. it." This will be the couple's longest trip. "We won't have to come home," they say, Lea Scotia — Taswell 43 Endeavour — Tatoosh 51 "because wherever we are, we'll already Bucky Jordan & Michelle Walker John Stephens & Tara Travers be there." Seattle, WA Arnold Bucky, 34, is a software engineer, John, 56, a retired fi refi ghter, and Double Docs — Pacifi c Seacraft 37 while his girlfriend Michelle is a nurse. Tara, an active RN, have sailed from Thomas Balgooyen & "We're looking forward to an escape from Hawaii to California, but this will be their Lucie Merkle-Balgooyen the land of cubicles and starting a new fi rst time to Mexico. After cruising their San Francisco adventure," Bucky says. "I had delusions big boat in the Sea of Cortez for awhile, Thomas, 71, is a retired biologist, of doing last year's rally, but quickly re- they'll bash back to California. while Lucie is a still-active economist. alized things with the newly-purchased They like the idea of being able to meet boat were going to take longer than I'd Intuition — Tartan 3500 lots of other cruisers on the Ha-Ha. So thought. Then I met Michelle and it took Don & Laura McLennan, Altadena far they have just done coastal California a bit of time to convince her to come Don, 56, a semi-retired IT consul- cruising, but their plans are to sail up to along." They are thinking about doing a tant, and Laura, an active attorney, say La Paz, then Puddle Jump in 2015. Puddle Jump. "We're looking to expand our sail- Cockpit — Beneteau Oceanis 440 Misjudged II —Hunter 460 ing horizons." Renald Bouchard, Vancouver, BC Patrick & Laura Magers, Corona Having done a Renald, 54, is a contractor and owner Patrick, 64, is a retired Superior Court passage to Ha- of the boat, but he'll judge. His wife is a physician, but is not waii in 2000 'Cockpit' have friend Marc Niew- signed up as crew. Patrick has done the and the 2011 erth, also a 54-year-old 2006 and 2008 Ha-Ha's as captain, and Ha-Ha, Don contractor, serve as the did last year's Ha-Ha as crew. He's also was inspired to skipper. Renald is rela- sailed to Cuba. After the Ha-Ha, Patrick share such an tively new to sailing, but and his wife intend to take their boat adventure with says, "YEE HAAA for the south to the Canal, then up to Cape Laura. "Tartans 'Intuition' Ha-Ha!" When he gets to Harbor, Florida. Patrick notes, "Florida are beautiful boats," he says, "perfect Mexico, he plans to stay is a state with no boat tax, no state tax, for the Ha-Ha and cruising the Sea of for awhile. and no income tax." Cortez."

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Ill-in-I — Cheoy Lee 43 M/S Que Será — Horizon Nemo 39 Robert Taylor, Ventura Heidy Gross & Sean Hall "I'm 63 and a retired fi refi ghter, so I'll sociate, say Marina del Rey do whatever my wife, a retired National their boat is After doing the Ha-Ha in 2008, the Park ranger, will let me do." Apparently their "happy now 32-year-old fl ight attendant cre- that includes doing the Ha-Ha with place." Hav- ated a fi ve-year plan to do the Ha-Ha on three friends as crew, parking the boat ing cruised her own boat. in Mexico next summer, cruising more Southern "It's fi ve years next fall, and bashing back in 2016. California later, I've got a extensively perfect boat of *Entrophy II — Ranger 33 with Sparx, 'Sparx' my own, mon- Crumley/Svendsen Family which they've owned for 20 years, they ey in the bank, Bodega Bay say it's time for them to expand their ho- and a won- Richard, 53, a retired park ranger, rizons. Bob served on the USS Providence derful partner and his environmental educator wife for four years. in Sean," she Katja, are says. "So I'm 'Que Sera' hoping to Seaduction — Catalina 42 Mk II quitting my high-paying job and sailing cross paths Dan Lawler, Holiday, UT over the horizon. After a winter in the with other Dan, 68, a retired mortgage loan Sea, we'll decide what to do next." 'kid boats' offi cer, did his fi rst Ha-Ha in 2007 as as their crew, "and it opened Vixen — Ericson 39 four-year- up a new world for me. Dan Dennis & Judy Burch old son I bought my own boat Redondo Beach Thorston and did the 2008 and Dan, 69, a retired businessman, and has decid- 2010 Ha-Ha's with her. Judy, retired from FedEx, "have been 'Entropy' ed to crew I have now sailed al- wanting to do the Ha-Ha for 20 years." for them. After a six-month season in most 10,000 miles on Dan sold his business on March 1, Mexico, they plan to bash back to Bodega my own boat, and have knowing it would take six months to get Bay. made great lifetime Vixen ready. Dan did the 1977 TransPac 'Seaduction' friends along the way." aboard the 73-ft Alden yawl Criterion, Sea-Esta — Acapulco 40 Trawler He enjoys introducing Utah friends to and Judy joined the boat for the trip back Robert & Sally Reynolds, Oxnard ocean sailing. to California. After a year in Mexico, the Robert, 67, a retired Navy diver, and couple plan to head to the Caribbean. his wife Sally say, "Life is short, the tides Northern Lights — J/42 don't wait for Roderic & Mary Deyo, Seattle, WA Moonshadow — Deerfoot 2-62 anyone — te- Roderic, 63, is a data scientist while John & Deb Rogers, San Diego quila straight Mary is a retired programmer. They John, 62, a retired software executive, up!" While their learned about the Ha-Ha from friends and Debbie, a retired life insurance ex- boat might be who had done it. Their motivation? "To ecutive, are 2.5 years and 11,000 miles slow, they note get away from the rain and gloom of the into a fi ve-year cruise they have yet to that Sea-Esta Northwest winter." start the clock is "comfortable, on. Moonshad- paid-off — and Pantera — Catalina 42 Mk II ow competed has an icemak- 'Sea Esta' Barney & Paula McCloskey in the fi rst At- er for the tequila." They've already been Green Valley, AZ lantic Rally for to Kodiak, Alaska and back. Barney, 70, a retired IT QA tester, Cruisers under and his wife Paula "have spent 12 years her fi rst owner, Choisi — Krogen 55 Trawler and made two previous attempts to do and did a sec- Peter & Sara Gebhard the Ha-Ha. This year we're fi nally going ond ARC near Dartmouth, MA to do it." They've already done a San the end of her 'Moonshadow' Peter, 64, is a business owner while Pedro-to-Zihua trip. "We don't plan on 16-year circumnavigation. John has Sara is the "travel coordinator/domestic bringing our boat home," they say. crossed to the Marquesas and did the engineer." They are doing a 15-month, 1979 Transpac. The couple will Puddle 8,600-mile trip from Alaska to Maine. Desire — Cavalier 39 Jump and go at least as far as New Zea- They previously did a lot of sailing, par- Tom & Britta Hamilton, San Pedro land. Fun fact: Doña de Mallorca did ticipating in Bermuda races, deliveries Tom, 51, an LED light builder, reports the fi rst leg of Moonshadow's 16-year from the Northeast to the Caribbean, that he can't believe that his wife, 'The circumnavigation. and sailing from Turkey to Siciliy. This Geminator', "has been able to put up is there fi rst trip 'on the dark side'. with his s--t while living aboard for 10 years. As a reward, "the Hamburger is We'll take a breather here, but look Sparx — O'Day 37 fi nally going to paradise." Britta is from for another installment of mini-profi les Bob & Greta Huntsman Hamburg, Germany. "Our plan is to leave next month. And if you'd like to join the Fountain Valley Cape Town to starboard, and transit the fun, we're taking sign-ups until Septem- Bob, 67, a retired television engi- Canal." Sounds like a circumnavigation ber 15 at www.baja-haha.com. neer, and Greta, a customer service as- to us. — richard & andy

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It was hard enough for the owner of this heavy old cruiser to persuade me to come out for a club race. But how he get us in position for the fi rst tack with "Like, they mix it up with aeronautical ever convinced Lee Helm to join us was the jib up. Lee ran forward to help the terms when they talk about sails as air- a complete mystery. The boat is the an- big overlapping sail clear the mast, and foils. Upwash refers to the way the wind tithesis of what she considers a proper I moved forward to help skirt in the foot direction lifts, or curves to leeward, just racing yacht: roller-furling rig, heavy over the lifelines. before it gets to the sail. If this were a displacement, and a hull shape "from "No skirt needed," said Lee. "No part wing, the upwash would be directed up the dark years of IOR," as Lee would of this sail is below the lifelines." from horizontal fl ow." say. I can enjoy a casual race on a slow "I like it!" I said. "One less thing for "Okay, I see the lifting wind direction boat with good company, but Lee has the foredeck to worry about on a tack. in front of the jib luff." much higher standards and a lot less Good visibility, too." "But look how big it is!" Lee exclaimed. patience. If it's not a fast boat with good "I hate it," said Lee. "We give up power "If you put a protractor on the streamline sails and a perfect bottom, she'd rather and pointing angle. It's like having a two- right in front of the sail, you get a lift of be windsurfi ng. foot shorter mast, with no rating credit." about 15 degrees." Not only was it not her type of boat, "Couldn't be that bad," I replied. "We'll "Is that real?" I questioned. but she didn't even get to call tactics. In be at the top end of this sail's wind speed "For the two-dimensional case, for this program she was working the mast, range anyway, so I don't think we re- sure," she answered. "And if the sail is and I was assigned to be her mid-deck ally need the sail area lost by having a touching the deck, and high aspect ratio, assistant. slightly smaller sail." the 2-D data is valid." "Great sandwiches," Lee whispered "Losing the area wouldn't be so bad," "It still seems unlikely," I protested. when I questioned her motives for being explained Lee, "if only the tack was, like, "In the real world, I don't think the wind in this situation. "And he takes us out to down at deck level and there wasn't such starts to bend until it gets to the sail. a fancy dinner, like, even when we lose. a giant air gap between the sail and the How can it somehow know, in advance, Also, there's a really cool fl eece jacket for deck. I mean, like, the gap really should that it's about to be affected by a sail?" all the regular crew." be zero, which is easy to achieve with a "The wind doesn't 'know' anything," Okay, bribes work, especially for little foot-roach and a low clew." Lee responded. "Air just fl ows from high starving grad students. No surprise "I know it's theoretically faster," I pressure to low pressure. And, like, if there. But despite the bribes, Lee was agreed. "But really, Lee, how much differ- there's low pressure on the leeward side not completely with the program on this ence will it make on this heavy cruising of the sail, then the air gets sucked in cruised-out fl oating condo. With great boat?" that direction as the sail approaches. effort she had convinced the owner to "Tons!" she said. "Let me show you That's how you get the component of fold down the full cockpit dodger for this some diagrams of air fl ow around a jib, wind moving from the windward side race. Usually it stays up, where it adds based on actual measured wind tunnel to the leeward side, and when you add about a hundred square feet of brake tests." that vector to the apparent wind speed, area and makes it almost impossible for "Ready about!" Lee almost had her you get the wind bending into a big lift the trimmers to see their work. smart phone web browser fi red up when — upwash in aero jargon." the order came, and we all had to go "Luffi ng up!" back to tacking stations. Again, once the It was another pre-start maneuver, "Big jib" was the call from the this one to check wind direction from back of the boat, with ten minutes to the other end of the starting line. Lee our start. It was the right call, but a lot forgot about streamlines and upwash more work than on a normal race boat, "Those all-purpose 130s for a second and brought out her mental because fi rst we had to lower the roller- are too heavy for light air pre-start checklist. furled 130, fl ake and bag it, and then "Okay, we have shore range in one pull out the 155 genoa. So we were doing and too big for heavy air, direction, wind direction from both a sail change when we should have been and hard to tack." ends of the line. We still need to know checking out the starting line. the close-hauled or barging-line course, "Furlers," sighed Lee. "They always we need to get our second shore range guarantee that you have, like, the wrong jib cleared the mast it was an effortless looking the other way, and we need to jib up. Those all-purpose 130s are too tack, with the sail completely free of the know how long it takes to run the line heavy for light air and too big for heavy usual interference from lifeline wires and on starboard. And check the current. We air, and hard to tack compared to a stanchions. already know that it takes 15 seconds to full-hoist sail with more power and less "Going to a broad reach" was the next tack in this wind speed." overlap." call from the cockpit, so the sails went "Looks to me like left-end pin is "Could be worse," added the guy doing out again as we bore off to the starting slightly favored," I suggested. foredeck. "If the number three had been line to get a shore bearing and check "Totally," Lee confi rmed. "Especially on the furler, with those long vertical again for favored end. since, with all the boats on the line at battens, we'd be late for the start by the "Here's the fl ow around a deck-sweep- the start, and the wind taking the easi- time that sail was bagged." ing jib," Lee explained after locating the est path around the obstructions, there's Fortunately there were no battens to desired image. The important thing to usually a very slight lift on the left end deal with, and we did the sail change notice is the upwash angle." and a slight header on the right end." quickly and effi ciently. The 155 was up "Upwash?" I questioned. "This is a "Are you going to relay that back to and drawing just after our prep signal. view looking straight down, right? All the the afterguard?" I asked. "Ready about," hailed the skipper to wind is fl owing horizontally." "Naw, they like to do it their way. This

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ratio wing or sail, with essentially two- dimensional fl ow. There's a lot of upwash old lead mine rates the same as a lot of and the lift force on the sail is essentially much smaller boats, so we're thrown in "Back to air flow around and at right angles to the fl ow. But then in- with boats that can outmaneuver us on under jibs," Lee said as she brought troduce the wide tip of a short, stubby the starting line. We plan on second-row the picture back up on her screen. "If wing, or the gap under the jib, and you mid-line starts. Saves wear and tear on air fl ows under the bottom of the sail, get a vortex of rotating air as the air spills the gelcoat." there's no upwash because there's no low around from the high-pressure side to We tacked back to a port-tack beam pressure to suck the air fl ow to leeward. the low-pressure side, and this rotation reach, and Lee's attention returned to No upwash, and the sail luffs. To stop it 'induces' downwash that cancels the the picture of two-dimensional air fl ow from luffi ng, you have to bear off by the upwash, or in sailing terms, creates a header that cancels the lifted wind direction in front of the sail. This tips the lift vector back, and the aft component of this tipped-back lift vector is called 'induced drag.' Technically correct, but like, I think it's much more intuitive to just think of lost upwash because of the lost low pressure on the leeward side, so you're sailing in a header compared to having a sail that sweeps the deck."

Lee glanced at her watch as we reached past the RC boat on port, also noting the signal ﬂ ags that indicated the

Streamlines showing air fl owing around a jib, amount of the based on two-dimensional fl ow. Note the up- upwash that wash angle of about 15 degrees immediately was lost from ahead of the sail. (Adapted from 'Sail Power' the air flowing by Wallace Ross, 1984 edition.) under the foot around a jib. of the sail." "See the upwash?" she repeated, prac- "So you are tically shoving the screen of her phone saying that we into my face. "See? And, like, what do you have to bear off think would happen to the fl ow right in an extra 15 de- front of the jib if there were a big air gap grees if there's a that let the pressure on the two sides of gap between the the sail equalize?" What then?" foot of the sail "Tacking!" and the deck?" Lee was interrupted again by another "Well okay, call to tack, this one much more urgent, it's not really to avoid some starboard tackers that that big a hit, and it's only the very Estimated fl ow around the lower part of a sail were coming at us. bottom part of the sail. But, like, the with a large air gap. The pressure difference is "Looks like we're never going to get a pressure difference is reduced at least a gone and the upwash is gone. Note the differ- good left-side shore range," she mumbled little bit for a good distance up the sail, ence in pointing angle. after we were trimmed for starboard tack so, like, for sure, you do have to bear off course. again. more to fi ll the sail compared to if it were "The afterguard usually forgets to look "Tell me," asked the person in charge a deck-sweeper. That's why you can't for course fl ags," she noted, "but it's on of the foredeck. "What are you actually point as high with an air gap under the my checklist. Let's see... for a pin-end looking for when you fi nd those shore jib, even a small one." start, we take the time remaining at the ranges?" "Okay, in the real world, how much RC boat, add the time to run the line, Lee rolled her eyes, but not so the to you think we really lose?" I asked. divide by two, add half the tacking time, foredeck guy could see. "It's a point on "Probably two degrees for a small gap, and that's when we tack." shore that's co-linear with the two ends maybe three or four with a sail that's all She did this calculation in her head, of the line," she explained. "You'll fi nd above the lifelines like this one." turned to face the cockpit and hailed that it's much easier for you to call dis- "I read that short wide wings are less "tack at 1:40" and then went back to her tance to the line when you have a shore effi cient than long slender wings because position on the rail. range to look at." of induced drag," added the foredeck guy. As we sailed away from the line it was The bow guy still didn't seem to know "Is that something different?" easy to tell which boats were early and exactly what Lee meant, but the back of "It's another way of describing the which boats were late, based on our own the boat announced a jibe so we were same thing," explained Lee. "But not calculated time to tack. But true to form, tied up with more sail handling. nearly as intuitive. In the induced drag the boat didn't reverse course till 1:30, model, start with a very high-aspect- and we would have been 20 seconds

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late if we had stayed with the plan to go air you could add a giant 155% code zero for the pin end. But despite that, and dozen sometimes." or something, set on its own furler." despite our bow crew calling boatlengths "Okay, so, like, to make sailing easy, "Did I hear you say you'd allow a sail off the line without understanding shore do you want roller furling or self-tack- on a furler?" ranges, we were almost on the line at the ing?" "Well, I'd want a recess in the deck for start and got off in clear air. "Let me think about that," I said. the drum," Lee backtracked a little. "Great start!" all the experts in the "Roller furling at least keeps the sail out Eventually she confessed that roller back of the boat complimented each of the cabin, so no bending sails on to furling on light racing sails was not the other. But it didn't last long. Upwind we get rigged in the morning and no folding work of the devil, and had its applica- couldn't point with the smaller boats, sails to put the boat away at night." tions, even on race boats. and downwind we couldn't surf with the "Or you could just leave the sail on We fi nished near the tail end of the lighter ones. deck, hanked to the forestay, and snap a fl eet. cover over it like the mainsail. My idea of a cruising rig is a full-hoist non-overlap- "So tell me, Lee," I said during a ping self-tacker, with a clew board, long "How did your race go today?" dull period on the second run. "If you battens and a big roach. It would be so asked the server at the owner's favorite just can't abide the gap under a roller- much nicer than those roller-furled 130s restaurant. Apparently the crew were all furling jib, how would you set up a boat we see everywhere. Those sails are too regulars here. The fancy post-race dinner for casual local cruising and daysailing?" big for heavy air and too fl at and heavy was standard procedure, and I could see "How many times do you raise and for light air, not to mention they don't that it worked wonders for crew loyalty. lower the jib every time you take your point worth beans 'cause of the short "We had fun!" proclaimed the owner, boat out for a daysail?" she asked. hoist." using a phrase widely understood by "I usually don't do jib changes when "Wouldn't a maximum-size self-tacker racers to be code for "we got clobbered." I have guests out for daysail," I said, "so still be too slow in light air?" I asked. But the food was pretty darn good. I'll the answer is once." "It would probably have about the have to do a few more races to get my "How many times do you tack?" same light-air power as that roller-furled fl eece jacket, though. "That depends. Maybe a dozen, two 130," Lee surmised. "But, like, for light — max ebb SAUSALITO Custom Canvas & Interiors

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Two 'Moonlight Marathons' in August took advantage of favorable current in their respective neighborhoods; Vallejo YC turned a Wednesday night race pink for charity; the SSS joined forces with the OYRA for the Drake's Bay Race; Lasers circumnavigated the bridge-encumbered island of Alameda and raced on the Cityfront in their Nationals; speaking of Nationals, this is a busy season for championship regattas; and a Bay Area boat hit the road for the Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race. Plus Box Scores and Race Notes.

Midnight Moonlight Rock (we took it to port); where the cur- Maritime Marathon rent was strongest, etc. We had a nice The Midnight Moonlight Maritime downwind run until the right turn at Marathon provides a respite from the Point Pinole and held on in a close reach usual packed summer schedule of wind- to the Carquinez Bridge – despite another ward/leeward courses on SF Bay. This debate on whether to peel to a reacher. distance race, run by San Francisco The 20-knot winds that carried us Yacht Club, starts in Raccoon Strait, down San Pablo Bay meant the return rounds the center pier of the Carquinez trip, even in fl ood, was sure to be bumpy, Bridge, and returns to the entrance so we geared back up for cold and wet. of Raccoon Strait. Since it's a pursuit "The Slog," is what the water-beaten race, the early-starting, slower boats are sailors called it later at the bar. After challenged to hold off the later-starting, rounding, we couldn’t see the Cal 20s boats, and the fi rst boat over the fi nish ahead, but we could see a J/80 and line wins. several other boats closing in on us. We Our start on David James' Lapworth carried our big #1 genoa, which held up 36 Leda was relatively early – 2:19 – on a well in the breeze, although it meant fl ood curent, with strong breeze forecast. constantly working the sails. We knew we’d have to catch the two Cal Before rounding Point Pinole we 20s that started ahead of us and have caught sight of the Cal 20s. The early a multitude of fast boats trying to catch ebb in the center of the channel helped us. us extend a bit on the boats behind us. Despite competition with the Second We now had one job: pass the Cals. We Half Opener, 12 boats registered. There edged past them near the Richmond an hour of our arrival and enjoyed the was a bit of chatter about the lack of Bridge, but the race wasn’t over. The warm fi re, adult beverages, good dance moonlight and midnight, but, for us, wind lightened, the current was spotty, music and tall tales. the notion of a distance race plus the and the Cal 20 Can O'Whoopass crew — paige brooks knowledge that the bar would still be were working hard. We split tacks, and open when we got back was enough. they almost had us as we sailed into a MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MARITIME MARATHON, SFYC (8/2) PURSUIT — 1) Leda, L-36, David James; 2) Can O'Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard vonEhren- krook; 3) Salient, Cal 2-39, Mark & Rich Pearce. (12 boats) Complete results at www.sfyc.org

Moonlight Marathon Twelve boats, ranging from the Cata- lina 27 No Worries, rating 228, to the J/120 Saetta, rating 48, sailed in Se- quoia YC's annual Moonlight Marathon race on August 9. This year's course was from the end of Redwood Creek in the South Bay, around Alcratraz Island, and back to the entrance of Redwood Creek (about 44 miles). The race started at 3:30

MARTHA BLANCHFIELD MARTHA p.m. and was scheduled to take advantage of the big currents and extra-large VYC was in the pink on July 23, for their third annual fl at patch of water. But we managed to full 'supermoon' that night. To keep it Pink Sail, a beer can race and fundraiser. fi nd breeze and cross the line fi rst at 8:03 interesting, competitors could ignore all At the start, the huge fl ood meant p.m. It was an all Lapworth podium, as it government marks and round Alcatraz staying upstream of the line, and we turned out, with Leda, Can O'Whoopass, in either direction (staying away from hoisted the kite as we started. The great and a Cal 39 fi nishing 1,2,3. the island for safety). debates ensued onboard: how to cross The yacht club party was all we’d the North Bay; which way to pass Red hoped for. The race crews rolled in within

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Top left: 'Leda' starts SFYC's Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon near Angel Island's Point Stuart. Spread: The Farr 40 'Bright Hour' sails past San Ra- The fi rst year was a pass-the-can affair fael on the way back to Tiburon. which netted $70. Last year more than Bottom left: the blustery start of $300 was raised, and in 2014 the club SeqYC's Moonlight Marathon a members fi lled the pink piggy bank with week later on Redwood Creek. more than $1,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society. Cheering on efforts was VYC member Barbara Blotzer Brown, who took the initiative to custom-embroider 35 pink T-shirts. She sold every one of them – donating the profi ts to the cause. The Ship Store stocked up on pink mer- chandise and donated 10% from sales on anything pink during the month of July. The greatest percentage of revenue was collected when members and guests stuffed donations into the piggy bank – $20 bills were the norm. Douglas buttoned up a rose-colored shirt and stepped onto a boat at the end of the day. "What a great way to spend a Wednesday! It’s fantastic to see the club pull together and support the local community." VYC challenges other clubs to do a Pink Sail – whether during a regular beer can or as a special event. You can SPREAD & TOP INSET LATITUDE / CHRIS; LOWER INSET FABIAN PEASE FABIAN / CHRIS; LOWER INSET LATITUDE INSET TOP SPREAD & fi nd a How-To at www.vyc.org/racing. — martha blanchfi eld

Drake's Bay Race Conditions were boisterous at the MOONLIGHT MARATHON, SEQYC (8/9) The addition of the Singlehanded start, with about 25 knots of wind to- SPINNAKER — 1) Metridium, Catalina 42, Sailing Society fl eet to OYRA's Drake's gether with a large ebb chop, as the John Graves; 2) Smokin' J, J/29, Mark Bettis; 3) Bay Race on August 16-17 was an ex- various sized boats all converged on the Melilani, J/105, Richard Butts. (10 boats) periment that mostly succeeded, with favored end. NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Ohana, Catalina 36 the exception of some glitches that will The faster boats had a quick beat Mk II, Dan Lockwood. (3 boats) – hopefully – be worked out next year. up to the San Mateo Bridge, and then Complete results at www.sequoiayc.org Since some boats race in both the SSS gradually cracked off to a close reach up and OYRA series, organizers decided that either side of the San Bruno Shoal to the Vallejo YC's Pink Sail to be scored in both, a skipper would Bay Bridge. Conditions got up to about The third annual Pink Sail Wednes- have to race with the least crew allowed. 30 knots and bouncy around Alcatraz, day night beer can race on July 23 Stephen Buckingham has been doing the as the current switched on cue to a fl ood featured pink racers, pink dinners, pink Singlehanded SSS season on the 30-ft to speed the close reach back down the drinks, pink prizes and pink décor. The Black Soo Starbuck, so he sailed solo. Bay. Spinnakers fi nally appeared just Pink Pigpetual trophy for the most pink The glitch was his use of the autopilot, north of the San Mateo Bridge, as the sailors aboard was awarded to Elvin supermoon fi nally emerged from the Valverde's J/35 Joker, Dale Anderson's For more racing news, subscribe Islander 36 Lean Times, Tom Ochs' clouds. With the fi rst boats fi nishing to 'Lectronic Latitude online at before 9:00 p.m., this was the quickest Schock 35 Somewhere in Time, and www.latitude38.com race in memory. Some years boats get Michael Coleman's J/35 Hattie. in closer to 2:00 the next morning, when "We looked out in the harbor pre-race August's racing stories included: the club bar closes. and 90 percent of crew members were The slower boats had the moon and decked out in pink," said club manager 35th America's Cup stars stacked against them this year, Jonathan Douglas. "The Pink Sail is a Round Britain Race as the current switched from ebb to fantastic event for building camaraderie, Moonlight Marathon fl ood before they cleared the wind hole adding whimsy to a beer can race, and, Albert T. Simpson Regatta under the Bay Bridge. Several weren't of course, raising funds. Racers, cruisers Friday Night Races • YRA Summer #2 and guests have been looking forward to able to get around Alcratraz before they Plus previews of the declared they'd had enough fun and the fun." Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon, headed for home DNF. It started off as a little "real men — john graves wear pink" boat-to-boat challenge, but the Drake's Bay Race, Zongo Yachting it's become a fantastic social event Cup, Bart's Bash, Melges 20 champion- plus fundraiser for cancer research. ships, Aldo Alessio, 18-ft Skiffs, Hannig Cup, and much more! THE RACING CHRIS GOLIAN PHOTOS THIS PAGE CHRIS RAY EXCEPT AS NOTED EXCEPT CHRIS RAY THIS PAGE PHOTOS

This page: St. Francis YC hosted 30 standard rig Lasers and 107 Radials for their National Championships on July 31-August 3. Clockwise from top left: Hey, that didn't happen at the Nationals! Nope, it's the Sir Francis Chichester Memorial Circumnavigation of Alameda, in which Laser racers must somehow 'sail' their boats under three low bridges without bridge openings; THIS happened at the Laser Nationals; the spray flies at a leeward mark rounding; the Cityfront startline on Day 1 of racing. See Box Scores for top finishers. a necessity for a 31-mile singlehanded trailed by their singleton offspring. 1) Arcadia; 2) Moonshine, Dogpatch 26, Dylan race, but against the rules in the OYRA Sunday's race featured more light air Benjamin/Rufus Sjoberg; 3) Javelin, J/105, Ser- full crew divisions – and Starbuck is also and high fog on the ocean, but once they gei Podshivalov/Frank Van Diggelen. (12 boats) competing in the OYRA series with crew. sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge, the SINGLEHANDED MULTIHULL OVERALL — 1) Disagreement also arose over which racers fi nally got 25 knots of wind – and Tri N Fly; 2) Raven. (2 boats) boats passed the Duxbury Reef buoy sunshine – for the broad reach back to DOUBLEHANDED MULTIHULL OVERALL — Roshambo on the wrong side – but the Sailing In- Corinthian YC. 1) . (1 boat) OYRA DRAKE'S BAY I, 8/16 structions clearly stated that the mark — latitude / chris OVERALL — 1) Inspired Environments, off Bolinas must be left to starboard on Beneteau First 40.7, Megan Landeck; 2) Emily Saturday, on the way up to Drake's Bay, SSS DRAKE'S BAY 1, 8/16 Carr, SC50, Ray Minehan; 3) Ohana, Beneteau and to port on Sunday, during the return SINGLEHANDED MONOHULL OVERALL — 45F5, Steve Hocking; 4) Elan, Express 37, Jack trip back to San Francisco Bay. 1) Temerity, Olson 34, David Nabors. (4 boats) Peurach; 5) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick; The regatta had permission from the DOUBLEHANDED MONOHULL OVERALL — 6) Alpha Puppy, 1D35, Alex Farrell. (23 boats) Outsider Coast Guard to fi re off expired fl ares in 1) , Azzura 310, Greg Nelsen/Karl Craw- OYRA DRAKE'S BAY II, 8/17 Drake's Bay, an elephant seal habitat; ford; 2) Wind Speed, J//30, Tony Castruccio/Kon- OVERALL — 1) Moonshine; 2) Starbuck; 3) stantin Andreyev; 3) Arcadia, Mod. Santana 27, unfortunately, one of the parachute Ahi, Santana 35, Andy Newell; 4) Sea Star, Cal Gordie Nash/Ruth Suzuki. (12 boats) 39, Bob Walden; 5) Rhum Boogie, Quest 33, fl ares failed to deploy, landed on the SINGLEHANDED MULTIHULL OVERALL — Wayne Lamprey. (20 boats) ridge above the anchorage, and ignited Tri N Fly 1) , F-27, David Morris; 2) Raven, F-27, Full results at www.jibeset.net the dry grass. Fortunately, fi re crews Truls Myklebust. (2 boats) were able to extinguish the blaze. DOUBLEHANDED MULTIHULL OVERALL — Sir Francis Chichester Race Roshambo Although the wind on the ocean was 1) , Corsair 31R, Darren Doud/Chris Sailors like circumnavigations. Lewis. (1 boat) painfully light and spotty, a particular There’s something satisfying about re- SSS DRAKE'S BAY 2, 8/17 burden for the heavier boats, the rac- turning to where you started, regardless ers shared the gentle sea swell with SINGLEHANDED MONOHULL OVERALL — 1) Starbuck, Black Soo, Stephen Buckingham. (3 of whether you’ve rounded an ocean, a (Mola mola), porpoises, sunfi sh by-the- boats) wind sailors (Velella velella), and murres DOUBLEHANDED MONOHULL OVERALL —

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This page: The Drake's Bay Race was sailed on a foggy, light-air weekend in mid-August. Top: Greg Nelsen and Karl Crawford on the Azzura 310 'Outsider' head north in the Bonita Channel on Saturday; the Black Soo 'Starbuck' (sailed by Stephen Buckingham, in the back) rafted up to the Sabre 40-2 'Escapade' (crew, left to right: Michael Malaga, Leah Pepe, Ramon Nieto, Jennifer McKenna, and skipper Nick Sands). Bottom: fire on the mountain – a faulty flare went astray (the yellow lights to the left are from the occupied Historic Lifeboat Station); the peaceful scene before the start on Sunday morning. continent or even the small island na- current as they sailed up the shoreline Garth Copenhaver (Oreo), from SF Bay. tion of Alameda. On July 26, 11 intrepid and watched the leading counterclock- Deb Fehr (Meli’ki), 2013 Queen of Lati- Laser sailors competed in Encinal YC’s wise boats screaming downwind with the tude 38's unoffi cial Women’s Circuit, bor- Sir Francis Chichester Race. While Sir current behind them. rowed Chuck Murray’s Tara from Santa Francis found fame in being the fi rst In the end, counterclockwise won the Cruz, racing with her all-female crew in person to sail singlehanded around the day. Emilio Castelli got the gun, with colorful tutus. world by the clipper route, these racers Roger Herbst and Richard Leland fi nish- The usual fog stayed away, even if could choose their route, and the fl eet ing four minutes later after tight match whales and harbor seals didn’t. Wind, split: six went clockwise down the Estu- racing under the bridges. Mike Bishop, light and shifty at Friday’s practice, be- ary, while fi ve went counterclockwise. the leading clockwise racer, crossed the haved better on Saturday at 10-13 knots As challenging as the Southern Ocean line 15 minutes later. from the west-southwest, increasing and may be, Sir Francis didn’t have to deal — Elisa Williams shifting enough on Sunday, after unsea- with this race’s great challenge: duck- sonal rain showers, to mute most of the ing under the four bridges that connect SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER RACE, EYC (7/26) left favor known by locals. Alameda to the mainland. Three have LASER STANDARD — 1) Emilio Castelli; 2) Fleet starts were so competitive that a clearance less than the height of the Roger Herbst; 3) Richard Leland. (8 boats) over-earlies and fouls became decisive. Laser’s mast, which makes for strategic LASER RADIAL — 1) Laird Henkel; 2) Andrew "The start line was tight and not for heelings, planned capsizes, and even Geist. (3 boats) the faint of heart," said Fehr. PRO Mike some rules-sanctioned dragging of boats Complete results at www.encinal.org Gross noted, "The race committee ob- by the bow line along shore. served a good number of boats spinning With the fi rst bridge just two miles Santana 22 Nationals penalties, which kept things out of the from the start, the clockwise sailors Sixteen tunas schooled for the 2014 protest room." found themselves in a dogpile under Santana 22 Nationals on July 25-27. Indeed, a penalty turn by Oreo, after the bridges. Once clear, they fought the Racers from host Monterey Peninsula YC hitting the start pin in Race 4, helped were joined by W.D. Schock classics from Bob Comstock’s Rick’s Place secure the Santa Cruz YC and the 2013 defender, championship. On yielding the title,

September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 109 THE RACING JASON HERRING MAXWELL ROSENBERG MAXWELL BREN MEYER MAXWELL ROSENBERG MAXWELL

The Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race, clockwise from top left: Tim Philpott, Steve Dair, Jeff Bruton der spinnaker through pods of dolphins and Jason Herring on the Hobie 33 'Flying Dutchman' spot a whale off their starboard bow; Flying Dutch- and whales, Uno was among the fi rst few man', seen here at the start, would go on to win fi rst place overall; the crew of Jim Yabsley's R/P 68 'Taxi Dancer' had time to refl ect on the race in the early going; 'David Bacci at the helm of the Wyliecat 30 'Uno'. boats to make it through the gap between Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands. They Garth thinks of his error "as karmic frui- David Bacci trailered the Wyliecat 30 Uno went wide, passing boats that had sailed tion from last year's Nationals," where he down to Santa Barbara YC, launched the into Anacapa's wind shadow, then fol- used a match-racing trick to cause an boat, stepped the mast, and dropped into lowed the rhumbline to King Harbor. OCS for the previous champion, Michael a Wet Wednesday race. The wind shut down around 2:00 Andrews (Bonito). "After we rounded the fi rst mark in a.m., and the Wyliecat's boatspeed Comstock and wife Monika, back just back of the leaders, the wind died, and in dropped to 0-3 knots. Uno finished one year from 20 years living in Singa- the big lump of ocean waves and no wind around 5:00 in the morning in 2-3 knots pore, celebrated their 29th wedding an- we worked our way through our fl eet and of breeze from the south, placing third in niversary racing together with crew Pip, some of the fl eets ahead to fi nish in the their division. "Imagine a bunch of tired Bob’s friend since 1978. top group of boats," said David Bacci. sailors ghosting along with collapsing — Kristen Soetebier Next up was Friday's Santa Barbara spinnakers," said Bacci, "barely making to King Harbor Race. Uno's co-owner, the fi nish line while rowdy seal lions on SANTANA 22 NATIONALS, MPYC (7/25-27) Steve Wonner, who bought an avocado a big buoy are carrying on in a wildlife 1) Rick's Place, Bob Comstock, SCYC, farm and moved to the San Diego area version of the Jerry Springer show!" 13 points; 2) Maybe, Phil Vandenberg, UCSC/ last fall, drove up to meet the boat. The crew's intention was to hang out SCYC, 16; 3) Oreo, Garth Copenhaver, SSS, 17; "The weather report was miserable," at King Harbor YC on Saturday and drive 4) Cnidarian, Kate Conway, MPYC, 18; 5) Lep- said Bren, "with some sort of weird low home on Sunday, but there wasn't much rechaun, David & Charlie Kurtman, MPYC, 30. coming from the south. Winds of 2-4 to do at 6:00 a.m. in Redondo Beach, so, (16 boats) knots were forecast." But actually they after one hour of sleep, they sailed down Eddie Rideout Trophy for the oldest skipper: had a whole 5 knots from the southwest to San Pedro, hauled out, and drove Tickle, Jeff Carter, MPYC. at their 12:25 p.m. start. They reached home, arriving in Alameda at 2:00 a.m. Complete results at www.santana22.com off a bit, sailing lower than the com- on Sunday. petition, so that they could set a Code Ninety boats sailed in the Santa Bar- Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race Zero. A breeze of 12-15 knots fi lled in bara to King Harbor Race this year; see On Wednesday, July 23, Bay Area and lifted them toward Anacapa Island, results at www.sbycracing.org. sailors Brendan Meyer, Erik Menzel, and which must be kept to port. Sailing un- — latitude / chris

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entries will close on the Championships at Grosse Pointe YC in 19th. Anyone signing Michigan on August 10-14. up after that can do so Bay Area kiteboarder extraordinaire directly with their club. Johnny Heineken won the Engadin- In California, Berkeley, wind Kitefoil Gold Cup, held August Richmond and Mission 11-14 on Lake Silvaplana in Switzer- Bay YCs, SFYC/Leuke- land. The next and ﬁ nal stop on the mia Cup, and Artemis three-event tour will be in Townsville, Racing in Alameda are Australia, at the end of September. signed up, and Trea- — latitude / chris sure Island Sailing Meet the new Santa Cruz 27 champions. Left Center and Encinal YC to right, back row: Chris Otanez, Chris Neufeld, are planning events. Leland Hubble; front row: Ron Boehm, Cindy Sat- California sailors terberg, Doug Stelck. See Box Scores for results.

KRISTEN SOETEBIER racing abroad Queen Deb on the tutu Tuna 'Tara' had an all-girl in August included San Diego crew for the Santana 22 Nationals in Monterey. YC's George Szabo, who placed third at the 46-boat Star East- Race Notes ern Hemisphere Regatta af- The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foun- ter four races. Szabo is ranked dation ﬁ nalized the criteria for Bart's sixth in the world among Star Bash events to be counted in the Guin- Boat skippers. Top-ranked ness World Record attempt for the larg- Diego Negri with crew Sergio est sailing race in the world. Lambertenghi of Italy topped For a race to count toward the record the regatta. which was held on it must have at least 25 boats partici- August 7-13 in Brunnen, Swit- pating. The race must take place be- zerland. tween 00:00 GMT (5:00 p.m. PDT) and Also hailing from SDYC, 23:59 GMT on September 21. Scott Sinks and Rebecca Registration for clubs will close on McElvain won the Club 420

September 14, and individual online class at the US Sailing Youth BRIAN PIAZZA

THE BOX SCORES

LASER NATIONALS, STFYC, 7/31-8/3 (11r, 2t) Cal YC, 169; 10) Cameron Feves, Cabrillo Beach, McBurney; 3) Magic, SC27, Magdalena Naef. (7 STANDARD — 1) Rob Crane, Noroton YC 174. (53 boats) boats) (CT), 32 points; 2) Erik Bowers, Minnetonka YC Full results at www.stfyc.com PHRF 3 (171-300) — 1) Wind Walker, Islander (MN), 35; 3) Frederick Vranizan, Royal Vancou- 28, Van Tunstall. 1 boat) ver YC (BC), 37; 4) Luke Muller, Lauderdale YC SANTA CRUZ 27 NATIONALS, MPYC, 8/1-8/3 NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Sailing Pair a Dice, (FL), 37; 5) Kyle Martin, Royal Vancouver YC, (7r, 1t) Catalina 30, Barry Keeler; 2) Surprise, Alerion 38 45; 6) Stephen Bourdow, SCYC, 51; 7) Malcolm 1) California Zephyr, Ron Boehm, Santa yawl, Charles Hawley; 3) Sagittarius, Catalina 38, Lamphere, Lake Geneva YC (WI), 59; 8) Max Gal- Barbara YC, 10 points; 2) Hanalei, Rob Schuy- Steve Murphey; 4) Valkyrie, C&C 41, Dave Em- lant, Royal Victoria YC (BC), 60; 9) Stephen Long, ler, SCYC, 14; 3) Sumo, Henry Cassady, SCYC, berson. (13 boats) Santa Barbara YC, 74. (30 boats) 19; 4) Jersey Girl, Pete Woodhouse, SCYC, 30; RADIAL GOLD — 1) Erik Weis, Lauderdale YC, 5) Mistress Quickly, Evan Diola, SCYC, 31. (15 SUMMER KEEL, SFYC, 8/16-17 (5r, 0t) 28 points; 2) William Marshall, Fast Sailing (RI), boats) J/120 — 1) Chance, Barry Lewis, 8 points; 45; 3) Haddon Hughes, TCYC/GCYSA (TX), 46; Full results at www.sc27.org 2) Peregrine, David Halliwill, 12; 3) Twist, Timo 4) Graham Harney, Royal Vancouver, 50; 5) Chris- Bruck, 13. (5 boats) tine Neville, US Sailing, 58; 6) Alexander Fritz, CORONADO 15 NA, HMBYC, 8/8-8/10 (9r, 1t) J/105 — 1) Blackhawk, Scooter Simmons, 11 Royal Vancouver, 68; 7) Ander Belausteguigoitia, CHAMPIONSHIP — 1) Terence Gallegher, points; 2) Mojo, Jeff Littfi n, 16T; 3) Godot, Phillip Club de Vela Izar (MEX), 74; 8) Patrick Shanahan, Marina del Rey, 14 points; 2) Kiersten Vance, Laby, 16T; 4) Risk, Jason Woodley/Scott Whitney, St. Petersburg YC/Lauderdale YC, 79; 9) Liam MdR, 14; 3) Vincent Paternoster, South Coast 24; 5) Akula, Doug Bailey, 29T; 6) Jam Session, McCarthy, St. Petersburg, 81; 10) Cooper Weitz, Corinthian YC, 20. (9 boats) Adam Spiegel, 29T. (19 boats) StFYC/SFYC, 81. (54 boats) CABRILLO — 1) Ofer Amir, HMBYC, 20 J/70 –1) 1FA, Scott Sellers, 8 points; 2) Jen- RADIAL SILVER — 1) Richie Gordon, Cedar points; 2) Richard McCluney, HMBYC, 22; 3) nifer, Chris Kostanecki, 15; 3) Bottle Rocket, Da- Point YC (CT), 83 points; 2) Lola Bushnell, SFYC/ Mike Day, HMBYC, 25. (8 boats) vid Schumann, 19. (10 boats) StFYC, 89; 3) Ellie Shaw Ungar, Seattle YC/Royal EXPRESS 37 – 1) Golden Moon, Kame Rich- Vancouver, 109; 4) D'amy Steward, Coronado DAY ON MONTEREY BAY, SCYC, 8/10 ards, 5 points; 2) Stewball, Bob Harford, 13; 3) YC, 126; 5) Wade Wagner, Lauderdale/Chicago PHRF 1 (< 97) — 1) Elyxir, SC52, Skip Ely; Expeditious, Bartz Schneider, 16. (5 boats) YC, 140; 6) Greiner Hobbs, Davis Island YC (FL), 2) Buena Sera, SC70, Edward Marez; 3) Hijinx, MELGES 20 – 1) Kuai, Dan Thielman, 9 147; 7) Caden Scheiblauer, Cabrillo Beach YC/ J/120, Brad Sampson. (7 boats) points; 2) Flygfi sk, Tom Kassberg, 11; 3) Blast!, Santa Barbara YC, 161; 8) Alexander Hankins, PHRF 2 (97-170) — 1) Spitfi re, J/70, Tyler Roland Vandermeer, 15. (6 boats) Lakewood YC (TX), 162; 9) Jessica McJones, Kuraszcusid; 2) Paddy Wagon, Moore 24, Sean Full results at www.sfyc.org

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With a special report this month on The Case For Buying Into Charter Management Programs in Exotic Destinations, and a special Charter Note.

Putting Your Boat in Charter: to use your own boat in an exotic sailing An Investment in a Lifestyle: destination. The larger charter compa- If you're new to renting bareboats in nies offer reciprocal use of boats that exotic locations, you may not realize that are of a size and type similar to yours in most of them are not actually owned by many venues worldwide. the charter companies that market them. If charter yacht ownership is an in- Most are owned by private individuals vestment that you've been considering, who keep their boats under 'manage- there are many companies with a range ment contracts' with bareboat fi rms in of options that may work for you. But be order to gain some enticing benefi ts. prepared to do your homework and keep So why would you want to own a your calculator handy. "rental" boat far from home? A quote Larger companies, such as The Moor- heard often in the Caribbean, where life ings (which is now affi liated with Sunsail is lived at a much slower pace than here under their common parent company, on the mainland, may help to explain: TUI Marine), Dream Yachts Charters and "It’s not always about the money, mon." the Catamaran Company are called fi rst- Most charter companies are forthright tier companies. Through the brokerage in explaining upfront that buying a boat departments of such companies, they and putting it into charter is an invest- can guide you through the purchase of ment in an amazing lifestyle, although a brand new yacht that can remain in probably not the best place to put your their charter fl eet for four or fi ve years. money if your fi nancial goal is to maxi- Once that term is up — assuming mize the growth of your portfolio. you purchased the boat with a mortgage Putting a boat that you own into an — you will most likely still have a hefty international bareboat fl eet can, how- chunk of the loan to pay off, although ever, help offset some of the expenses you will have gained fi ve years of equity, involved with yacht ownership, such as and there can be some substantial tax slip fees and maintenance. With some, advantages, depending on how your deal but not all, management companies, you was structured. At that point also, of RINGSEIS LYNN PHOTOS ALL also get a percentage of the charter fees. course, all the day-to-day boat costs be- for testing the waters of charter boat If you, as a potential boat owner, take come your responsibility. So you would ownership is to start off with a second- far-fl ung sailing vacations with family have some important decisions to make. tier company by buying a used boat (of a or friends several times a year, being in You could retrieve your boat and sail type and size acceptable in that market) a yacht-management program works to off to paradise, as many full- or part- that has already experienced some de- defray the cost of boat rentals, and gives time cruisers do; sell the boat and be valuation, but has been well maintained. you an incentive to get away frequently boatless; sell the old boat and upgrade Doing this would offset some expenses to a new one, implementing a new man- as you paid down the mortgage. "Everybody say, 'Pina Colada.'" Picture yourself on a 'business trip' in the tropics, checking up agement contract; or continue to offset Not all second-tier companies have on your investment. some of the day-to-day costs by placing multiple bases in different locations your boat in what's where you could use reciprocal privi- called a second- leges, but if you’re happy with return- tier company such ing every season to a place like the BVI, as Footloose (part you may fi nd that you like working with of TUI), BVI Yacht a smaller, more intimate company. Ev- Charters, TMM, ery company has a somewhat different Horizon, Voyage, management deal, such as charging for Conch Charters or dockage, maintenance and insurance, so Pro Valor Charters. be sure to look into the details carefully. This list is a sam- Some advantages of being involved pling of such com- with a smaller operation include working panies located in directly with the owners, such as Jim the British Virgin Gulczynski and Cecilia Donegan of Pro Islands — which Valor Charters in the BVI. They hail from is, as regular read- Wisconsin and were drawn to the BVI like ers know, the most many others by dreams of warm water popular charter and sweet sailing. They have owned and destination in the operated Pro Valor Charters since 2007. world. Cecilia explains: "Being a smaller Another option company in the BVI, each person that OF CHARTERING

to ensure good occupancy of the fl eet." If you and your sailing buddies are serial charter addicts, make sure to fi nd out how much owners' time you'll be given by the terms of your contract. Some companies offer unlimited time, while others allow just a few weeks a year. Keep in mind that owners typically pay a fee each time they use their boat to cover expenses such as prepping and cleaning. Such fees vary from company to company. Given the highly competitive nature of this industry, it's not surprising that details of management deals offered by different companies vary substantially. Some offer attractive tax incentives, some offer a guaranteed monthly income regardless of how many times your boat is rented, and some offer more use to the owner with more varied choices of reciprocal bases. So we recommend that you shop around, explore your options and talk to other boat owners. Putting a boat in a bareboat management program won't appeal to everyone, but there are plenty of happy owners who fi nd that the 'pros' outweigh the 'cons'. Some like the arrangement so much that they've upgraded and begun again multiple times when they've reached the end of their contractual period. One Can you spell tranquil? If you''ve ever chartered Laura Greces, sales manager for BVI satisfi ed owner is Latitude 38’s publisher, in a dreamy location like this, you get the mean- Yacht Charters says, "Our longtime staff who keeps his Leopard 45 'ti Profl igate ing of 'investment in a lifestyle'. provides personal service, and potential in charter with BVI Yacht Charters, and owns and charters a boat will work with owners have many options when choos- uses her as a fl oating offi ce and race each of PVC’s staff members at one time ing the make and model of the boat to viewing platform for a couple of months or another during the course of their purchase, along with the equipment to each winter. He couldn’t be happier with charter start/end experience. It truly is meet their personal requirements." the arrangement. personal." If you're looking for a larger company Here's a fi nal thought: The next time Jim and Cecilia own a catamaran with lots of bases around the world, in the fl eet, so they can relate to fellow you'll want to talk to Sunsail and The When was the last time you took a nap in a shaded hammock with the warm trade winds owners' requirements and many of them Moorings, as they are the largest. Dream wafting over you like a gentle caress? have become life-long friends. Yacht Charters is Conch Charters also has a family feel another to consid- and has been in the BVI for 26 years. Pe- er, as it, too, offers ter Twist is in charge of yacht purchase a great diversity of and management. "There is always a international lo- director of the company on site and a lot cations. Stephen of our owners like this," he explains. Cockcroft of Dream Another longstanding BVI business explains, "Unlike is TMM, with founders Barney and Lin other operators, Crook still at the helm. They believe it DYC owns about is a privilege to manage and care for the 40% of the fleet vessels of others, and they appreciate the and runs owners' opportunity. TMM sales employee Don yachts alongside Pietrykowski says, "The TMM program company-owned is simple and straightforward and has boats. DYC has proved successful for well over three de- a well-developed cades." These days, TMM also has bases worldwide reserva- in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and tions system with in Belize. hundreds of agents WORLD OF CHARTERING

you fi nd yourself on a charter watching — would test the various COB the fi ery sun slip into the sea while you charter trips in methods with live people in the sip a sundowner with your loved ones, the Caribbean, water in challenging conditions take a look at the hailing port on the South Pacifi c and at the foot of the Golden Gate stern of your rented boat, and make a elsewhere, and Bridge. toast to the owner. It's likely that he or taught more than "John's sharing of experienc- she is stuck at a desk in some landlocked 140 advanced es was effusive and often non- state at that very moment, yearning stop," recalls Captain Robert to be where you are, watching the McCreary, an ASA instructor sun sink below the horizon. at Modern Sailing. "When John — lynn ringseis Connolly talked ocean sailing, sailors ranging from beginners Charter Notes to professionals listened. It's been a longstanding editorial "His love and fascination for policy at Latitude 38 that we don't Regarded as a walk- the history and treasures of the areas normally run obits on departed ing encyclpedia of around the world in which he led stu- sailors. But we do make occasional sailing knowledge, dents knew no bounds," adds McCreary. exceptions. This month we're very John personally led "He was a virtual walking encyclopedia sorry to have to ring our 'eight bells' many training voy- of knowledge." for sailing educator John Connolly. ages in far-fl ung des- John taught sailing for more than 20 Born in 1947, John passed tinations. years, but it wasn't his fi rst career. He away August 1 aboard his boat in American Sailing found early success as a New York tennis Sausalito, surrounded by close family Association courses throughout the champion, rock-concert promoter, and members. world. a Southern California foreign-car parts He cofounded Sausalito's Modern He also hosted and facilitated the distributor. He developed and held pat- Sailing School & Club with business ASA's "live" man overboard trials every ents for a built-in emergency hull-hole partner Jack Majszak and was an early few years, where ASA instructors would cover and an ice-surface rescue device. advocate for crew-overboard practice and fl y in from all over the country and — un- John will be sorely missed by many research. He personally led ambitious der the auspices of the US Coast Guard in the S.F. Bay sailing community.

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With reports this months from Angel Louise at Baiona, Spain; Savannah getting spectacularly rebuilt in Seattle for a future second cruise; Beau Soleil on decades of cruising all over — and around, twice — the world (on $500/ month; from Joy of Tahoe on getting from Texas to France, and Schengen problems and solutions; from R&R Kedger on the El Salvador Rally; and Cruise Notes.

Angel Louise — Catalac 41 Cat 35 feet of water. We were being blown Ed & Sue Kelly parallel to the beach in a 12-knot wind, Snagged on Fishing Gear but nose toward the beach because the (Des Moines, Iowa) load on the port prop acted like a second We are now in Baiona, Spain, where anchor, holding our stern into the wind. Chris Columbus first made landfall back Ed got out the wetsuit, mask and in Europe in 1493. A replica of the vessel snorkel, and jumped overboard with a he sailed to the Caribbean and back 521 knife. It was a poor imitation of what years ago sits in Lloyd Bridges used to do on the old Sea the harbor. We Hunt TV show. After six dives, I managed have now per- to cut the line. The boat was under so sonally floated much tension that it literally 'jumped'

ANGEL LOUISE ANGEL on the waters when the line was severed, and quickly Columbus left turned 90 degrees clockwise to align with from, the Rio the anchor rode. Tinto on Spain's The rest off the mess on the prop was south coast east so tight, and the line so hard, that we of Gibraltar, as elected to continue on to Muros and en- well as the bay gage the services of a professional diver. he returned to. All ended fine, and Angel Louise and her Last week we happy crew moved on. We were incred- What's with the Mac? had a bit of an ibly moved to be escorted by a great pod adventure, as we managed to get a heavy of dolphins, and this time got one of the 100-ft line wrapped around the shaft better dolphin shots ever. and prop of our port engine, stopping Life is good! But would be even better the engine. It happened while we were if a rain leak hadn't doused part of our transiting a tidal cut between a point MacBook Pro laptop keyboard overnight. and some offshore rocks. It was turned off at the time, so we're Because the line was attached to fish- hoping that if we let it dry for a couple ing gear and a submerged float 100 feet of days, it will work again. behind us, it actually pulled us back- We're slowly making our way down ward and to port. We were only able to to the Cape Verdes Islands for a winter get out of the jam by applying full power crossing of the Atlantic to the Caribbean. to the starboard engine and steering with — ed & sue 08/04/2014 Club. "I missed out," she laughs, "be- 18 degrees of right rudder. We only man- cause back then the commodore didn't aged to do two knots. Without the load Savannah — Featherlight 43 Cat get to initiate new members with a whack we would have done five. Teal, Linh and Emma, 7, Goben on the bottom with a paddle." We continued on to San Francisco Working Toward a Second Cruise After two years of cruising on the Beach, not far east of Muros, where we (Ellensburg, WA) mainland and in the Sea, the couple were able to set our Spade anchor in You really do meet some of the most decided it was time to return home interesting people on a Ha-Ha. Consider and get on with their life. One of their Lovely Baiona, Spain is a tourist town with a medieval historical center. The population of the case of Teal and Linh Goben, who goals on returning was to earn enough 11,000 swells to 45,000 in the summer. were 38 and 23 respectively when they money to buy a larger multihull, this did the 2004 Ha-Ha with their time a catamaran. They sold Savannah Lauren Williams 41 trimaran to Julia Brown — who has entered her Savannah. They had a little in this year's Ha-Ha — to buy a house excitement during the event, in the small eastern Washington town of

ANGEL LOUISE ANGEL as they were hit by a whale Ellensburg. that put a small crack in one Before long, Linh was surprised to of the hulls. Teal was able to find that she was pregnant. With a child make repairs during the stop on the way, Teal, whose work experience in Turtle Bay. had pretty much been limited to working Following the Ha-Ha, we in a lumberyard, didn't seem to have the met up with the Gobens in brightest prospects. But the great thing Mazatlan and later Banderas about people is that sometimes they can Bay. In fact, lovely Linh be- really surprise you. Despite the fact that came the first commodore of the Punta Mita Yacht & Surf IN LATITUDES

atives posted about them by the owners of Bumfuzzle, novice sailors who had done a circumnavigation on one. Their cat had taken them halfway across the Pacific before they realized what a two- speed winch was, but they still seemed to complain about a lot of things. Our

PHOTOS COURTESY SAVANNAH COURTESY PHOTOS broker told us he felt their comments had really driven down the value of the Wildcats. So we passed." Linh finally asked Teal why they were only looking for cats in the Caribbean. She knew cats were few and few between in the Northwest, but it couldn't hurt to look. So they found a broker and told him to keep an eye out for a project. "We were surprised when just a week later he told us to come to Friday Harbor, less than a three-hour ferry ride from Seattle, to look at a Featherlight 43 that had been built by Mastermold in Florida in 1993. Her owner had bought her in the Caribbean, brought her through the Canal, replaced her single outboard on a sled with two 30-hp Yanmar diesels, and got her to the Pacific Northwest. But when his uninterested wife got pregnant, the cat had to go. "That was 4½ years ago, and we bought the cat that first weekend we saw her. When we did the sea trial, her jib looked like the one Kevin Costner had on his trimaran in Waterworld, the main was tired and didn't have full battens, and the boat was loaded down with years' worth of accumulated stuff. But there was a nice breeze, and we hit 18 knots. Teal was just tickled." You can do 18 knots when your 43-ft cat only displaces 8,000 pounds. Big photo: Teal, Emma and Linh, the Goben family aboard their new 'Savannah'. Each has certain After buying the boat, the family interests they are allowed to indulge in. For Teal it's tools and the nav station. For Emma, it's moved her to Seattle's Lake Washington, cooling off in Lake Union. For Linh, it's simple and healthy food — and wearing heels on the boat. where she has a view of the Space Needle the economy was just entering the Great the back burner. and has been ever since. Recession, Teal had no building experi- "Although things were going really "It took Teal an entire year to gut the ence, and contracting jobs in small towns well," Linh remembers, "after a couple Teal has given 'Savannah', now old enough supposedly only go to locals, he decided of years we got the sense that something to drink alcohol, a totally clean and modern to become a contractor. was missing in our lives. We discovered interior. Excellent styling and craftsmanship. "People thought he was crazy," says what it was during a Linh. One can only imagine how the little vacation trip to young couple had to struggle, right? Whidbey Island. We

"Within a week he had a couple of saw all the boats and SAVANNAH jobs," says Linh, "and he's been busy it reminded us how ever since. For the last couple of years, much we missed he's built $3 to $5 million luxury homes." sailing. We need- Who knew there were such things east ed the catamaran of the Cascades? we'd been dreaming Before long Linh was busy taking care about when we left of their lovely daughter Emma, while Mexico. Teal was not only working hard as a "We were on the contractor, he even started a millworks cusp of buying a supply company. With the young family Wildcat 35 cat," Linh so occupied, sailing naturally got put on continues. "But Teal got on the Internet and read all the neg- CHANGES

boat. It's a long time, but he was only able to work on weekends, and it's a two- hour drive to the boat from our house. but she still spends as much time as she In addition, Teal is meticulous, he took can in the water. If I have to punish her, out everything that wasn't structural, I don't go in. I like my ocean water to be including all over 80 degrees." the electrical The Gobens got Emma interested in and plumb- travel early. "We kept her watching the

SAVANNAH ing. All we Travel Channel, and she really enjoyed wanted was it. So she's the one who has mapped out the shell, all our future travels. With Emma, I don't as we're need a son, too. not fans of "I love to cook and entertain, so I the tradi- asked Teal for indoor and outdoor gal- tional look. leys. I know I'm spoiled," she laughs, "but We wanted I really needed both. Nonetheless, I'm to make her keeping things really simple and light. as clean and All I need to make delicious food outside modern- is the grill, a sink, and one spatula." looking as Linh got into cooking fresh and natu- possible. ral foods during their first cruise. "Teal, The new 'Savannah'. Low mainte- who often dove for dinner, lost 20 un- nance and very light weight have been needed pounds in the first month, and two other major considerations." kept it off. "And it's not like we don't So far Teal, with some assistance from drink. Emma has eaten only good food Linh and Emma, has completed the main from when she was born. She sneers at saloon and main cockpit, Emma's state- Chicken McNuggets and hamburgers, room, and two other main staterooms. saying they aren't real food. "He's used a lot of honeycomb and other "We learned a lot from our first light materials," says Linh, "and care- cruise," says Linh, "such as we brought fully weighs everything before bringing 50% more stuff than we needed or ul- it aboard. It's rubbed off on Emma." timately wanted. So now we're keeping "Now seven, Emma knows all about things very simple. Nonetheless, in order the importance of keeping the boat light. to be happy cruising, you need to have So when it came time for her to select a a few things that are really important to musical instrument to play, she chose a you. For Teal, it's tools, spare parts, and violin over the piano. And she loves the his beautiful nav station." boat and helping her dad. She hops on What about for Linh? and off the boat on her own, and knows "We all have wants and needs. I want a more correct nautical terms than do a lot of luxury, but know that I only needed What kind of shoes does she wear on lot of other sailors on our dock. In fact, three things: The two galleys and my own the boat? Emma has replaced me as cocaptain. I've head, are the first two. I'd had a shoe "High heels. At least I do about 80% been demoted to cook." locker on our trimaran, but on our new of the time. But I'm careful to buy high Linh tells us that Emma is enthusi- cat I needed my own shoe display." heels that don't scuff." A nice big hat, astic about becoming a marine biologist. It turns out that the past commodore a bikini, and high heels. That's Linh's She's certainly not afraid of even cold of the Punta Mita Yacht & Surf Club has nautical look. It could catch on. Lake Union water. "It's about 65 degrees, an Imelda Marcos-type shoe fetish. "It's taken us longer than we expected "Before we went cruising the first for our cat to be ready for us to live Teal and Linh pose at Isla San Francisco, Sea of time, I had 102 pairs of shoes. I cut that aboard," says Linh, but we know why, Cortez, during their last cruise. Their trimaran 'Savannah' can be seen in the background. down to 75 pairs for our trip. Some men and neither of us are willing to compro- don't know that a woman needs mise superb quality for getting the boat different shoes for the different ready a little earlier. And we do have big seasons. Because we need to keep plans. We expect to move aboard next the new boat as light as possible, summer, and living aboard should make I'm going to limit myself to 50 it easier for Teal to get jobs done more pairs when we move aboard. I'll quickly. We've already bought everything have two pairs of Topsiders and we need to finish her." COURTESY SAVANNAH COURTESY 48 pairs of high heels. Linh says living aboard is important High heels?! to the family because "we know we'll "People laugh when they see be happy there, and happiness is more me walking down the dock in important than money — although high heels, but I can walk better we're confident we could make money in high heels. The only times I've anywhere." After being a stay-at-home gotten hurt walking is when I wore flip-flops." IN LATITUDES

Islands, where I sold her. After returning to Coronado, I became broken-hearted because I hadn't even attempted to repair my brave little boat. Seeking redemption, I bought a Colum- bia 24 — the one with the raised cabin and two big ports — and christened her TOLA, meaning Time Out Lives Again. I circumnavigated with her via the Red Sea and Panama. It was while passing through Papua New Guinea on my second circumnavi-

PHOTOS COURTESY SAVANNAH AND BEAU SOLEIL SAVANNAH COURTESY PHOTOS gation that I met Karen. We would be married in Australia. Our son Falcon was born in Malta. The three of us continued across the Med, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Pacific to Hawaii on our little boat. We finally sold TOLA in Hawaii because Falcon had outgrown his berth. We returned to Coronado to work for a year, then we bought the Dickerson 41 Beau Soleil. We circumnavigated with her via the Cape of Good Hope and Panama. Subsequently we spent three years in Maryland so Falcon could complete high school. After he graduated, we sent him off to Coronado for college, and we took off again. We're still on our Dickerson, but cruise around at a slower pace. We sailed up to Maine, then down to the West In- dies and the Western Caribbean. After a couple of years in the Sea of Cortez, we crossed the Pacific, sailing down to New Zealand. Karen, by the way, is a Con- necticut/Kiwi. Last year we sailed up to Fiji and New Caledonia, then returned to Whangarei, New Zealand, where we left Insets left. Teal, wiped out after another hard weekend day working on 'Savannah'. Nobody has been Beau Soleil. We are currently in Coro- able to figure out where Emma got her interest in clothes and shoes. Above; Karen and Mike Riley nado, caring for my 92-year-old mother. look normal enough, but what they've accomplished, on so little money, is extrordinary. I've written 13 books — mostly non- mom, Linh has gone back to work at a fiction — during the course of our cruis- title company. Beau Soleil — Dickerson 47 ing. All of them are available at Amazon. "We'll certainly do another Ha-Ha and Mike & Karen Riley I'm even more proud of the fact that I go cruising again, but not right away," Cruising on $500/Month built my own printing press, and sold my says Linh. "Sometimes I hear people (Coronado) books 'off the back of my boat'. I haven't who haven't done a Ha-Ha dismiss it as I don't know how cruisers spend so been able to pay for our cruising habit a bunch of party people. I tell them to much money. I say this as someone The Rileys say that cruisers can save money by bite their tongue, as the Ha-Ha is a great who has cruised for 40 years, most of not hauling in boatyards. This is their Columbia community. Many of our best friends are it with my wife, and much of it with our 'TOLA' getting a bottom job in India. India! people we did the Ha-Ha with, and even son Falcon, on today's equivalent though it was 10 years ago, we keep in of $500 a month. We have twice touch. Half of them are still cruising in circumnavigated, and recently

other parts of the world, while half of crossed the Pacific a third time. MIKE RILEY them are in the Pacific Northwest and I started cruising with Time we have reunions. I wouldn't trade my Out, a humble, engineless 24-ft Ha-Ha and cruising friends for any of my Columbia Challenger. I made it land neighbors. When you do a Ha-Ha from Coronado to the Mozam- and cruise, you discover that you make bique Channel in the Indian better friends in a week than you do with Ocean. More than halfway around land people in years." the world, I ran into a freighter, — latitude/rs 08/04/2014 and knocked three feet off the bow of my boat in the process. I sailed the wreck back to the Comoros CHANGES

through writing, but it's kept me in rum and beer. There's not much money in writing, but you do meet a lot of people. we went around on twice. As I said earlier, I really don't under- We brew our own beer, we decant stand how people can spend so much toddy from coconut trees, and we make money cruising. our own rum. Others might call it 'white I can only imagine lightning', but I prefer the term 'rum'. It's they wake up in the my bottle, so I call it what I want! morning and make a Despite our being frugal when it plan to spend it all. It comes to food, food and beverages are just doesn't cost that still our greatest expense. much to go cruising. We also believe that boat insurance Of course, Karen and is a pyramid scheme. Instead of paying I do things differently. insurance premiums, we buy heavy gear For instance, we for anchoring and are eternally vigilant. do dine out, although Furthermore, we never leave our boat only for lunches, be- in hurricanes. Many boats are lost in cause they are much hurricanes because the owner doesn't less expensive than attend to the anchor lines. dinners. The excep- Lest anyone think that we're shout- tions are birthdays ing through our hat, we have been and anniversaries. through the eye wall of four Category 5 Young, in love, and When we 'dine out', hurricanes in 40 years. The eye wall is in the jungle. we tend to eat street where the most vicious mini tornados food, because we've fallen ill too many lurk. We're ridden out storms with mini times after eating in regular restaurants. tornadoes that added 100 to 150 knots My theory is that families who sell food to the wind speed. on the street eat all the leftovers at the When we were younger, we used a end of the day. Sit-down restaurants 15-hp outboard. But gas is very dear in shove their leftovers into the fridge to be most of the world, so now we either row served later. or use an electric outboard. We have also developed a system of Our solar panels give us half a kilo- 'buy prices' for food that we normally use watt a day, allowing all our tools, galley to stock the boat. Unless we are desper- gear, and audio/visual toys to be driven ate for something, we never buy over our by inverters. 'buy price'. When we do find the right We avoid hospitals. Most ports have price, we buy cases of whatever it might shipping pharmacies, where the boat's be. For example, cream of mushroom captain, armed with departure papers, I hold a 100-ton license, but so do soup, 3/$1. Beans, four 15-ounce cans can buy any medicine. We stock up. We many other cruisers, so what's my trick for $1. Rice, 20 pounds for $7. These also carry medical books, such as Where to getting the gigs? I tell the owner that are rock-bottom prices, but you can There is No Doctor. I'm coming to see him and his boat at find them. Often you can find them in There is plenty of entertainment in his dock, and will be arriving on my own one country but not others. It does help our lives. It's easy to organize parties and boat by myself. Commercial docks are that our current boat has huge lockers potlucks. We trade DVDs. And the world rarely easy, so I check for currents and compared to the ones on the 24-footer is full of great books. I know, because I windshifts before arriving. Then I make wrote 13 of them! sure I make a great landing in front of my Both buying clothes and having to do lots of We do fly back to the 'real world' every laundry are boring and can be expensive. so potential employer. If you make a good sailing naked is not only fun, it's economical. two or three years, but only after exhaus- landing, you'll at least get a job trial. You tive Internet searches for the low- are never paid for the first few days of est prices. Cheap tickets can be driving a commercial vessel; that's just found — although they usually the way it is. Make sure you don't break involve flying through Commu- the boat during the trial period, and you MIKE RILEY nist countries. When in the Third should have a lasting job. World, a bit of currency adaptation Using this technique, I have driven can keep the price down. vessels in many parts of the world. I par-

The other side of spending on ticularly like driving ferries, as I enjoy the any budget is making money. It's challenge of stressful landings with less- not hard while cruising. Really! than-nimble vessels. Plus, ferry docks But you want to be smart, which are usually located on points, where the means earning money in expen- current and wind are about the worst. sive countries, where the pay is If you aren't ready for that much stress, good, and spending it in cheap maybe you should get more practice first. countries, where everything is Sometimes you can only find normal cheap. This isn't rocket science, right? IN LATITUDES

lean our boat against a dock while the tide goes out or careen her on a beach. Far from being embarrassed, we feel as though we are living like kings. We fill our cockpit with friends, booze them up, and have a great time. Or we go to all the beach parties, where Karen com- petes in the game of who makes the best

PHOT food. When cruising, we eat fish three

nights BEAU SOLEIL OS COURTESY a week, meat three times a week, and have one night of 'who knows what' experiment. I have learned to love the results of the experiments — or else! Can a couple really cruise for so little. Absolutely! We do it with a Dickerson 41, which is actually 47 feet long because I added a 'surfing bustle'. It costs a lot of money to maintain a 47-foot boat — which is why we do all our own boat work. Can you? Will you? Some cruisers work and save half their lives for their cruising adventure. We've seen too many who have spent their savings as quickly as they could in their first port. When they are out of money, they have to go home. Some cruisers are more careful with their money, and get over to New Zealand or Australia or Singapore. But then they lose their courage and/or desire to sail home. Other cruisers fall in love with the cruising lifestyle, which is based on freedom, joy, laughter, terror, and victory. Did I mention freedom? Freedom in every sense of the word. Complete and utter freedom. As far as we're concerned, Spread; The Rileys' Dickerson 47 'Beau Soleil', which Mike stretched from 41 feet with a "surfing there isn't a drug that can compete with bustle". They'd previously done 1.5 circumnavigations with 24-ft boats. Note the solar panels. In that. We're not the only cruisers who the long run they save big bucks. Insets left; Karen with some South Pacific locals. Falcon Riley. can't seem to give up the sea, as we've types of jobs. I worked as a carpenter in far ports by repairing trashed sails, and met plenty of others who have been out Noumea, a truck helper in Australia, an has been rewarded for her work. cruising for decades. They might stop ore wheelbarrow man in Australia, a When it comes to work, our son Fal- boatwright in Tunisia, and a backpacker con has put both his parents to shame. No longer kids, Mike and Karen maintain their youthful — and healthy — outlook on life. transporter between the San Blas Islands He delivered ice to boats in Malaysia, Money, they know, isn't the important thing. of Panama and Cartagena, Colombia. It's used our dinghy to be a ferry cap- true that none of these jobs were legal, tain in Phuket, delivered the morn- but nobody cared. For instance, I had ing coffee and newspapers in the to walk past an immigration officer each Seychelles, and taught kids to rock morning to go to work in Noumea. He climb in South Africa. In these cases BEAU SOLEIL didn't mind, as I wasn't taking a 'good there hadn't been legal jobs for him, job' away from a local. so he created them. I have also worked on cruising boats Making money is easy. But if as a rigger, a refrigeration mechanic, a you're not used to getting jobs by delivery captain — you know the drill. your wits and using your hands, I Work isn't hard to find if you let people recommend getting some experience know that you are looking for it. Most before taking off on a world cruise. boatowners assume that you are as rich That's right, quit your high-paying as they are. There is no shame in letting job and learn to use your wits and them know that you are not, and that passion to find work. Really. you need to make money. So how much does it cost for us Karen is a wizard with a sewing ma- to cruise? It comes to about $500 a chine. She has rescued many a sailor in month, plus diesel, plus a haulout every couple years. If we are feeling too poor for a regular haulout, we CHANGES

for a bit, but the call of the sea lures them back. They are addicted, but to a new, non-polluting, non-global warming, in calm passages with friendly winds and totally free, fabulous lifestyle. curents, where the wine glasses don't So $500 a month for freedom, joy and break and the espresso machine works happiness. Most of you probably have every day. And we want to thank Latitude the boat and enough money in the bank for all the years of great reading, and to get started already. What's to stop for being such a great inspiration and you? Lack of ambition? The important source of knowledge. commercials you might be missing on After living in Tahoe City and owning television? Barifot Photography for 40+ years, we Got kids? I say take them out of school were motivated to visit some different so they can get a real-world education. and older cultures. So in 2006 we took They'll make new friends. So will you. delivery of our Lagoon 44 catamaran People out cruising are like your long- Joy of Tahoe at Kemah, Texas. The cat lost brothers. They want to cross oceans had come directly from the factory as as you do. They want to stare at the far deck cargo. We had Capt Bill Olson sail horizons with steel in their eyes, as you JOT around the tip of Florida and up to do. They want to laugh with the full body the Chesapeake in November 2008 so laughter only possible to those who have we could learn how to sail. Twenty-five succeeded against near-impossible odds. years of Ski Nautique-ing around Lake Or do you want to stay ashore, waste Tahoe, and a two-week-long Captain's money, get old and fat, and go to an early Course at California Maritime Academy, grave? Life should be more than a slow had qualified me for a Masters 25 Ton plod to the grave. Live your life as though Inland USCG license. It's the lowest of it's the only one that you have. Live as if the low of these licenses, but above the you only have a couple of years left. Draw 'Six Pak'. a few more boxes on your Bucket List. We liked the Chesapeake — specifi- The one thing you shouldn't do is cally Tracy's Landing, south of Annapolis make the excuse that you don't have the and a half hour from D.C. — so much money. Five hundred bucks a month. that we decided to stay for three years. Anyone can do that. We've been living The highlights were history, overdosing proof for 40 years. on soft-shell crabs, the many friends we — mike 06/15/2014 made, and our trip with said friends to New York on our way to Mystic Seaport. Joy of Tahoe — Lagoon 440 Cat We motored past the Statue of Liberty on Walt & Joy Kass July 6, 2012, glad to be on the water as ing in the United Kingdom and Europe; The Schengen Situation it was 104° on the streets of NYC. immigration regulations and the threat (Tahoe City, California) That fall we passed through Charles- of the 20% Value Added Tax (VAT). Bonjour from Port Chantereyne, ton on our way to winter in Fort Lauder- There were reports in the July Lati- Cherbourg, France. Joy and I should dale. Spring Break is for the physically tude from Jim and Debbie Gregory on not be placed in the 'he-man, old salt, young. JOT has an air draft of 73 feet, the Richmond-based Schumacher 50 pirate-slaying, cruiser class. We believe which precludes her from using much of Morpheus, and Ed and Sue Kelly on The 'Joy of Tahoe' motors past the Statue of the Intercoastal Waterway, where bridges the Des Moines-based Catalac 41 cat Liberty in New York Harbor. She's now enjoying are a standard 66 feet tall. Getting Angel Louise, on the immigration issue. the country that gifted Lady Liberty to the U.S. around Cape Hatteras was an experience In particular, the 'Schengen Area' rules we hope not to that make it difficult if not impossible repeat. for Americans to stay in Schengen Area Capt Bill countries — meaning most of the E.U. — sailed JOT to for more than 90 days without having to

JOY Lymington, Eng- leave for another 90 days. Based on our land for us, as experience, everything written about the OF TAHOE we didn't want subject in Latitude has been accurate. to do 30 days at Here's the short version of our Schen- sea. He arrived gen adventures. Keep in mind that we on July 1, 2013. made every effort to be legal, as our We've been 'sort boat is our home. The United Kingdom of cruising' since, — except perhaps for the dependencies as we're using of Jersey and Guernsey — allows U.S. our cat as a float- tourists only six months in the country. ing apartment. According to much research and face-to- There are two face discussions with three UK immigra- additional con- tion officers, we learned no extensions cerns for U.S. mariners cruis- IN LATITUDES

90 days of our return. This involved a two-hour trip to Caen on the Normandy coast for a 241-euro each medical exam, including x-rays and a fairly complete physical. The examining doctor was a little past prime, but very nice, and needed only a black and white filter and a Gauloises hanging from his lips while PHOTO COURTESY JOY OF TAHOE OF JOY COURTESY PHOTO dusting ashes off the x-rays to fit into a film noir scene. The confirming LSV sticker was duly

LOWER LEFT pasted and stamped into our passports the same afternoon, making us legal in France for a year. We can travel anywhere we want, with the proviso that we cannot be out of France for more than 90 days in a row, or we are considered not interested in the LSVs. We would have to forfeit them, with the penalty of having to reapply in San Francisco. We can renew our LSV in France two months before expiration. UK friends have told us they are hearing that both the UK and Schengen Area countries — the latter require you to leave the Schengen area for 90 days after every 90 days — are talking about making visitor visas less restrictive. They also told us not to hold our breath. But for right now, the French LSV seems like the best approach for us. Before any Americans get too huffy about UK and Schengen Area restric- tions on tourists, don't forget that the U.S. also has a 90-day rule for foreign visitors. Joy and Walt, spread, have gotten around on their Lagoon 440. Clockwise from lower left; Tracy Then there is the major matter of Landing, south of Annapolis and close to D.C. Soft-shell crabs from the Chesapeake. Kemah, VAT. We'll discuss that, and our favorite Texas, where they first stepped aboard 'JOT'. Lymington, England at street level and from above. places, in the next Latitude. are possible, and that we must leave in mid-January — having become illegal — joy & walt 08/07/2014 for six months before we can return for aliens in England for two weeks as a re- another six months. That's the law. sult of waiting for suitable weather. We R & R Kedger — Hunter 460 The reality is somewhat different from still missed the weather window by 12 Rob and Rose Benson the law. One couple we know has stayed hours, and bashed into 20-knot winds El Salvador Rally on their boat in London for a few years. that gusted to 30. The sounds that an (San Diego) Each time upon returning from normal overloaded cruising cat can make in such We'd like to share our fond remem- return-to-home-type trips, they were conditions are amazing, but we had no brances of this year's Cruisers Rally to El granted an additional six months in the problems other than mal de mer and Salvador. We'd started our cruising with UK. The decision to allow visitors back in speed over ground of just three knots. a wonderful Baja Ha-Ha in 2013, then less than the six months away required We ended up in Cherbourg, Nor- Rose Benson. We're not sure if she's smiling by law is apparently left to the immigra- mandy, which is perfect for us. The local because she has a good cell connection with tion officer you get on your return. He/ prefecture lady was extremely apologetic, the U.S. or what, but it's a happy smile. she can ignore the law or not. We were but said that no matter what the em- repeatedly told this was the case. bassy agents in London had told us, we Rather than risk back-and-forth couldn't apply for a Long Stay Visa while trips only to be turned down by a UK in France. We ended up having to fly to immigration officer, we decided to try the French consulate in San Francisco, R7R KEDGER something else based on the advice of where they spent five-minutes taking three French embassy agents in London. our fingerprints and photos, as well as They assured us that all we had to do confirming our income, and health and was show up in France, where we could repatriation insurance. A week after the apply for a year-long French Long Stay appointment, we got our passports back Visa. So we crossed the English Channel with the LSV glued in. The second step of the LSV is to have a medical exam here in France within CHANGES

jumped across the Sea of Cortez south to Banderas Bay. Lunch plans with fellow many Salvadorans and the most amaz- cruisers resulted in our attending an El ing fellow cruisers. The cruisers who Salvador Rally presentation by Bill Year- were headed north proved to be excellent gan and Jean Strain of the Hawaii-based sources of current information on the Irwin 37 Mita places we were headed to. Kuuluu. They From our welcome cocktail through are the organiz- the final dinner, Bill and Jean went out ers and hosts of of their way to make the event terrific, R7R KEDGER the event. keeping all the participants engaged and Originally we entertained. We learned how to make had no plans to empanadas and papusas, paddled a stop in El Sal- cayuco, visited colonial cities, and even vador, as we swam in a pool — with large blocks of ice were going to — with our new best cruising buddies. sail right past For those who wanted to do more land that small Cen- travel in Central America, Bill and Jean tral American either led the way or hooked us up with country on our locals who knew the way. We quickly way to the Pan- learned that it's easy to visit a lot of ama Canal. But places without too much effort. We truly Bill and Jean's enjoyed our trips all around El Salvador, Rob takes a crack at mak- presentation Guatemala, and Honduras. The people, ing maize. It's not easy. opened up our history and culture were mesmerizing. minds and got us excited about El Sal- A great thing about the rally, aside vador, so we changed our plans. Besides, from the wonderful people at the marina it was right on our way to Panama. and hotel, is that you could participate It’s a bit of a jump from Banderas Bay as little or as much as you wanted. to El Salvador's Bahia del Sol — a little Activities were planned for most days, over 1,200 miles. As the rally doesn't but if you wanted, you could pass. As a have a defined starting place or starting result, we could catch up on planning, date, we took our time and made many boat projects, and the always important stops in Mexico. But knowing the rally relaxing. was out there, we kept sailing. It was a Another plus of the rally was that it good thing, for otherwise we might have didn't matter if you arrived days late or gotten stuck somewhere in Mexico and needed to depart before it ended. You then returned to San Diego for the hur- could arrive when you liked, stay as long ricane season. As it was, we were able to as you wanted, and depart when you pick our weather windows so we that had wanted to or had to. superb conditions all the way down. It We liked El Salvador so much that we about 25, but picked up again this year. wasn’t hard, as the weather was almost stayed at Bahia del Sol for an additional The number of non-rally arrivals has in- always accommodating. month. We honestly thought about stay- creased each year from 14 in 2012 to 37 We arrived at the Bahia del Sol rally ing there even longer, but knew it was in 2014. The majority of these boats say site on the first day, and stayed through time to head toward the Panama Canal. they heard about El Salvador from former the final day, a full month later. We met We most likely will return to Bahia del rally entrants who recommended us as Sol when we head north in the Pacific a 'must stop' destination. Also encourag- One of the El Salvador Rally boats crosses the bar at Bahia del Sol. It's rarely as exciting as again. It won’t matter if the rally is hap- ing is more boaters are finding that this most crews hope it will be. pening or not; we will return to see our is a good place to stay during hurricane Salvadorian friends, and we're season. Twenty-one boats are summering sure that Bill and Jean will over this year. While a couple of boats insure “the fun will continue.” have had exciting bar crossings over the — rose and rob 08/08/2014 years, most have been 'Ho-hum, what's the big deal?' crossings." Readers — "This was the fifth year of the El Salvador Rally," Cruise Notes: EL SSALVADOR RALLY SSALVADOR EL report organizers Bill Yeargen We can't believe it, but Mexico's 'Nau- and Jean Strain. "Entries start tical Stairway' idea is back. About 30 from anywhere they want when years ago, a private marina company they want, and the Bahia del came up with the concept of a 'stairway' Sol activities start in mid-March of harbors and marinas between Cali- and continue for about a month. fornia and the Pacific Coast of tropical The entry fee is $76. We had Mexico. It got nowhere. About a dozen 32 entries the first year, with a years later, Fonatur, Mexico's tourist 40% increase the next two years. The next two years it dropped to IN LATITUDES

too. Some $500 million pesos are ear- marked for a new marine terminal in P.V., another $500 million pesos to upgrade the old colonial city center and malecon, and $50 million pesos for a new terminal at the airport. San Blas, in Nayarit, will get $500 million pesos for tourist development, with the main focus being the historic port. You'll remember that last month the Governor of Nayarit announced that ground would be broken this November to make tiny San Blas the biggest container port in Latin America. All we can say is only time will tell.

PHOTOS COURTESY R7R KEDGER AND EL SALVADOR RALLY SALVADOR AND EL R7R KEDGER COURTESY PHOTOS Cherchez la femme! "There is this giant government Customs boat that comes and searches your boat in the Marquesas to see if you have anything you haven't declared," report the crew of the Channel Islands-based Hughes 58 cat Lil' Explorers. "They searched our boat in Nuku Hiva. We heard that the boat came to Tahiti, where her crew got drunk and hooked up with some fun-loving women. No doubt seeking to impress the ladies, the crew took the customs vessel out for a little spin — and hit a reef, sinking the boat." "I've been in La Paz for seven years and had never seen a chubasco, but we've already had half a dozen of them this year," reports Shelley Ward of La Paz Yachts. Chubascos are powerful but short-lived storms that normally hit farther up in the Sea of Cortez in the summer and fall. Perhaps caused by very warm air and ocean temperatures, one came up through Cabo on July 24 with 80-knot winds, glanced La Paz Spread; Cruisers gone wild at Bahia del Sol? Not exactly, but everybody enjoys it when the big with just 35 knots, and then nailed the chunks of ice are put in the pool to cool the water. Other photos from lower left; One of the van anchorages of San Evaristo and Puerto tours. Salsa instructors demonstrate how to do it. The Ladies Sundowner Society meets in the pool. Escondido with what was estimated as development agency, not only revived of them have been under achievers, to up to 60 knots of wind. the idea, they acted on it with tons of put it mildly. One of the victims was Cyber, Bill money. One of the first things they did Previous 'Stairway' failures not- Grinder's Yorktown 35. A failed weld on a was build a breakwater at remote Santa withstanding, during a recent tourism Sampson post apparently started a chain Rosalillita on the Pacific Coast of Baja, festival at Cancun, Mexican President Bill Grinder's Yorktown 35 'Cyber', on her first which was to be the terminus of a 'land Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled plans mini cruise, was a victim of a powerful chu- canal' for boats from the Sea of Cortez for a new $174 million peso 'Nautical basco at San Evaristo. to the Pacific. Once the breakwater was Stairway' from Baja Norte finished, it started filling with sand, and as far south as Nayarit to our knowledge has never been used. (Banderas Bay) "to make EAGLE The rest of the project was to consist of the Sea of Cortez a safe of high-end resorts with golf courses and and attractive spot for the about a dozen new marinas located near practice of sailing and similarly new airports. It was a brilliant yachting." Isn't it attrac- idea — assuming everybody in California tive enough already? We with a boat over 30 feet was going to hate to be a killjoy, but bring them down to Mexico every year. In mariners haven't been cry- the end, all that got built were nine ma- ing out for such facilities. rinas, the best known of them at Puerto There is a lot more Escondido, La Paz, Guaymas, Mazatlan tourism investment money and San Blas. Except for Mazatlan, most headed to Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit over the next five years, CHANGES

of failures that put the boat on the beach at Evaristo with a large hole. "It's really with condos all around. We weren't

sad for a couple of reasons," says Ward. LAGOON LAWRENCE aboard when hurricane Ike hit in 2008. "First, Bill, who had been our Friday net After a week of no word and nail-biting, controller, had spent three years fixing we learned that JOT was fine despite up the boat, which he'd bought without a damage to Kemah. The boatyard she'd mast from a boatyard. Second, it was his been in just before had been blown 30 first little cruise on her, with his Mexican miles inland! wife, kids and dogs." "JOT was berthed at Tracy's Landing, Jake Howard of the Seattle-based Maryland when hurricane Irene came Hunter 40 Jake reports that they had through in 2008. We were in Tahoe and 38 knots gusting to 42 at Puerto Es- she was spider-webbed in the marina. condido. Three boats had dinghies Once again, nobody was aboard and with outboards flip over. "Boats to the there was no damage. south at Candeleros Bay had 50-knot "We were aboard JOT in the Chesa- gusts." Saltshaker went onto the rocks peake when hurricane Sandy came at Ensenada Blanca, and is apparently calling in 2012. The usual spider web of a lost cause. Carpe Iam was blown onto lines was deployed, and she sat out 60+ the rocks at Isla Coronado. While she Over 400 two-story Lagoon 440s were built, knot winds in the marina. We watched was left unguarded for the night, many making them the most popular catamaran of from a few blocks away. Although Sandy things were taken. Big surprise. She was her size in history. This is a sistership to 'JOT.' devastated large areas, the Chesapeake hauled at Puerto Escondido, declared a night of 99-mph winds, our experiences was mostly spared. Having a generator total loss, and will be sold as salvage. have been very anticlimactic," reports and watermaker made us a little smug. Speaking of strong winds, Joy of Walt. "JOT was docked near Kemah, "The last wind event was at Lyming- Tahoe, Walt and Joy Kass's Tahoe-based Texas in a well-protected marina with ton on the south coast of England near Lagoon 440 cat, has seen her share of 25-foot-rise pilings on floating docks the Isle of Wight. We heard predictions powerful winds in the last eight years. of 100-mph winds two days before, and "Despite three hurricanes and one had JOT tied to a 150-foot pontoon be-

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As a precaution, we ran extra lines to is a full moon. It's normally HIGHWAY PACIFIC the pontoon before going to bed. There a lovely sail, and we usually were 99-mph winds at the Needles, and make landfall at Isla San we woke the next morning to find the Francisco or Agua Verde. pontoon had a 90-degree angle. Our lines When the northers return and that of other boats were all that were late in the summer, we reach holding it together! No damage to JOT." south and east back to the "For a visiting cruiser to describe the mainland. boats in the Waiting Room anchorage "Melissa and I never take just outside Puerto Escondido, Baja as a mooring," Wilson goes on, "squatters" is simply wrong," reports "as we prefer to rely on our Mike Wilson of the S&S 44 Tortue. For own tackle, knowing it's in one thing, it's a tough place to anchor. good condition. We've enjoyed our time in The 'Pacific Highway' crew thanked these play- Second, each of the vessels is legally the Middle Sea, and have found the folks ful Fijian kids for their hospitality by giving them moored there and pays a monthly or who have chosen to make it their home a 2012 Baja Ha-Ha frisbee. daily fee to A.P.I. (Integral Ports Author- to be friendly, decent, extremely helpful Fiji, arriving at the end of May, report ity). It's just like people paying to have — and yes, a bit different. The latter is Bruce and Laura Masterson of the St. a boat on a mooring in Newport Beach. part of the flavor. As for Elvin Shultz of John, USVI-based Davidson 44 Pacific This fee includes garbage disposal and P.E.M.S. in Puerto Escondido, who was Highway. "Fiji has quickly become our a water supply. suspected of 'borrowing' a dinghy, he's favorite cruising ground. The Fijians are "We've been making a summer cruise as honest as the day is long. If he says incredibly friendly, the snorkeling has to the Sea of Cortez from our base in he took someone's dinghy by mistake, been the best ever, the beaches are spec- Mazatlan for the last several years," we believe him." tacular, and the food and fishing great. continues Wilson. "Normally we cross in "We sailed from New Zealand to Best of all, the cost of living is easy on a late June or early July, when the winds cruiser's budget. We were adopted by a have switched to the southerly monsoon, village in the Lau Group, where we found

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a good home for our 2012 Baja Ha-Ha frisbee! "Since leaving the Galapagos for the "Having left our Nor'West 33 Brio in South Pacific, we have had two days of EL SALVADOR RALLY SALVADOR EL Chiapas Marina, Mexico for hurricane motoring with no wind and the current season, we arrived at Bahia del Sol, against us, followed by three days of El Salvador both excited and nervous over 200 miles per day," blogs Al Wig- about the bar crossing," report and Leah ginton of the Indianapolis/Livermore- and Jonathan Kruger of Vancouver. based Hughes 65 catamaran Dragonfly. "Frankly, we were disappointed in our "Yesterday it looked as though we would bar crossing, as there were no breakers. exceed 240 miles in 24 hours, but oh no, Bill Yeargen and Jean Strain of the Irwin my wife Jill, the referee, blew the whistle 37 Mita Kuuluu were at the Bahia del and called for a reduction in sail so it Sol dock to greet us with slushy rum would be easier for people to sleep. My drinks. Check-in with customs and im- view is what we have on the boat are not migration took less than 30 minutes. people, but crew, and they should not Our only regret is that we didn't leave expect to sleep when a few more bumps the boat in El Salvador for hurricane Kim and Dave Wegesend of the Catana 42 and crashes at 13 knots would get us season the year before, as we could have 'Maluhia' in El Salvador looking pretty happy. over the 240-mile-per day hurdle. What had the wonderful locals varnishing and Maybe it's the change after years in P.V. Jill did was the football equivalent of painting while we were gone." The couple recommendation of friends who did it calling offensive pass interference on a have recently passed through New York in 2011. We're glad we did. We got here touchdown, assessing a 15-yard penalty, City on their way to Jonathan's home in mid-April, and four months later are still and giving the other team possession. I Maine. here. On a cruiser's budget — and not will be filing an official protest with the Who liked the El Salvador Rally and very good at sticking to it — staying in Pacific Puddle Jump to overturn the call El Salvador? Among many was Kevin El Salvador would have been way more and ask for sanctions against the ref. 'CB' Midkiff of the Seattle-based Hans economical than staying in Costa Rica." "Our crossing from Panama to the Christian 38T Palarran. "We signed up Galapagos, and on to the Marquesas, for the El Salvador Cruisers Rally on the was nice except for breakages. We broke

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Galapagos. Fortunately it was at the the other. Everything CHEFLUS CALSEN crane, so we only lost 18 inches, but it is fine now except was a pain to re-run. Four days after for a recently broken leaving the Galapagos, one autopilot Reefurl unit. Although quit. Three days later, the new back-up it was new in 1999, autopilot quit, so it was hand-steering the folks at Reefurl from then on. Our rudders have a hy- said they would cover draulic link instead of a bar between it under warranty! We them, and we had a problem with one have done four weeks cylinder leaking past the ram. So after of rotations with the a few hours one rudder would go out of Sea Mercy folks and alignment. In half an hour it would be are waiting to start the badly misaligned, so I closed the bypass next eight weeks of non-stop travel in New Caledonia is 750 miles east of Australia and valve, meaning we could only steer with the Lau Group of Fiji. So far it has been home to 250,000 people. This is an aerial view one rudder. This was all right when we great fun and very rewarding." of a marina in the capital of Noumea. were on one tack, but we had difficulty "We have spent two months in New on both the Puddle Jumper's PDF and sailing on the other tack, as the weather Caledonia, and love it," report Steve and the Port Moselle Marina's website. While helm would overcome the rudder and the Dorothy Darden, long ago of Tiburon, of there are five ports of entry — Lifou, boat would head into the wind. So we the M&M 52 Adagio. "There are a few Koumac, Hienghe, Touho, and Noumea stayed further south than we wanted, things Puddle Jumpers heading this way — the truth of the matter is that you then made some northing back when the need to know about. can only fully check in at Noumea with- wind dropped and we were close to Fatu The first is about checking in with out incurring a large and unnecessary Hiva. customs and immigration at New Cale- expense. There have been cases where "We got repairs done and a new donia, as misleading information is given cruisers who have landed in Lifou, for cylinder in Nuku Hiva. A control head instance, have had to pay for an im- had gone bad on one autopilot and a migration official to fly round-trip, plus

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hotel and meal expenses, to avoid big what people are cruising on these days. problems. 42, Len Borjeson; Hanuman, Oyster 54, There are also three rallies from the "Second, the Puddle Jump Guide Morris Schindler; Imagine, Najad 355, Northeast to the Caribbean: The NARC seems to suggest that Port Moselle Ma- Ben Kaliwoda; Libeccio, Leopard 44, (North American Rally to the Caribbean); rina and Port du Sud Marina are some- Kevin Rush; Maravilha, Hanse 430e, the Caribbean 1500; and the newest how one facility, but they are two. Victor Pinheiro; North, Hallberg-Rassy and biggest of them all, the Salty Dawg "Cruisers also need to be aware of 43, Nejat Avci; Sojourner, Shannon 37, Rally. More on them next month. the changing political climate in New Ken Small; Perseverance, Swan 56, Tom Sixteen years ago, Clive Green, a Caledonia," continue the Dardens. "The Puett; Constanter, Swan 62RS, Willem former utility worker who is now 62, locals are friendly in most places, but Mesdag. and Jane Green, a former hospital mi- not in some of the outlying areas. For The ARC became so overcrowded a crobiologist, now 60, left Wales on what instance, two cruising boats in the lovely few years back that they had to add the was intended to be a weekend cruise to Bay of Oro on the Isle of Pines were told ARC+, which starts a little earlier, stops Ireland and Spain. They didn't return to leave by locals in a small boat. When at the Cape Verde Islands, then contin- for 16 years, having now completed a you cruise New Caledonia waters, it is ues to finish in St. Lucia at the same 56-country, 60,000-mile circumnaviga- important to be sensitive to changing time as the original ARC. There are cur- tion with the Trident Challenger they attitudes." rently 63 entries with a big waiting list. bought for $30,000. They spent another It's getting toward the cruising rally The U.S. entries are: Archer, Outremer $36,000 outfitting the boat. While cruis- time of year, so let's review them. We'll 51, Rick & Julie Palm; Asylum, Bavaria ing, they lived on just under $1,000/ start with the 2,700-mile ARC from the 39, Thane Paulsen; Azzurra, Tayana 55, month, most of which came from two Canary Islands to St. Lucia that starts in Ray Veatch; Bonnie Lass, Catalina 440, small rental properties. One time they late November. There are 215 entries, 14 Bill Alexander; Carrick, Rustler 42, Al- ran short of funds in Fiji, and had to from the States: Antares, Island Packet lan Dobson; Makena, Lagoon 620, Luc trade one of her bras for fruits and veg- 380, Joe Novotnak; Aphrodite, Swan 46, Barthelet; Purr-fect, Lagoon 380, David gies! The couple say they saw a lot of Christopher Otorowksi; Balikcil, Jean- and Linda Witham; Wipaca, Lagoon 450, great places, but the most rewarding neau 45, Mustafa Yurtbulmus; Bikini, Oscar Rabeiro Bonome. It's fun to see were the people they met along the way. Bavaria 49, Dmitri Sokolov; Ekaterina, No surprise there. Sabre 386, Michael Bull; Euphoria, EC- We'd love to hear from YOU!

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WHAT’S IN A DEADLINE? Our Classy 17-FT DAY SAILER, 1979. Walnut Grove/ 19-FT POTTER PREMIUM PACK, 2008. Classifi eds Deadline is the 15th of the 24 FEET & UNDER Sacramento. $2,200. Good condition, Medford, OR. $17,500/fi rm. Midwatch month, and as always, it’s still pretty fully equipped, spinnaker, Doyle Curtis blue hull, red sails, sailed 3 times. Ex- much a brick wall if you want to get your sails, plus extra set. New EZ Loader trailer. cellent condition. Always garaged. Fast ad into the magazine. But it’s not so Sacramento area. (916) 776-9222 or (916) rig singlehanded mast. Bimini top and important anymore when it comes to 776-9221 or [email protected]. bottom protected paint. Dual batteries, getting exposure for your ad. With our battery charger, Icom VHF radio mast online system, your ad gets posted to our antenna. Bow docking lights. Garmin 545 website within a day or so of submission. GPS depth sounder. Stereo with interior/ Then it appears in the next issue of the exterior speakers. Upgrade Baja trailer, magazine. So you’re much better off if fold-away tongue, trailer brakes. Tohatsu you submit or renew your ad early in the 5hp. Lighted compass. Many more op- month. That way your ad begins to work tions not mentioned. (541) 779-0504 or for you immediately. 24-FT DANA - CUTTER RIGGED, 2001. [email protected]. Anacortes, WA. $84,000. Refi t/relaunch 07/14. Yanmar 2GM20F - 685 hrs. Max- 22-FT CATALINA CAPRI, 2002. $11,500. Prop. New: bottom paint, AGM batteries, Like new, wing keel, race package, DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS laminated bowsprit, ocean canvas dodger 24-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT DANA. lake-sailed, Trail-Rite galvanized trailer and canvas covers, running rigging, 2001. Channel Islands Harbor. $84,000. with brakes. 2006 Honda 5hp 4-stroke. AND ROWBOATS GPS receiver, polish and wax. Email Classic, excellently maintained, 2001 Newer sails, Ullman race main, Quantum [email protected]. Dana 24 (27’ LOA). $10-20k more equip- Kevlar 135%, Haarstick Triradial 155% ment than any other Dana on the market Santa Cruz Triradial carbon and Kevlar including: Monitor windvane, twin RF 155, Somerset spinnaker and Rolly Taske headsails, asymmetrical spinnaker, solar, spinnaker. Mast-mount Velocitek speed Maxwell windlass, Max-Prop and much puck. Lifesling, anchor, handheld VHF. more. She’s ready to cruise now! This Equipment stored: CDI furler + sleeve, professionally outfi tted beauty will save newer cockpit cushions, unused Porta- you many months in research, design Potti. (707) 278-7071 or (650) 888-6626 and installation time. (805) 469-2460 or or [email protected]. [email protected]. CATALINA 22 MK II WING KEEL. 2001. 14-FT 29ER, 2002. Lake Tahoe or 24-FT NEPTUNE, 1981. Napa. $4,000. Shady Cove, OR. $10,000/Asking. Hull Berkeley. $4,000. Sailed 2-3 times in SF 16-FT LOFLAND SNIPE, 1968. Capitola, Excellent condition inside and out. Shoal #15464 w/single-axle galvanized trailer. Bay, then moved to Lake Tahoe - sailed CA. $1,500, Cash only. With trailer, all in keel. Two main and two jib sails. 9.9 Clear title to boat and trailer. Many extras. infrequently; never after 2006 due to good or better than good condition. New Yamaha outboard. Sleeps 5 comfortably. Call or text for details. (530) 277-6760 back injury. Stored hull-up under a porch. centerboard. Pineapple sails with original Tandem axle trailer with brand new tires. or (541) 646-9220 or [email protected]. Needs bath and at least one bungee cord, sails as backup. Call and I will email more (707) 290-3662 or [email protected]. otherwise in excellent condition. Included pictures. (831) 345-5246. are 2 spinnakers (1 unused), sail bag, boat cover, daggerboard and rudder bag, and dolly. Not included is the trailer pictured. Email [email protected].

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Page 132 • Latitude 38 • September, 2014 22-FT CATALINA CAPRI, 2004. Eureka, 27-FT NOR’SEA, 1977. Santa Cruz Lower CA. $11,900. Fin keel. Trailer. 5hp Honda. Harbor. $26,500 or better. Four-month 5” GPSMAP chartplotter/depth. Roller restoration and partial reﬁ t of this Lyle furling. Self-tailing winches. Ullman cruis- Hess world cruiser now complete. All ing spinnaker. Spinlock extension. Reef- details at website: http://sites.google. ing. Lifting cable. Interior and navigation com/site/norsea27forsale/home?. Con- lighting. VHF. Emergency equipment. tact [email protected] or (831) Email for photos: [email protected]. 345-9384.

25-FT S2 7.9, $14,000. Hull #168. Fresh- 22-FT MERIT, 1984. Pt. Richmond. 25-FT CAPE FOULWEATHER BAHAMA. water sailed. Epoxy bottom. Quantum sail $4,800. Double-axle trailer, 4hp Yamaha, 1973. Alameda, CA. $2,500/obo. Epoxy inventory. Easily trailered and launched. good sails, center cockpit traveler. Re- bottom, all lines led aft, electronic out- New standing and running rigging. (541) inforced keel box. ST1000 autopilot. board. Custom interior needs completion. 690-8153 or [email protected]. Porta-Potti, near-new interior cushions. Good main, jib and genoa. Sails well. Lifting gear (launch via trailer or hoist). More at www.bastress.com/bahama25. Many extras. Contact (707) 280-7775 or Contact [email protected] or [email protected]. (510) 457-8982.

12-FT SF PELICAN, KENWOOD, CA. 26-FT PEARSON COMMANDER, 1965. $4,000. #2676. Mahogany deck and Richmond Yacht Club. $14,000. Classic inside, fi berglass hull. A real work of art! beauty, excellent condition, fi berglass Sailed little of late. Selling due to age. hull, gleaming teak brightwork, new (707) 833-5277. Pineapple main and jib, new Harken roller furler/forestay, some new shrouds, new bottom. More at www.sailboatlistings. 26-FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT. 25 TO 28 FEET com/view/42374. Contact (415) 686-4686 1973. Alameda. $35,000/offer. Unique, or [email protected]. world-class sailboat. Sweet-sailing fi berglass Folkboat, reconstructed into 17-FT MOLLY CAT, 1988. San Rafael. safe passage-maker or strong Bay $22,000. Adaptation of classic New Eng- sailer. Double-spreader mast, masthead land Cat Boat, with 1000 lb. keel. Built in forestay, jumper stay. Two mainsails, one Richmond for SF Bay conditions. Prettiest straight-leech, the other larger with curv- little gaff rig on the Bay. Inboard Yanmar: ing leech; four headsails. Graphite fi ber also sweet. Trailer. (415) 893-0226 or frames, fi berglass stringers, laminated [email protected]. beams reinforce hull, deck, and hatch. Massive rudder with oversize bronze rudder hangings. Radar. Monitor windvane, 27-FT ERICSON, 1978. Alameda. $5,700. Autohelm 2000 steering. VHF radio, Nice Bay boat. Wheel steering. Yanmar 25-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT, 1961. San masthead antenna, VHF handheld. Two diesel. Harken roller furling 110% jib. Francisco. $40,000. Complete profes- GPS. Depth sounder. 75-watt solar panel Sleeps 5. Interior and cushions in good sional restoration. New full cover and and 40-amp international shorepower condition. All lines run aft. Danforth an- racing sails. SF West Harbor berth. Filur is charger, three AGM gel batteries; 6hp chor, chain and rode. (530) 626-9626 or a fully varnished showpiece, actively rac- extra-long shaft outboard with 5-amp [email protected]. ing on the Bay. Photos at website: http:// charger. All lines - halyards, outhaul, reef- folkboatsforsale.com. (415) 577-1148. ing, vang - led to cockpit rope clutches. 25-FT SPITZGATTER, 1938. Point Rigid vang. Whisker pole. Three anchors, 18-FT MUDHEN, 1985. Napa. $4,200. Richmond. $5,000/obo. Classic offshore 25-FT CATALINA, 1985. Ben Lomond. rode. Parachute sea anchor with 400- Gaff-rigged FG double-ender in excel- cruiser, 90% restored. Hull has been $9,000. With trailer. 9.9hp Honda, swing foot line. Four-person liferaft. Email lent condition. Trailer, custom covers professionally cold-molded, cabin top keel, furling genoa, main, autopilot, [email protected]. and cuddy, huge cockpit with cushions replaced and mast completely refi nished. marine radio, depth sounder, log, stereo, and 7’ oars. Contact (707) 265-8415 or Needs electrical, running rigging. Death Porta-Potti, CNG stove, new anti-fouling 25-FT CATALINA, 1980. Owl Harbor - [email protected]. forces sale, make offer. (510) 697-1569 or paint. Trailer and outboard recently Delta. $5,995. Swing keel, new standing/ [email protected]. serviced. Contact (831) 336-8450 or running rigging; 110AC, new 8hp with [email protected]. cockpit controls. New furler, 135% genoa. Clean interior. No trailer. More at http:// dhowe.com/c25. Contact (916) 214-4281 or [email protected].

25-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1977. San Rafael. $18,500. Traditional pocket cruiser in excellent condition. Yanmar diesel, dripless shaft, newer water and fuel tanks, 15 gallons fuel, 20 gallons water, 20-FT HARBOR, 2015. Corona, CA. VHF radio, tabernacle mast, 2-burner $36,000. I have four (4) 2015 Harbor 28-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION. stove, marine head. Newer through 20’s, three are being built right now. One 1980. Sausalito. $34,500. Acknowledged 28-FT CAPE DORY, 1984. San Diego. hulls with ball valve seacocks. NEW in is ready to be delivered anywhere. Great as one of the best built, full keel, seawor- $28,000. USCG Documented. Great Bay/ 2014: Epoxy paint on hull and topsides, class and great class association. If thy designs. 31-ft LOA. Excellent Yanmar ocean cruiser. Well built and maintained, Furlex furler and Hood 120 jib, group 27 interested please call and I can send you diesel, ProFurl, new standing rigging, sail full keel, teak interior, full batten main, maintenance-free battery, smart charger, more information. Please only serious in- cover, and much more. Very good condi- jib, genoa(s), spinnaker, ProFurl, Auto- custom mattress, overhead hatch, bottom quires! (415) 724-8566 or (415) 944-8028 tion. Email [email protected]. helm, knot/depth, canvas. Information: paint. Clean survey October, 2013. (530) or [email protected]. www.capedory.org/specs/cd28.htm. 878-0595 or [email protected]. Contact [email protected] or (619) 507-4119.

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September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 133 25-FT CATALINA, 1980. Rio Vista, CA. 30-FT CAPE DORY, 1982. San Carlos, 35-FT ERICSON, 1977. Pt. Richmond $6,500. Tall rig, full keel, 2012 Ullman MX. $30,000. Full batten main, Furlex, YC. $23,000. Well maintained. Yanmar main, 2013 8hp outboard, 2013 self- Lewmar ST30’s, diesel, wheel, dodger, 30hp, wheel/tiller, autopilot, roller furling, furling jib, new sail covers, new house Autohelm, EPIRB, radios, CQR, 50’ chain, asymmetrical spinnaker, new sails. Have battery, heavy-duty rudder gudgeons, propane stove, solar panel, gel batteries, receipts for all new additions, many mis- lazy jacks. Includes trailer. Contact Roy. dinghy, gooseneck trailer, more. US de- cellaneous extras. For photos and more [email protected] or (209) livery possible. (575) 758-8366 or jmac@ information, must check out blog: www. 988-0148. laplaza.org. ericson351977.blogspot.com. Call (925) 935-4413.

29 TO 31 FEET 30-FT WYLIECAT, 2008. Monterey. $89,995. Yanmar YSM8 2-cyl diesel, 12 gal aluminum tank, Racor fi lter, ducted fi re retardant engine box with automatic fi re suppression, dripless prop shaft seal, new sail, Blue Sea commercial electric system, 4 batteries, battery charger. VHF, Auto- helm ST2000, Raymarine fathometer/ speedometer, holding tank, macerator 30-FT WYLIECAT, 1997. Pt. Richmond. pump, fi xed prop installed, comes with $84,500. Dazzler. Major refi t 2007-08, folding prop, watertight crash bulkhead in 33-FT FREEDOM CAT KETCH, 1980. Yanmar diesel. Pineapple carbon sail, bow, grill, recent haul. Will deliver within Oxnard, CA. $10,000. Strong, sound 30-FT CHEOY LEE BERMUDA KETCH. Icom VHF, Garmin GPS color plotter, 250 nm Monterey, CA at seller expense. and simple. 15hp Yanmar, new running 1965. Point Richmond, CA. $18,500. Raymarine speed/depth, XP5 and ST2000 More at http://monterey.craigslist.org/ rigging, new fuel tank, new batteries, Well-maintained 30-ft ketch. Yanmar autopilots + remote. Fusion stereo. AGM boa/4534008339.html. Contact (831) centerboard draft 3’ 6”/6’. Needs stove 3GMF, aluminum masts and booms, batteries, shore power, charger. (510) 372-7245 or [email protected]. and new electronics. See Yachtworld for roller-furling jib, new teak deck and cabin 381-0802 or [email protected]. specs. Email [email protected]. sides, full boat cover, rigged for single- 29-FT RANGER, 1973. Napa. $2,500. handed sailing. Contact (510) 412-2120 or Popular SF Bay design by Gary Mull has [email protected]. great potential for the handyman. Roomy interior sleeps fi ve, enclosed head, folding dinette table, custom dual anchor rollers, 3 anchors, windlass, dodger, all lines led aft, Dutchman fl aking system on main, 3 jibs, spinnaker, 2 self-tailing Lewmar #30 winches, slotted toe rail, Atomic 4 gas engine, bow/stern pulpits, depth sounder, knotmeter, compass, VHF. Owner passed 31-FT BENETEAU, 1992. San Diego. away, priced to move quickly. For details, 35-FT SANTANA, 1979. Fortman Marina, $39,500. Lanterne Rouge has been set up email: [email protected]. Alameda. $10,000/obo. Very good shape, to be easily singlehanded.This is a turn- Alameda berth. For pictures and more 30-FT SEAFARER, 1963. Moss Landing, key boat, ready to take you to your next 30-FT ERICSON 30-2, 1979. San Fran- info see website: http://lexingtoninc.com/ CA. $29,500. Bill Tripp-designed full-keel adventure. The First 310 is a complete cisco. $17,000. Clean cruiser, great fabarchitects/Rocket/index.html. boat made in Holland. New 24hp Yanmar, racer/cruiser providing speed and safety condition, rebuilt Yanmar and engine total restoration, absolutely beautiful. racing around the buoys and providing mounts (2014), new sails (2012), Harken 34-FT DEHLER, 1986. Alameda. $23,000. Call or email James. (831) 383-1650 or elegance and comfort at the marina or to RF, spinnaker and pole, wheel, VHF, Sails: main ‘13, Kevlar 155% ‘11: #3, #4, [email protected]. Catalina Island with family and friends. depth, speed, grill, stereo, head with storm jib, 3/4, & 1/2 oz. spinnakers. Spin Email [email protected]. holding tank, pressurized water. Email and whisker poles. House battery re- [email protected]. placed ‘14. Simrad Tillerpilot, VHF, speed, 30-FT WYLIECAT, 1998. Oxford, MD. depth, MOB pole, Lifesling. SS frames $75,000. Diesel inboard, custom tandem- for dodger and bimini. Sheet winches axle trailer. Raymarine instruments, 4 self-tailing. Replaced thru-hulls 2011. All sails, dodger, autopilot, installed battery lines led aft, great boat for singlehanding charger. Used seasonally and dry stored, and the family! Yanmar diesel. Sleeps or on lift. (727) 641-5688 or (727) 502- 6, 2-burner propane stove, PHRF 129. 0186 or [email protected]. Contact Chris, [email protected] or (925) 250-9541.

31-FT HUNTER, 1986. Alameda. $27,500. Very clean and well maintained boat. Re- cently new rigging and sails. Engine well 30-FT PALMER JOHNSON. Charleston maintained and runs smooth. New navi- Harbor, Coos Bay, OR. $14,000. Designed gation instruments and new bottom paint. by Olin Stephens. 10hp Volvo Penta MD- New dodger with strong acrylic. All lines to 6A diesel. Boat needs upgrade, gear, cos- cockpit. Genoa and spinnaker included. metics and refurbishment. Contact Rick, New lifelines and four recently serviced [email protected] or (916) 296-8525. self-tailing winches. More at http://tinyurl. com/qz5fupj. Contact (831) 345-9384 or 30-FT WILDERNESS, 1980. Richmond. (661) 619-5840 or [email protected]. $12,500. Ultra-light sailboat with stand- 32 TO 35 FEET 35-FT BABA, 1979. King Harbor Marina, ing headroom and berths for four. $10K Redondo Beach. $59,000. Bob Perry professional re-ﬁ t in 2011 including new design. Roller furling, Volvo Penta engine, paint. 2010 6hp Tohatsu Sail Pro. With an 32-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE, 1986. Coy- Honda generator, wind generator, canvas extensive sail selection, this boat is ready ote Point, San Mateo. $35,000. Great for cover, etc. Have to visit! (310) 528-2196 to race! Email [email protected]. year-round cruising, radar, microwave, or (310) 374-4058. fridge, many extras. Email for photos and more info: [email protected].

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Page 134 • Latitude 38 • September, 2014 34-FT HUNTER, 1983. Stockton Sail Club. $26.000. Clean, fresh-water boat, light usage. New bottom 10/2013. Yanmar diesel. MaxProp, GPS, 135% genoa, 110% gib, spinnaker. Many extras. Pic- tures available. (916) 715-9861 or (916) 419-6818 or [email protected].

33-FT HOBIE, 1983. Healdsburg, CA. 38-FT BENETEAU M38, 1990. SF 39-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. $18,500. Hobie 33: Ballenger double Marina, West Basin. $69,000. Beautiful 2007. Pt. Richmond. $179,000. Deck Sa- spreader mast, recent high-tech running condition. Sailed Baja Ha-Ha in 2011 and lon model with light and airy main salon. rigging as well as lifelines and standing 2012. Transfer of berth possible! Call for Extra clean, only 100 engine hours. Huge rigging. Halyards led aft for single/double complete specs. (209) 988-4884 or (510) cockpit, room for six adults seated com- handing. Large sail inventory including 703-2484 or [email protected]. fortably, twin helms and folding cockpit new asymmetric jibs in fi ne condition. table with custom radar/GPS/chartplot- Many upgrades including galvanized ter on swiveling mount, as well as safety steel trailer with new SS brake rotors, 34-FT O’DAY, 1982. Alameda. $25,000/ grab rails. In-mast furling mainsail easily removable bowsprit, oversized rudder obo. North sails, jib furler, spinnaker. 24hp operated by one person using 2-speed by Foss, Honda powered 12hp sail drive, Universal diesel. Gori folding prop. (7) electric winch. Roller furling genoa with Raymarine instruments. The Hobie 33 is 2-speed self-tailing winches, Autohelm, UV cover, additional smaller jib. Full an enduring legacy of Hobie Alter, about 3-burner stove and oven. Refrigeration. Raymarine electronics. Extra sharp teak the biggest bang for your racing buck. New batteries and inverter. Excellent Bay, cockpit with cushions. Well maintained in (707) 433-3692 or [email protected]. Delta and club racer. (510) 581-4720. Bay Area, never raced, nearly-new overall condition. Contact Eric. (432) 214-2387 or 33-FT CAL, 1972. Emery Cove Yacht [email protected]. Harbor. $15,500. Modifi ed stern. Skeg 36-FT ISLANDER FREEPORT 36B. rudder. Tiller. Volvo diesel under 400 hrs. 1980. Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Harken Mk II. Newer rigging. Surveyed $55,000. Great condition. On mooring in December. Priced to sell. Buy it with a in Puerto Escondido, MX. Main, genoa, slip for extra discount. (626) 410-5918 or spinnaker. New watermaker, Pathfi nder [email protected]. 55, in good shape. New upholstery in the salon. This boat ready to cruise or live aboard. Many spares. This boat will take you anywhere. 10-ft Aquapro din- 32-FT ERICSON, 1985. Benicia. $17,500. ghy, 15hp Evinrude outboard. Forget the Model 32-3, deep draft 6’ lead keel, Ha-Ha, your boat is waiting in the Sea of Universal M-25 diesel, newer Twin Disc Cortez! (425) 775-4381, (206) 234-6713 39-FT BAVARIA, 1994. Everett, WA. TMC transmission, Edson wheel steer- or [email protected]. $129,000. Offshore-unique. Volvo ing, Hood main and foam luff working jib, MD2040A w/2200 hrs. Radar, auto, 2 ProFurl furler, Barient self-tailing primary GPS, SSB, digital barometer, EPIRB, winches, newer upholstery, documented, liferaft, RIB, 4 solar panels. Hydro-wind 7/13 haulout, very clean. (707) 748-1364. generator. New winter cover and cockpit 33-FT JEANNEAU SUNFAST 3200. cushions. New upholstery! See more at 2009. San Diego. $139,500. Veteran of http://1drv.ms/1lKnc13. Contact (509) Pacifi c Cup doublehanded, Transpac and 370-4222 or [email protected]. Cabo. Turnkey ready for 2014 Pacifi c Cup doublehand or SHTP. Excellent condition with many extras. Full details and photos on website. www.mechdesign.com/3200. (435) 640-0587 or [email protected]. 39-FT CAL, 1971. Oceanside, CA. $10,000/obo. Knot A Clew. Palmer 60 gas 32-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE, 1985. Fort- engine runs great, needs transmission or man Marina, Alameda. $32,500. Cruise re-power. Lots of racing sails, tiller, fast the world in spacious comfort! Radar, 34-FT IRWIN CITATION SLOOP, 1978. Oceanside slip, partner or sell. (949) 280- GPS, davits, fridge, microwave, hot water. Los Alamitos Harbor, Long Beach, CA. 6220 or [email protected]. Includes 9-ft Achilles and 2hp motor. (510) $18,500. Federally documented. Good 303-9533 or [email protected]. condition. Diesel inboard, roller furl- 37-FT TAYANA PILOTHOUSE, 1978. ing, wood interior, ample seating. Twin Sausalito, CA. $85,000. Original owner, 33-FT WAUQUIEZ GLADIATEUR, 1983. winches, cockpit and mast. Newer lines, mechanical engineer, Perkins 4-108 Sausalito, CA. $39,999. Great coastal and battery and electric bilge. (949) 290-5128 2,900 hrs., heavy-duty hydraulic steering, offshore sloop. Ready to sail. Pictures and or [email protected]. autopilot, forward scanning sonar, 12v details on website. Please contact if ques- refrigeration, teak interior, no teak decks, tions. www.quest33.info. (707) 832-3734 excellent condition, many extras. (775) or (707) 725-2028 or [email protected]. 36 TO 39 FEET 345-0170 or [email protected].

35-FT J/105, 1998. Berkeley Marina. 39-FT FREYA, 1978. Berkeley Marina. 36-FT SUN ODYSSEY 36.2, 1998. San $67,000. #181, Wianno. Top 10 Fleet #1 $65,000. Very clean. Professionally built 37-FT SANTANA, ALAMITOS BAY. Rafael. $74,000. Well maintained sailing ﬁ nisher 2011 and 2012. Excellent condi- and maintained, beautiful. Custom light $15,000/obo. With scoop. LOA 40-ft. cruiser. Exceptionally well equipped, full tion. Two full sets racing sails, 1 set cruis- interior, maple sole, ash bulkheads, Race winner, but cruisable. 30-year instruments, radar, and autopilot. Kevlar- ing sails. Race-ready. http://picasaweb. rigged for singlehanding, loaded with owner, many sails, Signet instruments, reinforced hull. High res pics and specs google.com/Gnuggat/J105181Wianno- equipment. Don’t miss this opportunity to Mull design. Needs TLC. (562) 301-8321. at website: http://hitchcraft.net/Zingara. ForSale# or [email protected]. own a legend. Contact (510) 917-5229 or Contact [email protected] or (415) [email protected]. 299-0263.

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September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 135 37-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY. 37-FT PEARSON 365 KETCH, 1978. 2002. Long Beach. $68,000. End of SoCal. First $19,900. Many new sys- season sale. Original owner, selling well- tems: Garmin color radar/plotter, fuel designed cruiser, built with Jeanneau- tank, batteries, electronics, low hours lasting quality. Raymarine autopilot on rebuilt Westerbeke. Liveaboard slip and instruments, bimini, dinghy with or cruise anywhere. Great boat! Photos Yamaha OB. Contact (760) 980-0204 or and details at: http://yachtsoffered. [email protected]. com/listing.php?yacht_id=246. Email [email protected].

36-FT CASCADE, 1974. Stockton Sailing 45-FT STARRETT & JENKS, 1979. Club, Stockton, CA. $36,000. Solid cruiser Richmond. $20,000/obo. Great boat for with all the extras. Hard dodger, solar the Baja Ha-Ha on a budget. Thick fi ber- panels and full electronics. Extra sails glass hull. New Yanmar 40hp and rudder and much more. Needs some TLC. One- 2007. Make me a reasonable offer! (510) owner boat with custom teak woodwork 621-8487 or [email protected]. throughout. Contact (530) 409-9101 or [email protected]. 38-FT CRUISING C&C, 1978. Alameda. $44,800. Having been to Mexico and 37-FT PEARSON 365 SLOOP/CUTTER. Hawaii, this seakindly yet quick and easy 1978. Sausalito. $35,00/obo. Price re- sailing boat is now ready to head out with duced to sell. Well maintained, upgraded, a new owner. Many upgrades in 2009, in- sailed, and lived on for 23+ yrs. Recent cluding new Yanmar diesel. Sails. Dinghy. LPU topsides, Mainsail, much more... Dodger. Autopilot. Comes with extensive Come see. Contact (415) 297-4080 or gear needed to go offshore, Monitor wind [email protected]. vane, Liferaft. Inverter, solar panels, LED 46-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 45.1. lights, etc. Unfortunately work and family 1996. San Rafael, CA. $119,900. Good 38-FT CONTEST 38S, 1986. Marines forces sale. Inventory list upon request. cruiser/racer. Offshore gear, AIS, radar, de Cogolin, S. France. $99,000/VAT Go to http://youtu.be/8aRTtFLY9C4. Also plotter, autopilot, etc. Good North sails. paid. A premium center-cockpit sloop see http://youtu.be/SfUVVD4qpMs. Call Good engine. Clean interior. Pictures/de- by Cony-Plex Yachts Holland, USCG (530) 363-0497. tails available at website: www.yachtsof- Doc. Professionally maintained with tens fered.com. Or contact: (253) 377-1660 or of thousands of $ in upgrades past 12 36-FT CAL-CRUISING 36, 1969. La [email protected]. years. New teak decks and Selden roller Paz, BCS, MX. $27,500. Affordable furl mast 2002. Volvo 2003T 47hp turbo turnkey cruiser. Perkins 4-107, 7 sails. and SS tankage for 400+ NM. Rod steer- MaxProp, AMS autopilot, Monitor wind- ing. Custom electric system with 75-amp vane, Harken furling system, 8 self-tailing 38-FT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE, 1979. Balmar alternator. Recent Raymarine Barients, Navtec backstay adjuster, De- Berkeley. $22,000/obo. Fiberglass hull is instruments w/direct drive Raymarine stroyer wheel. Stout rigging, heavy in good shape. Exterior teak and spruce autopilot. Radar, Navtex, liferaft, EPIRB, tackle, Lofrans Tigress. Icom SSB, mast and boom need to be sanded and Icom. Custom cabinetry. This comfortable EPIRB, C.A.R.D., Garmin GPS. Zodiac redone and either stained, varnished or ocean cruiser is sitting in beautiful Ma- liferaft. Siemens solar panels, AirMarine fi nished as the new owner sees fi t. Pur- rines de Cogolin, walking distance to St. Windgen, energy monitor. Large water, chased new mainsail from North Sails. Tropez. Berth available with 5-year lease. fuel tanks. Refrigerator-freezer, Force Purchased used furling jib from Pineapple (650) 637-7791 or [email protected]. 10 stove. Manual head. Fresh/salt water Sails. New fuel pump. New fuel tank. 46-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1982. Morro power wash. 11-ft Zodiac infl atable, 2 Rewired engine. Complete rebuild of the Bay, CA. $149,500. Price reduced! outboards. Extra parts, service manuals, entire exhaust system, new bilge pump Stretch/upgraded version of the Peterson etc. (707) 839-0120. and signifi cant work on the diesel engine 44. Built by renowned Queen Long Boat- and alignment. Rebuilt starter motor. yard. Beautiful teak interior. Fully enclosed Purchased new sun awning for cockpit cockpit w/fi berglass dodger. Fiberglass for $815. Still in factory box unused. Re- decks. Solar panels, wind generator, placed water pump. All in the past 5 years. genset, watermaker, separate freezer, 2 38hp Isuzu diesel engine with 900 hours. autopilots, Raymarine electronics, heavy (510) 435-5575 or [email protected]. ground tackle, ample SS tankage, furling jib and staysail, electric main, gennaker. Custom deck box for SCUBA compressor 39-FT YORKTOWN, 1977. Vallejo. 40 TO 50 FEET and gear. Cruise ready. $29,999. Turnkey 39-ft Yorktown sailboat with many upgrades. Well maintained. 47-FT CATALINA, $229,500. Customized 40-FT VALIANT, 1978. Ventura. $79,900. Very seaworthy. New paint, Harken trav- 38-FT PEARSON 385, 1984. Barra de bluewater ready. Extra fuel capacity, 110 Hull #198. Outfitted over the past 18 eler, Barlow winches, and more. Ready to Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico. $49,500. or 240v, watermaker, chartplotter, radar, months for cruising. She is in top condi- sail NOW! Reduced price. Very motivated Exceptional, cruise-ready Pearson 385, AIS, coldplate refridge/freezer. Custom tion and ready to head south. A change of seller. Call for details. (925) 324-4226 or ready to go ANYWHERE. Detachment is cabinets and workshop, dive compressor, wind direction has put her on the market. daltonm@scrantonlawfi rm.com. berthed in Barra de Navidad near the in- in-boom furler, staysail, autopilot, wind Contact [email protected] or (805) ternational airport, near Manzanillo (ZLO). vane, new hard dodger, heat-air, Auto- 754-8897. 39-FT CAL JENSEN MARINE. Hull #8, She has been constantly upgraded and prop. Much more. See http://adream2sail. 1971. Marin. $17,500/obo. A sweet- equipped. Upgrades include solid teak publishpath.com. Call (916) 607-9026. sailing Bay boat. Needs TLC. Yanmar and holly cabin sole, all stainless steel gal- 30GMF diesel, recent type 27 deep-cycle ley, 250 GPD watermaker, recent Garmin batteries, good standing rigging, metal 4kw HD radar and 4012 chartplotter and spreaders, lines led aft, decent sails, lots much more. Consider being a full-time of extra gear included. (925) 838-8793 or or commuter cruiser. (619) 618-1212 or [email protected]. [email protected].

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Page 136 • Latitude 38 • September, 2014 48-FT SPARKMAN & STEPHENS, 1970. 45-FT GARDEN YAWL. One-off, dou- 41-FT PEARSON RHODES, 1964. 45-FT FASTNET 45, 1974. Portland, OR. Marina del Rey, CA. $298,000. Beautiful ble-ender, 3 years in restoration, 98% Mazatlan, MX. $40,000. Classic Rhodes $67,000. Price reduced! Beautiful boat, steel circumnavigator. Recent 18-month completed, cold-molded over original 41, fun and easy to sail, cruise- equipped. many compliments on her lines. Recently total refi t 2010-2012! Dutch-built S&S/ strip planking. $30K as is, or $? to fi nish She’s a hot rod with a 44hp Yanmar and sailed to Australia and back. Very sea- Koopman’s design, completed by Royal renovation. Contact (916) 847-9064 or LP paint job. 10.5 beam, 5.5 draft, 8,800 worthy, comes with a lot of equipment. Huisman. Lola is a beautiful, fast, sea- [email protected]. ballast, 18,800 displacement, 6 bags Considerable locker space and storage worthy, circumnavigating machine! No sails, new rigging, Barients, ProFurl, for extended cruising. (503) 327-6750 or expense was spared in bringing her back dodger, autopilot, GPS, radar, fi sh fi nder, [email protected]. to “new” condition from top to bottom! custom 12v refrigeration system, electric Electronics, rigging, sails, mechanicals, windlass, gel cel batteries, solar panels, electrical, and paint. All NEW! She is dinette interior, 10-ft dinghy with 15hp very unique, sails like a dream, and must Yamaha, many spares, meticulously be seen to be fully appreciated! More maintained. Contact (360) 961-0507 or at www.sailinglola.com. Contact (707) [email protected]. 509-9096 or [email protected].

48-FT PERRY-DESIGNED CUTTER. 1994. Seattle, WA. $78,500/obo. Beautiful custom center cockpit, lightly used and 43-FT J/133, 2005. Redwood City. well cared for. Excellent sails and rigging. $320,000/obo. Excellent condition, fi xed Bow and stern thrusters and much more! carbon sprit and emergency rudder, B&G MUST SELL. Photos/specs at: www. instruments/pilot, Raymarine radar/GPS/ yachtsoffered.com/listing.php?yacht_ AIS, Icom SSB/VHF, liferaft, EPIRB, 3DL id=223. Contact (206) 352-6453 or sails, new faired bottom, etc. (408) 234- [email protected]. 42-FT BAVARIA OCEAN, 1998. Port- 4402 or [email protected]. 44-FT KELLY PETERSON, 1977. Alam- land, OR. $165,000. The Ocean 42 is a eda. $95,000. Motivated sellers.. NEW: center cockpit design with two cabins 150% jib, mainsail with StackPack, and ensuite heads, one forward and one dodger, 4-person survival raft, 12 V re- aft, providing complete privacy for two frigeration. 475 hrs on Perkins engine and couples or a family with two children. transmission, asymmetrical spinnaker in The interior cabinetry is fi nely crafted sock, dinghy with 4hp, 3 CNG bottles, mahogany. This vessel has had three electric windlass, 60# CQR with 300’ owners and is lightly used. (971) 404-6441 chain, 45# CQR w/250’ rope, LED lights, [email protected]. symmetrical spinnaker, 115 jib, storm sails, new clutches, big Lewmar winches, etc. The cleanest, tightest KP you will fi nd. 46-FT KRISTEN, 2000. Sidney, BC, 44-FT KELLY PETERSON. Center-cock- Outfi tted for cruising. (209) 304-0444 or Canada. $375,000 cdn. Proven offshore pit cutter, 1978. La Paz, BCS, Mexico. [email protected]. deck saloon cutter-rigged sailboat. Lei- $94,500. Price recently reduced. This sure Furl boom, hydronic heat, 2 Harken classic, well equipped, proven voyage- furlers, watermaker, liferaft, EPIRB, steel maker is in good condition and ready for hull, center cockpit. See www.pame- a new owner with cruising plans. (562) labendall.com/sv-precious-metal.html. 599-9068 or [email protected]. Email [email protected].

41-FT CT-41, 1972. Gardnerville, NV. 42-FT CASCADE, 1972. Alameda, CA. $4,999. A very reasonably priced CT-41 $40,000. New sails, watermaker, Auto- that has all the problems that came with helm, new rigging, ice maker, marinized the older Taiwan boats. Wiring, cabin Westerbeke and more. Needs work on sides, and some deck work. This beauty deck. Spent a lot, asking for less. (650) 40-FT COLUMBIA, 1965. Paradise Cay comes with brand new, never-stepped 704-2302 or [email protected]. Yacht Harbor, Tiburon. $27,000. Libra. mast and new rigging that cost over Beautiful boat. 2nd owner. 1994 25hp $28,000. I will sell the mast and rigging Universal 4-cylinder M4-30 414hrs. for $7,500 or you can take the boat and Runs great. 4’6” draft perfect for the everything for $4,999. I ran the engine and 44-FT CATALINA MORGAN, 2007. Bay. 7 sleeping berths. www.dropbox. it runs good. Lots of old sails, but I haven’t Seattle, WA area. $265,000/obo. Mint com/sh/gxjjf56ktnxuvsa/4REqpVCvoj. opened them so don’t ask the condition. condition. Captain-maintained. Beautiful Contact [email protected] or I will take some photos to send, but it deck salon, light and airy. 75hp Yanmar, (415) 948-9801. would be best to come have a look. (775) low hours. Batteries recently replaced. 720-3166 or busyguyﬁ [email protected]. Two large solar panels, cruising spinnaker, power winches, hydronic heat, Raymarine C120, radar, autopilot, bow thruster. LLC available. Contact (408) 666-3261 or [email protected].

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Contact (415) 602-5880 or cleaning, towing insurance. Boat has [email protected]. spacious, beautifully furnished one- or wheel steering, furling jib, sleeps 4, three-bedroom unit, or an amazing two- galley, head w/shower, VHF, automatic story penthouse with lovely shade trellis 22-FT FARRIER TRAILER-TRI 680. 1987. bilge pump, stereo, ice box, GPS, wind Ventura. $10,000/obo. Builder, Jaeger on the top fl oor. See details at website: speed indicator, fathometer, knotmeter, www.puntamitabeachfrontcondos.com. Yachts, BC, Canada. Sleeps 3 adults or autopilot. 15hp Yanmar inboard motor 2 adults and 2 pre-teens. Used to cruise To reserve, call Doña de Mallorca, (415) recently refurbished. Partnership agree- 599-5012. Channel Islands with family (< 2 hours and ment renews in March. Partners to keep 30 minutes - S.B. to Fry’s). Details, photos boat clean, replace lost items and pay for 40-FT CONCORDIA YAWL, 1960. Port available. Email [email protected]. damages (up to $300 insurance deduct- WANTED Townsend, WA. $80,000/obo. Concordia ible). (415) 459-7417 or (510) 735-6953 or Yawl, S/V 76: Built 1960 by Abeking 35-FT OPEN BRIDGEDECK. Cruising [email protected]. and Rasmussen, 39’ 10”, Westerbeke catamaran, 1996. Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai. AEROGENS/GIVENS. Honolulu. $-open. 30hp. Survey available. More at www. $30,000. Just completed passage from Wanted: Areogen wind generator 5 x concordiaboats.com/yawls.php. Contact Seattle. Epoxy foam construction, Gou- 6’s working or ?. Givens offshore liferaft Scott. (503) 701-6942 or (702) 489-7670 geon 46’ wing mast, single daggerboard, ocean pack/6-man. (808) 230-6466 or or [email protected]. one Yamaha 9.9 outboard in central well, [email protected]. tiller steering, autopilot, EPIRB. (206) 612- 48-FT KETCH RIGGED NORWEGIAN. 4623 or [email protected]. WANTED: YANMAR 1GM10. 1 cylinder Fishing trawler, 1919. Oyster Point Ma- diesel. Santa Barbara. A good runner or rina. $16,000/obo. Needs work. (415) 559- SOUTH OF THE BORDER a rebuild candidate or even something in 3117 or [email protected]. between. Email [email protected]. SAILING THE SEA OF CORTEZ. In La Paz. Sailing with a MacGregor 26X or GEAR Herreshoff 28. More information at www. sailing-baja.com. Contact (011-52) 612- 123-5440 or [email protected]. KARVER TOP DOWN FURLER. Santa Barbara. $1,100/obo. Top down Karver PROFESSIONAL DELIVERY CAPTAINS. chute furler. Model 2 with lock. Briefl y used on boat with 19-foot J and 50-foot 52-FT MODIFIED TENNANT. Blade Run- San Diego-based, USCG Master 100 GT. Sail and power. ASA-certifi ed instructional mast. No torsion lines included. Email ner, 1987. Ventura, CA. $175,000. After- [email protected]. burner, fastest coastal sail catamaran on deliveries. Pacifi c Mexico and Baja Bash the West Coast, for sale to a good home. specialists. More at website: www. 58-FT STAYSAIL SCHOONER, 1925. boatdeliverycaptain.org. Contact David. CAPE HORN WINDVANE STEERING. SF Port Townsend, WA. $109,000. Price See http://afterburner.gibbsCAM.com. to Napa, will deliver. $2,700. Zero miles Contact [email protected] or [email protected] or (619) reduced!. Suva,1925 staysail schooner 913-7834. on this proven, elegant, robust design. It designed by Ted Geary. A gorgeous and (805) 377-1789. was installed, but the boat did not voyage, sound classic yacht that sails wonder- so was removed. All parts and installa- fully! Teak. Financing available. More at tion manual included. (510) 551-6672 or www.schoonerforsale.com. Contact (360) [email protected]. 643-3840 or [email protected].

Page 138 • Latitude 38 • September, 2014 LIGHTLY USED AND UNUSED GEAR. Richmond. Fiorentino Shark drogue; NON-PROFIT BERTHS & SLIPS JOBS WANTED $500. Fiorentino offshore sea anchor 18’ + full storm package; $1,500. Iridium 9505A VOLUNTEER SKIPPERS. For runs to 40-SLIP MARINA NEAR DANA POINT. PART-TIME CAPTAIN. USCG Master Sat phone w/data kit; $500. Sailrite LSZ1 Farallones. Visit the Farallones? Join the Free dock at 40-slip marina development 50 GT with tow, looking for interesting premium walking-foot sewing machine; skippers that volunteer their time and with TD at 6%. Contact (805) 698-9932 or part-time work on the water in Bay Area. $800. Seaside Marine Offshore medical boats to deliver researchers and supplies [email protected]. Retired successful businessman, mid- kit; $450. Waterfi xer UV water sterilizer to the island. Experienced skippers with 50s, with great people skills. Contact Mod 1000; $300. 6-person Viking liferaft sound boats can contact Keith. (415) 50-FT PRIME SLIP, PIER 39, SF. $50,000. Michael Long: michael@longfi nancial.net 6UKSL canister and rail mount. Needs 710-4134 or [email protected]. F-Dock, Slip 11, east side. Protected from or (707) 483-0191. re-cert; $2,000. 10 tall diesel fuel jugs, wind. Close to gangway, showers and 5.3 gal; $20 each. Pelican 1495 laptop marina offi ce. Covered parking across case; $100. Contact (559) 269-6930 or PROPERTY SALE/RENT street with special rates for owners. (559) JOB OPPORTUNITIES (925) 461-1822 or [email protected]. 355-6572 or [email protected].

NEW ANCHOR RODE AND WINDLASS. 50-FT BERTH FOR SALE. Pier 39, SF. Pt. Richmond. $2,500. Imtra Project 1000 Best offer. Slip J16 at San Francisco’s Pier low-profi le electric windlass, Rocna 15 39. Contact offi [email protected] or 33LB anchor, 50’ 5/16” HT chain, 200-ft (408) 954-1000. nylon braid 1/2”. Never mounted or used. Ready to load aboard your boat. (510) 50-FT COMMERCIAL SLIP. San Francis- 334-1251 or [email protected]. co, Pier 39. $55,000. Newly constructed J-Dock, Slip 6, west side with views of Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, and LAKE TAHOE INCLINE VILLAGE. 4-Plex. Alcatraz Island. Special rates for owners CAPTAIN 60-FT POWER YACHT. San Incline Village, NV. $1,100,000. This 4-unit at Pier 39 parking garage. Sublease until Rafael/Marin Yacht Club. Experienced building on the golf course in Incline 2034, contact James. (650) 520-4607 or power boat captain. Part-time. Job Village, NV is located on a peaceful cul- [email protected]. entails cruising with owners in Northern de-sac. Built in 1990, it has four spacious California and Canada and supervising 2BR, 1BA, well-insulated units, each with SOUTH BEACH HARBOR. Berths avail- maintenance. References required. Pay a garage, deck, hydronic heating, dual- able. For boats in the Spinnaker Sailing commensurate with experience. Contact glaze windows. Twenty coveted Incline charter fl eet. We have berths for sailing (707) 299-9973 or (415) 419-5034 or resident passes included. Near lakes, vessels from 32- to 43-ft. The boat must [email protected]. HYDROVANE. Self-steering windvane. skiing, dining and Reno airport. Perfect be active in Spinnaker’s charter fl eet and Ventura. $3,900. Hydrovane self-steering for owner-occupant. Call Paul. (619) 665- be late model, in excellent condition, with CAPTAINS AND INSTRUCTORS. windvane and emergency rudder. Best 1745 or [email protected]. the appropriate equipment. This is the Wanted. Join the professionals at Club design on the market. Long shaft and one perfect income opportunity for an owner Nautique’s award-winning Charter and “H” bracket and one “A” bracket. (805) COSTA RICA-COASTAL LOTS. At to offset the costs of ownership, while Sailing Club teaching US Sailing’s most 985-4532 or [email protected]. affordable prices. Paquera, Southern berthing at the best marina in NorCal. comprehensive curriculum of sail and Nicoya Peninsula. $18,000. 20 lots from www.spinnaker-sailing.com. Call (415) power courses, both offshore and in- SUZUKI OUTBOARDS MT. View. 2.5hp 400m2 to 6100m2. Gated community, 543-7333. shore, in the nation. We have openings to 15hp (eight engines) damaged in ship- owner fi nancing. Sailing, surfi ng, fi sh- for friendly USCG-licensed captains who ment $600 to $1800 (that’s discounted ing, diving. Beaches, waterfalls, islands, MONTEREY BERTHING. Monterey, CA. exhibit exceptional communication and 30% to 40%). Some have broken anti- parks. Private and secure. 10 minutes to 50’ x 18’ deep-water slips available in pri- boating skills, and willingness to train cavitation plate or skeg. Run-tested in a beaches. Call in Costa Rica. For more vate marina. Starting at $656 per month, and work in a professional environment. tank. Pick up in Mt. View. (650) 283-5398. info see: www.QuintasdelaPeninsula. includes parking and water. Call for details Our fl eet is unmatched in quality with the com. Contact (011) 506-2641-0200 or and application, (831) 373-7857 or email: addition of 10 new power and sail vessels CAPE HORN STEERING VANE. Santa [email protected]. [email protected]. in the last six months. With both Sausalito Cruz. $2,150. Spray model, used on and Alameda bases to work from and 35 a Cal 39 sailboat. Excellent condition, HOUSE FOR RENT. On San Juan Island. years of uncompromised standards, we still on the boat. Owner’s manual and Friday Harbor, WA. House on a rock, CREW are interested in hearing from you to dis- original paperwork. New $4,295, our used overlooking the San Juan Channel. Week cuss our new pay scale, and the process model $2,150. Pictures available. Contact rental; $1,400. 30-day rental; $4,000. MULTIHULL CREW. Sail on a perfor- of joining our team. Contact Steve at: [email protected] or (831) 431- World-class sailing destination. (360) mance cruising catamaran, Sea Level, [email protected] or (510) 0294. 378-2780 or [email protected]. for a day or a week. Located Southern 865-4700. California for next three months. Berths available for the SoCal Ta-Ta rally and the CAPTAINS, SAILING INSTRUCTORS. & MISCELLANEOUS Baja Ha-Ha. Email [email protected]. Crew. Spinnaker Sailing and Rendezvous Charters is hiring. P/T or F/T, midweek CRUISING WORLD MAGAZINE. Col- OFFSHORE INSTRUCTION. John and and weekend shifts available. Want to lection. San Diego. $250/obo + ship- Amanda Neal provide documented love your job? Building sea time? ASA ping. 1990-2012. Over 250 issues. Mint ocean passagemaking instruction aboard Certifi cation earns more $$. Great People condition. Excellent resource for cruising Mahina Tiare III, their Hallberg-Rassy 46, = Great Job. More information at www. destinations, boats, gear, maintenance, drawing on their combined 584,000 miles spinnaker-sailing.com. Email resume to: repair, safety, navigation. (760) 944-1300 and 73 years experience. More info at [email protected]. or [email protected]. www.mahina.com. Call (360) 378-6131. BAY AREA HIDEAWAY. Mill Valley, CA. SAILING INSTRUCTORS. OCSC Sailing, Large, 1 bdrm apartment with queen bed. located in the Berkeley Marina, has PT CLUBS & MEMBERSHIPS Two short, fl at blocks from downtown Mill PERSONALS openings for instructors at its award- Valley, and close to the Bay, beaches and winning school. OCSC’s curriculum is hiking. This is an upper unit, 2 decks, one EXPERIENCED CRUISER. 68, fi t, ac- famous for turning out the best new sail- OPEN HOUSE. Point San Pablo Yacht above a babbling creek, the other beneath ors in the country. Youll enjoy a thorough Club. PSPYC, 700 W. Cutting Blvd, Point tive, seeking partner for an adventure to the redwoods. Well equipped AEK with warmer climes. You should be able to: be training and coaching process to help Richmond. Until the end of 2014 initiation dishwasher, full bath. Covered parking, you develop as an instructor and to help fees are waved. Join us on Saturday, 9/13, in a relationship, travel, fi nancially stable, washer/dryer on premises. Hi-speed have minimal baggage, free-spirited, acquire a USCG license and US Sailing from 2-6 p.m. for a chance to tour our Wi-Fi, cable, DVD. $135 a night, 2 night instructor certifi cations. Read what being marina and slips; enjoy drink specials, love to be in and on the water. Email minimum ($75 cleaning fee). No smok- [email protected]. an instructor at OCSC is like at website: and free food. At PSPYC you will be close ing, no pets. See more information at: www.ocscsailing.com/about/people/ to Central Bay sailing while basking in a www.airbnb.com/rooms/160781. Email sailing_instructor.php. Email resume and great climate. We have slips, gear stor- [email protected]. cover letter to Tim: [email protected]. age, dinghy storage, a wood shop, and a self-service bar. Directions: From the east CAPTAIN WANTED. San Francisco. or west take the 580 freeway to Canal 50-ton or over, to take diners to Forbes Blvd and take the Canal Blvd exit. Follow Island. $20 per hour, 5 to 10 p.m. Includes Canal to Cutting, left on W. Cutting Blvd. dinner. More at www.forbesisland.com/ Entrance is the fi rst driveway on the right. home.html. Call (415) 722-7485. More at www.pspyc.org. Contact (510) 233-1046 or [email protected].

September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 139 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Pas- COMPLETE BOAT SERVICE TECHNICIAN. sage Yachts Inc. San Francisco Bay Skills needed are diagnostic. Repair skills Area. We are adding a position for an for mainly Beneteau and Lagoon sail- experienced sales professional to join boats and Beneteau powerboats. Good our progressive and growing Yacht working environment and steady hours, Dealership Company. Company support, a full-time position. Email resume to leads and an excellent work environ- [email protected] or call (415) ment are offered. High-income sales 690-9923. NEW & USED BOAT GEAR professionals with extensive training and Open Tues.-Sat. 10 to 5 p.m. your income needs are six ﬁ gures, we invite you to apply. Commission posi- BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES tion. Please contact us by phone, (510) 236-2633, or by sending a resume to: [email protected].

MARINE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Berkeley, Alameda/Oakland and Vallejo/Martinez. BayGreen Mobile Pump-Out is growing www.bluepelicanmarine.com rapidly and seeking qualifi ed individuals to operate our service boats (1-5 days per week). Potential for advancement. Qualifi - cations: Small boat handling experience. VESSEL ASSIST SANTA CRUZ. For sale. Customer service-oriented. Dependable Only Vessel Assist for the Monterey Bay, transportation. Comfortable working on CA. Growing, profi table, and a great op- the water and climbing around boats. portunity. My wife and I are ready to point After hours Specializing Mechanical aptitude. Reliable Internet our sailboat south. All assets, know-how, and phone. Good driving record. Self mo- etc. for sale. Contact: (831) 359-0702 or pick up and in Sail tivated. Benefi cial if familiar with marine [email protected]. sanitation systems operation/repair. More drop off Repair and at www.baygreen.com. Contact (415) available. Used Sails. 621-1393 or [email protected].

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September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 141 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 selling 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 42' SHUTTLEWORTH, 1983 58' PROFILE, 1988 The Multihull Company is the world's largest inter- Washington Baja California Washington national catamaran and trimaran brokerage. Our team 700,000 $139,000 $399,000 of multihull experts offer several distinct differences including buyer and seller services, a powerful online presence, worldwide offices, displays at major national and international boat shows, newsletters and social 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 35' SEAWIND, 2008 34' GEMINI 105MC, 2008 34' GEMINI 105MC, 2002 The Multihull Company is truly the choice for sailors Alaska Washington Washington around the world. $248,000 $139,000 $124,950 SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE FT. LAUDERDALE CHARLESTON FRANCE TURKEY TRINIDAD GRENADA TORTOLA ST. MARTIN HQ Phone: 215-508-2704 Northwest Multihull Center: 206-297-1151 email: [email protected]

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Page 142 • Latitude 38 • September, 2014 Long Beach-Naples 866-569-2248 DEALERS FOR CATALINA, Newport Beach 877-389-2248 HUNTER AND San Diego 760-402-3868 HANS CHRISTIAN SAILBOATS Wilmington 877-599-2248 Cell 310-995-9989

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AB Marine ...... 6 Breakwater Cove Elco Electric Boats ...... 49 Heritage Marine Marina Bay Yacht ACDC Marine ...... 131 Marina ...... 69 Emery Cove Yacht Insurance ...... 65 Harbor ...... 63 Alcom Marine Brisbane Marina ...... 55 Harbor ...... 41 Heritage Yacht Sales ..... 143 Marina Cortez ...... 67 Electronics ...... 50 Canvas Works, The ...... 58 Emeryville Marina ...... 45 Hogin Sails ...... 52 Marina de La Paz ...... 128 Almar Marinas ...... 39 Carlos Boat Works ...... 142 Equipment Parts Hood Sails ...... 13 Marina El Cid ...... 66 Sales ...... 127 BVI Yacht Charters ...... 115 CDI/Cruising Design ...... 66 Hotel Coral & Marina ...... 35 Marina Puerto Baja Ha-Ha Beach City Yachts ...... 9 Far East Sails ...... 131 Hotwire Enterprises ...... 114 Escondido...... 130 Party ...... 129 Club Nautique ...... 28 Farallone Yacht Sales...... 11 Hydrovane ...... 93 Marina Vallarta ...... 57 Baja Ha-Ha Sponsors Conch Charters...... 114 First Watch Marine ...... 130 Interlux Yacht Finishes ...... 33 Marine Lube ...... 141 ...... 99-101 Flying Cloud Yachts ...... 145 Cover Craft ...... 64 Iverson’s Design ...... 54 Marine Outboard Bay Marine Boatworks ..... 45 Coyote Point Marina ...... 59 Fortman Marina ...... 42 JK3 Nautical Company ...... 14 Bay Marine Diesel ...... 127 Crescent City Harbor ..... 115 Gentry’s Kona Enterprises ...... 19 Mariners General Berkeley Marine Marina ...... 131 Insurance ...... 57 Cruising Yachts ...... 15 KISS-SSB/Radioteck ...... 141 Center ...... 65 Gianola Canvas Davis Instruments...... 87 KKMI - Boatyard ...... 148 Maritime Institute ...... 53 Blue Pelican ...... 140 Products ...... 104 Defender Industries ...... 64 Kissinger Canvas ...... 62 Marotta Yachts ...... 146 Blue Water Yacht Grand Marina ...... 2 DeWitt Studio ...... 141 Lee Sails ...... 87 Mast Mate ...... 130 Insurance ...... 130 Hansen Rigging ...... 63 Dinghy Doctor, The ...... 57 Leukemia Cup ...... 105 Mathiesen Marine ...... 141 Boat Fest ...... 37 Harbor Island West List Marine Enterprises ... 104 BoatU.S. Insurance ...... 43 Downwind Marine ...... 27 Marina ...... 61 McDermott Costa Loch Lomond Marina ...... 47 Insurance ...... 55 Boat Yard at Doyle Sails ...... 29 Harken ...... 12 Miller, Stan, Yachts ...... 16 Grand Marina, The ...... 20 Duffy Boats ...... 53 Helms Yacht & Ship Makela Boatworks ...... 87

BottomSiders ...... 128 Easom Racing & Rigging .. 49 Brokers ...... 8, 145 Marchal Sailmakers ...... 140 CONTINUED

September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 143 58’ ALDEN YAWL, ‘31 55’ HALLMAN SLOOP, ‘82 54’ HUNTER, ‘82 50’ GULFSTAR, ‘78 $195,000 $135,000 $60,000 $75,000

48’ BENETEAU 473 45’ CORONADO, ‘74 39’ C&C CUTTER, ‘85 38’ BENETEAU, ‘91 (Moorings) $219,000 $49,500 $59,000 $35,000

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX – cont'd

Minney’s Yacht Pacifi c Offshore Rigging .. 61 Sailrite Kits ...... 10 Spectra Watermakers .... 126 weatherguy.com ...... 131 Surplus ...... 140 Pacifi c Rigging ...... 49 Sal’s Infl atable Starbuck Canvas ...... 56 Wedlock, Ramsay & Modern Sailing School Services ...... 68 Whiting Marine Pacifi c Yacht Imports ...... 24 Start Line Strategies ...... 141 & Club ...... 140 Surveyors ...... 127 San Francisco Boat Paradise Village ...... 31 Stem to Stern ...... 65 Multihull Company, The ..142 Works ...... 87 West Marine - Rigging ..... 40 Passage Yachts ...... 5 Sterling Associates ...... 54 NW Yacht Brokers San Francisco Marina ...... 48 Westwind Precision Association ...... 43 Peterson Power ...... 55 Suncoast Yachts ...... 59 Details ...... 21 Scanmar International ...... 59 Napa Valley Marina ...... 56 Pier 39 Marina ...... 18 Svendsen’s Boat Works .... 23 Whale Point Marine Schoonmaker Point Supply ...... 46 New England Ropes ...... 38 Pineapple Sails ...... 3 Marina ...... 26 Svendsen’s Marine ...... 30 Wichard Sparcraft, Inc. ... 34 New Era Yachts ...... 144 Punta Mita Beachfront Sea Bags ...... 50 Swedish Marine ...... 69 Condos ...... 131 Wylie Design Group ...... 44 Norpac Yachts ...... 147 Seacoast Marine Swi-Tec America ...... 128 Yachtfi nders/Windseakers 47 North Beach Marine Quantum Pacifi c ...... 53 Finance ...... 67 TMM Yacht Charters ...... 115 Canvas ...... 21 Quickline ...... 51 Seashine ...... 51 Tartan 101/Blue Pacifi c Labor Day is North Direct Sails ...... 62 September 1. Raiatea Carenage Seatech ...... 142 Boating ...... 17 Take a North Sails ...... 25 Services ...... 93 Shadetree Fabric ThunderStruck Motors ...... 68 co-worker sailing! Opequimar Marine Richardson Bay Shelter ...... 93 Trident Funding ...... 4 Center ...... 60 Marina ...... 52 Shoreline Yacht Twin Rivers Marine Oru Kayaks ...... 22 Rubicon Yachts...... 41 Group ...... 145 Insurance ...... 60 Outboard Motor Shop ..... 61 SS Marine: Yacht & South Beach Harbor ...... 36 Vallejo Marina ...... 67 Owl Harbor Marina ...... 51 Ship Brokers ...... 142 South Beach Riggers ...... 21 Ventura Harbor Sail California ...... 7 Oyster Cove Marina ...... 63 Spaulding Wooden Boatyard ...... 114 Pacifi c Crest Canvas ...... 32 Sail Warehouse, The ..... 127 Boat Center ...... 58 Volpar ...... 69

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September, 2014 • Latitude 38 • Page 145 Marotta Yachts of Sausalito Brokers of Fine Sail and Motor Yachts 415-331-6200 • [email protected] • www.marottayachts.com